The Swordsman Genius Returnee Even Swallows Immortality

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Havel visited his family home with Dante to give Arthur an interim report.

In addition, he also intended to purchase a spatial artifact.

There will be more byproducts from the 4th rank.

Since he had made a deal with the top, he had to buy at least one.

That was when Havel and Dante arrived at his family home.

“Oh, over there!”

“It’s Dante. It’s really Dante!”

Those who were hanging around in front of his family home reacted as soon as they saw Dante.

They rushed towards him without a moment’s hesitation.

“Mr. Dante, I came all the way from Iliserk!”

“Mr. Dante, I’m Garolops! Can I have a quick chat with you?”

Those who came to Dante asked to talk to him one after another.

Dante panicked when he saw them.

He had a rough idea of the situation through Scarlett’s story.

However, he didn’t know that they would be waiting in front of Vanpelioni’s family home.

“Ha, Mr. Havel, what should I do….”

Dante called out to Havel for help.

But there was no answer.

“Ah.”

Dante belatedly realized that Havel was gone.

Havel was already walking past the garden of his family home.

Nobody reacted when they saw him.

Havel was serious about erasing his presence.

And then Dante realized.

Havel had abandoned him.

“Mr. Dante!”

“Please!”

Amongst the people who were swarming him.

Dante eventually gave up trying to escape.

‘Dante will figure it out himself.’

Meanwhile, he safely entered his family home.

He was tired of being surrounded by people.

So he left it to Dante.

“Welcome.”

As soon as he arrived at his family home, he saw the old butler greet him.

It seems that Arthur had sent the word in advance.

“Long time no see.”

“You don’t have to be so formal. You’re the benefactor of the Vampires.”

The old butler knew Dante’s true abilities.

Dante was an excellent knight.

However, it was still difficult for him to achieve this level of success.

Therefore, the old butler also knew very well that this achievement was thanks to Habell.

“I understand.”

Habell decided to just respond comfortably since he was told not to be formal.

“Have you had lunch?”

“Not yet, so I’ll have some.”

“That’s great. The maid has been preparing it since morning. Please have some while we talk.”

Dante had contacted the Vanpeliones in advance when he left the tower.

He couldn’t not treat those who had suffered.

So the butler had prepared everything before the two arrived.

Nodding his head at the old butler’s experience, Habell looked for the dining room.

Then, a delicious smell tickled his nose.

‘This is.’

The smell was familiar to Habell.

Potato soup is made by boiling potatoes and mixing them with butter, flour, and a few other ingredients.

Habell knew this soup well.

‘Because I ate it often.’

During the war, things were very busy.

There were dozens of times when he had a meal of potato soup and bread.

Even after the war ended, he couldn’t forget the taste, so he often asked the maid for it.

There was no way he wouldn’t know it.

“Ah, you’re here.”

At that moment, Arthur stood up from his seat with a bright face.

Unlike last time, Arthur’s face looked very good.

“Are you hungry? Have some soup first. The maid will bring it out soon.”

“Then I’ll help myself.”

Habell said to Arthur and sat down.

Then he took a sip of the potato soup.

“Ha, ha.”

It’s similar.

In fact, it seemed like the same recipe was used for the soup.

For some reason, he kept laughing.

“Is it alright? It’s a recipe that’s been passed down to the Vampire chefs.”

“I see. It’s really good.”

For the first time in a long time, a warm smile spread across Habell’s face.

This recipe has been passed down to this day.

That fact made him a little happy and warmed his heart.

‘I’ve returned home.’

Even though many things have changed.

This was his home, Van Pelion.

He felt it once again.

‘Even if it’s just this.’

He felt it was worth coming back from that hell.

Habell slowly picked up his spoon.

Habell had returned, but nothing he ate tasted different.

In the labyrinth, he had even eaten poisonous weeds to avoid starvation.

For him, meals had long since become a means of survival.

