Irond turned his eyes to Raon and trembled his lips.
‘What on earth is that guy?’
Even if Raon had entered the throne room, I didn’t expect him to intervene during the report.
Think about it. Who would have imagined that just a few days ago, a monster who showed his strength and presence by telling her to think about the way the prosecutors treated him, was now snitching on the head of the family?
‘I wonder if infantile regression has suddenly occurred!’
I still found it absurd that this guy, who was calmer and calmer than an old warrior who spent his entire life on the battlefield, suddenly turned back to 5 years old and told his parents that his older brother had stolen the cookies.
‘Damn… .’
If I had intervened after reporting, I would have come up with a suitable excuse.
If Raon had intervened after the report was finished, I would have gathered my thoughts and created a hole to escape somehow, but I was embarrassed and couldn’t think properly because he started talking during the report.
The foundations that had been prepared melted away like foam.
‘No, the strangest thing is… .’
Those are the two.
Irond glanced up at the table. I gritted my molars as I looked into Glenn and Cheryl’s creepy eyes.
‘Why didn’t you stop it?’
Interfering carelessly while reporting to Glenn, who is no different from the king of Sieghart, is not something that will end as just being rude.
It was a situation where their immediate superiors could also be disciplined, but Glenn and Cheryl did not even try to stop them and kept their mouths shut as if to say more.
It was my first time seeing this, so no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it.
“Irond.”
A chillingly dry voice came from Glenn’s mouth.
“yes.”
Irond nodded quickly, feeling his skin rising.
“To what extent is what the Gwangpung Trooper says true?”
“Well, that…” .”
It was all true, but I couldn’t answer that way.
“There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding.”
I would like to say that it was all a lie, but there were too many witnesses because Raon broke through the cover and spread his voice.
If you lie clumsily, it will be even more dangerous.
“The tree I hid in was the biggest nearby. The location wasn’t great, but if another enemy appeared, I could mount a sure counterattack… .”
“It was somehow strange.”
Cheryl cut off Irond and tilted her chin.
“Even if the White Regiment carried out its mission consistently, there were too many casualties. “In particular, the injured prosecutor almost died on the next mission.”
She twisted her mouth and glared at Irond.
“You made it like that, right? “To kill off weak prosecutors in practice and recruit new, more talented and helpful children?”
“Absolutely not!”
Irond shook his head resolutely.
“Well, the White Regiment and I ran tirelessly for Sieghart. “This incident is nothing more than a slight misunderstanding that arose during a disagreement with the head of the Gwangpung Troop!”
Irond hit the floor with his head and shouted, “Absolutely not.”
“Please believe me!”
Unlike this mission, there is no evidence for Cheryl’s words. He had to insist until the end and not be swayed by the atmosphere.
‘You should never admit it.’
* * *
Raon laughed as he looked at Irond, who had his head stuck in his head and cried out for him to trust him.
‘You’re good at acting.’
You can tell even though we only went on one mission together.
Irond was using the family’s swordsmen as a stepping stone to his own way up.
In his eyes, people will only be divided into those who are helpful and those who are not.
‘Guys like that are everywhere.’
It was a sight that reminded me of Derus Robert, so naturally my anger burned.
‘We can’t just leave it like that.’
Raon slightly raised his finger and pointed to the White Regiment swordsmen kneeling behind Irond.
“hmm… .”
Cheryl nodded slightly as if she understood the meaning of the finger.
“Then ask the Baekryeondae.”
She cast her gaze behind Irond and continued.
“What do you guys think? Have you ever thought that the Great White Lotus Lord considers you expendable?”
“no!”
“I never did that.”
“The Lord is definitely not the kind of person who would do something like that.”
The captains and vice-captains of the White Regiment, whom Irond was raising with great care, shook their heads and said no.
However, the rank and file members behind him hesitated, unable to answer right away.
“At the very back there.”
Cheryl seemed to sense something strange about this and pointed her finger at the prosecutors behind her.
“You tell me. “Have you ever seen Irond intentionally put prosecutors in danger?”
“… … .”
The Baekryun University prosecutors were silent for a while, then raised their heads as if they had made up their minds.
“Yes, there was a time in the past when we could afford to save a seriously injured colleague, but the High Lord told us to just leave him alone.”
“My successor and I were hit directly by magic and suffered serious injuries. I was lucky to live, but that guy was neglected and ended up… .”
“Last year, something similar happened to me… .”
As soon as he opened his mouth, the corruption that Irond had done came pouring out like a torrent of water.
Raon tightened his grip as he watched the prosecutors venting their anger.
‘Tearing down the river was effective.’
When Irond revealed his true feelings not long ago, the fact that he broke through the veil and spread the word seemed to have played a big role.
