chapter 164
164 – Aslan Sorter
Aslan Sorter
Aslan is lying on the sofa with a bored expression.
As a military family with a long history, and my father, Alion, was also a man with strict manners, Aslan was the only person in this family who could sit like this.
“How long do you have to wait?”
As he muttered in an annoyed voice, Lulz, who had been reading a book sitting in the right posture across from him, spoke in a relaxed voice.
“Wait just a little longer. My father is busy, so we should understand.”
“If any inspiration had poured that understanding into us, I would have carried it on my back.”
Asran is sarcastic, but Lulz doesn’t say anything.
He waited a long time for what he felt.
I know my father is busy, but if it’s just to have a tea time for a while, he can put off work for a while, but he seems to be planning to meet after taking care of everything according to the schedule.
Since it was a difficult place to reconcile the two, he doesn’t say anything, but Lulz didn’t like his father’s stubbornness.
If my younger brother can’t stand it and explodes like this, there’s no place.
It was suspicious that his father was doing it on purpose to take the initiative, but he was proud to see his younger brother thinking of him and putting up with it.
In the past, he would have left cursing as soon as he was told to wait.
Feeling that he taught him well at the academy, Lulz thanked Rai in his heart.
“Brother, there is a message from the academy.”
Adele, her youngest brother, approaches Aslan with her short legs quivering.
He had a small letter in his hand, and Aslan stood up to receive it.
“I don’t have anything to come… Oh, it’s Lynom.”
“Are you friends?”
“Yeah… No. Not a friend. A lecturer.”
“Oh, did the academy instructor write a letter to you directly? You are amazing.”
“I’ll do something.”
Seeing Adele looking up at her with sparkling eyes, Aslan shrugged her shoulders.
Lulz took his eyes off the book and looked at it pathetically, but he didn’t care and read the letter.
It was a letter handwritten by a pure wizard who was waiting in each territory through communication magic, so the font was different, but the tone of the writing was clear.
“I wrote it down again as a password.”
“Did you take on a secret mission, bro?”
“No, it must have been coded just to tease.”
Unless you communicate directly with communication magic, it is common to use mutually matched passwords for sensitive matters as it goes through at least one person.
Asran, who had nothing to hide, didn’t think much of it, and he deciphered the code he had told you about before.
It’s slow, but the smile disappears from Aslan’s expression as he reads it little by little.
“What is this idiot doing…”
Asran frowns, Lulz stares at him for a moment before asking.
“What does it say?”
“…… I can’t tell you.”
Aslan folds the letter as if crumpling it and puts it in his bosom and thinks about it for a while.
“Brother…”
Adele tried to talk, but Lulz raised his hand to stop him.
At times like this, it’s better to leave it alone until it’s all sorted out.
Although it was awkward for his younger brother to be lost in his thoughts, Lulz calmly waited for Aslan.
Aslan let out a big sigh and jumped up.
“Hyung, I’m sorry. I think I need to go for a while.”
“Who are you going to see?”
“Yeah, I have to help a friend… It’ll probably take a few weeks to get back.”
Athran couldn’t make eye contact, maybe he was sorry to say it.
His older brother, who struggled alone between his father and himself, even prepared a place for him.
But Lulz nodded.
“Go away. But ask your father for his understanding and go.”
It was easy to be misunderstood because of his fierce eyes, but his younger brother doesn’t hesitate to help people in need.
Lulz, who noticed to a certain extent through the password text that could not be revealed to others and the words of his younger brother who lamented that he was an idiot, did not stop his younger brother.
From an early age, his younger brother ran while looking straight ahead of him and did not give in to injustice or threats.
Even when he took a step behind him on the pretext of thinking, his younger brother did not let go of the malice in front of him and confronted him head-on.
As a person who worked hard to create this place, it was regrettable, but I had no intention of stopping my trusted younger brother.
Wouldn’t he be able to create a place with his father if he worked hard?
Thunder was naked, but now he learned how to look around.
“Okay. Adele, sorry. Let’s play together when we get back.”
