My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 214

214. Hidden Funds…? (1)

“It’s alright, Cyan. Everything will be alright.”

Cyan’s mother, Cecil, said to Cyan.

A warm smile graced her face.

Cyan chuckled involuntarily.

Is it this dream again?

Cyan’s mother died when he was young.

This is a dream from those cherished times when his mother was still alive.

More importantly, I must have fainted.

Cyan shook his head.

Just moments ago, Cyan was fighting Roswell.

But the fact that he’s having this dream means he lost consciousness.

How come I keep fainting at the drop of a hat?

Well, I suppose it was warranted this time.

But how many times have I had this dream now?

It was a dream he had countless times after Cecil died.

However, he hadn’t dreamed it much since becoming the lord of Ruben.

Maybe… is this the second or third time?

It must be around that many times.

“Mom is okay. Mom is alright because Cyan is here.”

Soon, Cecil’s voice was heard.

That voice that always said she was alright.

Cyan stopped thinking and looked at Cecil.

And quietly waited for Cecil’s next words.

“It’s alright. Everything will be alright.”

As expected, the dream’s content hasn’t changed.

“Cyan. Love people, have compassion for them, and care for them. This is how Cyan can live like a true noble.”

Though Mom can’t…

Cecil, smiling, gently lowered her head.

Cyan smiled bitterly.

It was a sight he saw every time he had this dream.

But it was a sight that always made him feel bitter.

Cyan slowly approached Cecil.

And then, he hugged the head of Cecil, who was bowing.

The Cyan in this dream was his younger self.

Therefore, Cyan’s size was quite small now.

But for some reason, Cecil’s body in his arms felt so frail.

“Yes. I will.”

At Cyan’s words, Cecil in his arms seemed slightly surprised.

Cyan gently released Cecil.

And sat next to Cecil.

“More importantly, Mother. Do you remember what I told you last time? The story about me becoming the lord of the territory called Ruben.”

At Cyan’s words, Cecil tilted her head to the left.

She looked puzzled, as if it was the first time she had heard the story.

That was only natural, as it was the first time Cecil was hearing it.

So, Cecil in this dream was hearing the story for the first time.

However, Cyan didn’t bring up the story again to Cecil.

He just looked at Cecil and gave a small smile.

“Thank you, Mother.”

This time, Cecil widened her eyes.

She still looked like she couldn’t understand.

“Did something… happen?”

Cecil looked at Cyan with worried eyes.

Cyan gently shook his head.

“No. I just… I just wanted to say these words someday.”

Cecil still looked at Cyan with eyes that couldn’t understand.

But only for a moment.

“Our Cyan, when did you become so mature? You’ll be ready to get married soon, won’t you?”

Cecil quickly smiled brightly.

As expected, that appearance was as beautiful as ever.

Cyan looked at Cecil and blurted out.

“I fought with Roswell and Nathan.”

In an instant, Cecil flinched.

Her eyes, looking at Cyan, were filled with considerable surprise.

And then, worried eyes reappeared.

Cyan gave a small smile at Cecil’s appearance.

An appearance of Cecil that he can no longer see.

That’s why dreams are so cruel.

Just when you’re about to forget, they bring back those memories.

The most desired and longed-for memories.

Because they make you want to stay in those memories forever.

Is that why we say we dream when we talk about wishes?

Cyan chuckled.

And he seemed to vaguely understand.

No, he seemed to understand now.

This dream he’s having now.

Why this dream is repeated over and over again.

Why it comes back to confuse Cyan’s heart when he’s about to forget.

It wasn’t that the dream was coming back.

It was just that Cyan was unconsciously going back.

Whenever there are difficult and painful things.

It was Cyan’s unconscious wish to bring out Cecil in his memories.

“Mother.”

Cyan called Cecil in a low voice.

Cecil tilted her head once again and looked at Cyan.

In the past, the memories of his childhood were not smooth.

There was nothing to call a memory.

Only trauma existed.

But there was only one thing.

There was a past that Cyan could at least call a memory.

That is this dream right now.

“What is it?”

Right now, Cecil’s appearance.

A memory with Cecil that he would definitely want to return to if he could ever return.

But it’s already a thing of the past.

Cyan promised not to look back again.

He vowed not to stop moving forward.

The past is called a memory.

But for those who move forward, it’s just a memory that obscures the future.

Roswell and Nathan.

In the fierce battle with those two, Cyan cut off his past-bound self.

He promised not to seek out the young Cyan anymore.

Thus, the last memory and recollection that Cyan will not look back on.

“I will not come back here again.”

Cyan said to Cecil.

At Cyan’s sudden words, Cecil widened her eyes.

