My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 250

250. Confronting Fate (1)

I was kicked out.

In the blink of an eye, *thwack*!

A sharp sound rang out, and my vision blurred.

Soon, a slight dizziness washed over me, and I took in my surroundings.

It was the desolate summit of a mountain.

Of course, the portal to Karze’s nest was closed.

“How petty.”

Sian muttered.

“Would it kill you to share some?”

I mean, he’s a dragon just waiting to die, for crying out loud.

So even if sharing caused something to go wrong, it wouldn’t matter.

He’s going to die anyway, so what does it matter if something goes wrong?

He talks about life being a flicker and death being eternal.

He says no matter how much you struggle, nothing changes.

He’s so steeped in inertia, yet he kicks me out for asking for some treasure…

“You’d think he wasn’t a greedy being.”

His size was bigger than any mountain.

But his heart was smaller than an anchovy’s.

“If you’re just going to stand by, can’t you at least give me something?”

Seriously, it’s so petty.

Can’t he share some, even if he pities the struggling humans?

If he’s not going to do anything as a guardian, can’t he at least offer some help?

But he’s just ignoring me, saying he’s about to die.

“So mean.”

He really was a mean dragon.

Sian said that and stared at the closed portal.

Even though the portal was closed, it must be connected somehow.

So everything that happens here must be transmitted to Karze’s eyes and ears.

That’s how he comes and goes when I request an audience.

In other words, Karze heard everything Sian just said.

But there was no reaction.

“Sigh.”

Sian sighed deeply.

Provocation only matters if the other party reacts.

If it’s lukewarm like this, it just drains my energy.

“Geez, I’m even starting to get stuck in inertia.”

Sian shook his head.

“Anyway… where did everyone go?”

Sian looked around.

And as expected, there was no one around.

Not Aria, not Diana, not Pavel.

Not even Lukas and Ruben’s soldiers were in sight.

“Did they go down first?”

Probably.

Even though it’s closed now, the portal was open until just now.

The dragon’s presence must have been constantly felt through it.

There was no reason to endure the dragon’s presence here.

“I hope nothing happened.”

He briefly thought that, but quickly shook his head.

There were no signs of battle, after all.

In the first place, what could happen here, in the guardian’s nest?

Sian quickly dismissed the thought.

“Anyway… I found out the location of the Holy Relic.”

The problem was that that was all.

“I didn’t even get to ask what truth Kyle faced.”

Honestly, I could have forced myself to stay and ask.

But I gave up quickly because I didn’t think he would answer even if I asked.

“He’s just breathing. He might as well be dead.”

A thousand-year-old dragon steeped in inertia.

Karze was alive, but no different from a dead being.

“Still, it’s a shame.”

Honestly, it was a shame.

Karze was the only being who had directly met Kyle.

Of course, he might not have had any direct connection to Kyle.

But there was a good chance he knew something.

So I was going to ask him something…

“Ah, right!”

At that moment, a thought flashed through Sian’s mind.

“Wasn’t the quest cleared?”

The story main quest.

The content was to find the last dragon, and it was cleared with the meeting with Karze.

Sian immediately took out his smartphone.

And as expected.

『[Story Main Quest] – ‘Unresolved Question’ (Cleared!)』

The clear notification window was floating on the screen.

Sian immediately touched the screen of the notification window.

*Tap.*

『[Story Main Quest] – ‘Unresolved Question’ (Cleared!)

▶The last remaining dragon on the continent!

After many twists and turns, you have finally come face to face with the last dragon!

A thousand-year-old dragon!

A living fossil who has directly experienced mythology!

A moving library, so to speak!

You finally enter with excitement that you can approach the truth of a thousand years!

Doki Doki! Se-geun Ne-geun! [onomatopoeia for a heart beating fast]

Biceps!!!

The last dragon you met like that!

But… huh?

The dragon’s condition… is somehow strange.

I was wondering what it was!

The dragon was steeped in deep inertia.

He was feeling the futility of life with death imminent.

Anyway, everyone will die.

On top of that, he didn’t even share his treasure!

This damn dragon!

That’s why they call them lizards, lizards!』

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“Huh?”

Sian tilted his head without realizing it as he read the contents of the quest.

That’s because it ended there.

“What is it?”

Just as I was thinking that.

*Ting!*

The smartphone’s notification sound rang as if waiting for that reaction.

At the same time, a new notification window appeared on the screen.

『[Story Main Linked Quest] – ‘Unfinished Question’』

“I knew it.”

Sian sighed softly and touched the notification window that appeared.

*Tap.*

『▶Damn dragon! Narrow-minded lizard!

You’d think he wasn’t a greedy lizard.

He’s a small-minded lizard!

How petty! Humph!

But it wasn’t all without gain!

Demons were not destroyed a thousand years ago.

