Solo Swordmaster

Chapter 423

#423. now tell me

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When he rose up in Ishim.

The age of the New Revolutionary Army was small.

But that was only the first time.

The power of the New Revolutionary Army increased rapidly as those who rose up from all over the Union came to join them every day.

As a result, the headquarters of the New Revolutionary Army was also moved.

Because so many troops were gathered, it was impossible to be stationed in a small town with a population of less than 20,000.

Thus, Yaroslavl became the new headquarters.

It was a large city close to Moscow as it was occupied by the federal army for the first time.

Considering the speed of the modern army, which can cover hundreds of kilometers in a day using a vehicle, the revolutionary government was like a knife to the neck.

Of course, if you say it the other way around, it means that if the revolutionary government goes on the offensive, the new revolutionary army can also be in danger.

That is why the soldiers of the New Revolutionary Army guarding Yaroslavl were alert to their surroundings with their eyes open.

but they didn’t know

In other words, the commander of the New Revolutionary Army, who should be most wary of the federal army, was sipping vodka with all his caution thrown away.

“As expected, alcohol is usually a bit flat.”

“If you want something hot, why not add a few drops of Green Dragon Clan poison?”

“uh? How did you know I usually eat like that?”

“…do you really eat like that?”

“huh. As you know, green dragon clan poison is quite thrilling, right? It’s nice that the taste of alcohol changes depending on the type of poison.”

The topping for good sake is the truth.

Limon clicked his tongue as he saw Yekathrice speak lightly.

Even the princess of the Seven Dragons, no matter how resistant she was, would not have been sane to eat the green dragon clan’s poison as seasoning.

“As expected, we must capture Moscow quickly. They have my favorite drink and a lot of toppings.”

“Are you going to start a war just to get some good drinks?”

“why? Isn’t that enough of a reason?”

It seems like you need more than that.

I even tilted my head for a moment.

Yekathrice suddenly smiled mischievously.

“Ah, did you ever want an answer like this? Will you rise up to bring peace and stability to everyone by overthrowing the corrupt revolutionary government as soon as possible?”

“…stop it, just imagining it would make me sick.”

“I’m sorry about that. I can really do that if you want.”

After laughing and giggling.

Yekathrice emptied her glass at once.

Then, pouring vodka into the empty glass again, he muttered, sipping.

“Anyway, even the revolutionary government is soft. The New Revolutionary Army has come this far, but they still can’t make a decision and are confused.”

“Not everyone can make simple decisions about the lives and futures of hundreds of millions of people.”

“okay? It was easy for me.”

“So you’re a dictator, you crazy princess.”

“What about a dictator?”

Yekathrice shamelessly ignored Limon’s point.

And he had a meaningful smile.

“Your brother doesn’t even care if I’m a dictator or a republican, right?”

“…”

“So you just watched whether or not I made the New Revolutionary Army, right? At least the war I’m about to wage is one that doesn’t cross my brother’s line.”

It seems that it is a perfect song.

Limon did not hesitate to object to Yekathrice, who had a triumphant expression on her face.

He just stared blankly at her, then grabbed the glass from which Yekathrice was drinking and took a sip.

“oh! That’s mine!”

“Why is it a waste?”

“Of course not! How hard it is to get vodka these days because of the lack of supplies!”

spot.

right after that.

Yekathrice’s hands blurred.

Limon reacted reflexively to the lightning-like touch.

However, the seomseomoksu, which had a soft light according to the gwimunhapjangryu (?????), took advantage of the moment when Limon’s hand stopped when touched by the light, and took the glass back.

“You risked your life for a drink.”

“You have to risk your life. Isn’t it something to be laughed at if someone else’s, the Silver Dragon Princess, is taken away, and mine is taken away?”

Perhaps it was because the act of using up to seventy-two types to recapture the drinking cup was so absurd.

Giving a winner’s smile to Limon, who had a pitiful face on her face, Ekatriche savored the remaining liquor in her glass.

And he opened his eyes wide.

“uh? Is it delicious?”

“You said it wasn’t good until a little while ago?”

