Chapter 190 – Between Past and Present

#190.

“Then have a good trip.”
“Lai.. If your uncle is doing harm, be sure to contact him. Got it?”

It’s been a week since I’ve been playing with the two of them in the capital.
Originally, I planned to take a longer break, but I decided to leave now because I thought it would be nice to get things done quickly.

Sernia couldn’t go with her because she couldn’t leave her seat because of her research in the Mage Tower.
She seemed to be anxious because of that, and she had been pouring out her worries since earlier.
Did you pack the food well, did you forget anything, tell me if someone bothers you. Etc..
It was to the extent that it reminded me of her mother even though her mother was not there.

“Don’t worry either. I’ll be back soon.”
“Yeah, let’s go. Tell Seria I’m sorry…”
“Please tell me I’m sorry too. Same thing with this one.”

Tina had already apologized, and even though she had been forgiven, she had a bitter look on her face as if she felt guilty.
And Selnia also gave me a box, saying that it was a gift for Seria, smiling shyly, as if she had the feeling that she was some sort of accomplice.

“What’s this?”
“It’s things like cosmetics and clothing.

Certainly, the Knights couldn’t leave their seats without permission, so they would only be able to go outside on set days.
In that case, it would be difficult for a man to have things like a woman he doesn’t know about.
I nodded and jokingly said a word.

“Ahhhhh… So you mean to give me something to make me look pretty in the knights full of men?”
“Yes? Oh no. I don’t mean that…!”

It’s hard to think that Seria would be like that, given that she’s been in constant contact with her, but she could also interpret it in a bad way.
Sernia was embarrassed and wiggled her hands around her, then pouted her mouth and lowered her head as I giggled and laughed at her.

She couldn’t bear to protest to the master, but the way she passively showed her dissatisfaction was cute.

“Ah… Rai. Hamm…!”

Raising her chin, I immediately stamped her red lips.
It doesn’t stop there, and even entangles her tongue, sharing her deep kiss, and then removing it to see Sernia’s melted face.

She looked at her happy expression as if she had never made a dissatisfied expression, and kissed Tina as she stared at her from the side.
I kissed him appropriately, neither too much nor too little, and I greeted him with a back step.

“Then I will go. You both are doing well.”

When I raised her hand and waved it, I took one last look at the two shaking each other off, then turned around and went into hiding before exiting the castle gate.

“There are so many things to do..”

I am on my way to meet Seria, but I also have to look around the nearby ancient ruins and smelt Orichalcum.
Also, I wonder what business the wave sword, the head of the Duke of Kaiers, called me for.
Please don’t be negative.

Tadat-!

I thought about this and that, and at the same time tried to use the skill I had acquired this time.

‘Fast!’

At the same time as I chanted inwardly, my body became surprisingly light, and soon after kicking off the ground, my body stretched as if creating an afterimage, and in an instant pierced the space in front of me.
Thanks to fairy tales, my body, free from air resistance, sprinted across the ground without the slightest hesitation.

That speed was maintained for about 5 seconds.
It’s a short time for someone, but for me, it’s a long time that my life comes and goes hundreds of times.
For an increase in speed of this magnitude during that time, the effect could be truly enormous.

“That’s great..?”

A smile came to my lips at the far greater effect than I thought.
The only problem is that, strangely, the duration and cooldown of this skill are not written.
I repeated the word swift in my mind as I hit the ground again to find out.

And..

“There is no cooldown!?”

I discovered an amazing fact.

***

“Whoa.. That’s hard.”

A few hours after that, I had the Duchy of Kyers in front of me.
From the moment I found out that there is no cooldown on speed, I was excited and ran like crazy, so I could see why there was no cooldown on this fraudulent skill.

“It’s putting a lot of strain on your body.”

The aftermath of speed was quite great, perhaps because it forced movement that temporarily exceeded the limit.

Not only did the consumption of aura and stamina more than double, but the muscle burst when used continuously.
It was possible to regenerate thanks to immortality, but if that happened, the depletion of the aura would become more severe, so it was not a skill to be used casually.

Of course, even so, it is certain that it will be of great help, bringing a smile to my face.

“Shall we go now..”

After catching my breath and regaining my strength, I thought I had enough, so I got up from the tree stump and walked slowly toward the gate.

There was a long line in front of the gate, probably because it was a time when there was a lot of floating population.
Fortunately, I had an admission ticket written by Sernia, so I didn’t have to wait.
Instead of the line of commoners, when we headed towards the upper ranks or the place where the nobles’ wagons were lined up, a soldier standing guard approached.

“What are you doing? It is impossible to enter this place unless you have been allowed to pass through in advance.”

Wearing an old robe I bought at the market, the soldier restrained me with a slight annoyance.

There was no reason to be angry here, and it was a waste of time for that, so I handed out the ticket right away without saying anything.
Then, the soldier was startled when he saw Sernia’s pattern on the admission ticket, and immediately lowered his head.

“Excuse me! Please go right in.”
“Yes. Take care.”

Entering the castle, you can see many people.
I suddenly realized one thing while watching people moving forward with their own goals.

‘There are no elves.’

A few years ago, I thought it would decrease one by one, but soon it disappeared to the level of extinction.
Of course, there are cases of elves completely settled in the human world, but most of them are mainly for travel or work.
As such, it was common to return to Elven Guard after wandering around the human world to some extent.

However, the fact that the number of elves continues to decrease also means that it is impossible to come out again after returning to Elvenguard.
Like the high elf princess I met before, there must be something there.
And I’m sure that maybe the Church of Extinction is involved.

