The Absolute Martial Deity of the Fallen Family

Episode 12. This should be enough justification.

“And, sign prominently below.”

“Ugh….”

Trembling, Kalteon signed the paper.

Sirius picked up the completed document and checked it once more.

“Good. This should prove it was self-defense.”

The document detailed the conspiracy of the Yuterus family.

Although the Yuterus family summoned Sirius under the pretense of discerning right from wrong, their true intention was to harm him.

They planned to ambush Sirius, whom they had welcomed as a guest, in the dead of night.

All of this was decided by the head of the Yuterus family, Naiel.

The document, with all the details written out, was now in Sirius’s hands.

“Families with names seem to value justification after all.”

“Ugh….”

“Well then, I’ll take my leave.”

As Sirius prepared to leave after putting the document in his embrace, Kalteon raised his head.

“W-What in the world have you done!”

Kalteon raised his voice, glaring at Sirius.

“How did you destroy my circle!? What method did you use!?”

Right now, Kalteon’s circle in his chest was destroyed.

It seemed that the method he used to abolish the Danjeon in the Murim did not exist in this world.

“And, you clearly absorbed the magic flowing from me… ugh!”

“Too noisy.”

Since there was no more business to attend to, he struck the back of Kalteon’s head, knocking him out.

“Well, then, it’s time to go.”

Sirius decided to head back to the Yuterus family estate.

By now, they would probably think that Kalteon had apprehended Sirius.

If he rushed to the Yuterus family estate on horseback, he could strike at their vulnerability.

“Wait for me, Naiel Yuterus.”

To subjugate the Yuterus family.

Sirius rode off through the gates of dawn.

***

“Kardein, are you okay?”

“How could I be okay.”

Kardein grimaced in response to his father, Olstead’s question.

“I lost my right hand, which was as vital as life itself, to a wizard.”

“….”

As Olstead looked at Kardein’s wrist wrapped in bandages, he wore a helpless expression.

“Don’t be disheartened like that. With practice, you can cast spells with your left hand.”

“If I had trained that way from the beginning, it might have been possible, but after over 20 years of using only my right hand to cast spells, switching to the left hand now is impossible.”

Magic operates by constructing spells with magical power.

Constructing spells is a delicate process; even a slight deviation can prevent the spell from activating.

Just as writing with the left hand when you’re right-handed results in a messy script, a mage used to casting spells with the right hand would struggle to construct a perfect spell with the left hand.

With such a spell, attempting to use magic would be futile.

Of course, skillful individuals are not constrained by such limitations.

The mages of the 7 Circles did not need to cast spells with their right hand. Some mages were even capable of casting spells without lifting a finger.

But it was an impossibility for Kardein’s abilities.

“Darn it, all because of that Sirius…”

Kardein gritted his teeth.

“Father, if Kalteon brings Sirius to me, please leave him to me.”

“What are you planning?”

“I will inflict enough pain on him that he will beg for death.”

Before his son’s declaration of retaliation, Olstead let out a sigh.

“Retaliating against him is one thing, but Naiel needs to interrogate him first. He wants to check on his physical condition.”

“Father, about that.”

Kardein lowered his voice as he spoke.

“Isn’t the medicine Lady Jaga gave me faulty? After taking it, I felt better, didn’t I?”

“Well, only Sir Naiel would know that.”

Naiel is well-versed in ancient legends.

He has a profound knowledge of substances that even modern magicians are unaware of.

The reason why the Yuterus family was able to grow into a rising power was because Naiel made good use of such knowledge.

“Anyway, that’s something Sir Naiel will think about. Don’t worry about it.”

“How can I not worry? I trusted Lord Gaju and tried to deal with Sirius, and look where that got me.”

“This lad…”

Just as Olsteed was about to say something stern to his rough-speaking son, there was suddenly a commotion outside.

“What’s going on?”

“I’m not sure.”

When they poked their heads out into the corridor to check the situation,

“Urgh!”

They saw one of the guards who had been guarding the main house collapsing.

“…!”

And Cardaine and Olsteed witnessed Sirius confidently walking alone down the corridor, being dragged by Kalteon.

—

When Sirius arrived, the main gate of the Yuterus mansion was firmly closed.

Given that this was supposed to be a surprise attack, there seemed to be no need to knock and ask for it to be opened.

Yet, sneaking in over the wall didn’t seem appropriate for this occasion.

So Sirius knocked on the door once.

And before receiving a response, he punched through the door, breaking in.

Though the guards rushed out, he paid them no mind.

After silencing them with his fists, he continued forward.

“S-Sirius?”

As he pressed on, he spotted a familiar face.

