6 – Sorry I’m late

“Who hired you?”

Alyn asked seriously as she put her knife to the man’s throat. She

It seemed that if she didn’t answer, she would just cut her throat with a knife.

The man struggled to open his mouth, enduring the fear of death and the pain in his arm.

“My, my employment, giving… Town···!”

A man struggling to talk about his employer suddenly opens his eyes wide.

“Keah!”

Then he slams his face on the floor, pouring out blood that is hard to believe came from a person’s mouth.

Cheolpuduk-

“·······.”

A chilly silence lingered in the room.

Aline quietly checked the condition of the man who had fallen to the floor.

Then she twists her face in displeasure and clicks her tongue.

“You have cast a spell that will kill you if you mention your employer’s name.”

Alin’s explanation made me frown too.

I had never seen a person die before my eyes, including in my previous life.

But I didn’t feel nauseated or guilty of killing someone.

On the contrary, I only thought that I was lucky that I survived.

‘It’s good that you installed magic on the door.’

In case an intruder breaks in by any chance, I have installed a magic so that if someone enters my room, a signal will come to me right away.

I couldn’t even hear footsteps, so if it wasn’t for the magic I had installed, I wouldn’t have known that an intruder had entered the room.

But Aline ran straight from the room next to her as if she had heard the intruder’s footsteps.

“What the hell is going on!”

“Bocchan, are you okay?!”

Then the maids, my father, and my younger sister Layla, who ran to my room at the man’s screams, came to see me.

“Heo Eok!”

And seeing the dead body of a man lying on the floor bleeding, Lila gasps in surprise.

I looked at them urgently checking my condition.

However, no matter how much I looked around, I couldn’t see my second son and mother.

Euler also found the body and couldn’t hide his embarrassment.

“What the hell is this…”

If what is written in the novel is correct, it was the second son and mother who hired the man.

However, as of the current situation, there was no evidence at all, so I explained the situation just before excluding this fact.

*

First of all, his father, Euler, did not inform others that an intruder had entered his mansion.

He should have been able to enter the Marquis family’s mansion easily, which meant that the Violand family’s security was not good.

It was because it led to the perception that the status of the Violand family was declining.

Still, the worst-case scenario was avoided thanks to me, who was the purpose of the intruder, unharmed.

“Please be careful. Rail boy.”

“Yes.”

I was greeted by the maids and boarded the carriage to the ball.

‘Wow, that’s really wide.’

The carriage, which seemed narrow because it was pulled by three horses, was spacious and cozy.

And since that happened at dawn, there were more knights escorting the carriage than usual around the carriage.

As soon as Alyn and I climbed into the carriage, the carriage began to move with the whipping of her coachman.

As expected, I must have spent quite a bit of money on the carriage, and even though the roads were not properly paved, I didn’t feel any shaking in the seats.

It felt like I was riding in a luxury car that the presidents used to drive.

I made eye contact with Aline, who was staring blankly across from me.

I didn’t have anything to say, so I opened my mouth to have a conversation with Aline while I was bored.

“What are you thinking?”

“I suddenly remembered the first time I saw my lord.”

‘It’s my first time…’

Certainly, unlike the first time when I was a bit flustered, it has changed to a certain degree of stability now.

Now it felt more natural to call me Rail than my previous name.

Still, the only people who called me Rail were my father and younger sister, Laila.

‘Originally, Cale, the second son, would have attended the prom instead of me.’

And he must have made connections with other families in order to eat his own family.

“Compared to then, I have become a human now.”

“Compared to before, his magic skills have improved remarkably.”

Aline also agreed with me and chimed in with her.

Still, it seemed like we got a little closer, probably thanks to the four weeks of exercising and sparring together.

For that reason, he responded to my words like this, and the number of words also increased a lot compared to before.

I also feel that Aline and I have changed quite a bit in those four weeks.

I was embarrassed by Aline’s praising me for no reason, so I turned her back.

“But does this suit suit me?”

At my words, Aline’s eyes turn to my outfit.

I didn’t know it well because of my age, but Rail’s height was a whopping 184cm tall.

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Moreover, the proportions were also good, so he went well with any clothes.

However, when I tried to wear colorfully designed clothes, I felt burdened, so I chose the most comfortable black suit.

