Grand Duke of the Heibern House

＜Episode 36＞

Returning to the detention site, Ruin’s face was terribly distorted.

As long as he was a wizard, he couldn’t have liked the unexpected variable he encountered.

It’s not a trivial variable, it’s a ‘invasion of thoughts’ that has a lot of potential to cause problems in one’s mental system.

Even more infuriating was the fact that I don’t know if there was anything that could be gained enough to take such a huge risk, but that wasn’t the case either.

Contrary to the far-off legend, what was observed in his ancestor was only confusion of ego.

Fragments of thoughts that have lost their identity and are just jumbled up with all sorts of memories.

Hoping for an inheritance from such fragmented thoughts of ancestors was rather a gamble.

In the yard like this, I wanted to pass on his swordsmanship to the family, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with a plausible way.

– aaa! sh*t! damn it!

Another side effect is the psychological shock that Gyrobel is experiencing.

As if he couldn’t stand it, Ruin’s head was on the verge of exploding because of Gyrobel, who was screaming and swearing nonstop.

“Stop it. What are you going to do now about what happened?”

– Ugh! Do you really know what this motherf*cker did to me?

“I’m not even curious.”

The fortunate thing is that Sahol’s thoughts are deeply asleep without any reaction.

Ruin started thinking about his next plan, hoping that he would stay asleep for as long as possible.

Just then, Dane opened the door and came in.

Ruin, who was sharply nervous, frowned.

“Even though they are brothers, there are definitely family manners. Are you planning to surprise me like this every time?”

Ruin is the grand duke of the Hibern family.

Opening the door and coming in without notifying the attendant is an act that even the head of the household cannot do recklessly.

But Dane had no time to care about family etiquette.

“… … Do you mean your brother?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Dane walked over with a cold face and opened the window wide.

The landscape revealed through the window.

Knights, horses, and flags were gathering endlessly.

“It’s the Territory War.”

Ruin silently gazes at the scene outside the window without answering.

The elite knights, collaterals of the family, and the Heibern family’s vassals and vassals were entering the family with their prestige.

Rita’s keepers, the Zakang family.

Podom’s iron-blooded Gasto family.

Boris’s guardian, the Aeolita family.

Families who swore allegiance to the Bernese according to the old sayings and oaths.

However, if they did not belong under the dukedom, they were families that could belong to the prominent names of the kingdom.

“What kind of fool are you talking about? The only power that can move them is the seal of the family head.”

Dane bites his lip at his older brother’s words.

I don’t know if my brother is testing me or treating me like an idiot.

A thousand-year history of the Heibern family.

A family of strong convictions that has never fought a land battle.

There was no way the head of the Bern family was prepared for a land battle.

The force that moved his father’s head of household was definitely the will of his older brother, the grand duke.

“Do you consider me stupid? I don’t know if it’s your brother’s will.”

Ruin’s mouth drew a satisfied smile.

It was because I liked him as he grew steeper day by day.

“okay. Are your thoughts the same as your father?”

“The Battle of Yeongji is a civil war within the kingdom. We cannot recklessly project the power of the main family without the king’s order.”

Indeed, his answer was worthy of a knight of the Heibern family.

Ruin did not bother to criticize his younger brother, who had the same reaction as his father, for being foolish.

To him, Bern’s beliefs were natural, and his path was different from his own.

Ruin spoke calmly to Dane as he did to his father.

Darionega’s situation.

A vacuum of interest in the Paneom mine.

Shehehelga’s plan to take it.

Even the identity of the family that controls such Shehehelga in the dark.

Combining fragmentary information, reasoning, and arriving at a conclusion, he explained all his thoughts in more detail than he did to his father.

“… … .”

Dane was staring blankly at his older brother’s face.

Is this really the level of human wisdom?

I’ve only heard a simple explanation once, but I’m seething with hostility toward the Rencia guys.

The Battle of Yeongji was inevitable, and ‘speed’ took precedence above all else.

The moment the prince entered the royal palace, the justification of the Bern family as representing the will of the royal family could have been lost.

The opponent was as meticulous as that, and the power was also high.

Suddenly, Dane shuddered.

“Did you plan all of this from the beginning?”

His brother arbitrarily negotiated with the first prince, ignoring the authority of the family head.

royal ashes obtained through him.

Had it not been for the outcome of the negotiations, the Battle of Yeongji would have been inevitable.

However, Berna now has the authority of the royal family on its back.

Obviously, the older brother must have planned all of this even before meeting the first prince.

The older brother he knew was not a great man who would defy his father’s authority unless absolutely necessary.

“Yes.”

“ah… … .”

Dane was unable to continue asking questions at his brother’s honest answer.

I was at a loss as to how on earth I could catch up to his older brother’s wisdom.

Ruin smiled as if he knew or did not know at his younger brother who had hardened with a blank face.

“No human being can predict the weather every day. Anyone who says it is possible is a fraud.”

Ruin’s eyes looking at Dane had already sunk like an abyss.

“But humans cultivate by predicting the seasons. Changed humidity, change in precipitation, change in wind direction, the smell of the earth… … With all that information, you can recognize the change of seasons.”