It was Cardaine, who had cut his wrist not long ago.

Next to him was a man with a similar appearance but much older in age.

It was Olsteed, the 6th Circle magician and Cardaine’s father.

“How did you…!”

Stepping forward in place of the retreating Cardaine, Olsteed confronted him.

“What in the world are you doing here!?”

“Weren’t you the ones who told me to come here?”

“You didn’t have anyone guiding me in, instead, everyone was pointing their swords at me.”

“…!”

“Seems like the Yuterus family has no intention of resolving this peacefully.”

With a calm expression, Sirius remarked.

“So Kalteon’s confession was true.”

“K-Kalteon?”

“Yes, Kalteon spilled everything.”

Sirius pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket.

“He confessed that you called him with the intention to kill me from the start. He even confessed that your family ordered Kalteon to hold me captive.”

“…!”

“This should be enough justification, don’t you think?”

In front of the stunned Olstead, Sirius tucked the paper back into his pocket.

“Oh, Father, how could you….”

“Don’t waver, you fool!”

After scolding the bewildered Cardine, Olstead glared at Sirius.

“Sirius, do you think we would be intimidated by a piece of paper like that?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Exactly! That piece of paper means nothing….”

“I acquired this confession.”

Sirius spoke in a calm voice.

“To show people why you did what you did after destroying our family.”

“W-what?”

“Moving under the name of the Rigel family requires justification.”

Staring at the astonished Olstead and Cardine, he spoke with certainty.

“Your Uterus family, driven by greed for Rigel family’s youngest daughter, Justia, tried to assassinate her husband, Sirius. Even when this truth was revealed, you didn’t apologize; instead, you lured Sirius into a trap.”

“…!”

“As the son-in-law of the Rigel family, I will condemn you.”

Olstead’s eyes widened.

“You madman…!”

Further conversation was meaningless.

Olstead, reaching a conclusion, raised his right hand.

No matter how swift Sirius’s movements were, in this distance, Olstead’s magic would be faster.

“…!”

Whoosh!

A spell unfolded from his right hand, activating magic.

It was a fire spell powered by the magic of the 6th Circle.

“Oh, Father!”

Behind Olstead, Cardine screamed.

It was a voice questioning the use of such high-powered magic indoors.

However, Olstead paid no attention.

Sirius was a skilled swordsman who had cut off Cardine’s wrist.

To prepare for any contingency, it was necessary to incapacitate Sirius in one strike.

And that moment was when the unexpected occurred.

“…!?”

Through the flames filling the corridor, something flew towards them.

It was the sword Sirius had thrown, cutting through the fire magic and heading towards Olstead.

Alstead couldn’t comprehend.

It was a fire magic unleashed with the power of the 6th Circle.

Even if one were to throw the sword with all their might, piercing through the momentum of flames was impossible.

However, the impossible happened.

“Ugh…!”

The longsword pierced through his right shoulder.

Alstead, unable to grasp what had happened, widened his eyes in disbelief.

In the midst of this, Sirius emerged through the flames.

“…!”

Alstead couldn’t even scream.

Sirius, enveloped in a fierce aura, drove his fist into the center of Alstead’s chest, causing him to vomit blood and collapse.

Alstead, who fell in such a manner, couldn’t rise again.

It was instant death.

“Eek…!”

Cardein, who stood behind Alstead, stumbled and split his buttocks.

Sirius coldly gazed at the scene.

“Ah, ah, ahh….”

Cardein, with his right hand lost and unable to cast spells, could still try to pull out the sword stuck in Alstead’s body and fight back.

His father had died before his eyes, so this was the right thing to do.

However, Cardein was just trying to flee while screaming.

Rather than rushing to avenge his father, prolonging his own life by every second was more important.

“It’s fortunate that Yustia didn’t marry a man like you.”

“Crack…!”

Sirius struck Cardein’s head.

Cardein’s head hit the wall, and he couldn’t rise again.

The man who had taken the lead for the Regal Family, aiming to control the Yuterus Family, met his end like this.

By the hands of Sirius Canisroot, Yustia’s husband he intended to kill.

…

Silently retrieving the sword that pierced Alstead’s shoulder, Sirius began to walk down the corridor.

This area felt different from the others.

It must be a space where only the head of the Yuterus Family and those close to them could reside.

“Is this it.”

Sirius kicked open the large door.

And… he locked eyes with an old man surrounded by about a dozen soldiers.

“Sirius Canisroot….”

A mage of the 7th Circle.

Naiel Yuterus, the strongest practitioner of magic in the Yuterus Family, was glaring at Sirius.