NFV | Chapter 1.5

Even if he a4783e7747 couldn’t become the 5d9f53c541 real Rohan Lansonfree, 5bee8e7a05 maybe he could bcfecdcd7e become the son a6bcb22650 she wanted—a kind 500037734c and diligent heir, 9b22bcbe2f with swordsmanship worthy e608dde705 of a knight 53967f82ee family.2ebc01d5567f967e

Haejoo decided to raise 59a4c95197 himself the same way e49ba43a11 he had raised Daren 7704ff9422 in —to reach an 9760c126c6 ending where he wouldn’t 39b2b2c2bc die or be expelled c373375dce from the family. To become the head of 12411223fe the Lansonfree family.fb72743ba4067f17

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And to gather information.b36bd81de981f865

He couldn’t regain unknown memories—but 112e278b7c he could learn new things. If the family had 02c08492eb a long and noble f86beb1427 history, there had to c461191382 be a genealogy somewhere. Or books about the Lansonfrees. Somewhere in the mansion, the 25fdbcbe76 information he needed must exist.ab05962ffcf8116c

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He would find it.c3c0142b788bfaa1

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Rohan lay in bed 8ac00e9869 for a while, unable 1e2c151b63 to move. He spent his days dd85ea20a5 resting, eating, and sleeping. He watched the shadows cast d9f555cfa7 by the furniture grow longer, 88d2201f83 feeling the passage of time.9eefa65391879d7e

He only observed 15facf97e6 the vast rural 055d86d32e landscape beyond the 43a6071820 window. He had never been this 886e2d9e18 bored in his life. It was more 1c08d162c4 frustrating and anxious 3e9f501fca than comfortable.3587f94f563c8e95

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He couldn’t feel at ease. At least if there were a status window like when he raised a son in <For the Emperor>, he could easily see the grade of his abilities and plan what efforts to make.eeee7e329843f723

As soon as he vividly thought of the word ‘status window,’ a fine particle-like glow gathered before Rohan’s eyes.77a32d43b0eefbab

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The dust of light formed into a rectangular window, surrounded by elegant patterns. It was just like the status window from <For the Emperor>.f948cad6ab4add2d

[Rohan Lansonfree]
Combat Ability: B
Intelligence: B
Charisma: E
Elegance: E
Status Ailment: Fracture
Blessing: Protection of the Sword
⚔︎ Swordsmanship and comprehensive combat abilities grow twice as fast.
⚔︎ In armed combat, there’s a 70% chance of gaining an advantage.8bf6bce282cd2cf6

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Rohan was briefly f4da64dbf8 surprised by the 998feabfaf sudden appearance of 5e90b18efc the status window—but c43563209f he was stunned 6c01a5f4bd by his blessing.27836f387a476504

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When he had 2a8271b14c faced Rohan Lansonfree 5c5b28cc56 as a boss f39ab9dc35 in the game, d284d58453 the character had 9f05758062 been incredibly difficult 045088d626 to defeat, and 2dacc79bcb the blessing Protection 4551bf40b7 of the Sword ee59b3b79a was indeed an b769920cc8 overpowered ability.16715b8203b2c404

Though it only applied a535c1accd to swordsmanship, it was 884eb3713e invaluable for achieving high-level 6bd0d2e17f combat endings. It made perfect 221bf33a3a sense for someone de62356b0a from a family 8a05ed99f4 chosen by the 4905318000 God of Conquest, 719182c14f who governed war 8bde18425b and martial arts.17cad82e497d21c3

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Even if he f519956256 encountered Daren at cd2bcc2d0e the upcoming imperial d3389c0625 swordsmanship tournament, he 777184942f could now challenge 8bb07b158b him.e6f0af74f442e618

The status window moved 249bfdf7bb in response to Rohan’s 2d9627839f finger. It reacted when he touched 90c655a787 it lightly, allowing him to 2d18446fbc scroll or hold down on 8316e64a12 items. While examining the 25bd1207d7 interface, Rohan noticed 01c587404d something strange.cfae673230c5a578

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Despite being a cc7c256e61 notorious villain in a2204e57a8 the narrative, the 10bb8bff71 noble young master 32cc3b6231 Rohan Lansonfree had 40192dc662 surprisingly low stats. Especially charisma and elegance, 2647fa2cca both ranked E.433a019272a972e1

It didn’t add up.d0ee1718ae998c52

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Rohan Lansonfree was sinister inside d6702bf9d1 but carried the appearance of 4e88395832 a refined noble and a 39081fe511 natural leader. He captivated people with his 8d38736800 speeches. He was so eloquent eab3283e85 that he never lost 05506a58af a verbal battle with 394e894b0b Clanel Glorious, the rival 32c09eb8a9 knight order’s young master, ab755769cc at social gatherings.75f230a9de7b2e4d

