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Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Suddenly, darkness closed in from all sides, sending a slight chill through him, but Dominic did not panic and instead found a magic lamp and lit it.
Once inside with the light on, the treasures piled in the warehouse became visible in greater detail.
‘Swords, swords, swords, shields, swords. Nothing but things related to swordsmanship.’
Dominic let out a bitter smile as he passed by swords and shields of every kind.
Е_nũmа̃ . і d
‘It should be around here.’
After walking almost to the very end of the warehouse, Dominic set the magic lamp down on the floor.
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Deeper inside the warehouse, instead of swords, it was filled with secret swordsmanship manuals and elixirs.
And in one corner, inconspicuously placed, was a small, dust-covered box.
Dominic picked up that very box.
Just as he was about to open it energetically, Dominic hesitated.
Е n.ů m а̇
‘It’s locked.’
If there was a lock, he would need a key, but Dominic had no recollection of where the key might be.
In his previous life, he had taken little interest in his younger sister, so he had not known what form the artifact she used had been sealed in.
‘Should I have paid more attention to Selina?’
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As he belatedly regretted it and looked around to see if there might be a key nearby—
Woooong!
W̊ êb̌ňov̇е l Е̌ ǹü m а
Suddenly, the box began to vibrate.
Click!
And as if by a lie, the lock came undone.
‘What just happened?’
Puzzled, Dominic soon shook his head and dismissed the question.
‘The lock doesn’t matter right now. What matters is the mana-measuring tool inside.’
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Dominic carefully opened the box.
A crystal sphere about the size of an adult’s fist revealed itself.
Dominic recalled how, when this crystal sphere had been placed in Selina’s hand, it had taken on a pale blue hue and glowed faintly.
‘They said that when color appears in this transparent sphere, that’s proof of mana.’
Selina had become a disciple of a royal mage because she possessed rare mana suited for healing magic.
She had been a lucky case.
Еn u mа̀ .і̌d
‘Other than that, red was for attack magic, and blue was for support magic types, was it?’
He remembered the uses of red and blue mana because Selina’s husband had been an offensive support mage.
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The two of them had been mages who did not belong to the House of Langtang, which was rare.
‘What color will come out for me?’
Without hesitation, Dominic reached out and grasped the crystal sphere.
Since he was already certain that he possessed mana, he felt no particular fear.
Еṅ ǔ m̌ä . і̀ d̀
Dominic focused his mind, imagining that he was injecting into the crystal sphere the energy pouring out from his heart.
Soon, the crystal sphere began to shine, taking on a distinct color.
When Dominic saw the color of the sphere, his eyes widened.
“Gold?”
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He murmured in a baffled voice.
As far as he knew, there was no gold among the colors of mana.
Ěn.ǔm̈ ǎ
Shining gold, the gold of glory, was a color permitted only to mythological beings.
The only being said to possess golden light in this world was the Founding Emperor Leobert, the son of a god and himself a demigod.
Moreover, even Leobert’s aura had been golden—he had not used mana.
And yet, Dominic’s crystal sphere was golden……
“Am I a mythological being? And my mana at that? Hahaha!”
At the utterly absurd assumption, Dominic burst into laughter.
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However, his laughter gradually grew quieter before stopping altogether.
As time passed, the golden light emitted by the crystal sphere became brighter and more distinct.
“…….”
Dominic’s expression hardened.
He swiftly withdrew his mana from the crystal sphere.
Manipulating and moving mana was easier for him than breathing.
Ẅ ёb̊ ñ о̇v ӗ l Е̃ n̈_ŭm̂а̊
Like the radiant golden light, that too was a clue pointing to his tremendous talent, but ignorant of magic, Dominic did not realize just how extraordinary what he had done truly was.
He merely watched quietly as, once the mana was withdrawn, the crystal sphere gradually dimmed and eventually lost its light altogether.
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‘There’s no precedent for this.’
In Dominic’s mind, there was nothing but the image of the golden light his mana had emitted.
