Solo Swordmaster

#351. I will affirm you

living a long life

Limon has been through a lot.

Many of them were incredibly shocking.

Even if Rose was determined to start a war right away and attacked Hasneti, it was a shocking thing to hit her in the head with a mace.

but this moment.

It was nothing compared to the shock he received from what Rose had said.

“…was I right?”

“yes.”

“Even the one that stopped the Seven Dragons?”

“That’s right.”

Although the voice is soft.

The answer is no hesitation.

I feel that determined will.

That’s why it’s such a rose-like word.

That’s why I feel a bigger shock than when my skull was cracked by the swordman’s fist in the past at more unbelievable words.

Limon raises his upper body.

I washed my face dry with both hands.

“Don’t do that, Count.”

Is it because the shock was so great?

I lost even the shamelessness that I never forgot under any circumstances.

The old and heavy emotions were revealed intact through the fingers sweeping down the face.

Limon said in a voice like rusty iron.

“Don’t do anything you’ll regret for sympathizing with an old man like me.”

I just allowed it because there was no alternative.

He still couldn’t accept the belief of the Seven Dragons to bring back the world ruled by dragons.

Nevertheless, Limon had no choice but to tell Rose.

Don’t betray her convictions for your own sake.

“You know what I just said doesn’t end with the Count alone, right?”

Rose is not alone in that belief.

Former Blue Dragon Princess.

Countless blue dragons.

A will that has been passed on and defended at the risk of one’s life, even while doing crazy things like charging the sword master head-on.

To deny that to anyone else, Rose, was to deny the entire pride and sacrifice that the Blue Dragon clan had so far.

Other clans, of course.

It wouldn’t be strange if even the Blue Dragon clan branded their princess a traitor.

I couldn’t have known that fact.

Rose didn’t speak back.

As always, he had a light smile.

“I am not saying this to sympathize with you or to win your favor.”

Even though I denied myself the beliefs I had built up my whole life.

Still looking at Limon with eyes as clear and calm as a lake, unable to find any delusion.

said Rose.

“Because, apart from my personal feelings, as the princess of the Seven Dragons, I truly believe that you are right and hope that you are right.”

“You want me to be right?”

“That’s right.”

In a voice too calm to be said simply out of sympathy.

It refers to a fact that was vaguely felt but had not been considered because it could not be acknowledged before.

“If you wanted to become the savior of mankind, the Seven Dragons would have perished long ago.”

Age of Heroes of the Past.

If Limon had decided to actively intervene in the world.

He would have annihilated the Seven Dragons before stopping a world war or saving people.

Limon did not deny Rose’s point with a quiet smile.

As the owner of the Sword Tower, he had such an influence at the time that he raised 7 sword masters.

“So, as the princess of the Seven Dragons, who was able to survive thanks to that belief, I am saying that you were right.”

“What about how many times I killed the count’s ancestors and disrupted the plans of the Seven Dragons?”

“Including that.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It means that our belief in the Seven Dragons was wrong from the beginning.”

The second shock was not as intense as the first.

But it was enough to make Limon take his hands off his face and look back at Rose.

“…is the Count crazy?”

“No, I am sane.”

In a voice so calm that the absurd content was laughable, Rose continued quietly.

“Until I came here, I believed that the world governed by the ancestors was a utopia.”

As the princess of the Blue Dragon Clan…

no, it was something that anyone in the Seven Dragons’ clan would take for granted.

Because it was their faith and longing.

“But now I know.”

“You know what?”

“The fact that the utopia created by our ancestors will eventually be the same as today’s Africa.”

It was a sound that would cause seizures if other members of the clan heard it.

Because it would be an insult to say that their utopia is no different from Africa, the messiest place in the whole world.

However, Rose continued without hesitation.

“The world ruled by the ancestors is, after all, a world where everything is ruled by force.”

the distant and distant past.

The seven dragons that appeared in the Age of Silver, which was dominated by gods, proved their qualifications as absolutes by consuming incarnations.

At the time when the confusion caused by the religious war was extreme, it was an act of salvation in itself,

but in the end, they conquered the world with overwhelming force and violence.

“And reversing the Bronze Age means creating an era in which humans were considered slaves or limbs of dragons.”

Above all, the era where dragons ruled.

What was important in the ruling class, the Seven Dragons, was not each person’s ability or character.

It only mattered how much darker dragon blood each of them inherited and how well they could handle psionics.

In other words, pure humans who did not have a drop of dragon blood and could not handle psionics could never become the ruling class.

Just like white people are discriminated against only because of their skin color in Africa.

“At least to me, such a world is not an ideal worth sacrificing everything to achieve.”

As an Earl of the British Empire.

And as the president of a large corporation.

With the help of many clans, he never knew when he would be able to show mercy to those in need.

However, as an individual, I was able to understand now that I had built and ruled a country from the bottom in an unknown place.

only skin color.

Only by blood and connections.

Or just by circumstances or power.

Regardless of the talent or effort, how cruel is the world where the limits of what each person can reach are set.

“Nevertheless, there is probably one reason why we, the Seven Dragons, considered that era to be utopia.”

The members of the Seven Dragons are competent.

Of course, many people would have realized this.

Still, it wasn’t hard for Rose to pinpoint why no one had ever pointed out anything more than that.

“It must be because we were the vested interests of the era.”

From the beginning, the Seven Dragons ruled the world by worshiping dragons in the Bronze Age.

Therefore, the era ruled by the dragon they pursued did not mean that everyone was equal and affluent.

It means that it is an era where you can become the ruling class only by inheriting the dragon’s blood and being loyal to the dragon.

