CH 61

: Dark Forest (2)

Sears first met Beiryl around the age of seven.

"It's been a while, Marquis."

"Well, say it. How old is it, huh?"

The head of the Onyx family was an old friend of the Marquis Belle, and he had frequent exchanges.

Sears remembers seeing him, but the lord of Onyx had never brought a child with him.

But that day was different.

The head of the Onyx family brought Beiril to introduce him to his eldest son.

"It's been a while, Beiryl."

"Long time no see, Marquis."

The Marquis and Beiryl seemed to have known each other.

Sears saw Beiryl 10 years older than his father behind him. Although younger than the second brother, it was still a distant age to her.

At that time, Beiryl was an infinitely kind boy.

"Go and play together."

At the words of the grown-ups, Beiryl went out with Sears and walked through the Marquis' Garden.

Sears' childhood appearance was generally similar to Sarah's, but the other thing was that she wasn't shy.

"Brother, look at this!"

haha. Sears what is that?"

Despite Sears' prank, Beiryl smiled happily.

Even though she was bothered by the 10-year age difference, Beiryl loved Sears like a younger brother.

So one year, then another year.

The two became very close.

Sears followed Beiril more like a real brother than his two older brothers.

Of course, because of the distance between the families, we did not see each other often.

ㅡStill, Sears wanted to meet Beiryl as soon as possible.

Soon when the Onyx wagon arrived.

"There is no face."

The head of the Onyx family did not have a good expression.

"I told you not to. How many times has he not said that it is dangerous?"

"I had no choice. I can't stand the insults of my family.

Sigh-

The adults exchanged serious conversations.

Sears was a smart kid. So I carefully looked for Beiryl.

Beiryl's expression was also dark, but in front of her, she tried to keep her bright face.

So another 3 years passed.

The Onyx family collapsed.

While competing for gold mines with neighboring estates, other neighboring estates also intervened, and the game grew.

The problem was that the first competing families created all of this. From the outset, it seemed that they were plotted to destroy the Onyx family.

To devour the territory ruled by the Onyx family.

brother ."

The singer hangs his head.

Marquis Bell held a funeral for him.

Beiryl began to change from then on. It was around this time that my obsession with Sears began.

Another four years passed.

Beiryl only swung his sword. The only thing he allowed was Sears.

Sears also reached the age of coming-of-age ceremony just around the corner.

The Marquis Bell was also seriously considering their marriage.

The problem is that the Marquis didn't know. The fact that Beiryl's obsession had gone way beyond that, and the fact that Sears feared him.

Around that time, the owner of the Welton family, newly crowned count, visited Apton.

"I am Argeno Welton, who will take over the new Welton family in the footsteps of my father."

haha! Is it that the child called the sword genius has grown up like this?"

At that time, Earl Welton, who had the Sword Master in front of him, had many conversations with the Marquis.

And I happened to meet Sears by chance.

The two didn't even talk to each other, but they learned that they were destined for each other.

The two continued to see each other while Earl Wellton stayed at Apton.

To the extent that the Marquis calls Sears separately and asks about Beiryl.

"What are your thoughts on Beiryl, so you're getting closer to Earl Welton?"

" Dad. I have no desire to continue seeing Beiryl's brother."

He and Beiryl have been like family, but his attitude has completely changed in the past few years.

As the years passed, the obsession grew stronger.

He even got caught by her several times while being a stalker, and even tried to commit murder because he was blinded by jealousy just because he was with another man.

Sears was afraid.

Beiril, who was kind and caring in the past, was nowhere to be found. Beiryl today was a monster that went crazy day by day.

But he didn't even say that to the marquis. Because I didn't want to inflict any other wounds on him who had already collapsed.

"I understand what you mean."

Sears left and the Marquis thought.

If you think of the Onyx family, you had to meet Beiryl, but if you marry the Welton family, one of the world's leading swordsmen, your political position will increase.

More than anything else, her daughter wanted Earl of Wellton.

The Marquis made a decision, and Beiryl knew it too.

"Sears! Let's talk!

"Brother, why are you doing this!"

Beiryl's radical behavior.

Sears was bewildered, but there was nothing in his eyes.

"You didn't like me, did you? I only saw you!"

"My brother tried to arrest me. They tried to lock me in a cage like a beast! How could you like someone like that?"

Because it wasn't wrong, Beiryl only got angry.

"You-!"

Unable to bear it, Beiryl even tried to slash Sears.

At that moment, Earl Wellton stopped him.

"Get out of the way!"

Enraged, Beiryl tried to push Earl Welton away, but it was not easy to push him away with the Sword Master in front of him.

Beiryl couldn't believe it.

He also grew up hearing the voice of a sword genius from a young age. I don't know what Earl Wellton was like, but he was confident in his skills. Above all, since that incident 5 years ago, I have been swinging my sword like a demon every day.

Beiryl groaned and challenged Earl Welton to a duel.

"It's a duel."

"Accept it."

Sears stopped her, but Earl Wellton reassured her that it was okay.

Beiryl became more and more a monster at that appearance.

And on the day of the duel. In front of Marquis Bell, the two future sword masters shuffled their swords.

It was a rainy day like a hole in the sky.

The winner was Earl Wellton.

The next day, Beiryl disappeared from Apton.

Only Marquis Bell knew where he was going, but he didn't tell his daughter anything.

Two years have passed since then.

Earl Wellton married Sears as soon as he became a sword master.

