NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6
Meanwhile, Cedin was in deep sleep for the first time in a while. When was the last time he fall asleep with such a full feeling?
It was a sleep that he never wanted to wake up from.
“…Sir!”
Who’s calling me? I don’t want to wake up.
“…Sir!”
‘Blackie.’
Blackie? Who is Blackie?
‘Wake up. You should be punished for making your master angry.’
Master? I don’t have a master.
‘I’m your owner from today. If you don’t wake up now, you’ll be scolded. You’ll get a slap on the butt.’
Slap…on the butt? What the hell are you talking about? Acting as if you’re my master…
“Ugh.”
Cedin ended up opening his eyes because of the throbbing pain in his nose.
“Cedin-nim! You wake up!”
“What the hell….”
“You collapsed for a moment. The Duke of Marchius’s Young Lady found you lying down.”
“I was lying down?”
Cedin frowned at the ridiculous remark.
Only then did the surrounding situation became visible.
Priest Melson was holding his hand and blessing it, and behind him sat a woman with dazzling silver hair.
“Yes, we moved you here and blessed you. Maybe you collapsed from overwork.”
“A swordmaster doesn’t collapse from overwork. Apparently the attacker-”
He couldn’t remember anything. Cedin grabbed his throbbing head and tried to recall his memories.
Yes. Dream demon’s sleep magic was activated and the priest collapsed.
So he went to the Saint’s tent to find the cause.
‘And I could feel the presence of a very powerful person.’
He needed to find them. He had to find them somehow, and ask them to accept him.
Cedin pushed the blanket away and tried to get up.
But a voice stopped him.
“No one would attack a swordmaster.”
Cedin looked straight at the woman who said it.
He didn’t notice who it was earlier because he wasn’t in a good mood, but it was the infamous Rene Marchius.
“Duke of Marchius’ Young Lady.”
Seeing the arrogance and relaxed expression on her face, it was definitely her.
“You must know me. Have we met before?”
Why is she smiling like that? Has she always been like that?
Cedin narrowed his eyebrows without realizing it, seeing the atmosphere that was completely different from what he had heard.
“It’s my first time meeting you.”
“No wonder.”
“Priest Melson, have you seen someone in the Saint’s tent?”
Cedin asked Melson urgently. But Melson looked puzzled.
“The only person in the tent was Young Lady Marchius. Why did you ask that?”
“There-“
“Stop there. May I interrupt?”
Rene hurriedly covered Cedin’s mouth with her hand. Melson nodded in astonishment at Rene’s rude behavior.
However, it was Cedin himself, not Melson, who was the most astonished.
He thought the Young Lady must have finally completely lost her mind.
“Will you excuse me for a moment, Priest Melson?”
“What? But Cedin-nim needs treatment-“
“Get out when I still say it nicely.”
“Y-Yes…”
As soon as Priest Melson left his seat, Rene pulled up a chair and came very close to Cedin.
Cedin had never been this close to an outsider, so he showed an uncomfortable look.
“Please step back, Young Lady.”
“You know me, remember?”
“What the…”
“My sign. Don’t you remember? I’m sure you can feel it if you’re really skilled.”
Rene took Cedin’s hand.
Then her weak energy flowed into Cedin through her hands.
It was clear. This was the feeling he had earlier.
Cedin was confused by the information beyond his grasp.
“Then, Young Lady, that.”
“Yes, that was me.”
Then he would be loyal… Devoted… and made a promise…
“It was Young Lady?”
“It’s weird. Your wisdom stat is high, but you seem a little stupid.”
“Wisdom…stat?”
“Why did you cover up the witness, Blackie?”
“Black…ie?”
Isn’t that the name you usually give to a cat next door?
Cedin was stunned by the feeling of being beaten over and over again. But one word forced his mind to wake up.
“Who ordered you to cover the witness? The Crown Prince or the Saint? Or is it a third party?”
