I Regressed to My Ruined Family – 108

 #I returned, and my family was ruined (109)

After receiving the request from the marquis.

Ise-ra moved quickly, sacrificing her sleep.

Was it worth it?

“We’re here!”

In just two days, they arrived at the metropolis of Londinium.

It was an incredible speed that only a superhuman could achieve.

Looking down from high above at the representative city of the Duke’s family, Ise-ra nodded.

“It’s a nice city.”

It couldn’t compare to Lumines, the capital of the Fractal Marquis’s family, but one thing was certain.

The vitality of this city was much greater than that of the city her father ruled.

“A duke.”

Seeing that his father, who had rejected even Milten, had chosen him as his partner, he was certain that there was something special about him.

She recalled a few things her father had told her.

“Remember, you must take this to the duke within a week. Don’t forget! One week, one week!”

“Oh, and when you go to the tavern in Londinium, they’ll be selling a special card set. You’ll need it for your research, so buy about a hundred of them with your identity card. Once you buy them, have them sent here immediately through the merchant guild.”

“Oh! And… make sure you just buy the cards. Don’t play the game. Do you understand?”

Before leaving.

The words added at the last moment sounded desperate.

It wasn’t a difficult request, so she nodded readily.

Ise-ra thought of the black liquid in her arms.

“There are still five days left, right?”

There was plenty of time.

Having emerged from the secret training room for the first time in a very long time, she had no intention of letting this freedom slip away.

Eun-ra crossed the outer wall with ease and stepped onto the ground.

“Hmm… What should I do with the time I have left?”

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Or take a peek at the face of the man who could become her husband?

After some deliberation, Ise-ra made up her mind.

“I should check it out.”

She had heard countless rumors about Duke Ethan.

Was he really as good as the rumors said, or was he even better?

It wouldn’t hurt to find out.

“Was it over there?”

The direction she had looked when she checked from above.

As she stared in that direction, Lee Se-ra’s figure disappeared in an instant.

* *

Just then, Lee Se-ra flew toward the inner courtyard.

She could see a huge crowd gathering between the large training grounds.

There were nearly two thousand people.

“They’re not knights.”

Judging by their momentum, they were ordinary civilians. Soon, a knight approached from afar.

At first glance, he looked ordinary…

Soon, Isera’s eyes lit up.

“Huh…”

The knight who looked ordinary had a considerable amount of mana hidden within him.

“Not an 8-star… A skilled 7-star knight?”

That was his level.

Of course, she wasn’t surprised by his level.

What surprised her was that

someone with only that amount of mana was able to conceal it so well that even a superhuman couldn’t easily detect it.

She soon realized.

He was the duke!

Hiding her body in the air using the wind spirit, she stared intently at the duke’s face.

Once married, one had to stay together for the rest of their lives.

In that sense, appearance was one of the most important factors.

Wouldn’t it be difficult if the face you had to look at for the rest of your life was unattractive?

The result was…

“His face is… quite handsome.”

She passed.

Compared to the girlish Milton, the duke’s cool face was much more to her liking.

That was when it happened.

The duke, who had been looking at the crowd gathered in the grand hall, said,

“From now on, we will proceed with the final stage of the tournament. Twenty people at a time.”

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“The first group, enter!”

The knight standing behind him shouted loudly.

Soon, twenty people stepped forward in front of the duke.

“Begin.”

As soon as the duke finished speaking, the first group raised their wooden swords.

They aimed them at the dummies in front of them.

The villagers began swinging their swords. It was Ethan who had witnessed and led thousands of knights in his previous life.

Just by looking at their sword-swinging posture, breathing, and physical condition,

it was clear who had the potential to become great in the future. It took only about two seconds to select the successful candidates from among the twenty people.

“Number 1 and number 7.”

At those words, the knights of the Yongsal Corps nodded vigorously.

“Two people have passed the first round!”

“Next, the second round!”

“Forward!”

“Forward!”

“They’re judging us.”

Ise-ra realized what the duke was doing. She then looked at the successful candidates.

“Hmm…”

After watching them for about five seconds, she realized why those two had been chosen.

“…They have the most potential?”

She was surprised.

In order to evaluate a person’s potential, it was necessary to thoroughly analyze them.

Even for a superhuman like herself, it took quite a bit of time.

But the duke…

He was picking out the ones with the highest potential in a very short time, as if he knew everything.

That meant that he was not only sharp-eyed, but also very skilled at exploring others.

It seemed that her father had a good reason for choosing him.

Time passed.

“Let’s end the external competition with this.”

Just as the duke finished speaking and stood up,

his gaze turned upward.

