The Young Son Swordmaster
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Jin had predicted that he would need at least three years and five at the most to reach that stage. In fact, the average Runcandel reaches the 5-star stage at the age of 20.
However, Jin had defeated 5-star knight Kajin at the age of 15.
While it was true that Kajin had underestimated Jin and lowered his guard, the boy would still win even if they had another duel.
"You ... lose against the youngest?"
“Haa, are you seriously going to lie to us? Does that make sense? The youngest was only a 3-star knight until quite some time ago. No matter how stupid you are, this is impossible.”
Myu and Anne could not believe what they heard from Kajin's report.
This is not a surprising reaction. Jin did not make a surprise attack and Kajin did not make himself disabled. The 5-star knight had far more experience and physical strength than the brat Runcandel.
"I have no reason."
"Or are you being lenient with her because she is a pure-blooded Runcandel?"
"Or were you bribed by him?"
“... Obviously that's not the case, Mrs.”
“Then what is it? Are you seriously telling me that the youngest reached the 5-star stage in such a short amount of time? Do you really want us to believe that? ”
“Everyone at the training ground can testify for me. His aura was at least like a 5.” star knight
"Hhhh!"
Myu frowned deeply and Anne sneered.
"Forget over. It's my fault for having high expectations for someone like you. Get out of my sight."
As soon as Kajin left the room, the two women stared at each other.
"The youngest officially bared his fangs against us, didn't he?"
Anne asked her sister.
“No, this is not just for us. He bared his fangs towards everyone in the clan. We have to give him a mission that will definitely kill him next time.by sending some of our men as well.”.
***
The Sword Garden suddenly went into an uproar.
Rumors that Jin had defeated Kajin and officially became the strongest cadet in the middle class had spread among the servants. However, many of them do not believe this story, such as Myu and Anne.
That was how amazingly fast Jin had grown. If you count all the Runcandels who have been 5-star knights before the age of 16 in the thousand-year history of the clan, there are only three: the first patriarchs of Temar, Cyron, and Luna.
However, the clan members only knew of the development of his swordsmanship.
'5 Stars in swordsmanship, 4 stars in magic, and 4 stars in spiritual power.'
The person in question also did not expect to reach the 5-star stage so quickly.
He had only trained with Clear Stones since returning from Mamit, but his aura reached 5-star in no time.
During the break from the training session of Clear Stone, he would cover his sword with aura and defend it like that. And at every moment, he could feel the aura gathered within his body at an incredible speed.
This phenomenon did not occur solely because of Jin's natural talent in swordsmanship.
It's because of synergy.
The synergy between the three forces flowing in his body: spiritual energy, mana, and aura.
Ordinary people never had the opportunity to use all three types of energy, so they were unaware of this fact, but Jin noticed that the energies interacted with each other.
If one power becomes stronger, it affects and strengthens the other two as well. Moreover, the most influential energy among the three was spiritual energy.
Therefore, due to the 'spiritual energy bottleneck' that Jin had experienced last time, his spiritual energy had increased, strengthening the other two powers as well.
As a result, the channels where aura and mana flowed in his body had increased in number. It was as if Jin had won the lottery without doing a single thing.
'Now that I have publicly revealed having reached 5-star at the age of 15, my brothers will start to get very nervous here.'
Jin has made an incredible achievement.
However, he was not yet strong enough to face his brothers. Excluding the Tona twins, the other clan's flag bearers could easily trample over Jin if they had the chance.
It's not just Myu and Anne.
There is Joshua, Cyron's most likely successor, along with other older brother Jin who aims to take that position for themselves as well. They now had no choice but to keep an eye on Jin and his growth.
The youngest was a thorn in the side of those who were eyeing the position of patriarch.
Choosing Barisada during the Selection Ritual could be considered a coincidence. But revealing his true talent and becoming famous was a completely different story.
"It might be a good idea to stay low and hide my talent for now, but it's not."
Had he revealed his abilities when he was 18, the candidates for the throne would not have been too wary of him.
However, Jin believes that he benefited far more by making the disclosure today.
'From today onwards, people outside of the Runcandel Clan will learn from me — about how I became a 5-star knight at the age of 15. Countless clans and alliances will come and see me out of curiosity and alertness. My brothers will not be able to move or aim at my life carelessly due to my observant eyes.’
Moreover, his father—Cyron Runcandel— will definitely return to the Garden of Swords.
He was currently thinking of having someone other than Joshua take over the clan, and watch over all his children in hopes of finding a better successor. However, all her children after Luna could not satisfy him even once.
However, the only child he likes—Luna— is not interested in the throne. In fact, he said that he did not like this family conflict and just wanted to observe from the side.
Therefore, no matter how strong he was, Cyron judged Luna to be unsuitable for ruling and leading the clan.
He then appointed his second son Joshua as his temporary successor, as he was the best alternative after Luna. Joshua was suited to leading the clan in terms of personality. Although he was not very satisfying, he was firm, level-headed, sharp like a knife, and had a strong thrust.
Or, if something happens to Joshua, Cyron still has a third choice.
Second son Cyron Dipus, his second daughter Luntia, or even his third daughter Mary are also worthy candidates for the throne.
It was the order among the candidates for the throne of Runcandel, which had grown stronger over the years as nothing stood out in particular.
"But now, it's me."
With the arrival of the Jin, the battlefield for the throne went through upheaval. Cyron is someone who does not care about age and gives opportunities to his children according to their achievements.
