The Bastard Swordsman Of The Imperial Guard [EN]: Chapter 30

Carlson

Raelle looked around.

Sir Marco, the commander of the Silver Cross Knights, was bowing his head.

Behind him were the Silver Cross Knights with gloomy expressions and the adjutant trembling.

Cecilia was looking this way from behind, and residents were passing by.

And, Carlson was looking at him and smiling…

“··· Carlson?”

Raelle looked at Carlson as if he had seen a ghost.

Carlson was stretching as if he had just woken up.

‘Why is that bastard here? Wasn’t he slowly dying, immersed in the magic of the demons?’

Surely, that’s what the person himself said?

Raelle blinked and stared at Carlson.

Then, Carlson, noticing Raelle’s gaze, approached.

“Wow, Raelle, brother! I almost died. I was chasing a fleeing demon and got caught in the magic. Fortunately, I memorized the sacred law and barely survived. Haha. Hahaha···.”

Carlson approached Raelle without any sense of the situation and smiled broadly.

Then, noticing the strangely quiet atmosphere, he made an awkward expression.

“··· But why is the atmosphere like this here?”

Carlson quickly grasped the atmosphere and shut his mouth.

He used to get scolded by Sister Liesel for doing that when he was young, and that habit was still there.

‘No. This is not the time to be thinking about this···.’

Raelle finally realized the situation he was in.

Carlson had been alive from the beginning.

He was trapped in magic, but he persevered and was rescued by a paladin.

And Raelle··· became a crazy bastard who stood up to the Silver Cross Knights commander who had diligently carried out his mission.

The street-born DNA came out because he thought Carlson was dead.

‘Ah, damn it. That’s why I should have been born a noble instead of an orphan.’

Raelle was also upset. It was said that evil company corrupts good character.

He grew up with beggars on the street, so his personality was bound to become bad.

‘If I apologize and say it’s because I’m from the streets, maybe they’ll forgive me···.’

Raelle wondered how he could get out of this situation.

But then, Marco suddenly bowed his head.

“You’re right. If I had been a better commander··· I could have saved that guy, Reilly. I’m sorry, Raelle.”

“···.”

Who exactly was Reilly?

Raelle sincerely mourned the paladin whose face he didn’t know.

“I’m sorry to you guys too. I’m a guy who goes crazy when I see demons, and I’m the commander. Now that I think about it, I’m just sorry about everything from start to finish.”

Marco bowed his head to the Silver Cross Knights.

Adjutant Leon and the Silver Cross Knights widened their eyes at the sight.

“No! Commander! Where else would there be a paladin as dedicated to the Order as you are!”

“Commander! Please continue to lead us! May the blessing of the Lord Gaia be with you!”

“Gaia-men!”

The Silver Cross Knights seemed genuinely moved by Marco’s words and began to shout ‘Gaia-men’.

‘··· What?’

Raelle felt that Marco was sincere.

He listened to Raelle’s words, reflected on his past, and decided to become a new person.

He unintentionally reformed one of the crazy guys from the original story.

‘I joked that I specialize in reforming beastly bastards into people··· Did I really have that talent?’

Raelle admired his eloquence and slowly looked around.

The Silver Cross Knights were moved by Marco’s words and were tearing up, and Carlson and Cecilia were making blank expressions as if they couldn’t keep up with the situation.

The residents around were the same.

[Revan, what are those people saying?]

[I heard Gaia-men, so aren’t they praying?]

[Ah! Then, let’s pray too. Gaia-men]

[Gaia-men]

No one in this place would take issue with Raelle confronting Marco.

Raelle thought now was the chance.

‘Isn’t this··· a picture that can just be passed over?’

As expected, the stupid medieval fantasy guys couldn’t withstand the high school graduate’s eloquence.

Raelle immediately opened his mouth to the paladins.

“In the name of the God Gaia, I would also like to apologize for raising my voice to the commander. It was for the sake of the Silver Cross Knights, but I will accept any punishment for disgracing the commander.”

Raelle bowed his head and gave lip service to the impressed Silver Cross Knights.

‘Are you really going to punish me? You’re not going to, are you? How many years of medieval experience do I have?’

Giving punishment in this situation is a beast in human skin.

Especially the Order guys would never do that.

“Raelle, I highly value that courage.”

Raelle smiled at Marco’s words and raised his head.

Marco smiled brighter than ever and made a sign of the cross to Raelle.

“Thanks to you, I was able to cut off my resentment towards the demons. From now on, I will live for the Silver Cross Knights, and for the Gaia Order. Thank you so much.”

