My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 102

§ 102. The Unveiled Truth (1)

What is this…?

It wasn’t even a question.

What in the world is going on…?

It wasn’t even a question that formed in my mind.

I just couldn’t understand the situation before my eyes.

The Death Knights kneeling before Cyan.

Because of that, all the darkness that had been threatening Cyan with death just a moment ago was now bowing its head before him.

The primal mana blooming from Cyan’s entire body didn’t know what to do.

It was the primal mana that had been subduing the rampaging darkness.

Moreover, the level of the rampaging darkness wasn’t low.

Even with the power of the source [Cyan’s inherent magical power], subduing it wasn’t easy.

Yet, it was making it realize the difference in class and gradually subduing it.

Suddenly, the surging darkness subsided all at once.

The darkness, which had been resisting to the death, suddenly flipped over and submitted.

With the situation like this, the primal mana was momentarily stunned.

It was as if it was shouting, ‘What! What in the world is this?!’

And that was exactly what Cyan was feeling.

Cyan blinked.

His mind went blank, and he couldn’t understand the situation.

The Death Knights called Cyan ‘Lord’.

Since as many as thirty Death Knights said the same thing, he couldn’t have misheard it.

In short, it meant that Cyan was the lord of those Death Knights.

But what kind of nonsense was that?

There were those who could call Cyan lord.

None other than the soldiers of Ruben [Cyan’s territory].

But looking at the Death Knights before him, how could they be the soldiers of Ruben?

Ah, could it be that Ruben had already fallen?

Had Ruben been destroyed, devoured by the Forest of Darkness?

So, filled with resentment, they followed Cyan here.

They waited for Cyan in Muriel’s ruins, were swallowed by mana.

They flashed with madness, and now, suddenly, they came to their senses… No way!

That could never be!

Then what is it?

What is this situation?

What is it really? What could it be?

Cyan ran through all the possibilities in his head.

But no matter how much he thought, there was nothing that could explain the current situation.

‘Ah! This…?’

Then suddenly.

A thought flashed through his mind.

Cyan looked at the Death Knights kneeling.

And the Death Knight at the very front.

He spoke to the Death Knight who was on par with Durak [a powerful warrior Cyan knows].

“If you’re talking about a lord… are you perhaps referring to Kyle?”

Then the Death Knight slightly raised his head.

The crimson eyes trembled.

I guess.

-Indeed…

It seemed like they were referring to Kyle.

In short, it seemed like these guys were followers of Kyle.

No wonder they were all master level.

Such an insane knight order didn’t exist on the continent.

The Royal Knights of the Imperial Family and the White Wolf Knights of Elantur.

These two knight orders were composed entirely of experts.

Yet, they were considered the strongest knight orders on the continent.

But the members are all masters?

What more could be said?

It was literally an insane knight order.

But now, the Death Knights before his eyes.

Was Kyle really Kyle?

Even those who followed him were unbelievably strong.

That’s why they seemed to be having a serious misunderstanding.

No, it wasn’t a misunderstanding, it was a delusion.

Cyan wasn’t Kyle.

So, Cyan wondered if he could say this.

But he also wanted to know the truth.

From the looks of it, they didn’t seem to have lost their reason even though they were possessed by mana.

The madness he felt just now was terrible.

But it didn’t seem to have completely taken over.

In short, they were someone he could talk to.

Cyan slowly opened his mouth.

“I am not Kyle.”

-……?

Then the Death Knight’s eyes were filled with embarrassment.

-What… what are you saying right now? That power and energy were definitely our lord’s. No matter how much time has passed, my senses have not dulled.

It was definitely an accurate sense that hadn’t dulled.

Those who called Kyle lord and followed him.

In other words, they had lived for at least a thousand years.

But far from dulling their senses over that long period of time.

It seemed that time had made them even sharper.

With Cyan’s Mana Soul Technique and the Asura Demonic Sword’s Asura Sky Kill [powerful techniques], the Death Knight before his eyes saw through it exactly.

“I know it’s a situation that can be misunderstood… but still, I am not Kyle.”

Even so, Cyan denied it.

Because what wasn’t, wasn’t.

Then the Death Knight seemed very embarrassed.

