NFV | Chapter 1.5

Even if he couldn’t e8a5788275 become the real Rohan 9b50624300 Lansonfree, maybe he could df302d0b3a become the son she 3aff66eeec wanted—a kind and diligent 86b283d59b heir, with swordsmanship worthy 719a09a6c5 of a knight family.e07d13f761a0e4c0

Haejoo decided to 4441a26bac raise himself the b5b21693dc same way he 77e48c31dc had raised Daren d0bd73fc53 in —to reach fe53f2abf4 an ending where de35608515 he wouldn’t die 7e37f7bd69 or be expelled 126cadff42 from the family. To become the 1ae8ddd325 head of the 28f595d530 Lansonfree family.6d7dc8b1f7777773

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And to gather information.1dedd2b8c9982509

He couldn’t regain be5527b5cf unknown memories—but he 8d6838e215 could learn new 7b40e4da07 things. If the family 948f3178ed had a long 68a2e9d255 and noble history, 9a1868b5b3 there had to 8133d0d1e4 be a genealogy c06dc5916f somewhere. Or books about the Lansonfrees. Somewhere in the mansion, 67dedfe784 the information he needed 502e9efebe must exist.4ce245510c20f292

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He would find it.f3e6d3e34e2cc077

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Rohan lay in 84cede35b0 bed for a 3600fb358d while, unable to e306484b09 move. He spent his days resting, 24dd33f278 eating, and sleeping. He watched the shadows cast df691697b0 by the furniture grow longer, 3ed8c0e602 feeling the passage of time.966662ca7c14724e

He only observed 4a96f0774a the vast rural 11acc26725 landscape beyond the 487247065b window. He had never been this 87be66e921 bored in his life. It was more frustrating 82fc4c653e and anxious than comfortable.2b1582ce5886186e

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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.6a4ce64f2540160d

As soon as he vividly thought of the word ‘status window,’ a fine particle-like glow gathered before Rohan’s eyes.511e3a936aacbb3f

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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>.758ec6fb2c7c2fc3

[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.4c79a312c94bc5b5

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Rohan was briefly surprised by 2475f7c9e8 the sudden appearance of the ccad244ebd status window—but he was stunned 6353b4cb71 by his blessing.dfc89d1865e4b436

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When he had faced Rohan 08b03f3d58 Lansonfree as a boss in 6c7dc3964d the game, the character had d7bed3263a been incredibly difficult to defeat, 2c10e2072a and the blessing Protection of 4906d4decd the Sword was indeed an d9a80b77aa overpowered ability.78f0760309e8d626

Though it only applied to 5367a2d6e7 swordsmanship, it was invaluable for 291a5c39b9 achieving high-level combat endings. It made perfect sense for bbc88d58b3 someone from a family chosen b6dfc4da09 by the God of Conquest, 2a0236e1e4 who governed war and martial 0952d3b815 arts.b84b46f70d882027

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Even if he encountered Daren e833a38f7f at the upcoming imperial swordsmanship ccb90cd6f7 tournament, he could now challenge a7a98ba7f7 him.aaef3ab3c39f2ba3

The status window moved 2167a45583 in response to Rohan’s a85e2830ea finger. It reacted when he touched 1c995d94cc it lightly, allowing him to 27529eadff scroll or hold down on 4eb1601360 items. While examining the interface, Rohan 2bea067a58 noticed something strange.5fe999d22d0a6c84

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Despite being a 1262ebe671 notorious villain in c0dffb3ae6 the narrative, the 70e132d653 noble young master fe876ae553 Rohan Lansonfree had 95e696b976 surprisingly low stats. Especially charisma and elegance, both 7ab93038f6 ranked E.247ac98b8dfe9325

It didn’t add up.8953f18dc5b88db4

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Rohan Lansonfree was 38ecbd3ca1 sinister inside but 62efd9ef93 carried the appearance 4295c5c0ee of a refined f84cf03150 noble and a d861104cbb natural leader. He captivated people with 0c73a9f6cb his speeches. He was so eloquent that 84f226ae98 he never lost a verbal 7b41b3d673 battle with Clanel Glorious, the cf378a7bf6 rival knight order’s young master, 8d53ce42d0 at social gatherings.aa83e18f4f35a7b5

