Regressor of the Fallen Family - Chapter 3

Episode 3 Not long after leaving my father’s office, I saw a face I didn’t really want to see on the other side of the hallway.

As if the other person was doing the same, as soon as they made eye contact, they frowned and openly revealed their emotions.

Logan let out a small sigh and bowed his head as politely as possible.

“It’s been a while, mom.”

At those words, the approaching lady’s steps stopped.

“…Mother. That sounds really awkward, Grand Duke.”

The lady’s cold eyes stared at Logan. Her long, straight black hair made her look even more cynical.

Marian Kairos. She was Logan’s stepmother, Ronian’s biological mother, and the current mistress of the McLane family.

She was not just a matriarch.

It was entirely thanks to Merian that the Kairos family was currently responsible for more than half of the McLane family’s finances.

Therefore, she was a powerful person who could exert tremendous influence over the entire McLane family.

Furthermore, he was the person who set up a confrontation with Ronian on behalf of Ronian, who blindly followed Logan, and, according to his past life, was the person who most loudly advocated for his expulsion in an incident that would take place some time later.

but.

“It’s just a greeting, mom.”

If you show a different side of yourself from now on, this relationship will gradually improve.

Logan lowered his head again in anticipation.

Of course, it was not something that could be solved overnight.

“Seeing as you’re doing something you’ve never done before, are you preparing to do something more pathetic?”

My stepmother’s reaction was still cold.

When Logan didn’t react to that sharp provocation, she snorted and passed by him.

One step behind him, his stepmother’s confidant, Commander-in-Chief Vector, who simply bowed his head towards Logan, was not looking at him at all.

Still, since he couldn’t openly ignore the grand duke of his family, he had no choice but to show basic courtesy.

‘It’s all my fault.’

All of this is just a natural result of my poor self in the past.

Logan looked at his stepmother walking away with bitter eyes and turned around with a small sigh.

* * * The Grand Duke lost a sparring match with the younger Confucius.

The rumor spread within McLane Castle in an instant.

It would have been a hot topic for any noble or military family, but it had even greater significance for the McLane family.

The McLane family almost lost their lands and titles due to the evil acts committed by their ancestors four generations ago and the incompetent previous lords.

Then, the current head of the family, Patrick McLane, became a senior knight, and the family was barely able to maintain its existence.

So I couldn’t help but be interested in the military power of his successors.

Moreover, the fact that Lee Gong-ja was only fourteen added weight to the rumor.

From the rumor that Archduke Ronian is a genius to the rumor that Archduke Logan is incompetent.

Logan’s scandal spread too quickly.

However, the person concerned was busy organizing their luggage in the room without paying any attention.

Rather, I was more concerned that the person he was with was more anxious than Logan himself.

“Oh! Confucius, what should we do, our Confucius!”

“Don’t make a fuss. It’s true that Ronian is a genius.”

“It’s not the little Confucius that’s the problem, it’s the problem that Confucius is known to be the world’s biggest idiot… Ugh! I don’t know that. My snout is acting as it pleases…”

Cheek.

Laughter escaped me without realizing it.

“Don’t worry about it. If you worry about every single thing like that, you won’t be able to do what you need to do.”

“Is closing training something we should do?”

“okay.”

“…It would actually look like he was running away.”

Rick added a word to the end.

‘okay. He was like this.’

Rick, his most faithful servant who had been with him since he was young, talked a lot and interfered a lot.

Of course, most of them were said out of concern for themselves.

Logan, who had been broken in his previous life, ignored all of those concerns.

Of course, I had no intention of taking Rick’s words in a different light right now, but…

‘Wow, I owe this guy a lot too.’

Logan sighed, put down the luggage he had been organizing for a moment, and patted Rick on the shoulder.

“I’m not running away. Just trust me. I’ll only let you walk on flowery paths from now on.”

In his previous life, during their next official sparring, Logan had Rick mix Ronian’s meals with hallucinogenic drugs and then use paralyzing poison.

As a result, he was disqualified from succeeding and was placed on probation for a long period of time, bordering on imprisonment.

Unlike himself, who was only placed on probation despite being the instigator of the incident, Rick was executed for poisoning a direct member of the family.

Even Logan, who had been completely broken in his previous life, had trouble sleeping due to remorse at the time.

It was a relief to be back in time before I committed those worst sins.

It would have been better if it had been a little earlier, but I am grateful that it was before that.

‘Now you just have to stop doing such stupid things. Still…’

Contrary to what he said, he was a guy who faithfully helped him no matter what.

I wanted to make sure to take care of this guy.

It was not just his younger brother or father who he owed his emotional debt to.

but.

“…Did you eat something wrong?”

“Hmm.”

Yes, this guy definitely had a knack for getting a beating…

“From now on, I won’t ask you to do anything unreasonable. And I’ll take good care of you as much as possible.”

“…I don’t know what you’re talking about, but first of all, it’s good for me, right?”

“…okay.”

He was a guy who could never be serious.

“I’m glad to see that you seem to have really changed.”

Still, it was clear that Rick, who said that in front of the person and smiled, was one of the few people that Logan could definitely trust.

“Pack your bags quickly!”

“I’ve been doing it since a while ago, but for no reason…”

Looking at Rick moving around while grumbling, Logan chuckled and wiped his sweat for a moment.

Contrary to the bright sunlight seen outside the window, the future of this estate was still dark.

No matter what the rumors are or who is conspiring, they are all meaningless right now.

‘If you come back and show your skills, the rumors will change. And a year later, all focus will be on the territory war.’