Jin predicted that whatever Cyron commands, it will include two things:
First is experiment.
Cyron will test Jin with the intention of checking if the boy is able to overcome his age difference with his older brothers who are already candidates for the throne.
The second is protection.
After revealing his true abilities, it was inevitable that the Jin sisters would start attacking him personally. However, Cyron did not want Jin to be trampled by his brothers even before he could test his youngest son.
Jin is a special case. He was too young compared to his other siblings, which was why Cyron would greatly intervene in his children's conflicts.
“Gilly.”
"Yes, Young Master."
“In the near future, many important clans and organizations will request a meeting with the Runcandel Clan. They will want to see 5-star knights just 15 years old with their own eyes because rumors about the youngest child of Runcandels will spread all over the world.”
The Yvliano Clan of swordsmanship, the Ken Clan of spearmanship, the Tuko Clan of bare-handed combat, and all the other martial clans wanted to see Jin.
Even national organizations like the Imperial Guards and the Vermont Imperial Special Forces as well as the Dragon King Knights would send some people. It was the same case for the armed forces around the world such as the Hidden Palace, the Black King's Pay Army, and the Ghost Pay Army.
“Yeah, look at you, bragging with such an arrogant face, son. Do you think they have nothing else to do but visit you?
“For those people, figuring out the changes and trends in the Runcandel Clan is of the utmost importance. They all expected my achievements to bring about a change to the current hierarchy among the candidates for the throne. So they all have to come in person to check on me.”
Jin was convinced by his prophecy not only because he was good at reading political changes in the clan, but also because of the stories he heard from his past life.
He had heard that when Luna became a 5-star knight at the age of 15 as well, many people had gathered in the clan to see her. It was like a legend among his brothers.
“Gosh, good for you. No one has ever cared about a lowly black dragon like me.”
"Yes. That's absolutely right. After all, after the official request to visit the clan arrived, father would return to the Sword Garden. He might start a banquet as well. ”
"I saw. The Patriarch will empty the Black Sea once again. I will make preparations first. ”
“I'll hand it to you, Gilly. And be sure to keep Murakan hidden from the public. If he turns human and sneaks into the banquet, we're done. Do you understand?"
“I'm not a child. I can keep mine—”
"I'll remember it."
Murakan glared at Gilly, but her nanny avoided eye contact and threw away her face.
Two days later, the clan began receiving letters about the youngest son of Runcandels as Jin had predicted.
Since Jin had never shown himself to the public outside the clan, the reporters and envoys were eager to get more information about him.
In fact, all that was known about him outside of the clan was his age and his 5-star rank.
Rich reporters and journalists bribed the Sword Park servants to get some insider information, while the skilled ones went looking for receptionists at the Mitel Kingdom Transfer Gate and the Black King's 3rd Corps of Paying Soldiers.
The two of them were the only group of people around the world who had met Jin in person. However, the receptionist was someone who cared about his life and did not reveal the information of his client, while the Black King Mercenaries really hated journalists.
Meanwhile, less skilled reporters — in other words, those naive ones who don't know much about the world — think that Runcandels has spread false rumors to get attention.
"What kind of person is Jin Runcandel?"
The reporters all sighed and groaned at each other.
The Garden of Swords was not a place that only reporters could occupy. All they could do was wait impatiently as they tried to make use of their connections with other clans; those with enough influence to enter the Sword Garden as visitors.
And, another week passed. It was May 1795.
Countless demands and requests to visit the Garden of Swords came rushing to the clan like a broken dam. Everything went as Jin had predicted.
“It looks like the butler is very busy writing replies to all requests lately, Young Master. When I asked Petro, he mentioned that even the Vermont Imperial Family sent an official letter.
“Empire Family? I wasn't expecting that. Those mystics also couldn't help their curiosity.”
“I feel more mystical that you managed to predict the future very accurately, Young Master Jin.”
Gilly smiled as she felt proud of the boy and continued talking.
“Also, Guardian Knight Khan returned to the main house today and announced the patriarch's decision. He'll be back in a month. The clan now matched the visitor's time with the patriarch's return. ”
The clan was in an uproar both inside and outside because of Jin.
However, there had not been any strange movements or actions from his brothers. They were just doing missions or training as usual, and it was the same for Jin.
But this is not a surprising result. Trying to attack or restrain Jin while the attention of the entire clan was on him was a foolish move.
As they try to hold it in, they will announce to the world that they fear and/or hate their youngest brother. It would cause great damage to their reputation.
But it's not that all his brothers are unwilling to make this stupid move.
"Y-Young Master!"
The man who ran towards Jin with a depressed expression was Petro, the 2nd butler.
As soon as he saw the face of the butler, Jin knew the time had come.
'Elder Brother Myu and Anne must have planned something again.'
Petro's entire body was soaked in sweat. It seemed that he had dashed across the enormous Sword Park to inform Jin of this important news.
“Take your time to catch your breath, Petro.”
“Haaa, haaa. Thank you very much. Phew. You have been given a new mission, Young Master. But the place you will be sent is..”.
"Where's that?"
"The Ruins of Kollon."
"Ha! Kollon Ruins? Young Master, the flag bearers have gone too far this time. The ruins of Kollon are in the Zipfel region!”
“That's right.. The flag bearers have gone too far. Thus, Madame Rosa became furious. He had already called the flag bearers to reprimand them. I believe Young Master Jin should go see Madam Rosa as well.”
Jin calmly nodded and started walking into the main building.
