The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 247



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Episode 247 79. Unique (2)

3.

Cheonghae Castle, where the main force withdrew, was more deserted than ever.

The city that had formed around the castle was bustling, but upon entering the castle itself, only a minimal number of security forces were present.

The first thing Caron did upon returning to Cheonghae Castle was to visit the families of the knights who had died in battle at the palace and deliver the news of their deaths.

It wasn’t an easy task.

Charon and Leo each split up to meet with the bereaved families, and when they returned to Cheonghae Castle, it was already deep into the night.

“Caron.”

Leo, who returned to Cheonghae Castle later than Caron, had a very stiff expression on his face. This was because he had been watching the bereaved families weep all day.

Caron said as he handed Leo a bottle of alcohol.

“Would you like a drink?”

Leo, who would normally have refused to drink, accepted the bottle today without question. And then he drank the entire bottle.

Only when the bottle was half empty did Leo take a sip from it.

The fruit wine of the elves.

That deep, aromatic scent seemed to soothe my weary heart a little.

“Are you okay?”

Leo asked Charon in a flat voice.

All day long he encountered people who had lost something precious.

A profound sense of loss, a sadness that it will not return.

Losing someone is an excruciatingly difficult thing.

“How could I not care?”

Caron took the bottle from Leo and took a sip himself. He then roughly wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

“It’s hard to get used to it. You just have to get used to enduring it.”

It’s an emotion I’ve felt countless times in my past life.

There have been countless instances where people I had eaten meals with and trained with returned as cold corpses.

Even while he was training in Cheonghae Castle, a considerable number of Haerang knights must have met their end while performing their missions.

However, in this case, the shock was greater because we were together during that final moment.

The reason Leo was deliberately brought in to meet the bereaved families was not really that grand.

“This is a situation you will face countless times in the future, hyung.”

The seeds of chaos have already sprouted on the continent.

The era of peace has ended, and much blood will flow on this land.

“The knights of Haerang died while performing their duties in the palace. They died honorable deaths.”

“Caron said with a faint smile. But Leo frowned deeply.

“An honorable death? What does that mean?”

The packaging may have changed, but in the end, someone lost a loved one.

Charon looked at Leo quietly.

It was an interesting reaction. One might say it was not at all aristocratic.

‘You’ve grown up really well.’

Good posture.

To become numb to someone’s death is the most terrible thing.

Death must not be forgotten.

If you don’t change after seeing your comrade die, then you are making that person’s sacrifice in vain.

“Don’t forget that mindset now.”

There will be many dead bodies lying on the path Leo must take.

The body could have been that of a knight like Haerang, or it could have been a family member.

Only by overcoming death and moving forward will you reach where you want to be.

Knights are ultimately those who protect something.

That something could be honor, or it could be colleagues, or it could be beliefs.

Charon wanted Leo to learn something from his death. And just as Charon had hoped, Leo seemed to have experienced a change of heart.

‘I’m sorry, bro.’

Some might say that this was a harsh method, but Caron was sure that Leo would become more determined through this.

“As you said, there is no such thing as an honorable death. Once you die, it’s over.”

Caron spoke sincerely for the first time in a long time.

“So, brother, don’t die. Don’t die, and fight until the end.”

“… … You speak as if you have died at least once.”

“You have to survive to protect others. If you die, you won’t be able to protect others.”

This is a personal experience.

Death was thought to be freedom, but for Charon, death was not freedom.

It was just an irresponsible choice for those left behind.

That is why Charon intended to survive and fight until the end in this life.

There were so many things that had to be kept in this life.

Family, colleagues, and countless other connections.

In this life, I will not run away cowardly. I will survive until the last moment and protect what is precious.

“Let’s take a rest today.”

Leo also had to be given time to gather his thoughts.

Leo would now have to sort out the emotions he felt when facing the bereaved families and form his own beliefs.

That belief will make Leo a stronger and more solid person.

Leo sighed and nodded at Charon’s words.

“I get it.”

“But be prepared from tomorrow. I’ll treat you like a dog so you’ll remember the old days.”

“Even if I say it, it’s definitely… … .”

Charon, who had motivated Leo, tilted the bottle. But soon, the bottle was empty.

“Urhan.”

Charon called out to his butler.

Then the large butler, Urhan, hurried into the room.

“Did you call, Young Master?”

“You see those bottles of alcohol I have hidden in the closet? Bring them all.”

“I knew you’d do this, so I prepared it in advance!”

“Now the piles have cleared up a bit. Excellent.”

Starting tomorrow, the hellish training begins again.

There is only one goal for this training.

Completion of the original.

It’s a technique that can decide the outcome of a match. So the stronger it is, the better.

“Let’s drink today.”

Caron glanced out the window.

The moon was very bright today.

It was a perfect night to take a break.

4.

The next morning, full-scale training began.

Yeongongsil located in Cheonghaeseong.

In this place filled with the magic of clarity, Charon was quietly holding the guillotine.

-So what kind of technology do you want to create?

“I have to try it out myself now. Starting today, I’m going to swing my sword according to the textbook, and only keep the ones I like.”

There were a total of 14 swordsmanship books carefully selected from the royal family’s treasure vault and the library of Cheonghae Castle.

It is virtually impossible to learn swordsmanship in one day. Each swordsmanship uses magic power differently and pursues different directions.

But Caron was confident.

Because there was a gift from Lael Reston.

“Guillotine. Let’s begin.”

-You might feel a little dizzy. Are you okay?

“uh.”

Woooooooooo-!

As soon as Charon gave permission, a dark blue light immediately emitted from Guillotine’s body.

That moment.

Woohoo-!