His gaze was directed

exactly where she was hiding.

“…!”

She was startled, but quickly regained her composure.

“He couldn’t have seen me.”

Even the Turian Marquis, who was considered to be close to transcendence, would have difficulty finding her if she hid herself well. That was why she was locked in the secret training room.

In that situation.

There was no way that the duke, who appeared to be only at the 7th rank, could find her.

“I’ve confirmed enough…”

There was no need to stay here any longer.

She quietly left the inner city and blended into the crowd.

“What should I do now?”

After thinking for a moment, she remembered one of her father’s requests.

“Did he say a special card pack?”

She thought it would be better to buy it now, since he had asked her to get it for him.

That was when she arrived at a bar in the city.

She saw an advertisement board in front of the bar.

The advertisement board showed a picture of a man smiling brightly with his thumb up, holding a piece of paper.

Even Marcus, the freedom fighter, fell in love with this card game!

Try it now!

Play the game at the bar and get a free pack of cards!

“Is that the card game?”

There was a separate area where they were selling special card packs.

There was a long line of nobles.

They received their card packs and opened them.

When they saw the contents, they smiled like little children, and I couldn’t help but feel curious.

“What on earth is that?”

The line was very long, even at the tavern.

If card games weren’t fun, people wouldn’t wait in line like that.

“Ah! And… be sure to buy the cards. Don’t play the game. Do you understand?”

Iseara vividly remembered her father’s urgent warning.

But.

“You didn’t say I couldn’t watch, did you?”

He told her not to play the game, not to watch.

With her eyes sparkling, Lee Se-ra used the wind spirit to hide her body and entered the bar.

An hour later.

She was sitting at a table as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

“There’s nothing I can do about it.”

She came into the tavern, and instead of boosting sales, she hid and took up a seat.

No matter how she looked at it, it was a terrible thing to do.

As the daughter of a prestigious family, she couldn’t ignore the basic etiquette that should be observed in a shop.

She ordered a bunch of beer and snacks, then immediately called the dealer to ask for an opponent.

The dealer tilted his head at the sight of a customer suddenly taking a seat at the table, but without any suspicion, he assigned her an opponent.

“This is your first time playing cards, right?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Then let me explain the rules. Card games are played first…”

After listening to the friendly explanation, I was able to analyze the structure of the game.

“Let’s begin.”

* *

“What is this?”

Ise-ra looked at the calendar.

A week had already passed since she entered the bar and watched the card game.

What had she done during that week?

It was simple.

Card games.

She had enjoyed them incessantly.

Starting with special card packs that could only be purchased in sets of ten per person, she had moved on to regular card packs that could be purchased in unlimited quantities.

Her pocket space was already filled with hundreds of card packs.

Of course, she didn’t send any special card packs to the marquis.

Special card packs that could only be purchased in sets of ten per person.

She had realized just how valuable they were over the past week.

“You must never play games. Do you understand?”

Now she understood why the marquis had said that.

“He was trying to hide it from me.”

What?

It was simple.

He was definitely trying to hide the value of the special card packs.

“Father, you’re being too harsh.”

Even parents have things they can’t compromise on.

The colorful cards were one of those things.

“These are mine now.”

It was a proud achievement.

Moreover, that wasn’t the only achievement.

The card tournament.

When he came to his senses, he realized that he had passed the preliminary round and advanced to the round of 16.

It was a week full of amazing achievements, but on the other hand, there were also bitter failures.

“Don’t forget! It’s only a week!”

Unfortunately, she completely forgot her father’s request, and the deadline passed.

Three whole days had passed.

Ise-ra shook her head vigorously.

“Ugh… This isn’t my fault.”

Card games.

This game was so much fun, but it was also the problem.

“Let’s just get to the round of 16 first and think about it later.”

The time that had passed could not be turned back.

So, she had to live in the present to the fullest.

She dressed herself and left the inn.

Ise-ra hurriedly made her way and soon arrived at the huge tavern where the card tournament was being held.

The players were already gathered in the tavern.

Among them, one player stood out as the dark horse.

Ise-ra clenched her fist as she looked at his name tag.

[Hans]

Commonly known as Mr. H.

He was one of the favorites to win this tournament.

“I’ve collected a lot of legendary cards, so I have a good chance of winning.”

She took a deep breath and sat down in the seats where the players were waiting for their turn.

Someone wearing a black robe like hers sat down next to her.

Iseara paid no attention to the person next to her.

There was no sense of any special aura.

He was judged to be nothing more than a slightly skilled knight.

Then it happened.

“You look just like the Turian Duke.”

“……!”

A very familiar voice came from the seat next to her.