Cyan continued to speak to Cecil.

“I told you earlier. That I became the lord of the territory called Ruben. At first, I thought, what kind of trash territory is that? But really… it’s unbelievable, but…”

Cecil still had surprised eyes.

She had an expression that she couldn’t understand Cyan’s words at all.

But Cyan didn’t care.

He just silently told Cecil what had happened so far.

The countless events that had passed by.

The things Cyan felt and realized in them.

It was a truly long story.

However, Cecil listened to Cyan’s story without interrupting once.

No, whether she didn’t interrupt or couldn’t interrupt.

That was unknown.

After the story ended, Cecil didn’t say anything.

Cyan quietly waited for Cecil.

“Our Cyan. You’ve become a really wonderful lord.”

Soon, Cecil’s voice was heard.

The gaze he looked at.

Cecil spoke again.

“Cyan, I’m sorry. For being born as the son of this incompetent mother. And thank you…”

Cecil raised her hand and stroked Cyan’s cheek.

Even though it’s just a dream.

The warm warmth contained in Cecil’s hand was felt throughout his cheek.

“Thank you so much for letting me live as the mother of such a wonderful son, Cyan.”

Really…

A dream he doesn’t want to wake up from.

Cyan unconsciously thought this.

However, Cyan slowly got up from his seat.

A dream is ultimately a dream, and it’s an irreversible past.

Yes, an irreversible past.

It’s just a memory that obscures the future.

But sometimes.

When you stand up on that past.

“No.”

It was also a memory that made it possible to move forward into the future.

“I am the one who is truly grateful for letting me live as your son, Mother.”

At Cyan’s words, Cecil was surprised once again.

But soon, she smiled brightly.

“Our son has really grown up.”

“Of course. I fought with Roswell and Nathan and won, you know?”

At Cyan’s answer, Cecil burst into laughter.

Cyan also smiled at that.

“So you don’t have to worry anymore. Above all, I’m not alone anymore.”

Cyan and Cecil laughed like that for a while.

And as expected, Cecil’s smiling face is truly beautiful.

Saaaah…

The dream flows like a dream.

It seems like it’s time to wake up soon.

And from this point on, he will never see Cecil again.

No, he will not seek out this dream again.

Cyan slowly bowed his head towards Cecil.

“Goodbye. Mother.”

For always being by my side when I was having a hard time.

For always coming to my side whenever I wanted to give up.

“Thank you so much.”

At Cyan’s last words, Cecil smiled brightly.

“Cyan.”

And Cecil’s following words.

“Whatever it is, if you have chosen a path that you think is right, be sure of that direction.”

Cecil’s figure disappearing like dust.

“Speed is not important.”

Soon, the floating spirit returns.

“Ugh…”

Cyan was able to regain consciousness, feeling a dizzying headache.

A dazed mind.

Consciousness had returned, but his mind was still hazy.

Cyan couldn’t come to his senses for a while and wriggled a few times.

How much time had passed like that.

With his returning mind, Cyan slowly opened his eyes.

And what he saw was an unfamiliar ceiling.

A body lying in bed.

“L, Lord…?”

Finally, Hans’ familiar voice was heard.

Cyan slowly turned his gaze to the side.

Then, what came into view was a room of moderate size, about 5 pyeong [approximately 180 square feet].

And in one corner of that room was Hans’ face, with his eyes wide open in surprise.

“A-Are you awake?”

Hans approached Cyan with surprised eyes.

In Hans’ hand was a clean cloth.

Cyan slowly raised his body.

“Ugh…!”

However, due to the pain that struck his entire body, Cyan had no choice but to slam his body back into the bed.

“Please don’t overdo it. Your condition was so bad… I did treat you with the supplies I brought from Ruben, but since this isn’t Ruben…”

Hans hurriedly approached and examined Cyan’s body.

Cyan lay still on the bed until the pain subsided.

“How… how long have I been unconscious?”

“It’s been 1 week as of today.”

“1 week…”

A time that was neither too long nor too short.

If it was Ruben, he would have woken up in a day.

Anyway, even though I trained so much, I keep fainting and falling over…

“Ah, that’s right.”

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Cyan quickly raised his head and said.

“Grayson? Is Grayson alright?”

“……”

At Cyan’s question, Hans’ expression turned blank for a moment.

That’s because of Cyan’s words that he just heard.

Cyan had been unconscious for 1 week.

So, what happened to the situation.

What happened during the past 1 week.

It was the most natural thing to ask.

But the first thing he asked was about Grayson, the well-being of the territory’s people.

Hans stared blankly at Cyan and slowly nodded his head.

