Raon approached the door of the mansion. As I got closer, it became clearer. The people inside the mansion were the maids of the annex, including Sylvia and Helen.
However, other than them, there were also people inside who were hoping to come here.
‘I need to go in.’
You wouldn’t know if you were sleeping. Since everyone was awake, I decided to go in and have a look.
Squeak.
I approached the front door of the mansion and opened the door. There was a warmth that felt like entering an annex, along with soft lighting that was soothing to the eyes.
I could feel the hands of the annex maids in the neatly organized lobby.
‘They’re all over there.’
The presence of people inside the mansion was felt in the largest room on the right. I opened the door carefully so as not to make any noise and went inside.
Unlike the lobby, the lighting in the room was only coming down on the podium.
The maids, including Yua and Helen, were moving dolls behind the black desk on the podium, and below the podium, the scruffy children were looking intently forward with only the backs of their heads visible.
-Those kids back then!
Lars flew forward and cheered as he checked the children’s faces.
-Everyone survived safely! Thank goodness!
The guy smiled brightly, saying that young things should live a long time. These were truly warm words that could not be called demon lord.
-But what are you maids doing now?
‘It looks like a puppet show.’
Yua was moving a doll that looked like a blonde knight, and other maids were manipulating soldiers and monster dolls.
“The monsters’ attacks became more and more intense. In the end, the wall broke, and the soldiers fell under the castle.”
Sylvia was reading something like a script from a little distance away from the stage, as if she was giving commentary.
“A moment of crisis when vicious monsters approach the fallen soldiers!”
With Sylvia’s explanation, Yua moved her hand and lowered the blonde doll down the castle wall.
“The hero Raon Sieghard jumped down the castle wall and stood in front of the soldiers.”
She smiled brightly and continued speaking softly.
“The monsters fell before Raon Sieghardt’s excellent swordsmanship.”
“Aaaahhh!”
The maids who were controlling the monsters screamed and threw the monster dolls to the floor.
“Kwaaaaaak!”
Surprisingly, Judiel made the monster doll lie down, acting realistically as if he had been hit with a knife.
“Raon Sieghardt did not take a step back and protected the people under the castle walls until the red moonlight set and the golden sun rose.”
With Sylvia’s powerful voice, the maids tilted all the monster dolls.
Julius crawled over to the desk, took out the moon model, and hung up the sun model.
“It is not the knight’s sword that can protect the cold walls of the Frost Highlands… .”
Yua began to sing while controlling Raon’s doll. The clear yet clear voice attracted all the attention in the room.
Raon smiled and twitched his fingers in time to the song.
‘You’ve grown again.’
The infant’s voice and sense of singing have developed further than before. It seemed like she was now a singer who could literally captivate people.
-Pineapple girl! Pineapple Girl!
Lars shook his round fist at Yua. Frost bloomed from the guy’s fist and sparkled like starlight.
“Raon.”
As Raon was smiling while listening to the baby’s song, Saint Pedro, dressed in a rag, came up next to him. Of course I knew he was there, but I didn’t talk to him because he was focused on watching.
“long time no see. “Saint.”
“How does it feel to hear about your accomplishments?”
“I’m embarrassed.”
He scratched his cheek and shook his head.
“They say it’s true. Is there anything to be embarrassed about?”
“It seems a bit dramatized.”
“They say that this story is 100% real?”
Pedric smiled kindly as he watched the toddler controlling the Raon Sieghardt doll.
‘As expected, Yua wrote it.’
Since Yoo Ah is the only person who truly knows the story, it was natural for her to write the script.
Raon looked at the children concentrating under the podium and then turned to Pedric.
“Thank you for doing me a favor.”
I straightened my posture and bowed to Pedric.
“It’s okay to say hello or something.”
Pedric waved his hand thinly, like waves approaching the beach.
“Even though it wasn’t your request, I had to help, so don’t worry about it.”
He smiled, saying it was something he had to do as a human being.
“however… .”
Raon asked as he watched the puppet show continue.
“Why are you doing a puppet show at this hour?”
Although the children were at an age where they liked puppet shows, they did not understand doing them while they were sleeping.
“Because night is a time of fear for those children.”