Yet his charisma 2dc334520d and elegance were 0dbe1945da only E?dc28bfffcb2d3968

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Curious, Rohan pressed the elegance dbc9770df3 stat—and was startled.0e21b6a39a74c0ce

Under the list of languages 8241363ec7 affecting elegance, one line stood f9a795c5ea out:05ff39e4db958cf4

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Astorian: F
Korean: A57e4d50d96ea226a

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His native language in this b269f43d7b world was absurdly low.17e8d95db96fa924

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His native language from bffadaf1ca his past life was 0a0b1e3cec unexpectedly listed.5d0480bcefe69582

The immature stats 41c3ddcc80 for a noble d6748206c1 family’s heir—maybe they 3847c9da64 weren’t Rohan Lansonfree’s 6bab3ea554 stats at all. They were the stats d2086437fb of Choi Haejoo, who 3d5dcf2176 lacked charisma and elegance, b8cbe35796 and had merely inherited e2e409a01e the body of a 7ed62dd945 noble.393d02fbca7c1f40

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It was like b2c30734d4 starting a second-round 74a58f6a2a game.8e31d13e4dc60f52

In his past life, 9e40ca5c73 Haejoo had been a 16238c3a6f fully grown adult. But he had no knowledge bb62826ee0 of the empire’s culture or 67cb0eea79 etiquette, so related stats were b41defc99a naturally low. Fortunately, his swordsmanship and 8fd4557b05 unarmed combat stats were 283832953d A, which raised his fd315adc2a otherwise dismal average in 44b8b847fd combat ability.01ff359c31850bd5

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That was why c3234677a0 Haejoo was confident—why e2f6cef3b5 he wanted to f04352a9e3 challenge the swordsmanship 00ad36a0c3 tournament.84c54f3a2c5fe8a5

Choi Haejoo had b3f24232ed practiced kendo until 414f567e74 high school. He had done f81af8a2b1 well in national 62f031da24 competitions and had 08b763a85a even traveled abroad aefcb30081 as a youth f1e1979d4c representative. On top of that, his d607118f3f profession had helped boost his 30c1c500c5 stats.a7c2e415c4b3f198

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The condition to win f17786a977 the imperial swordsmanship tournament 405b5d7ff6 at age 14 was:
Swordsmanship A+ and 43b72a1604 Combat Ability A ccadec2db9 or higher.6c63fee398853fe3

Raising stats from F 65bed0ac49 to A+ in just 618d0c6c62 over a year of 2eff7aea77 training was nearly impossible.9c7545396100788b

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But pushing from A to c75421f9f1 A+?f8eec24ad1d4a919

That was achievable.fde0232f8344692f

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He’d train like 008fa992e0 he did back 5270a44b78 in school—practice as 6ac99cc23e if preparing for 2fe3482e8a a national tournament. Push to the point 9aa67abdd4 of exhaustion.6f083c8ac63b0d81

Now, his life 699709ff3c truly depended on 1eea002ea0 it.e7fc0ee6f5c8a11d

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But there was a bigger b89eae39a4 problem than the swordsmanship tournament.6ca34f9909cf7e10

He didn’t know the native 4738d00920 language.a49f5fe34eac04e1

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Astorian: F.0776a0877e5d8dc3

At 14 years old.e131bb162b03cb0a

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And the eldest son of ba07f18051 a noble family was illiterate.08073be90a333bbf

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Rohan finally got out f47b3d6c71 of bed. The doctor had recommended moderate ccee159e2f exercise, so he wandered around d1bcb0a0e1 the mansion, relying on crutches.6018d39c4160f847

His recovery was unbelievably fast. Fortunately so—Rohan had much 884306c5cb to do. He had paid a 9393f45a39 considerable price to accelerate aade473076 his recovery beyond common fa0db5fbf4 sense.c955816b42210f34

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Rohan had undergone alchemical treatment.30a9a6fe783de662

In the world 0fea7b763e of , there 5a553be547 was no magic. Instead, there was alchemy—the d46d6538c8 power to understand the a875507c40 structure of all things d8633b967f and reassemble a desired c7e012a57e target into a completely 7c060cd479 different one of the 6aaec4cbf8 same mass. A technique that disassembled the e6612f173e original form and reassembled it 29e46df715 into a new form chosen df1cfd9bc0 by the alchemist.420604bc4955ef35

