Turning Chapter 1073

Chapter 1073

Shusainer didn't intend to say anything bad or give a warning to Yuder. He had called him to share precious memories and pride in the person he served.

Yuder quietly looked at Shusainer and opened his mouth.

"I already like this place. So those words are meaningless."

"Haha. Is that so?"

"But thank you for showing me your special place to see the sea. It was the best sea I've ever seen. I mean it."

He didn't know if his feelings would be conveyed well since he was often misunderstood for having no expression no matter what he said, but Yuder was sincere anyway. Shusainer stared at Yuder with twinkling eyes and burst into a slightly different laughter than before.

"Indeed... rumors are not to be believed."

"..."

"I don't know if you know, but many of those who work in the kitchen at the Cavalry headquarters were taught by me. The same goes for the guys who do miscellaneous tasks like cleaning and office work."

The general staff who worked in the Cavalry did their jobs very well. Since the Cavalry became famous, there must have been many people trying to bribe them and dig up information, but the fact that there had never been a major incident related to that was enough to know. Yuder had thought they must be related to Peletta since Kishiar had chosen them, but he was surprised to hear that Shusainer had taught them.

'Come to think of it, he said he was a chef and also in charge of educating other staff.'

Cooking and education. Both were jobs where trust was most important. To this extent, it was almost as if Shusainer was in charge of the entire personnel management related to what Kishiar wanted to do. It was clear how much Kishiar trusted him.

'Those people were all replaced by Emperor Katchian's order when I became the Commander in my previous life...'

At that time, Katchian didn't like leaving traces of Kishiar, the former Commander who was about to leave the Cavalry. The staff working there were naturally a part of that. Therefore, just before stepping down from the position of Commander, Kishiar sent away the people he had chosen himself under the pretext of agreeing to Emperor Katchian's order.

Afterward, of course, during the long years Yuder served as Commander, there were occasional incidents of those working under him attempting assassination or secretly stealing information. The betrayal of Cavalry members could be punished later since they were also awakeners, but most of those people were non-awakeners, so it was difficult to directly discipline them.

The fear instilled by the name Yudrain Aile alone couldn't completely prevent those who betrayed. Thinking about how troublesome it was because of that, Shusainer's ability to educate and manage people could truly be called remarkable.

While Yuder was thinking about those days, Shusainer continued to speak.

"Those guys reported to me that the young man appointed as the Cavalry Commander's assistant was quite impressive. Almost every report didn't miss the name Yuder Aile. Someone said his age was unbelievable and suspicious, and someone said they were worried that the Duke was showing too much interest in him. In common, they were concerned and afraid of your excessively outstanding skills and relentless attitude."

"..."

"Even the rumors were like that. A hero of the Cavalry, but on the other hand, a demonic trainer within the Cavalry. Outside, he's an ambitious commoner who seduced and captured the Duke of Peletta, but inside, there's no one who follows the Duke's orders as absolutely as him... Hellem said there was no need to worry at all, but I had no idea how to evaluate you."

Hellem said that about him? Yuder blinked at the unexpected words.

"But after meeting you in Peletta, I understood. This old man didn't need to dare doubt the Duke's eye for people."

"..."

"I'm not an awakener, and my mind has become rigid with age, so I don't really understand what first gender or second gender means. However, even if you were someone unrelated to such things, I think I would have thought of you as a good person."

He didn't expect to hear such words, so he didn't know how to answer. All he had done was enjoy a vacation with Kishiar for a few days, and today was almost the first personal conversation with Shusainer. Yuder remained silent for a long time and bowed his head deeply.

"...Thank you."

"Thank you. Aren't you perplexed or angry that this old man dared to evaluate the Duke's precious guest?"

"Didn't you do it for the Commander? If you hadn't been wary of me, I would have thought it was strange on my part."

After saying that, Yuder hesitated for a moment and added a word.

"To be honest, I think it would have been better if you had been more wary of me."