But for the first time in a long time, he realized the joy of eating again.

“Sigh, I’m back…”

In the meantime, Dante had somehow returned, pushing through the crowd.

He opened his mouth to speak with a sigh, then stopped.

Then he sat down in his seat silently.

Habell was always looking somewhere else, even when he was comfortable.

But today, he seemed more peaceful than ever.

It was the first time he had seen him like this.

So Dante decided not to ruin his meal.

* * *

After they finished their meal.

Dante and Arthur talked.

Arthur had prepared information on the 4th hierarchy and spatial artifacts in advance.

It must have cost a lot of money.

But Arthur had prepared it without hesitation.

“This is all I can do to help.”

“Arthur-nim.”

“Take good care of it. Van Pelion trusts you, Dante.”

“Yes, I will live up to your expectations.”

Dante felt like he was going to cry for no reason.

So he carefully packed the things Arthur had prepared.

Everyone is trying to revive Van Pelion.

He felt it deeply as he said that.

‘He’s still young, but he’s doing well. He’s a good kid.’

Habell also smiled faintly as he watched him.

It was because his younger sister’s great-grandson was a child with the right values.

Maybe Arthur would lead Van Pelion better than he did.

‘Come to think of it, who was his husband?’

“If only he wasn’t so spiteful and annoying.”

Unfortunately, there was no way to know, so Havel smiled and inwardly gritted his teeth.

It was because there was a large age gap between him and his sister, so he thought of her as a daughter.

“Havel, I’m truly grateful to you. I haven’t lived long, but I’ve never laughed this much.”

In the meantime, Arthur came up to him.

Havel erased the emotions he had felt towards his sister’s husband, whom he had never met.

It was good to have a descendant like Arthur.

“I’m glad you’re satisfied.”

“Take a good rest today! I’ve prepared your room.”

“I’ll take you up on that.”

Arthur nodded with a bright smile.

‘I should leave them alone to talk.’

Havel quickly stood up from his seat.

He was now an outsider.

The couple needed time to talk.

“I ate well. I’ll go rest now.”

“Sure. Butler, show him the way.”

“Yes, Sir Havel, follow me.”

That was how Havel tactfully left the room.

The seat where Dante and Arthur remained full.

Arthur’s smiling face slowly changed.

“Dante.”

“Yes, my lord.”

This place was now a place for a knight and his lord.

So Dante bowed his head and celebrated him.

“The story in the letter is true, is it?”

“Yes, there’s no doubt that he is sincere about Vanpelioni.”

Havel, who suddenly appeared one day.

The actions he showed as a self-proclaimed mercenary were definitely unusual.

However, he wanted to save Vanpelioni, who had no connection to him.

And he meant it.

Arthur remained silent for a while.

“…It’s strange. Why is he helping Vanpelioni so much?”

Havel was definitely a great help to Vanpelioni.

But no matter how much he thought about it, it was strange.

He couldn’t find a reason to have help the Vanpelioni.

Dante remained silent about that part.

Havel used the Dawn Swordsmanship that had disappeared.

That alone showed that he was related to Vampire.

‘But there’s no way to know how he can use the Dawn Swordsmanship.’

Telling Arthur this fact would only cause confusion.

“It’s still too early.”

The day will come when Havel will tell him himself.

So Dante decided to keep it a secret from Arthur for now.

“Perhaps you respect the Black Knight of 100 years ago.”

“You’re too young to be related to the Black Knight of 100 years ago.”

Arthur reacted ambiguously.

Then he sighed.

There was no answer to be found by worrying about it.

“I understand. Since he truly wishes for Banpellion’s sake.”

Dante is a know-it-all.

Despite that, he shows unwavering faith in Havel.

That was enough for now.

“Dante, I’ll be counting on you in the future.”

“Yes, I will show you that Banpellion can be revived together with Havel-ssi.”

He followed up with reassuring words.

That’s why Arthur smiled.

