Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 118

118.

-He who obtains the Sword of Destruction shall obtain the world.

The first volume of the diary ended there.

I felt drained.

“This is truly an incomprehensible world.”

There was too much to think about.

* * *

The next morning, I woke up a little earlier than usual and read the rest of the diaries in detail.

But there wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy. Closing the last diary, I massaged my neck.

“Ugh, there’s nothing to gain except for the Sword of Destruction.”

Karen has several justifications, but the Sword of Destruction was a symbol.

A symbol like a destiny given to the one who will become Emperor!

A sword made solely of Mithril, forged directly by the best craftsman of the Reinhardt family, not a human!

Human craftsmen couldn’t make a sword purely from Mithril.

Most Mithril swords meant that Mithril was mixed to some extent, but only the Sword of Destruction was a 100% pure Mithril sword.

“The Sword of Destruction was sleeping in the Dungeon of the Dark Forest, and the Ruler of the Ruins was guarding it.”

I organized the situation, and now all that was left was to take my time.

The Pawen family was worth looking into further, but looking at the last head of the family’s diary or legacy, there didn’t seem to be anything more to come out.

‘I was hoping there would be clues about Reinhardt’s belongings, but there aren’t any?’

Among the documents I brought yesterday, there weren’t just diaries and genealogies.

There were also various documents, which seemed to be administrative documents, so I didn’t pay much attention to them.

Still, just in case, I organized the documents and read them one by one.

Most of them were documents related to the management of the territory, as expected.

“What’s this?”

After persistently examining the documents, I discovered a new one.

Unlike the others, this document consisted of drawings, with no letters at all.

‘What is it?’

I looked closely at the drawing, but I couldn’t figure out what it was.

Knock, knock-!

A knock was heard.

“Yes, come in.”

It was the butler.

Unlike Marquis Mike’s butler, Baron Hamilton’s butler was very young.

“Breakfast is ready, Your Highness.”

“Thank you. Also, tell Gale, Baron Hamilton, Riorden, and David to come to the reception room after breakfast.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“Ah, I don’t know where the reception room is, so show me.”

The butler smiled.

“Of course.”

* * *

While clearing the table, the maid told me where the reception room was.

“Thank you.”

The maid bowed and disappeared, and I entered the reception room.

Everyone was already waiting inside.

I took out the document first.

“While looking through the various documents of the Pawen family, I couldn’t understand this drawing, so I brought it to look at together.”

Everyone focused on the document.

Riorden was the first to speak.

“It’s a map.”

“A map?”

Hamilton didn’t seem to know.

David also tilted his head as if he didn’t understand even after hearing the word map.

Only Gale agreed with Riorden.

“This is a map made before the Empire was established. It’s hard to recognize because there are no place names or special cities marked, but it’s definitely a map.”

At Gale’s words, I carefully looked at the map.

‘Could Riorden know something?’

Expectation naturally rose in my voice.

“Riorden, have you ever heard of or seen a map like this? You’ve traveled to many places and once ran a mercenary group, so you must have come across things that others don’t know while taking on requests.”

At my words, Riorden pondered for a moment, then opened his mouth as if something came to mind.

“It seems to be a map made by fairies.”

Riorden’s voice was full of confidence. I couldn’t hide my surprise and asked.

“A map made by fairies?”

“Yes.”

I exclaimed, “Huh.”

Riorden quickly continued.

“A long time ago, when fairies and humans interacted, fairy maps flowed into human hands. There are hardly any left now, but according to rumors I heard when I was a mercenary, all maps made by fairies are treasure maps.”

Riorden paused to catch his breath.

He separated all the parchment sheets of the document bound together and pieced the drawings together like a puzzle.

After some time, everyone’s eyes widened.

“It’s a map of the entire Middle Realm. It has all the continents from the Central Continent.”

At Hamilton’s words, Riorden was intrigued.

“There might be hidden marks that we can’t see. If it’s a fairy map, it’s definitely a treasure map.”

Watching Riorden, who seemed very disappointed as he smacked his lips, I suddenly thought of the spirits.

I called Ellaim.

Riorden was impressed.

“Originally, spirits made contracts with fairies much more often than humans, so they might know something about fairy maps!”

Ellaim’s soft voice followed.

“Spirits don’t necessarily know much about fairies. It’s just that fairies are often the ones who can summon us to the Middle Realm, so spirits who have been with them might know something about fairies.”

I turned my gaze to Ellaim.

“It’s a map made with a bit of code, but it’s not that difficult.”

“Can you solve it?”

At my words, Ellaim nodded.

“Yes. It’s not high-level magic, so it’s not difficult to solve.”

Ellaim waved her hand.

Water droplets landed on the map, and a rustling sound flowed out.

At the same time, the drawing became clearer.

I opened my mouth in surprise, and so did the others.

Soon, several marks that were not visible began to appear.

Various symbols and letters came to life.

“If you erase the codes, the original fairy language markings will be revealed like this.”

That was Ellaim’s words.

I experienced the same thing as yesterday again.

The language was automatically translated.

“I ask the fairies. We leave the traces of the great Reinhardt family, please protect us for the sake of our long friendship so that the power of the Reinhardt family does not fall into the hands of the unworthy.”

Everyone looked at me.

Even Ellaim was surprised and looked at me.

* * *

I disguised the translation of the fairy language as ‘studying’ again this time.

The past days have been helpful in many ways.