“Grayson is fine now. Thanks to the emergency treatment you gave him in time. However, because the injury was so severe, the healer says there will be aftereffects of the cheekbone being dislocated… but if he goes to Ruben and gets proper treatment again, there doesn’t seem to be a big problem.”

At Hans’ answer, Cyan finally let out a sigh of relief.

He was worried because his condition was so critical.

But it seemed that pouring in the healing potions and potions without holding back had an effect.

Cyan calmly nodded his head once.

“Ah, right. Roswell and Nathan? What happened to them? Where is this? How did I get here?”

And then, he asked about the gap of the past 1 week.

“……”

Hans’ expression turned blank once again.

It was truly a Cyan-like appearance if anything.

“That is…”

Hans told Cyan about the situation so far.

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The time was right after Cyan cut off his past memories and used Asura [a powerful sword technique].

So, it was not long after Cyan fainted.

Hans said he found Cyan quickly.

The tremendous power that shook the entire forest and mountains.

It wasn’t difficult to find where the clash had taken place.

Hans, who came to the scene, said he could see 3 people collapsed.

Cyan, who had fainted.

“When I checked… both of them had already stopped breathing.”

And Roswell and Nathan, who were dead.

“The two of them… died?”

At Cyan’s words, Hans slowly nodded his head.

Mahon Shura Sword First Form, Asura.

A contradictory strike that contains the mysteries of both cutting and stabbing at once.

However, Kyle captured the mysteries in one strike.

And that contradictory and distorted phenomenon contained a transcendent power.

Of course, it was not at a level that Roswell and Nathan could do anything about.

Death was, in a way, a natural thing.

It was at a level where a miracle would have to overlap hundreds of times to survive.

And really, if by any chance.

Even if the two of them were alive, they would only be alive in the literal sense.

Asura, which was used with the unfolded hellscape.

It reverted everything that existed to its essence.

In simple terms, it turned the power of the aura that Roswell and Nathan possessed into nothingness.

And the vessel of aura that could accumulate that power was also turned into nothingness.

In other words, the two of them could no longer use their power.

Even if they survived, it was safe to say that their lives as martial artists were over.

Literally just alive.

It was obvious how Elan Dourga, that is, Durac, would treat those two useless people.

Perhaps dying was more of a miracle than surviving.

Well, anyway.

“So I quickly carried only the Lord and left the place.”

Hans said he only carried the fainted Cyan and left the place.

That’s because why would he take care of Roswell and Nathan, who were dead?

Hans carried Cyan on his back and left the place.

Together with his companions, he left Armsberg and was now in the situation where Cyan was lying on this bed.

“Then where is this? It doesn’t seem like Ruben…”

“It’s Benia Village, located in the southern part of the Empire. It’s a remote village about two days away from Armsberg.”

Cyan nodded his head at Hans’ words.

Even if Roswell and Nathan were dead.

Armsberg was still in the middle of enemy territory.

He didn’t know what Count Holland would do after learning that Roswell and Nathan were dead, including the Count’s castle that Cyan had turned upside down.

Perhaps he was searching the entire southern region right now, looking for Cyan.

So at first, Hans was going to head straight to Ruben.

Even if he left Armsberg, the southern part of the Empire was the territory of the Aven family.

There was virtually no place to entrust his body in the south.

So Hans was trying to return to Ruben first to sort out the situation.

But there were 2 reasons why he didn’t.

First of all.

“I heard that this place is a village that received grace from Hugo in the past. Thanks to that, our location was not leaked.”

The villagers thoroughly hid Cyan and his party.

Hugo, who is called the Mercenary King.

From the looks of it, he saved the entire village from a crisis…

It seemed that the Mercenary King was not a Mercenary King for nothing.

Anyway, thanks to that, they haven’t been discovered until now.

And the last second and decisive reason.

“I had no choice because of Soren.”

Because of Soren, that is, Elan Dourga’s slush fund.

“Ah, come to think of it. What happened to Soren? Did you catch him?”

Cyan was then curious about Soren.

The key figure who has Elan Dourga’s slush fund.

Hans smiled slightly, as if he was wondering why he was curious about it now.

“Yes. Amelia caught Soren.”

“Huh? Amelia?”

Cyan tilted his head without realizing it.

Amelia caught Soren?

What does that mean?

“That is…”

Hans slowly opened his mouth as if understanding Cyan’s question.

And the story that followed.

It was quite a long story, but to summarize it was as follows.

At the time when Cyan stood in the way of Roswell and Nathan.

Soren, who ran away.

Hans and his party chasing after him.

Hans said he was able to find Soren again soon.