The prosecutors, whose eyes were shaking in shock at the time, began to tell the story of what had happened.
“ah… .”
Irond’s chin trembled slightly as if he had not expected his subordinates to open their mouths themselves.
“No, this isn’t it! It’s definitely a strange trick… .”
“shut up.”
Cheryl frowned as she adjusted the sheath of her sword.
“It was trash that couldn’t be saved.”
She twitched her fingers as if she wanted to pull out her sword right away.
“Oh, it’s a misunderstanding!”
Irond knelt down and bowed his head.
“It is impossible to keep an eye on everyone while performing a mission… .”
“Irond.”
When he shouted absolutely no, Glenn turned away from the throne and let out a cold voice.
“Oh, yes!”
When his real name was called, not Lord of the White Lotus, Irond trembled with his fingers and bit his lip.
“Family prosecutors are not stairs for you to climb.”
Glenn’s voice was dry, as if there was a drought. It felt as if the entire huge throne room was frozen cold.
“Off… .”
Irond was crushed by Glenn’s overwhelming force, holding his neck and his eyes bloodshot.
Tuk-tuk.
Glenn looked down at Irond with eerie eyes that showed no emotion and tapped the throne with his fingers.
“As of this time, the activities of the White Regiment are suspended. The Great Lord of the Heavenly Sword will investigate and report on everything that has happened in the White Lotus. “The punishment will be decided later.”
“yes!”
Cheryl rolled her arms and nodded as if asking her to leave it to him.
“Go, matriarch! I just wanted to follow the harsh path that the matriarch walked! Just to stand behind you… .”
Irond shouted Glenn’s name without shame.
“… … .”
However, Glenn did not display the same ferocity as before, but instead kept his mouth shut and closed his eyes.
Raon looked at Glenn with his eyes closed and stroked his cheek.
‘Are things from the past bothering you?’
I heard from Sylvia and Judiel that Glenn also once sought power and fell into a demonic state and did not care about the deaths of others.
Now he seemed to be thinking about that time.
‘But why do I feel bad?’
Is it because I haven’t seen Glenn’s cold face in person? Maybe it’s because she’s received a lot of help recently.
I was irritated when I heard that Irond had imitated Glenn.
“If the situation is over, can I talk to you?”
Raon slowly raised his hand. All eyes of the people in the throne room turned towards him.
“I created this, so I want to take responsibility for the end.”
“what?”
Cheryl shook her head as if wondering what that meant.
“How are you going to take responsibility?”
“Because the merits he has accumulated so far are far superior, even if the Great Lord of the White Lotus is punished, he will not be demoted from his position as the Great Lord.”
Cheryl and Glenn didn’t say anything, wondering if that was true.
“If that happens, absurdity may be inflicted on the prosecutors who have revealed the crimes of Baekryundaeju.”
Raon pointed to the White Regiment prosecutors who reported Irond’s mistakes.
“So, I want to have a sword fight with the Lord of the White Lotus and kick him out of the White Lotus.”
“hmm… .”
“oh?”
At those words, Glenn’s eyes widened as wide as a lantern, and Cheryl opened her mouth.
Even if Glenn and Cheryl punish him, Irond will not have to step down from his position as leader.
Several years of inactivity. Or, there will be disciplinary action such as probation or suspension.
I wasn’t satisfied with that much, and I wanted to drag him to the ground because it could cause harm to other prosecutors.
‘Because he resembles Derus.’
Irond resembled Derus Robert, who used people like objects, so I wanted to make sure he was dealt with.
‘There… .’
It is also a good training subject.
Irond’s strength is at the Master level. That too has reached the grand master’s wall.
He was a good sparring partner because he was a master who would become a grandmaster if he took just one more step.
“If it’s a sword fight, you have to walk, right?”
Cheryl said that in sword fighting, both parties must put conditions on each other.
“I’ll bet the same thing. “If I lose, I will resign as head of the unit and leave Gwangpungdae.”
Raon nodded calmly.
“Also, let me give you two gold plates to pay for Irond’s sins.”
“Raon?”
Cheryl’s eyes widened in confusion, but Glenn turned his gaze to Irond.
“Irond. “What are you going to do?”
“Okay, I’ll accept it!”
Irond immediately nodded as if there was nothing to think about.
“I need to recover from my injuries, so I will hold a sword fight in a month.”
Glenn gave instructions to proceed with the investigation but postpone disciplinary action until after the sword fight.
“We will proceed like that.”
Cheryl smiled slightly as she looked at Raon. She smiled as if she believed it.
“Everyone, please follow me.”
She left the throne room, gesturing to the white lotus.
“Big… .”