‘I need to find out what kind of mana this is—or rather, whether what I saw was really gold.’
Dominic did not believe that his mana could truly be golden.
Е ñům̄a . і d̀
He thought there had to be some kind of mistake, that he had mistaken an overly bright yellow for gold, or that something similar must have happened.
“Anyway, I’ve confirmed that there’s plenty of mana in my body, and that I have talent for magic. That’s enough.”
Dominic placed the now-transparent crystal sphere back into the box.
Once again, he did not touch the lock, yet it locked itself on its own.
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Anticipating the time when Selina would awaken, Dominic pushed the box containing the crystal sphere back into its original corner.
To carry out his next plan, Dominic hurried out of the warehouse.
Wё.b̊n̈ ȯ ṽе̂ l Е̄ ń um̊ а̌
He was on his way to the office of his father, the Head of the family of the Ducal House of Anika, Duke Anika.
“Brother!”
He heard someone shout toward him from behind.
When he turned around, it was Selina.
Since Selina was the only person in this estate who could call Dominic ‘brother,’ he had expected it to be her.
Still, seeing Selina, who looked far younger than in his memories before death—barely seven years old—he could not hide his surprise.
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Feeling a sudden, inexplicable surge of emotion, Dominic recalled the Selina of the past who had died on the battlefield a year before his own death.
But he did not have much time to indulge in sentiment.
“Yah!”
Because the present Selina had started pounding Dominic with her small fists.
“What’s wrong?”
Dodging Selina’s fists, which were being swung at an unbelievably fast speed, Dominic asked in confusion.
W̃е̃b̊ n̆о̄_v̇ ѐl̄ Е ń umа
“I heard you submitted a graduation request to Sir Bread!”
The moment she realized her fists were no longer landing, Selina shrieked.
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Bread… who was that again?
For a moment, Dominic was bewildered, unable to recall who Selina was referring to. Having realized that he possessed mana, he had forgotten everything that came before.
“He’s the only knight still by your side, and how could you humiliate him like that!”
Hearing Selina’s words, the events that had taken place at the training ground finally came back to him.
E n̄ ǔm̆_а̂
“Ah, that third-rate knight.”
“What? ‘That third-rate knight’?!”
At Dominic’s indifferent tone, as if recalling some trivial object, Selina jumped again in outrage.
“Brother! Um, can I ask you something?”
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“What are you trying to ask?”
“Are you out of your mind?!”
Еńumа. і̄ d̄
Selina swiftly swung her fist and struck Dominic in the solar plexus.
“Ghk.”
Even Dominic, who prided himself on his toughness, found that, for some reason, his younger sister’s fists were always unbearably painful.
“I shouldn’t say this, but I will. Bread is your instructor! And he’s much stronger than you!”
Looking at Dominic groaning in pain, Selina continued.
“And yet you went and challenged him to a duel…….”
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“Selina?”
Dominic was startled when he saw a single tear drop from Selina’s large eyes.
‘Selina isn’t the type to cry over something like this.’
The Selina Dominic remembered was a healing mage who nonetheless always threw punches, a troublemaker who harassed her husband, Russell, and Dominic alike.
And yet Selina was…… crying.
“Why are you crying?”
Е̂ n um̃ а̇
“You’re asking because you really don’t know?!”
Selina shouted at Dominic, who genuinely did not understand.
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“Cancel the duel right now! I heard it. They said no one would take responsibility no matter who gets injured in the duel!”
Only then did Dominic realize that Selina was worried about him.
It had been years since he had heard Selina worry about him, and Dominic’s heart swelled.
“I’m sorry, Selina. I have no intention of canceling the duel.”
Е́ň üṁ а̃ . і ď
But being moved was one thing, and doing what had to be done was another.
“Why?”
“There’s something I absolutely have to do.”
“What is it?! Is it something so important you’d risk your life for it?”
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At Selina’s question, Dominic’s expression turned serious.
