Reincarnated with the King’s Power

Chapter 9

The bedroom of the Third Young Master, Julian Eurasia.

From there, the sound of something being torn apart echoed.

The sound didn't stop at just once.

Smack!! Smack!! Smack!!

How many times did the chilling sound continue?

“Raise your head.”

The voice of a woman, speaking as she dusted off her hands, resonated in the room.

Blood droplets had splattered on the hem of her dress, adorned with lavish lace.

“I am…… sorry…….”

Rhodos moved his torn and bleeding lips with difficulty.

His bruised cheeks were swollen, and blood trickled from his skin. It was because the jewelry on the woman's fingers had torn his skin.

“Speak again.”

At the cold voice, Rhodos lowered his eyes and opened his mouth.

“Young Master Julian was defeated by the Fourth Young Master…… and the Cheonghwageom and medicinal herbs were taken…….”

He finished speaking, swallowing the blood that flowed from his mouth. His body trembled slightly, not knowing when another blow might come.

Rhodos was backed by the authority of the Third Young Master. He was a person whom even the First and Second Young Masters could not treat carelessly.

But the woman before him was different.

Emma Eurasia, the only daughter of the Sepia Merchant Guild Master, the third mistress of the Eurasia family, and the mother of the Third Young Master.

Her assault stopped at Rhodos's unwavering report.

“Did Julian really…… lose to that lowly thing, Killian……?”

“I am sorry.”

Thud.

Rhodos knelt and bowed his head. He had been repeating the same words for an hour now.

“What is this…….”

Emma’s face contorted mercilessly.

Her precious son, whom she had raised with such care, had been defeated not by his two brothers called geniuses, but by the trash called a dullard.

Not only that, but the Cheonghwageom, considered a precious object, and the high-grade medicinal herbs she had personally procured for her son's growth were also taken.

If this weren't Eurasia, she would have immediately sought out Killian and torn him limb from limb to get them back.

At that moment.

“Ughh…….”

A groan was heard from the bed decorated with gold thread.

Julian had woken up a full two days after fainting.

“Julian!!”

Emma rushed over and grabbed her son's hand.

“Ugh…….”

Julian only groaned, not regaining consciousness.

The old Priest hired by Emma felt his pulse and recited a prayer.

“He will wake up with rest. Please do not worry.”

At the Priest's assurance, Emma let out a deep breath.

Her gaze turned to the Head Chamberlain with his eyes cast down.

“Rhodos.”

“Yes, my lady.”

Rhodos crawled on his knees and bowed his head at Emma's feet.

“Julian was in this state, and yet you didn't tell me for a week.”

“……I am sorry.”

“You didn't delay the report to evade responsibility, did you?”

Rhodos bowed his head even deeper and raised his voice.

“How could that be? I had people keeping an eye on the Fourth Young Master from the beginning!”

Emma, having regained her composure, showed the sharp gaze unique to a merchant.

“Report.”

“That is…… it is said that the Fourth Young Master visited the apothecary and made public the family apothecaries' formation of factions for the succession competition.”

“What?”

“And, Head Apothecary Loen is said to be allowing the Fourth Young Master into her laboratory.”

“Loen…… that arrogant wench?”

Head Apothecary Loen Favre.

An elder of the family who not only maintained her youth with elixirs despite her old age but also refused to lend her strength to any of the young masters.

Emma did not like her, who held her head high even in front of the mistresses.

“……That is correct. It is said that the Fourth Young Master is going around saying that the Cheonghwageom and medicinal herbs he took were gifts directly from Young Master Julian. The apothecaries already seemed to be treating the rumor as fact.”

Going around claiming the stolen items were gifts?

“Unless that brat has gone mad, how dare he……!!”

“My lady. In my opinion, it seems the Fourth Young Master has forged a Mana Heart.”

“That trash, a Mana Heart?”

Emma asked back as if she couldn't believe it.

“That is correct. His manner of speaking and behavior were not that of the old Fourth Young Master.”

He cured his mana insensitivity with a secret medicine and forged a Mana Heart on his own during the Family Head's seclusion.

“That is my humble opinion.”

‘Ridiculous. Even if it happened by a stroke of heavenly luck, Julian is a 2-star knight.’

