How to Live as a Knight After the Ending - Chapter 81
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Episode 81. The Ghost’s Identity (2)
Ossian was puzzled by Fernando’s words, but then he quickly understood what he meant.
Because I saw Fernando’s eyes scanning the others as he told them to be careful for a moment.
Why did Fernando tell you to be careful?
Is there something else you know that I don’t?
“I’ll go and guard my seat.”
Before he could even ask, Fernando took Muerte and left the place.
[It was nice meeting you! Our first meeting wasn’t so good though, because you tried to kill me!]
Muerte, floating around Fernando like a floating spirit, waved at Ossian.
A combination of a skeleton woman who looks more alive than a living person and a man who looks more dead than a corpse.
Although Ossian thought that the world was wide and there were many different types of people, he did not listen to Fernando’s warning lightly.
‘But the most important thing right now is that ghost.’
The power of ghosts that seems to stimulate some part of one’s memory.
I was frustrated because I felt like I had seen it somewhere but I couldn’t quite remember.
Maybe if I face the guy one more time I’ll realize it.
‘The guy showed up at night. He had no choice but to retreat today, but considering his belligerence, I don’t think he’ll disappear like this.’
That meant that the bastard might appear again the next night.
Ossian, who had vowed that he would never let him go, called Elise.
“you.”
“Elise.”
“… … .”
“Elise.”
“Yes, Elise.”
Ossian was the first to back down at Elise’s firm response to call him by his name, not by his own.
“I don’t know what the heck you’re doing here, but… … .”
Just as Ossian was about to say something, Elise cut him off.
“lie.”
“what?”
“I lied.”
Elise pointed her finger at Ossian.
“Name. You said Albert.”
“ah.”
Come to think of it, when I first met Elise, she asked Ossian what his name was.
Ossian, who harbored a grudge against the dark magician, lied and said his real name was Albert to Elise because he did not want to tell her.
‘At the time, it was just a pseudonym I made up without much thought, but when I think about it, it’s similar to the name of the 33rd district governor?’
That wasn’t the point.
“You lied. Your name is Ossian.”
“… … In the first place, there was no reason for me to tell you my real name.”
“why?”
“Why?”
Yeah, that’s right.
Ossian tried to say something, then closed his mouth.
To be honest, I didn’t want to tell you my name because I’m a warlock. I wanted to say, “What if you use my name to target me or curse me?”
Still, his rational mind desperately held back from saying those words, knowing that it was a very career-discriminating remark.
Nowadays, black magic is a recognized profession in society.
Of course, there are still some people who are reluctant to become warlocks because of their unique image, but on the other hand, there are many people who admire warlocks.
Knowing this, Ossian could no longer speak carelessly to the warlocks.
No, to be exact, I tended to suppress my instinctive desire to say such things as much as possible.
‘I can’t help but feel a physiological disgust that comes without me knowing.’
Is it because the memory of fighting the warlock until he was sick of it is ingrained in his body?
I still feel an instinctive aversion to seeing a warlock.
Still, it was considered quite an improvement, as he was no longer swearing like he used to.
So, I guess I can talk to Elise like this.
“I just didn’t want to reveal my name at the time.”
“Why? You’re the problem solver.”
“Does it matter now?”
Ossian changed the subject because he thought the story would be too long.
“You were commissioned by Maria Goldilocks. What was it for?”
“Please, friend.”
“… … Wasn’t it just a story?”
When Maria saw Elise, she said that she was her friend, but she never expected that Elise would ask for a favor as a friend.
“Of course I will get paid.”
“Then it’s not a request.”
“Then that won’t work?”
It’s not like I’m getting any friend fees or anything.
Well, what kind of basic common sense would you ask of a warlock?
Ossian shook his head inwardly.
If another warlock had heard Ossian’s true feelings, he would have been angry.
In this case, Elise was special, and it wasn’t because she was a warlock.
“So what did you ask me to do? Are you here to find that ghost?”
“ghost?”
“The guy I fought with just now.”
“Oh, that blue.”
“… … Yeah, that blue one. Was that the purpose of this request?”
Elise shook her head.
“No?”
“The favor I received was different.”
“Something else.”
“I was there to protect Maria.”
Elise’s answer was quite unexpected.
*
The next day.
Ossian came to Delran’s office again.
“It seems like things were a bit noisy last night.”
Delran was calm even as the fight raged through his mansion.
Ossian asked Delran directly.
“Why exactly did you hire me?”
“Hoo.”
Delran smiled with interest and his eyes lit up.
“It seems like you heard something based on what happened yesterday.”
“There seem to be quite a few people gathered.”
“Have you seen your older brother?”
“Yes, I hired Salaman School wizards.”
“He’s a tough kid.”
Sudden outburst of abuse.
Ossian didn’t think much of it. In fact, Ossian was thinking the same thing as Delran.
“He’s a coward, and a mama’s boy. The second oldest sister is the same. She has no ability, but is too greedy and vain. The youngest is okay, but he’s still immature and young.”
Why on earth are you talking about that?
Ossian waited silently for Delran’s next words.
“I am an illegitimate child.”
Delran’s confession was shocking.
But the person who said that was so indifferent that it felt like he was saying, ‘I had soup this morning.’
Instead, Sebastian, who had been standing still next to her, opened his eyes wide in surprise.
“Your Majesty, Your Highness!”
“Okay, Sebastian. What good will it do to hide something like this?”
Delon waved his hand in annoyance.
“An illegitimate child? That’s surprising.”
“Why? Because I inherited the old man’s temperament the most?”
