Swordmaster's Youngest Son Chapter 259

Published at 4th of February 2022 12:03:01 PM

"Gi, memory manipulation. What does that mean?"

Dante opened his eyes wide.

I felt like my back was cooling down.

" Literally. The family has been going my way for a long time. Memory manipulation is not impossible in magic theory...….”

Veradin said it was theoretically possible.

There have been rumors that the special lease on bitions also secretly performs memory manipulation, but in fact, only Jipple had the ability to manipulate memory.

Dante realized that Veradin's words were no joke, and for some time he had a stunned look on his face.

"......I can't believe it. Why the hell? By fabricating your memories, what are you trying to get?"

"I'm not sure about that. It's the first time since my uncle died, so maybe the elders or."

Veradin paused, crumpling his forehead.

"... ...my memory must have been fabricated at my father's command. I don't know what it means. Especially in this case, I have no idea. I didn't see anything I shouldn't have seen, and everyone in the world knows that my family tried to cover up the Holy Land with money.”

"Maybe it's because memory manipulation isn't perfect."

When Jean, who was listening, spoke calmly, Veradin's eyes grew bigger.

"Oh, that sounds good. He might have touched the day's work, originally trying to erase another memory. Even our family won't be able to do such a perfect job.”

"Are you going to answer so brightly?"

"But I feel like I've got a clue. That's a little convincing. By the way, what memory was originally intended to be erased? There was nothing special in my recent diary.”

"It's speculation everywhere."

"I'm saying that because I think that speculation is right."

"Even if you do, you know better than I do. What your family was trying to erase from your head."

"Oh, I'm getting another headache for a little brainstorm."

Jean was recalling the day when Ratri returned to Tikan in the past.

Confucius Qin, I have something to tell you first. About three hours ago, my daughter's guardian dragon came back.

Latry's back?

Yes, but there's something strange. You don't seem to have any memory of the missing period. I'm with my daughter now, but she didn't seem to understand. Wasn't it a kidnapping?

No, Quikantel confessed to Buretta himself.

At that time, I thought it was strange that Latri's memory disappeared.

'In Ratri's case, I expected Zipple to remove his memory, but I never thought he'd manipulate Veradin's memory.'

Maybe Veradin was lying. Or he could have been mistaken.

But Jean decided to exclude the family.

'It's clear that Ratri's memory was erased by the drinking stone. I wiped out all the memories of the abduction. Instead of killing him, he used the cumbersome method of memory manipulation to make sure Azmil's contractor didn't get into trouble.'

Then Veradin's memory manipulation may also be related to the drinking stone.

Maybe this guy risked his life to set fire to the gold bars, not just because he was angry about the Holy Land incident.'

Veradin had already witnessed the drinking stone, or other vice of the Zipple, before setting the gold bar on fire.

And in the midst of confusion about it, when the whole story of the Holy Land case came to light, it was impulsively opposed to the family...….

Jin, who thought so far, sighed in his mind.

The headache that is appealing now and the unstable appearance at the time of the Sungkuk incident may be a side effect of memory manipulation.'

However, it was not good to ask if you knew about the drinking stones.

Now that I found out that Veradin's memory was not intact, I needed to be careful.

If Veradin was angry because of the drinking stone, I didn't know what else would happen if I took out the word.

It was better for Veradin to know nothing until he was convinced to act rationally.

"Veradine."

"Yes."

"In my opinion, there is only one reason why the Jipple manipulates your memory. It's to raise you as their favorite succession. And at the center of it is definitely Kellyak Zipple, your father, not the elders."

Jean was now convinced.

Veradin in his previous life was nothing but a thoroughly bred descendant.

Even then Veradin contracted with the two gods, contrary to what is known to the public, but no matter what power he had, his strength would have been used only for Jipple, not for himself.

Back then, when there was no distinction between the regression and the gin. Veradin had nothing to resist the family. He had turned thirty without knowing what the family was doing and what was happening to him.

"As expected, right? Damn it, I thought it was a great model succession, but isn't it to my father's eyes? I signed a contract with two gods, and magic is soon nine stars.”

Tuyan and Pinia had no other words. They finished cleaning and were sitting by the window over there drinking tea among themselves.

The man who contracted with the two gods has never existed in history. Veradin is the first, so to speak, but Dante was not even bothered by the shocking fact that it was a memory fabrication.

When Jean's gaze touched the dragons for a moment, Veradin smiled.

"By the way, you don't ask?”

"What."

"How I contracted with two gods.”

"That's how much potential you have. And are you going to ask that, in this situation?"

"Well... ...it's more amazing that you're the Magistrate than I signed with two gods. Well, I'm sad to think about it again. Look, you said you didn't kill Kidad Hall. You killed him and took Yeokcheon.”

The moment Jean was about to answer, Veradin said the backstabbing.

"In addition, it was you who impersonated me in the Arkin Kingdom! Hey, Dante. What do you think? I'm more shocked that this guy's been cheating on us than my memory was fabricated. You're a total con artist. I need to report it.”

You're just saying what you want to say again.

Jean shrugged and Dante nodded awkwardly.

