The Greatest Architect

Lord Neumann.

Senior knight of the Baron Frontera.

He hated this countryside.

I wanted to be successful.

I wanted to live luxuriously.

But the reality was uncertain.

The frontier territory here was also a walled village in the corner of the kingdom.

It was good to enjoy some idyllic peace, but that was it.

He thought that enjoying such tranquility would suit a retired old man.

In other words, this place was not suitable for him.

He believed he was not a rotten talent in this place.

I wanted to escape! ’

I wanted to leave this land.

I wanted to play in the bigger water.

I wanted to enjoy a rich movie that I did not envy.

To do that, I wanted to withdraw my allegiance to Baron Frontera.

But it was impossible.

Knights who withdraw their allegiance to the Lord are excluded wherever they go.

No lord would leave such a knight in his charge.

A knight who betrayed his master.

Knight who lost his knighthood.

It was kind of branded as a scrapbook.

So he thought.

If he cannot leave his master and his territory, why not make him perish? "

Then you will not be branded a traitor.

You will be able to leave this godforsaken village without being blamed.

The plan was put into action.

I shared it with external parties.

You sold information on the territory.

I sold information about the baron.

As a result, the baron was caught in a huge investment scam.

I was in serious trouble, so I reached out to the bond collectors.

I was happy.

I'm sure the baron's bankruptcy is imminent.

It meant that the day of his freedom was near.

‘Every plan was a success. We just have to wait a little longer. Then why? Why? ’

I wonder if that kid here is getting hurt by the young master.

Profit!

“ ……! ”

A shovel flew in.

The thick shovel grows rapidly in sight.

My head turned around with a clear, sweet voice that echoed the whole world.

The intense impact that resonated throughout the bone ache was a bonus.

Boom!

“Knng!”

Lord Neumann's leg is loose.

But I didn't fall too close.

Instead, he shouted in the unfair voice of the world.

“Y-yeah, stop! I already don't have a sword in my hand! ”

It was true.

I lost the Black earlier.

Since then, he has been unarmed.

The battle was clearly broken.

At that point, the duel had to be over.

It was a very universal procedure, and it was Dory, and it was the end.

But the reality was hard-core.

Even though you're empty-handed?

Lloyd's attack did not cease.

He raises himself to his feet as he falls.

He repeatedly called out for surrender, but he assaulted me without listening.

Even if I tried to run away, the gears swung shovels as I followed!

“Grrrgh! Stop! Stop insulting me! ”

I couldn't stand it and shouted loudly.

But no answer came back.

Decisive Shovel Instead of Answer (?).

Thud, thud!

“... Cough! ”

My bone ache echoed again.

‘Somebody... stop me.' ’

My eyes became blocked.

I felt like I was going to die if I just got hit like this.

It was no longer time for pride.

His desperate gaze is towards the baron of Frontera, on a single phase.

Lord, help me! ’

Lloyd wields a shovel like a madman even after a duel.

The only one who can stop that son of a bitch is the Baron.

Lord Neumann desperately turned away.

You fall down toward the baron.

You raise your head and reach for the baron with a pathetic look in your eyes.

Please!

I didn't even think about betraying my lord, Baron. You were ungrateful, and it was much more important to avoid this situation now.

Fortunately, that's what I felt.

The baron appears to be on the verge.

“Lloyd, stop it. Looks like the duel's already over. ”

Baron Frontera's voice echoes through the arena.

It was a voice of bad authority, but the owner of the territory.

At that point, everyone thought.

Oh, that wretch will stop shoveling at this point.

Farmer A, the woodcutter B, Anakin C, and Soldier D.

It was a wild guess.

It was the owner of the territory and the command of my father.

No matter how close Master Lloyd got, no one thought he would ignore the Lord's orders and continue to act.

But all such speculations were missed.

With a cool strike that strikes everyone's cochlear.

Thud, thud!

A shovel raised in a glamorous parabolic like a tea-shot from an experienced progolfer!

Lord Neumann's jaw line has been severely impacted.

“…… Kuaak! ”

“What a croak. We're not done yet. You better be right.”