“I hope my brother will come back safely.”
“I’m not hurt. I’m invincible.”
Aslan strokes Adele’s hair and heads to her father’s office.
Even if it wasn’t Lulz’s words, she had to talk to her father anyway.
The family coat of arms was needed to cross the border.
In front of her office, Aslan takes a deep breath and knocks.
“Come in.”
At her stiff voice, Aslan breaks her neck and unties her body before going inside.
Alrion, who was sitting at his desk writing something on papers with the butler’s help, glanced at him and then turned his gaze back to the papers.
“Is that something you can’t wait for?
The father was angry with every word, but Aslan held back and opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll have to postpone everyone’s Happy Hour that hyung made.”
“… Why?”
“I have someone to help.”
Alion looks up at Aslan.
His hand still doesn’t stop, he writes something on the paper, and after he signs it one last time, he hands it over to the butler.
Alion, who has been silently fighting in the snow, smiles when he sees that his son’s eyes are not shaking at all.
“You coward has grown up quite a bit. The instructor Damian said taught you well.”
“I have never been afraid.”
“So you came here to say that? You want something?”
“They say I have something to borrow… I’m here to apologize. It might sound like an excuse, but since I’m breaking up for my own reasons, I thought it was polite to ask the old man for his understanding.”
At Asran’s words, the butler, who had a calm face, stared at him with his mouth open before dropping the papers.
“I’m sorry.”
“You look bewildered, Belusha. As the butler, I need to pay more attention to my appearance.”
“I will correct it.”
Alion was making fun of Bellusha, the owner of the house, but he too was flustered and dropped the pen he was holding.
Fortunately, Bellusha caught her attention and didn’t get caught.
Athlan didn’t like the strange atmosphere, but he kept his mouth shut and waited for Alion’s next words.
“So what do you want?”
“The crest of the family. We must cross the border.”
Alion frowned when he heard that he had to cross the border.
No matter how peaceful it may be, it is very conspicuous that a figure from a large family like the Skape family crosses the border.
“Are you afraid of me and are you thinking of running away to a foreign country?”
“What do you say, inspiration can’t be scary. You have to help a friend.”
“Looks like that friend is so important to me that I bow my head. You broke the seat that Lulz had prepared with great difficulty. The weak Lulz must be heartbroken.”
“I got permission from my older brother. I intend to ask for forgiveness again after I return.”
Alion, who was staring at Aslan who met her eyes without hesitation, held out her hand to Belusha.
Bellusha, who has been with him all his life, understands his will and brings her a seal containing the family crest.
“The weight of the sentence is heavier than I thought. Can you handle it?”
“It’s a lot of weight to put a seal on. Don’t worry, even if the old man doesn’t say anything, I’ll make the Scape family into a family that the Empire demands.”
“This kid is bluffing.”
That’s what he said, but as if he liked Asran’s confident answer, Alion smiled and stamped the documents and filled out the permit.
As if informing him of his usual habit, he puts the permit folded neatly into a neat envelope and holds it out to Aslan.
“Don’t get hit.”
“I can’t guarantee that.”
“Do you think they’ll give it to you when you say that? At times like this, I’ll say yes and take it calmly.”
“It’s better than making promises you can’t keep.”
“You really don’t fit in with politics… All right. Go away.”
Alion loosened his grip on the letter he was holding together and waved his hand.
When Aslan was about to leave with his permit, Alion said in a calm voice to his back.
“And come back unscathed. Your mother is worried.”
Asran looked back, but Alion silently filled out the paperwork without paying attention to him.
Asran stared at me for a while and smiled.
“I promise you. Don’t worry. I’m invincible.”
Leave Alion ignored, Aslan leaves the office.
Alion, who was filling out the paperwork as if nothing had happened, puts down his pen and looks at Bellusha.
Grey-white hair and neatly trimmed white beard make him a respectful gentleman, but his smirking smile is annoying.
“Belusha, you’re in a bad mood, so why don’t you fix your expression?”