And demons invaded hundreds of years ago.

And the Arnaizes already knew that.

I don’t know if they foresaw it, but Muriel prepared for it.

They borrowed the power of the Arnaizes to create the Holy Relic.

And they weakened the power of the demons with the power of the Holy Relic.

And Muriel committed suicide after that.

Could it be that Muriel committed suicide for this reason?

The demons who will come someday.

The duty to hide the location of the Holy Relic.

Could it be that Muriel committed suicide to shut her own mouth?

So maybe the truth Kyle faced.

Isn’t that truth that demons do not disappear and are resurrected?

This is the truth I’ve been chasing so far!

Just when I thought my curiosity was finally resolved!

Huh…?

Something is a little strange.

If the demons had not disappeared as they said.

If they knew that they would come to the continent again someday.

Why did Kyle keep this a secret?

Why didn’t he tell his other Arnaize colleagues?

Wouldn’t it have been better to tell his Arnaize colleagues?

The demon is resurrected, we must prepare for this together.

That would have been much better.

But why did Kyle keep it a secret from them?

And why did he have to leave suddenly?

Maybe… the truth Kyle faced was something else?

And did Muriel really commit suicide to hide the location of the Holy Relic?

Your head is getting complicated!

But there’s no time to be doing this right now!

There is something else you need to do in this situation!

Whatever truth Kyle faced, the demons have begun to invade again.

And this time they are aiming for the Holy Relic!

It’s obvious what will happen if they take that Holy Relic!

So you have to move right now!

You never know?

You might find out what truth Kyle faced in the process of finding the Holy Relic!

So, you know what to do, right?

Find the Holy Relic~!

Let’s go go~! Dig it dig it!!』

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The newly organized quest content.

“Hmm…”

Sian reviewed the contents again.

“Really, why did Kyle leave alone?”

Well, the reason was simple.

There must have been something that the other Arnaize colleagues shouldn’t know.

And according to the content of the quest, it didn’t seem to be because the demon was resurrected.

If that was the reason, there was no reason for Kyle to keep it a secret.

He didn’t even have a reason to leave alone.

“Then what the hell is it because of?”

Deepening question.

But he quickly shook his head.

It wasn’t something he could know just by worrying about it right now.

And there was something he had to do right now.

Muriel’s Holy Relic.

He had to find that Holy Relic before Elandur.

“More than that… the reward information is out this time.”

In the existing quest, the reward was marked as ‘???’.

But in the updated quest, Kyle and Noemi’s legacy was written as a reward.

The legacy of the Arnaizes.

Considering what I’ve received so far, this must also be enormous.

“But Karze isn’t there.”

However, nothing related to Karze was listed as reward information.

So there was no such thing as .

It didn’t matter if it wasn’t a treasure.

Even if there was only , it would have been a great help…

It seemed that Karze was just going to stand by like this.

Sian glanced away, but the portal was still closed.

The surroundings where even the presence is no longer felt.

“Let’s find the Holy Relic first.”

Sian shook off his disappointment and went down the mountain.

#

While Sian was grumbling.

Karze was lying still in his nest.

A mosquito-like sound buzzed in Karze’s ear.

He’s stingy, he’s petty.

Such trivial words buzzed and were heard.

To be honest… a *hmph* feeling arose just a little bit.

Not much, just a little.

And it seemed that he had overcome inertia for a moment.

But Karze did not get up in the end.

Still indifferent eyes. Indifferent expression.

But in his head, a very old memory flashed by.

It was a memory from a thousand years ago.

A memory from when Karze was just born into the world.

At the time, the young Karze was unable to participate in the battle against the demons.

Also, because he was young, he may not have been a target for the demons.

After peace came to the continent.

A man came to Karze.

An absolute being who oversees the world.

A transcendent being who seemed to be able to cut even death.

It was a memory of the young Karze from over a thousand years ago, but it was still so vivid that it tingled at the end of his skin.

The man came to Karze and said this.

‘I will break the broken ring of fate.’

It was impossible.

To break fate was literally impossible.

That is the absolute law of causality.

It was an immutable law that defined this world.

A being born and raised in that law could not deny it.

It was the same as denying one’s roots.

It was the same paradox as going back in time and killing one’s ancestors.

Something that could not happen and should not happen.

Others would have scoffed and laughed.

But Karze thought he could.

He thought this man might be able to do it.

‘To do that, I need your help.’

The man asked Karze for help.

A being more wondrous than any Karze had ever seen.

Karze had no doubt that this being could subjugate even immutable fate.

But… he couldn’t.

In the end, he was no different from the others.

He, too, could not overcome his mortal destiny and ultimately succumbed.

And now, a thousand years later.

A human claiming to be his descendant came to visit.

It was astonishing.

He thought he had already faded into fate.

But that was all.

He was far too pathetic compared to that man.