“I think it goes well with the master’s black hair.”

“You also match the clothes.”

Alene, who has dark blue hair, wore navy blue clothes that were easy to move.

But because of her chiseled face, she looked more aristocratic than me in a suit.

It was in the middle of killing time by making small talk like that.

Hiiing-

Suddenly, with the sound of horses neighing, the carriage stopped.

“What happened?”

“My lord. It looks like someone is blocking the way.”

Alyn didn’t look too embarrassed, probably because she recognized the guys’ identities before I did.

Knock. Knock.

And right away I heard a knock outside and I told him to come in.

“Sorry. Young master. Unexpected bandits outside are blocking the way.”

“How many are there?”

“There are quite a few of them. About 30 people.”

“30 People…”

Including me, Aline, and the escorts, the number is exactly eight.

Still, the guards must have been chosen as famous people from the knights, but it wouldn’t be that easy to deal with 30 people with 8 people.

But if we had Allin, who has the talent of a sword master, her words would change.

I looked at Aline in front of me.

“Allen. Can you deal with it?”

“If it’s your lord’s order, you can take care of them all by yourself.”

Whoa.

Look at this confidence.

If I told you that I was dealing with 30 people alone, I would have felt that it was too bluff, but strangely, when I said that with a calm face, I believed it.

“Did I say Aline? I can understand wanting to look good in front of the young master, but such nonsense…”

“My lord. Then I will go.”

After the escort leader’s words were cut off, Aline got out of the carriage.

The escort, who interrupted her own words, gave Aline a bad look.

Wherever you go, try it.”

Still, the escort leader didn’t just watch Aline fight recklessly by herself.

“Wipe them all out so they can’t touch you!”

“Yes!”

As the captain shouted, the other guards responded loudly.

The morale of the escorts greatly increases even though they must have lost their stamina from riding until late at night.

But the voices of the bandits were also formidable.

“Ku-k-k-k-k! 7 Locals are going to deal with us! Hey guys! Show them our might!”

“Yes!”

Among the gang of bandits, the guy who seems to be the leader laughs at the voice mixed with ridicule, and the bandits also laugh and reply loudly.

But the laughter didn’t last long.

With the moonlight rising in the night sky, Aline’s sword draws a half moon.

Suddenly! Alyn’s sword recklessly ran into a group of bandits and cut them down mercilessly.

Blood and flesh begin to splatter in all directions.

“This, what is this…”

As Aline sprints through her group at high speed, the guys fall to the floor unable to follow her words.

“Daddy, what are you doing without stopping that guy from going wild!”

“Two, boss, that guy is too fast!”

“Let’s attack at the same time so that he doesn’t escape!”

The bandits immediately surrounded Aline in a circle at the command of the leader.

It was decided that it would be better to block one of Allin than deal with the other guards.

It was a pretty good decision for a bandit trying to extort money from the mountain.

‘But the opponent didn’t go well.’

“Cut off his head!”

“Yes!”

At the command of the boss, the guys immediately rush towards Aline.

However, the guys who rushed at me with their swords stopped in an instant.

“Sah, it’s gone!”

“Where did you run away!”

They’s eyes roll at a high speed at the sight of the invisible Aline.

And then one of them meets her eyes with mine.

When I saw that guy, I smiled and pointed his finger at the sky.

He rides my finger and raises his gaze to the sky.

In the sky, Allyne, holding a sword glowing in the moonlight, was swinging her sword at their throats.

Suddenly! Three heads are blown at once with an eerie sound of flesh being cut.

“Heo Eok!”

In an instant, half of the bandits lost their lives.

That’s with the help of just one person.

The morale of the guys starts to drop rapidly.

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My body trembled and cold sweat broke out on my forehead.

But Aline’s quicksword didn’t stop.

The escorts who watched the scene from the side also lost their minds and looked at Aline’s powerlessness.

The escort leader, who belatedly regained consciousness, shouts.

“We are joining before he intercepts all the balls!”

“Yes!”

The victory has already tilted towards us.

As the guards joined the fight, their numbers dwindled even faster.

And finally.

“Hee, hee!”

Among the bandits, the only one who survived was the boss who laughed at us a while ago.

He threw himself into the unpaved woods with a terrified face.

