The Son-In-Law of the Magician Is a Transcendent Sword Master - Chapter 25

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Chapter 25

“Please give me your daughter.”

The moment those words came out, it was only natural that the atmosphere in the separate room turned cold.

Captain Allet’s face turned red and blue, and the maid Sheril, who had been pouring tea, covered her mouth.

It was such a shocking request.

As Steren’s eyes sharpened, I hastily added an explanation.

“Of course, I don’t mean to hold the ceremony immediately. I’m simply asking for the qualification as her fiancé, her betrothed.”

“…Huu…”

At my words, Steren let out a sigh without saying anything.

After a while, Steren fortunately spoke in a gentle tone instead of flying into a rage like last time in the prison.

“It’s not that surprising. In fact, I somewhat expected this.”

“…”

“Reagan, you made the same request from the beginning.”

With a bitter smile, Steren drank his tea to moisten his dry mouth.

“However, I want to know why you desire my daughter, Reagan. What is it about my daughter Renia that you like so much that you’re so insistent?”

“…”

Steren’s violet eyes swept across my face as if piercing through me.

“Renia is… well, she’s of marriageable age, but honestly speaking, she’s still not that old. She’s still a young child who struggles to take care of herself. Above all, you’re young too. It’s not like you have urgent circumstances that would make you want to marry Renia immediately. Is there a reason you want Renia so badly?”

“…Mm.”

I pondered my answer for a moment.

As the silence lengthened, Steren asked carefully but sharply.

“Reagan, did that woman who gave you the pendant perhaps instruct you to marry Renia? To use Benheim’s power?”

“Absolutely not.”

I answered immediately.

Even in my previous life, Renia only told me to take her, she didn’t talk about what happened after my regression. She only told me to survive.

I let out a deep sigh and spoke as if spitting out the words.

“I just… fell in love at first sight.”

It would be better to keep things vague here.

It was more than sufficient as a reason a hot-blooded teenage boy might give.

“…Huh.”

It wasn’t entirely untrue either.

It was certainly true that I had been captivated by Renia’s eyes when she spoke to me on that battlefield.

The one who provided me, who had lived my entire life as a wandering mercenary, with a place to settle down, and who gave me the opportunity to change the future, was all Lyrnia Erahan von Benheim.

If that was the case, then wanting her even now that I’ve returned to the past wouldn’t be terribly wrong.

“…I see. I understand.”

I don’t know what emotion showed on my face. However, Steren seemed to have realized from my expression that what I was saying wasn’t simply the whim of an adolescent boy.

“Reagan, you saved Renia’s life when she was about to be kidnapped and even uncovered the mastermind behind it. And in this Hunting Festival, you helped everyone once again. You lack nothing in qualifications to be welcomed as Benheim’s son-in-law. No one could raise any objections.”

Steren stroked his chin and continued in a low voice.

“However, that’s my position as the family head. From now on, this is my position as a father.”

“Please speak.”

“I have no intention of making my daughter a sacrifice for a political marriage. My child’s happiness is more important than the family’s interests. So as a father, I cannot help but ask for Renia’s opinion. In matters like marriage, the person’s own will is most important. Please understand that if Renia refuses, I too cannot give permission.”

“Of course I understand.”

I nodded. Steren von Benheim was quite an excellent person as a father too.

“Then how about asking her directly right now?”

“Now?”

Steren frowned.

I remember Renia’s tendencies. She extremely dislikes information being exchanged in places she doesn’t know about.

I remember how she had spread surveillance magic like a spider’s web throughout the campsite, and how that had allowed us to prevent attacks in advance.

So…

“Sheril, could you open that door?”

I spoke to Sheril, and she sighed and threw open the door to the separate room.

—Click.

“Ah, ahaha…”

In the corridor, there was Renia, who had been pressing her ear to the door and was now staggering as she lost her balance.

“…Renia, were you eavesdropping again?”

“N-no… Rather than eavesdropping… well…”

Renia, who had been desperately rolling her eyes, hurriedly turned her head when our gazes met. Soon her eyes landed on the teacup Steren was holding.

“That is… I was worried the tea might get cold…”

A ridiculous excuse.

Anyone could see she had been eavesdropping.

Steren sighed and rubbed his forehead.

“Well then, Renia. Since you seem to have heard everything already… let me ask you now.”

Steren spoke to Renia with a face that seemed to have aged several years.

“Renia, what do you think about… becoming engaged to this Reagan here? If it’s burdensome, you can postpone your answer. There’s still plenty of time. It’s not too late to think it over slowly and decide.”

Steren might have hoped for words of refusal to come from Renia’s mouth.

However, Renia’s iris-colored eyes turned toward me without hesitation. Soon the corners of her eyes curved like a crescent moon.

“I… like it.”

Renia said with a beaming smile.

A shy but firm answer.

“…I, see.”

It was perhaps only natural that Steren made an expression as if he had chewed a handful of poisonous herbs at those words.

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After Renia and Reagan left, Steren remained in the separate room, drinking tea like alcohol.

It was because the conversation from earlier was still filling his mind.

“The tea is bitter, Sheril.”

“Shall I bring some sugar?”

