Chapter 113 : Chapter 113

Chapter 113 - That Land Belongs to the Youngest Son

The Ghost Ship flew from Eclipse to the business branch prepared by the family.

A warship whose weight couldn’t be measured as it was a part of Spirit Sorcery, so saying it was light was unnecessary.

The gray Ghost Ship advanced like a giant hummingbird.

Inside, the Youngest Son was engrossed in the information about the Ghost Ship.

──「Ring of the Ashen Sea」──

[Description]

: In the past, a Millesdusk kinsman hunted the Pirate King of that generation, 'Frey,' and turned him, his crew, and his entire ship into spirits.

The kinsman carved a ring, a medium connected to the spirits, to pass it down to future generations.

If you listen to the ring, it sounds like the sea.

[Effect]

: You can board the Pirate King’s ship and Ghost Ship, 'Ashen Queen'.

: You can command the Pirate King and his crew as spirits.

[Unique Skill]

: Set Sail!

: Plunder!

: Fire!

: The Pirate King Appears!

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It seemed I could also summon the crew from the floating pirate ship.

But it was something I couldn't possibly do in front of the Third Daughter.

“If I had done that rashly, they would have all been sliced up by that ghost knight’s sword.”

The ship and the Pirate King were strongly tied to the ring.

But the crew members were not.

They were things that could always be replaced, things that had to be replenished when they died.

So, consumption without gain was a hassle.

[Phew….]

A sigh suddenly heard while I was reading the system.

It was Enad, who had been in this state ever since the Daughters left.

I knew the reason.

“It’s okay. We weren’t serious either. The noonas and hyungs are strong, but we’re not standing still either.”

[…Don’t lump us together. No matter how I look at it, for me to live, I need to get your body as soon as possible and escape from this crazy family.]

The youngest son of the family who heard this chuckled lightly.

“It’s not a normal family.”

But still.

“I think I’m better off being the youngest in this family.”

[What nonsense is that. You must have hit your head wrong earlier.]

The Magic Sword spoke as if genuinely concerned, but I was also serious.

‘If I had been born in another great family, I wouldn’t have grown this fast in a short time. There, I would have had to use that family’s own methods.’

But Millesdusk was not like that.

As dysfunctional as it was, this family, which had the most freedom, even gave a ten-year-old youngest son a business opportunity.

A family business that had a high possibility of continuing for a long time at that.

Meritocracy was always advantageous to a veteran.

“We’re here.”

Just as the Forest Witch, who said she would go ahead by sending her consciousness, had said.

The business branch was not far from Eclipse.

[They don’t seem to have high expectations. Seeing the profits the Dark Elixir is supposed to bring, I thought they’d build a royal palace or something.]

“Because their expectations are high. They built it quickly so we could start as soon as tomorrow.”

At this speed, the General Construction Department must have skipped their morning sleep and rushed out at dawn.

They must have held nails in their mouths and hammered away instead of stew-covered spoons.

I could tell from the new house smell reaching all the way to the Ghost Ship.

Creak─

I got off the ship and opened the door to the branch.

“You’ve arrived, Young Master.”

Felson, who had been looking at the eastern map, corrected his posture and bowed politely.

The reason he was looking at a map as usual instead of doing the Sinner’s Gait in Purgatory was purely thanks to the Youngest Son.

“You’re here sooner than I thought, President.”

Lores, who was putting down some luggage nearby, just waved her hand.

Both were indebted, but their reactions were clearly different.

The Youngest Son received them with a nod.

“We’ll start work without further ado.”

“Yeah. I’ve rested long enough.”

“Of course.”

The Youngest Son went to the front of the map Felson was looking at.

A map that the greatest land experts in history had completed, revised, and re-completed repeatedly.

Each faction, as well as dangerous locations like Eclipse, had their territories marked with painstaking detail.

An accuracy that couldn't have been achieved without going there in person.

The Youngest Son’s index finger touched such a place again today.

“Here.”

“……”

He wouldn’t go to an ordinary place.

I had expected it until now, but.

I couldn’t stop my expression from stiffening.

The Forest Witch, who was glancing from the side, also let out a small sigh.

“I don’t know.”