“…I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“There’s no point in hiding it because I know everything. Let’s not waste our time on each other. I know you’re the Mercenary King, and I know that the last person who saw the Saint was the youngest priest. I just met him and heard everything. But what I really don’t know is that.”
Rene grabbed Cedin by the chin and moved him slowly. With each move, her deep blue eyes scanned his white skin.
Cedin was too overwhelmed to even think about getting out of her hands.
Those sparkling eyes completely captivated him.
“Why did you do that?”
“…”
“The Saint left on her own feet, Cedin.”
Rene smiled.
But, Cedin knew what that smile meant through his long experience of being a mercenary.
“That means I’m truly innocent. There was no reason for me to wake up in a dungeon.”
“Ugh.”
Rene’s hand, which held Cedin’s chin, was putting on more strength. But Cedin was not afraid of that hand.
More than that–something more… There was something that made him crave.
“The Saint left… I assumed it’s because you threatened her.”
“I threatened her to leave? Well, that’s a reasonable guess.”
Rene let go of Cedin’s chin.
“But I’ve never done that.”
“The Crown Prince thinks differently.”
Rene’s eyes twinkled. The Crown Prince was very suspicious.
“He ordered it, didn’t he?”
Cedin nodded quietly. In any case, he was only entangled with the Crown Prince because of this request.
Since there was no such thing as loyalty in this relationship, there was no need to hide it.
“Did you do it on his request?”
“…Yes.”
Then she should have understood. An order was still an order, if he valued his life.
“But you shouldn’t hide the only witness.”
Rene got what she wanted and got up from her seat with a satisfied face.
It was a bigger achievement than she first thought.
At least it was made clear that they didn’t send an assassin, so there was progress.
“Young Lady.”
But Cedin didn’t intend to let her go so easily. He grabbed her wrist in a desperate motion.
“What are you, Young Lady? Are you a demon?”
“Demon? No. I’m a human being.”
“But how on earth can a human have such power? That’s….”
That power doesn’t make sense. Cedin blurted out.
It was hard to believe that she summoned the dream demon, but that energy was simply impossible.
It wasn’t an energy that a human could possess.
Not just because it was strong. The energy that Cedin felt–
‘It was a very dark, long-standing grudge.’
But at the same time, it was pure, free from impurities, and still intact. So it was even more confusing.
“You just have to die and then live again 58 times.”
“What?”
“You won’t be able to understand, so don’t ask.”
Cedin let go of her hand weakly.
Because Rene didn’t want to tell him the truth, he thought she was joking.
“But I heard Young Lady has never held a sword.”
“I never have.”
That was true not too long ago. Rene shrugged her shoulders.
“Why are you hiding your power? That power can unify the Empires, no, the continent.”
“What I am going to do after I unify them?”
“That’s…”
“Cedin, I’m not interested in that at all.”
‘All I’m interested in is completing the quest and going home to see Cerberus. ‘
What’s the use of unifying the continents in the novel? Rene grumbled inside.
Cedin, however, seemed to have misinterpreted her words differently. He was deeply impressed, reflecting on her words to himself. And nodded quietly.
“Young Lady… Are you saying that you are not swayed by such material things? You only follow the path of the sword.”
She didn’t mean it like that. Rene tried to deny the remark, but when she saw the sparkling green eyes, she closed her mouth again.
Who would dare to refute a cat’s dazzling green eyes?
“I’ve decided.”
“What?”
“I will serve Young Lady as my teacher.”
What?
[Cedin Anshirad’s favorability has increased by 200!]
A master-disciple relationship? A pretty impressive word caught her eye right away.
She had been looking at the status window for a long time, but this was the first time she’d seen something like this.
“Give me a great lesson.”
<Unexpected Option> Cedin Anshirad, the Mercenary King, suggested that you accept him as your disciple. Will you accept it? [Yes]: Fame increased by 100, Cedin Anshirad’s favorability increased by 100 [No]: Sedin Ansirad’s favorability also dropped by 100So, he was going to think of her as a teacher? That’s…
“No.”