“Khh, khh, khulok, khulok! Knng!”

“Does it hurt? Is it unfair? Oh, my God. Do I look crazy? Huh?”

“Glug, glug, stop...! ”

“Stop it?”

“Th-that……. ”

“Who are you to talk to me like this? ”

Kuaak!

I stabbed my back with a shovel handle.

Then Lord Neumann fell ill again.

However, Lloyd's gaze at Sir Neumann was only cold.

‘Are you unfair? I can't help it. This is an example. If you didn't want to be like this, you shouldn't have turned your back on someone who trusted you. ’

It was an honest feeling.

Technically, he's a traitor.

But what if you could just forgive this guy?

Will there be a beautiful story of repentance, reflection, and rebirth into a new person?

‘No, it's not. ’

Lloyd shakes his head.

Such stories exist only in fairy tale books.

He knew how nasty and dirty reality was.

It was because I had been bored to death in South Korea.

‘At the high school. Just like the guy who snuck out of my fridge and got caught. I should have been angry. I shouldn't have let you.’

I was frankly a little embarrassed at the time.

I missed the time to be angry.

Finally, I smiled beautifully and said, "Don't do that next time," in a nice tone.

And then what?

‘He kept stealing. ’

I even heard what it was like to live with each other later.

Even now, when I think about it, I feel like smiling because it's ridiculous.

But you're gonna take care of this guy? Nonsense. ’

Humankind is the one who has the audacity to do anything about it.

But what if I forgive the man who sold you out?

What if I do you a favor?

I'm intrigued.

Afterwards, those who look this way and do similar things will hold hands and line up like Viennese sausages.

“So you're going to be an example today. It means they'll be trampled until they become a new carcass. We're not done yet. Cut the crap and get up. ”

How many knives you sharpened for this day.

Lloyd reaches out.

I grabbed Lord Neumann's back.

You raise the shovel with your other hand.

But it was that moment.

“Haven't you heard my order to stop? ”

The baron's deep breath blows.

Lloyd flinches.

I looked back at the baron.

I hesitated.

“I heard.”

Thud, thud!

With the answer, the shovel struck Lord Neumann's head.

The baron's eyebrows twitch sharply.

“What?"

“I heard, but I couldn't keep up. ”

Thud, thud!

Again, the shovel that struck Lord Neumann's head.

The baron's eyes twitch.

“Were you aware of what you were doing? ”

“Of course.”

Tupperware!

Lord Neumann's body trembles with every blow to the head.

The baron's eyes remind him of a prey.

“You're insulting someone who's done fighting. That's it? He's also a descendant of the family and senior knight of the territory that has served our baron for the fifth generation. ”

“Yes. And he's a traitor to the Lord and the Territory, even though he's been so trusted. ”

“Excuse me?”

The baron stops.

Lloyd answered casually.

“I thought you'd say that, so I prepared ahead of time. Look under the sheet on the table. ”

“What……. ”

“I'm sure I've got something prepared. ”

“ ……. ”

The baron shudders.

What the hell are they talking about?

Lord Neumann betrayed himself and the estate.

Look under the sheet on the table.

In the midst of a shudder, the baron picks up the sheet on the single-stage table.

I opened my eyes wide.

“This……. ”

There was an envelope underneath the sheet.

I took out the envelope and opened it.

I got three or four chapters of a handwritten letter.

“What was it again? ”

“I'll tell you when I see it. ”

“ ……. ”

Something didn't feel right.

Lloyd's attitude was overwhelming, to say the least.

The baron looks away in a letter.

At first, step by step slowly.

The more I look at him, the more I tremble.

Eventually, I quickly read the contents, shaking my fingers in the letter.

“Oh my……. ”

Wasik!

The baron's hand grips the letter.

Suddenly, he stares at Sir Neumann with an unbelievable gaze.

I had to.

The letter Lloyd showed the baron.

It was because Lord Neumann handed over information about the territory to a fraudster and received a letter.

‘Tordes.’

A name comes to mind.

He was a young merchant who approached him.

He was passionate, cautious, and forward-looking.

