My Reflector Is Invincible - Chapter 25

My Reflector Is Invincible 25

25. Then I’ll Show You

While the servant was delivering the Duke’s orders.

Joo-yeon smiled broadly at the Duke and said.

“I’m hungry. Give me food.”

“Wait. The former Duke will be here soon……”

“It’ll take a while for him to come, so let’s eat something before then.”

The Duke was speechless.

He was already anxious because he had called the former Duke.

‘Is this really the time to eat, to eat!’

But he couldn’t just leave Joo-yeon alone.

If he really was [that]. No, that no longer mattered now that he was holding the shield.

What if he didn’t treat this guy properly and some other story came out later?

That could be even more controversial.

‘If my father gets angry……all hell will break loose.’

So he had to treat him well.

He couldn’t just kill him for no reason, and he couldn’t have the nonsense spread that he didn’t feed him when he was hungry.

He had no choice, even if he didn’t like it.

But he had a question.

‘Is that really such an ill-mannered guy [that]? The new owner of the shield?’

The duke’s memory of the former duke would never have expected such a man.

He was a resolute and upright father, to the point of being called the incarnation of a knight.

Such a father had two things he hated the most.

＜Evil＞

＜Rude guys＞

Villains or occupational groups in the back alleys didn’t even dare to receive a reward. Rude guys were dealt with on the spot.

Such a person called such a rude guy as [him] and looked for him.

‘I can’t believe it no matter how much I think about it.’

He couldn’t help but treat him.

Even though the guy was holding a shield, he was the real owner who was alive.

The Duke rang the bell next to him as if he couldn’t help it for the honor of the family.

Ding~

Then, the chief butler, who had been waiting outside, came in.

“Did you call?”

“Prepare a meal.”

“It’s late, can I prepare some light refreshments?”

“Yeah. Just enough to satisfy your hunger.”

It meant that he just had to save face until the former Duke came.

There was no way Jooyeon would have watched that scene nicely.

“What the hell are you talking about? If you’re going to eat, you should eat properly.”

How many years have I been starving?

During my 18 years of hard labor, I ate nothing but garbage.

Things like bread that was hard to chew with my teeth, or soup that was thinner than water.

‘But I can’t tell him to bring it out during my trip with Aiden.’

Because the enemies were after me.

So from now on, I planned to have at least one meal properly.

Jooyeon stretched out his left arm.

Thud!

Then, a shield came up on the Duke’s desk.

The former Duke’s relic and the prototype of the family crest.

It was the law of the Duke’s family that they had to listen if the rightful owner made a request.

“Surely the Edmer dukedom of the world can’t fail to treat the owner of the shield to a proper meal, can it?”

“Ha… Okay.”

The Duke was angry, but he couldn’t help it.

No, at this point, he was rather offended.

“Okay. If you say so, I’ll treat you very well.”

Groan.

It must have been my mood that made me grit my teeth.

The Duke gave the order with all his heart.

“Listen, chief butler. He is my father’s, no, the former Duke’s guest. So show him the best our family can do. If there is any talk of it being insufficient, I will cut off your neck.”

Upon receiving the Duke’s instructions, the chief butler’s gaze changed.

“I will prepare everything so that there is absolutely no shortage. I will stake everything as chief butler on it.”

He was literally putting his life on the line.

This was because this was not a simple order.

Even though he didn’t know what it was, the young lady used informal language with the Duke and…

‘She even mentioned the name of the previous Duke. This is a matter of the pride of the Duchy.’

As the chief butler who had dedicated his life to the Duchy, this was an important matter that was more precious than his life.

He had to give it his all, staking his life as a butler.

His hand urgently rang the emergency bell.

Ding-dong!

With the sound of the bell, all the servants of the Duchy gathered.

Even the chefs had all gathered.

The butler spoke resolutely.

“Start preparing the banquet right now. You may use all the ingredients, so make the best dishes you can.”

“What in the world is going on in the dead of night?”

“Did royalty come or something?”

Of course, there were those who expressed their bewilderment.

Most of them were the most senior in their respective fields.

