I Became a Soul Eater

First of all, I went to the best inn in the imperial capital and got a room. And I started thinking about how and what kind of status I should acquire to minimize the most troublesome things.

While I was alone in my room thinking about it, Jake was in the middle of a practice session. As for Jake’s talent, a senior knight would be the limit. You can get to that level right away without having to work so hard, but you can’t tell them not to do it.

At that time, the alter ego 2, which was exploring the surroundings, saw something interesting. I saw it too and thought it was this one. I got ready right away.

And the next day, Jake and I went to Baron Telmeyer where Yuri was. In my arms was a letter I had written.

Before I was born, I sent letters of recommendation and small amounts of money to Yuri for gifted children. And Yuri raised the children in connection with the imperial family, and now she was making a big splash by revealing her talents in all walks of life. They were the so-called ‘Children of the Guardian Spirit’.

I decided to write a letter of recommendation recommending myself and become a child of that guardian spirit. In particular, even the sagittarius saying, “Leave me to do what I want to do,” was specially attached.

Baron Thelmeyer had even had a well-dressed gatekeeper, as if his prestige had improved considerably.

“What have you come for?”

said the gatekeeper to Jake. As expected, I take an adult with me just in case. And unlike when he was a mercenary, Jake, dressed in high-class clothes, looked like a rather outstanding knight.

“Our young master has a letter to deliver directly to Mrs. Thelmeyer.”

The gatekeeper gave the news inside and soon met with Yuri. Since I hadn’t heard from her for over 10 years, it seemed that she wasn’t going to work at the imperial palace anymore. Anyway, Yuri, whom I hadn’t seen in a while, was now a pretty noble middle-aged woman.

“hello. My name is Germain Francois.”

“nice to meet you. My name is Yuri Telmeyer.”

When I politely bowed, Yuri greeted me with a wide smile. In this case, the natural appearance in this life is very helpful. A well-mannered young man is always loved by middle-aged wives.

“I brought a letter of recommendation from the Guardian Spirit.”

I put forward the letter of recommendation I had written. Yuri took it and read it, then tilted her head.

“It’s a bit different from the letters of recommendation you’ve sent me.”

It is. In the past, when I wrote a letter of recommendation, it was ‘this child is talented in something, so raise it well and use it.’ Yuri’s eyes are sharp. It seems that I got older as I got older.

“I’m not sure about that part.”

Grab it once and see. And I didn’t want to use it, but I decided to use the second alter ego that was following me.

[Yuri It’s been a while]

Number 2 next to me spoke. I don’t know if the clones of the cockroaches before were non-speaking or not, but all of my clones can talk.

“Guardian Spirit! Where have you been?”

Yuri jumped up and greeted the second alter ego. Well, to be exact, it welcomed me. It is important from now on.

[I just wandered around the world]

“Welcome.”

Yuri seems to be in a good mood. If I had known it would be like this, I would have sent at least a few alter egos in the middle.

[That child is a child with an unusual talent. Just leave it alone and it will take care of itself. However, since he is from an aristocrat of another country, he needs the status of the Aether Empire.]

“All right. I’ll take care of that.”

As I listened to the two of them talking, I felt like a con artist. Even so, there’s nothing wrong with Yuri.

“Ah, I just talked to the guardian spirit. Excuse me.”

“it’s okay.”

Yuri came to his senses and apologized to me. It would be better to get out of here for now. Yuri and No. 2 will have a lot to talk about.

“Then may I go back for a moment?”

“is it so. thank you. Let’s talk a lot next time.”

That’s how I got out of Baron Telmeyer. The back was left to No. 2. Number 2 was being baptized with countless questions from Yuri.

On the way back to the inn with Jake, I looked at Jake’s equipment and found that his clothes had changed, but the sword was the same, and the armor in the inn was leather armor worn by mercenaries.

I thought about whether there was anything useful among the artifacts, but there was nothing to give to Jake. There is no armor, but there are several swords, but this is a bit excessive. Weapons from Drakan’s Rare are treasures worthy of a war the moment rumors spread to the human world.

“Go get Jake sword and armor. I can’t call it my article as it is right now.”

“Um, okay.”

With Jake also affirming, we headed to the street where blacksmiths were gathered. Jake, who was following along well, has a question.

“Have you ever been here before, my lord?”

Yeah, it’s kind of weird when I think about it. It’s because I’m skillfully looking for places I’ve never been to in my life.

“It can’t be. However, the zodiacs are cities that are planned and built, so the structure is roughly similar. I read it in a book before.”

“Oh, I see.”

I’m glad Jake is naive. At a time like this, if it was G-Zark, I would have persistently asked.

I went into a forge that looked good, bought a good-looking sword, and matched a pair of half plates. Of course, the amount came out quite large, but Jake was worried when he saw that he paid without hesitation.

“Sir, although I say this, are you all right?”

“I have a lot of money. Do not worry.”

There are probably more than emperors. Of course, most of them are in Drakan’s rare, but you can always bring them, so it doesn’t matter.

Come to think of it, I can’t go directly with this body right now. You can send the clones, but the clones are still small, so there is not a lot of subspace to use.

The moment you think about whether you should focus on nurturing your alter ego, the conversation between No. 2 and Yuri comes in real time.

“Well, there is a family that might want Prince Germain.”

[What does that mean?]

“Ah, the identity of most of the children sent by the Guardian Spirit is not clear. Even if he was born as a commoner, he couldn’t just leave the child whom Guardian sent as a gifted child as a commoner, right? So, they were all adopted to aristocratic families.”

I should have been paying attention too. research was lacking. If he had known that it would be solved this way, he would not have gone to Yuri, but things got strangely twisted.

