Chapter 571 - Obtain the Holy Sword 1 (2/2)

The child who she saw in the dream was rather lonely and sad.

Karen, who looked similar to the child in her dreams thought that there was no way that Reina would let her go.

She considered it to be a gift from God.

“Well, I am going to raise Karen as a great person.”

At Reina’s declaration, Luke objected.

“No way, that child has exceptional talent. If I don’t teach her…”

“What do you plan on teaching a child of this young age?”

“You’re taking it the wrong way. People don’t evolve further in lower-income families because their children aren’t educated at an early age.”

“You think that is so great? Haven’t you heard the scholars claim that a parents’ greed kills the creativity of the child?”

Karen stared at her parents arguing about her.

When she was panicking, Arch Duke Gregory came ahead.

“How about you ask the child yourselves what she wants?”

“That is a good idea. Karen, with me… no, come with dad.”

“Don’t come with your mom. If you follow your dad, you’ll end up learning magic and fencing every day.”

It was very similar to ‘Do you like your dad? Or do you like your mom?’

Karen looked at the two people alternating, she sighed and embraced Reina.

Meaning that she would follow her.

Reina seemed very pleased with her, however, Luke was considerably upset.

‘Dad, I am sorry. I want to be with dad too, but I need to protect mom.’

Between the two, Karen felt like she had to protect her mom, Reina, who was extremely powerless in such cases.

It was because there was no guarantee that the raids like before wouldn’t happen again.

“Oh my, then we meet again…”

When Luke was trying to emotionally bring in the child, Hwang Bo-sung entered the room with news.

“Master, we have magic communication from our nation.”

“Yeah? Something bad…?”

“It didn’t seem like that, but it seemed like they wanted you to contact them right away.”

“Hm…”

At Hwang Bo-sung’s words, Luke took the crystal ball of magic communication and called the Symphonia Palace.

The face of Hans—the Prime Minister—popped right away as if they were waiting for Luke’s contact.

-How have you been, Your Majesty? I heard that the situation in Jackson is getting solved.

“Yes, I didn’t think you’d get the good news so quickly.”

Good news.

It was said that Luke had been carrying on the legacy of the Devil King Saymon and possesses the contact with warlocks of Dark Moon.

That information was being held secret by Marquis Reas and a few other higher officials.

However, Luke knew that secrets couldn’t be kept forever.

Contrary, he thought that it wouldn’t be bad if the news about warlocks helping in solving the zombie disease went out.

-Good news? I already heard about the warlocks joining in to resolve the situation. Everyone thinks of it to be an inevitable situation. That is what I believe too.

‘Didn’t they decide on a decision on the situation? No, rather than that, from Hans’s personality, he should be asking me to shy away from getting in contact with any warlocks, right?’

The most conservative people of the Symphonia Kingdom were probably the Rakan family retainers.

And Hans was a model character for that role.

Did he realize that the King was with the warlocks?

It wouldn’t be strange for Hans to yell or ask Luke to walk away from there.

Luke, tilted his head and asked.

“By the way, Prime Minister, what is happening in our nation”

-That… there is nothing wrong here, it’s just that, there is something why His Majesty must check and judge. So please come back if your work there is done.

‘Something I need to check and judge? What could that be?’

The question would be answered only if he went back to Symphonia.

Luke, nodded his head.

“Understood. I will try to get back as soon as possible.”

-Yes, we’ll wait for His majesty’s return.

When Luke was done with his call, Reina, who was listening from the side, asked with a sad face.

“Are you heading back?”

“Yes. Not going right away…”

Luke was feeling the same.

Since the situation with the zombie disease had been settled, they thought that they could spend some alone time together.

‘Great power comes with great responsibility…’

The words which a saint said to the hero in a novel of the past.

It was a very popular dialogue that was especially favored by powerful nobles.

Why did they like it?

Maybe because of the lingering words.

‘Great power comes with great responsibility. And the right to enjoy the wealth.’

However, Luke seemed to be unable to afford the luxuries of the rich man, who was taking up great responsibility.

It was very rare in the history for a monarch to have enjoyed extravagant luxuries and entertainment.

They were all devoted to the administration of their empires that they were neglected by their kids, and often ended up when military forces turned on them after the newer generation of leaders rose.

‘When will I and Reina be at peace? Would it be possible after defeating the Baroque Empire and Arsene?’

He was envious of the ordinary people who could spend their time with their loved ones.

However, it was impossible to stop his goal in the middle and he had already decided to reach his goal.

Luke decided to put off his happiness for a while, if it meant to prevent the tragedy which would strike the happiness of the ordinary families.