The picture of a brat who had just forged a Mana Heart defeating Julian still couldn't be drawn.

“He must have used some kind of trick. I could not grasp it with my humble insight, but Young Master Julian will surely know.”

First, he had to calm Emma down.

With that in mind, Rhodos had postponed the resolution until after Julian woke up.

“Yes. You are right.”

Hoo.

Emma, who had let out a deep breath, looked down at her soundly sleeping son.

The Half Lycanthrope's Magic Stone was something she had brought in using Sephiroth, which was connected to the family.

It was something that was tacitly being done not only by her but also among the family mothers competing for the succession.

The Family Head, who made survival of the fittest, competition, and struggle the tenets of his life, was turning a blind eye to such practices.

But what if such practices were made public and disrupted the family's atmosphere?

The Family Head would use this opportunity to reduce the mistresses' influence.

‘I must resolve this quietly.’

In any case, Killian Eurasia, who had no power, could not participate in the succession competition.

“Bringing up Julian's name is to protect himself. Meeting the Head Apothecary must have also been for the sake of showing off to the public.”

“Ye-Yes, that is also my thought.”

“The impudent brat is playing some interesting political games.”

Emma's twisted lips curled up.

Originally, she had intended to use the Fourth Young Master, but the situation had changed.

If it became known that Julian had been defeated by Killian, who had no power, his position in the succession competition would be in jeopardy.

It would surely affect his plans to become the king of a nation in the future.

“The medicinal herbs and the sword can just be taken back. For the time being, focus on Julian's recovery. I will personally spread the rumor that I took pity on the Fourth Young Master.”

“I understand.”

Rhodos showed his obedience by banging his head on the floor.

Two months until the Monster Subjugation.

Before then, she had to get the medicinal herbs and the sword back and make Julian a 3-star knight.

If she moved her personal guard knights, subjugating the Fourth Young Master would be no trouble at all.

‘No matter how much that little brat runs wild, he's still in the palm of my hand.’

She stroked her son's head and quietly left the bedroom.

***

“You're more useful than I thought.”

Loen, who was neutralizing the toxicity of the Half Lycanthrope, muttered out of the blue.

“…….”

Killian remained silent, focusing on manifesting mana through the Cheonghwageom.

Although he was managing his condition with the recovery medicine provided by Loen, producing the blue flame required a high degree of concentration.

One wrong move could cause his mana to flow backward, turning him into a cripple, or the rampaging blue flame could instantly engulf the laboratory.

‘She can't be unaware of that, yet she strikes up a conversation. Her courage is quite something.’

Thinking so to myself, I gradually increased the intensity of the blue flame.

Fwoooosh.

I could see the toxic energy dissipating from the monster's heart, which was fixed in a beaker.

Waking up early in the morning to circulate his mana, visiting Loen in the afternoon to produce the blue flame, and then returning. This was the routine he had been repeating for the past two weeks.

After returning to his bedroom, basic physical training and swordsmanship practice followed.

Ever since his 1-star Mana Heart had solidified, he had been pushing his body to its limits.

‘The Head Apothecary is quite something. If she learns the formulas, she could pass for a mage.’

The purple mana surrounding the syringe being injected into the medicine was vivid.

She was someone who had forged a 6-star Mana Heart and awakened her own color.

The number of people who were neither knights nor mages and had forged a 6-star Mana Heart was small, even looking across the entire continent.

If she reached 7-star with her current knowledge, she might become the greatest apothecary on the continent.

‘She seems to have reached her limit as a 6-star. Is she unable to find a clue to break through the wall?’

It was not just physical strength that made a Superhuman. The expansion of mana resulting from mental enlightenment also grew one's level.

‘If she's polished well, a new superhuman might be born in the family.’

My lips quietly curled up. The discovery of new talent was always a joyful thing.

“…….”

Just then, Loen was also glancing at Killian, who was producing the blue flame.

‘Did Sir Escardo know?’

She had a more delicate mana sensitivity than an ordinary knight. Even if she had seen the mana control of a 6-star knight right before her eyes, she wouldn't have been greatly impressed.

However.

‘This brat is different.’

Immature mana tended to have a murky blue color, but Killian's mana was a clear blue.

