I asked Bradham why he didn't work for me.

"Why did you turn down Master Klan and choose to be locked up?

"Ah? Because I didn't want to."

"Why?"

"Because I don't like anything I don't like. I'm sorry I served such an old man."

Can't you serve because of your age?

Is it disgusting to a middle-aged man?

"Older old men have a lot of hard heads. So is Stefan's old man. Look at me. I've been cheating on the strong ones."

I'm sure it's strong, but Bradham is not intelligent enough to be useful or suspicious at the moment. I think it's a reasonable decision.

The point is, even if you serve the clan, do you refuse because you think you will be treated cold?

Surely even the clan will not heavily use Braham today.

But this man, if properly nurtured, has the potential to be a famous general. Highly ambitious, so it seems difficult to handle...

Let's try to persuade him for once.

"The Clan is not the kind of person who treats powerful people cold. Why don't you serve?

"I can't believe it. I may not be the kind of vessel that serves people in the first place. Sooner or later, I'll gather my people and drop some castle and I'll be independent."

I spoke of an ambition that can only be described as reckless.

"You won't be able to do that. If you don't serve in the first place, you'll be killed."

"We'll be out of jail in no time, so don't worry about getting killed."

The confidence that I would never die dwelt in Braham's eyes. I don't know if I had a basis, but I seemed to believe in myself from the bottom of my heart.

"I mean, who are you? Why is the little one in prison like this?"

"I am Ars Rovent. He is the lord of a small territory whose name is not yet known"

"Hmm. Are you a lord in that year? You're here because your clan asked you to persuade me? He wants me to convince him."

"No, because I was ordered to spot something talented. It's my stunt."

"So you spotted me? That power, it seems real."

Until just now, the grumpy look changes and makes me look happy. A simple one.

"To tell you the truth, there's another reason I can't serve you."

I told myself if I was in a good mood and my mouth was lighter.

"That onslaught that caused me to get stuck here. He was captured for using his cowardly hands... if he lost and made me give in, I would shut up and obey, too, but he did it in such a cowardly way that I didn't feel like obeying him"

Captured with cowardly hands?

Well, you sure have all this strength, so you can't lose that way if you're going for a ride. He seems weak, and likely to get caught up in the plot.

"That markan...... don't forgive..."

Are you talking about Leeds?

Other than that, the Marka soldiers don't look familiar, and I can't think of anything else.

Did Leeds use the cowardly method?... I can't say enough about that. I would have been in a hurry, and if I thought it was quicker than fighting properly, I would use as much as I planned.

"That guy... after I used Deep Righteousness... he stuck a weapon in my neck in a gap where a spear stabbed him in the ground. Normally you wait... why do you imitate such cowardice when you have all that strength..."

... I deserved to be cowardly.

If you make a gap that blatant, you're gonna get hit.

Anyway, Bradham doesn't seem convinced that he didn't think he'd lost, but he's in jail.

Then should we let him fight Reeds again and make a condition for Reeds to serve him when he wins?

You can do it with a wooden sword to keep each other from getting hurt, maybe not bad.

I tried to bring it to Braham if I wanted to rematch Leeds.