Perhaps to keep them from catching up with our pursuit.

It won’t be easy to catch up with the boss who lives in the mountains, even for Aline.

But this time too, the opponent was bad.

I immediately used the magic I prepared in advance against him.

‘Twice the gravity.’

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My magic instantly makes the air heavy.

A guy who was trying to escape by climbing a tree slams his face on the floor in the air.

“Heuk!”

He tried to move his heavy body, but his body couldn’t move as he wanted.

He barely manages to lift his upper body with his hands, but he doesn’t last long and slams his face into the dirt again.

After a while, the bandit leader was arrested by the guards.

He stood in front of us on his knees.

He trembles at the corpse of a long-time colleague.

“My lord. What are you thinking of doing?”

As many as 30 bandits suddenly block our carriage heading to the ball.

It’s too unnatural to say that someone showed up without stabbing them in advance.

Usually, I would have tortured them to see who gave us our information, but I had a rough hunch about who leaked our information.

Only those in the Violand family know the news that we are heading to the ball today.

That meant that I had only my second son and my mother who had no intention of putting me in the position of head of household.

I looked down at the guy in front of me with an emotionless expression.

“Kill.”

“I do.”

“My, please save me! Well, do anything-“

Suddenly – But the guy’s words couldn’t continue.

The guards immediately threw the corpses into the woods so that no one else could see them.

I didn’t really need the trinkets and gold coins the bandits had, so I told them to share them with the guards and Allin.

“I think it will be a little late, so do the distribution while moving.”

“Yes!”

At my command, the wagon started moving again.

*

The ceiling is covered with huge chandeliers, and the walls are filled with beautiful ornaments studded with jewels.

Aristocrats in fancy dresses and suits couldn’t move even though the ball had begun.

It was because the Violand family, who paid the most for this ball, hadn’t arrived.

“When is that crazy guy coming back?”

“That’s right. It looks like that idiot wasn’t the only one attending.”

The nobility had no choice but to wait until the rumored crazy rail came.

The moderator in charge of this prom also looked at the clock and pondered what to do.

The emcee took the microphone, thinking that delaying the start of the dance would ruin the mood.

“Hello. My name is Jeran, and I am the moderator of this dance.”

Jeran was forced to start a prom that Rail didn’t attend.

“A lot of nobles participated in this ball. Unfortunately, His Majesty the Emperor was unable to attend due to business.”

Actually, no one thought that His Majesty the Emperor would come.

I was just sending out the attendance sheet on the surface.

There was also a seat reserved for the emperor, but he hadn’t seen anyone sitting there in the last ten years.

“And unfortunately, the Violand family will be a little later than usual, so let’s start the ball-“

The time when Jeran announced the beginning of the prom.

After he stopped talking, the ballroom door opened.

Then everyone’s eyes turn from host Jeran to the door.

“Has it just arrived?”

“Still, I’m glad you came sooner than expected.”

However, seeing Rail come through the door, question marks appeared on the faces of the other nobles.

“Huh? Aren’t you the idiot of the Violand family?”

“That’s right. You’re a different person than the last time I saw you. Could it be that the second son participated in the prom instead of the fool?”

“I know Master Kyle’s face. But it is very different from his face.”

The nobles didn’t notice the weight loss of Rail.

We were just busy talking about who that handsome aristocrat was.

But Rail, the protagonist of the conversation, didn’t care what they said.

Ttogak. Again.

The cheerful sound of shoes echoes through the ballroom.

Everyone shuts their mouths and gazes at Rail, who is moving in unison.

Originally, he passed the seat where he was supposed to sit.

Then he moves his feet to a big red chair in the middle of the ballroom.

Seeing that, the nobles thought, “Is that man sane?”

It was because the seat the man was facing was made in preparation for the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor.

However, no one stopped the rail crew from the faint smell of blood and the cold atmosphere.

Puffed up.

In the end, everyone’s expression is colored with astonishment at the sight of Rail sitting in His Majesty’s chair.

But Rail didn’t care about their reaction and smiled slightly as if he was content with the padded chair.

And more comfortably, Rail, sitting with his legs crossed, finally finds the nobles staring at him and opens his mouth.

“I am Rail Violand, the eldest son of the Violand family.”

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