“ah… .”
“They say the time to train children to be assassins was at night. “I was tortured while I was sleeping, and I learned how to kill people, so I can’t help but be scared at night.”
Pedric’s tone was calm, but his hands were shaking as if he was so angry.
“That’s why those kids can’t sleep at night. “Even when I fell asleep, I immediately had a nightmare and woke up and strangled myself.”
“okay… .”
Raon bit his lip.
‘As expected.’
I couldn’t have known because it was something I had experienced in my previous life as Raon. The night was hell, the most terrible time.
“This puppet show is psychotherapy to transform children’s fear of the night into joy. “I thought it would be difficult, but the kids were happy to help.”
Pedric smiled as he watched Silvia and the maids performing the puppet show with all their heart.
“Is it effective?”
“It’s late in the morning, but now you’re sleeping until the sun comes up without waking up.”
“Then you can solve the brainwashing?”
“okay.”
Pedric nodded without hesitation.
“We can treat it because we saved the children before the brainwashing was complete.”
“… thank you.”
Raon closed his eyes and stroked his chest. He was constantly worried about whether it would work or not, so after hearing Pedric’s confirmation, he felt at ease.
-Whoa!
Lars also let out a long sigh, probably relieved.
-Thank goodness! No matter what race you are, you must raise your young ones with respect!
The guy snorted again, sounding uncharacteristic of a demon lord.
“What are you going to do after those children’s treatment is over?”
“I want to let you do what you want to do.”
Raon expressed his honest feelings while looking at the children. I wanted to let Raon in his past life and No. 9, who had already passed away, live a normal life that he could not get.
“There was no need to ask.”
Pedric patted his shoulder as if he was delighted.
“Anyone would have done this. “It’s not really a big deal.”
He said it was no big deal and waved his hand. Pedric looked at the hand and wiped the smile from his mouth.
“I’m sorry to break the ice, but I think I have to tell you some bad news.”
“Bad news?”
“Other than those kids, I don’t think we can save anyone who has already been completely brainwashed.”
Pedric looked up into the black sky and bit his lip.
“Brainwashing children is done by wrapping hundreds of meters of wire around the brain, creating a barbed wire that can never be removed. Once completed, it is almost impossible to solve. “After receiving a near-death injury, unless the survival instinct takes over the body, it will never be resolved.”
“A wound worthy of death… .”
So is that why I escaped brainwashing?
Thanks to the risk of death while on a mission, the strings of brainwashing loosened and I was able to learn the Ring of Fire.
Thanks to a combination of luck and luck, it seemed like I was able to escape Derus’ brainwashing.
“Even if we catch the person who created this brainwashing, there is no guarantee that it will be solved. If you meet brainwashed people, it seems like the best way is to let them go in peace… .”
Pedric bowed his head, saying he was sorry for not being able to help.
“no. “The people who brainwashed us are nothing but trash.”
Raon sighed. In the end, I felt like I had to kill Derus to end this hellish fight.
‘We need to grow faster.’
Even now, I’m getting stronger faster than anyone else, but I wanted to grow even faster and put an end to that guy’s time.
“I told you the bad news, so now I’ll give you the good news.”
Pedric raised his finger and pointed near the heart.
“We couldn’t catch brainwashing, but I think we can solve Lazy Worm.”
“Are you sure?”
“It may take some time, but I think we can find a way to remove the bug stuck in the heart.”
For him to say something like that meant he was almost certain.
Those with Lazy Worm embedded in them are Derus’ henchmen. It wasn’t impossible to find Derus’s weakness if only they could open their mouths.
“It doesn’t matter how much money it costs. “Please.”
“It looks like you made some money outside.”
“yes. It just so happened… .”
Raon nodded lightly and told them that he had sought Sepia Company’s cooperation.
“her! Sepia Company?”
Pedric opened his mouth as if he had no idea that the Sepia Company would join Sieghart. At his shout, the puppet show stopped and everyone turned around.
“Saint. suddenly… uh? Raon!”
“young master?”
“When did you come!”
“The master has arrived!”
The maids, including Sylvia and Helen, turned on the lights and jumped off the stage.
“Guys! That person is Raon! Raon Sieghardt!”
