The Bastard’s Way of Life of the Returning Swordsman

Episode 2

theo ragnar (2)

gulp, gulp-

Theo ate over 700g of pork by himself, then drank the ‘special celery juice’ he had made in advance.

“Ugh… … I just can’t get used to this taste.”

He frowned as he casually threw an empty 500ml beer glass on the floor.

Chaeng-Gran-

Along with the sound of breaking glass, I felt something moving quickly inside my body.

“How did you endure and drink the substitute blood test for six years? No, you can’t believe it’s because of this, right?”

9 years from now. At the southern tip of the continent, an absolute master of the same age as Theo is born.

The guy who was half crazy with blood and was nicknamed ‘Blood Blood’ or ‘Blood Demon’ was known to have trained through a unique method called ＜Purification Technique＞, which was introduced from the East.

And Theo happened to have a chance to read the special investigation records related to the blood test system.

It was a record that was left after moving for the purpose of subsuming the blood test in the Ragnar family, and then investigating the background while fighting a fight due to a dispute.

‘At the time, I was forcibly assigned to the General Staff because I didn’t seem to have any talent for swordsmanship.’

Things that have now become a ‘non-existent’ future.

‘It hasn’t been long, but… … But thanks to that, I was able to memorize the materials and mixing ratios of the Alchemy Technique, which was amazing.’

In his previous life, Theo wasn’t only interested in learning swordsmanship, he was interested in building magic.

The basic of building mana is breathing.

You can be healthy just by breathing.

Then why not?

The same was true of the blood test method.

All you have to do is collect certain ingredients, combine them, and consume them consistently.

Theo had been taking it consistently in his previous life.

It’s just that I haven’t seen much effect because my blood vessels and blood vessels are clogged with my old age. My stamina went up a lot.

‘But it will be different now. It’s because he’s a young age with relatively less energy and blood.’

This was not the only knowledge Theo possessed from his previous life.

– Running every 6:00 a.m. without a break.

It was a way to increase stamina in a short period of time.

Also, the breathing method used at this time was Master’s breathing method that had not yet appeared in the world.

Thanks to this, within a month, Theo’s cardiorespiratory endurance as well as his muscle tone had improved a lot.

-Books with strange titles from the library.

All of them were secret documents that would later be revealed as ‘the bored ancestors secretly hid them’.

Most of them were swordsmanships that would receive the rank of ‘Imagination’.

But now it will never be revealed to the world.

And.

Now, Theo was finally opening the aura hole.

However, it was a little different from the existing method of simply accumulating mana in the danteon.

‘First of all, trigger all the mana stored in the body with the training technique, and gather it toward the heart… … .’

It was just then that Theo was trying to turn his mana in order as he rummaged through his memory.

“Theo! My son, Theo! Are you here!”

A hysterical voice rang out from outside.

I could see the maids’ faces contemplative and restless.

“Mother?”

Why is the person whose face has not been shown for over a month?

bang!

Before Theo’s question was over, the door was wide open.

A lady who still maintains the youth and beauty of a woman in her twenties, even at the age of nearly forty, strode inside.

However, unlike her beauty, her gait was very nervous, and her gaze at the ladies-in-waiting was very ferocious.

“Oh, madam! If you do this here… … !”

“Let go! I’m going to meet my son, but who the hell is stopping me!”

“Haona… … !”

The ladies-in-waiting, who had followed the lady, were restless.

At the same time, he had an expression of regret for sneaking a peek at Theo.

“It happened. Everyone, please leave.”

The ladies-in-waiting bowed to Theo and quickly left the room.

“I think we should crack down on the ladies-in-waiting. These are very crazy things. How dare a mother stop her son from seeing her. It made me proud because my son had been coming here too long.”

If I left it like this, it really seemed like something big would happen later.

“This is what I ordered.”

“What did you say?”

“I told the ladies-in-waiting to forbid anyone from entering without my separate permission.”

“Do you mean even if it is this mother?”

“Yes.”

“How… … !”

That’s because if you make a fuss like you do now, you could fall into the magic spell.

Theo let out a deep sigh instead of words he could never get out.

Making a dragon’s heart takes a lot of hard work, concentration, and time.

In the meantime, if he was disturbed from the outside, his mana could cause a runaway, and he could become a half-ass.

That’s why I gave the maids special desserts and asked them not to let anyone in, and to stop even if the housekeeper came to visit.

‘Still, it’s a shame because it wasn’t even started yet. Whoa!’

Theo stared blankly at the lady who kept getting in the way both in the past and in the present life.

Cecilia Ragnar.

Mother who gave birth to Theo Ragnar.

As you can see from her name, she was the only one in the harem of the household who did not have a family name.

As a result, she had a strong inferiority complex due to her origin, and she poured it all over her son.

He thought that if Theo’s status rose, no one would be able to ignore him.

The problem is that Theo has never been so outstanding.

Because of this, she always urged Theo whenever she saw him.

It’s the same now.

