Solo Swordmaster

#350. Wrong.

Perhaps it’s because the person you least want to know about the secret you don’t want to find out.

He avoided facing Rose by fixing his eyes only on the far-flung eyes.

Limon asked quietly.

“You know what is one of the most bullshit I’ve ever heard in my entire life?”

“What is?”

“It’s lamenting that the old days were good.”

“…”

“Why? Does it sound a bit odd when I say this?”

“Not like that.”

“There is no need to be considerate, Count. I know better than anyone that I am a kkondae.”

Limon laughed.

Originally, the old Taryeong was a habit of old kkondae.

In that sense, it was ironic in many ways that he, who can be called a kkondae of the historical unit, would say such a thing.

But Limon didn’t change his mind.

I just lay down on a snow-covered rock and looked up at the sky with my clasped hands as pillows.

“As an old man, I assure you, most of those old stories are bullshit.”

Even though I may not have lived the longest.

As an immortal old man who has lived the most intense life.

Limon, who had seen countless people younger than himself lamenting about the past, laughed.

“Even a nobleman who doesn’t know the real past makes it easier to say that.”

Sometimes, there are those who pretend to be neutral.

Whether it’s in the past or now, each era has its own merits, so it’s meaningless to compare them.

For Limon, it was an empty laugh.

There was a time when parents had to kill and eat their children because they could not survive the famine.

There was a time when humans were treated worse than livestock just because of their skin color, identity, or gender.

There was a time when people died like ants due to natural disasters, wars, beasts, and diseases.

If you have really experienced that era, you will not be able to say that you cannot discuss the superiority and inferiority of the past and the present even if your mouth is torn.

It’s obvious that the world has gotten better as time goes on when you look at the overall average.

“In the end, that’s what noblemen who haven’t adapted to the new era are saying, comparing only the strengths of the past with the weaknesses of the present.”

Still, people always say that the old days were good.

Fortunately, the era of peace and prosperity continued, and we compared only the times when we could play and eat in abundance even without working.

While regretting that I was not born in an era where I could enjoy a sense of superiority and live comfortably just by differences in skin color, identity, and gender.

Without knowing how precious the peace and prosperity they enjoy right now are.

“Because that’s how humans are.”

don’t see the downside

Beautify the memories of the past.

believe only what you want to believe

All of that is natural for humans.

Rather than being sarcastic, he speaks calmly, as if he were just telling his experience, and so he speaks more coldly.

Limon laughed.

“The funny thing is that when you can lament like that, it’s okay.”

Comparison with the past is proof that you can afford it.

In truly hopeless times, we do not want to become more miserable and say that we are better than before in order to gain hope to live right now.

“But if you try to change the times yourself instead of just lamenting the times, it becomes laughable.”

Limon erased his smile.

And recalling the memories of the past, he calmly added a word.

“Especially when a swordsman like me comes along.”

A swordsman who caused World War II.

A sword demon that slaughtered one-tenth of humanity.

A swordfighter who tried to destroy the British Empire by slashing the Sword King.

…a sword that tried to go against the times in order to regain their rights.

either as an enemy.

either as a teacher.

Limon, who had seen several sword masters up close, knew.

Even though they caused a brutal massacre, they also originally pursued a more beautiful world.

It’s just that as a result of trying my best to make a better era, I ended up becoming a monster.

“That’s why I didn’t bother to change the times.”

I didn’t know when I would become a monster if I swung my sword while dreaming only of ideals.

You may dream of a better country.

You may wish for greater abundance and peace.

I didn’t even greedy for a more developed future.

Even if I could see the best in front of me, I would step back and watch, only stepping out when the world seemed to be in danger.

There were people who criticized that sideline attitude, but I didn’t care.

At least it was better than the worst outcome of destroying the world with his own greed.

“I thought that was enough.”

It’s always hard to make the best decisions, but it’s easy to avoid the worst.