“Congratulations, Head of Household. Your son has grown up.”
I’ve been with her since she was a child, so she knows everything about Alion.
A faint joy was visible on his expressionless face.
Alion, who had been making a painful noise, leaned back on the chair.
“How did you teach the goat who didn’t listen to me even though I was told to work so hard at home?”
“That means that the instructors at Legandia Academy are amazing.”
With her nasty smile erased, Bellusha, who has returned to her original form as a butler, answers in a gentle voice.
“I would have been in trouble if I had brought you home last year.”
“It was the stubbornness of a father who did not trust his son.”
Alion glared at her, but Bellusha sorted her papers casually.
Alion let out a sigh with a disgusted face and stood up again to examine the papers piled on the desk.
“Since the stupid son promised to increase the reputation of the Scape family, the ugly father should focus on maintaining the status quo.”
“That’s right. If you fall further away, it will be difficult to see your son’s face when inheriting.”
“You keep saying useless things. You seem to be in a good mood today.”
“It can only be good. I saw my son’s growth right in front of my eyes. Didn’t the academy grades go up and he went up to the round of 16 in this martial arts competition to prove his individual martial arts? Didn’t the head of the family like it too?”
Alion didn’t answer, but he couldn’t hide the smile on his lips.
After leaving the office, Aslan goes straight to the stable.
Since the family originally belonged to the military, simple equipment was prepared in advance in case of an unexpected situation.
Aslan, who could go on a journey as long as she brought her weapon, looked around at his horse carrying a bag placed on the display stand.
“I’ve prepared the horses, so all you have to do is leave.”
I turned at the voice behind me and saw Damian with his horse.
As an instructor, he trained Aslan from a young age, but it didn’t suit him, so he always fought.
Athran, still remembering the insults and ridicule he spat, frowned.
“What do you believe in riding the horse you prepared?”
“Ha- I don’t care if you believe me or not. If you’re a Scape guy, you have eyes for horses, right? It’s the best horse out there. If you don’t believe me, look at the horseshoe or saddle to see if I’ve done something strange. “No, of course you should. Didn’t I educate you to check the horse you ride?”
Demian doesn’t lose either and sarcastically handed over the words.
Aslan, who had been silently looking at the horse and Damian, silently puts the bag on top and examines his horse.
Seeing him meticulously checking the horse’s condition, Damian doesn’t feel bad.
He was the one who taught him to always check before riding.
It was a bit disappointing that he didn’t listen at all when he spoke, and then changed drastically after learning from the academy instructor.
“Learn more from the instructor named Rai.”
“Don’t worry, I’m learning well.”
“Learn more. He’s ready to suck everything he has. He’s a great instructor.”
It was Damien who saw Rai teach and stepped down from his instructor position without any protest.
Although Aslan laughed inwardly when he said that he was wonderful, he didn’t show it on the outside and got on the horse.
“Have you become a bit harmful?”
“No more stress from not teaching some lazy person.”
“Are you saying it’s a win-win?”
“So to speak.”
Damian lowered his head in agreement with Aslan.
“Bocchan, I hope you have a safe trip.”
“… What are you doing?”
“I wish you no luck. You should look good as you are the one who will lead the Skape family in the future.”
“Damn it, do as usual. Why am I leading the Scape family when there are hyungs? And if I were to lead the Scape family, I would kick you out first.”
When Aslan gets annoyed, Damian raises his head with an expressionless face and looks at him.
“Then, as usual, don’t do sh*t and come back safely. Don’t get into trouble and get into the habit of covering your head first if there’s something in front of you…”
“Stop it, stop it. I’m going.”
As the nagging gets longer, Aslan frowns and drives his horse away.
Athran felt strange because the family’s attitude towards him suddenly changed, but now there was something more important than that.
The letter from Rai contained only brief information and a request to stop Abigail.
“You pretended to be proud, but please don’t be stupid and wait patiently.”
Feeling that if he doesn’t stop Abigail now, he won’t be able to see her anymore, Aslan spurns his words.