So miserable that they couldn’t even be compared.

Even a transcendent being who oversaw the world could not defy fate.

So what could a mere pathetic descendant do?

-Let’s find the relic first.

The figure of a pathetic human grumbling and descending the mountain.

[In the end, it’s just a meaningless struggle…]

Karze indifferently closed his eyes.

#

Cyan quickly descended the mountain towards where his companions were.

Each time he stepped on the Mahon Shadowless Step [a movement technique], the mountain scenery flashed by.

“Levis… Levis Forest, huh.”

Karze said the relic was in Levis Forest.

He had been indifferent, but he wouldn’t lie.

“But isn’t this the Forest of Darkness?”

Come to think of it, this entire place was the Forest of Darkness.

To be precise, this place, the Beastmen’s kingdom, was a space within the Forest of Darkness.

But what was Levis Forest then?

“Is it just a separate place name?”

That was highly likely.

“Come to think of it… is this space created with magic from the Phantasmal Realm?” [a realm of illusions and dreams]

So, a space created by borrowing the space of the Forest of Darkness?

It was too realistic for that.

As he pondered these questions, Cyan was soon able to descend the mountain.

And in the distance, he saw his companions.

But why was it…

“Even so, they are still humans.”

“To trust humans…”

For some reason, it seemed like there was a commotion.

Looking over, there were two groups divided on either side.

One side was Ruben’s soldiers and knights.

And the other side… looked like a gathering of various animals.

“Beastmen?”

They seemed to be Beastmen.

The two groups were divided, seemingly in opposition.

Curious, Cyan quickly moved forward.

And the situation he saw up close was different from what he had expected.

At first, he thought it was a confrontation between Ruben and the Beastmen.

But Ruben wasn’t there.

It was Diana and Pavel.

And other Beastmen were in opposition.

“To tell these humans the location of the relic.”

“There was no such agreement.”

Ruben had simply intervened.

Cyan stepped into the middle of them.

Instantly, attention focused on Cyan.

“Lord, you’ve arrived.”

“You came?”

Lucas and Aria stepped forward at Cyan’s appearance.

“What did he say? The dragon?”

“He didn’t say much… just that he was narrow-minded.”

“Narrow-minded…?”

Aria tilted her head at Cyan’s words.

“There’s such a thing. Anyway, what’s going on here?”

“That is…”

Instead of Aria, Lucas slowly explained the situation to Cyan.

From what he heard…

The problem seemed to be that Pavel had told Cyan the location of the relic and where the guardian was.

To them, Cyan was a human, not a Beastman.

And Elhendur, who was massacring the Beastmen, was also a human.

“But these people have helped our Beastmen. Even among humans, there are different humans.”

“We know that they have helped us. We are very grateful for that. However…”

The Beastmen’s gazes all turned to one place.

Not towards Cyan, but elsewhere.

“Isn’t she the human Luna brought?”

It was Diana.

A Dragonkin [a race with dragon-like features] and former member of the Beastmen, Diana.

Luna was Diana’s other name.

Diana didn’t say anything.

Pavel also remained silent.

It seemed like there was some story there.

And that story seemed to be the reason Diana left the Beastmen.

Now that things had come to this, he was a little curious about the story…

Unfortunately, he didn’t have time to listen to it right now.

Cyan took a step forward.

“So, you’re saying you don’t trust us?”

At Cyan’s words, the Beastmen flinched.

But only for a moment.

One of the Beastmen stepped forward.

A Chiropteran [a bat-like beastman] with bat-like features.

“That’s not what we mean. It’s just…”

The Chiropteran spoke with a troubled expression.

“Helping is… a separate matter.”

It was hard to understand the meaning.

But Cyan could understand what he meant.

Ruben and Elhendur were involved in the current situation of the Beastmen.

Elhendur was currently demanding the relic.

He said that if they handed over the relic, they would obediently retreat.

On the other hand, Cyan was saying that they shouldn’t hand over the relic.

Same humans, different demands.

The Beastmen had to make a choice in some way.

Of course, helping Cyan was the obvious and right choice.

But the reality was. Elhendur was not easy to deal with.

What if they helped Cyan?

What if Cyan was defeated by Elhendur?

Would Elhendur leave the Beastmen alone after that?

They would lose the relic and be annihilated.

But helping Elhendur was out of the question.

Above all, they were the same humans to the Beastmen.

He didn’t know what it meant that Luna had brought a human.

But Ruben and Elhendur were the same humans.

So, the choice the Beastmen made.

“······”

“······”

Non-interference.

You guys take care of it.

Cyan looked at the Beastmen.

A lifeless look in their eyes.

It was not much different from Karze’s eyes from before.

Although the underlying emotions were different, Cyan couldn’t feel the difference between the two.

Cyan slowly turned around.

Without saying anything, he stepped away.

