The Sun and the Moon

After Scarl declared this morning that he would stay one more day, only the father and daughter remained, and Haimon, the head of the family, stopped his daughter, who was moving hastily.

“Io.”

“Yes, Father.”

Even though only the black-and-white logic of survival and death, victory and defeat, remains in the world.

“So, which Hero did it?”

As soon as the Heroes arrived, Samigina fell, and humanity won the war against the demons. He saw it clearly with his subordinates. Even in a victorious war, merits are recorded and remain.

“That’s…”

There was only one answer left: Io, the only being who could watch everything from inside and outside the barrier.

Haimon, the head of the family, felt frustrated by his daughter’s hesitant expression.

“That is…”

Io was also frustrated.

She also believed that Scarl must have played a decisive role, given the circumstances…

But as soon as she opened her eyes outside the barrier, she only saw the already dead Samigina and suspected that Scarl had done something again.

Decisively, she hadn’t seen the Hero sisters’ skills directly, and Scarl had already used a lot of power to protect her inside the barrier before that.

“You’re frustrating. I am your father.”

He urged her with upset eyes, but Io didn’t know anything accurately.

The only thing she could remember was.

Io had no choice but to repeat what she had said.

“Really! Scarl can summon storms and has swordsmanship that splits the sky!”

It was like magic.

Especially for a swordsman, not a magician, to show that…

Haimon, the head of the family, gestured for her to leave with a bitter look, shaking his head.

“Haa. Yes, yes. Go away quickly.”

“Father!”

Haimon, the head of the family, thought it was too absurd and that she was half in love, so he sent his daughter away and sighed again.

“Io… Yes. It’s good to take care of your husband so much, but you are of Haimon’s blood.”

Io, who had grabbed the doorknob, turned around and shouted with a reddened face.

“What did you say?! I’m not yet―”

Haimon, the head of the family, didn’t look like he would believe whatever Io said, so Io closed her mouth as soon as she realized it.

Roberto, with a bitter look, issued an order to leave.

“Go and rest.”

“I’m going to attend the banquet too!”

“Didn’t you say you hated such events? I heard you drank a whole bottle of strong liquor yesterday because something was wrong?”

Scarl was leaving in a day, and she was upset, so she had a drink, and it seemed her father had heard about it.

“This time is an exception! Get out! I’m going to do my makeup here!”

Haimon, the head of the family, made a face as if the sky was falling at his daughter’s sharp words and drooped his shoulders, moving as if he was familiar with this situation.

“Raising a daughter is useless.”

Did she take after her mother? What was so good about the man who rejected her?

Io, who was about to scold her father for his lingering and resentful words, saw her face reflected in the mirror, which was full of fatigue.

“Oh my. Look at this mess. Scarl will be embarrassed to see me…”

It seemed her father had accurately assessed his daughter.

Scarl, Luna, and Flare boarded the train back to the capital the next morning.

“Then, goodbye.”

Haimon, the head of the family, felt regret at the cold-hearted departure and grabbed him.

“Why don’t you stay longer, Baron?”

Scarl made excuses, pointing to the two people who were feigning ignorance.

“It’s okay. I need to get back to my main job.”

Hearing that he had to teach students, Haimon, the head of the family, realized that he was an academy professor and shook his head with a hollow laugh.

“Yes, that’s right. Thank you. I’ll convey my gratitude again on behalf of my daughter.”

“Where is Io?”

“…She’s with a bottle of liquor.”

She drank too much yesterday for some reason.

Scarl thought that she must have been drunk because she was talking nonsense.

The stationmaster and the engineer, who wanted to start the train on time, constantly begged Scarl with their eyes.

“I’ll really be going now. Then.”

Scarl turned away, thinking that there was something to learn from Count Haimon’s shameless disregard for the eyes of his subordinates.

“Thank you. Everything. Haimon will never forget this grace.”

Grace.

“…I’ll send someone with the details. Then.”

If the first day was entirely a banquet for the victory, yesterday there were quite a few behind-the-scenes negotiations.

What that meant was that the rewards for defeating Samigina were being chosen and determined to some extent.

‘Io was included in that reward.’

Parents and nobles are different.

He consistently rejected the Count’s subtle suggestions and was able to get what he wanted.

“Good. I’ll contact you through that side.”

Kasha would take care of the rest.

That’s why he created the guild.

Scarl buried himself in the plush chair in the VIP compartment to relieve the fatigue from the long journey.

The returned capital.

Scarl, who had slept for nearly 10 hours, was not very happy to wake up and realize that he had arrived, and he loosened his stiff body.

