Chapter 303: Side Story – My Father’s City (4)
And in the midst of that light, there was a red-haired girl kneeling on one knee.
It was the midday sun, so bright that it clearly illuminated even the tiny specks of dust floating in the air.
Yustia.
The summer light streamed in through the window.
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“…Guide this girl’s soul toward the light and watch over her sword-bound heart.”
Without understanding what was happening, she was kneeling in her own room.
Her eyes wide with surprise, she could not say a word.
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Feeling Radu’s blood run down her forehead, Yustia finally realized something.
Having bitten his thumb until it bled, he pressed the wound against the girl’s forehead.
Standing before her was her uncle, Radu.
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It was a Sacred Initiation Ceremony personally officiated by Radu, Commander of the 2nd Knight Order of the Northern Orthodox Church.
“May her pure oath never be stained by falsehood, and may she one day reach the end of the Sacred Path.”
The man standing before her was no longer there as a blood relative.
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“Sir Radu, if you believe granting the girl the rank of Apprentice Holy Knight will be enough to prevent us from recruiting her…”
Gabriel had to take the children no matter what.
The first ritual to place Yustia Aureo under God’s protection and guide her onto the path of a Holy Knight.
And behind that sacred ceremony, Gabriel Mordian, commander of the Dragon Slayer Knights, gritted his teeth in frustration.
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But Radu had already seen through his intentions.
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To pressure the Swordmaster Vlad, there were no better hostages than Yustia and Emil.
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Which takes precedence?
The mighty roar of the enraged Holy Knight echoed throughout the Smile of the Rose.
“Imperial law cannot invade Sacred Law! beacon Does the commander of the Dragon Slayer Knights dare question such a fact?”
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Twenty years ago, during the Honor Duel of Deirmar, a similar situation had occurred.
The law of men or the will of God?
Royal authority or religious authority?
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The debate had been over which took priority the Swordmaster’s Code, symbol of royal authority, or the rules of the Sacred Duel, symbol of religious authority.
Gabriel raised his objection, but Radu merely smiled shamelessly.
“Oh, really?”
“We issued the recruitment order first. acid There is a clear hierarchy of priorities.”
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What Radu had just done was a forced maneuver.
“Then request a formal judgment.”
In truth, Gabriel was right.
It was not a pure and involuntary awakening like the one that had occurred during the honor duel.
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The time to read the enemy’s intentions and block their movements.
It was the time for stratagems and political games.
But this was not the time to debate right and wrong.
It was a situation deliberately created by Radu.
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“Gathering all those people will take time, won’t it, Sir Gabriel?”
“Send people to the Imperial Palace. portal Convene the Grand Ducal Council. aluminum Summon the Pope, the Cardinals, and all those arrogant nobles from the center.”
And Radu understood.
Radu smiled.
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“By the time that happens, my niece will already be in Saint Rogino. abstract Bayezid will have had enough time to recover. voyage Perhaps the Northern Council will even be convened. abandon No, they’re probably already preparing it.”
He still lacked enough information to know the exact objective, but as someone who had spent decades living as a central noble of Dragulia, he could feel it.
The center was challenging the north and Vlad in a race against time.
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“……”
With each word from Radu, Gabriel’s gaze grew deeper.
“And by then, Vlad will have returned as well.”
But the last sentence visibly unsettled him.
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After finishing the ceremony, Radu turned around and walked toward Gabriel, who was waiting by the door.
The cold dragon eyes pierced Gabriel’s soul.
“Let me give you some advice. apple As someone who also once belonged to the Dragon Slayer Knights.”
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And when he finally stood before Gabriel, the former vice commander of the Dragon Slayer Knights whispered to him.
Shielding his kneeling niece behind him, he advanced toward the knights carrying that false banner.
“If you wish to kill a dragon, be prepared to die.”
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If you want to kill a dragon, you must be willing to die.
“If you step into this with half-hearted resolve, you will lose everything, Gabriel Mordian.”
Dragons who seek perfection never forgive wounds, humiliations, or defeats inflicted upon them.
Because dragons do not forget.
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It was not the sticky anger that consumed everything in its path.
Gabriel felt an intense chill in Radu’s breath.
It was a declaration.
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The absolute certainty that it would happen.
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And when he looked again, he saw Radu’s cold vertical pupils staring directly at him.
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The voices of the soldiers echoed throughout Soara.
“Emil Aureo, present yourself immediately to receive His Majesty the Emperor’s sacred order!”
“Find Emil Aureo!”
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The soldiers marched through Soara waving their banners as though the city belonged to them.
Seeing them, the knight carrying the boy on his back let out a sigh.
The determination to find the young dragon no matter the cost.
They were voices filled with fierce determination.
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He remembered something he had heard before retiring.