“··· Ah, yes.”

Was it that much···?

Raelle felt an inexplicable anxiety.

There are still mountains of demons left for Marco to cut down.

··· Maybe he shouldn’t be a little more crazy?

“Raelle, I’m sorry, but can you draw your sword one more time? There’s something I want to check.”

“A sword?”

Raelle drew his sword without much thought.

The purple blood still remaining on the sword was a clear sign of battle.

‘It’s really amazing.’

The only reason Marco brought this man to the battlefield, even threatening to cut off his neck, was because he was curious about his strength.

He went crazy as soon as he saw the demons, so he couldn’t see him fighting···.

He could tell just by drawing his sword.

This man was strong.

‘He caught a mid-level demon and doesn’t have a single wound. Such a young face with such martial prowess.’

The strength of a mid-level demon is at the beginning of the Graduate level [a ranking of power].

To subdue the beginning of the Graduate level without any injuries means that he has at least that much strength or more.

‘It’s like I can’t see anything.’

The magic power felt is weak, but when he draws his sword, he feels the momentum of a veteran who has rolled on the battlefield for decades.

It was an achievement that a swordsman in his twenties could not achieve.

Raelle seemed to feel nothing, but at the same time, it was like looking at a deep lake.

It had been a long time since he had felt this strange feeling.

There was only one person he had ever felt this way before.

‘The Heavenly Slaughter Sword Lord.’

The strongest swordsman on the continent who has now gone into seclusion.

It was similar to when he met him.

If Marco wasn’t a Silver Cross Knight··· he was someone he wanted to fight as a swordsman.

‘If he’s this good even though he’s not fully ripe yet··· the empire will shake the moment he ripens.’

It was a pity that he couldn’t see the swordsman’s performance because he had devoted himself to the Order.

Marco made a sign of the cross to Raelle.

May the God Gaia be with him in his future.

Marco sincerely prayed.

*

The next day.

The Silver Cross Knights returned to District 1.

However, what they did in District 4 did not disappear.

The streets became eerie with rumors that demons had appeared in the capital of the empire.

Anxiety appeared on the faces of people walking down the street.

“Hey, did you hear? The Order openly expressed dissatisfaction with the imperial family?”

“I hope nothing happens. Gaia-men···.”

“Who cares about the imperial family and the Order? They don’t care about us anyway. But the story of the crazy guard captain is more interesting, right?”

“He beat up the demons. He must have been a good person, right?”

And in Districts 3 and 4, rumors spread about the guard captain who killed the demons.

People who followed the paladin testified that they saw the face of the crazy guard captain.

In the first place, he started the battle by smashing the Xenon Guild in District 3 with a Battle Axe, so there was no way people couldn’t have seen him.

‘It’s a relief that he’s rumored to be a guard captain.’

Raelle lowered his head as he listened to the conversations of passersby.

He was no longer a guard captain, but rumors had spread that he was a guard captain.

That was the only good thing about this rumor.

“These bastards are usually slow, but they’re fast with news like this.”

Of course, there was a reason why the unproven rumor that he saw the face of the crazy guard captain spread so quickly.

The person who spread the rumor was a very reliable person.

“Haha, Raelle, brother! I worked day and night to spread the rumors.”

“So, why were you doing such bullshit?”

Raelle said frustratedly.

The Order’s paladin took the lead in spreading the rumors, so the uncivilized medieval people had no choice but to believe it.

“Yes? Of course, it’s because I wanted everyone to know how great you are.”

“··· From today, go around saying it’s a false rumor. I’ve decided to live like a dead mouse now [live quietly and unnoticed].”

He became too famous, and more people recognized him every time he went around.

It was really burdensome for Raelle.

“Hey, brother! The rumors have spread. It’s already too late. Haha!”

Raelle sighed deeply.

And, he looked at the face of the man standing next to him.

In fact, what was even worse than fame was this guy’s existence.

“··· Hey, Carlson.”

“Yes, brother.”

“You should have just died.”

“What are you talking about?! I’m really sad!”

Raelle shook his head.

In fact, he still didn’t understand.

‘No, how can you absorb and imitate memories without even eating them? That’s not supposed to happen.’

If you’re going to imitate the appearance exactly, you have to eat it or absorb the body, right?

This world had no foundation no matter how he looked at it.

“How did you survive being buried in magic?”

“Haha, originally, a human who is covered in magic dies within an hour. But my body is so strong! I shouted the sacred law and barely survived!”

