episode_0155

Luke, with his leash on, is captured.

Elin fighting a dragon, etc.

While a series of amazing things are happening in the North.

“See the eternal sun of the continent.”

Leo, who came to reorganize, met the emperor.

A space so vast that voices echo.

A huge throne placed in the center.

Leo knelt before him and bowed his head reverently.

“Leo.”

The blond middle-aged man sitting on the throne tilted his head.

“What did you do with the sword Jim gave you?”

The voice was soft rather than overbearing.

“Broken.”

“Both of them?”

“I’m sorry.”

“No, I’m not blaming you. You fought until your sword broke… .”

The emperor looked into space and sighed.

“You must have met him.”

“Yes.”

“What was the condition?”

“The devil’s resurrection preparations are complete.”

“Oh no…! That’s why you fought so hard.”

The emperor also knows of Calchad’s scheme because he has been reporting on it from time to time.

“The Demon Resurrection Circle is spread throughout the entire empire… .”

The emperor rose from the throne.

I slowly came down the stairs.

“I can’t allow it.”

“I have a favor to ask… .”

Leo, who was stopped before he could speak, raised his head.

“Your Majesty, please do not use foresight in this case.”

“Just now it wasn’t a premonition, it was a prediction. The real premonition was… … .”

Swish, swish.

The Emperor’s golden eyes change into a rainbow of colors.

At the same time, the emperor’s appearance also changed.

In the appearance of a frail old man.

In the form of a pure boy.

He transformed into the appearance of a lively young man.

“… It means that a major disaster will strike soon.”

He returned to his middle-aged, worried appearance again.

It was a strange phenomenon to see in humans.

Leo wasn’t surprised at all.

Because the emperor wasn’t actually human.

“So I beg you. Please grant me the Dragon Sword.”

“Uhh… … .”

“A sword made from meteorite isn’t enough to stop Calchad Bertain.”

“I know. I know, but… .”

The emperor looked at Leo with pitiful eyes.

“It’s just a shame that we have to send away such a valuable talent.”

“Didn’t you promise me from the beginning? When the time comes, I will… .”

“I said I would cut off Bertain’s karma.”

“That’s it now.”

“Ugh… .”

The emperor let out a sigh.

It was because the painful future he had seen was getting closer and closer.

But a noble being cannot break a promise.

“Take good care of Jim’s teeth.”

The emperor handed Leo the sword he had at his waist.

A scabbard made of pure white.

Leo stood up, holding it carefully.

“I have two more requests for you.”

“If it were someone else, I would have said that you were being too greedy… but I would listen to you.”

Leo continued, bowing his head in gratitude.

“Please hand over all authority of the Secret Service to me.”

The Secret Service is the Emperor’s secret sword.

Now Leo had declared his independence from the Emperor.

“… So you’re saying you won’t listen to me anymore even if I tell you to.”

“Isn’t Your Majesty too weak?”

He said things so calmly that it wouldn’t be strange if he were punished for blasphemy.

The emperor simply shook his head.

“Ha, I see. Anything else you want?”

“Chaos will surely come soon. In the midst of that chaos… .”

Leo gave her a determined look.

The emperor became nervous without realizing it.

He was a talent I really cherished, but I had never seen him with such an expression on his face.

“Help Elin Bertain settle down.”

“Well, that’s… .”

A request that is no different from the reason Leo joined the secret task force.

“I promise on my name.”

The emperor had no choice but to listen.

“Thank you.”

Leo slowly lowered his posture.

Until your forehead touches the ground.

Leo said, bowing deeply to the Emperor.

“May you live long and prosper.”

“You don’t have to say anything, I’m already doing it.”

“Then.”

Leo, who got up without any hesitation and was about to leave the audience room.

It was a neat greeting, typical of Leo.

“You’re not going to go find Duke Carlchad right away, are you?”

Rather, the emperor was left with regrets.

“Yes, I am going to see His Majesty’s friend.”

“If you are Jim’s close friend… .”

There is only one friend of the Emperor that Leo can go to.

“Is Bertine awake now?”

“Probably so. I have a new contract.”

“… There is a mortal who made a contract with Bertain?”