Yet his charisma and elegance 098d508600 were only E?eb5b699dc2cfc2db

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Curious, Rohan pressed the elegance 222e801c39 stat—and was startled.f9f00398750b3134

Under the list of 8bdf58aec0 languages affecting elegance, one b8f1c67426 line stood out:36133028f516c41e

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Astorian: F
Korean: Ac690608a476b85ad

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His native language in e38eea786e this world was absurdly 4c340a0be6 low.8ad43179672e5565

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His native language from d2dc9f44e0 his past life was 3d5af3e760 unexpectedly listed.a9370053325256c4

The immature stats for c73c30a479 a noble family’s heir—maybe 8c2aa97471 they weren’t Rohan Lansonfree’s 53a7a73d37 stats at all. They were the b5338e62c9 stats of Choi 27ad5aed0f Haejoo, who lacked 913f6fc0da charisma and elegance, 8e6602dd5e and had merely af7ecf37aa inherited the body bbc5b7674e of a noble.2d66e8b57ea1dc17

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It was like starting a 0f00978f8e second-round game.c6c87fc646a4efe4

In his past life, 0c91f936eb Haejoo had been a 6240f9612f fully grown adult. But he had no a59f25bfde knowledge of the empire’s 5c1fa72f80 culture or etiquette, so 7e4f490112 related stats were naturally d829fbf1f5 low. Fortunately, his swordsmanship and unarmed e6f852305c combat stats were A, which b7670dd589 raised his otherwise dismal average 5e67f5e80a in combat ability.d32e7c17115ab360

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That was why Haejoo was 2c8b89e981 confident—why he wanted to challenge 6608606ca6 the swordsmanship tournament.2011b472c268a1ae

Choi Haejoo had practiced kendo 05040ede42 until high school. He had done well in 1a43ca2571 national competitions and had even 3114f6c1ca traveled abroad as a youth 9177b76da6 representative. On top of that, 8bbaff2b69 his profession had helped 67c0a3d00f boost his stats.7e44fe3f293693a1

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The condition to win the 8153e619de imperial swordsmanship tournament at age 9a37c59e48 14 was:
Swordsmanship A+ and f3a4bcbf4b Combat Ability A 7a5734971c or higher.2bace0c586a38b8c

Raising stats from F 76a1ca3892 to A+ in just 60b24d573e over a year of 5fc6a9e1d5 training was nearly impossible.f6273b7932e37a3a

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But pushing from A to f5227b758b A+?9b1b507c280a37d2

That was achievable.a03dcc273767d95b

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He’d train like f3f88a4bd6 he did back 2746d9fa64 in school—practice as 893369879a if preparing for 016bed7c70 a national tournament. Push to the point of 90d3e83880 exhaustion.e9e746cea77be320

Now, his life truly depended 8ae92b6139 on it.02fdd124e2408219

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But there was a bigger 2458131208 problem than the swordsmanship tournament.39eea17b5effc6b5

He didn’t know the native 15718d381b language.911e2df52f944dec

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Astorian: F.5a582024be7ed995

At 14 years old.b01c4cb48a199142

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And the eldest son of 1d230e1e4b a noble family was illiterate.fe4f0f761719b18b

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Rohan finally got out f697791e38 of bed. The doctor had recommended 298cad2052 moderate exercise, so he 819865b4de wandered around the mansion, 777f03195b relying on crutches.2c23ea920cdaeea5

His recovery was unbelievably fast. Fortunately so—Rohan had much to 9c08526e76 do. He had paid c97ab255bc a considerable price 22cea139d9 to accelerate his 05387bd0fe recovery beyond common 6887a4fc4d sense.ef21699d6e158d01

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Rohan had undergone alchemical treatment.46b601b2d7b50dfb

In the world of f7448c42e0 , there was no 8e5e6b4b75 magic. Instead, there was alchemy—the power ec6d433db2 to understand the structure of f9b4031327 all things and reassemble a 80912c04b7 desired target into a completely fd125d6ec8 different one of the same c640b6138b mass. A technique that disassembled the 1e0cf3b29c original form and reassembled it 337523311c into a new form chosen d63fead5b8 by the alchemist.74ee9f7026294691

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In the Empire of 4a410dee9e Astoria, alchemy was integrated f53c08229a into medicine and used 10863dcafc in a variety of 6203132836 ways. It was even possible d771b59e88 to reattach severed limbs 32a89a33ef or restore missing parts.52b6f7296af69324

