episode_0113

“It’s been so long that it doesn’t feel unfamiliar.”

Richard felt a strange sense of unfamiliarity when he returned to his homeland, where he had left to fight in the war against Sylvania.

At first, I thought it was just unfamiliar because it was my hometown that I had returned to after a long time, but Somerset Estate had developed so much without me knowing it and there were many buildings I had never seen before.

“But the expressions of the people here are so bright?”

Cypris spoke as he looked at the estate from Richard’s side.

Lively people were seen everywhere on the streets, and children seemed to be busy running around, excited about something.

Cypris, who had traveled to many places in the empire to deal with the Night’s Servants, felt good seeing a peaceful territory after a long time.

Because it was rare to see such a lively place among the people of the empire.

“Because our father is a good lord.”

“Richard… .”

“I don’t know how to look at your face! Seriously… .”

The closer Richard got to his hometown, the more his expression became worse.

I thought it was too shameless for the eldest son, who had abandoned his family and gone off to fight in the war to gain merit, to now return to his family.

His father, who was getting older, his brother Rupert, who was introverted and gentle, and Ada, who was still a baby.

He didn’t have the confidence to face the family he had left behind to satisfy his own greed.

“Don’t worry. Your family is the only one who will protect you even if you commit a bigger mistake.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah.”

Richard held Cypris’s hand comforting him and met her eyes.

It’s been years since I became a Crimson Warden and joined her.

“I want to be your family. When this is over… .”

As Richard spoke, he got closer and closer to Cypris’ face, just before their lips covered each other.

“That’s all for now. What you need to do is not to mess around with elves here, but to go to House Summerset and reveal our presence to them and ask for their cooperation.”

It was Alexander who struck with a hammer, carrying the atmosphere.

“Big, I know.”

“If you know, move. You’re out of your mind, making a fuss in the sacred temple.”

Richard and Cypris’ faces turned red at Alexander’s words, and they quickly fell apart, coughing in embarrassment. Soon, Richard left to go to the family first and explain the situation.

“Couldn’t you stand it for even a few seconds while a young man and woman whisper their passionate love?”

“I’ve never seen a guy who whispers his heartbreaking love on the battlefield live long.”

Even though Xenia, who was watching the scene, criticized him with sharp words, Alexander’s attitude did not change.

“Why do you act so gentle in front of other people, but act like this to your own troops… .”

After joining the Allied Forces and fighting together in several battles, Xenia felt that Alexander was not a bad person, contrary to his first impression.

Of course, when dealing with dark elves, he was so full of murderous intent that he could be called a demon from hell.

When he met other ordinary people, he was truly a picture-perfect, gentle priest.

“Ordinary people are the ones who deserve respect. They are seekers who spend their entire lives pursuing the duty given to them by the Goddess.”

“Yes?”

“Compared to them, guys like us just destroy, fight, and cut off the heads of our enemies. You still don’t know that beautiful people deserve respect.”

Xenia had a hard time understanding Alexander’s words.

Of course, ordinary people also played their own roles, but the Allied Forces were a place where many more outstanding people gathered.

From the elves who are natural archers and spirit-controlling beings, to the wizards recognized in the Magic Tower where the best magicians of the empire gather, to the knights representing the goddess cult.

Aren’t these people truly special?

Xenia really liked the Allied Forces, who seemed like they came straight out of a fairy tale.

Because I felt like I was playing some important role in being in there.

But it was hard to agree with Alexander when he said that such a coalition was a bunch of insignificant people, and that it was the common people who deserved respect.

“A true warrior is someone who holds the hand of a struggling person in front of him, rather than someone who defeats dragons and subdues demons.”

Alexander’s eyes were fixed on the children who were laughing, chatting, and running around cheerfully.

***

“Is that really Richard!”

Count Bradley’s eyes couldn’t help but widen.

It was so strange that his eldest son, who had been dead or alive since he went to war, had returned to his family like this.

I rubbed my eyes, wondering if it was a dream, and looked again, but his expression was slightly different, but it was definitely his son, Richard.

“Father, I’m sorry I haven’t seen you for so long.”

“This worthless guy!! How can there be no news if he was alive!!”

Tears were already welling up in Count Bradley’s eyes.

It was because I remembered the past days when I was in despair for a while, thinking I was dead without being able to move.

If he had been just a little more capable, he would have hired a knight to escort Richard, or he would have spent money to find out news about Richard, who had gone missing.

He was a count who had a grudge in his heart because he could not do anything.

“Are you here, brother?”

“Rupert!”

And there was Rupert, who came running at the news that his eldest son, Richard, had returned.

“You’ve grown so much, I really don’t recognize you.”

“Brother, you have changed so much that I can’t recognize you over the years.”

