Chapter 301: Side Story – My Father’s City (2)
— Ah… ah, my house…
Soara, known as the Beacon of the North.
Although Emil had entered the city he had always considered his home, the boy’s expression was not nearly as cheerful as one might expect.
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Everyone looked worn out and exhausted.
A crowd of people was passing through the half-destroyed northern gate.
— Hey! alpha Form a line and enter properly! echo Do you want us to mistake you for spies?
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And the guards receiving them were not in a good mood either.
The steward sent to receive the children tried to lighten the mood as he spoke to Emil.
“Even so, it’s fortunate that everything ended this way, young master. acid Last night I thought the entire city was going to collapse.”
But Emil kept walking silently with his head lowered.
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It was the sign of a candy shop decorated with a clown drawing.
Hearing Hampton, Emil looked up and glanced to the side.
“Everything was destroyed, Emil… It was one of the shops we always went to.”
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“Yeah… it was destroyed.”
Shattered to the point of being unrecognizable.
And just as Hampton had said, it had completely collapsed.
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“We’re here! acid It’s Rose’s Smile!”
Shops filled with memories, places he had visited since childhood whenever he had spending money.
But now only ruins remained.
As he walked through those gray streets, a silent anger began to build inside the boy’s heart.
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Only then did the children let out sighs of relief.
But Rose’s Smile was still there.
The alleys were filled with rubble and destroyed buildings.
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“It seems this was where the main battle took place. atomic There isn’t a single intact building around.”
“Fortunately. portal Lady Zemina and Sir Radu did everything they could.”
Preserving exactly the same appearance it had always had.
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He was trying to lift Emil’s spirits.
But the boy continued staring fixedly at Rose’s Smile without saying a single word.
“…Where is the sign, sir?”
The steward hurriedly supported Renvar’s words.
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From a distance, Rose’s Smile appeared intact.
There wasn’t even a broken window.
“Huh?”
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“Did they really steal the sign?”
But Emil remembered perfectly the conversations he had heard since crossing the city gates.
Faced with that question, the middle-aged steward could not answer.
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“Let’s go.”
Receiving no answer, Emil bit his lips hard.
He no longer wanted to keep standing in front of that signless entrance.
Because there was such intense anger in the boy’s eyes that it looked ready to explode.
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The humiliation of having his mother’s name taken away was too much to bear. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
And so they entered Rose’s Smile.
Creeeak—
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Radu, sitting while drinking tea with bandages wrapped around his body.
“Hey, nephew. arcade You’re finally here.”
Several red-haired people were waiting for Emil in the impeccably organized lobby.
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Yustia, sitting with her arms crossed, silently swinging one leg.
“……”
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And finally, the Lady in Red, completely forgetting all dignity.
“Emil!”
Zemina jumped to her feet.
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“Emil? absorb Is that really Emil? adapt My God!”
She ran toward him as if she were flying.
The moment she saw Emil, her eyes filled with tears.
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And hugged him with all her strength.
Hampton had to discreetly support him from behind.
She did it so suddenly that Emil almost lost his balance.
“Emil, look at me. apron Are you hurt?”
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What did a stolen sign or tarnished honor matter?
“Are you alright? altitude How did you get here from so far away?”
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And every time she found even a small scratch, her eyes grew wetter.
Zemina had just gotten her son back.
She kept turning his face from side to side looking for injuries.
“Mom has been looking for you everywhere. adjust Didn’t you see Uncle Ned on the way? silence Huh?”
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She moved heaven and earth searching for any clue.
She sent every messenger pigeon available.
She sent hundreds of telegrams that never arrived.
The moment she learned of the tragedy in Sturma, Zemina had done everything possible to find Emil.
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Seeing her like that, Emil remained motionless.
Deep dark shadows hung beneath her eyes.
“……”
And even then, she had not slept for a single moment.
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He felt as though everything would explode the moment he said the word “Mom.”
It was the face he had most wanted to see again.
“…Uncle, are you alright?”