Yua spoke Raon’s name to the children with an aura in her voice.
“Raon?”
“Ji, a real hero?”
“Raon! Raon! Raon!”
“Waaaaaa!”
Even the children sitting on the chairs jumped out and attacked like a swarm of bees.
“Did you really fight for a week and save people?”
“Is it true that you defeated the demon lord?”
“Did you catch the dragon?”
Some even said that Yua’s script had gone so far that he had caught the devil and the dragon.
“That’s not it… ah.”
That kid… .
Raon shook his head and made eye contact with the young girl who had told him the name Pine.
His eyes, which had been stained with darkness, were full of hope and light, and he was holding hands with his friend who was pointing knives at each other in the basement.
When I saw a face that was brighter than before, something deep inside my soul melted. It could be the core of a past life, hope, or resentment left behind by No. 9.
“okay.”
Raon nodded to the children, letting go of an emotion she didn’t know exactly.
“I caught the devil.”
“Really?”
“Did you really catch the devil?”
“okay. “He’s a demon lord named Lass.”
“Wow!”
The children cheered with their hands raised.
-A tiger named Lars… .
Lars didn’t understand what was being said at first, but then a bright blue fire of anger lit up in his eyes.
-Hey you bastard!
***
Noon the next day.
After a leisurely lunch, Raon headed to the cliffs of Bukmangsan Mountain.
As word was given in advance in the morning, all Gwangpungdan members came to the bottom of the cliff to warm up. Unlike yesterday, they were relaxing at the bottom of the cliff with very refreshing and cool faces.
“Raon.”
Runaan ran first and nodded.
“Are you coming now?”
Burren came up behind him and smiled.
“In the past, I would have come early in the morning, but I’ve become lazy.”
Martha clicked her tongue as if she was pathetic.
“It’s been a while since I wanted to eat some home-cooked food.”
Yesterday, Lars, who was upset, insisted that we go out to lunch, so we had no choice but to eat breakfast and lunch in the annex.
-I am satisfied.
The guy was in a good mood and was now floating in the air like he was doing backstroke, grinning.
Raon approached Dogoe, who was leaning against the cliff.
“Commander General. Thank you for your hard work.”
“I left all the troublesome work to you and now you’re crawling back, I thought you were going to die of boredom.”
“Considering that, the members’ achievements have improved significantly.”
“I just couldn’t let it go because I was bored.”
“thank you.”
Do-gae turned his head with a frown. He bowed his head in gratitude because it was thanks to his training that the Gwangpung members grew so much.
“Are you going to climb the cliff today again?”
“Isn’t yesterday enough?”
“I failed almost 10 times… .”
The Gwangpungdan members sighed, wondering if they were doing that again.
“Keuung, ah, hello.”
I heard a groan and looked to the side to see Dorian with bandages all over his body. If it weren’t for the stomach pouch, I don’t think I would have even recognized it.
“Why are you like that?”
“Bu, it’s because of Lord Bu!”
“me? why me?”
“You left me to throw stones yesterday, so people thought I was the one throwing stones from the beginning!”
Dorian pointed to a member of the Gwangpungdan, asking them to quickly reveal the truth.
“ah… .”
Raon chuckled as he looked at Dorian and the Gwangpungdan members.
‘So that’s what happened.’
Now I know why it turned out that way. It was clear that Dorian was caught by Burren, Marta, and Runan as he continued to throw stones at the right time and was beaten.
“I told you to just do it once and leave.”
Raon pretended not to know anything and waved his hands.
“Bu, when did Lord Budan…” .”
Dorian opened his mouth wide enough for a toad to enter.
“No, obviously… .”
“As expected!”
“That bastard!”
“You die later!”
The members of the Storm Troopers glared at Dorian with their red eyes, and Dorian’s blue lips trembled.
“Is everyone here?”
A weak voice was heard from the right. When I turned around, I saw Rimmer with his red hair tanned and black bruises on both of his snowballs.
“Why are you like that, Danju?”
“I don’t know. men and horses. “Get started quickly.”
Rimmer leaned back against the cliff and muttered that life was too hard to live.
‘It’s a truly amazing group.’
Raon smiled and stood in front of the members.
