Regressor Of The Fallen Family [EN]: Chapter 434

The soldiers in Kyle Castle and other forts have not gone back. The Empire’s army is moving west, across the middle of the land, but our troops are still here.

They are also stopping the Allied Kingdom soldiers from leaving. They say they are cleaning up after the battle, but it has been a month.

Inside Kyle Castle, in a quiet part away from the main halls.

The room was dark, with only a few candles waiting to be lit. A middle-aged man with blond hair snapped his fingers. A tiny flame appeared on his fingertip and jumped to the candles, one by one, filling the room with soft light.

“The reason is as clear as this fire. I wonder if the Empire knows what they are doing.”

As the room became brighter from the fire magic, a beautiful woman with black hair frowned.

“Father, didn’t you say we should be very quiet and not attract attention?”

“Yes, but being quiet doesn’t mean we have to be sad. The Tower Lord has given us orders. We need to act now.”

“Father…”

“Yes?”

“When the day the Tower Lord talked about arrives, will we truly see Mother again?”

At her words, Gerard, who had been smiling, stopped.

“Why are you talking about this now? I thought we were finished with that.”

“I just… I was wondering if Mother would be happy with us now, after we lost the royal palace.”

Gerard’s smile disappeared. He looked at his daughter’s sad face, and his own face became stern.

“Of course she would be happy. We will have even more power and honor with the Tower Lord than before. That was the promise, wasn’t it?”

“…”

Louisa did not answer, and Gerard spoke louder.

“You have seen the amazing things the Tower Lord can do. You have learned magic from the Tower. How can you have less faith than me?”

“Yes, I have faith.”

But why do I feel so…

…worried?

She could not say what she was really thinking.

‘The Tower Lord is just a person, after all.’

McLaine keeps winning battles…

…and the Tower Lord’s predictions, which I thought were always true, are now wrong. My strong belief in the Tower Lord is starting to break.”

“Soon, the time will come. We are doing well. We need to act. First, we must get King Logan to trust us, as we were told.”

“But how? King Logan does not trust me. He said I cannot join the war.”

“That’s because of your magic. But haven’t Jay and I shown we are useful in the last war? We have already done enough to make him trust us.”

Gerard shrugged and looked at Jay, who was standing behind him. But Louisa still disagreed.

“Even so, I don’t think King Logan will trust us.”

Even though she said this in a negative way, Gerard just smiled.

“We just need to show him we are honest. It’s even easier now that he is an Aura Master.”

“Yes?”

“There are old stories about Archmages and Aura Masters. They say they can read minds. The Tower Lord told us it is true. So, we just need to show him our true feelings of honesty.”

Louisa knew these stories too. That’s why she started to think that King Logan knew who she really was very quickly.

But…

“Ha, us? Show *honesty*?”

Wouldn’t we be killed right away if we did that?

That was what she meant, but Gerard just smiled more.

“Yes. We just need to show him good honesty.”

“That’s easy to say, but hard to do…”

“I have been doing it for 20 years, even when I was in front of the Emperor.”

Louisa knew he was right and could not say anything back.

“Of course, I didn’t think King Logan would be an Archmage.”

Gerard smiled sadly.

He remembered seeing the Emperor in the last war. Just thinking about it made his fingers shake.

The Emperor had power to control Logan McLaine, the best swordsman in the New Continent, like a puppet.

For many years, he had been in a very dangerous situation without knowing it.

“Before he became Emperor, he was only a 3rd Circle mage, but…”

“Father, it has been 20 years.”

“Isn’t it even more amazing that he became an Archmage in just 20 years?”

Louisa did not answer. She had become a mage quickly when she was young because of the Tower’s secrets. She knew how hard it was to become an Archmage.

If someone could become an Archmage in only 20 years, like her father said, many wizards would do anything to achieve that.”

“Stop talking about it. Even if the Emperor’s family has a secret, we can’t do anything about it now.”

“Yes. I mean, if we just show King Logan that being honest with us will help him, it won’t be hard to get him to trust us. Really, the only problem between us is the fight in the Allied Kingdom, right?”

Louisa changed the subject. She did not want to say that not everyone could control their honesty as well as he could.

“I have other things to do.”

“Well, no one died there, did they? It’s the same in the Allied Kingdom. In the end, only people from the Tower were hurt. McLaine’s people were not.”

“That’s true.”

“We have the same enemy now. If we just forget about our past fights, we can become allies.”

Finally, Louisa had to agree that her father was right.

“Then how will you do it?”

“Don’t worry. I will take care of it.”

Gerard smiled confidently and went to see King Logan that same day.

* * *

“Attack the Empire?”

“Yes. If we use this chance well, I think we can defeat the Empire. Please think about it, Your Majesty.”

“Lord Gerard, what should I think about you coming here suddenly and saying these things?”

King Logan looked calm, but Gerard could see he was confused. Even someone as strong as King Logan could not ignore experience.

Gerard thought about this quickly and smiled.

“Am I reading Your Majesty’s mind right now?”

“I hope you know that those words are not polite.”

Gerard could see that the King was frowning, but he knew it was not real.

You don’t have to be a mind-reader to know what someone is thinking.

Gerard, who had worked for the Ares Empire’s royal family for many years, was very good at guessing people’s thoughts. He could see what they were feeling just by looking at their faces. He was like a clever fox in a world of secrets.

