Regressor of the Fallen Family - Chapter 145

Episode 145

“It’s a good idea. Ronian had a brilliant idea.”

Padric smiled and nodded, but Logan couldn’t help but laugh.

Because my father’s young face, with its pale complexion and dull smile, never looked normal.

“Are you sure you’re not completely healed yet?”

“The priest told me to take absolute rest for two more weeks. The remaining Auror remnants have been pulled out, so don’t worry. I’ve only been talking about being an Auror, but when I experienced it myself, it was very terrible. So, you too, be careful.”

Although these were words that Logan could not feel at all, he could understand his father’s feelings.

“Is it okay to worry about the aftereffects while fighting a superhuman? Even if I just give my all, it won’t be enough.”

“…Yes. Hehe, I guess so.”

“Take care of yourself. Then, I will give this sword to Princess Eilen as you said.”

“Yes. And if the princess refuses to accept it, tell her it is a gift.”

“yes?”

“Due to the current situation, we were not able to hold an engagement ceremony or a wedding ceremony, so if it was a gift as well, wouldn’t we be forced to accept it? If you look at the child during training, he is also needlessly stubborn.”

“…All right.”

I wonder if he would refuse an artifact that was just given to him, even a class 4 artifact.

Logan laughed at that thought.

But…

“There’s no reason why I should receive this. It’s too much to be a gift.”

Seeing his father’s prediction come true, Logan couldn’t help but blame his own lack of insight again.

“Uh um…do gifts have to have a reason?”

At Logan’s words, Eileen’s face turned a little redder and her eyes wavered.

However, seeing that she couldn’t take her eyes off the sword, it was clear that she was also conflicted, but what she actually said was different.

“I told you. It’s too much. It would be a problem for the morale of other knights for me to receive this kind of treasure, even though I haven’t done much work. It’s too much for me right now.”

At those words, Logan actually strengthened his decision.

“It’s not like that.”

“No….”

“This sword is not a gift to the knight Eilen, but to my fiancée, Princess Eilen.”

“yes?”

“Due to the current situation, we can’t even have an engagement ceremony, but I haven’t done anything for you. No, I’ve only been pampering you.”

“No, that’s me…”

“So, I hope you accept it. I hope this sword will serve as proof of my promise to keep that promise someday.”

That’s what a gift actually means.

And I hope this sword becomes the foundation for you to achieve even more powerful weapons.

That was all I had in mind.

“Are you proposing… now?”

Logan was momentarily taken aback by Eilen’s words, his face turning bright red.

“…Yes? Uh… Yes. If that’s the case… then that’s the case…”

Didn’t they decide to get married anyway?

Why are you asking that again?

While Logan is a little embarrassed.

Eilen smiled brighter than any time he had ever seen him.

“I received a marriage proposal with a sword… Thank you, Confucius. I don’t think there is a marriage proposal that suits me better than this.”

A marriage proposal made with a sword, not a ring or necklace.

When I thought about it, it was true that it suited Eilen well, but it just made Logan’s heart ache.

‘…I’m not sure what the situation is, but one thing is clear.’

I should never say that I tried to give it to Ronian first.

‘never!’

I will also have to strictly control the mouths of my father and younger brother.

As he was thinking that and smiling awkwardly, Eilen, with a bright smile, grabbed his hand.

“I will try hard too.”

What what?

You’re talking about swordsmanship, right?

“Let’s go. It’s been a while since we sparred!”

Eilen’s bright smile was so beautiful today that Logan couldn’t help but smile and nod along with her unconsciously.

Forgetting, even for a moment, the future dangers that would come in the future.

* * * After the day MacLaine announced his intention to exit the civil war.

The siege of Harun Castle heated up for a while.

Then, after both factions suffered serious losses in the most recent decisive battle, the war entered a lull for a while.

On the surface, it appeared that both sides were resolving the damage and reorganizing their battle lines, but the period of reorganization lasted for a strangely long time.

A month had passed and everyone watching the war thought something was strange.

The armies of both camps deployed in unison.

However, the dispatch was an entirely unexpected one, with the troops moving side by side in one direction rather than targeting each other.

While even the lower-ranking nobles and soldiers of the faction were confused.

Both factions announced unexpected positions at the same time.

– I will root out the vile Macline!

The reason they gave on the surface was that McLane had plotted to attack the legitimate successors to the throne (factions) by inciting neutral forces that were sitting still.

Some said it was unbelievable, but it was an undeniable fact that the 1st and 2nd prince armies, which were in bloody conflict, were moving at the same time.

And just from that movement, people could guess McLane’s fate.

– The McLane family is over.

Although some troops were left behind to keep each other in check, it seemed as if the troops had been coordinated in advance, as the most powerful forces, the Duke and Marquis’ troops, which included superhumans, were all heading towards McLane.

In fact, the elite large corps of both factions began moving through different routes, targeting McLane.

And, of course, McLane was more shocked than anyone else by the news.

bang!

“Logan! How on earth did this happen?!”

“Calm down, Dad. Please take a seat.”

Logan was like that himself just half a day ago, so he 100% understood his father’s excited feelings.

“Wasn’t the matter handled well?! What happened that led to something like this…!?”

