BXBX NOVEL Chapter 222
“Huk . . . kuk . . . ”
After getting hit in the stomach extremely hard, Kwak-Jung started to spasm, before fainting .
“Hmph, he really is . . . ”
Staring at the fainted Kwak-Jung with a disgusted expression, Lucia started to drag him across the floor to take him away .
Soon, you will . . .
Kang Chul-In clenched his fists, while also gritting his teeth .
“ . . . Father?”
Not understanding anything that had just occurred, Arshelly questioned Kang Chul-In .
“How does a baby . . . ”
“W-Well . . . ”
Kang Chul-In closed his eyes .
Dammit!
If it were any other child he would have explained it just like Kwak-Jung, but Arshelly was his lovely daughter .
D-Do I really need to tell her . . .
Even though it was an overused saying, there was an explanation in times like this . It was a saying that any South Korean would know .
“Daughter . ”
“Yes, father?”
“Listen up . ”
“Okay!”
“Huu . . . ”
And after taking a deep breath, Kang Chul-In finally decided to speak ‘those words’ .
“A baby . ”
“Yeah!”
“Comes out . . . when two adults that love each other . . . ”
“Yeah!”
“Hold hands . . . at night . . . together . . . ”
“I-Is that so?!”
“ . . . ”
“How very interesting!”
“A-Anyway . . . ”
While trembling inwardly at his own shamelessness, Kang Chul-In quickly changed the subject .
“Daughter, we’ll take a little later . I’m a little busy after just coming back . ”
“Yes, father . ”
Arshelly seemed extremely satisfied with the fact that she had her curiosities sated . Even though she was able to find out in the future that her father had just been lying to her .
“Pft . . . ”
The Ninetails stared at Kang Chul-In, and laughed .
“You’re kind of cute . ”
“I just didn’t want to break her innocence so early . ”
“Even though husband’s intentions were quite obvious . . . I didn’t think that husband had that kind of side!”
At the Ninetails’s words, Kang Chul-In couldn’t say anything .
Even though he was like a merciless devil to his enemy, and an absolute powerhouse of an Overlord, he was an inexperienced father that loved his daughter .
“Well then, enough with the pointless talk . ”
Embarrassed, Kang Chul-In spoke with a cold voice . It was obvious that he was trying to avoid talking about this topic .
“Anyway . ”
Looking at the people staring at him, Kang Chul-In continued .
“I will have an official announcement once we are finished talking . Is that understood?”
“Yes, Milord!”
Kang Chul-In also shouted to the citizens that had come out for the parade .
“I will give an announcement about more specific things at a later date! Now is the time to be giving rewards to those that have fought and made great contributions in the war, after all . ”
What he had said was right .
Even though the marriage of a Lord was important, he had to take care of other things first .
Who would want to sacrifice their lives for the territory and country if they were ignored, and weren’t rewarded?
“As expected, Milord is a benevolent ruler!”
“Long live Lord Kang Chul-In!!”
“Hooray!”
“Hooray!”
At Kang Chul-In’s words, the citizens cheered .
[The ‘Politics’ stat has been raised from C+ to B+!]
[The ‘Charm’ stat has been raised from A+ to S-!]
[The ‘Internal Affairs’ stat has been raised from E- to C+!]
And as that happened, a message showing that his stats had been increased showed up in front of him .
Good .
Kang Chul-In smiled, satisfied .
The message that had popped up in front of him was evidence that he as a Lord was growing .
In the past, the Kang Chul-In that only knew to fight was no longer there . He was becoming a complete Lord with abilities not only for battle, but also things like this .
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“Alfred!”
After getting back into the castle, Kang Chul-In looked for Alfred immediately .
“What exactly has happened!”
“M-Milord!”
The old vampire butler that had been sucking on blood while resting immediately stood up as Kang Chul-In came in .
“Congratulations on the victory!”
“What congratulations, lie back down immediately!”
“How could I lie down when Milord is over here . . . ”
“Shut up!”
“M-Milord . . . ”
“What happened? In the report, it said that you looked as you looked when you were young . ”
“W-Well . . . ”
Alfred started to explain .
“ . . . Then why did you . . . ”
After listening to Alfred, Kang Chul-In shook his head .
