The Young Son Swordmaster

eps 11's

Luna and Jin have a 19-year age gap, which is not surprising as they are the first and last children respectively of Cyron and Rosa.

With such a far-reaching age difference, there were many cases where an older sibling doted on a younger one.

So, with Luna's sudden visit, Jin was more panicked than happy.

'This is a bit worrying. Did my oldest sister ever show interest in our other sisters too?’

Despite rummaging through his memories, Jin was unable to recall similar events in the past.

The nickname commonly called Luna is 'White Pope'.

He was aloof, distant, and difficult to contact like the 'White Pope' in myth. And since there is only one white whale in the world, the nickname also reflects its anti-social tendencies.

"Greetings to the oldest woman!"

"Greetings to the oldest woman!"

The knights gathered for Jin's birthday all ran out and shouted in unison.

Although he had not entered the castle yet, the servants in the dining room also started to bow first.

"Let's go downstairs to welcome my sister, Nanny."

Gilly was stunned and stared at the void. Having the opportunity to meet the eldest son of the clan was rare, yet extremely stressful.

“Ah, yes, Young Master.”

Jin and Luna met face to face in the middle hall. This was the first time the boy had seen his eldest sister since the Ritual of Selection.

Dazzling silver hair, porcelain-like skin, and deep eyes that seemed to pierce everything in their sight.

Luna's deep gaze contained an inexplicable sense of danger and threat. It was the eyes of someone who had killed countless powerful warriors across the world as he slowly approached the world of the sword emperor.

As they make eye contact, Jin's heart starts to beat fast.

'So this is the gaze of someone who is almost the strongest in the world ...'

However, Jin did not have the free time to admire her forever. He could not rule out the possibility that he had come this far because he had somehow sensed Murakan's awakening.

If that's the case, Jin must find a solution to his pinched state.

As she racked her brains, Luna calmed the knights around them by speaking first.

"You've grown a lot."

Cold and dry sound. It was not a suitable tone to speak to a sibling he had not seen for 8 years.

However, Jin felt a hint of goodwill in that dry voice. Nonetheless, it was still too early for him to lower his vigilance.

“Thank you for coming so far. We will prepare a much more suitable party if you tell us in advance, Elder Brother. ”

"Pure. But there is no need for such hospitality when I only visit my younger brother. ”

Luna replied while patting her brother's head.

Thinking that his eldest sister—with whom he hardly ever talked to him in his previous life— patted him.

'Why? Wh why? Why is he acting like this?'

The same question kept repeating itself in his mind.

When Cyron came to visit, everything happened as he predicted, but he could not read Luna's true intentions.

However, just because it was difficult did not mean that he had to stop trying. No matter how great she was as a fighter, Luna was still a 28-year-old woman.

As for Jin, this was his 37th year of life in total, so there was no need to feel depressed.

"That's right. You don't have to do that when you're just traveling within Runcandel's territory, Eldest Brother. But honestly... Because I don't know you enough, I unconsciously feel nervous and nervous.”

The hand that caressed Jin's head froze. Gilly is confused by Jin's honest statement and coughs dryly. Even the knights around them stared in disbelief.

Silence happened. The surrounding people were sweating as they watched the siblings staring at each other.

"You ... nervous?"

"Yes my sister."

"Should I interpret it as you feeling uncomfortable around me?"

“I'm not uncomfortable. It's just because it's basically the first time I've met you.”.

Another round of silence.

The atmosphere around Luna was ambiguous.

The knights and Gilly all thought he would be angry, but it was the opposite. They could never predict the emotions they saw in the woman's deep sea eyes.

Sadness, regret, and bitterness.

That was the emotion that appeared on Luna's face.

“...You are right, I am not understanding. You may be young, but you are still a Runcandel. How can I forget it.. forgive me.”.

Even Jin was surprised by his reaction.

Runcandel.

This great clan of swordsmen was not a family where siblings would support and love each other, and sacrifice themselves for a brother or sister.

Watching each other, stealing from each other, and dragging one another is a family tradition. Therefore, after hearing Jin's explanation, Luna believed that the little boy thought of him as a 'block' and a 'blocker'.

That was the reason behind his sad look.

“Give us space.. Actually, it's okay. Can I ask your knight and nanny to leave the hall, Jin? ”

Luna leaned over and equalized the height of her eyes with her brother's eyes. As soon as Jin nodded, the knights and Gilly vacated the place.

While she still can't read his true intentions, Jin believes that Luna didn't mean any harm to him.

“Bungsya.”

"Yes my sister."

“The reason I came looking for you so suddenly is because. And today happens to be your birthday too.”

Jin seemed to be lowering his guard.

“Something to tell me..?”

“Because of Father's interest in you, all our brothers are watching you. And looking at your attitude today, it seems like I don't need to explain what that means.”

Each Runcandel paid close attention to Jin.

And that's not surprising. It is widely known that Cyron had come all the way to Storm Castle last year to see his youngest son.

Moreover, Jin had chosen Barisada during his Selection Ritual, so it would be even stranger if they did not keep an eye on him.

“Yes, I'm aware. You mean once I leave Storm Castle, our brothers will try to keep an eye on me, right?”

Thump!

Despite his best efforts to keep quiet, it still ended up creating a huge echo in the hall.