"Dear Veradin, you don't have to strain yourself."

"What group?"

"You're pretending to be bright for some reason."

At the words of Ososo and Dante, Jean felt goose bumps in her forearm.

It was the same for Veradin, too, who shook his head, blinking his eyes.

"No, I'm not. I'm fine now."

"Memory manipulation, how can a man be safe when he's been done. To the family who believed in that! You can be honest with us, you're friends!"

"Oh, it really doesn't matter...….”

There was a moment of awkward silence. Dante was forced to cough with red ears.

"By the way, it seems like you're manipulating your memory, but you're not touching your diary."

"It's managed by those friends."

Veradin beckoned the dragons.

"Does your guardian dragons know about memory manipulation?"

"I know, but few in the family know that I am a contractor and that there are two guardian dragons."

"But why don't you do anything?"

"Because Itelmione and Ricta don't say much. Maybe the two gods decided that memory manipulation was not harmful to me. Rather, it seems like he wants me to be tamed and become a housekeeper as soon as possible."

Being the housekeeper of the Giffle means being the number one person in the world.

It was, of course, perfectly good for the two gods who chose Veradine. Not only will their status rise, but they will also be able to serve other contractors in the family.

I can't read the intentions of the two gods right now, but Jean somehow felt disgusted. The strangely polite attitude of the guardian dragons was also on my mind.

Doll

A word like that flashed across my mind.

Veradin was not living his own life, but the will of others. That's the will of conspiracy and vice.

"You thought I was like a doll, didn't you?"

"Crazy."

"How did you know?!”

Jean and Dante looked at each other in surprise. Dante was thinking the same thing as Jean.

"So, what are you going to do?"

asked Jean, fixing her expression.

"What?"

"To get out of the zipple."

"Oh, that's... ... It's hard. After you become a jockey, it would be more realistic to take me as a prisoner. It's an all-out war. And I don't know how mean your brothers are to me."

"Runcandel and Jipple fight, even if they're not you.”

"That's true, Jean. I'm responsible as I am. If the family is going the wrong way, shouldn't I fix it? I'll normalize everything. I'm going to return the Zipple to the proud family I knew."

"That's not a realistic story.”

"I don't think there's anything you can't do if you help me."

"Unless we're friends, it's not that we're not. It's impossible for Looncandel to help Zipple."

"You're so flattering, you're trying to be upset again.”

"Of course I can help you personally. But then what? To help you is to make a crack in a zipple. If you succeed, you'll probably have a huge crack that you've never had before. Will Looncandel, and the other forces, just keep an eye on it?"

It couldn't have been.

The moment Veradin cracked within the zipple, all kinds of forces would rush to bring down the zipple.

Above all, Veradin's assumption was wrong from the start.

"And could you be the same person you are now? Memory will continue to be manipulated, can you keep your sanity? I don't think it's an area of will or belief. You have to get out of the Zipple, Veradine."

"You think if I don't leave the family, I'm going to be corrupted?”

"Yes."

"That's possible. I can't deny it. But Jean, if you were me, you'd make the same choice. I'm not leaving the family."

"No, if it were me, I would have left Looncandel. If I thought I had to live a life where my will was fading away without knowing it."

"Jin."

Veradin smiled and said back.

"I'm not a great man like you."

With that calm remark, Jean could not say anything more.

Veradin was no fool, either. He knew best how scary it was to have his memory manipulated and his ego transformed.

The gap between the diary and the reality, and the terrible confusion that comes from it, has been a problem that has been felt for years.

"Jin, I understand Lord Veradin. I want to respect the opinion of the public."

It was no different why Jean had repeatedly stressed Veradin to leave the Zipple. Because he did not want the future that he or other Looncandel brothers had to kill.

"It's a little embarrassing, but if you don't let me go. I think we can change our family enough. I don't mind the loss of family power.... huh?"

At the moment Veradin said so far, suddenly a bright light appeared on the mobile gateway outside the villa.

Someone came to the villa. And now, the only people who could come to the villa were members of the Zipple.

At the same time, the two guardian dragons, sipping tea cups, rushed like lightning and blocked Veradin's way.

He seemed to be trying to protect him.

"Tuyan, Pinia?"

Unlike before, when they were polite, the two dragons were seen raising their spirits in a dry manner without even answering.

It was a group of wizards that left the mobile gates. They were wearing gray robes without any patterns.

A gray lobster that does not symbolize white nights or formalities, or even informs itself that it is a zipple.

Jean didn't know what it meant.

As soon as they came out of the mobile gate, one could guess one thing from the speed at which they handled mana and prepared for solidarity and almanac magic.

'It's clear that the black knight of the Looncandel...…!'

It was a self-evident fact that they visited this villa to catch themselves.

"Jin, I didn't call you!"

When Veradin sounded urgent, Jean nodded.

"Veradine."

"It's not me, it's really no...…!”

"I know, I won't misunderstand, so don't panic and order your guardian dragons to protect Dante, too. Those things, they seem to intend to get rid of this whole place."

Outside the window, the whole sky was already red with the banal magic of grey wizards.

Chapter end