Humanity has progressed slowly but steadily over hundreds of years, simply because he averted the worst that might end the world.

Are you still lamenting the times?

Then you just have to wait hundreds more years.

As long as it does not perish as it has done so far, mankind will develop and improve endlessly.

It was a possible choice because he had the power to prevent the worst of humanity even if thousands of years passed along with an eternal lifespan.

And over the past hundreds of years, Limon has believed that his policy, if not the best, will be the second best.

The Iron Age opens.

Get pushed out of the position of absolute.

Even when treated as mere trash.

Thinking that this is also the change of the times and the process of development that has always been there, silently watching.

But…

“But these days, I’ve been thinking about this.”

“What are you thinking?”

“Even the policy I believed to be the second best may have been stubborn in the end.”

Rose asked softly, staring at Limon, who was lying on a rock and looking up at the sky.

“…do you regret not making the best of it?”

“well?”

not even affirmative.

without even denying it.

Limon said quietly.

“Perhaps even if I go back in time, I will make a similar choice to protect the world.”

It’s just a delusion that changing the past will make the future better.

Even if it wasn’t the best, what Limon had done was the best thing, and even now, that thought hasn’t changed much.

“Instead, I can’t do it with the same confidence as before.”

“…Is that so.”

One thing has changed.

It’s just that I think about the same choice more than before and make a decision a little more difficult.

At the end of looking at Limon, who speaks calmly.

Rose muttered bitterly.

“After all, you were feeling skeptical about your own life.”

Limon did not answer.

Rose understood.

In the end, his prediction was right.

I always had the power to rule the world.

The last sword master of mankind who chose to protect the world as a guardian, not as a king, savior, or revolutionary.

Limon had lost certainty about whether his life was right and was therefore seeking new answers.

and knowing that

Rose asked again.

“Why are you telling me this?”

This fact is Limon’s weakness.

It must have been the truth he hid from the other princesses, even from Li Qingyu, in order to get the ‘answer’ he was looking for.

why did you confess it?

Limon’s answer to the question, which was uncharacteristic of the person asking the answer, was simple.

“Because the Count deserves it.”

“Are you qualified?”

“The qualifications I asked the princesses of the Seven Dragons to prove. In fact, the Count had it from the beginning.”

“…yes?”

For a moment to inadvertently blink.

Rose, who understood the meaning only belatedly, asked in bewilderment.

“What do you mean?”

“What are you so surprised about? I bet even the Count knows that that ultimately means the qualification to rule the world, right?”

“But I…”

“I have always been compassionate and good, and I fought to protect all Londoners even when they were shunned.”

It’s not just London.

Rose’s life so far.

Above all, the history of the Blue Dragon clan itself is proof that she is a good ruler.

That’s why, from the start, Rose had qualifications that neither Charlotte nor Li Qingyu had yet to prove.

Looking at Limon talking calmly, I licked my lips for a moment.

Rose, barely awake, took a deep breath.

And he spoke calmly.

“The Swordsman said that is wrong.”

“You think so?”

“If I become your bride, I will act to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons, which you have been trying to prevent.”

Rose pointed out coldly.

The Blue Dragon clan is a clan that can never give up their beliefs.

That’s why, as their princess, she would try to create a world ruled by dragons once she gained the hegemony of the world.

I would have been able to get around

Limon asked Rose, who confessed the truth openly.

“Why?”

“…why?”

“Why not?”

pitifully.

Rose was at a loss for words.

I don’t know if anyone else

It was because I did not expect to hear these words from Limon, who has been fighting for hundreds of years to stop the Seven Dragons’ long-cherished wish.

But Limon just laughed.

“Did you forget, Count? If I take the princess as my bride, it means that I will eventually resurrect the dragon.”

“…”

Having a dragon as a child is also something to be prepared for.

I wonder if that’s the only problem.

He left Rose at a loss for words with his plain intellectual remarks, and he quietly continued with his arm pillow.

