I Returned As the Governor of the Country That Abandoned Me

25 – Sword Mastery

“The level of the seeds this time is not good.”

“Unacceptable.”

“Now, who made the sound of the sword?”

The top of the training ground where you can clearly see the servants sparring. I and 10 knights are evaluating the battles of the servants.

This is the reason why I am here. Originally, it wouldn’t matter if I didn’t have to attend, but I had no choice but to return to the empire because I had the duty to evaluate them.

Still, it can be said that it is not a bad return, such as meeting my parents after a long time and introducing my classmates to Ariel.

“What is that child?”

It was then that a knight sitting next to me opened his mouth while the evaluation of the seeds was in full swing.

Along with his gaze, the gazes of the knights who were seated turned toward it. My gaze also went to that direction along with them, and the person at the end of that gaze was Ariel.

Ariel moving her body alone in an empty space, or swinging her arms. It was like having a sparring match with someone.

If someone sees it, they may think that they are sparring with a virtual opponent alone, but the people here did not think so.

“You are a swordsman.”

Inspector. It refers to a person who has a special talent for swords, and it means a talent that moves into that person just by looking at another person’s sword.

But even so, it is not a talent that can be said to be one of the best talents on the entire continent, or that it will only come out once in 100 years.

Over there. Aside from Ariel, there are guys who pay close attention to the couple’s fight and move in.

If there is a difference between them and Ariel, is it that they don’t move their bodies like Ariel?

This happened because Ariel, unlike them, couldn’t control his own talents.

“Are you still unable to suppress your own talent? Whose seed is that child?”

“.. My seed.”

Seeing Ariel like that, several knights started clicking their tongues. If a seed with the talent of swordsman is brought in, the first thing to do is to suppress that talent.

“Kuhm. So, is that child our junior’s first seed?”

“Yes, that is correct.”

“The talent of a swordsman is dangerous. You know? If you can’t suppress that talent properly…”

A talent to see the opponent’s sword and become absorbed in it. There are not a few of them, and if the body can’t keep up with it, it’s a talent that is nothing, but there is a reason to suppress that talent.

“Didn’t you say that you could become a sword demon?”

“Right.”

Sword Demon. A madman who only wields a sword and does not hesitate to kill. Most of the sword demons are sword masters. If you continue to empathize with the other person, the emotions of the other person will continue to eat away at your body.

Anger, despair, ecstasy, sadness, sympathy. If you continue to be immersed in all those emotions, you will reach a point where you cannot even determine whether these are your own emotions or those of others, and eventually you will go completely crazy.

‘I didn’t know he had this kind of talent.’

When I first saw him, I thought he had a special talent, but I never imagined that talent would be a swordsman. Perhaps his talent was instinctively manifested the moment he killed the first three guards.

“Is the evaluation of the knights to be appointed going well?”

It was then that I heard a man’s voice from behind me. Upon hearing that voice, all the knights who were seated stood up and bowed their heads in front of him. Of course, me too.

“””Meet Your Highness the 2nd Prince.”””

A sentence that everyone bows their heads and shouts. He, who was sitting in the most prestigious seat, came down to this seat in person.

“Everybody raise your head. Isn’t it during the ceremony to appoint a knight? Sirs should do their best in their work.”

Silver hair that symbolizes the imperial family. The red eyes looking at the knights are like the eyes of a snake.

A person in charge of all state affairs of the empire on behalf of the old emperor and the weak crown prince. Rumors are circulating that he will become the crown prince in place of the weak crown prince.

“Uh huh. Do you want everyone to do their jobs?”

As we continued to lower our heads, he said with a displeased expression. Still shouldn’t move. This man is a man who values his authority above all else.

He has good abilities, but he values lineage. He speaks softly, but in fact he has the most savage personality. That is the second prince.

“Ha ha. I came to watch with you, but if I keep my head down like this, the ordination ceremony won’t go ahead. I get it, I get it. What can i do I have to go back.”

As we continued to keep our heads down and not move, he clicked his tongue and turned around. His words are like that, but he will not be like that.

That smile that is creeping up. Because that proves it.

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“Aragorn.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

After confirming the authority of the imperial family from the knights, I sat down again in the seat of honor and called for Aragorn.

