My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 209

209. Sian vs. Roswell, Nathan (1)

Hans’s eyes widened, a rare sight.

He looked utterly astonished.

His gaze was fixed on a single point.

Two figures stood within Hans’s line of sight.

Hans recognized them both.

A man with short blond hair, Nathan Elandur.

A woman with blond hair in a ponytail, Roswell Elandur.

The children of Elandur, and two of Isabel’s three children.

Sian’s supposed older brother and sister.

“H-How on earth did you get here…?”

Hans struggled to comprehend the situation.

“Do you… know them?”

“Who are they?” Hugo and Bonita asked, confused.

Hans couldn’t answer.

He simply stared at Roswell and Nathan, utterly shocked.

“Looks like someone recognizes us?”

“That’s a bit troublesome.”

Roswell and Nathan exchanged a glance, tilting their heads at Hans’s reaction.

“You are…?”

Nathan’s eyes widened slightly as he recognized Hans.

“Isn’t that the old geezer who used to clean up Sian’s messes?”

“The geezer who cleaned up after Sian?”

“You know, that annoying old man who always came running whenever Sian was whining.”

“Ah! That geezer?” Roswell exclaimed, as if a memory had just surfaced.

“Was his name… Kans? Bans?”

Nathan continued to tilt his head, trying to recall Hans’s name.

But that was the extent of his effort.

He wasn’t particularly interested, and it wasn’t an important detail.

“Why is that old geezer here? He was supposed to be exiled to Ruben with Sian… Ah.”

A thought suddenly occurred to Nathan, his mouth slightly opening.

Sian’s presence at the estate.

He began to understand what was happening.

Nathan slowly turned around.

He saw Soren cowering on the floor, fear etched on his face.

Around him were scattered Aveneu’s soldiers.

Knights were also present.

It all pointed to one conclusion.

“It was planned from the beginning?”

“I told you. There’s no way that bastard would have acted without any countermeasures,” Roswell added.

Roswell turned her head slightly and addressed Soren.

“Can you move? Even if you can’t, you need to.”

“Y-Yes! Yes, yes!” Soren nodded vigorously at Roswell’s words.

He wasn’t seriously injured.

And as Roswell said, now was the time to act.

Tap, tap.

Soren mustered every ounce of strength and took a step.

At that moment.

“Do you think I’ll let you go that easily!”

Someone shouted and rushed forward.

A giant axe filled his vision.

Hugo hurled the axe at the fleeing Soren.

But.

“Old man, how dare you…” The quietly spoken voice stopped him in his tracks.

Nathan suddenly blocked Hugo’s path.

‘Fast!’

Hugo hadn’t sensed his approach at all.

Hugo hurriedly swung the axe down.

The axe struck Nathan’s head with blunt force.

A brutal impact that threatened to crush everything.

Kwaang!

The terrible explosion deafened him.

Then, his vision cleared.

Nathan was holding his sword, blocking Hugo’s axe.

“······!”

Hugo’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He blocked that, even though it was a hasty strike?

Kwaddeuk!

Hugo pressed down on the axe with all his might.

Though his comrades had grown complacent with time and their skills had dulled, Hugo had not.

He had never stopped training for decades.

He was capable of single-handedly killing an ogre, the strongest predator on the ground.

Hugo, who stood at the pinnacle of the mercenary world, known as the Mercenary King.

Kwaddeudeuk!!

An immense force bore down on Nathan’s sword.

But he didn’t yield.

Far from being cut in half along with the sword, Nathan stubbornly held his ground.

In fact, Hugo was being pushed back.

“W-What is this…!”

Hugo’s eyes widened to the point of tearing.

And again, at that moment.

Peoeok!

Hugo felt a terrible pain in his abdomen.

For a moment, he wondered if his internal organs had burst.

“Keuheok!”

Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

Clumps of flesh of unknown origin were mixed in with the blood pouring onto the floor.

At the same time, Hugo’s body was launched into the air.

He crashed to the ground far away, spilling more blood onto the floor.

“W-What is this…!”

“Hugo, down in one blow…!”

Everyone looked on in shock.

Hans remained frozen, his eyes wide.

Roswell, who had been watching the scene, turned her gaze forward again.

She looked at the remaining knights of Aveneu.

Fewer than 15 remained.

Roswell slowly opened her mouth.

“You guys follow Soren right now. You know what I mean.”

The knights nodded at Roswell’s words.

They immediately ran in the direction Soren had disappeared.

Hans and his companions were unable to react.

After Soren and the knights were gone from sight, Roswell took a step forward.

She slowly drew the sword from her waist.

A surge of energy erupted.

Roswell slightly turned her head and asked Nathan.

“What are you going to do?”

“They’re not exactly pushovers. Well, they’re just bugs… but wouldn’t it be better to finish this quickly?”

