I Became a Scoundrel of a Chaebol Family-Chapter 297
The knighting ceremony wasn’t anything special.
Just a quick congratulation for completing their training, a few words of blessing,
and then the registration process—the knighting—something only the bloodline of the owner family could perform.
That was it.
You know, when I made Baek Seol my knight back then,
I had to stamp my blood directly onto her tongue to authenticate it, right?
That ceremony was for completely claiming her as my personal property.
This time, though, it was different.
I authenticated my biometric data into a ceremonial sword,
and then performed the knighting just like some medieval lord,
so it was more like the family lightly owning them rather than me personally.
"Knighting serves several purposes.
Outwardly, it’s a way to announce that the apprentice knights have become full knights,
but more importantly, it enables full mobilization in case of emergency."
The secretary that Go Minji assigned to me added that explanation.
I was learning all these details from her—Kim Seoye, the head of the exploration team I met back on the yacht.
"Although they’ll be dispatched to all sorts of places through agreements with the government,
ultimately, the top chain of command will belong to the family.
That’s secured through this knight registration ceremony."
"Just as I guessed."
After completing their training and becoming formal knights, these kids would scatter everywhere.
Most would take key posts within our Group, but a fair number would be dispatched to government positions too.
Just in Incheon alone, two knights were assigned to the mayor,
and one knight to each district chief as personal security.
Even political parties had the authority to call a set number of knights based on their seat count.
High-ranking government officials had personal knights as well,
meaning dozens of knights were assigned just for VIP protection.
If you also factored in security facilities and military units,
then there were already thousands of knights embedded all over South Korea.
If I round it up generously... there might be about ten thousand of them?
About ten thousand knights were produced each year,
and the number of knights currently deployed across South Korea ranged somewhere between several thousand and ten thousand.
Knights first started appearing around the tail end of the Third World War.
Of course, they weren’t called knights back then,
and they were much cruder than the knights of today,
so you could think of them more as prototypes.
Still, over 40 years had passed since knights started being produced.
Considering that it took 20 full years to train a knight,
I roughly estimated that around 150,000 knights must have been produced in total.
If you subtract the 10,000 deployed, that leaves 140,000.
And 140,000 are... under our Group's control...
And since every one of those knights had been knighted by a family member,
in an emergency, the entire system could be switched to obey the family.
If we needed to seize direct command,
we could even apply genetic imprinting to enforce absolute obedience.
It was terrifying, really.
"The government probably doesn’t know much about this, right?"
"If you’re talking about the president or prime minister level,
the Group provides them with this information as a courtesy.
But beyond that, no one knows.
Even those who know only a fraction of the truth are reportedly shocked once they learn the full scale."
Courtesy?
Not blackmail?
‘This is the little bit you know, but here’s the actual size of it. Try anything stupid, and you’re dead.’
That’s pretty much the message they were sending.
The government probably thought there were only about 10,000 knights,
and even that was already overwhelming to them.
But once they became president and found out it was actually 150,000,
fifteen times more—they'd probably piss themselves on the spot.
No wonder the NIS had no choice but to create Dema (Enhanced Beings).
If the # Nоvеlight # Group had this much power tucked away, they had to do something to keep up, right?
No wonder the national institutions resorted to kidnapping, human experiments, racial breeding—pulling every disgusting trick in the book.
Honestly...
I’m really glad I was born as a grandson of the Koryo Group.
This world is too dark and terrifying.
I wouldn’t survive it as an ordinary citizen.
- Hey
A message came in from Go Minji.
- Ceremony done?
- Yeah
- Done 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
- Okay
- Good job
- Make sure you handle the remaining two ceremonies well too
She was actually being polite for once.
- Unexpected
- What is
- It’s you
- Honestly, I thought you'd flip me off or something
- Like usual
- 🖕
- Happy now?
- Wow
- You didn’t even get snappy at first
- What’s going on
- I'm busy, fucker
- Talk to you later
Maybe work pressure could even turn the rowdy Go Minji into an ordinary person.
Refreshing.
- Noona
- What
- I’m busy
- I mean, there are knights everywhere
- Can I...
- No
- Just a few—
- No, fuck no
- 😂😂😂
- I mean, come on
- Each training center cranks out about 100 knights at a time
- What’s the harm in giving your beloved little brother a few?
- No
- It’s a huge loss
- Also, dumbass
- I already gave you 15 before
- No but
- Those were your knights
- You just lent them to me
- What’s the difference
- Same thing
- They obey you no matter what
- And anyway, the knights coming out now already have assigned roles
- You think you can just randomly pull them out like toys?