“But it suddenly became delicious? That would be awesome too! It’s the first time I’ve had such a delicious drink!”

It’s like I can’t stand it.

Yekathrice picked up the bottled vodka and blew the bottle.

And I tilted my head.

“Isn’t this tasty?”

“…You’ve done that before, but haven’t you done so many crazy things that even your tongue has tasted?”

“I don’t think so…”

While Limon reluctantly advises Maia to see a doctor.

For a moment, think about why only the apricots that Limon fed you and the sip from earlier are so incredibly delicious.

Suddenly, I seem to have realized something.

Yekathrice turned her head.

Then, after looking back and forth between the empty glass and the limon, she suddenly held out the vodka bottle she was holding at him.

“Here, brother. Can’t you just blow on the bottle for a second?”

“….”

While looking at Yekathrice, whose eyes were shining brightly, Limon was contemplating whether to hit her on the head with a vodka bottle or not.

Catherine’s pager rang.

[Captain, I have something to tell you.]

“What’s going on?”

[There is a man who came to see me saying he knew the captain…. If you say Bachemensky, you’ll know.]

* * *

Eyes full of stains.

Clothes drenched in snow.

There’s even a dark complexion.

For a while, blinking at the man who looked like an undead if he had seen it at the graveside.

Yekathrice tilted her head and asked.

“Brothers Bachemensky?”

“Yes, I am.”

“You’ve lost a lot of weight.”

“…It’s because someone went through a lot of hardships.”

“Then I should be very grateful to whoever gave me a free diet. I still wanted the Bachemenski brothers to have a bit more flab.”

“Aww…”

Bachemensky tried to sarcastically say something, but instead only let out a moan like boiling magma.

However, it is impossible to put the supervisor in front of public affairs.

he said calmly.

“Sister Elshar, the business I came to you for is…”

“You decided to assassinate the chief secretary? Okay, I’ll prepare the poison for you.”

“What bullshit is that?!”

“huh? Didn’t you ask for a key position in the New Revolutionary Army because you’re selling the Revolutionary Army?”

“Don’t talk nonsense! I am not such an unscrupulous traitor!”

At Yekathrice’s words, Bachemensky was furious.

As an ardent revolutionary, it was the greatest insult to be misunderstood.

But the next moment.

He couldn’t help but harden.

“Oh sorry. There are a lot of people who come to me for similar business these days, so I was mistaken.”

“A similar… business?”

“why? Could it be that the high-ranking revolutionary who came to see me didn’t think you would be the first?”

“…”

Bachemensky realized only then.

The reason why Yekathrice and other soldiers of the New Revolutionary Army were not surprised to see herself suddenly visited.

And the reason why Sergei said that there was no need to approach secretly, so he could confidently contact the New Revolutionary Army.

‘…Is this why the teacher entrusted me with this job?’

Colleagues who even entrusted their lives to each other until the revolution.

It’s a while to lament at the situation where we have no choice but to check whether they are traitors or not.

Bachemensky said with a serious face.

“It is the teacher’s will that I came to see Sister Elshar.”

“Huh… In short, you’re the secretary’s courier?”

“That’s how it is.”

Yekathrice put on an interesting expression.

“It is a bit unexpected. So far, there has been no response from Moscow, so I thought the chief clerk would fight to the death.”

“The teacher said. Even if the revolutionary government collapses, the revolution must continue.”

“What a wonderful word.”

a revolutionary government.

or the New Revolutionary Army.

After all, colleagues from the same federation.

Whoever wins the fight will do great damage, and then the Soviet Union will be destroyed without a trace by the Russian Khanate.

So it was Sergei’s will that he would give up his own head for the sake of the Union.

Hearing what Bachemensky said, Catherine nodded in amazement.

and asked

“So what are the terms of surrender?”

“He said he would like to discuss the detailed conditions with Sister Elshar in person.”

“You’re not trying to assassinate me?”

“Teacher is not like that!”

“But if you’re willing to sacrifice your head for the Federation, doesn’t that mean you can ask me to die too?”

Take a moment to bite your lip.

Bachemensky reluctantly opened his mouth.