The important thing was not my studies but the identity of the map.

“All these red marks are where the Reinhardt family’s belongings are. This is the Dark Forest, right?”

At my words, Riorden nodded.

“Yes, Your Highness.”

“This seems to be Death’s Falls. This map just says waterfall. There’s only Death’s Falls in the Dark Forest.”

I continued, examining the map in detail.

“There are a lot of caves near where we went. And one of them is a dungeon, and there’s a Reinhardt family’s treasured sword called the Sword of Destruction.”

“Yes? Is it written that detailed on the map?”

At David’s question, I shook my head.

“The map only has markings, and I found out about the Sword of Destruction by reading the last head of the Pawen family’s diary yesterday.”

“I see.”

Gale had a look as if he had something to say, but soon changed to his usual expressionless face.

“Anyway, the Wyvern guarding it is the Sword of Destruction and the guardian of the Reinhardt family.”

Everyone nodded at my summary.

“Ellaim…….”

I was about to send Ellaim back, but then I gave her a slight signal.

Ellaim transformed into a small fairy like Undine [a water spirit] and climbed onto my shoulder.

Everyone blinked for a moment at the sight of the blue fairy, but I continued as if nothing was wrong.

“Because it’s a guardian, it recovered the item with the crest on it. The method to lure the Wyvern has been decided.”

Baron Hamilton nodded.

“Yes. I saw it at the nest, so there’s no need to experiment.”

“We’ve overcome a big hurdle for now.”

After pondering for a moment, I started talking about the hunt in earnest.

“Since Hamilton has the jewel, the Wyvern will definitely react.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

As expected, Riorden was the most enthusiastic.

“Hamilton, how many ambush spots are there exactly?”

“There are three in total.”

“Let’s go take a look in advance.”

Gale said at my impromptu decision.

“Your Highness, the archers’ arrows are not ready yet, and Kent hasn’t returned yet. Let’s think about it slowly.”

On the other hand, Riorden agreed with my opinion.

“It’s not bad to look around first. We’re not hunting the Wyvern, just looking around the ambush spots, so it won’t be difficult.”

Hamilton also supported Riorden’s opinion.

“That’s right. We’ve already scouted everything, and we’ve grasped the Wyvern’s tendencies to some extent.”

I turned my gaze to David.

“What do you think?”

“I think it’s okay too. If we see the ambush spots with our own eyes, we can come up with a more detailed plan.”

I asked Gale one last time.

“Gale, it seems okay?”

Gale nodded as if he couldn’t help it.

“Yes. If everyone agrees, I will follow too.”

“Good. Hamilton will guide us, and let’s move with a small elite group.”

I stretched out greatly and continued.

“Ugh! The Dark Forest is like my front yard now. How many times are we going?”

At my words, Riorden and David burst into laughter.

“It seems like we spend more time in the Dark Forest than in the West.”

I added a word to David’s words.

“It’s like my hometown, my hometown.”

I then said to Hamilton.

“Since we’re talking about it, shall we have lunch and leave?”

“Yes, I’ll prepare it.”

Scouting the ambush spots seemed to take about two or three days.

‘Kent needs to come quickly.’

I wanted to finish the hunt before Kent came, but we couldn’t start the hunt without Kent.

Because we don’t have enough silver sand.

I got up.

“I want to look around the territory before eating, is that possible?”

Hamilton nodded greatly.

“Yes, it’s possible.”

“I’ll be with the butler, so please prepare for the scouting with the others.”

As soon as I left the reception room, Hamilton took the butler and said something.

It seemed like he was telling him to take good care of me.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes. We’ll go to the nearest village first.”

Listening to the butler’s words, I said to Gale.

“See you at lunch.”

I went outside with the butler.

I called not only Ellaim but also Silphend, Ignis, and Claim.

The butler flinched but tried hard to fix his expression.

“Silphend, can’t you change your appearance like Ellaim?”

Silphend’s expression crumpled.

-I can transform into a puppy.

I asked Silphend.

“The residents might be surprised…….”

Silphend firmly refused.

-I like my original form.

“Still…….”

When I trailed off, Silphend sighed and soon changed his appearance.

‘If it was Ignis, he would have just left.’

-Of course.

I was startled by Ignis’s answer.

“Your Highness, are you okay?”

The butler seemed flustered when I was surprised.

“No. It’s nothing. The residents won’t be surprised by a cute puppy and a fairy, right?”

At my words, the butler nodded.

“Yes. The puppy is very cute, and the fairy is really mysterious.”

“Okay.”

I moved my steps with a soft smile.

Perhaps because it was the closest village to the lord’s castle, the entrance was visible not long after walking.

“Are there any serfs [peasants obligated to work for a lord] ?”

“No. All of Baron Hamilton’s territory are self-employed farmers. We don’t have separate serfs, and the residents voluntarily take turns managing the lord’s direct farmland.”

The butler quickly added.

“Ah, only some of the things that come from there are used in the lord’s castle. The rest all goes back to the residents.”

“Lord Hamilton is a really good lord.”

The butler nodded enthusiastically at my words.

“Yes. He’s the best lord.”

Soon, we arrived at the entrance of the village.

The residents had already come out to greet me, having heard the news.

“Your Highness!”

I quickly raised those who were prostrating on the ground.

“Get up. I want to see the village, is that okay?”

“Of course, Your Highness.”

Then Ellaim spoke to me.