“Sort.”
When the order was given for the first time in a long time to line up, the members of the Gwangpung Troupe, who had been scattered here and there and unable to concentrate, gathered together and set up the display. The eyes also flashed so fiercely that there would be no problem in going into battle right away.
“First, let me introduce myself. Sir Mark.”
When his name was called, Mark Goeton, who had been in the back, came forward.
“You got used to the face, right?”
“You learned it very well. It’s a problem because the first meeting is structured… .”
Burren looked at Mark Goeton and shook his chin in bewilderment.
“You look good, who is it?”
Martha rolled her black pearl-like eyes as if feeling a sense of victory.
“Hold me well.”
Runaan nodded, saying that the landing was comfortable.
“This man’s name is Mark Gotten. “I am a knight-turned-thief and am not a member of the Gwangpungdan yet, but we will have a lot to do together, so it would be good for us to become friends.”
If Mark Goeton wanted to join the Gwangpungdan, I would add him, but since he wants to remain as a vassal, I added him to the annex.
“…….”
Runaan looked blankly at Mark Goeton, as if he had no interest in his name or identity.
“I haven’t heard of it.”
Martha muttered the name Mark Gotten several times, as if she didn’t know about him.
“Mark Gotten? Even fallen flowers… “Inhale!”
Buren closed his mouth while saying the nickname Nakhwado.
“you’re right.”
Mark Goeton took a step forward and nodded.
“My name is Mark Goeton, also known as Nakhwado, meaning fallen drone.”
He confidently revealed the meaning of his nickname and smiled.
“I was sinking even lower than the bottom, but thanks to Raon, I was able to gain enlightenment. Please take care of me in the future.”
Mark Goeten bowed his head in a polite manner to the much younger Gwangpungdan dancers.
“welcome!”
Burren was the first to applaud and laugh brightly, as if he felt something of a kinship.
“Let’s have a fight later!”
“Do you like beaded ice cream?”
“I hope to go along well!”
“Waaah!”
Marta and Runan each spoke in their own words, and the other members of the Frenzy Troupe also smiled and cheered.
match!
Raon clapped loudly when Mark Goeton finished his speech with the Gwangpungdan members. The members of the Gwangpungdan looked at each other with serious expressions, as if they had been waiting.
“Now that the greetings are over, we will continue training to climb the cliff as we did yesterday. “Everyone, please take your seats.”
As I moved between the swordsmen, I blocked their mana circuits.
“okay. I think you guys need to go through some trouble… uh?”
When I pressed the neck of Rimmer, who was giggling, to block the mana circuit, he turned around with his eyes wide open.
“Ra-on? I think I made a mistake? I also stopped the Aurors… .”
“It’s not a mistake. Danju should do it too.”
“Yumma! I’m sober… .”
“You said you would leave training to me until your power is restored to its original state.”
Raon looked at Rimmer and narrowed his eyes.
“No matter what, I can’t train with those kids in this Jjambap!”
“Danju. I can see some grease on my stomach. “You were only doing Auror training, so you skipped physical training, right?”
“Ugh, that’s… .”
Rimmer shrugged his shoulders and lowered his gaze.
“If you get to the top even once, I will take you out.”
“Really?”
“Sure.”
Raon nodded and looked down at the entire Gwangpungdan.
“Same goes for you guys. “If you manage to get to the top even once without my interference, I’ll let you skip this training.”
“Oh oh!”
“Good!”
“I’m used to it now! “Let’s get it over with today!”
The Gwangpungdan members looked at each other and shouted that they could do it.
Raon bowed his head to Dogoe standing next to him while listening to the cheers of the prosecutors.
“Commander General. “Please.”
“I am indeed. “I’m doing everything because of you.”
He walked towards the cliff, laughing as if it was absurd. Mark Goeton also had to train, so Dogoe was today’s safety guard.
“Then I’ll see you later.”
Raon waved his hand lightly and quickly climbed to the top of the cliff. He reached the top of the cliff and screamed down below him.
“Training begins!”
“Gazua!”
“This damn training ends today!”
“Aaaah!”
