In three years, Rosa Runcandel’s time is over.
It wasn’t known whether it was death or becoming a monster like Smarion Proch, or something else.
The possibility is extremely slim, but if she finally overcomes her 'demonization', she may be able to reach genesis knight realm like Ron.
However, Jin decided to rule out the case of Rosa becoming a genesis knight.
Not because of anyone else, but because Rosa used the expression “I will be able to hold on.” Like Jin, Rosa thought that it was impossible to completely get rid of the Demonization with her own power.
Even Chiron, who has already reached genesis knight realm, is aware that the time left for him is not that long. Rosa knew her condition better than anyone.
“Rather, what you should be concerned about is Zipfel’s recovery, not me. Kelliark Zipfel can't even move at the moment...… He will probably regain his strength faster than I do.”
Rosa was not the only one in the family who fell into demonization.
The black knights and the elite knights who survived the war were also exposed to large and small chaos. The same goes for Zipfel.
“Even when we regain our strength, we won’t be able to move hastily within the agreement period.”
“I guess so. However, there's no way you wouldn't know that it doesn't mean anything. When the truce is over, if they have overwhelming power over us. That day is the beginning of extinction.”
The official truce was for five years.
The public hoped the truce would last forever, but both clans knew it was the final respite of the long thousand-year war, the eve of the storm.
After the truce is over, the final winner and loser will definitely be decided.
“So this is your last chance. Use every possible means to prove that you are right. If you succeed, you will have everything in the clan.”
'If I give them the confidence to stop their demonization, complete the machine and fleet, and lead the Thousand Year War to victory.'
Jin will be the patriarch. Rosa was talking about that.
Jin reached the final journey to ascend to the throne of Runcandel. However, one thing felt a little strange, so Jin did not believe Rosa's words straight away.
"The youngest."
“Yes, mother.”
“The Prophet has already said that she can do anything I want to do right now. But the reason I'm giving you a chance is because Chiron believes in you...… Because there is a part of you that influenced me a little.”
“I didn’t think the day will come when I hear a joke from my mother. I don't know that you are weighing me and the Prophet.”
Rosa smiled at Jin's lifeless voice.
“Don’t expect the scales to tip in your direction.”
“Mother, the Prophet. And former 2nd flagbearer Joshua Runcandel, who is imprisoned in a dungeon.”
Jin turned around and stopped talking for a moment.
“I will definitely finish you all with my own hands, so I wish you will be well until then.”
“It was a bold statement that brought tears to my eyes. I think the conversation is over, so let's go out.”
Jin naturally followed Rosa and left the office.
When he thought about it, it felt like this was the first time he had walked through the Garden of Swords alongside Rosa.
Even Rosa had a breezy gait, like a person with good things going on.
It was the first time Jin had seen Rosa like that.
“All members on standby in house line up in the garden.”
Rosa didn't call anyone separately, and she didn't said out loud. It was only recited in the air, but Rosa's order was spread in an instant.
Although not in a normal state, the level she reached was still shining with dignity.
It took less than three minutes for flagbearers, knights, elders, butlers, scribes, and servants to gather in the garden.
Rosa stopped walking, and Jin looked down at the clan members with her for a while.
“From today, the 12th flagbearer begin close door training. I have gathered all of to inform about this, and I wish him the best of luck.”
The family is in jeopardy, and everyone is spending days without closing eyes, but it's closed door training.
Most were shocked, but no one dared to express it.
Because Rosa admitted it.
“When 12th flagbearer returns, everyone here will have to look better than they are now. Just like the 12th flagbearer has always been.”
In fact, Rosa's action now was no different than a proclamation that the current generation’s Flagbearer’s war of hegemony was over.
She is talking as if Jin will become the patriarch immediately upon returning from training.
All flagbearers except Luna, Luntia and Joshua were gathered.
‘The youngest…… is he going to be the patriarch?'
'After the close training is over!?'
The Tona brothers managed to hide their bewildered feelings.
