5 Episode 2. Days in Storm Castle (4)

Jean's third sister, Mary Looncandel.

Now 19 years old, people around the world called her 'Merry of the Wind.'

In more than a thousand years of family history, no one has ever failed to become a one-star knight before the age of thirteen. The average of the pure blood Looncandel is three stars at 16, and five stars before twenty.

Mary was a very different case from the truth of her previous life.

She was slightly above the Looncandel average. She reached the realm of one-star writing, which Qin had achieved only at twenty-five, at the age of twelve, and had already reached five at sixteen.

Currently, it's six stars.

Even before they reach the terms and conditions, they have reached the point where most people in the world look up to them. To be above the Looncandel average meant to be superior to those called 'genius' in the world.

Because Looncandel is the average genius.

And she is one of the people who has long been kind to Jin in her previous life.

'I'm sure your sister's a little crazy, but it's a good gift. I was frustrated because it was slow to grow up.’

A month after the debate.

Throughout that time, the smell of picking the heart of the phoenix was spreading inside the storm. The unique heat from the heart of the phoenix made one side of the hall warm.

Mary gave it back as if it was a small gift.

Usually, the heart of the phoenix... Through a vast leap or a spiritual leap, it is not easy for kings of the country to eat.

The texture is softer than the veal.

It has a richer fragrance than truffle.

Efficacy is no match for general medicine.

"In a couple of hours, you'll finally be able to taste your gift. You've been waiting a long time, congratulations."

Jean nodded her head, her eyes shining.

Mary's gift waited a month until the orphanage. Gilly couldn't sleep well for a month trying to pick it up.

Nevertheless, it was just a happy heart. Good for Jean, good for Gilly. The nanny's life depends on how well his children grow up in Looncandel.

In that sense, Jean had a little guilt for Gilly. After Qin was expelled from his previous life, Gillie's life had collapsed to a point where it was hard to say.

"I'm sure you don't know. The heart of the phoenix is especially good for young children. You have to eat it when you're young to increase your resistance to fire. Lady Mary gave me something so precious.”

"Really?"

I know twenty thousand times better than Gilly, but Jean asks back as if she is curious.

When I was learning magic, I studied the heart of the phoenix countless times.

'At the time, I didn't study to get it and eat it, but to learn the characteristics of the phoenix as a wizard.'

The phoenix summoning was only natural because it was one of all wizards' dreams. He died just before he became a six-star wizard who could summon the phoenix.

"Yes! At first I covered your eyes with blood, but I couldn't save the Beaconian royal family...….”

While Gilly explained, Jean thought about the phoenix.

It was because of the expectation that he could be summoned in this life. Learning magic is strictly forbidden in Looncandel, but Jean had no intention of giving it up.

If you don't get caught, that's all.

It is also a matter of being strong enough, influential, or justifiable enough not to be killed even if caught.

Martial arts and magic.

There's a road called the Horse Prosecutor, which encompasses both of them at the same time. I could bear all that hardship.

'Never if it's me. I would have kept my phoenix from the enemy'’

Of course, the phoenix is a summoner who never dies, like its name. You lose your heart and die, but after about a hundred years, you come back naturally.

But what good is that? In a hundred years, the phoenix's owner would be dead.

"Be sure to thank Lady Mary next time."

"Yes, I will."

The phoenix's heart was all grown up. The thick, savory smell filled the castle.

"I'll prepare a meal, come down in a moment, Master!"

Gilly hummed out of the room. And as soon as she went out, Jean sighed low.

"Stop fidgeting, it bothers me."

"Oh, yeah."

"Yes..."

It was the Tonya brothers who have been snooping around for a while ago. They were wary of Jean's visit as Gilly went out.

Watching the drooling older brothers, Jin smiled.

"Ha, look at these cute bastards...….’

When Jean lifted her finger, the Tonya brothers rushed into the room.

"Why are you pouting?"

I knew it was because of the phoenix's heart, but Jean asked in a deliberately shooting voice. The Tonya brothers were twisting their bodies like a dog that needed something to eat.

I want to ask you to share the heart of the phoenix, but I'm scared. A month ago, the fact that I was scolded by my father for being beaten up by Qin was to remain their trauma.

This situation was funny again. In their previous lives, the Tonya brothers often took away Jean's things. It is unthinkable to be wary of something like this.

'Maybe Emma ordered it. Persuade me to eat the heart of the phoenix somehow.'

Emma Niltro.

She is Looncandel's nanny who takes care of the Tona brothers in the storm like Gilly. Unlike Gillie, who died a miserable death in her previous life, Emma lived her life thanks to her big brother Tonya.

The Tonya brothers, who became a killer, never forgot Emma and took good care of her later, thanks to her spirituality.