As soon as the training started, the Gwangpungdan members jumped like grasshoppers and clung to the cliff. Because the sun was up and we had already made several round trips, the speed of the climb was twice as fast as yesterday.
“It’s fast. Even so… .”
Raon chuckled and took out a dagger-shaped piece of wood. He held a piece of wood between his index and middle fingers and fired it straight down.
Piiiiing!
The wooden dagger that was fired with a strong booming sound hit the cheekbone of the crane that was coming up in front.
“Kkuek! “Why are you coming from me again?”
The crane let out a loud scream and fell straight down. Even after sighing, Do-gae moved and accepted him.
“This isn’t it.”
Raon clicked his tongue briefly and took out a booklet from his pocket. It was the martial arts book of Baekrei Bido that he received yesterday.
“Oh, the hand shape is a little bit wrong.”
-Yes, you can’t believe it… .
Lars’ lips trembled as he looked at Raon.
-Are you trying to practice throwing arrows with those guys?
‘okay.’
Raon nodded confidently.
‘You can’t just leave such a good target alone.’
The most important thing when practicing Bido is to hit a moving target. Thanks to the fact that I had mastered the martial arts in my previous life, I decided to skip the stationary objects and aim for the moving target first.
‘They train to develop their senses and response, and I train to adapt, so I kill two birds with one stone.’
-What a crazy guy… .
Lars shook his head, saying he had become a real idiot.
‘This is cost-effective training.’
Raon chuckled and fired a second rain blow. The rain fly flew faster than before and hit the Gwangpungdan member’s armpit. The prosecutor whose vital area was attacked screamed and fell away.
“It’s still not enough.”
This time, accuracy improved, but speed was a bit lacking. I injected the aura a little more strongly and threw a wooden blade towards the approaching Gwangpungdan members.
Burbubbubbuk!
Since he had made up for his shortcomings through the Book of Muhak and the Ring of Fire, Bido became faster and more accurate and began bombarding the Gwangpungdan members.
“Euriaaaa!”
While I was excitedly crashing down the Gwangpungdan members, Rimer had already reached the middle of the cliff. He was using the wind around him to increase his speed instead of the aura within him.
“This is a foul.”
Raon shook his head and filled his vial with aura and fired it towards Rimmer. Just as the thunderbolt was about to hit him on the forehead, a green wind appeared, changing the direction of the rain and reducing its power.
“Raon! “You are still young!”
Rimmer grinned, saying that this was the response of an adult.
“Hmm… .”
He fired the rain sword a few more times, but Rimmer used the wind to reduce the power of the rain sword and climbed the cliff, jumping like a pigback.
“I can’t help it.”
Raon pulled out his sword without being embarrassed. Manhwagong Hoecheon was raised on the blade of the Jecheon Sword.
-uh… ?
Lars gaped at the sight.
-Yes, you can’t believe it… .
‘That’s true.’
He grinned and fired a young flame at the blade towards Rimmer.
Quaaaaa!
The blade, rotating like a circular saw blade, completely destroyed the edge of the cliff that Rimmer was climbing.
“Ouch!”
As the wall that supported his hands and feet fell away, Rimmer’s eyes bulged as if they were about to explode.
“Because I didn’t say I wouldn’t use a sword.”
“Raon! “You crazy bastard!”
Because Rimmer was also unable to use his aura, he began to fall down the cliff.
“uh… .”
“Um, why did you come here as a fool?
“Dorian! “Why is he like that!”
“It was like that originally!”
Dorian waved his hand at Martha.
“This is a foul.”
Raon chuckled and put away his sword. As I was about to throw the dagger again, a person came walking up from behind with a rustling sound.
“Lord Budan. Long time no see.”
As I turned around, Chad, the non-banquet owner holding a large box, bowed his head.
Wow!
Raon hit Dorian on the forehead with the dagger he was holding and then bowed his head to him.
“What brings you here?”
“I came here personally because I had good news.”
Chad put down the box he was holding and smiled.
“A gift has arrived from the Beast Palace.”
“A gift from the Beast Palace… .”
Raon smiled excitedly as he looked back and forth between the box Chad had put down and the Gwangpungdan members climbing the cliff.
‘If I have this, can I increase the intensity of my training?’
-… Are you really planning on killing them?