The emperor opened his eyes wide.

I was so surprised that my race-specific vertical pupils were revealed.

“I want to make a contract quickly before you hibernate again.”

“Is the contract Jim thinks is right?”

“Yes.”

“If that’s the case, Jim himself… .”

“No.”

Leo politely declined the Emperor’s offer.

“Your Majesty, isn’t it too much to carry?”

“… … ”

Compassion sparkled in his golden eyes.

“I’m sorry. If only we had just defeated the demons earlier, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Your Majesty, this is not something you should apologize for. It wasn’t just Your Majesty who was there at the time.”

“But since all the other guys have left and gone into hiding, I have to take responsibility too.”

“It is enough to take care of the nation of mortals.”

I was sincere.

An ancient race ruled the human land for hundreds of years out of guilt alone.

“… The whole world will forget you, but I will remember you forever.”

“It’s an honor.”

“This is all I can do… .”

“No.”

A faint smile appeared on Leo’s lips.

“I know what an honor it is for a dragon to remember the name of a mere human.”

With those words, he left the audience room.

The steps were light.

The carefree back of a person who has found what he must do.

“I guess I’ll have to call the peacocks together… .”

The emperor moved to do what he could.

* * * * *

“We’re leaving soon, so everyone get ready.”

“Where is the captain going?”

“I have somewhere to go for a bit.”

Leo hid the fact that he was going to find Dragon from the other secret agents.

Boo-wook-

I tore off the highest level scroll.

A changing view.

A blizzard is coming.

We had arrived in the North.

Leo felt the insurmountable gap in level between himself and Kalchad during the previous battle.

That wasn’t a wall that could be overcome through training.

Already, Calchad has half given up on humanity.

In that case, Leo must also borrow power from the ancient being to reach the right level.

With that in mind, Bertain came to the sealed cave.

-Kwaaah!

The air vibrated and the earth shook.

“… ?”

At first I thought the teleportation had failed.

But the odds of a top-tier scroll failing are as absurd as Elin suddenly becoming fed up with Luke.

“… What?”

It was only then that Leo realized that the loud noise had come from inside the cave.

This can’t happen unless Bertain suddenly goes crazy, right?

I approached the entrance to the cave.

“You broke it by force.”

There are traces that someone has damaged the barrier.

Leo entered the cave.

I’m trying to figure out what crazy guy broke into the dragon’s cave.

Flash-!

“Huh.”

I couldn’t open my eyes because of the dazzling magical power colliding from deep within.

I strengthened my entire body with aura and barely opened my eyes.

What I can see with my barely secured field of vision is Bertain emitting a ray of light from his eyes.

“… … !!!”

It was Elin who held on without collapsing even though blood was pouring out of her mouth.

Why on earth is Elin here?

It didn’t even occur to me that I would.

When I came to my senses, Leo was running.

Sling-

The Dragon Sword, bestowed by the Emperor, was pulled out, boasting a pure white blade.

Ancestors who need help.

The younger sister who resents Leo for leaving her when she was young, and now completely ignores him.

Whose side should I take?

Without a doubt, it was the latter.

Leo is the one who must atone for his sins to Elin forever.

“Sigh-!”

A dragon sword that madly sucks up Leo’s aura.

Woof-!

It lets out a majestic cry, like a dragon roaring.

A sword energy shot out as if it were going to split the cave apart.

Kwagagagagagagak-!

I got caught between the clashing magic powers.

* * * * *

Surprisingly, Bertain and Elin competed.

“Cool, lucky… .”

Of course, Elin was bleeding as if she was about to die.

《… Are you human?》

The fact that he was still holding onto the power of the dragon was proof that he had already surpassed humans.

“Turn back to the teacher… … .”

“If anyone saw it, they’d think I took it away by force.”

“Turn around the teacher… … .”

“Tsk, my eyes are already blurry.”

Bertain stuck out his tongue.

Even though she was half-conscious, Elin was holding on with only one will to save her teacher.

There’s nothing we can do about it now that it’s come to this.

Even if it takes a little of the strength I have saved up, I have no choice but to provide comfort to my poor descendants.