Only when we safely overcome that disaster can we finally have time to discuss the real future.

‘3 months… I can do it. No, you have to.’

Logan’s red eyes were burning hotly as he looked at the mountain inside the castle.

* * *

“Then why do you practice at Seonsan Mountain?”

“I need a place where no one will come. But also a spacious place.”

As Logan answered Rick’s question before leaving, Seonsan was a place that satisfied all the conditions Logan mentioned.

Access was restricted except for McLane’s immediate descendants, and it had a shallow and wide ridge, making it ideal for use as a training ground.

‘If it goes as I think, it’s something I’ll never be able to show to anyone yet.’

After bowing to the memorial tablets of his ancestors enshrined in the tombs and unpacking his luggage, Logan climbed the mountain, his heart pounding, half anxious and half excited.

‘can do. you can do it.’

Logan consoled himself and recalled the contents of the secret book he had checked until the end before climbing the mountain.

The vision of the divine sword.

It started with creating a nucleus of force with a specific direction in the heart before swordsmanship.

The idea is that the force emitted from the core created in the heart permeates the blood and body and remodels the body itself.

However, just making the force, an intangible energy, tangible and uniting it into one was impossible with ordinary talent.

If it had been him in his previous life, he would have already been frustrated at this basic stage.

‘But it’s quite possible now.’

Because…

Ugh.

A stickier, stronger, and more dense energy than the Force he remembered from his past life immediately responded to his will.

Since returning, I felt like my Force had made a positive and essential evolution in all aspects.

‘This is possible.’

The qualitatively different force gave Logan confidence.

The force that evolved as he guessed gathered into the heart more easily than expected, forming a certain pattern like the contents of the secret book.

The force gathered in one place began to coalesce in an instant, forming a single core, much faster and easier than expected.

As if it had to be that way.

Ugh.

‘already?’

The secret book said that no matter how talented you were, you would have to work hard for three days and nights, but your worries were worthless, and you succeeded as easily as a lie.

Logan himself was embarrassed by the achievement so quickly.

“How can this be… hm?”

Ugh.

As soon as the Force gathered in the heart and created a nucleus, more dense energy erupted and spread throughout the body.

Then, every part of my body was stimulated without me even having time to control it.

Shoot ahhh.

Is this what a rice field feels like when it receives rainwater after a drought?

Logan forgot the entire situation for a moment and fell into ecstasy due to the thrilling stimulation and change provided by that power.

Without even realizing that his body was shining golden light and spreading light everywhere.

* * *

“Hmm…?”

The training obviously started in the morning with the sun rising, but the sun was setting before we knew it.

The moment he felt the gap in time, the exhilarating feeling disappeared without a trace, and Logan suddenly collapsed without realizing it, feeling his entire body lose strength.

“…her?”

But even for a moment.

Ugh.

The powerful strength felt in his tightly held hands and the vitality radiating from his entire body showed that he, and indeed his body, had entered a completely new realm.

“It was more than I thought…”

It was a much more extreme change than what was written in the vision book, but it was a positive change.

There was no reason to dislike the fact that he had become stronger than expected.

Moreover.

‘If the contents of the vision are true…’

Paaaaang!

A smile appeared on Logan’s face as he roughly swung his sword once.

The sensation and power felt from the lightly swung sword was noticeably different from before.

‘good!’

Suddenly, my fists gained strength.

I could be sure with just a simple movement.

It’s not just about getting stronger. My constitution and senses themselves have completely changed.

Everything had changed in a direction suitable for swinging the sword.

‘They say studying to change people is called Hwanin-Gong (換人功)… It was true.’

I was sure.

Dunjae, who developed a sense of inferiority and self-destruction due to his poor talent, is no longer there.

“Hahaha!”

It was a moment when all the feelings of inferiority and self-destruction I had in my past life completely disappeared.

From that day on, Logan swung his sword passionately, almost forgetting about erosion.

* * * Three months later.

‘This time, I must…’

Logan amplified the energy by squeezing the core of his heart according to the contents of the secret book.

The force control that created the core and changed the constitution was amazing, but it was only the most basic of the divine sword’s vision.

Among the contents of the vision, the most important were the ten sword techniques, grandiosely named ‘Sword that divides time and space’.

And what Logan is trying now is the only sword technique and type 1 that can be done with one of these cores, that is, the core of 1 star.

Splitting the waves (波浪斬).

‘…It will definitely succeed!’

Even with his drastically changed senses and body, Bigi failed repeatedly for three months.

But as the process of failure accumulated, I was slowly coming to terms with it.

‘now!’

A fleeting moment when amplified power rushes through the entire body and golden light emanates from red eyes.

“Taa!”

As Logan’s sword swung like lightning, the golden light emitted from the sword shot forward one after another like rippling waves.

Kwaaaaang!

The beautiful tree, which was thicker than a human body, was hit by two golden waves and fell into pieces with an explosion.

dump.

“Hahaha. Hahaha. Heh heh…”

Logan, who sat down with a pale complexion, could not hide his surprised expression at what he had accomplished.

Its power was beyond imagination.

The range is approximately 1 meter from the tip of the sword being swung. The force wave is only two layers.

However, it was definitely not a technique that could be used by a force user who had just awakened.

It was common knowledge that only the highest level knights who were on the verge of becoming an Auror user could go beyond unleashing the Force and inflict tangible damage.

Even if you get exhausted after just one use, it was a great skill as a secret weapon.

“Hehehe. Hahahahaha!”

The three-month training that Logan had planned.

He exceedingly achieved his intended goals.