Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

"Uncle Paul, who are you writing to?"

Paul's pupils constricted and he looked up in surprise.

Alan was leaning against the closed door, looking at him quietly.

A few months ago, Allen's system prompt suddenly popped up, reminding him that his participation in the "Re:Zero" event had increased by 2 points. Allen was very surprised at the time.

Because he had just started to go to Buena Village, the people and things he had come into contact with in the royal capital before had nothing to do with the major events that happened in his childhood. How could they improve his childhood scores?

Now, the source of the problem has been found.

It seems that someone has 'known' him for a long time.

Alan walked towards the slightly flustered Paul, and when he got close, he looked at Paul's desk with interest.

There was a letter covered with handwriting on the desk. The handwriting was neat and the font was ornate, which was commonly used by nobles. However, the letter paper itself was a bit old and did not look like it was written recently.

Alan narrowed his eyes and reached out to pick up the letter to read it rudely.

Paul's expression changed and he subconsciously stood up and tried to grab Alan's hand.

At the moment when Paul was about to grab his wrist, Allen put his index and middle fingers together, pressed the sides of his fingers against Paul's palm, and gently stroked it.

His fingers swam like fish, breaking free from Paul's palm lock and throwing his hand aside.

Paul missed his grasp, his body tilted, and he fell on the table due to inertia.

He watched Alan pick up the letter with two fingers, lift it from in front of him, and mutter to himself.

"Water God Flow - Secret of Flow"

Alan held the letter in the air in front of his eyes, his eyes moved, and he looked at the contents of the letter seriously.

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Paul,

How are you doing lately? I guess you are enjoying your happy life in the countryside with your wife.

I am writing to you now because I have something I want to ask of you.

It's about my eldest son in the royal capital - Alan Boreas Greyrat. I wonder if you still remember that I wrote you a letter when the child was born.

At that time, he had just opened his eyes not long ago when James took him to the capital to raise him as his own child. This was the price that the loser in the competition for the next head of the family should pay.

This is also the tradition of Boreas, in order to avoid too much infighting within the tribe.

But I couldn't help it and once took advantage of the mayor's work report to secretly visit him without my father's knowledge.

After all, he is the first offspring of me, Philip Boreas Greyrat, left in this world.

Ironically, I don't even have the right to give him a name.

You can take this opportunity to laugh at me. After all, I am usually the one who is looking down on you and ridiculing you. It's only fair.

Back to Alan, this kid is different from me. He is very outstanding and has shown outstanding talent in kendo at a young age.

When I saw him from afar, he was the center of attention in the crowd, accepting James' praise, but his expression was not a trace of pride or timidity, but very steady.

His contradictory temperament of calmness and sharpness made me a little dazed. His expression was somewhat similar to his father's, but not exactly the same. I couldn't help but wonder, is this really the child born to me, Philip?

But one thing is beyond doubt.

He should grow up with flowers and applause, instead of following a loser like me and staying in Fitoya Territory to be the son of some crappy mayor.

But when I looked at him, I couldn't help but wonder if I had been the winner in the battle with James for the position of the heir, would it be me standing in front of him at this moment?

I'm jealous of James. He shouldn't

I have talked about some irrelevant things without realizing it, so I will stop here and get back to the topic.

A month ago, Alan disappeared on his way to study at the Magic University.

At least on the surface, the news released was that the person was missing.

James seemed to have no intention of looking for him again, but I was very worried about his safety.

Therefore, I asked the guard at home, who is also your former teammate, Sword King Gileno, to investigate the place where Alan disappeared, Red Dragon Upper Jaw.

But now ten days have passed and still nothing has been found.

I smell a conspiracy.

I wanted to ask Gilenu to use her connections from her adventurer days to find out something, but she apologized and told me that connections were beyond her ability and asked me to ask you for help.

Here, I would like to ask you to use your connections as an adventurer to help me find out where he is.

His facial features are very strong, his eyebrows are almost identical to his father's, and he also inherited my brown hair and Hilda's gray eyes, making him very conspicuous and easy to identify in the crowd.

If you have any relevant news, please be sure to inform me. If anyone has seen a similar person, please help me pass the message and tell the other party to keep that person stable, and then pass the message to me and wait for my confirmation.

Please understand that I cannot hire people to search for him in a high-profile manner. This is not in line with my position.

After all, his 'biological father' was James.

I'm sorry that you saw my weak side.

See the word as the face.

Philip.

-

Alan looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar name in the last line and fell silent.

Paul on the side just looked at him, scratching his head, not knowing what to say.

Chapter 13: Fitting in with Paul's family, but Rudy has objections

After a long while, Paul saw that Alan had not moved, so he spoke carefully.