Ran and Vigo were startled for a moment, but immediately lowered their eyes. In the first place, they never had a moment when they were actively competing for the title of Patriarch.
Myu and Anne did not react otherwise. It was a fact that everyone in the clan now knew that they had changed.
But Diphus and Mary, like Jin in the office, were convinced that this would not be the end.
In particular, Diphus was recalling the conversation he had with Jin right after Joshua's fall.
-So what you're saying is, the mother is going to bind the Prophet and later put everything on her and reinstate Joshua, right?
-Not only that, but mother has once again established her authority by bringing Joshua down. This will erase the blemishes from the Exiled Case. Because she showed a strong determination by directly defeated the second flagbearer that she supported so much. Whatever the story, the clan members fear mother even more in the future.
-After raising her power to the limit, raise Joshua back to the ground and transfer all power...… All sins and justifications are borne by the prophet.
‘The battle of hegemony will not end until Mother, Joshua, and the Prophet die.’
Myu and Anne had some kind of relationship with the Prophet. They haven't found any confirmation yet, but that's what Diphus and Mary guessed.
Their job was to keep the Prophet in check until Jin returned.
One of the reasons Jin was able to leave like this was his trust in them and Luntia.
Unlike the two, Luntia couldn't be said to have an obvious friendly relationship, but her pure fighting spirit would never be easily stained by the Prophet's wiles.
“Go.”
As Rosa said, the knights split into two sides and formed a path leading outside the Garden of Swords.
As a reserve flagbearer, the first trip to Laprarosa in 1796 was a choice to avoid Zipfel and Kinzelo from getting the compass.
The second trip to Laprarosa in 1798 was to hide from the wanted orders of Runcandel and Zipfel.
And now, the third Laprarosa trip.
For the first time, it was not a fugitive, but a confident departure for full achievement. That too, while receiving departure from all the members of clan.
As Jin walked slowly, the knights raised their swords and bowed whenever he passed.
Looking at the back of her youngest son, who was gradually moving away from her, Rosa remembered the name ‘Ganesto’, the fate of the clan, and Chiron.
* * *
Shortly after the end of the Sword Emperor Castle war, Chiron’s expedition team also decided to fight Kial.
The battle ended in victory for the expedition, and no one died.
It is true that the strength of the expedition is transcendent, but Chiron originally expected to lose a few knights.
As the battle reached its climax, Glyek’s death affected Kial as well.
As soon as he recognized the disappearance of Glyek, Kial lost his temper in a frenzy.
Of course, there were no casualties, but the damage the expedition received was by no means small.
It's already been a month since the battle, but the expedition team couldn't move forward, and they were taking care of themselves.
It was because they were all exposed to chaos.
[Haha. Old man! Your meal is ready...… If everyone is seated, this Ozdock will bring it to you!]
Ozdock said as he put the dish made from the remnants of chaos into a bowl.
Even Ozdock, who had passed out after being bounced all the way to the far side of the battlefield, was also have weak chaos. However, it was still at a level that could not harm the mind at all.
In other words, he was the only one in an intact state in the expedition team.
And the knights found an unexpected side to him. When the battle was over and the knights were almost dying, Ozdock was able to escape as much as he could.
But Ozdock did not run away at that time, and held his post and helped the knights to recover.
It wasn't because he thought that if he ran away, he would surely die a brutal death at the hands of Chiron, who had returned from the expedition.
It was a decision made only because he felt a sense of loyalty as a member of the expedition, and also because he judged that it was right. The knights didn't know that.
"Thank you…… Ozdock.”
“Thank you.”
At the sound of Luna and knights' voices, Ozdock felt his heart thump.
On the other hand, it hurt. It was because he knew that most of the knights were already exposed to irrevocably chaos, not dead.
The only future given to them was becoming a monster or dying during the expedition.
As the power of the stories weakens, Ozdock has regained a little more of his old memories.
According to his vague memories, only the witch Helluram had the means to get rid of chaos.