“In the end, we, the Seven Dragons, were just specters trying to regain lost power.”

There must have been some who genuinely believed in dragons.

There must have been many who believed that if the dragon returned, it would create a true utopia.

But Rose, who inherited the dragon’s true blood, even if it was only half, knew.

Even if the seven dragons are resurrected, they can eat the gods and rule the world, but they can’t create a world where everyone is happy.

Only the members of the Seven Dragons can create a world in which they can live affluent and happy lives.

“You must have stopped our Seven Dragons because you knew that fact.”

“…”

“So don’t deny your life.”

Limon’s hundreds of years are valuable just for stopping the Seven Dragons from overthrowing the world, blinded by the futile past.

It took a long time to stare at Rose as she spoke without hesitation.

Limon opened his mouth involuntarily.

“You… you are already corrupted.”

“That’s right.”

Even though she is the princess of the Blue Dragon Clan, the most naive of the seven princesses who believe in and follow the ideals of the Seven Dragons more than anyone else.

Denying the ideals of the Seven Dragons.

By giving up your beliefs.

Rose, who denied the rightness of her own existence, still smiled.

“But it doesn’t matter.”

From the time he kept silent despite knowing that Limon had dragon psionics…

or from the time he decided to regard him as his benefactor instead of pointing his sword at him despite knowing his identity, accepting the outcome.

She finished her speech quietly.

“Even if everyone criticizes me, I will affirm you.”

others, of course.

Even if Limon doubts himself.

He only believes that he was right.

Limon, who stared intently at Rose, who declared without hesitation, eventually opened his mouth with a sigh.

“…that’s too much.”

“Is that so?”

“If the Count says something like that, I can’t ignore it either.”

Limon smiled bitterly.

I don’t know if anyone else

I heard this from Rose, who directly admitted that she was qualified to rule the world.

It was because Limon, who felt skeptical about his own policy, had no choice but to reconsider finding a new answer.

“I’ll just say one thing though.”

Her trust in him, who had already decided to intervene in the world by obtaining wealth and power, was rather like poison.

Even so, those eyes are straight.

Those words are so warm.

Limon said plainly, turning his face slightly away from her eyes.

“Thank you Count.”

Maybe it’s because I was embarrassed to say this after eating a nightlife.

For a moment, look at Limon, who is scratching his cheek with a slightly blushing face.

Rose quietly opened her mouth.

“Did what I said help you?”

“huh.”

“Then may I ask you a small favor?”

“huh?”

For a moment, I was puzzled by the unexpected words.

Limon immediately nodded.

He committed the atrocities of raiding Hasneti to bring him back, and now it has become difficult to avoid a war with the Red Dragon Clan.

It was natural for Rose to ask for help.

“What if I can listen to anything…?”

Any request, just say it.

Limon, who answered without much hesitation, blinked.

It was because the face of Rose, who was kneeling in front of him, was too close before he knew it.

what that fact means.

Before Limon even understood.

Seruk.

A soft touch touched him.

Like a butterfly landing on a petal.

light and warm.

I hope it stays softly on my lips and then hardens in the warmth that left me for a while.

Limon asked blankly, looking at Rose’s face in front of him.

“…What does this mean, Count?”

“It means that I will use my qualifications.”

“Qualification?”

“Didn’t you tell yourself a moment ago? I am qualified to be your bride.”

Maybe because it was so unexpected.

Seeing the usual peaceful smile, Limon was taken aback.

“That’s why I’m going to use that qualification now…”

“Yes, that’s what it means.”

“…originally, you have to collect shares of the Seven Dragons to use that qualification?”

“Did you forget? That I am originally neutral.”

either Charlotte.

Richingwiden.

Whoever sided with the one who had a majority in the Seven Dragons would become his bride.

So, what’s wrong with receiving a pre-established fact that will come true anyway?

When Limon puts on a bewildered expression as he sees Rose, who is talking nonsense with a clean smile on her innocent and pitiful face.

Rose clutched his wrist.

Jump over space like breathing.

He hit him on the butt on the bed in the cabin right behind him.

“Wait a minute, hey? Count?”

Realizing that he had suddenly become a dinner table, Limon became even more shaken.

But Rose didn’t stop moving.

Like a beast that has caught its prey.

Get up on the bed naturally.

As if sitting on top of him.

I just whispered quietly into his ear.

“You can resist if you don’t like it.”

Is it because I’m ashamed?

Or because you’re excited.

With a subtle blush on her beautiful face.

Looking at Rose’s lake-blue eyes as she wrapped her arms around her neck…

no, to be precise, seeing the torrent of intense emotions swirling inside her, Limon couldn’t help but let out a pained sound inside.

‘Princess, did you know that it would end like this and said that to me?’

Please don’t reject other princesses because of yourself.

Limon sighed as he recalled the request he had made with Li Qingyu while smiling, and the promise he had made that he would be an asshole.

Because at the point of recognizing Rose’s qualifications, he realized that this was unavoidable.

…I wondered if it would have been okay if I hadn’t acknowledged my qualifications.

With that question neatly folded.

Unleash the power that kept you transforming.

I buried my head in her neck.

Limon whispered softly.

“Be prepared, Count. I won’t be able to finish it in moderation beyond this.”

Rose didn’t answer.

Rather, it seems to be exactly what he had hoped for.

I just smiled and kissed him again.

Hugging the waist of a princess who was so noble but now corrupted, abandoned her beliefs and betrayed even the Seven Dragons.

Coveting those moist lips.

Limon’s hand slid across the soft skin of his thigh.