Irond glared at Raon with blue murderous eyes, as if waiting to be seen, and followed behind Sheryl.
‘It went as planned.’
I was a little embarrassed when I snitched on Glenn and Cheryl, but I was glad that things turned out the way I expected.
“after.”
I let out a short sigh and straightened up. As I was about to say hello to Glenn before leaving the throne room, I heard his voice.
“Are you confident that you can beat Irond?”
When he raised his gaze, he saw Glenn looking down at him with slightly twisted eyes. She couldn’t read what she was feeling.
“yes.”
Raon looked into Glenn’s eyes and nodded calmly.
“I learned swordplay from the continent’s strongest swordsman. “There is no way we can lose to a fake warrior like that.”
“Kuhum.”
As soon as Glenn heard the answer, he placed his hand on his mouth and cleared his throat.
“Confidence is good.”
He clenched his jaw tightly. A light blush seemed to bloom on my cheeks.
“and… .”
Glenn looked away and continued.
“Have you interrogated the people you captured?”
“I’m going to do it from now on.”
“i get it. “Let’s wait.”
Glenn waved his hand as if telling him to take care of it.
“then.”
Raon bowed politely to Glenn and left the throne room.
Wow.
Glenn looked at the closed door and then turned his gaze to Roen.
“Did you hear?”
“yes?”
“Raon told me I was the strongest swordsman on the continent. He learned from me, so he can’t lose! “Your confidence is admirable!”
He continued speaking, raising the corners of his mouth to the ceiling.
“Besides, that guy’s talent wasn’t just limited to martial arts. “I have a good understanding of what other people think and how they move.”
“Hehehe.”
“That kid has the talent to stand on top. Limer. “That idiot was right.”
“That’s my opinion too.”
Roen smiled slightly and nodded. However, he did not mention that Glenn was not the only person who could be called the strongest swordsman on the continent that Raon had learned from.
“But I don’t know if Master Raon can defeat the White Lotus Lord. There is a slight difference in skill… .”
“You don’t have to worry about that.”
Glenn shook his head. She wore an unusually excited smile, as if she had something to believe in.
“You can’t interrogate more properly than that, right?”
“yes.”
Roen nodded resolutely.
“Interrogation is different from training or fighting. “You have to be a mind reader.”
He looked in front of the pillar where Raon was standing and quenched his appetite.
“Both Baekrangdo and Hyeolungyeom are full of venom, so they won’t open their mouths easily.”
“I think so too.”
Glenn nodded, saying he knew that would happen.
“You will watch and then take action accordingly.”
“All right.”
* * *
After leaving Gajujeon, Raon headed straight to the dungeon.
Perhaps because it had been discussed in advance, the prosecutors guarding the prison opened the door and led the way to the solitary cell where Hyeol Woon-gyeom and Baek Rang-do were imprisoned.
He dragged the paralyzed Hyeolun-gyeom and Baekrangdo and took them to the interrogation room.
“Looking at your good complexion, I guess you ate well and slept well.”
Raon smiled slightly and relieved the paralysis of Hyeolwoongyeom and Baekrangdo.
Because they were unable to use their aurors, the two people did not attack even though they were able to move their bodies, but only furrowed their eyebrows.
“It’s no use doing anything to us.”
“okay. “I don’t know anything, and I have nothing to say!”
Baekrangdo and Hyeolwoongyeom kept their mouths shut, as if they had decided to withstand the interrogation.
“okay. then.”
Raon laughed lightly, paralyzing the two again.
“Do not say. “I won’t listen either.”
He wrapped both fingers with the heat of the manga ball and the cold energy of Glacia and inserted them into the mana circuits of the Baekrangdo and Blood Woongyeom.
Puddeuddeuk!
A sound as if bones and muscles were being twisted rang out, and Baekrangdo and Hyeolungyeom fell to the floor and began to convulse.
“Turn it off… .”
“Wow… .”
Contrary to what they had confidently said a moment ago, the two began to close their eyes in pain.
‘It still works well.’
What he is using now is a torture method that has improved the shadows’ interrogation techniques in his own way.
Not only does it cause pain as your bones and muscles are twisted, but it also causes itching that feels like thousands of ants biting your flesh, so no matter how strong your spirit is, you cannot endure it.
‘Plus, thanks to Mangagong and Glacia, I got to feel the cold and the heat.’
It was not a level of torture that humans could endure, as pain, itchiness, heat, and cold were all at once.
Raon really didn’t ask anything of those two. He hummed and slowly began to read the book of sword martial arts that Glenn had given him.
Inside the interrogation room, the only sounds were Baekrangdo and Hyeolwoongyeom’s moans and the sound of pages turning.