And at the same time, the news of Beiryl came.

He also became a sword master, and the news was that he had avenged blood on the three families that had wiped out the Onyx family.

After that, bad news continued.

"And this is the first time we met."

Sears finished speaking and looked at his son with a blank face.

She smiled and stroked Jamie's head.

"Are you curious about the old days, Mom?"

Hehe.

Jamie smiled instead of answering.

However, unlike his expression, he was quite surprised on the inside.

'Is that kind of relationship?'

So, it seems that Beiryl had a bitter expression on her face.

When I think about it now, that expression seemed to be that of a sinner seeking atonement. I don't know if that's actually how it felt.

Aside from that, I didn't expect Sears to be able to tell you in such detail.

I thought I could only talk about the relationship I knew roughly when I was young.

'I lost to my father.'

Even before becoming a sword master, a duel was a duel.

The duel between the two men over Sears ended with Earl Wellton winning.

Hearing this, I thought that the Earl of Wellton, who will be at home, was a little cool. On the other hand, sympathy for Beiryl also developed.

Because there was no salvation for him.

'It's all karma, though.'

The things you did to Sears are unforgivable.

As he entered the showdown with such madness, there was no way it would have been a proper match.

"Any more questions?"

no. I'm fine now.

"Then you're lucky."

Saying that, Sears sipped his tea as if looking at a distant mountain.

The person who was so close is now more distant than anyone else, so she will be upset too.

I just don't express myself.

There was silence for a moment.

"Bena, ah-"

Squeak!

On the grass, Sarah was playing with Bena.

Bena shook her head as if she didn't like it, but the squirrel seemed to only show aegyo.

But it was understandable why Bena was doing that.

-master! soil! It's soil!! You can't eat dirt!

round lump of dirt.

How did you make it so round?

buy it. Isn't that really something to eat?

At Jamie's question, Sarah blinked her round eyes and looked back at her brother.

Then he saw the round lump of dirt in his hand again.

"Aren't you going to eat it?"

" support."

Sarah pondered for a moment at the word Jiji, then threw away the lump of dirt.

"My little brother is good."

Hehe-

"Is Jamie a good brother?"

"Oh, he was always a good brother."

He shouted at Jamie, who was coughing in embarrassment, with a mental wave as if Bena was a benefactor.

-Thank you, Master!

I think it must have been pretty tough for Bena to be grateful for something like this.

Jamie looked sadly at Bena, then looked at Sears again.

"By the way, Mom."

"Anything else to ask?"

"What is Miri's forest?"

"How will my son know that?"

"The aide told me not to go there because it was dangerous."

Then Sears narrowed his eyes and asked Jamie openly.

"Have you ever been outside?"

"Stand, please."

"Then why did the assistant say such a thing?"

"I guess it was just a matter of caution. Hahaha.

Despite Jamie's excuses, Sears didn't turn a blind eye.

"Can't you just go out alone? No matter how talented a wizard is, he's still a child, so he doesn't know what kind of danger there might be. Do you understand?"

"I'll keep that in mind."

"More than that, it's a forest. It's a name I haven't heard in a long time."

Also, I thought Sears knew.

After thinking for a moment, she suddenly stood up and hugged Jamie.

"Uh, Mom?"

"See over there?"

Then he pointed somewhere and saw a ridge full of trees.

"I see."

"That's Miri's Forest."

It was closer than I thought.

I didn't know it was going to be ahead.

"Is it dangerous over there?"

"Jamie, do you even know where the world's sixth ban is?"

"I think I saw it in a book."

"Beyond that forest, there is one of the forbidden areas, the Great Arazad Forest. no. You can think of Myrine Forest as part of the Ariazad Great Forest."

Ariazad Great Forest.

It is one of the six major bans and the border with the Kingdom of Blonney.

It was infested with extremely dangerous monsters, but fortunately it did not come out of the great forest.

Because of the monsters, it was a hell of a place for invaders of the Great Forest, and I heard that modern humans have not yet grasped half of the forest.

In fact, an investigation team led by the Sword Master was sent, but at that time, the Sword Master barely managed to come back alive.

"Miri's forest is not as big as a major forest, but monsters that have been defeated in the realm battles within it sometimes come.

That's why it's called 'the loser's shelter'.

"You must never go. never. got it?

"I'll keep that in mind."

Jamie smiled and nodded, and Sears smiled to see if he was relieved.

"My son is good, so he will listen to his mother."

of course!

nothing not like that

I definitely plan on going there, mother.

'Because the dark forest the Pyro spoke of seems obvious.'

He said that if you went in there, you would know why only you could solve what happened in Apton.

Jamie came down from Sears' arms and looked at Mirin's Forest.

'Let's go tonight.'

As I was about to turn around with that determination, I remembered the place name written in Gaon's last diary.

"Garmon."

Huh? What did you just say?"

No.

"He's too."

Sears sat down and watched Sarah play happily.

Jamie gulped down the woods and swallowed dry.

'surely.'

Garmon was said to be northwest of the Maya Trey Mountains.

'if so. Garmon maybe... .'

It may be in the world's 6th ban.

However, entering the Ariazad Mountains with my skills right now would be suicidal.

'For now, let's just focus on now.'

It could be said that it was an achievement just by grasping the location of "Garmon" to some extent.

The corners of his lips curled upwards.

I felt like I was one step closer to my goal.

And night came.

- Continued on next episode -