‘A thousand years ago, I heard that Helluram disappeared somewhere in the Black Sea. Ugh, my memory has come back a bit, but it still comes and goes. The condition of the old man is like that, so he can't ask if I know anything related...….’
Naturally, Chiron was the most exposed to chaos. He had not spoken a single word since the end of the war, sitting on ground in upright position.
“Ozdock.”
[Ehh, Ah!]
Ozdock fell on his back and raised his head.
Chiron, who had been like a stone statue for a month, suddenly called him and he felt like his liver was running out.
[Oh, Old man! Are you all right! You're awake!]
"Patriarch!"
Ozdock was quick, and Luna and knights almost crawled towards Chiron.
Chiron slowly rose and spread his energy towards them.
It was a mixed energy with the aura of genesis knight. His energy seemed to shake off the chaos clinging to the bodies of his daughter and knights in an instant.
The encroachment has not been resolved. However, the expedition team was able to raise their bodies as if they were going to live with that alone.
“Are you bound to be so surprised every time?”
[I will be careful not to look frivolous! I'm so thrilled that the old man finally got up after shaking it off...….]
Chiron gave a faint smile at those words.
Ozdock, as well as the knights, couldn't help but be shocked by the appearance.
Rather, Chiron’s condition was better than before he was engulfed by Kial's chaos. Everyone felt that his energy had become cleaner.
“Starting today, bring food made from the remnants of chaos only to me. I will refine it with energy and hand it out again."
[Yes! I will do that, old man!]
While Ozdock was almost running around collecting food from the knights, Chiron looked back at the human world and raised Barisada.
It was to pay respect to Ron, who in the end stopped Glyek from spreading in human world and died.
And suddenly, curiosity and faith in the youngest arose.
‘Seeing that I can feel the shadow force from Ron's faint energy even now…… The youngest must have had some help in his final enlightenment. In the end, it must be up to him to put the clan back in place.'
Luna, who gained her energy, also raised her mana and naturally helped Chiron’s energy. She also had the same thoughts as Chiron.
In three years, Rosa Runcandel’s time is over.
It wasn’t known whether it was death or becoming a monster like Smarion Proch, or something else.
The possibility is extremely slim, but if she finally overcomes her 'demonization', she may be able to reach genesis knight realm like Ron.
However, Jin decided to rule out the case of Rosa becoming a genesis knight.
Not because of anyone else, but because Rosa used the expression “I will be able to hold on.” Like Jin, Rosa thought that it was impossible to completely get rid of the Demonization with her own power.
Even Chiron, who has already reached genesis knight realm, is aware that the time left for him is not that long. Rosa knew her condition better than anyone.
“Rather, what you should be concerned about is Zipfel’s recovery, not me. Kelliark Zipfel can't even move at the moment...… He will probably regain his strength faster than I do.”
Rosa was not the only one in the family who fell into demonization.
The black knights and the elite knights who survived the war were also exposed to large and small chaos. The same goes for Zipfel.
“Even when we regain our strength, we won’t be able to move hastily within the agreement period.”
“I guess so. However, there's no way you wouldn't know that it doesn't mean anything. When the truce is over, if they have overwhelming power over us. That day is the beginning of extinction.”
The official truce was for five years.
The public hoped the truce would last forever, but both clans knew it was the final respite of the long thousand-year war, the eve of the storm.
After the truce is over, the final winner and loser will definitely be decided.
“So this is your last chance. Use every possible means to prove that you are right. If you succeed, you will have everything in the clan.”
'If I give them the confidence to stop their demonization, complete the machine and fleet, and lead the Thousand Year War to victory.'
Jin will be the patriarch. Rosa was talking about that.
Jin reached the final journey to ascend to the throne of Runcandel. However, one thing felt a little strange, so Jin did not believe Rosa's words straight away.
"The youngest."
“Yes, mother.”
“The Prophet has already said that she can do anything I want to do right now. But the reason I'm giving you a chance is because Chiron believes in you...… Because there is a part of you that influenced me a little.”