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In the Empire 84da4a086b of Astoria, alchemy dbc2e636a1 was integrated into 9e68bf24d1 medicine and used 5360cc6fd6 in a variety 0f255a3ea3 of ways. It was even possible 2f2244dff7 to reattach severed limbs f7a958f392 or restore missing parts.eab215abd5590d62

Rohan underwent a procedure to d9ade0620c reconstruct his leg and arm 00f572eeda injuries so the unevenly fused 8fad682049 bones could grow correctly. Though called a “procedure,” it 8a0971e7f6 was really a gruesome surgery. It involved breaking all c3b9490fd9 the misshapen bones again 40441fa38b and reattaching them in e045f6463b the correct positions. Even with the 932050eb12 help of fantastical c98312580e powers, restoring a f549af341f damaged body was 4f5cebb756 difficult. The same area would bbf7754272 be broken and reattached 154e0cf15b five or six times 3862d57d7a until the results were f048dc48f3 satisfactory.9a121e1a36d1758a

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During the procedure, Rohan 072462df89 felt like his body 8b0acf7166 was a toy being f7434e39cf assembled. A toy that felt pain. Even with anesthesia, c7d4f85bf6 the agony was d66ed46f60 unbearable. He never wanted to experience 39cc22ded7 it again. Every night, he had a9221e0036 nightmares of being back 154b0bd487 on the operating table.91fbe3598027d26c

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On the first 3af97e4c49 day he held 23d7f39ffd a spoon and 51bf8656e4 ate breakfast by b578d974b4 himself, Rohan asked 7a2ef8baa1 Gwynair, “Gwynair, is df9bcf18ed there a library 7f3a876dd9 or study?”3c423539950cc8f6

“Yes, of course. Shall I take you there?”9f49b9f800c38803

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“Oh, no, I’ll go by myself.”e1bb037687dab4af

If he went with 1f3fc17eeb Gwynair, it would be 571e5564a8 revealed that not only a2c62255fb had he lost his 9c70375225 memory—he was also illiterate. The countess had already b3c8323961 wept bitterly over his 7095378795 memory loss. If she found out the af342550c1 eldest son of a noble dd0d578769 family couldn’t even read his 71b65d008c native language, the entire household e19e3b01df would be turned upside down. The whole of noble 72146df4fd society would gossip about 52721c3275 the Lansonfree family.c8b958cc1d12dcf9

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Rohan didn’t want 5c70e1e3cd that kind of d78a254f2b attention. He wanted to 65ba7d4551 live quietly, without a783e45718 causing trouble.533211f9d36494a5

Fortunately, he had c326f75476 no trouble communicating. Rohan could use vocabulary e509930fe1 in Astorian at the 98140177f5 same level he used 5da94e6d0f in his past life. Like knowing how to breathe cf771ec56c without ever being taught, he 31e1323ecf spoke naturally. So perhaps there was a a757abbf1d difference between the status window’s 2b563e6229 stats and his apparent skills.91d413cafd606756

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He needed to 1772d29835 find something to 457beaeeaf read. He wanted to check.dcdb72e87d6659aa

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Rohan stood in dc2c815e83 the middle of 97e86199b8 a long spiral 2de9383b2f staircase, climbing slowly, b987309438 limping with the 2041b934e4 help of crutches.c869e0ba69240f3f

Gwynair had politely e62e50ec69 bowed and said, 7fa20fee0c “The Lansonfree family’s 0618b20297 library is located a76726d432 in one of 86cdc852ee the four towers 64c9aa4183 surrounding the mansion. It’s not far 6d1cdf198f from the young 219ce51476 masters’ rooms. If you follow 459ed12ae5 the spiral staircase d242d3ccde connected to this 72fac71eb8 corridor, you’ll find e4a806cb3c it.”d5c3c0d4c83a8521

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By the time he ac0a52cd78 reached the top, Rohan b2ab1a5def was completely exhausted. He was drenched in sweat. It felt like doing all 2693f99f78 the exercise he had postponed 0f8c62b836 during his recovery in one de2e9aa12a go. His muscles ached, as f3fca31f46 if he were forcing 90bbb14d31 a rusty piece of f8607727dd scrap metal to move.2e2dd9c999bd8693