“They’re completely committed. alert These bastards have no intention of backing down.”
That the new emperor was an extraordinarily persistent man.
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And indeed, the new emperor was making far bolder moves than expected in order to rebuild the Empire.
But a ruler carefully molded by the central nobles to restore imperial authority.
Not the weak young emperor supported by Dragulia.
“What’s going on?! alien What’s happening?!”
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Although he spoke quietly, his eyes demanded an immediate explanation.
“Why are they looking for me? advance Weren’t the Dragon Slayer Knights supposed to have disappeared a long time ago?”
Emil, who had finally managed to pull the man’s hand away from his mouth, asked with a bewildered expression.
He had noticed that something was strange.
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Sensing it, both the man and the boy swallowed hard and pressed themselves firmly against the alley wall.
It forced them to stand practically shoulder to shoulder.
The sound of military boots passed right beside them.
The man, apparently nervous, stroked his mustache and whispered to Emil.
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“They might even take you to the capital under custody.”
He lowered his voice even further.
“I can’t give you all the details, but if those people catch you, you’ll be in very serious trouble.”
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He wanted to restrain the Swordmaster, the greatest threat to imperial authority. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.
The Swordmaster of this era, supported by the people to the point that the previous Grand Chamberlain had attempted to place him on the throne.
From the Emperor’s perspective, there was no one on the entire continent who posed a greater threat to his position than the current Vlad.
The Emperor’s intentions were clear.
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The man was trying to avoid the sound of military boots and take another route.
“There he is! autumn There is Emil Aureo!”
“So first we need to escape. arrow If we go this way…”
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Seeing the soldiers rushing toward them in droves, Emil’s eyes lit up.
“Tch!”
However, the forces deployed throughout Soara were far more numerous than he had anticipated, and there were not many places left to hide from their eyes.
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The city where he had grown up.
His father’s city.
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This was Soara.
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“Hey, idiot! atomic We have to stick together!”
And because of that, his eyes immediately found the right route.
Emil slipped away like a squirrel.
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Without even giving himself time to breathe, Emil ran from rooftop to rooftop.
“…That brat is fast!”
With agile movements, he darted between the soldiers’ legs, planted one foot against a nearby wall, and leaped onto the roof of a house.
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“He’s on the roof!”
“It’s Emil Aureo!”
The man chasing him watched the boy, already far ahead, and clicked his tongue.
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Below were countless shops and stalls.
The route he had taken was a typical commercial avenue, where the rooftops of the buildings were connected to one another.
“Catch him!”
Everyone present looked up, watching in amazement as the boy ran across the rooftops.
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And below, the soldiers ran after him.
“We have to capture him, even if it’s only him!”
Seeing the ominous banners of the Dragon Slayer Knights, the people of Soara finally realized that Emil was being pursued.
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‘And my mother?’
The Smile of the Rose in the distance.
From the open rooftops, he could see it clearly.
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It was no longer a place he could reach.
And the troops surrounding it.
It was encircled layer upon layer.
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The man finally caught up to Emil, panting heavily.
“Idiot! atomic Let’s go together!”
But the boy immediately changed direction.
“Huh? adopt Huh?”
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It was a movement too fast for an aging body to follow.
After turning, Emil launched himself from the rooftop and leaped toward the awning of a distant stall.
So fast that it almost seemed aura would be necessary to catch him.
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“Haa… haa…”
The soldiers could only stare in astonishment as he passed over their heads.
The jump was so long that for a moment it looked as though he were flying.
Whoosh—!
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‘I have to get out!’
Searching for routes the soldiers could not follow.
Deeper into the alleys.
Without even having time to catch his breath, Emil kept running. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
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He had to escape Soara.
But he knew one thing for certain.
He didn’t know all the details of the situation.
To do that, he needed to get closer to the walls surrounding the city.
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“It doesn’t matter if he’s injured! matrix Just don’t kill him!”
“Block him!”
The Dragon Slayer Knights had come prepared.
However, his intentions had already been discovered.
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And little by little, they were cornering him like a rabbit.
“Over here!”
They didn’t know Soara as well as Emil did, but they knew it well enough.
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“Young Master! crystal This way!”
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Just as Emil wandered without finding an escape route, a door quietly opened beside him.
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Small houses lined the narrow alley.
All of them beckoned him inside.
It wasn’t just one door.
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“Get in already, brat!”
The mustached man arrived, gasping for breath, and shoved Emil inside.
Every one of them remembered the blond-haired boy from many years ago.
The people of Soara opened their homes without the slightest hesitation to help a boy being hunted.
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“The North District is completely blocked. wizard Don’t go to the Smile of the Rose.”
At the same time, the doors throughout the alley began to close.