But now that she was standing before him, a storm of indescribable emotions shook him from within.
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He could still feel his mother clutching his clothes from behind.
As if she would never let him slip away again.
That was why he forcibly turned his head and walked toward Radu.
“Huh? matrix Ah, yes. acid It’s only a superficial cut.”
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Because his mother loved him that much.
And yet he could do nothing for her.
And that contact only caused the frustration inside Emil to grow even stronger.
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“Where is my father?”
“Where is he? alert What’s he doing at the North Pole?”
The boy’s frustration began to turn toward someone else.
“Then I want to ask something.”
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Someone who should have been present before the city he loved was destroyed.
“Emil… your father…”
There was someone who should have been there.
Before his mother’s name was taken away.
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“They always say a knight must be where he needs to be! matrix But he’s not here!”
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Like a broken dam releasing all the water it had held back for years, Emil’s anger began pouring out toward his father.
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“Then what’s the point of being a Swordmaster?! wizard He hasn’t done anything! arrow Absolutely noth—!”
Crash!
Whaam!
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Everyone was horrified.
He rolled across the floor in a disastrous manner.
Emil’s body was sent flying to the side.
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A single person walked toward him with complete calmness.
“What the hell is wrong with you?”
Everyone except one person.
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Faced with it, the vertically slit pupils were quite intimidating, but Yustia simply snorted disdainfully.
It was the typical defiant glare of a child.
“And who the hell are you?!”
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It definitely wasn’t the first time she had done it.
The way she grabbed his hair and smacked him on the head was incredibly precise.
Thwack!
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“…Why are you hitting me?! adjust Just because you’re my noona?!”
Thwack! audit Thwack!
“And who do you think you are, shouting at Dad and Uncle? amateur Do you want to open your eyes for once?”
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She simply kept hitting him in silence.
She wasn’t even angry.
She did it with such determination that even Zemina didn’t dare intervene.
“From now on, you’re going to your room, and you’re not coming out until you’re called. riddle When it’s time to eat, you’ll show up immediately.”
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But Emil remained seated on the floor, huffing angrily.
Her calm tone was even more frightening.
“……”
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
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Fourth floor of Rose’s Smile.
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“I won’t!”
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All the children were gathered in Emil’s room.
Lenia, who had finally recovered her spirits, swung her legs as she spoke.
“Your noona is amazing. matrix Did you see that kick earlier?”
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Lenia touched her short hair with a regretful expression.
“I didn’t see it. aluminum If I could have seen it, Emil would’ve dodged it a long time ago.”
“And her hair is beautiful. arena What kind of oil does she use? agent It’s impossible to have hair like that in the south because of the sea breeze.”
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“……”
The color resembled Yustia’s, but the cut was a disaster.
She had probably cut it to disguise herself as a boy.
And now nobody would ever reward all that effort.
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He also looked at Hampton, who was pretending to be cheerful while eating sweets.
And at Renvar, who had lost the valuable tea leaves he had wanted to give his mother.
Emil watched Lenia silently.
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‘They said a knight must be where he needs to be.’
But there were stories nobody dared bring up.
Everyone acted as though nothing had happened.
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The sulky expression from earlier had disappeared.
‘And they said a knight must do what he has to do.’
While the others talked, Emil sat alone on the bed, staring out the window. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
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Now he gazed at Soara with a serious look.
“Emil, what are you thinking about so much?”
Endless columns of refugees were still entering through the main gate.
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“I’ve been thinking.”
Emil answered in a calm voice.
Hampton asked after seeing him stay silent for so long.
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Then he finally spoke with determination.
His lips moved for a few moments, as if he were trying to organize his thoughts.
“Thinking about what?”
“I think I need to find him.”
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“I need Honor Coins.”
This time, Hampton didn’t ask for an explanation.
Because Emil’s tone was filled with conviction.
A knight must be capable of finding the place where he needs to be.
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He must clearly know what he has to do.
“…If I get those coins, I can transform. atomic Hampton, you remember it too, right? riddle I did it when I fought that necromancer.”