No matter how great the Duchy was on the continent, it was unlikely that they would hold such a sudden banquet.

“There are over a hundred of us? Do we all have to get moving?”

“That’s still not enough.”

“……!?”

Everyone was speechless at the butler’s words.

Even with this many veteran chefs, it was not enough.

Since there had never been a shortage at any of the Duchy’s events until now, they could not help but be even more curious.

“What in the world is going on?”

“I can’t tell you the details. But from now on, we must satisfy the heart of one person.”

“Yes? One person?”

“All these people for just one person?”

Everyone was bewildered and didn’t know what to do.

Just who was this person?

They looked as though the Emperor himself had come.

However, the butler’s following words were even more shocking.

“In a sense, this person is someone we must take better care of than His Majesty the Emperor.”

Wh-what?

“This is a matter of the pride and existence of the Duchy.”

“……?!”

No, just who in the world is this person that he would say something like that?

No, that’s not what’s important.

The servants really started moving in earnest.

“Call out the password!”

“Summon all the cooks in the dukedom. We must prepare the finest food!”

“We lack ingredients. Go to the village at once and requisition them!”

The entire dukedom was thrown into a frenzy.

* * *

“Ah, I’m starving. When will the food come…”

Jooyeon was sucking on his fingers.

All he had eaten so far was a bit of soup and jerky.

Even the soup he had in the village was poisoned, so it tasted terrible.

‘I should have asked for it to be delivered here first.’

He regretted it slightly.

“Captain of the Catering Corps reporting!”

Jooyeon’s expression lit up as if he had received a food delivery.

And then his eyes went wide.

“This is magpie braised in soybean paste. It is to be enjoyed with the Emerald Steak, the pride of the Edmer Dukedom.”

It was different from the game.

Not only was it steaming hot, but it also had a sense of reality that pixels couldn’t convey.

It was so glossy and succulent that he wanted to put it in his mouth right away.

That wasn’t all.

“We have also prepared freshly caught grilled kraken and Metal Shark Chawanmushi.”

There were also otherworldly dishes made with various fish and seafood.

The tables were so full that the servants had to wait outside the office with their trays.

Jooyeon was so happy that he inhaled the food.

“Yes, this is the taste.”

Munch munch.

It tasted like a different dimension from the garbage food he had been eating in the labor camp.

It was as if it melted in his mouth as soon as he put it in.

“Wow! It’s delicious.”

He was eating so happily when—

Huh?

Jooyeon felt something.

It wasn’t the feeling of his soul being filled and growing like when he leveled up.

It was more like the feeling of something being placed on his head, like when he was crowned.

He had felt something similar when he had raised his shield earlier.

He had ignored it then because he was busy teasing the Duke.

But now that he concentrated, he could tell for sure.

‘Could it be achievement points?’

So far, Jooyeon had achieved hidden or special achievements.

Thanks to that, he had been able to acquire skills and effects.

But normal achievements were different.

‘Reward points rather than skills or effects.’

That was the so-called achievement points.

You could buy the skills you wanted or create items by collecting points.

‘But wouldn’t all the normal achievements have been completed before?’

Could it be that this game is different from the previous one?

Can you get past achievements again?

First, it had to be checked.

It was impossible to use a system window like the achievement window.

I used an unorthodox method.

Clank!

It was to use a shield.

I put a gem in a transparent place like a mirror inside.

It was a method I sometimes used in places where I couldn’t use the system window.

A way to check your status by offering a tribute to God.

The shield, which had received the price, slowly began to engrave letters.

＜First time defeating a knight +10＞

＜Defeated a knight in one shot +13＞

＜Found a spy +1＞

＜Killed a spy +3＞

＜Killed a spy in one shot +5＞

…….

There were more than one or two general achievements achieved.

It was strange that I hadn’t noticed it until now.

And it came down to the most recent achievement.

＜Tricked Duke Edmer +100＞

＜Guest of the former Duke +250＞

＜Gained the attention of all the Duke’s vassals +110＞

It was really amazing.

Everything Joo-yeon, the main character, had done so far was recorded.

In addition, achievement points were added.