“…He said he would allow the New Revolutionary Army to enter Moscow in case there might be such a suspicion.”

“okay? That’s enough to make sure you don’t intend to assassinate.”

Yekathrice put on a sad expression.

If they entered Moscow bloodlessly, the victory of the New Revolutionary Army would be decided regardless of the negotiations.

“Instead, there are conditions.”

“What conditions?”

“Brother Reno, please be our hostage.”

“…If my brother takes over Moscow, what does he know about the negotiations, will you cut my throat?”

“Think of it as a safety device just in case.”

When Limon, who was listening to the story with his arms folded next to him, frowned.

Yekathrice nodded.

“Okay, I’ll take it.”

“Who agrees?”

“why? In the end, as long as the negotiations are done properly, it’s enough, right?”

“Is it because of your mood that it sounds like you’re going to mess with it on purpose?”

“Oh no way. How much do I like you, but there’s no way he would do anything that would be dangerous, right?”

“…”

To the subject who knows that no matter how riotous the Revolutionary Army may be, he will not be in danger.

Limon couldn’t help but put on a hateful expression when he saw Yekathrice talking shamelessly as if he were a younger brother for his older brother.

* * *

After some twists and turns.

Limon eventually agreed to become a hostage.

Even though he did not want to intervene in the affairs of the Revolutionary Army, he did not want an unnecessary war to break out because of himself.

So two days later.

Federal troops disarmed.

Amid the cheers of the citizens, the New Revolutionary Army enters Moscow.

At a conference hall in the middle of the Kremlin, negotiations between the two leaders of the Revolutionary Army, which would determine the future of the Soviet Union, began.

It didn’t seem to start.

clap.

“…Secretary, what does this mean?”

After biting everyone else in the name of honest negotiations.

As soon as the two of them were alone, Yekathrice blinked as she saw the brown bear-like man who took out a pistol he had hidden and aimed it at him.

“What do you mean… Do you really not understand why, Sister Elshar?”

However, Sergei did not relax even when he saw that innocent look.

He just spoke with a stiffer face than ever before.

“No, the title sister doesn’t suit you.”

A cold, frozen voice.

Silently glowing eyes.

Until the hand holding the gun firmly.

If others who only knew him who always kept his composure saw it, he would be surprised to see a terrifying murder.

The man who had dreamed of a revolution all his life and stood up against dictatorship opened his mouth.

“Isn’t it? Great Khan of the Russian Khanate.”

That moment.

What came was static.

A place where time seems to have stopped.

At the end of silence where even the sound of breathing was cut off.

The girl’s lips, which had been staring at Sergei expressionlessly until now, curved into a crescent moon.

“Did you notice?”

A very clear affirmation.

And seeing that evil smile that revealed her true identity more than that answer, Sergei opened his mouth quietly.

“I wasn’t sure. I just guessed.”

“Ah, was it a judo newspaper? I ate one of these.”

Yekathrice only giggled.

I wasn’t particularly upset.

In the first place, her camouflage was part of her amusement.

If I had sincerely tried to hide my identity, I wouldn’t have put on a flimsy play like I did until now.

On the contrary, it would have been more fun if I had been caught sooner.

Ekathrice asked with an interesting expression, regretting that it was only revealed now that the work was over.

“so? Are you going to kill me with that now?”

Even as he looked at the pistol pointed at him, he just smiled.

It’s been a long time since I looked at Catherine, who didn’t even feel hostility, let alone tension, with a heavy face.

Sergei closed his eyes.

widely.

“what? Are you giving up on assassination?”

“I know that I cannot kill you with this gun.”

For some reason.

Yekathrice is blatantly disappointed when she sees the pistol lying on the table.

Ahead of her, Sergei continued quietly.

“No, even if all of our federal troops rushed in, it would be difficult to kill you.”

Sniper using special bullets.

Poison collected from monsters.

Assassins of high-level players.

Even suicide bombings.

Sergei, who was well aware of her power as he had tried to kill Yekathrice by all means, lamented briefly.

Even if she now reveals her identity to the public, it will only be regarded as an ugly struggle.

in the New Revolutionary Army.

in a revolutionary government.

