The Bastard’s Way of Life of the Returning Swordsman

Episode 15

Gyolonghoe (5)

competition for power.

It is also called the battle for power or the state civil war.

Under the rule that the strong take everything, the confrontation between the heirs was always bloody.

Wellington thought for a moment that he had smelled just that blood.

‘Axion, you really… … !’

Did Theo already guess that Axion would move?

The other practitioners were all alert and their eyes wide open.

“What is this now… … !”

“I’m fine, so sit down.”

Evelyn tried to stop the law enforcement officers.

Theo first pulled Evelyn’s sleeve and stood up.

“A warrant?”

Theo smiled as he glanced at the contents of the warrant that the legal prosecutor confidently handed out.

No matter how hastily it was made, the ink hadn’t even dried.

“To escort the criminal to the Office of the Law.”

As soon as Theo’s wrists were handcuffed, two lawyers stood on either side of him and led Theo outside.

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

It happened in an instant.

There was only a chilly atmosphere in the pub.

After a while.

bang!

Among the sparrers, Sybil, who had been the first to sparr with Theo, nervously hit the tabletop hard.

“Does this make sense! Suddenly, Prince Theo is the Law Office! For those of you who don’t care about anything other than training all day… … !”

“you’re right! It’s clear that there’s something wrong with this!”

“that’s right!”

“Right!”

“I’m not sure if the Gyoryuhoe or something else planned a scheming today… … !”

By the time the embankment got bigger, Evelynn kicked the ground hard.

thud… … !

rumble-

The vibration was so great that I thought the building might be collapsing.

“Everyone be careful. Have you forgotten who they are?”

At Evelyn’s staring eyes, the practitioners all shut their lips tightly.

It was only then that he remembered the weight of the Law Office in Winterer.

The Office of the Law is a security organization that boasts invincible power.

In some cases, even an innocent citizen could be charged with treason.

Especially since they were famous for never forgiving rumors that insulted them.

“First of all, don’t be rash until you figure out the exact history. It won’t be too late for us to take collective action.”

While the practitioners nodded heavily as one.

Evelyn was deeply troubled.

‘The last look you saw. It was obviously the atmosphere that he had fully expected this much.’

If so, it must mean that theo’s personality has already prepared a countermeasure?

When Evelynn thought that far, she turned her gaze to Wellington.

just as expected.

Wellington was staring at something.

A small note the size of the palm of your hand.

‘Also!’

In that situation, when did you hand it over?

Wellington examined the note several times with a serious face, then crumpled it up and put it in his mouth and swallowed it.

Then I met Evelyn’s eyes.

“Instructor, can you help me? I have a place to go urgently.”

“Where are you?”

“It’s a place called the top of Ceres.”

It was a place that even Evelyn knew.

A military corps that has maintained a trading relationship with Dongbaek Palace for a long time.

One of the people Evelyn had cut off her own arm a while ago was also the daughter of the head of the village.

“What should I do?”

Wellington licked his lips so only Evelyn could see.

‘Kill everyone.’

“… … !”

* * *

‘It’s still the same here.’

Theo stared blankly at the majestic building of the Law Office.

As a criminal law institution that drags all the prisoners in Winterer, it was full of elements that made people lose their spirits.

Isn’t there a row of swordsmen with bloody spirit at the entrance?

Don’t the buildings give off a desolate atmosphere?

But Theo was indifferent.

Because in my previous life, it was a place where I came in and out without rest.

So it will be the same this time.

They’ll put you in solitary confinement for a few days, and when you’re starved and exhausted, you’ll take them out and tell them to brag about whatever comes to mind. Or use your family as hostages and threaten them.

By the way… … .

‘Where are you going?’

The direction the lawyers were taking Theo was not in the direction of the prison cell.

center.

It was also a gigantic building corresponding to the headquarters of the Office of the Law.

‘no way?’

Theo noticed the guys’ intentions and let out a blank laugh.

Somehow, I thought that the legal prosecutors were so quiet throughout the pressurization.

‘Are you saying I’m not the only one who was thinking of making a big deal out of it?’

It’s fun.