If he fought alongside the Beastmen, it would be easier to oppose Elhendur.

But there was no time or room to persuade them.

Even at this moment, Elhendur would be looking for the relic.

Above all, neither Karze nor the current Beastmen.

There was no way to persuade those who were already dead inside.

“Let’s go.”

Cyan left the place.

#

Cyan headed to Levis Forest with Ruben’s soldiers.

He still didn’t know where Levis Forest was, but Diana did.

Once a member of the Beastmen, Diana.

Diana knew the location of Levis Forest.

Diana led the way, walking ahead.

How long had they been walking, following Diana?

“I’m sorry.”

Pavel approached Cyan and said.

Pavel’s face looked ashamed.

He was probably talking about the Beastmen’s non-interference.

“It’s okay.”

Cyan shook his head as if not caring.

He didn’t think their thoughts and actions were right.

But he didn’t think he couldn’t understand them.

They wouldn’t have been like that from the beginning.

They would have fought against the impending crisis.

That’s how it was when Cyan arrived.

Many Beastmen warriors were fighting Elhendur.

There were many Beastmen corpses in the village where the relic was stored.

How many sacrifices had there been before that?

They would have fought and resisted.

But the opponent was too strong.

In a situation where the threat of annihilation was at stake, their non-interference was not something he couldn’t understand.

Cyan turned his head again and looked ahead.

Diana was silently walking and guiding the way with such a view.

Diana, who was a member of the Beastmen but is now the Guild Master of the Shadow Moon.

And the attitude of the Beastmen towards Diana earlier.

Was it because of that?

The long silver hair of Diana, seen from behind, felt pathetic.

“As you know… Luna is a member of the Dragonkin.”

Pavel’s voice was heard in the meantime.

A Dragonkin with the characteristics of a dragon.

The bloodline of the tribal chief and a descendant of Arnaise Noemi.

“But Luna doesn’t have the characteristics of a Dragonkin.”

Cyan paused for a moment at Pavel’s words.

Come to think of it… that was the case.

The Beastmen had the characteristics of different animals.

To be precise, they were literally ‘Beastmen’ with the characteristics of both humans and animals.

That’s why it was easy to recognize the Beastmen at once.

It was easy to see the characteristics of the animals at a glance.

Pavel, a Tortoisekin [a tortoise-like beastman], had prominent turtle characteristics.

Cyan carefully examined Diana, who was walking ahead.

Silver hair with a dreamy atmosphere.

There were no dragon characteristics anywhere.

Having seen the last dragon, Karze, he could say for sure.

Diana had no dragon characteristics.

Come to think of it, it was a little strange when Diana revealed to Cyan that she was a Dragonkin.

Diana had shown Cyan the skin of a dragon.

And after that, she looked very tired.

At first, he just thought that was the case…

“For some reason, Luna’s human characteristics were stronger.”

There seemed to be a reason for that.

“And it was difficult for humans to live in the Beastmen’s society in many ways.”

So, she couldn’t fit into the Beastmen’s society and remained on the outside.

Despite being of Dragonkin blood, Diana could not become a member of the Beastmen.

“Luna was always alone.”

Diana had been alone since she was a child.

Diana’s childhood passed without a single friend.

There was only one person she could confide in.

“Karis was always sorry for Luna.”

“Karis…?”

“Luna’s only blood relative. She is also the tribal chief of our Beastmen.”

Diana’s blood relative and the tribal chief of the Beastmen, Karis.

“Come to think of it… you said the tribal chief is missing.”

And Karis was currently missing.

“That’s right…”

Pavel nodded gloomily at Cyan’s question.

“If only Karis was here, things wouldn’t be like this…”

Cyan had never seen Karis.

But the position of tribal chief would not be given to just anyone.

Above all, having seen Karze now.

Cyan knew how powerful it meant to have the characteristics of a dragon.

That’s why Karis was missing.

That was a bit strange─.

Stop.

Suddenly, Cyan stopped walking.

Following Cyan, Pavel, Aria, Lucas, and even Ruben’s soldiers.

Everyone stopped walking.

“Lord?”

“Why suddenly?”

People asked Cyan with puzzled expressions.

But instead of answering, Cyan asked Pavel.

“Is this Levis Forest?”

“We have to go a little further…”

Pavel answered with a puzzled expression.

Cyan fixed his gaze forward and raised his energy.

The strange energy he had felt a moment ago.

It was a very subtle energy that he thought was just his imagination.

But he needed to confirm it.

Cyan sharpened his senses and scanned the surroundings.

And his suspicion soon turned into certainty.

A powerful energy felt through his senses.

And it was a very familiar yet unfamiliar energy to Cyan.

It wasn’t just one person’s.

Durak and Kai.

“Everyone, prepare for battle.”

Not far away, Durak and Kai were there.