episode_0149

“Captain, please make our Somerset Estate Duelists’ dreams come true!!!”

“Our captain will win!”

“Never lose to other guys!”

chuck!

Ada simply raised her fist in response to the cheering from the neighborhood kids behind her.

“Come out victory pose!”

At some point, it became a habit for Ada to raise one arm with a fist when she was sure of victory.

The neighborhood children, who had now become accustomed to the sight, began cheering once again upon seeing Ada’s victory pose.

“Alain, it won’t be easy, but take good care of Ada so she doesn’t get into trouble.”

“Yes, my lord. I still have the strength to complete that mission.”

The Marquis felt it was not right to send his young daughter to the capital, but he could not tell Ada, who was so happy to have advanced to the main competition, to give up the competition, so he decided to send her in the end.

At first, the Marquis wanted to follow along himself.

‘Your Majesty, you now have a lot of work to manage.’

Thanks to Rupert, the family prospered and was even promoted to the title of Marquess, so his work also increased and he could not leave his post.

Although he still doesn’t realize it, the Marquis was a true high-ranking noble among the nobles.

Because he had the powerful authority to select one count and two barons as his vassals, and even to grant the title of baronet to non-nobles.

‘Thank you for helping me out so far.’

He rewarded Baron Klein, who had stayed by his side even when his family was falling apart, by promoting him to a Viscount and entrusting him with a portion of the newly expanded territory.

He also gave Mullers, who had served as the senior knight of his family, the title of baronet, opening the way for him to become a nobleman.

As Somerset not only regained its former prestige but was on the rise, some flies were flocking to it.

‘Count… no, Marquis! For old times’ sake, just this once more… .’

As the Somerset family began to decline, there was an incident where old vassals who had left without looking back came back and shamelessly asked for their places.

And among them,

‘I have been working for the Somerset family since the old days! Even if I were away for a while, how could I stand to see the land being run like this?’

There were even some who behaved violently towards the workshop staff as if they were the masters of the Somerset family.

‘Those guys are crazy.’

‘That’s right, that’s right.’

Of course, Rupert wasn’t the one to just sit by and watch.

Also, since the Marquis of Bradley, who was famous for being kind, did not forgive them as much, they were now beaten and driven out by the elite Somerset guards and knights.

“Your Majesty, recently, there have been many outsiders in the territory, so there are some areas where public security is unstable. Also, thieves who targeted the Somerset Goods store have been caught and punished… .”

“A date has been set for discussion with the surrounding lords regarding the exact boundary of the byproducts in relation to the recently granted territory. In preparation for the discussion, related materials… .”

Although Somerset had chased away the flies that had returned, it was true that he was short on manpower.

It was because of this that Somerset hired capable people to replace his former vassals, and thanks to this, things were going well even without Rupert having to worry too much.

“Stop… Shouldn’t we have some time to rest?”

Instead, Marquis Bradley, who had not yet resigned from his post as head of the household, was being torn apart.

‘Richard! Yes, your wandering is now forgiven!! So come back… .’

‘I’m sorry, Father. It seems that Cypris has recently become pregnant, so I can’t leave your side… .’

‘Why is this kid so uselessly fast at things like that!’

If things continued like this, I would have no choice but to do nothing but my husband’s business, so I urgently tried to call my eldest son, Richard, but even that was no use.

‘You should work, Father. Moderate work is good for your health.’

Moreover, the Marquis knew better than anyone that there was no point in complaining to Rupert, who would inherit the family line.

Rather, it was Bradley who realized why the eyes of the employees in his old workshop were so fierce when he saw Rupert, who was now bringing in more work, saying that he was finally able to show off his master’s dignity.

The Marquis, burdened with such a heavy workload, could not leave his post, so he appointed Alain and Own as guardians for Ada, who had to go to the capital.

To be honest, I was confident that with the skills of the two, they would be able to prevent most dangers.

Oun was a knight of the expert level, and Alain was a knight even more skilled than Oun, although he was hiding his skills.

***

“Miss, the technique we’re going to learn today is a little different.”

“Far away!”

Alain couldn’t hide his joy at seeing Ada’s interest in learning something new.

‘My life was not in vain!’

Alain, who had made it his mission to protect House Somerset, was happier now that the family had emerged from the crisis and was in a better place.