As his younger brother paid attention to his words, Ruin’s voice became clearer.

“Isn’t it strange? Humans who do not even know the weather of the day predict the season? It’s like a child who couldn’t even walk. It would sound like a joke if only academic causality was considered. It doesn’t make sense.”

Luin’s eyes.

Dane felt as if he was endlessly drowning in his brother’s faraway insight and insight that he couldn’t fathom.

“The humidity has changed. Wet. The wind turned to the north wind. You should wear thick clothes. The smell of dirt intensified. It must have rained yesterday.”

“… … .”

“There’s not much value in looking at information like this one by one. But what if you indulge all of this?”

Dane’s eyes sparkle.

“Induction?”

“Yes Dane. All this information is observed more deeply from a distance and persistently pursued to induce a macroscopic phenomenon, that is, reality. That is the power to predict the seasons, the wisdom of induction.”

“ah… … !”

Ruin’s eyes were gazing at the green territory beyond the castle in the distance.

“Look at what humans have done with the wisdom of induction. He cultivated wealth by farming. The wealth was passed on to the kingdom through the family, creating a brilliant civilization that no race in history had ever dreamed of. That is the terrifying power and wisdom of humans.”

Dane was surprised by his older brother’s words, and at the same time was depressed.

The far-off wisdom of an older brother who was suspected of being human.

However, such wisdom is the same as a farmer’s sense of measuring the season.

“Is it still difficult?”

Dane scratched the back of his head as he hurriedly erased his dejected feelings at his older brother’s laughing question.

“Oh, no. Rather, it feels so simple that it becomes more complicated.”

sh*t.

“That is the attribute of knowledge, and wisdom is the devil’s nature. When you don’t know, it’s frustrating like wandering through a fog, but when you actually know it, it’s so simple that you wonder why you didn’t know this.”

Suddenly, Ruin pointed out the window and opened his mouth to Dane again.

“I learned it, so I have to use it. What wisdom of induction would you exercise when you saw the procession of collaterals and vassals rushing in like a tidal wave?”

Dane follows his brother’s gaze and persistently looks out the window.

However, the scenery was just a long procession of knights.

As befits the valiant vassals of the great Hibern family, the knights are majestically advancing, waving their flags.

Intermittently heard shouts of spirited servants who were busy moving logistics, a disciplined salute, and the friction of weapons.

No matter how you looked at it, there was nothing special about it, it was just a sight of ordinary knights preparing for a campaign.

No matter how much I opened my eyes, I couldn’t figure out the intention behind my brother’s question.

“hahahaha. guy.”

Ruin smiled as if he had expected it while looking at his younger brother who couldn’t open his mouth with his forehead crumpled.

“Look at their words. They are the most agile electric horses. All the weapons were also covered with new leather and oiled without omission. All of the sergeants also sharpened their blades.”

It is the basics of a knight to be fully prepared before embarking on a campaign.

Dane tilted his head as if what the hell was the matter.

“older brother. It is the basic of the basics to refine weapons, horses, and weapons before going out.”

Ruin’s transparent eyes turned to their fluttering flags.

“Yes Dane. As you said, I should have done my duty as a knight. However, they dared to hang their family flags on the flagpole. Wearing robes engraved with their own proverbs, they brought more servants than necessary. They raised themselves more and more splendidly than the troops Vernga demanded.”

Dane’s gaze scanned his older brother’s sharp expression.

The twisted smile on his lips and his older brother’s unreadable eyes made his body flinch momentarily, but his doubts were not resolved.

“They are Hibern family vassals. You deserve the power of your family. You can’t call it a flaw, can you?”

“As usual, it wouldn’t matter.”

“yes?”

In an instant, a bleak emotion flashes across Ruin’s face.

“The problem is that their fathers and sons are now in the dungeon.”

Dane was finally able to grasp his brother’s true intentions.

His eyes were turning cold like Ruin’s.

“The family condemned the immoral. But instead of being sober, they are raising their prestige. He neither bows down nor appreciates the mercy of his family. What do you think of their actions now?”

Dane breaks it.

“It is a protest.”

“Yes. Unlike you who have lost your power, we are in good health. We cannot ignore the strength we have accumulated over ten years. Now we are mainstream. Therefore, our fathers, release our sons.”

Dane clenched his fists as if they were about to explode.

His rage, which flared up in an instant, became so huge that it seemed to devour all the vassals in front of him.

But Ruin, he was stroking his younger brother’s back with a smile.

“You have no right to be angry. You couldn’t even read their reprehensible thoughts.”

Tuk-tuk.

Ruin pats his younger brother on the shoulder and walks away.

“The anger right now is mine, Dane.”

Bubbly.

Dane laughed out loud at the back of his older brother, who felt as if he was getting farther away.

finally realized

Even if I wanted to imitate his wisdom, I couldn’t.

He just adjusts his clothes in front of the cold north wind.

I just take care of myself in the frequent rain.

The ability to discern that such phenomena are seasonal changes.

He didn’t have the most important ‘sight’.

“damn.”

Dane bit his lip and followed his brother.

I had to stick closer and learn everything from him.