“Haha. I’ve been through a lot myself… .”

Richard was amazed to see that Rupert, who was still a little boy, had grown into such a tall young man.

Rupert was also surprised by the appearance of his brother whom he had never seen before.

‘What the heck… No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t look like he’s the successor to the Northern Margrave family, but rather the Somerset family.’

While Earl Bradley and Rupert were slightly dainty and delicate, Richard was at least a head taller than them and had a muscular body that made him look solid.

Richard, who looks like a warrior to anyone, just like Kyle of the House of Margrave, who is currently a guest at the mansion.

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“Wow! This sword is huge!”

Ada’s eyes were focused more on the greatsword he carried than on her older brother, Richard.

“Ada? Are you Ada?”

Richard said as he saw Ada jumping for joy at the sight of his sword.

“No, it’s Ada! It’s Hansel!”

“Hansel?”

“That’s right, brother.”

At Rupert’s words, Ada made a pouty expression, then jumped up from her spot and climbed onto Rupert’s shoulder, sitting on the horse.

“It’s Hansel!”

“Okay, okay! Got it! Our Hansel, so don’t ask!”

Rupert, who had unintentionally put Ada on a horse, was horrified.

Ada, who had recently grown to the point of even defeating Own, was truly the tyrant of Somerset.

‘Somerset Ryu, pick out the carrots!’

‘Ada, you shouldn’t be a picky eater. You should eat a variety of foods.’

‘nah!’

Since there was no one in the family who could catch Ada, it was a daily routine to roam the mansion with Rash and pillage the snacks hidden by the maids.

‘Hand me Sena!’

‘Ada, calm down! Sena has to draw now!’

‘No, Ada is playing around now!’

There was even an incident where he forcibly took Sena, who was larger than him, on a ratchet and kidnapped her.

At that time, Rupert and all the other writers in the studio rushed at Ada, but it was not enough to point out anything.

‘It felt like giving a child a nuclear bomb button.’

Rupert used to use Ada’s fists as a massager instead, but if he did that now, he might faint instead of get a massage.

Ada, who was still standing on Rupert’s shoulder with her mouth open, was ready to fire her teeth at any moment depending on Rupert’s answer.

“Ada Hansel is hungry now!”

Satisfied with Rupert’s answer, Ada, who had been ready to bite, now grumbled, patting her belly with her palm.

“Your Majesty and the young masters, the meal is ready now, so let’s talk inside.”

“It’s been a while, Alain.”

“I’m glad you’re safe, Grand Master.”

When Alain announced that dinner was ready, Richard approached Alain and hugged him.

Alain was also thrilled by the return of Richard, whom he had once considered to be the successor to the Somerset line.

He had been looking after the three Somerset siblings since they were babies, so although it might be presumptuous, it felt like his children had come back to life.

“Then everyone, let’s all go inside. Richard, you need to hear what happened too.”

The Somerset family gathered together for a meal together for the first time in a long while, thanks to the Earl’s words.

***

“… That’s why I haven’t been able to come back until now.”

The Earl and Rupert, sitting at the table, were speechless at Richard’s story.

“So… Wait a minute, so you were fighting in a war and got pushed back, and ran into the forest, and met the Master there?”

Richard nodded at the earl’s words.

“And then it turns out that the Master was the head of a secret organization that deals with monsters called the Night’s Clan?”

This time Rupert asked again, and Richard nodded again.

“Huh… I thought the master who taught you swordsmanship was Oregon.”

The fact that the Master who lost his life trying to save him was actually the Imperial Sword Master, Karl O’Regan, came as a great shock to everyone.

And when Oregon’s name was mentioned, Richard’s expression hardened again.

“I couldn’t come back until I had avenged my master. I’m sorry, Father.”

“So is everything finished now?”

“No.”

“If so, why did you come back?”

The count realized that his son had not returned simply because he wanted to see his family.

Just from what they just told us, we could tell that Richard had been through things that were beyond their imagination.

And it was clear that the son did not come simply because he wanted to see his family.

“Rupert.”

“Yes, bro.”

“I didn’t realize it because I was stuck inside, but I suddenly became a famous person.”

Richard speaks to Rupert, but Rupert’s expression is very gloomy.

“I saw the cartoon you drew.”

-Van Helsing, how on earth did you know that this was a cartoon?

Richard finally reveals why he came home.

It was to ask Rupert, the creator of the comic , who seems to have transferred their own story, the reason for this.

‘Is this really the goddess’ trick?’

And Rupert had already given up.

Rupert had a vague feeling from the moment Richard first started talking.

And as the story became more and more familiar, I finally admitted it.

That the that he is currently drawing is also somewhat entangled with real-life events, just like .