“I’ll leave it to you.”

Arthur and Dante’s secret conversation ended just like that, with Arthur returning to his usual way of speaking.

* * *

The next day.

Havel and Dante left Banpellion.

Once again, it was to climb the tower.

They made sure to bring the spatial artifact.

“Dante, you wear this.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Dante decided to wear the artifact that was to be attached to the wrist.

Since all their clothes had been ruined from climbing the tower, they changed into new ones.

Havel wore a uniform with a black base and silver accents.

The clothes looked like wings, and his already handsome face shone.

‘Not bad.’

Havel gasped, stroking his chin.

If only his hair wasn’t almost completely white.

He couldn’t find any signs of aging on his face.

It must be because he had become an immortal.

After that, Havel looked back at Dante.

‘This guy is starting to look a little useful now.’

Dante looked more reliable than before.

That was also because he had grown several times over the course of climbing the tower.

“Weren’t you tempted by the offers from other factions?”

The day before, Dante had received love calls from all over the place.

Among them, there must have been some from prestigious families.

However, Dante shook his head.

“I am a knight of Van Pellion. Their proposals are nothing but obstacles that harm my beliefs.”

Dante was sincere.

Habell chuckled.

‘He seems like a brave guy.’

“Yeah, I’ll definitely let them know what they did wrong.”

A sinister smile was drawn on Habell’s lips.

“What do you mean, let them know?”

“Instead of suggesting a scout, I should tell them that they should come in with their heads bowed.”

It was an arrogant statement if there ever was one.

But it was a possible story for Habell.

If so, it would definitely be possible for him to put the world under his feet.

“Yes, I will definitely let them know!”

Dante also replied with force.

He knew well that he had to make an effort to do so.

“Then let’s go.”

Habell climbed another tower in Babel.

The tower was a strange place.

As if it remembered the climbers.

The place where Habell and Dante arrived was the safe zone of the 3rd hierarchy.

‘It’s funny.’

It remembers the floors, huh?

Thanks to this, it seemed that many people were able to climb the tower more easily.

“Dante, you said you received information on the 4th hierarchy.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

It is important to know the information in advance.

Even if it is not a place of great danger, variables occur.

Habell felt the importance of such information most.

Because he climbed the magic palace through the information accumulated by regression.

“Here is the information on the 4th hierarchy.”

Dante handed the information to Habell.

While Habell was reading the information.

Dante was checking the condition of the sword.

‘Should I get one soon?’

When he looked up he checked the condition of the blade.

His eyes, which had caught a familiar pattern, stopped abruptly.

A sword and flower carved out of ice.

It was the Coat of Arms of Glacies.

“Is the Astral Knights Order climbing?”

Most of the Astral Knights Order must be in the middle of conquering the 6th stage.

In that case, they were likely to be a follow-up force.

At that moment, the figure in the center caught Dante’s eye.

A man with sapphire-like hair tied up in a topknot.

His emerald-green eyes revealed his identity.

“Drathen Glyce.”

He was definitely the youngest master of the Glyce family.

“He’s climbing the tower too.”

It seemed that their schedules had overlapped strangely.

“I hope we don’t run into each other.”

It would do him no good to clash with one of the Five Great Families for no reason.

However, Dante’s thoughts were quickly proven wrong.

“…Dante?”

One of the Astral Knights Order grimaced as soon as he saw him.

It was none other than Bolanz, the vice-captain.

However, he was soon bewildered as he tried hurl insults at Dante.

“Huh?”

Habell had turned to look at him.

While Bolanz was flustered, the sound of him calling out to Dante grated on the nerves of others as well.

“Dante?”

The one who hated the most rumor that the Astral Knights Order had recently been defeated by a single person.

He was none other than the captain of the 4th Astral Knights Order.

Drathen Glyce.

Dante slowly closed his eyes as he watched the situation unfold before him.

“This is bad.”