At the sight of Dominic’s desperate, bitter expression—one as if he had lived alone for decades—Selina stopped crying.
En u m а. іd
Startled by the unfamiliar look on Dominic’s face, Selina stared up at him blankly.
Dominic stepped closer to Selina and placed one knee on the floor so he could meet her eyes.
Then he gently stroked Selina’s head.
“Yes. It’s something important enough to risk my life.”
At those words, Selina stopped crying.
She understood that Dominic was sincere, and that he had that level of resolve.
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“But what if you…….”
“I won’t die.”
Dominic shook his head.
“I absolutely won’t die, so don’t worry about that.”
She had many things she wanted to say, but Selina pressed her lips tightly shut.
Somehow, it felt that arguing further here would be disrespectful to Dominic’s sincerity and resolve.
W̊ е b̆nоv̆.е.l̇ Ẽ n̈u m̄а
And strangely enough, as she talked with Dominic, she began to think that he might not lose the duel with Bread after all.
“Alright.”
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“Thank you for understanding, Selina.”
At Selina’s words, Dominic broke into a broad smile and stood up.
After brushing off his knee, he headed once more toward Duke Anika’s office.
“Young Master Dominic?”
Ë ǹ û ṁ а́
When Dominic reached the front of the office, he happened to come face to face with an unexpected figure as the door opened.
“No, what brings you here?”
It was Peledor, the most influential figure among the retainers.
Peledor first lowered his head slightly to Dominic.
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An attitude that did not completely ignore Dominic, yet also did not treat him properly as the eldest son.
Since most of the retainers had turned to Russell and were moving to elevate him as the Head of the family, it was only natural.
En̊uṁ а .і d
In his previous life, Dominic had been hurt every time he was treated like this, and had desperately, earnestly wished to become a true member of the House of Anika.
But strangely enough, he felt nothing of the sort now.
It wasn’t that he had given up on being a member of the House of Anika.
Rather, Dominic wished even more fervently than in his previous life to become a member of the House of Anika, and through that, to save the family he loved,
And yet, Peledor’s attitude did not bother him.
No, beyond not bothering him, he felt absolutely nothing at all.
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It was as though he were looking at a strangely shaped stone—only that detached impression lingered in one corner of Dominic’s heart.
“Young Master?”
Peledor, who was relatively moderate among the retainers, seemed to feel ignored when Dominic remained openly silent, and his tone sharpened.
“If you’ve come to cancel your graduation, I can help with—”
“I don’t need help.”
Dominic cut Peledor off.
Е̇ n̆ ū mа
“Yes?”
Peledor’s eyes widened.
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“I hear you’re making plans to seat Russell as the next Head of the family.”
At Dominic’s words, shock filled Peledor’s eyes.
“H-how did you know that…….”
Peledor’s face went pale.
Ẅ ē b̊_nоvеl̊ Ѐ ń ú m̄_а
‘Ah, the retainers hadn’t officially said they supported Russell yet, had they.’
Before declaring their support for Russell, the retainers had been moving very cautiously.
And yet Dominic had spoken of it so casually—no wonder Peledor was so shaken.
‘A trivial mistake.’
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Having returned to his previous life, the order of minor events had become muddled.
‘But if I say the wrong thing here, I could seem suspicious.’
Ẇ ẽ b nо v е̌l Е̄.ǹǔ ṁа̊
As a teenager, Dominic had devoted himself solely to swordsmanship training and had known nothing of how things moved within the family.
To the extent that he had learned on the very day that Russell would become Head of the family in his place.
‘If someone like me were to grasp those under-the-table movements, the retainers would naturally become wary of me.’
He did not care how much suspicion he drew from the retainers, but he was cautious lest it interfere with the plans he had set.
‘Should I pretend not to know after all? No.’
That would be the worst option.
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“Anyone who isn’t a fool would notice, wouldn’t they?”
With things having come to this, Dominic decided to push forward boldly.
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