‘I need to find out…’

I’ll have to tell Sernia and Arisha to make sure they’re alert to Elven Guard as well.

Thinking about this and that, I kicked off the roof, saw a large mansion, and came downstairs.
And just as warily, he handed out his ticket to the approaching guard.

“I heard the story from the head of the household. Please wait a moment.”
“Thank you.”

The guard called somewhere, and after a while a carriage came.
Following the butler’s guidance, he climbed into the carriage and immediately began moving inside.

The interior structure was no different from the mansion of the Francia family.
From the gardeners and maids who work all over the wide and spacious garden, to the knights who are vigilant about their surroundings with their sharp eyes shining.
If you are used to it, the carriage stopped only after passing through familiar faces and arriving in front of the building.

“Im here. Then go to the head of the household.”

While walking along with the butler, I looked around.
The hallway, which is not flashy but has a moderately restrained beauty, is plain and luxurious.
Since the number of color tones used in the hanging paintings was no more than 5, it was clear that if the personality of the owner of the mansion was inferred from this, he would be quite naive.

“You can go in here. Then I’m…”

Crossing the hallway and arriving in front of a large room, the butler took a bow and went back the way he had come.
After staring at the back for a while, I, who! He exhaled and knocked.

“Come in.”

As if in response, a low voice with an old-fashioned tone rang out.
Thinking of meeting my father-in-law makes me nervous.
Lucas, we had known each other for a while, so there was a little bit of intimacy, but isn’t that the person in front of me?

After quickly recovering my composure with the Myung Kyung Index, I opened the door and entered the spacious office.
And in front of it, a big man with black eyes and black hair like me was sitting and doing business.
Short hair, sharp eyes, and a body full of muscles.
Overall, it was an intimidating look.

Her man looked at me and she immediately got up from her desk.
Her chair fell to the floor because of that, but the man who didn’t care about her and came right in front of her exploded her eyes…

Kwong-!

“Ludwig Kayers visits his ancestors!”

I’ve been saying incomprehensible things.
Am I an ancestor? What the hell is this
I was about to stare down at it, dumbfounded, but Ludwig opened his mouth.

“I have been waiting for the day you would come.”
“…I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

In fact, it seemed to come a little bit.
The me in my previous life and the person I am now are shockingly trashy bastards.
Besides, he’s also quite frank about his sexuality.
Then, did he only see Karut during the long time he reached the level of a god?

‘Of course not..’

He probably had several women by his side, and he might have sown seeds here and there before meeting Karut.
If one of the seeds sown is a family including the man in front of you…

“Your ancestor doesn’t remember, either.”
“It’s a memory and it’s sleeping… Why am I an ancestor? Do you have any evidence?”

Putting everything aside, I wondered why they were so sure that I was their ancestor.
The only thing we resemble is hair and eye color.
Isn’t there too little evidence to be sure of that alone?
As if answering my question, Ludwig raised his head and continued.

“It is difficult to answer here. Would it be all right if we moved places?”
“…I see.”

I wondered if this person was going to seal me somewhere because he was a servant of the Church of Destruction, but in fact, if he had tried to do so, he would have subdued me right away.
The moment I saw him, I knew that ‘this man can never win..’.
The 11-star state was like that.

Standing up, Ludwig clicked and pressed several books in the study placed on one side of his office, then created a secret passage.

“Then come this way.”

I walked down the aisle, following Ludwig, who was going ahead.
After frantically moving up and down and side to side, we were finally able to reach a cavity.
There was a large mural there.

“This..”
“You are the mother of your ancestors and the empire.”
“The mother of the empire..”

A black wizard and a woman were engraved all over the mural.
A woman with her bulging belly and a wizard caressing her belly.
The sight of them as a harmonious couple, whoever saw them, gave an inexplicable impression.

‘I was already married!!’

And above all, this means that Sernia will become my descendant.
He had already violated the taboo of incest.
After thinking about it for a while, I came up with a question and asked.

“I have a question for you.”
“Yes. I will answer anything. It’s okay to speak comfortably.”
“Yeah.. Then why do you keep having an incestuous marriage? Did I give you that order?”

Legend has it that it was to keep the blood of the first emperor thicker, but I wondered why.
Most of all, the imperial family believes in and follows the first emperor as a god, but something doesn’t match.
Could it be that the first emperor, who was born between me and that woman, turned black in the end by saying, ‘I am the true god!’?
I even thought about that for a while, but the words that followed let me know that my imagination was just a delusion.

“Kuhm..! I have no face, but… I think the words of the first emperor were misinterpreted.”
“Sing? What did you say?”

What on earth did he say that turned it into an incestuous marriage?
To my question, Ludwig is big again! He cleared his throat and recited a verse as if reading it aloud.

“Descendants! Cherish your blood! Then your true god will descend!”
“Is that the end?”
“Yes.. That is the end.”
“…”

Are you incestuous marriage just because of this?
I don’t know if I’m still too caught up in the ethics of Earth or if they’re just weird.

In fact, the royal family reaches a high level based on his outstanding talent, so there are no side effects caused by his close relative.
This is because when a body change is achieved, it evolves in a cell unit, so it actually becomes a different race.

Still, something… Something is something.
As I was scratching my cheeks in a complex and subtle feeling that could not be explained in words, Ludwig continued to explain.

“It’s also because the first emperor went missing right after that.”
“Why?”
“As the first emperor disappeared, the empire was about to be divided. But the sage has come up with a solution.”
“Could that be…?”
“Yes. He is the one who misinterpreted the words of the first emperor.

In the end, it meant that all causes were sages.
I don’t know what you’re doing, but you dare to make me an inbred.
It is unforgivable.