Nathan replied.

Roswell slowly nodded.

Or rather, she seemed indifferent.

“Do as you please.”

Roswell’s figure vanished.

#

Something’s wrong.

Something is very wrong.

Sian couldn’t shake off the feeling.

Roswell and Nathan hadn’t reappeared, even as time passed.

That was possible.

Roswell and Nathan were a variable for Sian.

Sian’s existence was also a huge variable for them.

They needed to prepare for Sian suddenly causing trouble at the estate.

They also had to take appropriate measures.

That was why Soren was being moved back.

He could understand them not showing up during that time.

But it had been too long.

The search had almost concluded.

Of course, no one resembling Soren had been found.

They should have slowly emerged by now.

They should have been sneering, ‘Ha! See? Didn’t I tell you he wasn’t there? Stupid bastard, tsk tsk tsk.’

But they hadn’t appeared.

Roswell and Nathan weren’t showing any signs at all.

All that was visible was Holant’s red and swollen face.

Sian’s footsteps stopped.

“Where are my sister and brother now?”

Sian asked Holant again.

Perhaps because of the repeated questions, Holant flinched.

But he quickly composed himself and answered with a rough snort.

“It’s none of your business.”

He didn’t even bother with an excuse.

If they were moving Soren back, he would have made up a story.

To dissuade Sian from interfering.

But Holant didn’t do that.

It was as if he was trying to hide not what they were doing, but where they were.

It wasn’t certain.

But it seemed necessary to investigate.

“I’ll stop the search here.”

“Wh-What?”

Holant seemed greatly surprised by Sian’s sudden words.

But Sian didn’t answer.

He turned and walked out of the estate.

“Isn’t there still a place to search?”

“If we’ve searched this much, we should assume he’s not here. I apologize for the intrusion.”

Sian strode forward without hesitation.

He could feel Holant’s frantic movements behind him.

He seemed unsure of what to do.

He seemed greatly embarrassed by Sian’s actions.

But Sian didn’t care.

He took a large step and exited the estate.

And right then.

“It won’t work.”

Holant’s voice came from behind.

Sian stopped walking.

He turned his head.

“Did you think this was a place you could come and go as you please?”

Holant was looking at Sian, his eyes wide.

“Didn’t you tell me to leave right away until just now?”

“Not now.”

Holant spat out the words firmly.

From Holant’s reaction, Sian was finally certain.

‘They noticed?’

Sian’s intentions had been discovered.

He didn’t know how they found out.

But Roswell and Nathan seemed to have guessed Sian’s intentions.

To be exact, it was likely Roswell.

Of course, they wouldn’t know the exact plan.

But they suspected there was a reason for Sian’s actions.

To confirm that, Roswell and Nathan were absent.

That meant.

‘People are in danger.’

Hans and his party were in danger.

Hans’s companions were not weak.

Hugo, the Mercenary King, was far from weak.

But Roswell and Nathan were… different.

The Aveneu forces were not a major threat.

Hans and his companions could handle them.

But Roswell and Nathan were another story.

Even the Storm Mercenary Corps [a legendary mercenary group], in their prime, wouldn’t be a match for them.

They couldn’t handle Roswell and Nathan.

It was certain.

They would die.

Sian ignored Holant’s words and stepped out of the estate.

“I told you this isn’t a place you can come and go as you please.”

Holant’s voice came again.

Sian tried to ignore it again, but he couldn’t.

Cheok! Cheocheok─!

Instantly, a restrained sound echoed within the estate.

People emerged from all directions, blocking Sian’s path.

The soldiers and knights of Aveneu.

“Get out of the way.”

Sian coldly rebuked the soldiers and knights.

They didn’t move.

Instead, they exuded a fierce intensity.

Sian calmly turned his gaze to Holant.

“Are you trying to intimidate me now? The Count of the Empire?”

“If I detain you for a while and send you back unharmed, who would believe your accusations?”

Holant gave a bitter smile.

Sian had much to say, but he remained silent.

There was no time or need to argue.

He turned his gaze back to the soldiers and knights blocking his path.

Hundreds of them.

He was isolated in enemy territory.

It was a situation he had feared, a situation he had hoped to avoid.

“I clearly.”

But the situation had unfolded.

“Ordered you to get out of the way.”

There was no time to hesitate.

Saaaaaaa─!!!

Darkness bloomed from Sian’s body.

The darkness condensed, exploded, and grew.

Before anyone knew it, the pitch-black aura had engulfed the surroundings.

But it didn’t stop.

The darkness continued to expand.

When the darkness swallowed the entire estate, when they felt the ominous fighting spirit within it.

“······!!!”

“······!!!”

“······!!!”

The eyes of Count Holant, the soldiers, and the knights of Aveneu were filled with shock.

#

Roswell disappeared in an instant.