“I didn’t think the day will come when I hear a joke from my mother. I don't know that you are weighing me and the Prophet.”
Rosa smiled at Jin's lifeless voice.
“Don’t expect the scales to tip in your direction.”
“Mother, the Prophet. And former 2nd flagbearer Joshua Runcandel, who is imprisoned in a dungeon.”
Jin turned around and stopped talking for a moment.
“I will definitely finish you all with my own hands, so I wish you will be well until then.”
“It was a bold statement that brought tears to my eyes. I think the conversation is over, so let's go out.”
Jin naturally followed Rosa and left the office.
When he thought about it, it felt like this was the first time he had walked through the Garden of Swords alongside Rosa.
Even Rosa had a breezy gait, like a person with good things going on.
It was the first time Jin had seen Rosa like that.
“All members on standby in house line up in the garden.”
Rosa didn't call anyone separately, and she didn't said out loud. It was only recited in the air, but Rosa's order was spread in an instant.
Although not in a normal state, the level she reached was still shining with dignity.
It took less than three minutes for flagbearers, knights, elders, butlers, scribes, and servants to gather in the garden.
Rosa stopped walking, and Jin looked down at the clan members with her for a while.
“From today, the 12th flagbearer begin close door training. I have gathered all of to inform about this, and I wish him the best of luck.”
The family is in jeopardy, and everyone is spending days without closing eyes, but it's closed door training.
Most were shocked, but no one dared to express it.
Because Rosa admitted it.
“When 12th flagbearer returns, everyone here will have to look better than they are now. Just like the 12th flagbearer has always been.”
In fact, Rosa's action now was no different than a proclamation that the current generation’s Flagbearer’s war of hegemony was over.
She is talking as if Jin will become the patriarch immediately upon returning from training.
All flagbearers except Luna, Luntia and Joshua were gathered.
‘The youngest…… is he going to be the patriarch?'
'After the close training is over!?'
The Tona brothers managed to hide their bewildered feelings.
Ran and Vigo were startled for a moment, but immediately lowered their eyes. In the first place, they never had a moment when they were actively competing for the title of Patriarch.
Myu and Anne did not react otherwise. It was a fact that everyone in the clan now knew that they had changed.
But Diphus and Mary, like Jin in the office, were convinced that this would not be the end.
In particular, Diphus was recalling the conversation he had with Jin right after Joshua's fall.
-So what you're saying is, the mother is going to bind the Prophet and later put everything on her and reinstate Joshua, right?
-Not only that, but mother has once again established her authority by bringing Joshua down. This will erase the blemishes from the Exiled Case. Because she showed a strong determination by directly defeated the second flagbearer that she supported so much. Whatever the story, the clan members fear mother even more in the future.
-After raising her power to the limit, raise Joshua back to the ground and transfer all power...… All sins and justifications are borne by the prophet.
‘The battle of hegemony will not end until Mother, Joshua, and the Prophet die.’
Myu and Anne had some kind of relationship with the Prophet. They haven't found any confirmation yet, but that's what Diphus and Mary guessed.
Their job was to keep the Prophet in check until Jin returned.
One of the reasons Jin was able to leave like this was his trust in them and Luntia.
Unlike the two, Luntia couldn't be said to have an obvious friendly relationship, but her pure fighting spirit would never be easily stained by the Prophet's wiles.
“Go.”
As Rosa said, the knights split into two sides and formed a path leading outside the Garden of Swords.
As a reserve flagbearer, the first trip to Laprarosa in 1796 was a choice to avoid Zipfel and Kinzelo from getting the compass.
The second trip to Laprarosa in 1798 was to hide from the wanted orders of Runcandel and Zipfel.
And now, the third Laprarosa trip.
For the first time, it was not a fugitive, but a confident departure for full achievement. That too, while receiving departure from all the members of clan.
As Jin walked slowly, the knights raised their swords and bowed whenever he passed.
Looking at the back of her youngest son, who was gradually moving away from her, Rosa remembered the name ‘Ganesto’, the fate of the clan, and Chiron.