One corner of Theo’s mouth curled up.

I don’t know if it was Axion’s idea or Ed’s, but I thought it was ‘quite a bit’.

thud!

Then, the lawyers stopped in front of an iron gate.

“The prisoner, Theo Ragnar, has been taken away.”

“Get inside.”

kiik-

The iron door opened wide, revealing a huge room.

far away

I saw nine stone seats centered on a huge semi-circular tabletop.

All four of them are filled.

One was a face Theo knew well.

Julius.

Captain Baek Gap-yong was looking at Theo with a bitter smile.

Theo could never know the other three.

Maehwa Palace.

Chief of the Senate.

Central Secretariat.

They were called Geomryong (劍龍), Wonryong (元龍), and Hangryong, respectively, and they were the ＜Nine Dragons＞ who were said to protect Ragnar along with the demon dragon Julius.

In other words, this place is not a place to treat Theo as a petty criminal and try to judge him.

It became the meaning of ‘questioning the qualifications of the successor’.

Because they were the only ones in Ragnar who had the right to punish the successor.

‘It must mean that I’m going to step on the sprout right now so that I can’t plot anything else.’

Theo laughed as he looked at Ed Troyban, the anti-dragon sitting on the far right.

Ed pretended to be solemn and stared at himself.

“Theo Ragnar.”

Then, at the voice of the original dragon, ‘Wolfgang Ragnar’, sitting in the center, he turned his gaze back to normal.

He was the great-grandfather of the current head of the family, and was the oldest in Ragnar.

Even so, an old monster who still boasts the correctness of his active career.

“Yes. Chief Senator. long time no see. I didn’t expect to see you in a place like this.”

“It was a greeting. An accusation came in about the crime you committed a little while ago. It seems that there is no need to explain the contents… … . How are you going to do this?”

Wolfgang was openly expressing his displeasure at being dragged out to this place.

He was originally a purebloodist who insisted that ‘mongrels’ should not be mixed with the great Ragnar’s lineage.

Of course, he was stricter than anyone else about class and class, and he did not hide his contempt for Theo, who was born from birth.

“The Byron family, the Ceres Mercenary, the Red and White Mercenary Corps… … Up to Hanabi? under! Now, all of them are running rampant, threatening to leave the shadow of their parents’ home if it’s necessary. What if the old friends and subordinates of the main family have different feelings because of your foolish actions? Do you think someone like you can handle that damage?”

rumble-

The roar that Wolfgang let out made the Office of the Law tremble as if it would collapse at any moment.

The air got hot.

As if he would swallow Theo at any moment.

It was a situation where most people couldn’t help but shrink.

“Is that so?”

Theo had a calm expression on his face, not showing any signs of fear.

-That moment. Theo did not miss the change in the eyes of the sword dragon, Maehwagungju, and Julius, who were silently watching him.

‘Julius favors. Maehwa Palace is curious… … But fortunately, out of the current four, only two people can be recruited as allies. If I do well, I can make it neutral.’

Maehwa Palace was the first wife of the family head, and in fact, it could be said that she was Ragnar’s actual mistress.

I remembered that I always had a good relationship with Julius.

Thanks to that, he seemed to have heard positive things about himself.

Should I say I’m lucky?

“It seems that the head of the Senate thinks that I am at fault in this case.”

“Sounds obvious! So you mean no?”

Theo shook his head.

“no. I am also deeply aware of my past mistakes. There are many things I realize from the rebuke from the head of the Senate.”

Theo lowered his head slightly.

Julius’s expression strangely changed, and the Princess Maehwa tilted her head as if something was strange.

Ed still stared at Theo.

joy!

Wolfgang sneered as he crossed his arms.

They thought Theo had raised the white flag.

“That’s why I’m guilty of you… … !”

“I shouldn’t have finished it with one arm, but rather hit the neck. I guess I was too complacent.”

“… … What?”

Wolfgang’s old face contorted.

He could hear the Princess of Maehwa laughing lightly from beside him, but he had no time to care.

“What nonsense are you talking about… … !”