She took a step back, and Felson reconfirmed the choice.

“Blue Volcano. Are you sure about this place?”

“It’s the sunniest place in this cold land. We need this place.”

“What is it about this place that you need?”

Felson’s reconfirmation was not yet over.

“Is it the volcano’s Yang energy? Or is it the incarnation of the volcano that should be an adult by now, the Blue Flame Spirit, that you desire?”

“The stones given to us are limited. It’s better to aim for two birds if possible.”

“Then are you also aware that hunting the large-class individual that became an adult this year is the collateral branches’ turn?”

“Of course.”

Even if they were a collateral branch, they were also Millesdusk kinsmen.

There was definitely talent that came from their blood, and there were great figures.

Anthia was one example of that.

And the field boss ‘Blue Flame Spirit’ was supposed to belong to those great figures.

“There will be severe backlash.”

Field bosses like the Blue Flame Spirit are pruned once a year before they cause problems.

Because that harvest was sweet even at the level of a great family.

Thus, it was basic to preserve or breed all field bosses.

Last year, the direct line did it, and the sweet fruit to be harvested this year belonged to the collateral branches.

They must have been licking their lips since last year and were just about to reach out now, but.

“This is not my greed. This is a family business permitted by the Family Head. How can we forget that fact first?”

“Indeed…. My apologies. I have misspoken.”

“Elder Lorelin.”

“Yeah.”

I handed her the blood of Josephine that I had been collecting little by little.

“How many bottles of Dark Elixir can be made with this much?”

“About three bottles.”

The blood of a collateral branch of a great pure magic family, contained in a straight flask.

It, obtained in a much more polite way than from a Main, was a new power, even if temporary.

“Make them.”

“I will. It’ll take about a day.”

“Before that, go to Eclipse again and meet Lubosch. Tell him to come here as there’s work to be done.”

“Why the cleaner?”

“Actually.”

My words paused for a moment.

Because I had to reveal a shocking fact that I had hidden until now.

“That guy is not a cleaner. He’s a promising agent from the Intelligence Department.”

“…No way. He was so good at cleaning.”

“He’s just very talented.”

“That can’t be….”

I’m dizzy.

There’s nothing to believe in this world.

With a face that said something like that, the Forest Witch leaned her trembling body against the wall.

“Pretending to clean, my personal information….”

“That might have happened.”

“I’ve lost a few pairs of my underwear too.”

I don't know about that.

And I don't want to know.

“If I go to the underwear thief, what will you be doing, President?”

Lubosch, who had already become an underwear thief.

In any case, I wasn't just playing around either.

“Julsin Kingdom. I’m going to see a high-ranking person there.”

The kingdom’s new Military Affairs Grand Officer was also from a collateral branch.

There would be information that could be known as a fellow collateral branch member, so I had to stop by.

“Land General Manager. There is something for you to do until we both return.”

“Just give the word.”

He had just been released from Purgatory, a hell on earth.

What could he not do for the benefactor who had set him free?

Of course, the fact that the subject of that word was the Youngest Son was a little unsettling.

To him, who was firm but somehow tense, the Youngest Son gave a command.

It was as he had worried.

“…Are you, serious…?”

***

Julsin Kingdom.

It recently underwent a great transformation after a certain incident.

The First Prince was on everyone’s lips as the cause of the incident, and his reputation was tarnished, and not even a grave was made for him.

On the other hand, the Third Prince, who had perfectly disguised a bloody revolution as a hero’s return, became king.

From the nearby capital to the unreachable borderlines.

The virtue of the Third Prince, William Reggie Krawl, spread without drying up.

It was possible because of the help of many people, and the person who gave the greatest help among them visited the royal castle.

“Fifth Son-nim! Welcome!”

The guards of the royal castle immediately cleared the way as soon as they saw his dark purple hair.

The fact that it was the Fifth Son of Millesdusk who dealt with the Main First Prince, who had first appeared in the royal castle.

That fact had already spread within the royal castle.

“I’d like to see the owner of this house.”

“Yes! Please follow me!”

I followed behind the knight.

On the way, every eye that met mine greeted me with a mix of half surprise and half gratitude.