[Is there no other way?]

“It can be done, but aristocratic status is difficult to obtain. Oh, there are even ways to marry widows. If you’re a handsome boy like Prince Germain, there’s always a demand for it.”

[Ah, no, that’s a bit…]

“Is that so? I thought of all kinds of ways to support them, but this was the best.”

[If I just go and threaten the emperor, will you give me a suitable seat?]

“Ah, you may not know, but His Majesty the Emperor whom Guardian Spirit knew retired and the Crown Prince ascended the throne a few years ago.”

Ether’s grandson must have retired. So, is the emperor now the great-grandson of Aether?

“By the way, um… His Majesty the present emperor has a little bit of the Guardian Spirit…”

[A little something?]

“Don’t believe me. No, it’s not that he doesn’t believe it, he thinks that the imperial family doesn’t need it that much. So my seat is gone. Nokbong doesn’t come out anymore.”

[dare!]

I was a little angry. I mean I went to the battlefield with my great-grandfather and gave him a name, but are you ignoring me?

“Ji, calm down. He’s a good person though. You are using all the talented people sent by the Guardian Spirit.”

Still, I should at least give this aether great-grandson a slap in the back of the head after seeing his top.

[I have to go see the emperor.]

“Guardian Spirit, wait!”

Yuri shouted from behind, but clone number 2 started flying toward the imperial palace. Meanwhile, Jake and I were leisurely eating skewers on the street.

“Well, it smells good, but it doesn’t taste as good as I thought.”

“Your lord’s taste is too advanced. For street food, this is great.”

A person who is serious about cooking, that is me.

*

Clone No. 2 flew in a straight line and headed for the emperor’s office. The scenery of the office was the same as it was 100 years ago. It doesn’t look like Ether, who looks like he’s in his mid-to-late 30s looking at documents, but this guy with a subtly similar atmosphere seems to be the current emperor.

The size of the soul is considerable. That’s pretty much what I’m talented at. And as emperors and kings, the color of the soul is not so turbid.

Come to think of it, he was a bit younger than he is now, but it seems that this guy was also standing among the direct descendants who found Yuri in the past. He pulled out a pen and wrote on the paper the emperor was looking at.

-It is a guardian spirit. See you tomorrow with Yuri-

Come to think of it, No. 2’s power is still weak, so long conversations are difficult. Hitting the back of the head is also postponed for now.

The emperor was very calm even though something strange was happening right in front of his eyes. Rather, he raised his hand to stop the escort knights who were about to jump out.

“I will.”

Having made an appointment like that, alter ego #2 withdrew. In the meantime, I returned to the inn and was lost in thought. If going to quantum is not particularly bad, that’s not the only thing. It is good if the age of the body is still young and the condition to develop strength is good. At least it’s better than going to the widow’s pillar west.

Originally, he intended to live quietly and freely by acquiring a moderate status and buying a mansion in an appropriate place in the imperial capital. However, it is not bad to obtain aristocratic status after 5-6 years of moderate trust.

When No. 2 was sent back to Yuri’s mansion and explained what had happened with the emperor, Yuri sighed deeply.

“I’m glad you didn’t have a serious accident.”

[Whose side are you on?]

“Of course I am on the side of His Majesty the Emperor.”

Is this why people say that raising someone else’s child is useless? Of course, I didn’t raise Yuri, but I felt a great sense of betrayal.

[This Traitor]

“A person who pops up every few decades shouldn’t say such a thing.”

I have nothing to say about that part. Ah, how did that docile Yuri become such a strong woman?

[So, where would Germain go as an adopted child?]

“It’s a county, but it’s a place where there is no successor. Fortunately, the family head is not in good health right now.”

Uh, that’s a different story. Adopted as an heir? Of course, I go into the adoption without succession rights and spend time. I was thinking of escaping when I got older.

“But for a count, the estate is very small. The level of bags given to knights by wealthy families?”

rather good He was an administrator in a past life. I don’t want to manage a large estate. If it’s small, wouldn’t it roll somehow even if you just leave it roughly? And if the current head of state is in poor health, the time to be free may come sooner.

[Not bad]

“Isn’t it? Opportunities like this don’t come often.”

Yuri spoke like a lady at a market. After that, he chattered about something, but it didn’t come into his ears.

It really wasn’t bad. It doesn’t matter how bad Youngji’s situation is. Wouldn’t it be better not to starve to death? That much is enough.

I stayed up all night thinking about so many things. One thing the human body is not yet adapted to is sleep. Wandering as a spirit and living without sleep for nearly 100 years, you forget sleep.

Clone No. 2 visited Yuri early in the morning and prepared to go to the emperor. Since I had nothing to do until Yuri came back anyway, I decided to call Jake over and do some sword fighting in the vacant lot behind the inn. Last time I met a weak opponent and fought a battle close to slaughter, but I lack practical experience. I knew that if I faced a really strong opponent, I could easily lose.

Jake was now almost getting back to his original skills. The amount of aura is still a bit lacking, but it was already a great article.

The two wooden swords collided with each other incessantly moving. In a head-to-head confrontation, of course, I am at a disadvantage. This body is still the body of a child who has not finished growing. You can’t win in agility, strength, or physical conditions.

However, the perfection of swordsmanship is higher on my side. The swordsmanship and theories he learned at the academy, and the training he saw every day were the training of the Royal Knights.

Combining the pros and cons like that, the sparring was being done at roughly the same level. Of course, if I use an aura with a real sword rather than a wooden sword, I will win.

After an hour of sparring, I was the one who passed out. Lack of fundamental fitness. However, doing ignorant training with a child’s body is rather harmful. not tall This is a very important problem, just like hair loss.