One day, he vouched for me with honor.

You said there was good land.

Now it is said to be a worthless land.

But he also said that in a few years' time, the value will rise.

So what if we bought the land in advance just in time?

I was confident that my fortune would be multiplied someday.

I believed him.

Of course, there are risks to every investment.

What if the investment results are bad?

What if it's less profitable than I thought?

At that time, I thought I could resell the land I bought.

At least I felt relieved that I could recover from my predicament.

There was no more hesitation.

I bought the land in debt to the capital of the territory.

And I lost all that money.

‘It turned out that the property that I bought was a fake property that only existed on paper. ’

Of course, I lost all my investment.

Tordes, who deceived himself, swallowed all his investments and concealed his longevity.

One night, I was sitting on a pile of debt with no income.

‘But…… Sir Neumann was the one who told Tordes the details of his personal tastes, preferences, interests, etc. from the private sector's funds? ’

I remembered many gifts I received from Tordes.

From mahogany furniture to vulture feather shirts.

It was a gift attack that really shot the taste together.

It was the same for the topic selection of the conversation.

I've always been able to keep this side of the story straight.

Maybe I wanted to scratch the itch properly.

‘I thought you were a good match. He approached me like that and bought my trust. ’

The end of that trust was a painful betrayal and bankruptcy.

But Lord Neumann was the conman and the conman.

Bang, bang, bang!

I felt the blood spilling upside down.

A heartbeat beats the eardrum.

I felt dizzy as if my eyes were turning yellow.

As he watched the baron, Lloyd had a bitter taste.

‘It must have been a shock. ’

The truth that the person who was right next to him was driving himself to destruction.

The shock and betrayal you felt when you realized it.

Even from afar, the baron's complexion was pale.

Even if I fell down right now, there was nothing strange about it.

I wanted to show you that letter for no reason.

But I couldn't help it.

‘You have to show me evidence like that to realize what's going on. ’

It was Lloyd who mobilized Podongi early for this.

Podong was infiltrated Lord Neumann's bedroom.

I sent him to find that letter.

The article in the Blood of the Novel said Lord Neumann kept the letters with the fraudster in the nightstand drawer.

‘As expected, that reference was true. ’

Podong snuck into Lord Neumann's bedroom like a giant hamster.

With a small theme, the power was so strong that the drawer opened without a crowd.

So I was able to obtain the letter, which is evidence of betrayal.

‘That letter contains the promises of a con man to hire Lord Neumann in the future. With a magic signature to prove the letter is real. That's why Lord Neumann did not abandon his letter carelessly. Thanks to you, it's a mess. ’

Suddenly, my appetite became bitter.

If only in South Korea.

If only the impostors who lied to my father had left some evidence.

If he had, his family wouldn't be so miserable.

At least my mom and dad didn't die.

‘Phew, let's not get sentimental right now. ’

Lloyd shakes his head.

Now is not the time to be sentimental.

It is time to take advantage of the current situation as designed.

With that in mind, Lloyd raises his head. I still opened my mouth to the baron with pale complexion.

“Are you all right?”

“ ……. ”

“If you feel dizzy, take a seat and take a breath. ”

“…… I see. ”

Baron responding closely.

Seeing that, Lloyd thought:

As expected, the baron cannot be poisonous.

It's just a favor that only a good ruler of the territory can do.

Such a man hears the praise of the saints in times of peace.

But what are the challenges that require the ability to overcome adversity?

It's a shame to be exploited by a good heart.

It will soon turn into a faggot.

In other words, it is eliminated.

‘It's clear to me that you're reluctant to deal with it after realizing you've been betrayed by your underlings. ’

The baron's expression was shocking and confusing.

Lord Neumann, who has been regarded as an underling so far.

How to accept his betrayal.

How to handle it.

He must be hesitant because he doesn't have a strong heart.

‘Then I'll do it for you. ’

Someone has to do it anyway.

If you don't do it now, the power of the Territory will be ruined.

That way, Lloyd opens his mouth.

“I, Lloyd Frontera, son of Arcos Frontera, would like to speak as successor of this territory. ”