Chapter 106

To keep the joy from showing on his face, Eddie gripped the knight in his hand tightly.

Marcel’s Tracker had just failed to hold on any longer and had been released.

Now, it was truly a conversation between just Furas and himself.

“I found out a few days after I entered the family, through a Tracker I had placed on one of the butlers. I knew Teacher Patman was Circe the moment we first met.”

“…Hah.”

“This spell, Well and Deer, you’ve been preparing it for Young Master Marcel for quite some time, haven’t you?”

Eddie spoke, putting particular emphasis on the expression ‘for’.

But it seemed to emphasize the opposite meaning, and Furas' mood soured.

Eddie asked him.

“But there is one thing I’m curious about.”

“…What is it?”

“If it’s a spell for Marcel, why is it being kept a strict secret from Marcel himself?”

“……”

Furas didn’t answer and just glared at Eddie quietly.

Of course, Eddie didn’t think Furas would answer either.

The time he had bought with this question was for the final stroke of the summoning circle.

The more Furas remained silent in his anger and sense of futility, the more advantageous it became for Eddie.

Eddie gauged the completion of the summoning circle through the Oath Gem Clode.

Now, all that was left was for the final stroke to be drawn to its end.

In about 20 seconds, he could summon the Mercuries and escape from this place with them.

But just then.

“Hooooo……”

Furas exhaled an even thicker cloud of tobacco smoke than before.

His vision instantly blurred with a teal color.

From within that hazy, teal smoke, Furas' low voice was heard.

“If you’re so curious about that… find out for yourself in the afterlife.”

Vwoom-

The pipe in Furas' hand instantly transformed into a wand.

Furas' movements as he moved the wand were obscured by the smoke and not clearly visible.

But sensing danger from the change in aura, Eddie raised his hand to clutch the Oath Gem Clode, and the next moment.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah-!

The teal-colored smoke that had been filling the office transformed into the shape of a giant beast and lunged at Eddie.

As Eddie was swallowed by the teal beast, Furas' sneering voice rang in his ears.

“Why, did you think you were the only one buying time?”

* * *

Meanwhile.

The knights of the Kirhausen order had surrounded the exterior of Shainborough in a triple layer.

Unlike the magicians and sorcerers who had been ambushed inside the mansion, these were the ones who had been on standby outside.

The elites of the Second to Fifth Knight Orders, excluding the First Knight Order which was on an external mission, had their weapons aimed at Shainborough.

To be precise, at Eddie, who could emerge from Shainborough at any moment.

“Haa……”

Dwayne Simon, the Third Knight Commander of Kirhausen, let out a tense sigh.

The sword in his hand glinted even more sharply as it caught the sunlight.

Dwayne checked his own face, reflected on the silver blade.

He always held his sword with a sense of duty as a knight, but what was on his face now was not a sense of duty, but guilt.

‘Even if he is a tail who betrayed the family… to have to use this sword to subdue a 14-year-old child…….’

Last night.

Furas had summoned the commanders of the four knight orders to his office and given them instructions.

The role of the knight order in the operation was the final bastion to prevent Eddie from leaving Kirhausen.

If they failed to subdue Eddie inside Shainborough, they were to subdue him by force.

To use the force of the knight order against a 14-year-old child.

No matter how great Eddie’s mana was, it was an order that was difficult for Dwayne to accept.

‘If Commander Clifford had been here, he would have strongly opposed it.’

If it had been Tares, he would have actively defied the order, as befitting a steadfast vassal.

If that didn't work, he would have rather left the knight order than follow the command.

But unfortunately, Tares was on an external mission, and Dwayne was not as strong-willed as Tares.

And the remaining knight commander-

‘The operation became more aggressive because the family head entrusted the command of the entire knight order to that man.’

Dwayne’s gaze turned to a man standing a short distance away.

A man who was already brimming with bloodlust, rolling a sword in his hand, a man who was nothing short of ferocious.

The Second Knight Commander, Veno Schulte.

His combat skills were outstanding, but his temperament was fierce and cruel, a malicious individual.

He, who always terrified the members under his command, was a brawler more suited to be a mercenary than a knight.

And Furas had given him a high position, appointing him as the Second Knight Commander, a position for which he was unqualified in every way.

It was likely a plan to keep Tares in check by having him clash with the First Knight Commander, whose disposition did not match his own.

Until now, Tares had not tolerated Veno’s deviations, but with Tares absent, there was no one to control Veno.

‘I will definitely catch that cheeky brat here, with my own hands.’

Veno was determined to catch Eddie by any means necessary and achieve merit.

If he achieved great merit in an operation that the family head himself had summoned him for and instructed, his position within the family would become even more solid.

‘If that happens, no matter if he’s from the Rosch family, you won’t be able to ignore me anymore, Tares Clifford.’

Veno sneered and swung his sword lightly.

A murderous sound was made every time the sharp blade cut through the air.

He was ready to attack Eddie at any moment.

Not just an attack, he was prepared to unhesitatingly unleash his sword ki and shatter him.

A child or whatever, he didn't care.

‘The family head said he would handle it if possible, and even if the family head misses, he said the brat’s mana consumption will be high. Besides, he’s alone, so against hundreds of knights, he absolutely can’t…….’

Just as Veno was continuing his sneering thoughts.