Shusainer blinked his eyes quickly and opened his mouth. After a moment, he bent his waist so much that his body swayed and burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

"..."

"Nathan said about you, 'I don't know about myself, but he seems to be a strange one who absolutely doesn't intend to harm the Duke,' and I think I fully understand that peculiar statement now. Indeed! He couldn't help but say that."

He finally calmed down after laughing so much that he had to wipe away tears.

"Then shall I be more wary? I have many things I'm curious about, so I'll have to dig up information on what the precious guest thinks of our Duke while serving tea I brewed myself. Let's go down together."

As if to prove he was Kishiar's close aide, he had the ability to make an invitation to have tea sound very strange.

There was no reason to refuse anyway, so Yuder nodded.

"Alright."

"I was wondering where you had disappeared to, but I was so surprised to hear you were having tea with Shusainer!"

That night, Yuder headed to the beach with Kishiar. Below the hill, which was the only entrance and exit route of the castle, there was a small cape at the end of a side path that appeared after going down for a while. It was a good place to see the sea right in front of you while being quiet since no ships came in and out.

"He is a good person."

"He is a good person. Kind enough to make the decision to leave everything behind and come to Peletta out of concern for me."

The beach was getting closer. Unlike the beautiful beaches in the south with shining fine sand, the beaches of Peletta were mostly filled with black gravel. It was such a rough terrain that it was difficult to walk without wearing shoes, but Yuder liked it.

They walked on the gravel and sat on a rock at the tip of the cape. Tonight, as the night fell, the wind had subsided quite a bit, so it wasn't as cold as expected.

"With this kind of weather, it would be okay to dip our feet in the water today."

Kishiar took off his shoes and exposed his bare feet, dipping them in the seawater. It was a natural attitude as if he had done it more than once or twice.

"It seems you've done it often."

"When it's not winter, I often do this. When I dip my feet like this here, it's incredibly cold, but it feels good. It feels like everything is being swept away from my chest."

Yuder looked at him for a while and slowly took off his shoes, leaving them behind. Just like Kishiar, he rolled up his pants and dipped his feet, and as he said, a piercingly cold sensation ran through his entire body.

"I don't know if it's being swept away... but it's a new experience."

Kishiar laughed. He wiggled his feet in the water and suddenly playfully poked Yuder's foot. It felt similar yet different from the moment they secretly held hands underwater in the southern sea. Yuder didn't back down and touched his foot back, pushing it away. Fortunately, no one saw them spreading their toes and scratching the soft skin inside each other's ankles like children.

Yuder continued to feel the warmth of the person touching his foot and opened his mouth.

"Earlier, Mr. Shusainer introduced me to a secret place he said was good for watching the sea."

"A secret place? Was there such a place?"

"It was the tower on the west side."

Kishiar's foot, which had been playfully moving, suddenly stopped for a moment. Yuder lightly bumped his foot against that foot and continued to speak.

"I heard it was the place where the divine sword was stored. It reminded me of what you told me before."

"..."

"It was a good place. I understood why he introduced it to me because it was a location where you could see both Peletta and the sea at once."

Yuder asked the man who was unusually silent.

"Have you also seen the sea from that tower?"

The gaze he met was endlessly deep and transparent. The dark red eyes buried in the darkness slowly closed and opened, and Kishiar nodded.

"I have. But not just to see the sea."

"Then will you watch it together with me there tomorrow?"

Only then did Kishiar's foot, which had been still, show a slight movement. He lowered his head and made a sigh-like laugh, then kissed the side of Yuder's forehead.

"Of course. It will be the best day."

Yuder stood up from his seat. He moved his steps, feeling the waves splashing near his shins, which were soaked in the sea. Hearing Kishiar following behind him, he walked until he reached a certain point and stopped.

In front of him, a steep cliff where Peletta Castle was located stretched out.

With that sight in front of him, where the only way up seemed to be climbing the cliff, Yuder turned to the man and opened his mouth.

"There's an entrance to the underground secret passage of the castle above this, right?"