* * *
Raon spent his time reading only the martial arts book of Changgunggeom until the sun rose again.
“The more I read, the more new it becomes.”
Perhaps because Changgunggeom contains the highest level of martial arts knowledge out of all the martial arts books I had obtained so far, I was able to see a new path every time I read it.
I felt like I should read it consistently, rather than reading it all and burning it like other non-hakjak books.
“Turn it off… .”
“Ah… .”
I turned my head when I heard a groan from the left. Baek Rang-do and Hyeol Woon-gyeom were sweating so much that their prison uniforms were all wet and their whole bodies were shaking.
“flaw… .”
“Ugh… .”
The two people rolled their eyes quickly, their faces full of veins. It was a world of difference from yesterday when he proudly declared that he would keep his mouth shut.
‘I can’t stand it either.’
Since I was unmanned, I probably got used to the pain, but I couldn’t seem to overcome the itching that felt like my flesh was being eaten away.
‘It’s a little softer now.’
Raon nodded, looking at Baekrangdo and Hyeolwoongyeom, who were clearly dead.
‘And this one too…’ .’
I sighed and looked at my right shoulder.
-Off… .
Lars was hanging limply from his shoulder like ice cream melted in the sun.
-I want to eat ice cream. How long are you going to make me wait!
‘You haven’t even chosen the flavor yet.’
-Well, that’s true, but it’s different when you go! Let’s go first!
The guy whined, saying that we should leave those things behind and go get some ice cream quickly.
‘It’s not long now.’
Raon covered the martial arts book of the Changgung Sword, stood up, and approached Baekrangdo and Hyeolwoongyeom. He bent down and made eye contact with them both.
“Huh… .”
“ah… .”
Not only Hyeol Woon-gyeom, but even Baek Rang-do was shaking with bloodshot eyes as if he was sick of pain. They both looked like they were asking them to just talk to each other.
Raon first loosened Hyeolwoongyeom’s stiffened mouth.
“Kuheook!”
He let out a loud scream and raised his gaze.
“Well, ask. Anything… .”
Hyeol Woon-gyeom raised his voice and lowered his head as if to say anything.
“Why did the Lord of Comedy send you to that lake?”
“You instructed me to check the status of the Black Tower demons when they emerge from the ice lake. Check how many of those taken hostage survive, and check the size of the magic bundle… .”
He paused for a moment and then told me about the instructions he had received from the Emperor.
“How did the Emperor of Hegeuk know that there was a demon of the Black Tower and an iron squadron in that lake?”
“Well, I don’t know that either. I’m just carrying out the mission I was given… .”
“Then does the Comedy Festival have anything to do with the Black Tower?”
“Well, I don’t know that either.”
Hyeol Woon-gyeom shook his head, saying that he was only receiving orders from the Emperor of Comedy. When I looked at his eyes, he wasn’t lying.
“is it.”
Because of his low status, he didn’t seem to know much about it.
Raon took a quick bite and released Baekrangdo’s inhibitions.
“Huh… .”
Baekrangdo drooled and his chin trembled, as if he had come back from the dead.
“Why did you come to the lake?”
“Well, he told me to go because he thought there might be trouble… .”
“Is he a comedian?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
He said that Emperor Huigeuk thought something strange might happen and ordered him to return with Hyeol Woon-gyeom.
“How did the comic book know there was going to be trouble?”
“He reads the sky. He knows nothing… .”
Honorifics were still used. Even during this time, Baekrangdo seemed to still have respect for the Emperor of Comedy.
‘Is reading heavenly records real?’
It’s hard to believe that humans can see the flow of the sky, but at this level, it seems clear that they have some special ability.
“Then what is the relationship between the Emperor of Comedy and the Black Tower?”
“… does not exist.”
Unlike Hyeol Woon-gyeom, Baek Rang-do clearly said that he had nothing to do with the Black Tower.
However, from his tone, it was clear that there was more to it.
“Then what about the other Ouma?”
Raon made eye contact with Baekrangdo. His eyeballs wavered slightly.
“… “There isn’t even that.”
Baekrangdo closed his mouth and shook his head.
“You haven’t come to your senses yet.”
Raon chuckled and raised his finger. The heat and cold that had trapped the two in hell slowly burned away.
“This time it’s two days. “I’ll come visit you the day after tomorrow.”
“Now, wait!”
When the torture was about to begin again, Baekrangdo shook his head violently.
“I don’t know if it’s related, but there’s one thing I saw.”
“what?”
“Two, I saw you with the helmeted man!”
“pitching? Some pitches.”
Baekrangdo bit his lip and raised his bloodshot eyes.
“dragon. “It was a helmet in the shape of a dragon.”