"Absolutely. So you already know. You must have been wary of me for the same reason as well. ”

Jin did not reply and looked back at Luna's deep blue eyes.

“But this is what I want to tell you. I'm really hoping — from the bottom of my heart — that you won't take part in this dirty family dispute and let your happiness slip from your grasp.

His words flashed through Jin's mind.

'Is this what Eldest Brother thought all along? Is this why ...he did not participate in the bloody succession war in my past life?'

Being the strongest of the siblings, Luna could easily take over the throne from their other siblings.

However, Jin did not consider his true intentions unreasonable or hard to believe. Luna had indeed avoided the bloody succession war before, so there was little credibility in her words. He was just surprised to hear those words from the person himself.

But Jin still felt disgusted by his mindset.

'If you don't want to see me sacrificed by our other brothers during the succession war, then why don't you say anything in my first life?'

Was it because he had no value at all back then, so he did not bother to warn her?

Or because their other brothers did not even consider Jin a dangerous opponent in the succession war?

Such questions came to his mind, but they were irrelevant to the situation at hand.

“Kakak Elder Luna.”

"What's that?"

“I am very grateful for those words, but I have no intention of breaking up from the conflict.”

A polite but firm tone.

“I'm sincere here. I'm not saying this because I'm afraid you can surpass me, Jin.”

“I am also aware of that, Eldest Brother. I can see your pure intentions, and I'm very grateful for that. I never expected my brother to worry about me. But I don't plan to change my mind.”

“...Then, may I ask the reason behind your decision?”

“You may not know about this, but..”.

Jin took a deep breath before continuing his story.

“There has been an assassination attempt against me. I never talked about it with anyone else. Not even Gilly. And because of that incident, my fight has already started.”

Technically, it was not an assassination attempt but rather a curse. However, the curse of 'Bladed Illusion' was no different from the death sentence for a child living in the Runcandel Clan.

"Who dares!"

It's thundering!

Hearing her screams, auras began to pour out from Luna's body, expanding in the empty hall. A rumble shook the enclosed space as the aura swirled within the whirlpool.

“Our brothers dare to try to kill you inside Storm Castle?! Who'sis that? Are those Tona twins?”

"That's, I can't tell you."

Despite her dry response, Jin's heart and chest were warm and satisfied to see Luna angry for her sake.

“But instead of not wanting to tell you, I was unable to answer that question, because there were many things that I was also unaware of.”

"Hhhh!"

No need to continue this conversation.

Luna could only accept the fact that her youngest sister was already too involved in the family feud to break free now.

As Luna tries to cope with her mixed feelings, Jin carefully approaches her and hugs her neck.

“But I am so happy to know that not all my siblings hate me and chase my life, Eldest Brother.”

“Jin. My brother's. It makes me very sad.”

Who would have thought that the famous White Pope was a sweet and gentle sister.

Jin no longer thought of him as a terrifying 9-star knight, but thought of him as an ordinary human suffering in this chaotic family.

"Please don't be so sad."

After their conversation inside the hall, Luna stayed in the castle for another 2 hours before leaving. Jin's gloomy and silent birthday brightens with the presence of his sister.

"I never knew there was such a good side to my eldest sister."

Jin thought to himself as he touched the pendant on his neck.

It was Luna's birthday present for her.

"He told me to break the jewel in the locket when I was in a critical situation that I couldn't handle."

If he broke the dark blue gem in the pendant, Luna would be sent to Jin's location just once. He obtained this artifact after killing the demon some time ago.

“Oh, boy! That thing on your neck! Isn't that the Demon Beast King Orgal's pendant? She was! Dayum, you get priceless birthday gifts. Dozens of kings and lords lost their lives trying to get the locket a thousand years ago. ”

“Orgal Demon Beast King? Who's that?"

“Amazing evil from the past. I can recognize that at a glance. I imagine you received it from the person with the powerful aura I felt before. Shit, you basically have an extra life now. Congratulations, Nak.”

Murakan realized the effect of the pendant.

“I can see that it is an amazing artifact. But Murakan, did you say 'strong aura'? You feel it from down here? ”

“Of course I did, boy. I may have lost a lot of my strength, but I am still a dragon. Who'sis that? I first thought it was your father, but seeing how they noticed me and still left without making a fuss, I imagined it was someone else. ”

"What's? Waita minute. My oldest sister noticed you? ”

The confused Jin asked back.

“Haha, so the owner of that aura is your sister? I see that this clan is still as strong as it used to be. I'm even thinking of grabbing you and running away if everything goes south. ”

"Ah."

“Well, seeing how he gave you the Orgal pendant, I don't think your brother will tell the rest of the clan about us. Today is a great day.”

"So you think my brother would just let it go?"

“I bet a hundred apple pies on that. If he was narrow-minded, he would never give you that pendant in the first place. You have a great sister. Ugh, I envy you so much, son. While my sister..”.

As Murakan begins to describe his older sister, Jin ponders what to do if—in one of a million occasions—Luna decides to tell the clan about Murakan's whereabouts.

However, he immediately recalled Luna's last words before leaving, and soon became calm.

“I just want you to remember this, Jin. My brother's. No matter what you do, no matter what you become, I'll always support you.’