Crack- Crack-

“We’ll be arriving soon.”

“Sophia and Kasha will come to pick us up, Master.”

Scarl stared at Luna at the unexpected words, and Flare answered instead.

“We’re still called Heroes, aren’t we, Professor?”

“That’s true.”

Luna added.

“Externally, Princess Sophia discovered the Heroes through Scarl, Master.”

A transcendent who suddenly fell from the sky has the potential to cause the collapse of the system, but a jewel discovered by a powerful person is a different story.

‘Especially since that Sophia is as close as blood to the Flare sisters.’

They were on opposite sides in the original story.

Anyway.

“And it was our first expedition, Professor?”

Yes, an expedition.

Stories can be embellished.

Sophia and Kasha are not people who would let this amazing achievement go unnoticed.

Therefore, Scarl simply nodded.

‘Our size has increased a lot.’

Defense against the demon invasion of the academy and the capital.

Defense against the air raid and commotion that took place in the capital’s grand square.

It was good that the previous events were miraculously resolved, but if they showed a passive and defensive side to the demons.

Through this expedition, they killed the demons who had infiltrated the Haimon region for the first time.

I don’t know how it will be woven into the newspaper and spread to the public, but the gist will be this.

Princess Sophia sent a Hero to save the Haimon region.

By doing so, the Emperor’s family can sit still and exert a strong influence on the local nobles.

Those who know all the facts will say that the Emperor did nothing?

But isn’t she Sophia’s father?

Isn’t he the greatest being among humans?

There is no powerful person who dislikes profits coming in without lifting a finger.

The only thing we get is.

Consolidate the power base over the nobles.

It’s nothing much, but that’s what tradition, history, honor, and fame are.

What is created in that way is that the Haimon family, which has always been dedicated to the Empire, supports the Heroes, and the Heroes support Sophia.

Now that there is a core noble family that can be called the Sophia faction, other pyramid nobles have a reason to attach themselves to us.

If we had only done one thing, it could have been dismissed as luck, but we have succeeded in a row, and the public has no choice but to call us heroes.

“Even so.”

“Hmm.”

Sophia probably came because of that.

The Emperor began to pay attention to the two of them in earnest.

From Princess Sophia’s personal interest and influence.

As a Hero and Hero recognized by the real Emperor.

Therefore, what greeted the three of them was.

As they got off the train, they saw a solemn and dignified honor guard and a long red carpet leading to the main gate of the station.

The onlookers around cheered at our appearance, and the music of the military band flowed out, starting with trumpets and bugles.

♬♪♩♬♪♩♩

The music, familiar as the game’s BGM, hit my ears.

♬♪♩♬♪♬♬

At the end of the red carpet, Sophia was standing in imperial ceremonial robes.

“Scarl-nim. Etiquette.”

“Professor. Center.”

The Heroes, worried that Scarl might not listen, quickly stood on either side of Scarl.

“This is.”

Sophia walked slowly.

Kasha, who was next to her, had a faint smile on her face as if she was enjoying something.

“It’s all Master’s.”

“Isn’t it the glory that the Professor will receive?”

It was just that he was briefly surprised by Sophia’s appearance.

‘Anyone would think it’s a school uniform.’

That outfit is.

It’s a ceremonial robe that was used in the imperial family a long time ago.

There is a trend in court costumes, and under the name that trends come and go, various clothes were implemented in the game.

School uniform.

And that’s a school uniform that has been reduced to the maximum.

The skirt is so narrow that the thigh fat is pressed, and the top is so tight that the navel will be exposed if you move even a little.

In a strange way, I felt that this was actually inside the game.

Feeling a strange feeling of receiving a reward from a character in the game, Scarl took the etiquette.

Sophia, who received it from Kasha holding the imperial decree, began to read it out loud.

After a long investigation, the content was nothing special.

Just simple congratulations and unnecessary attention that they were watching.

Of course, it was an honor and a great pleasure for the family just by that, but there was nothing practical given to the three people who had suffered.

Scarl, who was cursing the stingy Emperor in his heart, got up as soon as Sophia’s edict was over and took the imperial decree.

“I dedicate all this glory to the Emperor!”

“Of course. Baron Scarl. And…”

The quick-witted Kasha held up the embroidered cloak that was under the imperial decree.

“Baron Scarl-nim. I’ll do it for you.”

Kasha quickly put the cloak given by the Emperor on Scarl’s shoulders before anyone else could.

It was a short red cloak, but everyone who watched Scarl, who had received the imperial decree, cheered at the authority that only the Emperor could give, and this small event ended with the music of the honor guard.