Solo Swordmaster

#300. That didn’t work.

“…world war.”

Is it because of the shocking words?

One turn to mumble a low self-talk.

Limon emptied his glass at once.

Then, as he pushed the empty glass aside, he quietly opened his mouth.

“Do you think things will get to that point?”

“Because it’s worth it.”

After the Iron Age opened.

Or maybe even at the cost of losing everything they had built since the Bronze Age, the seven clans would try to get their hands on Limon.

Li Qingyu poured a drink into the glass he held out and answered calmly.

Limon laughed.

“I felt it when I heard about the World Peace Plan, but Princess, you see my price too high.”

“That’s an accurate assessment. Even more so now that it has been revealed that the swordsman possesses dragon psionics.”

“You think so?”

“Now, with about half of Leviathan’s share, I don’t even dare to ask the swordsman to marry me.”

Even Limon in the past wasn’t low in value.

Because he was the absolute one who fought against the entire Seven Dragons, and he was the only one who could cut the Constellation.

However, the fact that he possesses the eighth dragon psionic made Limon’s value to a completely different level.

“Because swordsmiths have become indispensable to fulfill our long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons.”

“It’s a long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons…”

Limon sighed.

And muttered in a languid voice, not knowing whether he was tired or exhausted.

“You mean you still haven’t given up on that illusory goal of changing the world.”

“We are the Seven Dragons.”

Even if you wear fancy clothes and dress up, a beast cannot become a human.

The essence of the Seven Dragons Association is religion.

no matter how many years have passed

Whether it has become a large company by becoming bisexual.

Giving up their long-cherished wish, which is no different from the meaning of their existence, is impossible as long as the Seven Dragons are the Seven Dragons.

Li Qingyu, who spoke calmly, raised his glass again.

And he continued talking while feeling the subtle scent of Limon mixed with the scent of whiskey.

“No matter what kind of peace comes, there is only one utopia for us, the Seven Dragons.”

“You mean the Bronze Age?”

“yes. That’s why we’ve been trying to bring that era back.”

overthrow the world

to regain lost supremacy.

Take control of the world’s criminal organizations and fight Limon.

The efforts that the Seven Dragons had been making for hundreds of years had already surpassed tenacity and were close to madness.

“Nevertheless, we kept failing.”

“I think half of it was because of me.”

“The biggest problem was the reason for the remaining half.”

The whole Seven Dragons unite.

If the seven princesses joined forces.

It might have been possible to even defeat Limon beyond competing on an equal footing.

In fact, in the past, when two or more members of the Seven Dragons united, even the Sword Master avoided fighting.

Nevertheless, the reason why the Seven Dragons were hunted unilaterally in the Age of Heroes was not only because the whole world was their enemy.

It was because there was no reason to fight for the fate of the clan.

“Even if they conquered the world and overcome the sword attack, they didn’t have the most necessary things to create Utopia.”

the moment I heard that.

Limon stopped tipping his glass.

The nemesis of the Seven Dragons.

As a survivor of the Bronze Age.

This is because they knew better than anyone what was absolutely necessary to create the utopia they dreamed of.

“Seven dragons.”

No wonder.

The Bronze Age is not just history.

It refers to the world itself ruled by dragons.

In that sense, to achieve the utopia of the Seven Dragons, the dragon was an absolute element beyond being essential.

“Yes, so according to the natural order, our long-cherished wish should have been as absurd as the swordsman said.”

“If it’s the way it is…”

He laughed.

Limon said jokingly.

“It sounds very strange to hear those words come out of your mouth.”

“I bet you would.”

Li Qingyu nodded.

And it sounds like you heard a very funny joke.

He smiled and spoke.

“Because our seven princesses were created by our ancestors to go against the law.”

even before the creation of the world.

The seven dragons who survived the tribulation of the destruction of the whole world and woke up after falling into a long sleep.

They hated the extinction that had annihilated their species, but lamented their fate of extinction at this rate.

So, I took a few steps.

The most representative is the seven princesses of the Seven Dragons.