The moment I thought that.

Kwagagagagagagak-!

In the middle, a familiar force intervened.

Berthain’s head turned around.

《Boldred?》

A strike that seemed to contain the power of a dragon.

The clash of magical powers went awry.

Bertain first collected energy to prevent the cave from exploding.

Shu… .

A situation where the magical power that had been weighing down the space was dispersed.

“Coolook… ….”

Elin, now a rag, falls down.

Pulsuk-

A purple-haired man ran towards her and caught her.

It was Leo who just swung his sword.

《Hmm…? You guys.》

My arms are shaking from the recoil of swinging the Dragon Sword.

I was wondering what would happen if Bertain attacked Leo as is.

《Isn’t this the big boss?》

“Thank you for remembering.”

Fortunately, Bertain remembered Leo, whom he had met briefly last time.

“Leo Bertine meets his ancestors.”

Leo was polite while hiding Elin behind him.

《Isn’t that a bit too brutal for a polite gesture?》

Of course, he didn’t forget to aim his sword at Berthain.

If it were normal, I would have torn him to pieces and killed him for being rude.

Bertain decided to find out why he had come.

Having a friend’s teeth means you are a recognized human being.

“I don’t know what the misunderstanding is, but I am on guard because it seems like our ancestors are persecuting their descendants.”

《What… Persecution? This body? To that woman??》

I tried to listen to you, but you said something like that.

Berthain almost screamed in frustration.

Who was it that broke the barrier and came in out of nowhere and demanded that Bertain hand over a soul that didn’t even exist?

He even attacked first without knowing how scary the dragon was.

“… … ”

Of course, Leo wasn’t shaken at all.

That’s because it was such a ridiculous story.

《Ugh… kekekeuk… !》

Bertain, who feels like he’s going to die from frustration.

The problem was that I couldn’t believe it myself.

In fact, there has never been a human this arrogant in all the eons!

“Calm down.”

《Relief? Can you really be calm after being treated like this?》

“The devil is about to rise again.”

Stop.

All movements of Berthain, who had been venting his anger for a long time, stopped.

For a moment, I felt as if time had stopped.

It was a long time before Bertain opened his mouth.

“What did you just say?”

“The current Bertain family is trying to resurrect the demon. So, I’m asking for help―”

《Why are you telling me that now!?》

The roaring voice of a dragon.

A shock so great that it may have shaken the entire Glaze Estate came crashing down.

Gulp.

Blood flowed from Leo’s ears.

“Ancestor, I think my eardrum is ruptured. Can you fix it for me?”

《…I’m sorry.》

Bertain blinked.

That alone returned Leo’s eardrums to their original state.

“I just got here so I can’t say anything now.”

《But that, that vicious bitch…!》

Bertain glared at Elin, who had lost consciousness.

I thought you were going to throw a tantrum after stopping the resurrection of the demon because you were just asking me to hand over my soul.

You haven’t even stopped it yet?

《Whether the continent falls or not, is the master the most important?》

Berthain shivered slightly.

Elin’s madness of wanting to save Luke even if the world were to end made even the dragons tremble in fear.

“That’s what happened.”

Leo guessed roughly what had happened from Bertain’s mutterings.

It seems that he came to Bertain just to save Luke, who had made a contract without permission.

《Didn’t this body say that just now?》

“To be honest, I still can’t believe it.”

《… … 》

I didn’t know you could be so reckless.

Could it be that becoming too strong in a short period of time actually became poisonous?

Leo thought about that and carefully put Elin down.

“I have come to make a contract, Ancestor.”

《Does this body have a nickname outside of the contract? This guy and that guy…!》

Berthain scattered his angry energy.

Now, just hearing the word contract makes me feel hot.

But Leo’s expression was dry.

Before, Luke made a contract, it was Luke’s business.

“I want to break the karma of Bertain that has been passed down from the second generation.”

《… … !》

Leo had work left to do.

“So first of all, please help me stop the devil.”

《… … Let’s listen first.》

Bertain calmed down and listened to Leo.

After seeing the youngest sibling acting up, I couldn’t believe how beautiful he looked when he saw his grandson coming out so proudly.