Not long after we had been smiling and thinking that everything was going well, the worst crisis had come.

It was even weirder that my father wasn’t excited.

“It’s my fault. But shouldn’t we think of a solution first? Father, please calm down and wait.”

Logan sighed, recalling his communication with Count Roberts Floyd.

[Lanbert and Irvin are a small baronial family that didn’t pay much attention to each other, and it seems like they had separate lines for each faction. Exactly where and how it went out is still being investigated.]

It was after checking twice and thrice that all the noble families that had broken their neutrality in their previous lives and joined the faction had disappeared.

But still, the spy remained.

The impact created by two barons who had no significant influence was enormous.

‘Did my movements get caught? Or did someone among the neutral forces leak the information even though they requested so?’

The truth was unknown.

But what was certain was that the plan, which had been planned for at least half a year, brought immediate disaster.

The good news was that I had never thought about, or even imagined, a situation like this.

‘Yes, I can imagine. ‘Damn it!’

So, Logan was able to recover from his panic in just a few hours.

“Something difficult happened, but in a way, it just happened a little earlier than it would have happened anyway.”

“…what?”

“Didn’t I tell you when I came back that we would eventually have to deal with the Empire?”

“Yes. I said we had to gather forces for that.”

“Even if we gather forces, in order to properly prepare for the future, we must take the lead in calming down this difficult situation. We must show strong strength so that no one can rebel later.”

Immediately after returning, I considered taking one side of the faction and winning, then assassinating the dukes and princes of the same faction and enthroning the three princes.

However, the problem with that method was that even if it was successful, it would be difficult to obtain cooperation from other nobles later.

Logan’s biggest goal, his plan to stop the Empire, begins with a huge obstacle in the way.

So the plan that was changed was to go this long way and gather neutral forces, but with the situation like this, we had to resort to unreasonable measures once again.

“We just need to show that we can take on both factions.”

Logan said with as shameless a face as possible.

At that expression, a look of suspicion appeared on Padric’s face.

“…Do you think our family has the strength to take on both factions now?”

“It is possible if you can endure it.”

“That’s not enough! Are you going to wither and die?!”

“Is that possible? We have to struggle. And even if we succeed, the situation will change.”

“How do you mean that?”

“If the situation had ended up like this anyway…”

As Logan continued, Padrick’s stiff face gradually became brighter.

However, Logan’s complexion did not really straighten as he spoke.

Because the plan I thought was certain was twisted, and I ended up having to bet my fate on uncertain expectations.

‘It should work out the way I thought it would.’

Logan tried to force himself to have only hopeful thoughts.

If McLane can withstand this hopeless attack with his strength, there will be no noble left in this country who can ignore his influence in the future.

Even if it is the 3rd prince who will be crowned as king.

Hot.

“We can become an anvil. It’s quite possible. But a proper hammer…”

Logan looked at the northwest sky with anxious eyes and connected the communication somewhere again.

* * * As soon as the rumor of war spread, the lord summoned a vigilante group and brought them inside.

This fact caused great anxiety to the residents under McLane.

Thanks to this, even indigenous people who had not budged despite the active town relocation policy were continuing their procession of refuge to places that seemed sturdy.

“If this continues, Tomodo-Sylvan Town and Bipros Castle will soon be overflowing with people. It is encouraging to see that the number of people applying to join the vigilante group is gradually increasing.”

Dwayne’s expression while reporting was subtle.

The crisis of Pungjeon Lighting and the active response of the local residents in that situation.

The expression of anxiety and hope coexisting was similar on the faces of all the retainers gathered in Daejeon.

“Right now, there is no time to train volunteers. First, we will remove them as reserve forces and entrust them with chores, and focus the existing vigilantes on Macline Town and give up the defense of other castles.”

In that situation, Padric notified the entire team of the conclusions from the key leadership meeting.

The majority nodded at those words.

The route by which the factional coalition forces would invade was already well known.

However, Padric went out of his way to explain once again the news that even his vassals already knew.

“It is already widely known that McLane Town is our center. The northern mountain range is difficult for a large army to move, and the enemy has no reason to use adventurous strategies. They will return to the nearest field to the east, north of McLane Castle. ”

Padric continued his explanation, paying no heed to the puzzled expressions on his retainers’ faces.

“The distance between McLane Castle and the northern mountains is too wide to defend McLane Castle alone. So, we will build a defensive line by building a long earthen wall to the north of McLane Castle.”

Padric’s declaration quickly turned Daejeon into a market place.

“What are you saying…?”

“What did I hear?”

“How much time do you have left to build Saturn? I’d rather be at McLane Castle…”

There was a lot of buzz.

“Everyone be quiet! If we invest all of the remaining budget, we can make enough in a week.”

Before it got any louder, Logan ended the commotion by confirming that.

“Yes?”

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

“Confucius! What on earth are you talking about?” .!”

At that time, several vassals continued to ask curious questions.

“Because we have the best wizards.”

Logan confidently shouted while looking at a part of the Daejeon, but the vassals’ eyes were still suspicious.

From where Logan was looking , Clayton, who was there, had cold sweat on his grim face and was forcing a smile on his face at the audience.