At the same time, the other thirty Death Knights stirred greatly.

-Then who…?

The Death Knight’s eyes trembled.

Cyan kept denying that he was Kyle.

But what Cyan showed just now was definitely Kyle’s power.

He seemed very confused by the conflicting truths.

And Cyan had something to say about this.

“You can think of me as Kyle’s successor…”

-Successor…?

The Death Knight’s head tilted slightly.

Cyan’s words that he was Kyle’s successor.

He didn’t seem to understand those words.

Well, it was understandable.

Kyle didn’t directly leave a successor.

In fact, Cyan himself was just spitting out words like an excuse.

That was the case with Leah [a character who also mistakes Cyan for Kyle].

And that was the case with the Death Knight before his eyes.

It would sound like nonsense to those who knew Kyle.

-Our lord’s successor…

The Death Knight’s eyes trembled.

As expected, it seemed like a fact that was hard to believe.

He seemed to be thinking hard.

But he couldn’t deny what he had seen before his eyes.

How much time had passed like that?

-Kendrick, the commander of the Black Lion Knights. I greet the successor of our lord.

The Death Knight, Kendrick, who had finished his thoughts, bowed to Cyan once again.

-I greet the successor of our lord.

-I greet the successor of our lord.

-I greet the successor of our lord.

At the same time, thirty Death Knights bowed all at once.

“Oh…”

Cyan felt a strange sense of awkwardness.

These were the guys who had been trying to kill Cyan just a moment ago.

The remnants of that terrible murderous intent were still in Cyan’s mind.

A chilling murderous intent that couldn’t be survived.

Not only the Demon of Negation, Lich.

Maybe it was a little comparable to the Demon of Sloth, Nurvia.

Of course, Nurvia was being interfered with by Helen [another powerful character].

And he wasn’t even able to exert his full power.

Even so, Nurvia was overwhelming.

And Cyan felt a similar fear from the Death Knights now.

Those Death Knights were now all bowing at Cyan’s feet.

Something… felt strange.

But whatever.

Didn’t things work out well?

Cyan organized his thoughts and said to Kendrick.

“What… what’s going on here?”

-Lord. Please speak comfortably.

When Cyan asked, Kendrick answered immediately.

-Although you are the successor of our lord, you are the one our lord has chosen. So, to us, you are no different from our lord.

As I said many times, Kyle didn’t choose Cyan.

“Oh…”

Because of that, Cyan couldn’t easily drop the honorifics.

First of all, there was the reason above.

From the looks of it, they were all knights who followed Kyle.

That meant.

They were all beings from at least a thousand years ago.

On the other hand, it hadn’t been that long since Cyan had passed twenty years old.

For Cyan, dropping the honorifics to such people was a bit awkward.

-We are uncomfortable if you speak formally.

But what about saying that much?

To be honest, it wasn’t that Kyle didn’t choose him.

In fact, there was no reason not to call Cyan Kyle’s successor.

“Well… if that’s the case.”

Cyan dropped the honorifics without much thought.

Only then did Kendrick nod his head.

“So. What the hell is going on? Why are you guys in Muriel’s ruins?”

Kendrick and the Death Knights.

So, the knights who followed Kyle.

There was no reason for them to be in Muriel’s ruins.

The only part that could be guessed was.

‘Kill the people of the Papal State’ that the Death Knights were chanting.

Death Knights were demonic beings who were resurrected with resentment by outstanding knights in their lifetime.

That meant.

It could be interpreted to mean that they had a grudge related to the Papal State.

And this was none other than Muriel’s ruins.

Also, the fact that Kyle met Muriel in the quest.

“Could it be… that Kyle was backstabbed by Muriel?”

Muriel joined forces with the forces of the Papal State and betrayed Kyle.

In the quest, it said that Kyle didn’t die.

Maybe he lost a lot of power or something.

The reason that was possible was the Black Lion Knights who followed Kyle here.

They risked their lives to help Kyle escape.

They couldn’t forget the resentment and revenge, so they became Death Knights like this.

If it was this situation, the front and back would roughly match.

-No.

It literally meant that it roughly matched.

Kendrick shook his head slightly and continued.

-I am hesitant to say this… but the previous lord was not someone that Saintess Muriel could dare to handle.