* * *
Shortly after the end of the Sword Emperor Castle war, Chiron’s expedition team also decided to fight Kial.
The battle ended in victory for the expedition, and no one died.
It is true that the strength of the expedition is transcendent, but Chiron originally expected to lose a few knights.
As the battle reached its climax, Glyek’s death affected Kial as well.
As soon as he recognized the disappearance of Glyek, Kial lost his temper in a frenzy.
Of course, there were no casualties, but the damage the expedition received was by no means small.
It's already been a month since the battle, but the expedition team couldn't move forward, and they were taking care of themselves.
It was because they were all exposed to chaos.
[Haha. Old man! Your meal is ready...… If everyone is seated, this Ozdock will bring it to you!]
Ozdock said as he put the dish made from the remnants of chaos into a bowl.
Even Ozdock, who had passed out after being bounced all the way to the far side of the battlefield, was also have weak chaos. However, it was still at a level that could not harm the mind at all.
In other words, he was the only one in an intact state in the expedition team.
And the knights found an unexpected side to him. When the battle was over and the knights were almost dying, Ozdock was able to escape as much as he could.
But Ozdock did not run away at that time, and held his post and helped the knights to recover.
It wasn't because he thought that if he ran away, he would surely die a brutal death at the hands of Chiron, who had returned from the expedition.
It was a decision made only because he felt a sense of loyalty as a member of the expedition, and also because he judged that it was right. The knights didn't know that.
"Thank you…… Ozdock.”
“Thank you.”
At the sound of Luna and knights' voices, Ozdock felt his heart thump.
On the other hand, it hurt. It was because he knew that most of the knights were already exposed to irrevocably chaos, not dead.
The only future given to them was becoming a monster or dying during the expedition.
As the power of the stories weakens, Ozdock has regained a little more of his old memories.
According to his vague memories, only the witch Helluram had the means to get rid of chaos.
‘A thousand years ago, I heard that Helluram disappeared somewhere in the Black Sea. Ugh, my memory has come back a bit, but it still comes and goes. The condition of the old man is like that, so he can't ask if I know anything related...….’
Naturally, Chiron was the most exposed to chaos. He had not spoken a single word since the end of the war, sitting on ground in upright position.
“Ozdock.”
[Ehh, Ah!]
Ozdock fell on his back and raised his head.
Chiron, who had been like a stone statue for a month, suddenly called him and he felt like his liver was running out.
[Oh, Old man! Are you all right! You're awake!]
"Patriarch!"
Ozdock was quick, and Luna and knights almost crawled towards Chiron.
Chiron slowly rose and spread his energy towards them.
It was a mixed energy with the aura of genesis knight. His energy seemed to shake off the chaos clinging to the bodies of his daughter and knights in an instant.
The encroachment has not been resolved. However, the expedition team was able to raise their bodies as if they were going to live with that alone.
“Are you bound to be so surprised every time?”
[I will be careful not to look frivolous! I'm so thrilled that the old man finally got up after shaking it off...….]
Chiron gave a faint smile at those words.
Ozdock, as well as the knights, couldn't help but be shocked by the appearance.
Rather, Chiron’s condition was better than before he was engulfed by Kial's chaos. Everyone felt that his energy had become cleaner.
“Starting today, bring food made from the remnants of chaos only to me. I will refine it with energy and hand it out again."
[Yes! I will do that, old man!]
While Ozdock was almost running around collecting food from the knights, Chiron looked back at the human world and raised Barisada.
It was to pay respect to Ron, who in the end stopped Glyek from spreading in human world and died.
And suddenly, curiosity and faith in the youngest arose.
‘Seeing that I can feel the shadow force from Ron's faint energy even now…… The youngest must have had some help in his final enlightenment. In the end, it must be up to him to put the clan back in place.'
Luna, who gained her energy, also raised her mana and naturally helped Chiron’s energy. She also had the same thoughts as Chiron.