‘I thought I had acquired ＜Reflection＞ and used it all up. If this is the case, it means I can fill up the achievement points again?’

If you go to a special place, you can use achievement points.

It was a place called the Achievement Shop.

‘If I can earn more achievements like this, won’t I be able to have another unique ability like ＜Reflection＞?’

That’s when Joo-yeon thought.

Ting!

One more achievement was added.

＜Encountered the strongest knight on the continent (Knight King) +1000＞

Huh?

Joo-yeon was in the middle of eating a pig’s leg.

The last line was jarring.

It wasn’t just the words.

THUD!

The door opened, revealing a middle-aged man with light blond hair.

A man with no hint of a smile, but who exuded an overwhelming, suffocating aura.

He was.

“You there… are you ‘that’?”

It was the Sword King, the former Duke Edmar.

Everyone was shocked by the sudden appearance of the former Duke and froze in place.

The Duke in particular seemed to freeze completely.

“F-Father. No, Your Grace.”

Gulp.

It was as if a child who had done wrong had met their strict parent.

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The Duke tried to dodge, not knowing what to do.

Bener, who had barely regained his senses, was just bewildered.

“Th-That’s… the former Duke?”

He had clearly heard that he had lost his life to the Demon King’s curse.

He had heard that he could barely move and was being treated in hiding.

But by the looks of it, he seemed perfectly fine.

And it wasn’t just that he seemed fine.

Crackle!

Bener was suddenly faced with an overwhelming aura.

He took the full force of the aura that the former Duke was emitting and fainted again.

Gulp.

A short but sturdy man. And he had made a 5th-grade Magician faint with just a glare.

Then, people jumped out from behind the former Duke.

The knights shouted as they pushed Bener aside.

“It’s the former Duke! Show some respect!”

Clatter, clatter!

It was a legion of a hundred knights.

Everyone recognized their armor and knelt in dismay.

“F-Former Duke!”

“Sword King!”

Thud!

Some people were banging their heads on the ground.

Even the Duke bowed his head to the former Duke.

There was only one person who remained still.

It was Joo-in.

Unhappy with his attitude, one of the knights drew his sword and shouted.

“Didn’t you hear him tell you to show some respect?”

A strong pressure was felt.

It seemed he would snap my neck if I did not kneel right now.

However, Jooyeon did not kneel. Instead, he tilted his head at the familiar man’s face.

“Albert?”

“You know my name?”

“Aah. Of course, I know you very well.”

Albert, the captain of the Knights of the White Hundred.

He was one of Jooyeon’s subordinates that he had raised in the past.

His ability scores and skills were decent.

‘He was quick-witted with useful traits. ＜Coercion＞, was it?’

＜Coercion＞ was a trait that could turn opponents into putty with overwhelming force.

Not only Albert, but most of the other ninety-nine knights also had such good traits.

They were knights who were truly specialized in battle.

‘In the game, he was always by the Knight King’s side. That’s why he would naturally follow if you got the Knight King.’

If you maintained loyalty well, that would happen.

Although, he didn’t know if that would be the case for dozens of years, not in a game but in reality.

If not loyalty, it could also be because of the former duke’s charm itself.

‘He’s the strongest knight character I’ve created.’

It wasn’t just his abilities as a shield knight.

In order to handle the dukedom, he had helped raise his charm and leadership ability scores to the max.

Loyalty strong enough to move mountains with a single word was basic.

Of course, having children was another matter.

‘Looking at the dukes who ignored the former duke’s orders, or the grandsons who tried to defeat their fathers to become dukes, it’s quite a mess.’

In reality, the former duke’s gaze as he looked at the duke, who was actually smiling gently, was fierce.

It was a gaze as if he knew what was wrong with his child.

However, Jooyeon calmly replied.

“You said that you’ve been looking for me until now… Why, don’t you recognize me?”

“…….”

The Knight King’s eyes scanned Jooyeon.

He was looking as if he would pierce through everything from head to toe.

However, his gaze regarding [that] was uncertain.

“What proof do you have that you’re ‘that’?”

“Then, I’ll show you.”

Jooyeon put down the fork he was holding.