“Everyone, stay alert!!” Hans shouted, alerting his companions.

He didn’t know why Roswell and Nathan were here.

He didn’t know why the situation had escalated.

But now wasn’t the time to question it.

Questions and doubts could wait.

He had to deal with Roswell and Nathan.

At Hans’s cry, his companions quickly focused.

Maxim, Thomas, and even Bonita.

Hugo also staggered to his feet and raised his weapon.

“Keuheok…!”

But he was in bad shape.

He seemed to have suffered a serious injury.

But there was nothing he could do.

Hans gripped his sword tightly.

He searched for Roswell.

“If you stay alert.”

Roswell’s voice came from right next to him.

“What are you going to do?”

He couldn’t react in time.

Hans turned and swung his sword.

Kaang─!

Flames erupted.

Roswell’s face was visible through the briefly cleared darkness.

Roswell gave a bitter smile and said to Hans.

“Sian, that bastard told me to catch Soren─”

But Roswell couldn’t finish her sentence.

Toowoong─!

The sound of a crossbow echoed.

“Annoying.”

Roswell kicked Hans away and deflected the incoming arrows.

The arrows bounced off with a kang! sound.

Roswell shouted, putting away her sword.

“Nathan!”

“I know!”

Nathan’s figure vanished.

A speed that surpassed sight and senses.

He reappeared behind Grayson.

“You were hiding here.”

“······!!”

Grayson’s body stiffened.

He hadn’t sensed Nathan’s approach.

Grayson had perfectly blended into the darkness of the forest.

Grayson, a hunter who had lived in the dark forest for decades.

Even the monsters couldn’t find him when he hid.

But now…

Grayson hurriedly aimed his crossbow at Nathan.

“You know you can’t.”

Nathan’s movements were faster.

Kwajik─!

With a chilling sound of tearing flesh, Grayson collapsed.

“Kkeuaaaaaaak!”

A terrible scream erupted.

Nathan clicked his tongue.

“Don’t make a fuss. I didn’t kill you.”

“Kkeuaaaaaaak!!”

Grayson’s scream echoed.

Nathan raised his right foot.

“I’ll kill you in front of Sian, so keep your mouth shut until then.”

Kwaddeuk─!

With the sound of something breaking, Grayson’s scream stopped.

Grayson didn’t move.

“If he dies, well, there’s nothing I can do.”

Nathan shrugged and turned his gaze forward.

Roswell was fighting five people.

Hans, Maxim, Thomas, Hugo, and Bonita.

Roswell wasn’t being pushed back.

She was overwhelming them.

If left alone, Roswell would win.

“Still, I have to finish this quickly.”

Nathan slowly moved.

And right then.

“Huh?”

Something caught Nathan’s attention.

He looked.

“······ Bitch?”

There was a woman there.

A pretty woman with long red hair, who gasped and covered her mouth.

She trembled.

“Why is a bitch here?”

Nathan tilted his head.

“You don’t mean… are you Sian’s woman?”

Nathan smirked.

“Does that bastard bring women to a place like this? Anyway…”

He laughed.

Nathan approached Amelia, who was trembling.

Amelia backed away.

She couldn’t escape.

Thump.

A rough hand grabbed Amelia’s chin.

“Kkyauit…!”

Amelia groaned.

“Hooh… she’s quite pretty.”

Nathan’s eyes scanned Amelia’s body.

Amelia struggled, but it was useless.

“Ha, haheuk…!”

It was a meaningless struggle.

Nathan smirked.

His eyes became ugly.

“I don’t like women… but if it’s Sian’s woman, the story is a little different?”

His eyes scanned Amelia’s body.

“I’m a little curious what that bastard’s expression will be when he finds out that his woman has been defiled by me later?”

Nathan’s face got closer.

His hand grabbed Amelia’s neck.

Just as his hand was about to move.

Stop.

Nathan’s movement stiffened.

A sudden sense of wrongness.

A strange feeling.

What is it…? At that moment.

“That dirty hand.”

Some voice was heard.

Where is the sound coming from?

… Just as the question flashed through his mind.

Saaaaaaa─!!

Darkness fell.

Darkness?

Nathan tilted his head.

This mountain was already dark.

The setting sun couldn’t penetrate the darkness.

But more darkness?

Nathan couldn’t understand, but darkness was coming.

As if painting darkness on darkness.

The pitch-black darkness devoured the space.

Kwareureureung!

The space was distorted and the scenery began to distort.

The remnants of the forest were torn to pieces.

The suppressed power.

That violence was unleashed.

“What is this…?”

Nathan’s gaze turned.

All that was visible was darkness.

In that darkness, red light shone.

What is it? Only for a moment.

“Get that dirty thing out of here right now.”

A chilling voice was heard.

And before Nathan could respond.

Kwazazazazazak─!!

The scenery disappeared.