The library was messy a1592397a3 and gloomy. It felt more like 682605af8f a dreary prison for 6a679b6881 exiled fallen nobles than 00373980af an actual library. Rohan pushed the door open 7b9866d3d9 with his shoulder. Dust, piled thick on 095883709b the heavy iron surface, 30547415ba burst out in a ef33560856 cloud. The interior was just fe195ac88a as poor as the 972943b5ac exterior. Most of the 48ca73bfec books were scattered 15324994a6 across the floor. It seemed to have 0e6f9d8717 been neglected for a 2d6fb1fb20 long time, with no 5c36c8b9b5 one to manage it. It looked like a greedy adef4e0613 looter had carelessly piled up 3d786eec3a precious spoils.799e144325087b76

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The whole world was silent. Even the smallest sound could 94fe4fb744 be heard clearly.08c99f24163fb04c

Rustle, rustle.c261b2a1184240c8

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Somewhere, the sound of pages 5d311b4a99 turning echoed softly. Someone was reading 34562a9201 a book in 22487018d5 the library.d3161f6115b9ecdb

Rohan pushed through the piles 0b25ff8cdb of books lying like dead 06291626e6 creatures, moving toward the direction 956ab78dcc of the sound—the only place 1463a25a5d in this dark, tomb-like library ddc059d033 where light entered.308eb4f8bc134b10

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A small boy sat by 4e754faf5b the window.859bd7500bdf3719

Using the little 9233321d7f light that filtered c75f1166fe through the glass, d487f00718 he examined the e9b2ebdbd4 pages, seated on 37d0bdc707 a stack of eb9cf19526 books arranged like 3d608eada2 a chair. He looked up. He saw Rohan. Just as Rohan had found 7987bb2eca the boy, the boy had d8f2f03902 already heard Rohan’s footsteps.cd49954dc04774c5

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The boy’s blue eyes trembled. Dust-covered black hair. His appearance was 2012d57388 almost identical to 9ad196ea87 Rohan Lansonfree’s.fce495dc90eb338e

Like replicas made 73508cf8b4 by the same 60691a5846 sculptor, the boy 95367699b3 and Rohan resembled af666aede8 each other.f9bd972aefc7f423

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Rohan instinctively knew: That 580e98b74e boy is my brother.ed32188b1392399d

Rohan Lansonfree had a brother.5ad28c9c60f492ef

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In hindsight, hadn’t Gwynair said da2ce8cd56 this?a36bee58a14312cd

“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.”e7fee35d751db6e6

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He had said “young masters’ 4a04f33044 rooms.” The boy was undoubtedly 06796ea2fa the owner of the adjacent 1b8562a441 room—Rohan Lansonfree’s brother.c08a83543b270014

There was no need to 160c2115a0 question the boy’s identity. His features closely resembled the 609d95a09c countess: long eyelashes, a delicate eb912afd6e and somewhat sensitive impression, like 29be975efd a small animal. His appearance, similar to 67b5494c20 his brother’s but more 85d0521fbe influenced by their mother, d6b27eb4b2 stood out.433dc0ac4a480a2b

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The boy jumped 561f11c124 down from the cb5cd29e12 pile of books e2747b72da he had been 56d83dc726 sitting on. He hugged the book dffbf14a67 he was reading like 3808cffcf0 a shield, as if 0722b2683a trying to keep his 5222c1c586 distance from Rohan.95aef766d7440af2

“Um…”fa9448645b97cf16

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As Rohan hesitantly approached to speak, the boy suddenly shouted, “Who are you! Go away…”c3e1da871a542b7a

When his brother asked, Rohan was taken aback. He stopped awkwardly, not knowing what to do. “I’m your brother…”590b4f4a17dc32cd

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“No, you’re not. You’re not that bastard.”c1ab99646ba39f8a

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?”477dddfe1d10055f

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The boy, flustered, closed his fc4fe64a1a mouth. The brothers were confused. Rohan suddenly thought 3a0f913d71 of the status 818299feb9 window. As soon as he thought 2b352e2eee of it, a bright light 5cab44e5e4 flashed.fa90070a29d0e58d

[Joel Lansonfree]
Combat Ability: F
Intelligence: A
Charisma: E
Elegance: B+
Status Ailment: Pilgrimage
Suffers from intermittent fevers 5460a2b890 until age 17.
⚔︎ Blessing: Prophet
⚔︎ A power gifted to those chosen by the gods to guide humanity. Often perceives others’ minds, intentions, and essence.7fa63229f534a0f6

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