“I am saying that I can help Your Majesty’s grand plan. Getting revenge on the Empire is what I want to do most in my life.”

“Gerard, you have surprised me a few times lately. I just don’t understand why you are doing this.”

Logan’s red eyes seemed to look right through him, trying to see what he was really thinking.

Gerard looked back at Logan, showing his true feelings without hiding anything.

“It’s understandable that you’re curious. As someone who knows the Empire’s leaders well, I’ll be honest with you. It started around the time the current Emperor became Crown Prince…”

He began his story, eventually talking about his biggest weakness, his wife. He told the king of another country about the anger he had held against the Imperial Family for so long.

Gerard’s voice was rough with anger as he finished his story. “…It has been a disgusting life. That is why I joined the Master of Kassel Magic Tower. And now,” he looked directly at Logan, his eyes burning, “this is the perfect time to make my dream come true, Your Majesty.”

He didn’t need to pretend. Just talking about those old memories, those terrible memories that felt like poison in his heart, made his anger against the Imperial Family explode again. His hands clenched into fists.

Logan watched him with those intense red eyes, saying slowly, “…Hmm. That is a sad story, Gerard. And surprising. I understand why you are angry. But,” Logan leaned forward slightly, his voice becoming sharper, “I still don’t see how you can help me conquer the Empire. Are you really saying you can do that, Gerard?”

Gerard’s fist tightened even more.

He didn’t deny that he wanted to conquer the Empire.

Also, in Logan’s red eyes, he saw a hint of trust that wasn’t there before.

This showed that the King believed Gerard’s story. It seemed the King thought Auror Masters really could read minds, like the Tower said.

‘But this is still not enough,’ Gerard thought.

It seemed he had reached his first goal just by telling a story that could be dangerous if it got out.

Then now…….

“Of course, you wouldn’t be happy with just me, with my small power, helping your army. So, I’ve been thinking about what else I could do. Then my daughter gave me an idea.”

“Oh? Princess Louisa?”

“Now she is a princess too… Anyway, I’ll get to the point. Wouldn’t it be good to get the Allied Kingdoms to help as well? But it might be hard to convince them, so we can make that easier.”

“Hmm?”

“We can brainwash some of the leaders of the Allied Forces to do what Your Majesty wants. Wouldn’t that be a big help?”

Gerard said his plan with a confident smile, and Logan smiled back as he answered.

“I refuse.”

Gerard’s smile froze on his face for a moment.

Then he tried to keep talking.

“Haha… Of course, Your Majesty must have another plan. But wouldn’t that take a long time? If you use the Tower’s power, you can make it much faster. We’ll make sure no one finds out. I promise.”

His words were a little faster, showing how worried he was.

But Logan’s face didn’t change.

“It’s better if they don’t have a reason to suspect us in the first place. And we have ways to convince the Allied Kingdoms. But, if you really want revenge on the Empire, I have a request for you, Gerard.”

As soon as he heard those words, Gerard felt something bad was about to happen.

He didn’t want to hear more, but it was hard to stop now.

“Tell me.”

“I want to meet the Master of Kassel Magic Tower. Can you contact him?”

…Damn it.

Gerard’s confident face fell for the first time.

Logan smiled slightly as he remembered Gerard’s stiff face when he left.

Actually, he didn’t need to refuse someone who was willing to help him right now.

The Holy Kingdom was hunting the Kassel Magic Tower, but they weren’t easy to catch. And the Empire didn’t have the resources to worry about them anymore.

‘So, now is the perfect time to get their help. But…’

Did he really need to do that?

Even if they helped secretly, it was still risky.

‘They might take advantage of my weakness.’

Logan used his Force with a grim smile.

Woooong.

Unlike before, his Force Core didn’t hurt. Seeing Viktor’s mark had clearly made his Force Core heal faster.

Not only that, but he could also understand the realm beyond the Auror Master, which he had only felt vaguely before. The idea that it’s harder to improve when you reach a higher level was already proven wrong.

But even so.

‘I still can’t be sure I can beat the Emperor or the Master of Kassel Magic Tower until I truly reach that realm.’

That’s why he needed to be sure.

When there was still a common enemy.

When the Master of Kassel Magic Tower didn’t think he was an enemy, he needed to meet him and see what he was like.

And if he seemed weaker than expected…

‘I can kill him right there.’

Logan made the golden Aura in his hand stronger and smiled grimly.

The Kassel Magic Tower might help him because they had a common enemy, but he didn’t plan to let them go.

‘I will use them if I can. But…’

They were just enemies that he would have to deal with someday.

Even if he didn’t remember his past life, or even if the Sword God hadn’t asked him to, he still remembered how his ancestor, Zibrick Kassel, had tried to steal his soul.

He also remembered the terrible things they did in Triah during the war of the Allied Kingdoms.

If the Emperor and the Empire were enemies he had to defeat for the future, the Kassel Magic Tower was just a pest that he could crush as soon as he saw them.

But the problem was when.

And now…

‘Will they really answer?’

Would he be able to meet the snake that swallowed the truth, who was only a rumor, another Archmage? How strong would that person be?

Trying to calm his racing heart, Logan closed his eyes for a moment.

No matter what happens, he had to deal with the most important thing first.

Prepare to march towards the Empire.

‘I wonder if the Imperial Army has arrived in the West yet.’

Logan took a deep breath and called out outside his office.

“Bring in Sir Damian!”