- Why do you need
- So many anyway?
- Like it’s any of your business
- If you’re so salty about it
- Join Militaris yourself
- I’m already a director at Militaris.
- A non-executive director, though.
- You’re an unregistered director, dumbass.
- Acting all high and mighty with a position that doesn’t even officially exist.
- Get lost.
- I’m seriously busy.
- Bitch.
- What?
- No, I meant
- I want Shin Ramyun.
- Bullshit, idiot.
- You were about to call me a fucking bitch, weren't you?
Why is she so goddamn sharp?
- Then can’t I just
- Skip the genetic imprinting
- And just 'eat' one?
- I see a few candidates around.
- Look at this dumbass trying to change the subject.
- I mean, I came all the way here.
- Wouldn’t it be a bit rude
- To leave empty-handed?
- I should at least do them the favor.
- Everyone here likes me anyway.
- 😂😂😂
- Fuck’s sake.
- Can’t believe a piece of shit like you is my little brother.
- Every time you open your mouth, dumbassery comes out.
- Honestly,
- You’re not one to talk.
- If you’re gonna do it with a male knight,
- Then I’ll allow it. ^^
- ;;
Like hell I would.
No fucking way I'd mess around with a guy.
- 🖕
- 😂😂😂
- Aww, look at you.
- Our beloved little brother
- Just desperate to fuck some pussy.
- You’ve already got plenty of your lackeys.
- Go unleash yourself on them.
- Baek Seol’s running around because it’s been a while since she visited,
- And the others are just secretaries.
- Like... you know, like home-cooked meals or something.
- Who the hell takes home-cooked meals on a trip?
- God, what a shitty metaphor.
- You’re at the knights' cafeteria.
- You should eat knights.
- Hey,
- If you’re that desperate,
- Just take that team leader I sent you.
- She’s not exactly home-cooked, right?
- Whether you cum inside or on her face,
- Do whatever you want.
- Just don’t mess with the knights.
- Got it?
- ...
- Answer me.
- You know,
- You did promise to give me something later.
- I’m gonna remember that.
- 🖕
That ended the conversation with Go Minji.
Normally, the banter would go on forever with endless dumb exchanges,
but it really seemed like she was genuinely too busy this time.
"Goddamn. How hard is it to just give me one knight?"
Sighing, I pulled the pretty, girly-looking Kim Seoye team leader into a hug.
"...?"
She stared at me blankly with her usual expressionless face, then lowered her gaze demurely again.
Memories of fucking her like crazy on the yacht alongside Go Minji came flooding back,
and my cock started to swell.
"Asked them for a knight, and your master told me to just eat you instead."
"...I see."
Kim Seoye didn’t react much.
Back when I first had her on the yacht, there was at least some faint resistance.
Now, there wasn’t even that.
But man... there are still two more ceremonies left this week.
What if I spot a real standout?
Will I be able to hold myself back?
There wouldn’t be anyone quite like Baek Seol, but still....
No, seriously, how does it make sense for the heir of the Koryo Group to only have one exclusive knight?
Impure thoughts kept creeping in.
++++
Baek Seol was wandering the training center alone.
She inhaled the familiar air deeply, lost in memories.
Even though back when she lived here she had viewed her status as a knight with despair,
this place was still where she had spent almost her entire life—
ever since she first became self-aware, this had been home.
Along with the bitter memories she hated,
a wave of nostalgia rose from every corner.
In the blue sky,
in the fluttering leaves,
even in the dusty ground,
memories clung to everything.
Just gazing around made her chest ache with a bittersweet feeling.
That hadn’t changed.
"I really have changed... so much from who I was back then."
The fact that she could now accept those memories without resentment,
maybe it meant she had truly changed.
During those dark days,
she had thought of herself as a slave,
pitied herself,
even though she had powers incomparable to normal humans,
she had endlessly envied the people outside.
Only a few months had passed,
but Baek Seol realized she had come unimaginably far from who she had been then.
"...Baek Seol."
"...?"
At that moment,
someone called out to her.
Turning around,
she found another piece of her old memories.
"...Jin Guok."
The outstanding apprentice knight who had ranked second behind Baek Seol.
A man who—if she hadn’t been made Go Muyeol’s exclusive knight—might have had a future with her.
And,
the man who, after the worst breakup imaginable,
had been left impotent by Baek Seol herself.
There he stood, hollow-eyed and haggard.
"I never thought you’d have the shamelessness to show your face here again, Baek Seol."