“···.”

“I was rescued right before I died and got scolded a lot by Commander Marco. Hahaha.”

Yes.

In fact, he still couldn’t believe it, but Carlson was a Silver Cross Knight.

It means that he is a talent recognized by the Order.

‘··· If I had known this would happen, I would have just killed him quickly and joined.’

He suppressed him and cut his neck to avenge Carlson, but if he had known that Carlson was alive, he would have killed him sooner.

He felt like he had just wasted his energy.

“But it’s better than dying. Sigh. I lived well.”

“Argh, brother! Don’t touch my head. It still hurts.”

Raelle smiled and patted Carlson on the back of the head.

Even if you roll in a pile of dog poop, this world is better than the afterlife, so anything is better than dying.

“Carlson, if you act up because you joined the Silver Cross Knights, you’re dead. Got it?”

“How can I stand up to you, brother? You’re like my teacher!”

“I’m your teacher?”

“When you were young, you taught me how to handle magic.”

“··· Was that a sincere statement?”

He thought it was a joke, but it seems he was serious.

“Of course! The magic manipulation method that you told me to practice in the corner if I was bored and didn’t want to bother you was perfect for divine power. Haha! Thanks to that, I was promoted to the Knights in a special way!”

“··· I’m really speechless.”

It was the butterfly effect [the idea that small actions can have large consequences].

One of Raelle’s minor actions created a whirlwind.

‘A guy who learned how to handle magic from me happened to have a talent for sacred law, so he joined the Knights, and he brought the Knights to District 4 because he wanted to be assigned there, so he caught the demon that appeared yesterday?’

He had no idea how many coincidences had to overlap for this to happen.

Raelle just shook his head.

He decided to forget about the past.

“Carlson, you don’t have anything to do at the branch anyway, right? Guard the orphanage.”

Raelle said, looking at Carlson.

“The orphanage? Are you saying that suddenly?”

“Yeah. Demons are coming out these days and the atmosphere isn’t good. I used to visit every day, but I’m getting busy and won’t be able to go for a while. That’s when you came.”

“I’m fine with that, brother! I already missed Teacher Sarah and Sister Liesel. I was going to visit them right away yesterday, but there was so much work to do, like replacing the branch bishop···!”

“··· Yeah. I’ll be a little less worried if you’re there.”

Thank goodness.

Uncle Eric said he would find a guard, but he couldn’t trust him completely.

He can trust Carlson 100%, so he feels a little more comfortable.

“But is that bald bishop finally being replaced?”

“Yes. It’s probably because of the priest you were close to, Raelle, brother. The commander was very angry.”

“Are you talking about Priest Cecilia? Why?”

“What did he say? How can you put someone with such great divine power in a lower priest position? I didn’t hear it properly. Anyway, he said that the bald bishop was being cut off because he had no ability.”

“···.”

Raelle sighed deeply once again.

This was also the butterfly effect.

‘It’s making my head hurt.’

He just taught a kid who was bothering him how to handle magic for fun.

But that guy had a talent for handling sacred law.

He entered the Order and became a Silver Cross Knight, and he missed the orphanage, so he returned to District 4 with the Knights.

By chance, a demon was rampaging that day, so he dealt with the demon, and the next saint who happened to be there also caught the eye of the Order.

‘Go crazy. Go crazy.’

Raelle shook his head.

Even if Raelle hadn’t taken the saint to the Order, something crazy would have happened.

The demons would have gone crazy, or Marco would have gone crazy at the demons.

There was a high possibility that something even stranger would have happened.

‘If Cecilia becomes a saint faster··· I feel like the world will really be turned upside down this time.’

Teaching the kids at the orphanage how to handle magic for fun is changing the flow of the world.

This is a level that you can’t do even if you want to.

No··· Now he had to admit what he had to admit.

“Yeah. I’m already screwed.”

Raelle was already screwed.

He had entered the inevitable flow of the world.

Raelle admitted what he had been gritting his teeth and ignoring for the past 25 years.

“Yes? What are you talking about?”

“Carlson, there are three things in the world that you can’t avoid: death, taxes, and storms.”

The butterfly effect was not something you could avoid even if you wanted to.

No matter how weak the flapping is, a storm will eventually be created.

He had no idea what would happen now, so shouldn’t he just live as he pleases?

Raelle had that thought.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it doesn’t seem like a big story, brother.”

Carlson brushed off Raelle’s words.

It was definitely the usual nonsense.