-You guys, now let’s live a new life.

Alain, who became the last leader of the secret society circus troupe that had been passed down through the Somerset family, disbanded the troupe himself at the order of the previous head of the family.

Although it was clearly his role to protect Somerset, Alain understood the previous head of the family’s will to keep his son from knowing about these bloody events, as he had many bloody incidents on his hands.

However, if he had any regrets, it was that he failed to prevent hasty investments during the war, which led to the downfall of his family, and that he failed to continue the lineage of Somerset Ryu, the circus troupe’s visionary technique.

Fortunately, the former was resolved thanks to Rupert, but it was Alain who had actually given up on finding a successor to the Somerset line.

First of all, the Somerset Ryu was a secret that was passed down only for the Somerset family and the circus troupe, so it could not be passed down to just anyone.

Now that the circus troupe has disbanded, only members of House Somerset are eligible.

However, the current head of the household, Bradley, was a person who hated fighting from the beginning, and above all, he had no talent for martial arts whatsoever.

He had thought of passing the Somerset lineage to his eldest son, Richard, who showed some potential, but that too was in vain because Richard ran away from the family.

Alain thought that the only candidate left was Rupert.

‘Haak… Haak. Just now… I think I’ve been running for about 30 minutes?’

‘You ran for three minutes, Your Majesty.’

‘What? Lies!!!’

Unfortunately, Rupert physically resembled his father, the Marquis Bradley.

At that moment, I decided to give up on finding a successor and send Somerset Ryu to the back of history.

‘Let me defeat Oun!’

A gift called Ada appeared before Alain’s eyes.

In fact, he had already known that Ada was quite talented at using her body for her age.

Even though there was no one to carry on the vision, I excluded it from the candidates because I thought it would be wrong to have the family’s youngest daughter carry on the vision.

Despite such determination, Ada’s blossoming talent dazzled Alain.

Alain began teaching Ada, who could only be described as having a god-given talent, the basics of the techniques he knew.

Since Somerset Ryu’s vision was that even children could learn if they had physical talent, Ada learned them as if she was absorbing water.

And now,

“So this technique uses the eyes, or visual acuity, to predict the opponent’s movements and even steal the opponent’s techniques.”

He even taught a technique called Third Eye, which is one of the techniques of Somerset Ryu.

“Wow! Alain’s eyes are spinning!”

Ada cheers as she sees Alain demonstrating the Third Eye.

And then she tried to copy what Alain did.

“The point of this technique is to control the mana energy flowing through your body and force it into your nervous system, creating a new path toward your eyes.”

While riding in a carriage heading to the Magic Tower to use the transport to the capital, Own was watching Alain teaching Ada the technique and was surprised when he heard his explanation.

‘What? Such a crazy thing… .’

Only expert knights who have mastered the art of mana breathing can breathe mana into the nervous system.

It would be extremely dangerous for Ada, who is still so young, to do that… .

“Done!”

“Well done, Miss!”

It was a shame that I reproached myself for being foolish even for thinking about it for a moment.

‘You’re still trying to judge that little monster by human standards.’

Oun, who had been feeling inferior for a while after losing to Ada, soon began to recognize her as an out-of-the-ordinary being.

Seeing Ada successfully master the advanced Third Eye technique in one go, he wanted to turn away from reality.

Of course, thanks to Ada, Oun was able to come to his senses and develop his talents, albeit belatedly, but it was still difficult for him to get used to Ada’s appearance.

Alain and Ada, unaware of Own’s feelings, were happily using the Third Eye in turns.

‘I really liked how they taught the skills in connection with comics.’

Alain used Ada’s interest in The Lord of Cards to interest her, who was too engrossed in learning the Somerset style.

‘Alain, how do you put things in and take them out of your hands?’

He used to teach the techniques used by the main character and other characters in in a way that was as similar as possible to the Somerset style.

‘This is a technique similar to the Thousand Eyes used by Flying Horse in The King of Cards.’

When I brought up the story of while teaching Third Eye this time, Ada was learning Somerset style so diligently that she immediately asked to learn it.

‘He must have been really happy.’

Alain couldn’t hide his delight as he watched Ada jumping for joy every time she learned a skill from him.

“Rash, I got stronger today!”

“Boom!”

Alain was just proud as a teacher, looking at Ada smiling brightly.