“Of the Ten Swords of the Empire, how many swore allegiance to me?”

“Three including me.”

“What about the rest?”

“There are five for His Majesty the Emperor and Crown Prince, one for His Highness the 3rd Prince, and one for Her Highness the 5th Princess.”

“That low bloodline.. No, is the knight who swore allegiance to the 5th princess, Aran?”

“Yes, I am.”

Aran von Robertein. He is the adoptive son of Gerald von Robertine, the military minister of the imperial family, and a man with a ducal family as his father’s family. If I could capture him like that, it would be much easier for me to take control of the imperial family.

‘I should have killed him then.’

In the past, when the empire was at war with other countries, me and some of my royal descendants attempted to assassinate the 5 princesses. However, the emperor noticed her teeth and sent her to the county instead of her military unit, so our assassination of her ended in failure.

‘I mean coveted..’

I thought while looking at Aran sitting below. The youngest knight leader in the empire, and a man who can expand his imagination. That man will one day succeed Aragorn and receive the title of Imperial Sword.

That’s why I coveted it even more. I’m the type of person who needs to have something I can’t have to be freed from my intuition.

[Robertane family knight squire, Ariel, prove your sword and your faith!]

As I was dazed at that thought, a voice rang through the loudspeaker.

The seed of a knight in the Robertaine family. At the name, my eyes naturally headed there.

Soon after, a girl slowly started walking into the gymnasium. A girl with dazzling pale yellow hair.

Even though she and I are far apart, her face is so beautiful that I naturally lost my gaze.

This wasn’t just me. The moment she appeared, the gymnasium, which was always filled with shouts, turned into a momentary silence.

[Oh… ]

Hmm? What was it just

[Daeyeon.. Start the sparring!]

“Aragorn.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

The sparring between Ariel and the other species started like that. Appreciating the sparring, I sang Aragorn once again.

“Who is that child?”

“Ariel of the Robertaine family. He is a commoner from the Kingdom of Highlan, and is said to be the child Aran von Robertein acquired while serving as the governor of Highlan.”

“Eh, tsk.”

I clicked my tongue after hearing Aragorn’s words. After all, God is fair. She gave her a look that would win everyone’s heart, but she didn’t give her who she was.

I don’t like this empire. Nobles are nobles for a reason, but emperors and crown princes value ability rather than status.

So, I want to change this empire.

With that thought in mind, I looked at a girl named Ariel. An arm that wields a sword, a body that moves, an accident of thought, a boiling emotion. All of the things she is feeling are starting to be transmitted to me as they are.

“That sounds interesting.”

I muttered to myself while watching the sparring of the squire named Ariel.

Usually, the emotions felt by the servants in Dalian are either a sense of self-love or a desire to become a knight, but this girl was feeling a different emotion.

The name of her emotion she is feeling is Curiosity. The other person’s movements, the sword they wielded, their gaze, their emotions, etc., She was looking at all of them with her young eyes of curiosity.

[How should I move to avoid that sword?]

[Why is that person’s eyes looking at my face?]

[Why do you keep rushing at me recklessly?]

This is not Ariel’s idea. It’s just that I guessed what she was thinking based on what I put into her.

‘By the way.’

As she swung her sword, she stepped back from her to catch her breath for a moment. Eventually, she becomes the one man her eyes reach.

It was then that an emotion that was more intense than that curiosity came to mind.

‘Aran von Robertein.’

The name of the person in her line of sight is Aran von Robertein.

No matter how commoner I am, my master will recognize me. Ariel’s feelings for Aran were stronger than the curiosity she felt earlier.

[Dear Excellency, I want to become a seed that I am not ashamed of.]

Roughly, I don’t think it’s like this. Isn’t it a relationship between two people who are truly envious? Is there anyone who would give me the same loyalty?

‘No.’

Probably no one. The reason they are loyal to me is because I control the imperial family.

Also Aran, she swears allegiance has no gain, bloodline is low .. No, she has sworn allegiance to the 5th princess.

Isn’t it a most beautiful figure? Even though they have no expectations from each other, they are blindly loyal to each other. I thought, thinking of them.

‘I want to tear it apart.’

If I can’t have them, I just want to get rid of them. Seriously, I thought so.