It was the most difficult and purest color to handle.

‘And this brat has been producing a high-purity blue flame every single day.’

How many knights in the family were capable of this level of mana control?

Fwoooooosh.

The blue flame, which had been burning for a while, subsided.

“At this rate, the detoxification process will be finished by tomorrow.”

Killian said, chewing on a pill-form recovery medicine that had been prepared in advance.

It was a prototype Loen was developing, and while its absorption rate was lower than the liquid-form potion, it had the advantage of being easy to carry.

“I didn't expect to actually finish in fifteen days. Whatever it becomes, it will be quite a masterpiece.”

“I'm glad to hear the hard work was worth it.”

Loen looked at Killian, who was nonchalantly wiping the sweat from his brow.

“You, what do you plan to do after eating this?”

“I'm thinking of going on the subjugation.”

“The Kurt Mountain Range subjugation?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm. I advise you not to make an enemy of Sepia, by any means.”

“Are you worried about me?”

“How impudent. I'm just saying I don't want an assistant of your caliber to meet an untimely demise.”

“……An assistant?”

“Who else is here besides you?”

Over the past period, Killian had excellently fulfilled the role of assisting the Head Apothecary.

Was it because of that? Loen seemed to be thinking of Killian as a skilled disciple.

“Let's just say we're partners.”

“You never lose a single word. You don't need to come anymore. The preparations are all finished.”

Loen looked at the Half Lycanthrope's Magic Stone, from which all the toxicity had been removed.

“Just wait a little. It will be completed in two days.”

***

Two days later.

There was no need to go and pick up the medicine. Loen had come to the bedroom herself.

“No reception room…… and the bedroom is on the modest side.”

She commented briefly as she lifted the teacup Haman had brought.

“I didn't expect you to come in person.”

“It sounds like you're telling me to get to the point.”

“Oh my, Head Apothecary, how could that be? It's just that our Young Master has developed a habit of abbreviating his words since he came back from the dead, so please don't mind it too much. His heart is warmer than a phoenix's.”

Loen let out a small laugh at Haman's fuss.

She took out a medicine bottle from her bosom.

“I've minimized the side effects. You can drink it right away.”

“Thank you.”

“And.”

Loen took out two more medicine bottles from her bosom.

“Mana enhancer and vitality enhancer. I recommend you drink them beforehand.”

Blue and red liquids sloshed around.

“Thank you. I will use them well.”

“Repay me later. The debt you owe me is not a light one, so keep that in mind.”

“Why not take it now instead?”

“Do you have anything to give?”

Loen laughed and stood up.

Saying it was a debt was just something she said.

The potential that reminded her of Demian Eurasia, and the corresponding increase in the family's survival probability. What she had received from Killian was more than enough.

But.

“You seemed to be trying to handle your Mana Heart like a knight or a mage.”

“……?”

“For you, Head Apothecary, who has not trained in the sword or magic, it will be difficult to break through the wall with that method.”

“…….”

Soon, Killian began to tell her a story she could never have imagined.

How many old comrades had struggled, unable to break through the wall? What was coming out of his mouth now were the tips and tricks he had gained while accumulating experience with them.

Loen's achievements were not so low that she couldn't understand those words.

When he had finished giving a few pieces of advice, her face was flushed.

“Enjoy the medicine.”

The Head Apothecary rushed out of the bedroom without even receiving a farewell.

“Young Master!! How could you send the Head Apothecary away like that?!!”

Haman, who had been watching from afar, shouted with a worried face.

It was because he had harbored a sliver of hope that Killian might make Loen his ally.

“She is a person of great capacity.”

“Pardon? If she is of great capacity, you should all the more be with her!!”

“To be with those of great capacity, one must also be sufficiently prepared.”

“……Pardon?”

“Don't worry about the Head Apothecary. More importantly, don't let anyone into the room until I give the order. And prepare a couple of Mana and Vitality Recovery Potions.”

“Are you going to drink it right now?”

“No need to delay, is there?”

“I understand. Even if the Family Head comes, I will absolutely not let him in.”

Haman left the bedroom, pounding his chest.

“Such a fuss.”

Killian looked down at the three medicine bottles.

Now.

It was time to advance to the next stage.