"Alan, um, this letter was received last year. I know this may be a little hard for you to accept, but in fact your father is indeed..."

"I know James is not my biological father."

Paul was stunned and looked at Allen, who looked indifferent.

"That's great. I'll write to Philip and tell him I've found you, so you can go back to Roya."

"It doesn't work."

Paul looked at Alan in surprise, and Alan smiled back at him.

"Uncle, please sit down and listen to me."

After saying that, Alan pushed Paul into the chair and turned back to get the chair at the door. Paul blinked and looked at him blankly.

"First of all, the missing information is correct, but my 'biological father' concealed the preceding events."

Alan walked to the door and put his hand on the top of the chair. The wood texture felt rough on his hand.

"I was stabbed when I passed by the red dragon's jaws."

Paul stood up with a bang.

Alan lifted his chair and turned to face Paul.

"I deliberately arranged the assassination because I had already realized that I was not James' biological son. From the birthdays of my brothers and sisters and the period of pregnancy, I knew that I should not exist in the Boreas family in the capital. There was another brother who was in the same situation as me, but he died of illness when he was four years old. Until the end of last year, I secretly found a thief group and staged a show, intending to escape from the Boreas family and come to Fitoya Territory."

Paul let out a long sigh and sat down again. He was misled by Allen and subconsciously thought that this choice was to return to his biological father.

Alan walked towards Paul, his eyes narrowed.

"But the assassination attempt went wrong. The actual assassins were not the same as the number I secretly commissioned the thieves to decide. It was expected that there would be five mid-level swordsmen, and they would stop there and be safe, and I would fall off a cliff and disappear. But in the end, eight skilled swordsmen appeared in front of me. If I am not mistaken, they also included two senior swordsmen of the Water God School and a magician."

".They killed him."

Paul stood up again with a thud.

Alan had walked up to Paul, looked at him and smiled indifferently.

“So, they died.”

Paul let out a long sigh and sat down again.

Alan also sat down and looked at him.

"Later, I sneaked into the forest from the jaws of the red dragon, first forged my traces of going north, and then spent more than four months detouring before arriving at Buena Village. I had heard about Uncle Paul's 'heroic deeds' in the capital before, and I thought you didn't have a good attitude towards the children of nobles, and Buena Village was relatively remote, suitable for hiding my whereabouts, so I came to you for help. However, I only learned about the subsequent news of my disappearance today. It seems that James must have thought that I had successfully escaped from the Kingdom of Asura, so he released this news."

Paul blinked.

"Heroic deeds? Oh? I didn't expect there was a legend about me in the capital."

Alan spoke very quickly, blurting out more than a dozen words in an instant.

"After graduating from an aristocratic school at the age of ten and having affairs with various women, he was found by his victim and his father."

"stop!"

Paul immediately stood up and covered Allen's mouth, and the latter pulled Paul's hand away with a smile.

"I judged that the thieves betrayed me to James, and James had always been wary of Philip, so he inferred that I would secretly go back to help him, so he pretended to kill me to eliminate future troubles."

Paul's embarrassed face suddenly turned serious. He realized that Alan did not call either James or Philip "father" in his words. After opening his mouth repeatedly, he thought of the scene when he left after the quarrel with his father, and he couldn't help but sigh.

'.My apparent biological father wanted to kill me, but I have never met my actual biological father. So I don't feel a sense of family identity with either of my fathers...'

"Then you can return to Roya City secretly, and only recognize Philip."

"No."

"Firstly, Sauros has a deep control over the Fetoa Territory. He will definitely notice this and will not agree with my actions. He will most likely follow the tradition of Boreas and send me back to James. By then, my situation in the capital will be even more dangerous."

"Secondly, James must have arranged spies in Roya City to secretly monitor Philip."

After that, Alan lowered his head and spoke to Paul sincerely.

"So I beg Uncle Paul to take me in. As compensation, I can promise to protect Rudy's future, because Uncle can't always be with him. But we are close in age, so I think we can become good friends in the future."

Paul looked at the letter that was put back on the table, and after a moment he could only nod.

Alan said again.

"After two years of hype, when my body and appearance have grown a little, I will shave my eyebrows to look more friendly, and change my hairstyle to a gloomy one with bangs. Even if someone who has seen me before stands in front of me, they may not dare to recognize me."

'Unlike the information age before the time travel, the information stagnation in this world also has its advantages, and there are very few magical accessories that can preserve the image. A fierce god like Ruijierud can enter the city by changing his hair color. And two years is completely enough for me to learn from Paul, at least to improve my swordsmanship to the upper level of the third-rate school.'