“Didn’t you learn not to pick things up from anywhere?”
“Sorry, Milord . . . ”
“Make sure to focus your all on recovering . As my subordinate, you shouldn’t be sick and hurt like this . ”
“Of course, Milord! This old one will definitely try his best in recovering!”
“Oh, and . . . ”
Kang Chul-In gave news that Alfred might actually like .
“I’m going to get married soon . ”
“M-Milord!”
Alfred shouted, his voice full of happiness and excitement .
“Have you finally decided?!”
“That’s right . ”
“Milord . . . you have made such a grand decision . ”
“No, it wasn’t ‘grand’ . ”
“No, Milord . It’s obvious that in order to change Milord’s thoughts, there had to be some extreme thinking behind it . ”
“Well, it’s because I failed once in my previous life . There will no longer be failure for me, as I will finally achieve my goal!”
***
There were a lot of things to do .
Taking care of business afterwards, absorbing those territories that wanted to be part of the Laputa territory, as well as the quest that had come up .
But even before that, Kang Chul-In had one other thing left to do .
After making sure the funerals of the deceased warriors had been taken care of, Kang Chul-In headed towards where Kim Sung-Hee was .
Her whole body had turned black, and she wasn’t moving at all .
Not good .
Kang Chul-In’s expression stiffened .
Kim Sung-Hee’s condition didn’t change even when Aleister had died .
They didn’t have much time left in the first place, but since her healer, Alfred, had become injured, Kim Sung-Hee was about to turn into an undead .
Just like a certain scene in the movie ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ (2004) .
At this rate, she would turn into an undead within a week even with treatment from Alfred .
Knock knock .
It was at that moment .
“Milord, it’s Mikael . ”
The voice of the leader of the White Lion Knights, Mikael, could be heard from outside .
“Come in . ”
“Yes, Milord . ”
“What is it?”
“Milord, you said that you were looking for an alchemist?”
“That’s right . In order to save this woman here, we’ll need an alchemist that can make a tear of purity . ”
“Then, why not go into the ‘Dark Forest’?”
“The Dark Forest?”
The Dark Forest was a forest that was located South of where the old Laputa territory used to be, and was the habitat of countless monsters and wild animals .
“Yes, Milord . ”
“Why so?”
“According to the rumors, apparently an extremely high-level witch lives there . ”
“A witch?”
“Yes, Milord . Apparently one of my knights have met that witch, and she was able to easily cast high-level spells . ”
“Hmm . . . ”
“And since it’s extremely difficult to find a high level alchemist, don’t you think it would be worth it to go look for that witch? After all, a witch is closely related to alchemy . ”
“You’re right . ”
Kang Chul-In nodded at Mikael’s words .
“Very well, that’s what I’ll do . ”
It was always a good thing to listen to what a loyal subordinate would say, as it often led to good results .
“But you’ll have to be careful, Milord . ”
Mikael added .
“Apparently that witch doesn’t have a good temper, and the knight that met her nearly died in the process . ”
“No need to worry about that . ”
Kang Chul-In showed his confidence .
“Magicians, wizards or witches, they can’t do anything to me . ”
Due to the ‘Spellthirster’ ability he had, even a high-level or powerful witch couldn’t stand in front of Kang Chul-In .
***
Before heading off to meet the witch that lived in the Dark Forest, Kang Chul-In made a meeting and announced that he would get married .
“We will talk about this later when I get back from the Dark . . . ”
Just as Kang Chul-In was speaking .
Pzzt!
From the ‘Needle of the Empress’, an extremely large spark zapped Kang Chul-In .
“ . . !”
And Kang Chul-In was barely able to contain the scream that involuntarily came out of his mouth .
It was strange .
As if it was purely electricity, the Spellthirster ability didn’t work .
Dammit, stupid item .
Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth .
[Warning, warning!!]
At that moment, a notification popped up .
[Due to the wearer’s level being low, the ‘sky-piercing jealousy’ penalty has been activated!]
[Warning, warning!!]
[If you hold a marriage, a set of natural disasters (earthquake, lightning, hail) will occur!]
We’ll see about this later!
Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth .
He wasn’t one to just submit to an item .