Chapter 20: Not a family, dont enter the same family
——Long time no see, Rean.
The last time I saw you was when I first entered school. It has been more than two years since I last saw you.
Teo showed me your recent photos. You have really grown up and become more manly.
Presumably this should also make you very popular with girls, but since you have a dull personality, it may not be uncommon at all.
In fact, I have to rush to the eastern continent as soon as possible. It is also miserable there. The exhausted dragon veins and the barren land continue to expand. It can be said that it is a different world from the west.
I'm afraid I won't be able to go back in the next six months. I wanted to see you before departure, but I think this may be the arrangement of the goddess.
I heard about your name as the "Grey Knight" during the civil war. The reason why I accepted you as my disciple was because of the "ghost power" in your body and the mystery of your past and life experience.
You must be confused, but you don't need to be afraid. What I teach you is the "Seven Types" - a sword that brings a flash of light to the boundless darkness. Its essence is far different from other types, and I don't know you either.
Can you understand the "reason" in it?
Even so, I still chose you as the "last apprentice" 10 years ago. Not Cassius, nor Arios, I will entrust the sword that truly completes "Eight Leaves" to your hand.
Even for a moment, be the sword that illuminates the darkness in a turbulent era.
If you are comrades who share your soul, comrades who inherit your soul will definitely be able to do it.
Please take care of yourself.
——I plan to grant you the secret biography when we meet again when we come back from the east.
Enter Yun Kafai.
This is a letter that Teacher Yun wrote to Rean when he was in Youmir. It was sent to Elysee through freight channels, and then Elysee gave it to Rean.
Before starting over, this is the letter I received.
The content is exactly the same with no changes.
Although he had already seen it once, Rean had a different understanding after watching it again.
First of all, it was the same old story. The master was the master and was not in the empire. He only relied on rumors and chats with his father to deduce his situation and gave him the key to solving his confusion. Unfortunately, he was too stupid to realize it at the time.
If we could understand the deeper meaning earlier, we might have a different ending.
Secondly, "Type Seven".
The profound meaning of "The Edgeless Sword" taught by Brother Cassius as his teacher describes the truth as "being together", being with me, being with that, and being with all things.
This echoes the concept of comrades who "share souls" and "inherit souls", and he has indeed successfully advanced to the Oden through the power of the bond.
But there is a difference between "bringing a momentary flash of light to the boundless darkness" and "being together".
Although he understood it as being with the "darkness", not being swallowed by the darkness, and then cutting away the darkness, Rean always felt that it was more than that simple.
The "Edgeless Sword" is just an arcana, and there are all the secrets on it. You should wait until you hand out your own sword.
Moreover, Master has mentioned more than once that the Seven Types are the most profound, and it is the sword that Baye has truly completed.
From this perspective, Brother Cassius’s teachings are only superficial.
It's not that he is looking down on his senior brother, but it's the fact that he is studying the first type of spiral. Even if other types have considerable cultivation, they can't compare with the "spiral", not to mention that the seventh type is special in nature, no matter the type.
Or the principles are completely different.
Therefore, "being together" is just a stage, and "bringing a flash of light to the boundless darkness" is completed. It is not only a breakthrough of the curse of "black", nor is it only the shadow of the end of the empire.
Based on this, it seems that I have gone astray.
The sword heading towards Shura was definitely not a shining sword.
Suddenly I felt sorry for Master and failed to live up to his expectations.
However, the "last letter" type he came first also said, I have my own path, and I can walk my own path. As long as my heart is not biased, I will not really go astray.
Then complete the prototype of the sword first, and then complete the tasks assigned by the master if you have the chance.
As Alleria said, she is still young and has plenty of time.
Maybe by solving the curse problem in a "perfect" way, you can learn it by yourself without a teacher.
The meaning of ending darkness and bringing light is not ordinary beauty.
If there really is such a sword, let's call it "Dawn".
With such expectations, Rean put down the "previous" letter from his master and picked up another one, a letter from Yomier's family.
——I haven’t seen you for half a year, Rean.
It would be great if you, reading this letter, are in good health.
You should have heard what Elise said. In late May, Master Yun visited Youmil.
He left a letter for you, so I entrusted a trustworthy courier to send it to Elysee, and then delivered it to you.
It wouldn't be right to say that I mentioned it in passing... Anyway, I want to talk about what I promised before.
I think you should already know who your "real father" is. Although Elysee felt something was wrong before, my mother and I discovered it when you came back.
Now that I have discovered it but still failed to tell the truth, I must apologize to you first.
My relationship with "him" - Gillias Osborne - started about forty years ago. He was from a commoner in the north, and his father had a good relationship with my father.
Because of this friendship, the Baron's family took in him, who lost his family due to an avalanche and was only thirteen years old.
I was only five years old at the time, and I regarded Gillias as my older brother. Later, when he was seventeen, he entered Thorz and left Yumir.
After graduation, he joined the regular army and continued to be promoted with outstanding performance. As a result, he was targeted by the aristocracy at that time. Although he could not make it public, after his father passed away and I inherited the title, he continued to communicate with Yumir——until
That day fourteen years ago.
After three years, I finally heard "his" voice on the phone.
"I hope you can adopt a child. Then forget all my past with you, and don't tell the child anything.
Sorry, Theo, but I can only ask you now."
I immediately agreed to him, and rode my horse to the place he specified in the wind and snow.
What happens after that is just like you know.
I could tell at a glance that the child was definitely his son.
I know that he is married and has a son, and I have seen photos of him as a baby. She also looks a bit like his wife in the photos.
But I completely put these things behind me, and I adopted the child and made him the eldest son of the Shuhuaze family.
Fortunately, Lucia also agreed with my decision, and Elyse soon became fond of sticking to you.
The days that followed were like a dream. The child grew up to be a handsome son who made our couple proud, and also became a brother that made Elise very proud.
I also know that you are troubled by the mysterious "power" in your body, so you worship Master Yun as your teacher and try to solve this problem on your own.
You are a great son and a great brother. No one can take your place as a family.
Although he has changed a lot, I still believe that "he" is the same gentle and reliable brother Gillias as before. He was also the father who only entrusted his son to others after making a painful decision.
But even so, we have never thought about "returning" you to him. Even if there is a duel, even if I really have no chance of winning, I will never give in.
I wrote this letter just to tell you my thoughts.
Sorry for taking up your time. Say hello to Elyse for me.
Yours sincerely, Theo Schwarzer.
Teacher Biyun's words are more formal, and it can be seen that he went through repeated deliberation before finally writing.
He looked very distant, but Rean knew that this was how his adoptive father, Theo Schwarzer, expressed himself.
Father's love is like a mountain, which describes a person like him.
The same goes for his biological father, Gillias Osborn. Even if they finally met with swords and understood each other, Rean would have a hard time imagining that an iron-blooded monster could be "gentle and reliable".
This pair of sworn brothers are actually the same, they like to hide things and emotions in their hearts.
It seems that I am the same.
It seems like everything has been said, but in fact it still leaves a secret that has nothing to do with the overall situation.
Because I don’t want to make people worry, I’m afraid that if I say it, some things won’t be done as a matter of course.
Should we say that we are indeed a family?
I hope that if there is a chance, the three men can sit down, have a good drink, and get drunk - if nothing else, I should be the first one to fall down.
No, there will definitely be.
Although there are still some missing pieces, the key direction has been taken, through Tova's sorting out, through the information provided by Caster, and through Xiao Huan's special ability.
Whatever the biological father was forced to put down, and whatever the adoptive father clearly cared about but couldn't say, he would pick it up for them.