It was clear that if I left it alone, I would only hear painful nagging again.

“Rather than that, what are you doing all this way?”

Cecilia barely calmed down her anger and fired fiercely at him.

“Rendon said so. Did you lose your mind elsewhere in this class?”

‘It must have been because of this.’

Theo smiled bitterly.

Certainly, while preparing the plan related to ‘Heart of the Dragon’, I had been listening to Rendon’s class.

Because it didn’t help much.

“How much do you intend to break this mother’s heart!”

“… … .”

“Tell me what! You’re not dumb, and you can speak normally, so why don’t you answer me every time!”

‘How do I do this?’

Theo had never felt a mother’s affection for her.

It wasn’t that I didn’t like it. Rather, it was closer to feeling compassion.

A life where you can’t receive love from your husband, and have to live without a friend to confide in, locked in a prison-like harem.

So, I tried to be as warm as possible.

‘That’s not always easy.’

“Any word… … !”

“Mother.”

Perhaps because of that, the voice that came out of Theo’s mouth was somehow dry.

“under! You’re barely opening your mouth now. Do you have any concerns?”

“Rendon is a fraud.”

“what… … !”

“I know how much money and labor your mother put into bringing Rendon. However, he is just a mere mercenary with a different career and skills.”

“… … !”

“I will see his true face soon. So please don’t talk about me any more.”

It was the first time Theo had reacted so sharply in front of Cecilia.

He was an obedient son every time he pretended not to hear or did something different.

Today, I was looking straight into her eyes from the front.

Because of this, Cecilia was at a loss for words.

There were many things I wanted to say, but I couldn’t get them out.

everything was unfamiliar

Even though he clearly has the face of his son.

It didn’t look like his son.

“If you have nothing more to say, please leave.”

* * *

“How can a son say such harsh things to this mother! I! How I raised my son all this time! To protect my son from those wild beasts… … !”

Cecilia’s hysterical voice echoed from far away in the hallway.

Thanks to that, I could feel the maids and butlers whispering, but Theo pretended not to know and ignored it.

‘I can’t do this either.’

Theo sighed lightly and shook his head.

‘Still, she’s the biological mother who gave birth to this body. I’ll have to save it somehow.’

Three years from now, Cecilia is discovered and executed while attempting to poison her concubine, whom the family head especially favored.

However, even though there were many uncertain corners, no one doubted it because everyone was well aware of Cecilia’s usual behavior.

Theo didn’t want to do it again.

‘It’s like that only on the outside, my mother isn’t strong enough to do that. It must have something to do with the race for the head of state.’

Who is the culprit?

And who is behind the assassins who killed Theo and his family?

I had a hunch, not a hunch, that there wouldn’t be a big difference between the two.

‘For now, let’s focus on the dragon’s heart. In the end, the most important thing is my strength.’

Theo left the ladies-in-waiting a request not to let anyone in anymore, and slowly sat cross-legged.

I closed my eyes and concentrated my consciousness.

Then, he felt a mass of magical energy spreading throughout his body.

Over the past month or so, I’ve been taking the podium steadily, and it’s been layer upon layer in my body.

These will be a very useful material and fuel for making ＜Dragon’s Heart＞.

“Huh… … !”

Theo took a deep breath.

Then, the masses of magical energy were greatly excited and began to move along the magical circuit little by little according to the will.

direction is clockwise.

The target is the left chest and heart.

It flows proudly like a river, then gathers like the sea… … It comes like a tidal wave!

bang!

“Kuk!”

It felt like being hit hard in the chest with a hammer.

Theo’s upper body trembled.

But even though his eyesight turned round and round in pain, he never opened his mouth.

If I made the wrong sound here, my breathing would be disrupted and my mana might go out of control.

Then after that?

where is the back It’s just being an anti-villain.

‘I’m really dizzy.’

Theo clenched his molars.

What he was trying to do now was to forcibly engrave the magic factor into his heart.

It was difficult because he was trying to transform the heart, through which all the blood in the body passes, into a magical organ rather than a simple biological organ.

But Theo was confident.

Regarding the Dragon’s Heart, I had conducted a lot of research with Master, and had actually completed it.

‘I also collected quite a lot of magic power.’

finally.

bang! bang! bang!

Theo tried to break down the hard wall of his heart and somehow pour his magic into it.

thump thump-

Thump thump thump!

At the same time, my heart started beating like crazy.

Wow!

As his body shuddered more violently than ever before, magic power poured into his heart at once.

‘Okay… … !’

done. Theo shouted for pleasure and tried to forcibly fix the mana inside his heart.

By the way.

‘What is this?’

Something a little strange, different from what I expected.

inside the heart.

A considerable amount of mana was concentrated.

just like it was there originally.

[Congratulations! You have successfully completed Tutorial Quest #1.]

[Rating: A]

[I got ‘half of ■■■ as a reward.]

[I discovered the magic of my previous life as an additional reward according to the evaluation.]