Woooooong-

With a suspicious noise, a giant image appeared in the sky above Shainborough.

A blue image with a very complex geometric shape drawn inside a circle.

At the unfamiliar sight, Veno and the knights stared blankly at the sky.

The one who first identified the image was Dwayne.

“A summoning circle……?”

And the moment the other knights’ eyes widened at Dwayne’s words.

Kwaaaaaaaang-!

With a roar that seemed to burst their eardrums, something broke through the fifth floor of Shainborough.

“Ugh……!”

Building materials, including bricks, rained down.

The commanders, along with their knights, tried to grasp the situation while blocking the fragments.

The mass of teal-colored smoke that had broken out of the mansion was still an unknown entity.

However, since the mass of smoke had emerged from the family head’s office, its identity could be guessed.

Furas, standing on the debris, silently looked up at the summoning circle in the sky, wand in hand.

His widened eyes were bloodshot, as if he were quite surprised.

Clank-!

He looked down at the knights and pointed at the mass of teal-colored smoke with the tip of his wand.

“Subdue it.”

As the family head’s order fell, the knights swiftly surrounded and encircled the mass of smoke.

The teal-colored smoke, gathered in a spherical shape, writhed violently as if to swallow what was inside.

The aura emanating from within it was unusual, so although the knights had surrounded it, they did not dare to act rashly.

Just then.

Paaaaaaaaat-!

A golden light mixed with the teal, and cracks began to form in the smoke-made sphere.

And a short while later.

Shwaaaaaaaak-!

The teal-colored smoke was devoured by the gold and scattered in an instant.

From within the scattered smoke, Eddie appeared, holding a wand and kneeling on one knee.

His entire body was shimmering with golden mana circuits, as if he had used his mana intensely.

Clank-!

As Eddie became visible, the knight order fully assumed their attack stances.

“Hooooo……”

Eddie slowly caught his breath.

He then raised his head and looked around.

Hundreds of knights with their weapons aimed at him.

Although there was Furas' order to subdue him, no one rushed in easily.

‘Well, he’s a guy who survived a head-on confrontation with the family head, so they wouldn’t dare to rush in easily.’

Eddie thought, scanning the tense faces of the knights.

In truth, it was a really close call.

The lack of injuries was only on the outside.

Inside, Eddie was struggling to endure extreme pain and internal injuries.

The moment Furas' unique magic struck, it was Rakan’s claw fragment that had reacted faster than Eddie’s mana circle.

Rakan’s mana had pushed away Furas' mana that had touched Eddie’s body, and thanks to that, Eddie was not injured at all.

But the reins were not loosened for free.

Rakan’s mana was increasingly getting out of control, trying to directly confront Furas.

If the summoning circle hadn't been completed and the wand hadn't returned at that moment, if Eddie hadn't caught it and regained control of his mana, it might have been dangerous.

‘Let’s endure for now, O King of Magical Beasts. Now is not the time.’

Gulp-

Soothing the will of Rakan, who was still expressing his anger, Eddie swallowed the blood that was boiling up in his throat.

Besides the blood that kept trying to come up, there were many other abnormal signals his body was sending.

His breathing was getting increasingly ragged, and his vision kept threatening to black out.

But there were hundreds of eyes watching his condition.

Eddie gritted his teeth, endured, and pretended to be fine.

Eddie got up and slowly scanned the knights.

Then, his eyes met with a knight who had a completely different look in his eyes than the other knights.

It was Dwayne.

“……”

Dwayne’s eyes, filled with complex emotions, trembled slightly.

But like a veteran knight, the tip of the sword aimed at Eddie was sharp and unwavering.

Seeing this, Eddie felt both bitterness and satisfaction.

‘Yes, a knight should be like that.’

Eddie gave a faint smile as he looked at Dwayne.

And Veno, who saw that smile, instantly became filled with bloodlust and raised his sword.

“What are you all doing! Didn’t you hear the family head’s order?! Subdue that bastard!”

Eddie frowned at the sound of the shouting.

Was he the Second Knight Commander?

A definite man of Furas, closer to a stone than a gem.

At his command, the knights of the Second Knight Order aimed their weapons and took another step closer to Eddie.

But that was all.

Eddie’s golden-glowing momentum was so brilliant that even they, veteran knights, hesitated.

The other knight orders were the same.

In the end, Veno, frustrated, moved first.

He aimed his sword and strode towards Eddie, then shouted in a threatening voice.

“I won’t say it twice. Drop your wand and follow the instructions, Eddie Summerson! Surrender peacefully!”

“……”

Eddie showed no reaction, as if it wasn't even worth responding.

This time, Dwayne stepped forward and urged in a calm tone.

“Eddie, drop the wand.”

But this time too, Eddie did not react.

Instead, he closed his eyes and gauged the approaching auras.

Finally, thinking he could no longer bear it, Veno re-gripped his sword.

He intended to shatter that arrogant composure, and if necessary, inflict serious injuries to make him pay the price for opposing Kirhausen.

Clank-!

As Veno’s sword began its trajectory in earnest, Dwayne was startled.

“Commander Schulte, wait…!

At the momentum of him about to cut Eddie, Dwayne unknowingly tried to stop Veno.

However, Veno swung his sword at Eddie’s neck without hesitation.

Vwoom-!

But.

Kaaang-!

The sword was blocked by another sword that appeared with a blue flame.

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