Volume 3 Chapter 7 (1/2)
《Devron's past, and a new member joins the Gusts of Wind》
After checking the information of the knives, Haroon visited Devron's room secretly
”Haha! I knew you'd coht?” Devron welcomed him in
Haroon was surprised to see two cups of herbal tea, and it was still hot Devron really was expecting his visit, although Haroon never talked him about it
”Y-yes I have a few other things to ask as well”
”Well, it's a lot to go through, so why don't we start with a cup of tea?”
Devron gently pushed a cup of tea to Haroon's side They each took a sip
”Enjoying a cup of good tea with a good person is a very luxurious thing for ”
”Is that so?”
Haroon couldn't understand His position is high enough to call an i that, he would be able to do anything if he wanted to
”Then, let me tell you my story first”
As if he was enjoying the warrasped the cup with both hands and closed his eyes His rough, solid face that represented the suffers he went through, and his deep wrinkles were shaking, which was almost unnoticeable
”Ha, I never knew I'd get a chance to talk about my life to someone It fills me with emotions”
His old eyes were shaking
”I will keep it short I aest sister was the current Eures in thethe tradition of ht bachelor of the Messenger knights when I graduated But when the Emperor ascended the throne, a whistleblower exposed the scandal of Viscount fukov, the forhts The whistleblower clai an iolden battle The Messenger Knights were a secret knightage of the Eards to the battle Even though I had no idea about it, I was in the saic event”
Devron's lineage were not high ranking nobles, but they produced talented knights Devron was born as a legitiifted With his family's syste, he becahts in his early 20s; the knightage that was considered the best of the secret knightages in the Empire
But the leader had violated the law by helping a candidate in the golden battle, and it was exposed to the Ehts helped the greatest threat to the current Emperor So as soon as the Ehts were annihilated to its roots Devron was able to make a dra as a royal court ician for the imperial palace at the time
”The reasons why I was able to escape the iistered as ain a secret training hall with a few of h authorities knew of e Of course, if it wasn't for the desperate help of Briella's Mother, I wouldn't have uardians of the imperial family's iron-like defense”
After the purge, Devron wandered around the continent with his family slave Teeno If the imperial fahts, there was a chance that his entire family could be destroyed The ies which traced and destroyed the rebels, and Devron kne skillful and cruel they were So he intentionally left the E around theahe could do to live on
”And as I had never heard from my family, I never knew that my sister became an empress While I wandered around the world, my parents died and o, I came back to the Empire”
Just to realize that he wasted his ti up his social identity of a knight, being afraid of the chase that was never going on
”I wouldn't have run off if nobody knew of my existence…… Come to think of it, life is very cruel to all of us Who knows, if I lingered in the Metropolis, the inforotten annihilated, and ht not have lived the life she lived”
It was a truly exhausting life that Devron went through Haroon had nothing to say about it, so he kept silent
”I have so else to ask you I've already talked with Briella and Paros after you left the basement”
At thata questSo Haroon didn't really need to hear what Devron was saying afterwards
[You have received a quest!]
Story Quest
Difficulty – C
Help Imperial Princess Briella to become one of the last four successors! The current force behind Briella is so her force, and make her one of the last four successors that will be decided by the Senate in roughly a years time If you have a force behind you, their contribution towards the quest will be counted as well
Reward: Award of a noble title with ownershi+p of land Gear set, spirit stones, cash and Soul Points The quality of reill vary on your contribution towards the quest
'Woah, that's a tremendous quest'
Of course, the reould be depending on his contribution, but that wasn't so vast could be considered as an evident of Briella's force being incredibly feeble Haroon wasn't interested in the honor of being a noble in Beyond, but spirit stones, items and cash did interest him
”How's the current situation?”
It was a quite comprehensive question, but Devron's nervous eyes relaxed a bit, as he could tell that Haroon was interested in working with him at least
”I need to explain this first The Emperor had lots of interest in women”
Devron's voice was full of hostility towards the Emperor, who ruined his precious sister's life only for love that lasted for a few months
”He married with five women, and had 10 concubines, not to mention the number of maids of honor whom he had That's a first in the Teronn Empires history Thanks to that, we had 32 of his and her ave up, 6 of the the metropolis, and there is no confirmation on 8 of them, if they made it or not”
”So at least 16, 24 at max”
”You are right It's our view that at least 20 successors have h the first round That's another first in history that this imperial family has made In history, at least half of the successors were disqualified on the first stage, which also olden battle will be the most intense one we have ever had Itfor er than usual to prepare for the golden battle”
'So basically 4 out of 20? That's 1 out of 5 I h……'
Haroon thought for a second, and asked Devron
”I've got a question, though”
”Anything you wish”
”Why is it I that you chose?”
”Hahaha, you really don't kno valuable you are Or are you hiding so?”
Devron's words confused everyone in the roo for his answer But Haroon didn't really have anything to say
”You have shown us¹ your sword skill on Da'in Hills, control of poison in the Saron Wetland, inhu responsibility while crossing the river And yet, we haven't seen your limit Do you need any more explanation?”
Haroon bitterly shook his head
Haroon really appreciated Devron's compliment, but it was more of Brat's skill rather than his own He knew there wouldn't be anyone ould oppose if he claims that a pet's skill is the owner's skill as well, but he was embarrassed anyways
”We'd like to focus on cultivating our ability I'reat help to you, after all,” said Haroon, after thinking for a long time
That hat he concluded He wasn't confident enough to juht it was better to join the Golden Battle after developing his strength
”That's a great choice you made Your help will be needed when the real battle between the successors begin in about 6 months to a years time”
”Don't expect too much from us”
”Don't worry about it Just focus on cultivating your ability Briella and I have a few things to do anyways We'll head to Tebes county where the Silent Plains are located It's right next to Huk'ran Mountains, where you'll be heading if you do decide to escort Hall Count Tebes is ht be bad for far businesses are excellent there, so we'll be building our capital froh time to supress all 20 successors, but we could try”
”Since it's soo well”
”Yes, yes it will”
Devron's face was full of determination and belief But Haroon could also see worry in his eyes The other successors have Dukes and Marquees at their backs, when they had to prepare a big event with a count
”We will cultivate our abilities and gather ether”
Saying that, Haroon recalled the raduation day
”Please do so The ins anyways, but if we do recruit good ”
Devron and Doran expected Briella to have the least a the successors, so as a solution they caether would theoretically make them catch up to the others in a short time
As the outlanders started to appear in this world,the opportunities to get VIP orrequests as Outlanders took them first Devron and Doran knew this very well, and were planning to hire those jobless ular army
”I'll talk with Paros aboutthe secret caather goodas your e is detailed and not too sketchy”
”Great I will consider it positively”
Haroon had nothing to lose on this deal It wasn't like he needed to do his best helping Briella, but just travelling around and recruiting skillful mercenaries
Financial support was a good deal, but he wanted to refuse that If he did get financial support from them, the Gusts of Wind would lose its free will He did want to participate in the Golden Battle, but he had no intention to go all-in with the Story Quest
”By the way, What kind of person is Teeno?”
”Teeno?”
Soh Devron's eyes when he heard Haroon's question
It was a totally different subject, but Devron closed his eyes to gather words to answer the question Soon, he opened his eyes and smiled warmly