But Hugo was the strongest force among the group.

And Grayson, who was in charge of rear support, was missing.

Was that why?

The knights of the Aven family who were escorting Soren.

There were more than half of the force losses, but that was the same for this side.

So Hans’ party said they had quite a hard time.

Soren took the opportunity to run away again.

Hans’ party tried to chase after him, but they were tied up and couldn’t move.

At that time, when it seemed like they were going to miss Soren.

“Amelia followed Soren.”

Amelia followed Soren, who was running away.

The knights hurriedly tried to stop her, but they were still tied up.

Hans opened the way for Amelia.

And in the end, Amelia caught Soren.

Hans said he didn’t know how he caught him because he wasn’t there.

Also, after everything was over, Hans ran straight to Cyan, so he didn’t know the situation after that.

Of course, he thought he might not know even now, after 1 week had passed.

“Because Amelia has been moving so busily in the meantime…”

He didn’t have time to ask about the situation.

Because.

“She stayed up all night trying to reveal Elan Dourga’s slush fund from Soren.”

Amelia was busy dealing with Elan Dourga’s slush fund problem.

After catching Soren, Amelia tracked down all of Elan Dourga’s slush fund.

So Cyan was unconscious for 1 week.

During that period, he said he had revealed the location of all the hidden slush funds.

So in fact, he was going to get the slush fund and leave for Ruben right away.

But the reason why he is in Benia Village, not Ruben now.

“I heard that it is impossible to receive it unless you are a descendant of Elan Dourga.”

That’s because only the descendants of Elan Dourga can receive the slush fund.

From the looks of it, it was like an insurance that Isabel had arranged.

So in fact, it was a slush fund that could not be touched.

But Amelia kept looking for a way.

“It is said that you can still exercise your power in the name of Lord.”

In the end, he said he found a way.

Cyan, who has not yet had a formal investiture ceremony.

Legally, Cyan’s name was still Cyan Elan Dourga.

In other words, legally, he had the power as a descendant of Elan Dourga.

And he also had sufficient justification to receive Elan Dourga’s slush fund.

But this also required complicated procedures and preparations.

So Amelia stayed up all night again preparing everything.

“I said that all preparations were completed yesterday. Currently, they are just waiting for the Lord to wake up so that they can proceed with the work right away.”

He said he was just waiting for Cyan to wake up now.

That was the end of Hans’ story.

“Uh…”

Cyan muttered blankly.

That’s because of the current situation.

To be honest, Cyan was thinking that it was just the beginning from now on.

So, he had to catch Soren, figure out the source of the slush fund.

And there were complicated procedures related to it left.

Cyan was literally thinking that it was just the beginning from now on.

In the worst case, he was even assuming that he had missed Soren.

He was also thinking that he might have to track down and catch Soren again.

But the situation that is unfolding now.

“Is everything… over?”

All situations were sorted out.

Everything was over from fainting to waking up.

He just had to go and receive the slush fund and it was over.

“Uh…”

Cyan muttered blankly once again.

“So how much is Elan Dourga’s slush fund, according to Amelia?”

And then, he asked Hans out of curiosity.

That all preparations were completed meant that he had scraped together all of Elan Dourga’s slush fund.

Of course, he would know how much that amount is.

And according to the previous information, Elan Dourga’s slush fund was related to the funds of the disappeared Brahe Merchant Group.

But considering that Isabel had taken out this and that in the meantime…

‘It must be at least 200 million gold?’

There was a high possibility that it had decreased even more.

Because the dirty things that Isabel does were not one or two.

But it would be at least 100 million gold.

Cyan waited for Hans’ answer with expectant eyes.

“Th, that is…”

Hans hesitated and couldn’t answer easily.

Could it be that there is not much money left than expected?

“How much is it? Is there about 200 million gold left?”

Hans shook his head firmly.

“Then… 100 million gold?”

Hans shook his head again.

And Cyan couldn’t continue the question after that.

That’s because of Hans’ appearance of shaking his head now.

That meant that the remaining amount was less than 100 million gold.

Of course, even that was not a small amount…

Cyan had an expression that he couldn’t say anything.

Whether he knew Cyan’s feelings or not.

Hans’ head, which was shaking from side to side, stopped and a low voice was heard.

“480 million gold… she said…”

Stunned.

Cyan’s movements suddenly froze.

“W, wh, what did you just say…?”

Cyan stared blankly at Hans’ face.

“I, I also… I, I’m not sure if what I’m saying is right…”

Hans had an expression that he was doubting whether what he had just said was really right.

And.

“Wh, what did you say…?”

Cyan also seriously doubted whether that was the right concept of words.