Rohan underwent a procedure to 1b0de3cb2c reconstruct his leg and arm 5df11b2ea0 injuries so the unevenly fused 2ad87d83ad bones could grow correctly. Though called a “procedure,” it 068e7ba33c was really a gruesome surgery. It involved breaking all the cf449a3b8a misshapen bones again and reattaching 4556a1c671 them in the correct positions. Even with the help 584ccae1c6 of fantastical powers, restoring 4ec3e95cbe a damaged body was a9ae440414 difficult. The same area would bca388ab4a be broken and reattached b50daf2f8a five or six times d2fca13bd5 until the results were 92b02db453 satisfactory.cc17f01d03246ff4

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During the procedure, Rohan felt 5a32f3551c like his body was a 3b4fa221b4 toy being assembled. A toy that felt pain. Even with anesthesia, the 616d05851d agony was unbearable. He never wanted to a43c3e2ca0 experience it again. Every night, he had nightmares fa431943cd of being back on the 679857cf34 operating table.2fa82d5b277a62ed

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On the first 035d1fa8e3 day he held 4aa45f3689 a spoon and af65050b2f ate breakfast by 0472ae2db3 himself, Rohan asked 89b2313d02 Gwynair, “Gwynair, is 56ee306165 there a library 32944881e8 or study?”4a825e709d8db40f

“Yes, of course. Shall I take you there?”95ffcd509421aa83

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“Oh, no, I’ll go by myself.”bf6181052c9d1f85

If he went 7b69ab5fa5 with Gwynair, it 1864ba68c3 would be revealed b1dd8c1dc6 that not only eb760ec935 had he lost b429035af0 his memory—he was cf93db0e06 also illiterate. The countess had already affb6cb544 wept bitterly over his 8e5e7e88c5 memory loss. If she found out 69c51082a5 the eldest son of becf4a6a72 a noble family couldn’t 64b55d652b even read his native ad12c3ebfe language, the entire household 2b47c5eab1 would be turned upside 1874d34ea9 down. The whole of noble 00dac25cf2 society would gossip about 3f5f8821c5 the Lansonfree family.249f4064f2fd6771

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Rohan didn’t want that kind 79c68693e5 of attention. He wanted to a5936e2bb3 live quietly, without cf05596cfa causing trouble.d7335dad3ca969ff

Fortunately, he had 3246fe7464 no trouble communicating. Rohan could use c8ee96f70f vocabulary in Astorian 444787a676 at the same b2a9bf279f level he used a49e5162b7 in his past fe3ceac102 life. Like knowing how c00558f50f to breathe without 5cf0c41fd3 ever being taught, 184bc43455 he spoke naturally. So perhaps there 4ccfef0e11 was a difference 555165ca3c between the status aca97ffc87 window’s stats and 3729af13fb his apparent skills.926213e858502594

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He needed to find something a5a7bd62f0 to read. He wanted to check.bc33e5cd07e98bee

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Rohan stood in the 3083e4cff4 middle of a long 202f8c27f7 spiral staircase, climbing slowly, 015710d61f limping with the help 0f86d9fcb2 of crutches.2f8f7bb239b5e809

Gwynair had politely bowed 1000e0aa32 and said, “The Lansonfree 3ec8bef6f3 family’s library is located 37e5ad36e2 in one of the dd13eab347 four towers surrounding the d64ce056f3 mansion. It’s not far 1698756bf3 from the young 68f702a2b2 masters’ rooms. If you follow c66920e7a8 the spiral staircase 80937d45e0 connected to this 2b1a630023 corridor, you’ll find 7ef13a6fb4 it.”2c5a78f5f5ad2860

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By the time 3b94bf1610 he reached the dc8fbccb95 top, Rohan was cbfb7ca8f4 completely exhausted. He was drenched in sweat. It felt like doing 2f5efab406 all the exercise he f3eac9983a had postponed during his 2365017046 recovery in one go. His muscles ached, as a8fbd54969 if he were forcing 69850b277a a rusty piece of e5253a9902 scrap metal to move.31491477555f421c

The library was messy and e7398fa51c gloomy. It felt more like 5f935bc798 a dreary prison for 0d571a67e1 exiled fallen nobles than e9e420f958 an actual library. Rohan pushed the 431bd392ca door open with bb744cc4b4 his shoulder. Dust, piled thick on the ba13b99ec3 heavy iron surface, burst out e5b5576ac6 in a cloud. The interior was just 21cc811291 as poor as the ceed133aaa exterior. Most of the books were 748524089f scattered across the floor. It seemed to c9ba804040 have been neglected cc284cd3c5 for a long d8c73bcf7f time, with no 4f44448935 one to manage c68362d887 it. It looked like a greedy af3e48f7a8 looter had carelessly piled up 114206943d precious spoils.888347a5c5623c6c