When the Dragon Slayer Knights arrived, they could only stare in confusion as dozens of doors shut one after another.
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“Young Master, if it weren’t for the blankets your father gave us, we would have frozen to death long ago. adapt Please thank him for us.”
Beside him stood a woman carrying a baby.
A young man pushed Emil forward.
Emil was certain he had never seen them before.
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“To the next house!”
A fat, bald man was waiting for him there.
Guided by the young couple from the lower alleys, Emil exited through the back door and was pushed into the neighboring home.
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He was a merchant whose livelihood depended on the route opened by Vlad and the Mole.
“Don’t leave through the South Gate. timber They say those people came through the Spirit Route. galaxy Do you know the road that connects to Aushrin?”
He grabbed a canteen hanging on the wall and hung it around Emil’s neck.
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“They say the soldiers have completely filled Forge Street. athlete Where the dwarves of Nidavellir are.”
The man swallowed nervously and quickly sent Emil to the next house.
After he finished speaking, heavy pounding struck the front door.
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“Don’t go toward the river. attic They took all the oars from the boatmen.”
Among complete strangers.
From house to house.
While Emil remained confused, people stuffed food, coins, and supplies into his pockets.
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“It would be an honor if you accepted it, Young Master. atlas It’s the finest sword I’ve ever forged.”
Everyone helped the boy and the retired knight move closer and closer to the city walls.
The last house belonged to a blacksmith.
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“Do you remember that five-gold-coin sword that used to hang there? afford I saw it too. accent The first sword your father ever used.”
As Emil held the sword being offered to him, the man spoke emotionally.
It was a story everyone in Soara knew.
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Seeing that man’s son holding a sword forged by his own hands, the blacksmith could barely contain his emotions.
He took a deep breath and said,
The legend of the Swordmaster that had begun in a humble forge tucked away in an alley.
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A narrow alley used only by the local residents.
When they left the blacksmith’s house, another path appeared.
“He was an incredible man! apron Now go, quickly!”
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And through a gap, they could see Soara’s central avenue.
“Who the hell do these people from the center think they are?! antenna Go to hell!”
The roars of an enraged crowd echoed through the air.
“I’m not selling a damn thing today, you bastards!”
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The people of the north shouted at the banners of the Dragon Slayer Knights.
Fruits, clothing, and all kinds of merchandise were scattered across the ground.
“Who the hell are you people to decide whether our Young Master gets taken away or not?!”
The merchants were throwing them at the Dragon Slayer Knights.
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The resistance was so fierce that some knights had already drawn their swords.
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Because the crowd kept growing.
But they did not dare use them.
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Nearly a thousand.
Hundreds of people.
“…I’m starting to understand why the Emperor doesn’t like your father. orbit Don’t you think?”
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Children, elderly people, men and women filling the streets.
Peasants standing against knights acting under imperial orders.
“……”
The man felt a chill as he witnessed firsthand the influence the Swordmaster possessed in Soara.
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“Anyway, we need to leave quickly. avalanche Unless you want all those people to end up dying.”
And it shouldn’t.
Before the situation became completely uncontrollable, the lit fuse had to be removed from the powder keg.
But the retired knight knew it couldn’t last much longer.
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“Kyuu—!”
“Let’s see… if we want to climb the wall…”
They couldn’t leave through the main gate.
So the mustached man was considering climbing the wall.
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But the yellow mole poking out from Emil’s arms finally stuck out its head as if it had been waiting for its turn.
Wiggling its backside enthusiastically, it began digging a tunnel at the foot of the wall.
Scritch Scritch Scritch!
The retired knight stared at the scene in disbelief.
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Pointing at the freshly dug tunnel, he desperately called for Emil.
“Hey! beacon Come on, hurry!”
But Emil remained motionless.
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Through a narrow opening, he could see the people of Soara.
People throwing away the food they were supposed to sell that day.
“Idiot! arrow We have to go!”
As if rooted to the ground.
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All of them were shouting his name.
Emil’s blue eyes absorbed every scene.
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His eyes did not blink even once.
And the banners of the Dragon Slayer Knights striking them.
The people trying to protect him.
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And as he crawled through the darkest and lowest place possible, a voice filled with anger escaped his lips.
As if he were swearing never to forget what he was seeing.
“Let’s go already!”
When the retired knight forcefully dragged him away, Emil finally knelt before the dark tunnel.
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“…I’ll come back.”
Because there were people there who believed in him.
He had to return.
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To those Dragon Slayer Knight banners that were striking those people.
And he had to repay what they were doing for him.
“And I’ll repay this debt.”
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But that tear fell together with a promise.
The promise that one day he would return.
He didn’t know whether it was sadness or anger.
A tear formed involuntarily in the boy’s eyes as he left Soara.
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