“They are servants. The principle of chivalry is that the ruler bestows fiefdom and honor, and the servants give their allegiance and life. And yet they dare to threaten the lord, saying that they would betray chivalry cruelly.”

“… … !”

“If we can’t fix this right now, what will happen in the future? The virtues that must be observed among the rulers and subjects will fall to the ground, and similar things will happen incessantly. Ragnar’s honor that has been going on for over a thousand years… … How can you stand to watch it be trampled on?”

Wolfgang was speechless, his lips parting.

It’s probably hard to get out of it even if you want to say something.

If you refute Theo’s words, you will be admitting that Ragnar’s honor has fallen to the ground.

On the contrary, if they raised Theo’s hand, they would have to be punished right away, even for Ragnar’s face.

It was a jaseungjabak.

“Teasing me with sophistry… … !”

“The head of the Senate will go there. If you continue to speak for too long, your shame will only grow.”

The moment Wolfgang’s face turned red with anger, the Princess of the Plum Blossoms intervened.

“Maehwa Palace Lord!”

“I would like you to remember that you are not the only Senator present here.”

When the Maehwa Palace looked at him with a gentle but sharp gaze, Wolfgang had no choice but to sit down.

I was still bummed out.

‘As expected, the Northern First Sword. Even the head of the Senate can’t attack.’

The reason why Maehwa Palace still maintains the position of first wife even though she has no children is very simple.

It was because she herself was the strongest in Ragnar except for the family head.

To put it bluntly, the nickname is also the dragon of the ‘sword’.

The Maehwa Palace looked at Theo with warm eyes and opened her mouth.

“I listened very well to your opinion. Obviously that might not be entirely right. But I want you to know that the reality is not like that at all. Ragnar is strong but not big.”

“Princess Maehwa, what the hell are you talking about… … !”

Wolfgang’s face turned cold.

Theo, on the other hand, was a little surprised.

I didn’t know that as Ragnar’s arrogant mistress, I could admit Ragnar’s weakness so easily.

“It is not enough for us alone to fully rule this vast northern area and deal with the monsters of the Demon Sea. If one hand cannot handle ten hands, Ragnar will collapse if there are no people by our side to help us.”

– You can’t rule this world with only the way of defeat.

The Maehwa Palace seemed to want to tell the truth.

‘Even knowing that, you… … ?’

Theo suppressed the images of his family members dying in vain.

Why couldn’t Maehwa Palace’s upright thoughts be maintained for a long time?

“That’s why we can’t help but listen to the voices of our vassals and riders, and we can’t help but listen to their requests. I want you to consider this.”

Theo could already know that the level of punishment for himself had already been decided among the 9 dragons.

Theo glanced at Julius.

He was nodding. It seems that there is no resistance.

Perhaps he lowered the level of punishment as far as he could.

“Can you ask what the punishment will be for me?”

“Three-month probation.”

Theo’s brow narrowed.

“The flowering ceremony is only two months away, right?”

“With that in mind, I plan to allow them to participate in the flowering ceremony next year. Fourteen injured in your hand today… … No, it was decided a while ago that all 15 children, including Hanabi’s children, would attend next year.”

The Maehwa Palace Lady seemed to say that this was the last line she could use.

Even Wolfgang was displeased with that.

But.

‘no. no.’

Theo couldn’t understand the verdict.

‘This is a trap. Later, in one way or another, Ed will try to deprive me of the opportunity to hold the Flowering Ceremony.’

Even if it wasn’t for that, I couldn’t break the wings I was about to spread.

Wings once broken can never fly again.

“I heard that you just started holding a sword. So, it would be good for you to use this opportunity to quietly wipe your sword in your living quarters… … !”

“Thank you for your words, but I don’t think that will happen. I will appeal.”

The faces of Princess Plum Blossom and Julius hardened, and a sneer hung over Wolfgang and Ed’s lips.

“… … If we appeal, this case will be completely out of our hands.”

“Your hands are gone, but the voice of the sword is not true?”

In Ragnar, where the law of strong self-respect lives and breathes, the meaning of ‘appeal’ was very simple.

-War.

Only the winner was true.