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nI remember my moment of death clearly.

nVermouth and his colleagues believed they would kill all the remaining demon kings.

nBut in reality? Of course, the world has become peaceful.

nThe devil doesn’t want to conquer the world anymore. All because the great Vermouth made a ‘promise’ with the devil.

n‘Why did you make that promise? Weren’t you supposed to kill them all?’

nEugene doesn’t know why. Anyway, the war with the devils ended, and the world became peaceful. This peace has lasted for three hundred years.

n“…you’re too nervous, aren’t you?”

nEugene looked up at the voice he heard. They were currently in a luxurious carriage and sitting opposite to him there was a middle-aged man with a long face.

n“…it’s my first time in the capital.”

nEugene mumbled, glancing out the window. He left the countryside mansion. I arrived at the city by carriage all day. After a few warp gates, he stepped on the capital’s land.

n“I understand.”

nThe man’s name is Gordon. He was a knight who swore allegiance to the main house of Lionhart and an escort to pick Eugene up.

n“Eugene, may I give you one piece of advice?”

n“Yes.”

n“If you’re already nervous before coming to the main house, every day in the future will be very painful.”

nGordon’s expression was not joking. He was expressing his concern in the name of advice. Eugene smiled as he felt him.

n“Thank you for your advice. Sir Gordon.”

nEugene is well aware of his situation. However, Eugene’s family is ignored even during the break.

n‘But first of all, it’s Lionhart family, but only one driver came to pick me up. My father couldn’t even come with me.’

nEugene glared out of the window without erasing his smile.

n‘It was a very blatant cheap move. You’re going to kill small fry from the start? Small Fry. Vermouth, this is all because you were fooling around.’

nEugene can already imagine what was going to happen. Seeing that they are already raising the killing flag, he’ll receive a more explicit check from the moment he gets to the main house.

n‘Are they going to welcome every descendants with a paper scroll in hand, shouting their name out loud together with the name of the place where they came from? Just so they could know how sloppy a person’s background is?’

nNo, that’s only for someone they can treat. Seeing that only one knight has been escorted, they won’t give me a welcoming ceremony.

n“…how many people will participate in this blood ceremony?”

n“If I include you, Eugene, there will be six people. Three people will participate in the main house.”

n“Three people from the main house?”

nEugene pretended to be surprised, but he already knew who was attending the blood ceremony in advance. It was thanks to Jehard’s special attention.

nThe three members of one’s family: One is the son of Jung-sil, and the other two are Seo-chul’s twins.

nWhat he should pay attention to is the two from a family that is both marginal and powerful.

n‘The oldest was fifteen. Also, there’s someone younger than me.’

nEugene is now thirteen years old.

nI couldn’t hold my sigh when I realized my new age. I mean, I will be competing with ten-year-old kids.

n‘Eugene, never compete with the children of your family. No matter how good you are, you won’t be a match for children in your family. I mean..’

nEugene recalled the gloomy look on Jehard’s face. He couldn’t hide his fear that his son might be devastated by the children he saw.

n‘I’m looking forward to seeing how good the descendants of Vermouth are.’

nEugene drew attention from outside the window. The capital’s spectacular scenery had already passed by, and now the wagon was out of the city and across the forest.

n“From here on, it’s Lionhart’s estate.”

nIt was a forest surrounded by tall walls.

n“Oh, you don’t have to get ready to get off already. We still have to go a long way from here.” Gordon grinned and said mockingly.

n‘I wish the ground was wider, you little bastard. Why are you shrugging when it’s not even your land?’

n“Wow, this vast forest is the property of the main house?”

n“Yes.”

n“Isn’t it uncomfortable to be this wide?”

n“There are warp gates everywhere.”

nReally? But why am I riding a carriage now? 𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝑚

nThat’s because Eugene didn’t get permission to use Warpgate. Eugene stared out of the window, answering the questions in his head.

nAs Gordon said. After a long run, the carriage stopped. Gordon, got off the opposite door and opened the door on the side where Eugene sat.

n“Welcome to Lionhart’s home.” Gordon bowed politely and said.

nA wide-open front door .The mansion you can see beyond. Not a single crowd came out to welcome you as I thought.

n‘Lionhart.’

nEugene slowly raised his eyes. White flags lined up from the entrance of the main gate. The brave lion painted in the center.

n“Lionhart, Vermouth.”

nEugene looked down at his chest. His clothes are not engraved with any patterns. The only thing that can engrave a lion’s pattern on the left chest symbolizing Lionart’s direct line.

nI should have left some descendants behind.

nHamel of a previous life was never married and had no children.

n‘No, I’m good at not having any children. If I do that, I’ll have some regrets.’

nStill. Seeing the family flag lined up like that, Eugene felt sorry for my past life.

n“Have the other relatives come yet?”

n“Eugen is the first.”

nWhat the hell?

nEugene nodded to do so.

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nEugene was guided by a separate house away from the main building of the mansion.

nAll the way here, I couldn’t even see the relatives of my family, who had a lion engraved on their left chest. Why is it so expensive? If a 13-year-old relative came, wouldn’t he come to see it just out of curiosity?

n“This is Nina.”

nHowever, the treatment was not very harsh. As soon as he arrived at the separate house, he got a personal servant. It was a young girl who didn’t look much older than Eugene, but Eugene didn’t feel much dissatisfaction with her.

n“If you need anything, ring this bell.”

nNina bowed her head and handed Eugene a small bell.

n“May I speak comfortably?”

n“Yes, of course you should.”

n“Do I use all of this detached house?”

nEugene looked around the spacious annex and said, he just said it for confirmation. Eugene knew it wouldn’t happen. Nina is too young to supervise a single detached house.

n“That’s not true, but you won’t feel uncomfortable staying.”

n“I have to stay with other relatives.”

n“Yes.”

n“Do you know when you’re coming?”

n“Everyone should be there in four days at the latest.”

nEugene grinned at the answer. He meant to stay here for four days.

n“Is the mist behind you?”

n“…What? Yes…”

n“Do you need permission from your family to wield a wooden sword?”

n“That’s… uh…”

n“No way.”

nEugene smiled and headed for the ballroom.

nNina followed Eugene even though she didn’t know what to do.

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