…It was an awkward thing.

[How strange. To have people who are favorable to you from the beginning.]

“……”

I walked without being able to retort.

After the knight’s report and a short procedure.

The Youngest Son was able to meet the king, who was still awkward with the crown.

“How’s work.”

“Young Master. What brings you here.”

“I didn’t just stop by on my way. I came because I have things to ask the Military Affairs Grand Officer.”

“I see. I will summon her right away.”

A subordinate who had been standing there as if dead between the direct kinsman of Millesdusk and the king of a nation moved swiftly.

“She will be here soon. Please have a seat until then.”

He pulled out a nearby chair and sat down.

Then, Reggie spoke as if he had been waiting.

“Are you not planning any more revolutions after this?”

“…What kind of question is that.”

“It’s just…. Sitting here with a crown on and just working, I feel like I’m about to get something on my butt.”

A luxurious choice of words that hinted at his innate dignity.

But this king had a ridiculously good nose for the smell of gunpowder.

“As it happens, I am preparing for something.”

“Ooh. A revolution?”

“What’s with all this revolution talk?”

It seems he didn't find daily life boring, he just liked revolutions.

The expectations of the red-flavored Majesty were dashed, but a big fight was scheduled.

“There will be a dispute with a distant cousin.”

“So that’s why you called for the Military Affairs Grand Officer.”

“Yes, I am here.”

She, with a shining Ceremonial Sword at her waist, walked into the office.

“It’s been a while, Young Master. You called for me.”

“Elmont Black Millesdusk.”

Instead of a greeting, I mentioned a name.

Her expression stiffened reflexively.

I could tell at a glance that it was not a name with a good impression.

“What’s the sudden business with that bastard?”

“You seem to know him.”

“Yes. He was my senior when I was a training officer.”

A family training officer.

A place where all collateral branches of Millesdusk go through.

The collateral branches are beings who have inherited half, or as much as half, of the great family’s blood.

The educational institution established by the family, in case there were any geniuses to be missed, passed down the family sorcery if they met the standards.

Just as Anthia in front of me had mastered the family sorcery ‘Reconstruction.’

Elmont was also a talent of a collateral branch who had mastered some kind of family sorcery.

However, Anthia shook her head as if disgusted.

“He’s extremely vicious. The seniors treated him like a madman, and he was notorious among the juniors.”

“What kind of notoriety.”

“Saying he would test his self-improved Poison Demon Sorcery, he would mix his self-made poison with alcohol and feed it to the new students.”

A poison liquor, with no exaggeration.

I automatically clicked my tongue.

“Vicious is vicious.”

“Yes. After graduating, he said he entered the family’s Sorcery Enhancement Department, but it seems he couldn’t adapt there and ran out.”

School and society are different.

Still, the Sorcery Enhancement Department.

“His sense was good.”

Anthia scratched the back of her head nervously.

“I hate to admit it, but when it comes to Poison Demon Sorcery, the instructor used to say he was the best among all the collateral branch members he had ever met.”

“Then I suppose you don’t know what he’s doing now.”

“No. Not at all. It would be a relief if he’s not doing biological experiments at the Dusk Citadel. But I can find out if I have to. I have a classmate with sharp ears.”

“I’ll leave it to you.”

“Don’t worry. Since it’s the Young Master’s request, I will do my best. I’ll send a Messenger Ghoul to Eclipse as soon as I hear anything.”

“Thank you.”

Elmont Black Millesdusk.

The Youngest Son didn't have much information about that collateral branch member either.

In the past, when he played as an authoritative kinsman, not the Youngest Son.

Because the collateral branch members were the type to whimper when pressed down with status and authority.

He didn't have much interest in such things.

But now he had to be interested.

Compared to then, the Youngest Son lacked most of those things.

Still, if there was good news, it was that not everything was lacking.

Even if nine out of ten things were lacking, one thing.

Just one thing was better than any other time.

‘The justification is second to none.’

This was a family business.

Not the selfish greed of a kinsman, but a business.

It was an act for the public good, for the long-term benefit of the family.

How much power the words ‘public interest’ have in society.

I’ll have to teach that to the problem child who must be bursting with laughter by now.

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