Few people will readily believe that.

Seeing Sergei with a resigned expression knowing that, Ekatriche tilted her head.

“Why did I call you knowing that?”

“Because I had one last question I wanted to ask you.”

“what? Do you want to know the password of the file I have collected my erotic videos?”

Why is this man who has lived for the revolution all his life asking questions instead of shooting at the dictator he hates, because I am so curious?

Sergei said quietly to Yekathrice, who asked with a curious expression.

“Why is the swordsman with you?”

“Huh… Did you manage to notice that far?”

In fact, it was the first thing he noticed Limon’s identity, and because of that, he became suspicious of his sister Yekatrice.

Sergei did not explain.

I just watched her in silence.

Yekathrice, who looked at him with a dull expression, tilted the chair she was sitting on and put her feet on the table.

“It doesn’t matter if I tell you, but before that, I have a question for you too.”

I don’t seem to understand.

Or maybe it’s just really weird.

Or maybe I’m just too lazy to ask.

Leaning on the backrest with an arm pillow on, Yekathrice asked.

“Why do you believe that my brother should side with the Revolutionary Army?”

“….”

“Is the Seven Dragons your brother’s nemesis? You thought that the enemy of your enemy is your friend, so you would help you defeat the Silver Dragon clan?”

Sergei was silent.

And seeing his reaction, which was clearer than a hundred words, Yekathrice giggled.

“You really don’t know anything about your brother.”

Well, I don’t blame Sergei.

Due to the World Peace Plan, everyone underestimates the Sword Master.

This age of iron that even forgot its power.

It was a great thing to realize that Limon was the only opponent for the Seven Dragons.

The problem is that he focused only on Limon’s power and overlooked the most important fact.

“If my brother had been the one to pull out the sword for that reason, wouldn’t he have risked his life seven times to stop the sword demon?”

“…That’s because the Sword Demon was a slayer.”

“That’s right, my brother pulled out the sword because the Sword Demon killed a tenth of humanity.”

From the point of view of the Seven Dragons, the worst sword master in history, who was feared more than Sword Emperor or Limon.

and cut him down

Speaking of Limon who saved the world.

Yekathrice put on a strange smile.

“But don’t you think like this?”

“…?”

“What is the difference between the Sword Demon, who carried out the massacre to capture the Seven Dragons, and your revolutionary army, who threw the country into chaos to break the dictatorship?”

“…we are different from sword demons.”

“okay? Then you can answer my question.”

Do you consider it an insult?

Or was there something that got stuck.

At the end, he smiled even thicker at Sergei, who argued with a heavier-than-usual face.

Yekathrice opened her mouth.

“The average work quota of 4 hours per day.”

“20 hours a week, 80 hours a month.”

“I go to work by 9 am. Lunch from 11:00 to 13:00. And after working until 15:00, I leave work.”

“If overtime is required, permission from the Central Supervisory Board is required. Overtime points are paid at least 300% per hour. If overtime is forced or labor points are not paid, go to Gulag.”

“Full support for compulsory education expenses, free medical treatment, private insurance, paid leave of at least 30 days per year, guarantee of parental leave for each parent for 4 years after birth until the age of 10.”

“Free use of all public facilities and public transportation. Free rental of a 30-pyeong apartment upon marriage registration. Up to 90% refund depending on location when applying for travel expenses….”

Relaxed.

languid

accurately.

At the end of reciting the basic security rights of all citizens memorized by any supervisor of the Russian Khanate.

Catherine lowered her legs on the table.

Then, she tilted the chair that had been tilted back, this time leaning forward and resting her chin on her clasped hands.

“Finally, those who have served for a certain period of time as firefighters or soldiers are recognized as national meritors. Lifetime tax exemption and first-class citizen-level pension support.”

“…”

“Now tell me.”

It seems to be waiting for an answer.

with a playful smile.

However, he looked at Sergei with cold eyes that showed no sign of laughter.

The Great Khan of the Russian Khanate asked the General Secretary of the Soviet Union.

“What was lacking in my country like this that led to the revolution?”