In order to resist the fate of destruction, they were descendants of seven dragons born from eggs laid by accepting human affection.

“Even so, it was a failed attempt.”

“It is as you say. Because we are truly descended from dragons, we were too lacking.”

half blood.

A weak body compared to psionics.

There are also mental, physical and spiritual defects.

Compared to the seven dragons who ate even the incarnation and ruled the world, they were far too imperfect.

“That’s why we are princesses.”

As one of those princesses.

Li Qingyu said in a calm voice.

“It is nothing more than a vessel for giving birth to a perfect dragon.”

That was the reason why they, the heads of each clan, were called only princesses, not queens or empresses.

In the Seven Dragons, only dragons are perfect.

Even a descendant of a dragon had no right to dare to claim the title of king.

Just like how even a princess who is treated like a golden jade in the royal family is sold through an arranged marriage without inheriting the kingship.

“But you couldn’t do your duty as a true princess.”

“yes. The half-dragon blood we inherited was only enough to pass on this incomplete blood from generation to generation.”

bow your head slightly

Looking at my own face reflected in the glass.

Li Qingyu continued quietly.

“And there is only one way to complete this incomplete loop.”

“…You mean the eighth dragon psionic.”

“It is as you say.”

The reason why the Seven Dragons have been searching for the eighth dragon psionic for hundreds of years.

And when I found out that Limon had it.

Li Qingyu plainly confessed why the other princesses were so angry that they wanted to tear him to death.

“When we mix our bodies with swordsmiths and lay eggs, then, after hundreds of years, a perfect dragon will be resurrected.”

* * *

Even after hearing that confession.

Limon wasn’t surprised.

Because it’s a fact I already knew.

So he laughed out loud.

“That’s funny.”

While fighting the Seven Dragons for over hundreds of years, what they were most wary of and tried to stop was the dragon’s resurrection.

That the only key was in you?

It was ironic.

“From the point of view of the Seven Dragons, this is something we want to cry about.”

“Are those tears of joy or tears of sorrow?”

“well. If I had to say, would it be both?”

Li Qingyu chuckled.

Right now, the feelings she felt when she first learned that Limon had dragon psionics were indescribable.

“Originally, I should have told everyone as soon as I found out about it.”

either way good

either on the bad side

It was clear that this was an extremely important fact related to the fate of the entire Seven Dragons.

“But I didn’t.”

From the point of hiding that fact, it was an unacceptable betrayal in the Seven Dragons.

So, she is a sinner, and the righteous one is rather Charlotte’s side who is trying to judge herself.

Li Qingyu said calmly.

I don’t know if it’s Ainsha or Maia.

The fact that Rose, who was more upright than anyone else, stayed silent and couldn’t say a word throughout the Chilryong Branch proves that fact.

“If it were you, wouldn’t you have done it for a good reason?”

“I did say that when Rose came to ask me about the swordsmith’s dragon psionics.”

Stop the infighting of the Seven Dragons.

To protect Limon.

to hide that fact.

Recalling the words she answered to Rose, who was aiming a sword at her throat.

Li Qingyu chuckled.

“But that was a lie.”

“lie?”

“That was true, but the real reason was different.”

Is it because of his righteous character?

Rose, who meekly believed in that absurd lie just because it was her.

sympathize with her pitiful

Longing for its uprightness.

Li Mon asked Li Qingyu, who spoke bitterly.

“What is the real reason for that?”

Li Qingyu did not answer.

I just tilted the glass I was holding.

gulp gulp.

As a princess, she must have known better than anyone else that she couldn’t get drunk like this.

After drinking the whiskey left in the glass at once, as if to borrow the power of intoxication, even just for the mood.

I turned my head to face Limon.

she said quietly.

“That’s because I didn’t want to lose my swordsmanship to anyone.”

“You mean you wanted to monopolize the 8th dragon psionic like the Golden Dragon Princess said?”

“no. I don’t care about dragon psionics.”

“…Did you just say dragon psionic?”

“yes.”