The light enveloped Charon’s entire body, and soon a feeling of being sucked into somewhere spread throughout his body.

Caron blinked briefly.

When my vision finally returned to normal, the scene inside the practice room just moments ago was nowhere to be seen.

“Phew.”

The air is cold.

The sky was red, and all around were white bones, armor, and weapons.

It’s an absolutely horrible place.

If we were to visualize the word death, it would look something like this.

Unlike the wintery fantasy world that Ligor, who had now become Leo’s sword, had created, this was a fantasy world that would send shivers down your spine just by standing there.

A world that seems to be made of murderous intent.

It was the imaginary world of the guillotine, liberated through the coming-of-age ceremony.

-A day here is only eight hours in the outside world. Instead, you will be consuming an enormous amount of magic power as you twist the flow of time.

Even if you practice magic power, it drains at a rate that is difficult to recover.

If it had been any other place than Cheonghae Castle, I would have quickly experienced a loss of magical power.

“Can’t you beat it more sharply? For example, one day as if it were a year?”

-… … Will it work? Even reducing it to a third is tight. I’m doing this because I don’t have time right now, because it’s hard on my body. Besides, this would have been impossible from the start if it weren’t for Rael’s magic, right?

The ‘gift’ that Lael Reston spoke of at the coming of age ceremony was this imaginary world.

An imaginary world where time flows differently from the outside world.

As Rael awakened Guillotine’s abilities, he also awakened his own magical powers that had been dormant in Guillotine’s mental world.

It is an arrangement for future generations.

“What was the maximum duration?”

-One month by outside world standards.

“At most, three months… … . Well, that’s enough.”

Although it was a tight schedule to perfectly master even one swordsmanship, Caron wasn’t particularly worried.

The latter half of every swordsmanship contains all the elements of swordsmanship.

There is a limit to how much you can learn in a short amount of time, but if you train with the best teacher, you can achieve efficient training.

Woohoo.

A dark blue light emanated from the floor and soon transformed into the shape of someone.

A character seen in a fantasy.

It was none other than Lael Reston, the progenitor of the Duke of Reston. And Lael was also one of the arrangements that Lael Reston left for his descendants.

“I didn’t know our ancestors were so meticulous. They even created clones to make it easier for their descendants to grow up.”

Charon smirked and drew his guillotine.

A fantasy world that distorts the time axis.

And the clone of Lael Reston.

The arrangement left by Lael Reston was far beyond what Charon had imagined.

“You are so kind.”

I wonder what arrangements were left for the Holy Kingdom. I don’t know, but I’m sure they left something helpful.

“Guillotine.”

-say.

“Could it be possible to increase the number of clones of the ancestors?”

-It’s possible, but… … why?

“If you’re going to do it, do it right.”

Slurp.

Caron’s clones began to appear beside Caron.

The number is ten in total.

The clone shares much with Charon. As befitting the Doppelganger Lord’s ability, the experiences gained by the clone are also passed on to Charon.

Of course, the amount of magical power consumed would increase even more rapidly, but in preparation for such a situation, I had plentifully looted the treasure vault for elixirs. In addition, I had taken all the elixirs that were in Cheonghae Castle before entering the training room.

The preparation is perfect.

“After analyzing the sword techniques through the clones, I will select the ones that can be used in actual combat.”

Analysis of swordsmanship.

And recombination.

It will certainly be a difficult task,

“What are you thinking about so much?”

The Lael Reston in front of you is also equipped with an ego.

It is said that Lael Reston was a master of all swordsmanship. So he would be of great help in creating the unique weapon.

Of course, that person is also temporary.

An entity that will disappear along with this artificial imaginary world. But one month is enough.

“You have to help me make the original, Sijo.”

“Isn’t that why I modified the guillotine’s mental world like this?”

Lael Reston snapped his fingers and smiled with amusement.

“In this world, even if you get fatally injured, you’ll be resurrected. It’s not real. So, feel free to rush in.”

“I’m glad to hear that. Sir, take good care of your throat. Don’t expect to be treated as an elder.”

“I’m just an ideology anyway, so I’m not afraid of dying, right?”

“I’ve died once, so I’m not particularly scared.”

“You are truly a very pleasing descendant.”

Caron smiled slyly.

This life is clearly different from my previous life.

Unlike his previous life where he was tainted by dark magic and lived his entire life as a slave, in this life, many people help him grow.

It would be embarrassing if we received this much support and still failed to achieve results.

The goal is already clear.

So there was no need to think about it for long.

“Let’s get started.”

“come in.”

Starting with Rael nodding his head.

Paaaaat-!

Charon and his clones rushed at once.

A hell of a lot of fun has begun to unfold.

Time passes and passes like that.

A month has passed.

***

During the course of a month, much had changed in the empire.

The 6th Prince Revelio, who had been out of the line of succession, was appointed Crown Prince and inherited the throne as soon as he was appointed.

Not long after the coronation, the late emperor passed away and a grand funeral began.

Neighboring countries, including the Sultanate of Pajar, sent a delegation to offer condolences, and the elves, giants, and beastmen of the southern forest also sent delegations to offer condolences.

The end of an era.

And the beginning of a new era.

A strange sense of anticipation began to spread throughout the empire, along with an atmosphere of mourning.

In that chaotic atmosphere,

“Shall we start moving? Brother Leo. Are you ready?”

“go away.”

“Let’s go back to the capital quickly. There’s a lot of work to do.”

“… … Get out, you little bastard.”

“By the way, brother. Did someone hit you? Why is your face like that?”

“You, you little punk!”

“aha.”

The great disaster that had been sealed in Cheonghae Castle for a month was finally released.

… … It couldn’t have been more unfortunate.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house