The previous lord that Kendrick was talking about was none other than Kyle.

Cyan nodded.

Come to think of it, what kind of being was Kyle that the mere Papal State could handle?

Even if Muriel joined in, it was impossible.

Of course, the power of the Papal State couldn’t be ignored.

Moreover, if Muriel, who was Arnaise [a powerful being], was added, it was right to say that there was virtually no one who could stop them.

But Kyle was an exception.

Cyan looked at Elodie’s records the other day.

Elodie said this about Kyle’s strength.

‘How strong is Kyle? Kyle was our companion, but we didn’t know much about him.’

‘But one thing. What is certain about Kyle is that even if we all fought against Kyle, we could not defeat him.’

Literally the strongest Arnaise.

The one and only being in the long history of the continent.

The one who set foot in the realm beyond Exceed [a level of power].

That was Kyle.

“Then why…?”

-It’s the opposite.

“The opposite?”

Kendrick was silent for a moment at Cyan’s question.

He seemed to be wondering where to start and how to explain it.

And then one word.

-The previous lord tried to kill all the people of the Papal State.

“…Huh?”

Cyan’s mind went blank once again.

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“Kyle tried to kill all the people of the Papal State?”

-Yes.

Kendrick nodded at Cyan’s question.

“Why the hell…?”

-The reason… we don’t know either.

Kendrick’s crimson eyes flickered awkwardly.

-In fact, it was sudden that the previous lord came to find us. Before that, the previous lord had suddenly disappeared.

It seemed like he was talking about after Kyle faced some kind of truth.

Kyle, who faced some kind of truth, as well as his Arnaise companions.

Kyle, who suddenly disappeared without saying anything to Leah, either.

As expected, he didn’t say anything to the knights who followed him.

-The previous lord, who suddenly came to find us, said this.

‘We must kill the people of the Papal State.’

Kendrick and the Black Lion Knights were also embarrassed.

He suddenly came and said such a thing.

Even if it was Kyle’s words, it was difficult to follow easily.

‘L, Lord…! Why would you say such a thing…!’

Kendrick asked.

And Kyle answered like this.

‘I want to explain it to you… but many people shouldn’t know this truth. I’m sorry.’

Kyle said to Kendrick again.

‘One thing I can tell you is that the forces of the Papal State are related to demons.’

Kyle looked at Kendrick with complicated eyes and expression.

‘I will meet Muriel. Three days later, you guys kill the people of the Papal State.’

And that was a side of Kyle that Kendrick had never seen before.

Like that.

‘I think I’ve given you guys too much of a burden… but please. You guys are the only ones I can trust right now.’

Kyle left.

Kendrick thought hard, but eventually decided to follow Kyle’s orders.

To them, Kyle’s orders were absolute.

Above all, if the Papal State was related to demons, it was quite a serious matter.

So, Kendrick led the Black Lion Knights and attacked the Papal State.

But.

-Saintess Muriel stood in our way.

Muriel stood in their way.

Kendrick and the Black Lion Knights.

They were all knights at the master level.

Even Kendrick was a skilled person who wouldn’t be easily pushed back even if he fought against Durak.

However, Muriel was none other than Arnaise.

A saintess who had reached the realm of Exceed.

Muriel and the Black Lion Knights clashed.

And Muriel finally subdued them.

-After that, the Saintess locked us up here.

They said they died slowly like that.

Confined in this dark basement, unable to do anything.

Cyan was lost in thought.

Kill the people of the Papal State.

The cry that the Death Knights had shouted just now.

At first, I thought it was a grudge against the Papal State.

But it turned out to be an order given by Kyle and a mission that he couldn’t carry out.

It seemed that not being able to carry out the mission eventually became a grudge.

It remained even after the body died.

That wasn’t the case for all the knights of the Black Lion Knights.

However, Kendrick and some of the Black Lion Knights.

So, the thirty-one Death Knights gathered here.

Those who had a particularly strong loyalty to Kyle remained and eventually resurrected as Death Knights.

Right then.

Ding!

『[Story-Linked Quest] – ‘The Truth Kyle Faced’ (Clear!)』

A cheerful notification sound came from the smartphone in his pocket.