Li Qingyu calmly accepted Li Mon’s ridiculous gaze.

In the first place, Limon’s dragon psionic was revealed after he obtained the Violin of Darkness.

Until then, Limon, of course.

Even the princesses of the Seven Dragons did not notice the secret.

Nevertheless, the girl who proposed to Limon in exchange for half of Leviathan’s share at the risk of everything in the clan smiled and said,

“Because what I wanted from the beginning was a swordsman, not an eighth dragon psionic.”

Because of that transcendent power?

Or because you can cut the constellation?

Surely there may be a reason for that.

But it didn’t matter.

Just like I proposed to him before I even knew about dragon psionics.

Even if he didn’t have that kind of power, he would have proposed to Limon.

“Because I was already in love with you.”

That moment.

Limon kept his mouth shut.

It wasn’t just because the answer was so unexpected.

Instead of the usual smile, Li Qingyu’s face was serious.

And her eyes, which were calmly sinking without shaking.

It made him unable to find anything to say for a moment.

“…I remember the first time we met when you proposed to me.”

“yes that’s right.”

“You mean you still have a crush on me?”

“Because it’s possible to fall for someone you’ve never met before.”

twirling

It’s meaningful like a black dragon princess.

With a smile you can’t understand.

Li Qingyu held out a now empty wine glass.

And after Limon reluctantly filled the glass, he continued with another sip of whiskey.

“Actually, I’m not alone in this.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s a story about the traits we inherited from our ancestors.”

Although there are many fanciful stories, dragons in most legends have some common characteristics.

collect treasures.

obsessed with it

or kidnap a beautiful princess.

such as accepting a pure virgin as a sacrifice.

For a great being who even ate the incarnation, the commonality was too implausible.

Nevertheless, there is one reason why the story is widely spread.

Because some of them were true.

A princess as beautiful as a treasure.

In other words, the sensitive sense of smell to find one’s partner and the fanatical obsession to monopolize it even by kidnapping it.

“I was just blinded by my grudge against the swordsman.”

“Even if there was no dragon psionic, we would have been instinctively drawn to the swordsman.”

If there were no psionics.

Ainsha Rose and Maia.

Did he really not feel anything for Limon?

The only man who can change her destiny, make her comfortable, and give her warmth?

Li Qingyu was able to assert.

It can’t be.

It’s just the difference between being fast or slow.

It was only a matter of time before they had a crush on him from the moment they met Limon after clearing up their enemy position.

Even if they are half, they are dragons.

It was because he was a being with an instinctive nature to find out the value of a treasure and covet it.

The greedy nature of the Golden Dragon Princess, the most perfect of all princesses, was the proof.

“And like hiding treasure in the nest and protecting it, he must have tried to monopolize the swordsman at all costs.”

“…Just like me.”

a little bitter

but a little reassuring.

Li Qingyu spoke calmly.

“So I wanted to monopolize the swordsmanship.”

“To Ainsha, Rose, and Maia. I didn’t want to share this feeling with anyone.”

“Even if it means deceiving all the other princesses and giving up the long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons, leaving things about the dragon psionic forever.”

“But the end is this.”

Even though I know it will eventually ruin me.

Just as he was expelled by a knight for kidnapping the princess.

Or like a dragon who was hunted by a hunter who coveted a treasure so rare.

The girl, who could not stand her greed for Limon and acted to monopolize him, turned the entire Seven Dragons into enemies, and smiled.

“I couldn’t do that.”

“For the sake of the swordsmith, for the sake of the other princesses, and even for myself.”

“I realized then, in the jungle, that I should have done this a long time ago.”

Maia, who was dying.

Limon lamented while holding her.

Seeing the twist of fate that shouldn’t have happened originally caused by his own greed.

The girl, who realized her mistake only belatedly, decided to undo it.

“So swordsmith, please.”

For life if possible.

No, the words I didn’t want to say even after I died.

But in the end, one request that should have been done someday.

Li Qingyu said calmly.

“Please break off the marriage with me.”