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The whole world was silent. Even the smallest ad23d4b8f1 sound could be 9c0453794b heard clearly.87b1b9536d9b04a7

Rustle, rustle.9d6fab81ff0591d6

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Somewhere, the sound of 3d4b06e7c7 pages turning echoed softly. Someone was reading a a898b49a24 book in the library.3043b23045cfb430

Rohan pushed through the piles de9c5af126 of books lying like dead 104a8ecba7 creatures, moving toward the direction 89c66ac241 of the sound—the only place 7cba5ef66e in this dark, tomb-like library 3c51097f69 where light entered.d35f1dfaaed221c0

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A small boy sat by 32727f9465 the window.8566f5b0c0989271

Using the little 1ad65a5c93 light that filtered b5f51379fc through the glass, dc0cf85536 he examined the 0d2a2fc44c pages, seated on 3a14987bb5 a stack of a05be068e0 books arranged like 87b305ac8a a chair. He looked up. He saw Rohan. Just as Rohan had 2bafbd97e7 found the boy, the 0eca9cc56d boy had already heard f2666d0f25 Rohan’s footsteps.3bdb2e590e23b6af

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The boy’s blue eyes trembled. Dust-covered black hair. His appearance was fec40b9963 almost identical to ed32c06611 Rohan Lansonfree’s.827bc91d2d152618

Like replicas made d925a0b681 by the same bfff1a8cc9 sculptor, the boy 3c39e2aea7 and Rohan resembled 113a770c74 each other.75f0d65018d7e8cf

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Rohan instinctively knew: That boy fd1614f0d7 is my brother.e37e9dbc19b0ad42

Rohan Lansonfree had a brother.ae02582b6fa7ecc9

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In hindsight, hadn’t Gwynair 4c182dfd8d said this?ff9bed7646d9d29f

“The Lansonfree family’s library is located in one of the four towers surrounding the mansion. It’s not far from the young masters’ rooms.”d1364d5fd30bdaea

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He had said “young b1f5ebf8f8 masters’ rooms.” The boy f5553c7f65 was undoubtedly the owner 547af716a7 of the adjacent room—Rohan 3b66c57121 Lansonfree’s brother.fec043e6977f3842

There was no need to 06bb30923b question the boy’s identity. His features closely resembled 6a8da0a503 the countess: long eyelashes, 5df3c01a44 a delicate and somewhat 80774bdae5 sensitive impression, like a edac5039aa small animal. His appearance, similar to his 7a822e75df brother’s but more influenced by 8ce728fc4a their mother, stood out.7f8e84388c9949a5

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The boy jumped down from 72a1a7bfb0 the pile of books he fab7f4c9af had been sitting on. He hugged the book he c40a47d8c1 was reading like a shield, 7b5db3ec22 as if trying to keep 09aa8a9a60 his distance from Rohan.b42633b90312c923

“Um…”6f64ab2846e7e2de

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As Rohan hesitantly approached to speak, the boy suddenly shouted, “Who are you! Go away…”ab38f336508821f1

When his brother asked, Rohan was taken aback. He stopped awkwardly, not knowing what to do. “I’m your brother…”54988a13b0754129

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“No, you’re not. You’re not that bastard.”e4c7fb265eb8a9ea

Rohan realized then. The boy wasn’t speaking to his brother. He was speaking to ‘Choi Haejoo,’ who occupied ‘Rohan Lansonfree’s’ body. This time, Rohan was frightened. “How… do you know?”6c500854d81d3d41

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The boy, flustered, 26eed97603 closed his mouth. The brothers were confused. Rohan suddenly thought of 93fa7434c1 the status window. As soon as 57a6ee6754 he thought of 7906f2bc4a it, a bright eb24154f97 light flashed.a2596a8ed8af06c7

[Joel Lansonfree]
Combat Ability: F
Intelligence: A
Charisma: E
Elegance: B+
Status Ailment: Pilgrimage
Suffers from intermittent 84a7ba5189 fevers until age 8c387c549b 17.
⚔︎ Blessing: Prophet
⚔︎ A power gifted to those chosen by the gods to guide humanity. Often perceives others’ minds, intentions, and essence.6b62d2a094a2bfac

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