“There’s no need for that.”

With a small sigh, Steren looked out at the rainy Benheim estate.

Through the Hunting Festival, he had scraped out the pus that had been in Benheim. Since a black mage had emerged from among the elders, the Council of Elders would definitely not be able to oppose any decisions Steren made for the time being.

Benheim had become more solid, and the family head’s authority had been consolidated. It was truly a good thing.

However, why was there this sensation like a large thorn had been stuck in his chest?

“…Renia.”

Without needing to think about it, it was a problem concerning his beloved daughter Renia.

Earlier, Steren had essentially approved the engagement between Renia and Reagan.

“She is of marriageable age, but… actually making the decision is another matter entirely. I think I now understand why father threw such a fit during my sister’s wedding.”

As Steren smiled bitterly, Allet carefully spoke up.

“You could still reverse the decision now, my lord.”

“Reverse it…”

“Yes. No matter how much merit he’s earned, giving the young lady to someone whose origins we don’t even know. It doesn’t befit our station.”

Captain Allet’s voice was agitated.

And rightfully so, as Benheim was the Empire’s greatest magical noble family. For Renia, who was of direct bloodline, even an imperial prince or heir of another family would barely be sufficient as a fiancé.

Yet suddenly some outsider who rolled in from who knows where had taken that position.

“Wouldn’t it be better to choose one of the branch family’s daughters to pair with Reagan instead? That boy probably just wanted Benheim’s backing anyway, so if we take time to persuade him, he’ll agree.”

“…”

“How long could the childish love of a boy that age last anyway? If we provide other interesting things like reward money, beauties, or titles, he’ll change his mind quickly.”

“Allet, I appreciate the sentiment, but that won’t work.”

Steren shook his head as he set down his teacup.

“What that boy wants isn’t money or honor. If he truly wanted gold and silver treasures, he would have asked to open the treasure vault immediately.”

“That’s…”

“Speaking of which, Allet. Have you finished investigating Reagan?”

Allet trailed off, and Stern changed the subject. Allet wore a somewhat troubled expression as he pulled out a report from his coat.

“Yes. We thoroughly investigated Reagan’s past activities through the Rune Surveillance Unit’s informants…”

“Speak.”

“…’Black Crows’ – he spent years as a lowly porter for this third-rate mercenary group, then suddenly knocked out the mercenary captain and other leaders, stole all their funds, and mysteriously disappeared. That’s all there is.”

Even as Allet read the report, his tone suggested disbelief.

“After that, he appeared near Benheim Estate in a carriage and rescued Miss Renia. Everything after that is as you’ve witnessed, my lord.”

“Truly… clean.”

A fellow who had been carrying luggage for a mercenary group suddenly awakened overnight and came running to Benheim. The process in between was completely omitted.

Moreover, Reagan’s subsequent actions were truly bizarre.

After coming to the family, he saved Renia from kidnapping and defeated Arno, the heir. He arbitrarily modified a mana core that had been passed down for hundreds of years, rooted out hidden black mages, and displayed outstanding performance in this Hunting Festival as well.

He even used Rucen’s unique magic formula – the blade magic. According to Arno’s testimony, he copied the magic used by Rucen’s daughter after seeing it just a few times.

Kaiden had good reason to be furious. Even from Stern’s perspective, the level of completion of the blade magic Reagan had copied was quite high, so it was understandable that Kaiden, as the family head, would find it insulting.

‘Is that all?’

Stern’s eyes narrowed.

Most surprising of all was that he had cut off the wrist of Beron, an elder of Benheim, using that copied blade magic. Though Beron was aged and barely at the lowest level of 6th rank, the difference between 3rd and 6th rank was like heaven and earth. Yet that fellow had done it.

“…It can only be explained as if someone had shown him the way.”

How to fight. What the opponent’s weaknesses were. He moved like someone who already knew the answers.

“…It’s certain that Reagan met a Benheim bloodline from the future.”

“I have no disagreement on that point either.”

Allet also agreed.

Reagan had received future knowledge along with the heirloom pendant from a Benheim mage. Without that, there were far too many things that couldn’t be explained.

Therefore…

“Love at first sight… an obvious lie.”

Stern didn’t trust the reason Reagan had given.

He couldn’t fool the eyes of a family head who had been through everything. Just looking at Reagan’s gaze, he could tell.

It wasn’t some adolescent boy’s whim. There was cold calculation and deep compassion, or perhaps regret, and an inexplicable sense of responsibility.

However.

“At least, the way he looks at Renia was genuine.”

At least that was without a trace of falsehood.

“Whatever the reason, that fellow tries to protect Renia. Even at the cost of his own life.”

It was the same during the kidnapping incident and during this Hunting Festival. What even he, as the family head, couldn’t do, that boy had accomplished.

“That’s enough. If he’s a man who can protect my daughter, what does his background matter? There’s sufficient justification to take him as a son-in-law.”

Stern emptied his teacup and rose from his seat.

“Prepare to announce it to everyone.”

“My lord…”

“Reagan von Benheim is now Benheim’s son-in-law. Anyone who objects to this decision will be considered as challenging Benheim’s authority.”

The decision was made.

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