“I won’t deny it.”
“You speak as if you have seen the old man.”
“A successful investor who discovered a gold mine and made a fortune based on the money. A person like that would be more cool-headed and discerning than anyone else. At the same time, he is also passionate.”
That was exactly what Ossian was looking at Delran.
Delran chuckled. It was also an act of affirmation of Ossian’s words.
“Anyway, I’m a stain on this family. The world knows that we’re a loving couple, but I can’t let the news spread that the old man has had an affair. The one who should be more obsessed with that than anyone else is the old man.”
“… … So you’re saying that it was Dyke who took you in?”
“I don’t know why. Maybe it’s just a whim, or maybe Mojil inherited his temperament more than his eldest son. The old man who brought me to the mansion didn’t really talk to me after that.”
Still, Dyke did provide Delran with some material abundance.
The fact that I was staying in this villa and even using such a nice room was proof of that.
“However, apart from the old man, the landlady and my older brother and sister don’t like me very much.”
“I guess so. From their perspective, you are a foreigner.”
“At the same time, he’s a guy who might steal your property. More than that, it’s also because I’m so talented. When the old man was fine, everyone just sat there watching.”
“It’s different now that Dyke has fallen.”
Delon scoffed as if he was not praying.
“In a situation where you don’t know when the old man will wake up, it’s like suddenly doing something like roasting beans in a lightning flash.”
“Rather, isn’t it an action that you take because you are certain that it won’t happen?”
“… … As expected. Choosing you wasn’t a bad choice.”
Delran nodded with a much more relaxed attitude at Ossian’s answer, which immediately saw through the essence of the incident.
“It was fortunate for me. Using the ghost as an excuse, I was able to hire a troubleshooter to help the old man. But a troubleshooter like you was out of the question.”
“If I had called people who were known to be stronger, they would have felt a sense of crisis and taken action first.”
His brothers, who had been strongly opposed, backed down when Ellen said that he was looking for a troubleshooter with little experience, not a famous mercenary.
“He’s just a problem solver, so he must be thinking, ‘What can someone like me do if I call him?’”
“Did you find me in the meantime?”
“okay.”
Now that he’s here, Delran tells Ossian everything without hiding anything.
“I just happened to hear the news. The assassination of Princess Orleia. Those terrorists or something like that, they made a big deal out of it, turning the streets into chaos. But Princess Orleia didn’t die. That’s because there was one problem solver by her side.”
“So that’s why you called me. Since you protected Princess Orlea from such a great terror, you thought you could protect yourself from the hands of your brothers and sisters.”
“It seems like the other fools don’t know your true worth.”
This is where Delran excelled.
He took after his father, Dyke, but at the same time, he knew better than anyone what to do as an underdog.
‘A personality that never overlooks even the smallest thing.’
Although Governor Alberto Guzi intentionally concealed information, most people would not have paid much attention to Ossian.
But Delran instead focused on that hidden part, deduced what Ossian had done, and recognized his true worth.
It’s a world full of people who don’t believe it even after seeing it with their own eyes.
Although Delran had only heard of Ossian indirectly, he recognized his extraordinary abilities.
An investment sense that is almost intuitive.
Evidence that he has inherited the blood of Dyke Goldilocks.
“Have you talked to the butler?”
“That man is neither my enemy nor my ally. He is simply someone who swears loyalty to my father.”
That means you can’t get help from Dustin, the butler.
‘That’s why you told me to be careful.’
I think I finally understand what Fernando meant by his warning.
Dustin has no say in what happens in this house.
As long as it doesn’t spread to cause direct harm to Dyke.
‘Besides, it seems that not only Delon, but also the reckless youngest brother has inherited quite a bit of his father’s temperament.’
She is innocent of the ways of the world and very bright.
He instinctively felt that something was off in the house, so he brought Elise in as his escort.
Your crisis detection ability was also not ordinary.
Since he is not an illegitimate child, there is no reason for him to be attacked by the eldest son and second daughter, but it can’t hurt to be careful.
‘It’s a funny family. The eldest son and the second daughter are full of vanity and conceit, but the youngest, who is an illegitimate child, has inherited his father’s temperament.’
Even in an ordinary family, it’s easy for a fight to break out, but this happened in a billionaire’s family?
Of course, it was the perfect situation for someone to die.
“Even so, I never thought ghosts could be real.”
Delran intertwined his fingers.
He thought it was just a rumor, but he was quite surprised to hear that there really was a ghost and that it was even quite threatening.
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll catch it for sure this time.”
“You are so confident.”
“Isn’t that why you called me?”
At those words, Delran’s eyes widened and he burst out laughing.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Delran, who had been shrugging his shoulders, stopped laughing and asked Ossian.
“Today will be the starting point. You must be anxious because of last night’s incident. Can you do it?”
“Make sure to prepare the maintenance properly.”
“That is an exemplary and satisfactory answer.”
Ossian stood up from his seat and spoke to Sebastian before leaving the office.
“Maybe today, you too have something to show.”
“… … .”
Sebastian did not answer.
Ossian snickered at the sight of Sebastian and left the office.
*
Night has come.
Ossian stood still in the hallway.
A posture with a sword hanging in one hand.
The mansion, once filled with lights, experienced another power outage.
“I see, you felt that too.”
Saaaaah.
A bluish ghost appeared before Ossian’s eyes, accompanied by a cold chill.
“I knew you would appear before me again. Now that I see you again, I think I finally know who you are.”
A white flame rose above Ossian’s sword.
“A fragment of my power.”