“Of course, if my teacher, the Sword Emperor, knew about it, it would happen in the coffin.”

“Because he would have declared that Pharaoh deserves the right to be the ruler of the world rather than the Count.”

“But I am not Master.”

Even if it becomes a world ruled by dragons, it doesn’t matter.

It would be better for Rose, who has always tried her best, to rule the world rather than herself, who has stood by and watched everything to avoid the worst.

Watching Limon speak languidly.

Rose fell silent.

‘You swordsman…’

There was definitely the joy of being recognized by Limon.

But at this moment.

Rather than such joy, what filled her heart was indescribable sadness and pity.

Because he believed that mankind could create a better era for himself, Limon had been tenaciously stopping the Seven Dragons from trying to reverse the Bronze Age.

It was because he vaguely felt it when he calmly accepted the long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons.

Limon’s feelings now.

‘Are you that tired? To the point where you’re not even sure if blocking our long-cherished wish is the right thing to do?’

but.

I didn’t know if it was normal.

The country that had protected him all his life abandoned him.

All the disciples who believed that they would become the pillars of mankind died.

The old enemy, the Seven Dragons, dominates half the world as a proud conglomerate.

In other words, he has been denied his whole life for hundreds of years.

Therefore, it was not unreasonable for Limon to give up his belief in remaining as the guardian of the world and try to join hands with his nemesis, the Seven Dragons.

But…

‘Nevertheless, you are still the guardian of the world.’

He really gave up on the world.

If you have abandoned your expectations of humans.

There would have been no need to test and watch the princesses.

He would have married a suitable princess and live according to his desires, or would rather have abandoned everything and wandered around the world.

But he didn’t.

Even though he laments his own shortcomings, he still has faith in humans.

In order to find someone who would teach him how to lead the world more properly, he tried to find an answer even to his archenemy, the princess of the Seven Dragons.

“…”

Rose could not dare to understand his feelings.

Losing everything you’ve built up in your life.

Even in the midst of blurred beliefs.

It is only arrogance and deception to try to understand him, who has no choice but to join hands with his nemesis in order to fulfill his duties as a guardian of the world.

Even so, the figure of him lying on the rock is so lonely.

The eyes looking up at the sky look tired.

The result of inadvertently overlapping the figure of someone walking in the garden on a moonlit night from that little boy.

Rose realized.

Why did he seek Limon’s answer even while preparing for war and raiding Hasneti?

Aware of the true reason, she was able to understand.

what you should do yourself.

Originally, something to be hesitant about.

But there was no hesitation.

Her decision was already decided from the time she decided to get an answer from Limon.

“Do you remember what you said to me before the sword training?”

“What do you mean?”

“Hypocrisy is also good, and you said that the life I lived was not wrong.”

“I remember that, why?”

“Then I will speak with the qualification that you acknowledged at that time.”

though it was a few months ago.

As distant as decades ago.

Vivid, just like yesterday.

Reflecting on the calm melody that resonated in the quiet garden where the moonlight shone.

she’s dumb

But he said it bluntly.

“You are not wrong.”

“…what?”

Limon tilted his head and looked up at himself, just as he was lying on the rock.

go towards him

Kneel on one knee in front of him.

Keeping eye level with him, looking straight at him.

Rose smiled.

“It means that what you have believed in and what you have done for the past hundreds of years has been right.”

Limon Aspelder.

The one who slashed the dragon with the Sword Emperor.

And their nemesis and enemy, who have been tenaciously hunting the Seven Dragons who want to turn back the times to protect their beliefs.

“Not even trying to change the world by force.”

Acknowledge his beliefs.

“I wanted to remain as a Guardian until the end.”

affirm his life.

“and-.”

by comforting him.

The princess who is the most righteous in the Seven Dragons, so she is more determined than anyone else but has a firm conviction

.

own beliefs.

denied