The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar: Volume 19 by Seiichi Takayama

Author:Seiichi Takayama [TAKAYAMA, SEIICHI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-02-24T00:00:00+00:00

“You absolute moron!”

The man slapped Loptr’s cheek with all of his might, and Loptr clutched at his face in pain, quickly sinking to the ground. Had he been over twenty years or so of age, he would have never taken such a blow to his face, but at the time, he had only been eight years old. While he was blessed with vastly greater physical abilities than children of the same age, he was still a child. He could do nothing against a grown man. That was all the more true given that the man was his birth father.

“Why did you mention your rune?! I made you swear to silence!”

“B-Because he was my best friend... We promised we’d be brothers when we grew up...”

Another loud slap silenced Loptr’s attempt at a defense.

“You fool! This is what happens when you trust a so-called ‘friend.’”

“Huh?” Loptr blinked in surprise. He had no idea what his father was talking about. Why was telling his friend the reason he was getting slapped?

“You still haven’t realized? Why do you think I know that you told him about your rune?”

“Oh!”

This was when Loptr finally figured it out. He had made his friend swear not to tell anyone, since his father had told him not to tell anyone. Despite that, the news had reached his father’s ears—meaning his friend had blabbed.

“Didn’t I tell you that it’s dangerous for people to find out you have a rune?!”

“B-But... Everyone says that they want to be Einherjar and that they’re treasured by their clans...”

“Many desperately yearn to become Einherjar. By that same measure, they come to envy those who are blessed with such a gift.”

‘Yearn’? ‘Envy’? The words didn’t mean anything to the eight-year-old Loptr. Still, he wasn’t going to say that out loud. Though he was still young, he understood that speaking back to his father like that would simply be pouring more fuel onto his fiery rage.

“Listen, Loptr. We’re outsiders. We weren’t born as members of the Wolf Clan. You must always remember that.”

Loptr had heard that his father had originally been Second of the Hoof Clan, but had lost the succession battle to his little brother Yngvi and had ended up in this backwater between the mountains as a result.

“Outsiders...?”

It didn’t quite click for him. Loptr considered himself a member of the Wolf Clan who was growing up as part of his clan. According to his father, however, Loptr had been born in Hoof Clan lands, making him an outsider.

“Exactly. If outsiders like us, who hail from a different land, make their homes in a new clan and push aside those who originally lived here and gain status, it’ll only serve to breed resentment on their part.”

“...Yes sir.”

Loptr hung his head as he nodded. Even at his age, he understood what those words meant. Loptr was a talented boy who was able to fight on more than even terms with children several years his senior at an age when a single year made a world of difference.

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