성황의 아이들 [2]

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328. Days of No. 21 (4)

Branch Manager Justin held on to No. 21 tenaciously until the very end.

-A hundred guys like you should attack him all at once. Bart doesn't even blink! So, just relax and leave this guy to the Asean branch!

Of course, No. 21 snorted inwardly.

Could it possibly be so? He is quite excellent in [Oberon's Hand] and is the only one among the same trained riders to have received a 'number'.

Of course, this is not to look down on Seonghwang, but the limitations of the homunculus' body were very clear.

The load is too small and the durability is so poor that it is almost pitiful. Thanks to this, if you want to hit someone properly, you have to spin it around and around several times to get a usable hit.

Even so, if the other person gets bruised, the person who hit him or her will end up with cracked bones. At this point, there is a limit to how much divine power can be used to block it.

'More than anything, my senses have become seriously dulled. If I decide to hide, there are many times when I can't detect it properly even when I get close.'

So No. 21 was confident. For the Holy Emperor who is a homunculus, his presence is absolutely necessary. He said there was no doubt about it.

Nevertheless, there was another reason why No. 21 felt helpless recently.

The biggest threat to Seonghwang, who had now become a homunculus, was his own son, whom Number 21 could never touch.

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At first, Kaien charged directly at Seongwang, brandishing his weapon. As for attacking Seonghwang himself, it was the result of confirming several times that he could not hold any books.

"After defeating my father, I can control the other guys' souls and get out of here!"

The weapons Cayenne wielded were diverse.

Sometimes it was a sword stolen from someone, sometimes it was a large rock picked up in the yard, and sometimes it was a small dish knife.

In this way, he hides the weapon without the guild members knowing, and attacks Seonghwang while he is at his most unguarded. The timing was so exquisite that even No. 21 sometimes clicked his tongue in admiration.

Quadang! Cheonggang!

Fortunately, before No. 21 or the guild members could step in, Seonghwang successfully subdued the boy every time.

"Tch, it's a waste! "It's almost done!"

"That's your mistake, Cayenne. "You will never succeed in the future, so why not give up now?"

Seonghwang used to gently scold him each time, but at the point where he was competing with the young boy on equal terms, he was already very unreliable.

'If more time passes... ... .'

Number 21 naturally couldn't help but think of that assumption.

What if Cayenne grows up and one day surpasses the homunculus's physical capabilities? And even then, if the relationship between father and son does not improve at all. Will the attempt to assassinate Seonghwang, like now, end up as a simple incident?

If Seonghwang gets to the point where he can no longer control the child, how will the others, who have difficulty even contacting Kaien, stop him?

In this way, the days of successful practice continued, day after day, amid complex thoughts.