After that, Henwell carries his son outside, and Jansen and Marcus jostle each other as they crowd over.
Then the four Iron Knights all offer blessings to the infant.
Holding the child, Henwell goes to the top floor of the manor, with everyone surrounding him.
Henwell lowers his head and gently rubs his face against the baby. "Son, are you ready to face the wind and rain?"
"Do not worry. However fierce the wind and rain outside are, I am here. Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you."
After saying that, Henwell pushes open the door to the top-floor viewing platform and walks into the wind and rain.
Henwell slowly raises the child. The surrounding wind and rain seem to grow even stronger, constantly washing over father and son.
The infant feels the wind and rain and begins crying loudly again.
Henwell says, "Pabos! My son, you were born during the Midsumr Festival. Thunder cheers for you, and heavy rain baptizes you."
"As my child, you will have the right to inherit Peace Haven. You will inherit my will and my glory!"
"I declare that from this mont on, Peace Haven has an heir!"
"Henwell has an heir!"
Henwell opens both locks.
The Blood Will of the Gene Lock wraps around father and son like blazing fla.
The Chains of Civilization of the Will Lock appear above their heads like a vast umbrella.
From afar, Henwell looks like a torch standing at the top of the manor.
At this mont, a bolt of lightning tears through the night, and the people who followed him see a shocking scene outside.
Around the entire manor, a whole legion has been deployed. Judging from its banner, it is the First Garrison Legion.
Farther away, dark ranks of cavalry are still galloping continuously, tightly surrounding the entire area.
As the flas of light on Henwell's body grow brighter and brighter, the army outside seems to notice the situation here.
The cavalry stops maneuvering, and the infantry regints turn to face him.
A mont later, wave after wave of hands striking breastplates echo through the rainy night.
The Lord Iron Guards in the manor step out from their defensive positions one after another, give a military salute, and kneel on one knee inside the manor.
Not only that, the departnt heads present also kneel in the rainy night, acknowledging Peace Haven's heir.
Then, unseen by everyone, a chain of rule shoots into the sky and directly shatters the rain clouds above all of Peace Haven.
Everyone looks at the suddenly clear night sky and marvels aloud.
Only the four Iron Knights seem to sense sothing. Puzzled, they examine their surroundings.
They sensed sothing, but the mont was too brief for them to catch it.
The dark clouds scatter, leaving a clear sky.
Night recedes, and dawn arrives.
The next day, all of Peace Haven is imrsed in joy.
Officials and commoners alike understand that their lord has a son, and Peace Haven has an heir.
Everything belonging to the lord, everything here, and everything belonging to them will no longer be a fleeting illusion.
The celebration lasts for three days.
After Henwell sees the guests off, he convenes an internal eting of the senior leadership.
Then, the next day, he goes to the cetery. One thousand seven hundred and forty-four new tombstones have been added here.
These belong to the soldiers who died in the rainy night when Pabos was born.
So were from the garrison legions. So were from the Cavalry Legion. So were Lord Iron Guards. Others belonged to the intelligence departnt, the Constabulary, and more...
Many people died without a sound in that rainy night.
No one knows how many assassins ca that night, and no one knows how many assassins died in Peace Haven.
Every side remains silent. They do not communicate with one another or ask about the night's results.
This becos top-secret files destroyed by every country. They do not even need to clean up the aftermath or silence witnesses.
Because that day, not one assassin left alive.
Only Henwell knows that after that day, the continent is missing nine Iron Knights, thirty-eight fewer Grand Knights, more than five hundred fewer Battle Knights, and nearly three thousand professionals, including other assassins, buried in Peace Haven.
That night, Henwell fought three great battles in succession. With his own hands, he killed eight Iron Knights, sixteen Grand Knights, and so many Battle Knights that he cannot rember the number.
The one Iron Knight who escaped the net was killed by Simon, who led the Cavalry Legion carrying Heart-Piercing Lotuses in round after round of death charges.
They used the lives of two Grand Knights, twenty-seven Battle Knights, and nearly one hundred knights to bury that Iron Rank assassin under sheer numbers.
After so many battles, Henwell paid a price as well.
His heart had been torn open, his skull shattered into several pieces, and his internal organs torn into a ss.
At the ti, Henwell was already at the end of his strength, forcing himself to move normally.
All of the remaining extraordinary power in his body was being used to preserve the vitality of his internal organs.
This battle makes every side clearly understand that Henwell truly possesses Iron Rank strength.
Next, every side will join together to eliminate Peace Haven.
As for Henwell, the frequency with which he appears afterward decreases.
He accompanies lissa through two months of confinent after childbirth before he can get out of bed and move normally.
Too many injuries and too much extraordinary energy raging inside his body consu a great deal of Henwell's energy.
Even with Henwell's astonishing recovery ability, injuries like these require ti to heal slowly.
As heavy snow falls, the year draws to a close, and Henwell is already twenty-six.
Holding his son, he looks at the snowy scenery outside and thinks about what he must do next.
Henwell underestimated how seriously the various countries took his heir. He never expected they to truly send so many professionals.
Next, Henwell must do sothing. Otherwise, Peace Haven will soon face a desperate crisis.
Noticing that Henwell is thinking, lissa cos forward and takes the child struggling in his arms.
Henwell gives her an apologetic glance, then walks toward the continental map in the study.
He frowns in thought, considering how to make the various countries busy.
He cannot let them truly free up their hands and unite against him. Originally, he thought the church's protective talisman could spare him a great deal of trouble.
But now, his identity as a paladin of the church has instead beco the very point every side uses to attack him together.
When Paladin Garcia ca last ti, he delivered a ssage to Henwell.
The church can protect Peace Haven, but there are conditions.
Peace Haven must establish a Holy Spirit Church. Plainly put, they want missionary rights.
Janet, an Iron Knight from the empire, also brings the empire's conditions for protection.
Peace Haven must establish an imperial supervisory office and implent the empire's law and education.
This is them trying to swallow Peace Haven.
Henwell, of course, cannot agree. But that also ans the two sides will no longer protect Peace Haven.
After all, both sides also sent assassins. Of the nine Iron Knights, six ca from various countries, and two of them ca from the Western Federation.
Lumir, Ogiro Kingdom, and Vorry Kingdom each sent one Iron Knight to lead a team.
Ika Kingdom is worthy of being an old kingdom. It actually sent two.
If Catherine had not restrained Billie Kingdom, Billie would also have sent two. In the end, only one ca.
Of the Six Great Kingdoms, one is still missing.
Right.
Henwell also finds it strange that the northernmost Kosen Kingdom did not send an assassin.
As for the last assassin, of course, that ca from Henwell's old friend: the Veil Organization.
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