If Gilly is the type who takes care of children with love and affection, Emma is the type that only fosters with carrots and sticks. She didn't teach her children moral or altruistic.

Maybe it's a mind that doesn't need much in Looncandel.

Emma was the most influential person in the formation of the Tonya brothers.

"That's... phoenix...….”

"It's... it's not something to eat alone. Isn't that a lot?"

"What? I can't hear you."

"The phoenix's heart soup. Can't you give me one plate? Emma's nanny is going to scold me.”

"I beg you, youngest."

I guess these things still scare Emma more than I do.

Jean snorted at the thought.

"No."

"Oh, please."

"Please!"

The Tonya brothers who are on the verge of tears. There is no such thing as sympathy.

Jean had already thought that the Tonya brothers were familiar with carrots and sticks. So I planned to use the heart of the phoenix to make him do something quite tiring.

"I can't help it if they say that. But there's a condition.”

"Oh, what is it? What is it?"

"You know the tomb I made then?"

When the word grave came out, the face of the Tonya brothers quickly faded. The memory of being beaten and abandoned in front of the stormy grave came to mind.

"If you look closely at the back of the tomb, there is a small cave.”

"There's a cave?"

"Yes. It's shallow oysters. Dig deeper in there. Until tonight. Don't rest."

What Jean asked her nine-year-old brothers for was shoveling.

"Why are you selling there?"

"To bury the bird that my brothers have killed deeper into the world."

The Tonya brothers are exhausted.

But it would have been better if only at this request could I share the heart of the phoenix with this fearful brother.

"How much should I dig?”

"I told you not to rest until night.”

"Okay, so if you sell them all, you're handing out the heart of the phoenix?"

"Of course, but you have to dig hard, because if you don't like the depth, you'll just forget it. For your information, there are plenty of shovels in the basement warehouse, so take them from there."

"Yes!"

"Don't make me do it, but you know you have to do it, right?”

The Tonya brothers, nodding their heads, went straight off to start shoveling.

* * *

While the Tonya brothers went shoveling, Jean sat at the table and ate soup made of the heart of the phoenix.

"Dude, is it that delicious?"

Gilly asked Gilly, looking at Jean smiling. She thought Jean's mood was improved by cooking.

"Yes, it's really delicious.”

"You can eat enough for three days, so let me know if you don't have enough."

One spoonful, one spoonful in your mouth makes you feel strong in bones and flesh. Eating it all three days will also improve resistance and affinity to fire.

But that wasn't the only reason Jean was smiling all the time.

'In a few days, you can see the visionaries...…!’

Where the Tonya brothers are shoveling hard, the oyster behind the bird's grave.

They are only nine years old, but they have a physical presence far beyond the universality of the world as they are pure blood Looncandel.

Thanks to Looncandel's unique blessed body.

Perhaps if you shovel hard into the night with that stamina, the "underground wall" connected to the oysters would be revealed.

'They can't tell if it's a wall or just a rock.

In the secret underground space of the storm, part of the "evil" that Looncandel has built up is hidden.

the other family's visionaries

It was a vision that Looncandel had taken away from the families that he had surrendered or destroyed.

Of course, just because the Tonya brothers burrow until the wall comes out doesn't make it easy to get in. Only by solving two secret devices could the basement be opened.

Of course Jean knows how. If it were worse than a servant, he survived 25 years of beating and beating in this Looncandel.

'Until I leave the storm, I'll spend my time studying them.’

Jean cleared the soup out of two dishes.

"Gilly nanny."

"Yes, Master."

"Will you give out some phoenix soup to Tonya's brothers at night?"

"Oh, how much do you want?"

"One spoonful each."

"One... spoon? Then you'd rather eat it all by yourself."

"Because I have to keep my word. If the older brothers ask for more than that, Emma and me. Tell him I'll tell you which one is more scary, for sure."

Gilly bowed his head with an awkward smile.

"Lord Jean..." I wonder if he's already been tainted by this cold-blooded family? You're too young for that.’

At a moment when a bitter smile was about to spread, Jean dug into Gilly's arms.

"Mary's sister gave it to me, and the nanny made it for me for a month in front of the fire. I don't want to share it with those idiots.”

"Dear Master..."

Bug, bug.

The Tonya Brothers' Sam was digging a cave wet in the rain and wind.

It was around midnight that their shovels were blocked by the wall.

"A spoonful?"

"One spoonful! That's a little too much, I've been digging all day!"

The Tonya brothers belatedly realized that the promise did not include a "yang," but there was nothing they could do.

It was because Jin said, "Thank you for that."

"If you can get a spoonful of the phoenix's heart soup to the point of shoveling for a day, all sorts of people in the world will jump in. You little boys.'

Therefore, it is right for the Tonya brothers to appreciate even a spoonful.

Jean thought so.