“I know it is hard to believe……but His Majesty was……a caring father in his own way.”


  He was not a caring king towards his people.

  But he was caring towards his children and was not a tyrant towards his people. He simply held many suspicions and, after injuring his head due to a rebellion, started to hit the pedestal of madness.

  “I see.”


  Sungjin could finally accept some aspects and nodded his head.

  According to the information he received, there were times when Eustasia’s advice towards Heyzo II teetered on the line. If it were any other servant, they would have crossed an unreturnable line.

  But strangely, the king was benevolent towards Eustacia. Not only that, he also accepted her requests easily.

  She was ‘the only’ child left.

  Although according to history, royal families often showed unstable relationships between parent and child.

  Seyzo II, the mad king had been, in the end, a human who became gentle before his own daughter. And despite the risks and danger towards ‘himself’, he had raised his child.

  He had a thought that perhaps the king saw himself in the positive girl who was born out of wedlock, but what was more important than the reason would be the final decision.

  Even the mad king had been a human before his daughter.

  Although now he had tried to kill her too.

  “I acknowledge your valid reason.”


  She lowered her gaze.

  A warrior had to use their sword in righteousness. Therefore, protecting the mad king with a realistic excuse did not give her a proper argument.

  “I will not resent you for killing my father.”


  “But……”


  “Still……I cannot participate in that fight.”


  Even her voice started wavering.

  She was not ignorant as to what was right and wrong, but with a dilemma she could not resolve she became smaller.

  “Okay. I will not talk further about this issue.”


  Sungjin resolutely closed the conversation.

  “Won’t you blame me for not differentiating emotions from war?”


  “Even if it may be for the greater purpose, it’s not my hobby to pit a child against their parents.”


  He grinned.

  He did not bring out any socratic reasons or ethical arguments.

  He closed the conversation with a word of his hobby.

  Seems like I really cannot do anything about this.

  Frankly, he had predicted that she would turn her mind.

  Even if she was a rule-abiding warrior who found great importance in loyalty in a world where such actions were praised, beneath that was a heart for the country and, therefore, a heart for the people that composed the country.

  So he had expected that she would be with him in the last battle.

  But his predictions went out of line.

  When there is not enough data, variables are prone to have mistakes.

  Against Seyzo II, he had no choice but to fight with himself and his other teammates.

  “I’m sorry I brought forth this situation to prevent you from going further.”


  She respectfully grasped the edges of her skirt and lowered her head.

  It could be……that my situation……

  She had argued that it was for the best, but perhaps it was arrogance which yearned to correct her father and the country under the name of justice.

  In the past, she had said so proudly, but here she lost that confidence.

  “Don’t apologize. It’s only the conditions and team members that have changed. Just because your personal emotions were entangled does not mean you have spoken falsely.”


  Sungjin did not ask her any further.

  He simply reassured her.

  “You really think so?”


  “There’s more than one justice in the world, and if it’s about personal emotions……”


  Sungjin pointed towards himself with his thumb.

  “Mine is greater.”


  His motivations were truly the thirst for victory and conquering after all.

  Before the man who had accepted her, even after fighting her so many times, Eustasia had no choice but to smile.

  She could not walk the same path as this man.

  She could not serve under a man who had killed her father.

  She would not hate him but would relocate to a place where his power did not reach in the plains.

  “But……”


  “I’ll tell you…… one thing.”


  “What is it?”


  “The power that my father has grasped is evil but strong. You can feel the difference almost immediately. That is a cheat item, which allows the wearer to possess a strength outside of his level’s domain.”


  With simple brute strength or strategy or anything else.

  “It’s different from the devil sword of the Blood Ruler. That was a complete conquering weapon within the rules of the Devil’s attribute. But this is an abnormal power that is forbidden.”


  “Don’t worry. I’ve already faced it once before during the Blood Ruler’s time. I’m not so weak as to fail by underestimating an eerie variable that the other threatens me with.”


  “If that’s so, it’s fine.”


  At Eustasia’s words, Sungjin refrained from saying one last thing:

  That just because he did not underestimate, did not guarantee his victory.

  He simply used everything in his power in order to win.

  As a winner.

  As someone entrusted with others’ lives.