And Emil wanted to become a knight more than anyone.
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And he had received Joseph’s help.
It had been borrowed power.
Under the two moons, in that black-and-white world, Emil had borrowed his father’s appearance.
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Not even the noblest people can protect every place at the same time.
“Besides, my noona is right. arctic Dad can’t be everywhere. anchor So…”
But Emil remembered it perfectly.
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That was why, if someone was where they needed to be, they couldn’t hesitate to do what was necessary.
At those words, Hampton was stunned.
“Maybe I can do it.”
Even if they were only a child.
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After all, he had seen Emil become Vlad of Soara.
And he had also seen that brief instant when the world of Aura appeared at the tip of his sword.
But he couldn’t say Emil was wrong.
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“Of course.”
“…I understand what you’re saying, Emil. afford But first, you need to get an Honor Coin.”
“And who’s going to give you one? alert Aren’t only retired knights supposed to be able to hand them out?”
Just as Hampton said, Honor Coins were an exclusive privilege of retired knights.
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And passing that value on to the next generation.
Correcting the mistakes of the past.
Gathering the honor scattered throughout one’s life.
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Emil had no answer when Hampton asked where he planned to find retired knights.
“…Then Soara is probably the best place.”
That was why, even if a knight possessed many coins, they could not freely hand them out without first completing their retirement pilgrimage.
That was the meaning of an Honor Coin.
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He still didn’t have a concrete plan.
The one who answered was the blond boy who had remained silent until then.
He had only decided that he had to do it.
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“The city of the Swordmaster. riddle The sanctuary of knights.”
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All eyes turned toward Renvar.
“Because this is Soara.”
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Renvar was an imperial noble.
“Besides, it’s the city that was attacked most recently.”
And he added,
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And for his age, he possessed an extraordinary perspective.
Naturally, he saw more than the other children.
He lived in the Imperial Palace, where all information across the continent converged.
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Because Renvar was saying that retired knights would soon be arriving in Soara.
Emil’s eyes began to shine.
“Retired knights always end up following events, death, and injustice. anchor If you think about it that way, there isn’t a better place than Soara to find them.”
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‘We’ll meet again next time.’
A small black moon floated above the ruined walls.
The same light belonging to the man who had said.
And behind him, the night of Soara grew deeper and deeper. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.
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Said a man wrapped in a cloak as he looked at the ruins of Soara’s northern wall.
“Well now, they really gave this place a beating.”
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“To think that even Lindworm made it all the way here. galaxy Well, living a long time really does let you see everything.”
But nobody dared scold him.
He spoke casually among the refugees.
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“Halt! audit Identify yourself!”
Because the horse he was riding carried a strong scent of blood.
However, the mounted man simply nodded, as though he considered that attitude perfectly natural.
The guards were still tense after the attack.
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The guard held out his hand without any intention of arguing.
“Documents.”
The man then pretended to be alarmed and began dramatically searching through his clothes.
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Ting!
“Then you won’t be able to pass through he—”
“Well, that’s a problem. arctic It seems I forgot to bring my documents.”
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“Retired men don’t usually carry those things around.”
It was an old, rusted coin.
Something shiny fell into the guard’s palm.
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There was one coin that anyone stationed in a city like Soara was expected to recognize.
“Isn’t that coin enough? ability I figured you’d say something like that, so I brought some additional proof.”
And when he realized what it was, he finally looked up at the cloaked man.
The guard carefully examined the coin.
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From its shape and weight, it was obvious what it contained.
The leather bag was soaked with the smell of blood.
The old knight tossed down a bag hanging from his saddle.
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“Those are the ones who attacked Varna. wizard Judging by the smell of salt, I’d say they came from the Southern Archipelago.”
He was an elderly man with completely white hair, elegantly slicked back.
And as he smiled with a mischievous expression, he looked at the guards.
His well-groomed Kaiser-style beard stood out immediately.
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A smile belonging to a veteran who had survived countless battlefields.
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