Pirate Kingship

Chapter 397 - 324: The first 30 years to see the father respect the son, the next 30 years to see the son respect the father (6000)

Chapter 397: Chapter 324: The first 30 years to see the father respect the son, the next 30 years to see the son respect the father (6000)

However, before Byron awoke to the memories of his past life, a deep obsession had once risen from the depths of his heart:

"If I ever had the chance to start over,

I would run, jump, swim, and adventure freely,

To see the glaciers, deserts, auroras, the vast forests, and the endless seas of this world...

If I could die amidst the raging waves one day, that would be the perfect redemption for me (Chapter 2)!"

Determined to become a free Pirate King, he had never willingly accepted such forced arrangements.

Raising the [Thorned Rose] in his hand, he pulled the trigger at the Grand Judge standing on the opposite side of the clock face.

BANG! BANG!

The bullets, which should have been unerringly accurate, instead passed through the other party’s body like a phantom, causing no harm.

That Grand Judge seemed as if he didn’t exist in this world at all.

He calmly adjusted his robe, disdainful of Byron’s ’death throes,’ and sneered, "It’s useless.

"The minute and hour hands each represent two parallel timelines. We can see each other but cannot touch or attack one another.

"The same applies to the interior and exterior of the clock tower; they are isolated. No matter how loudly you scream, no one will come to your aid.

"Regardless of how much time passes inside the clock tower, only a mere instant will elapse outside.

"Only when the minute and hour hands meet will these two timelines overlap for one minute.

"After you pass the trials of six milestones and step by step make your way before me, then you can try to attack—if you haven’t withered into a pile of old bones by then.

"Hahahaha..."

The information he had accessed showed that Byron Tudor first made his mark in Iron Anchor Bay as the assistant to [Executioner] Bill.

Under public scrutiny, they rescued the great pirate [Red Beard] Edward together. Afterwards, they won battle after battle, rapidly rising through the ranks.

As for his past, detailed records were scarce, aside from a personal history he submitted when registering as a privateer captain with the Navy Department.

But one thing was certain:

A commoner who had taken up the [Pirate] profession within the Lighthouse Sequence and barely managed to survive was worlds apart from the proverbial ’someone else’s child.’

It was clear that in this era of low productivity, most commoners lived hand-to-mouth.

Without basic social security and public education, a boy’s key achievements before adulthood largely depended on his family of origin.

Without the accumulated advantages from a previous generation, one would naturally miss too many milestones.

A mere pirate, alienated from the social system, would have his time whittled away by the milestone trials until he eventually died of old age within the clock tower.

The Third Order Law Mage had a vicious thought: I hope you’re lucky enough not to have been an orphan from infancy—what a hellish start—thus avoiding a disadvantage right from the starting line.

Seeing that his attacks were ineffective, Byron had to admit that the other party wasn’t lying.

This is indeed a Sacred Relic that can interfere with time. The rules of killing I just witnessed are likely only the tip of the iceberg. I have no idea what its actual power limit is. If it could stop time over a wide area at a critical moment, wouldn’t that make one invincible on the spot? The three of them must have been hiding in another timeline from the very beginning. This ability allowed them not only to ignore physical bombardment but also to easily evade the all-encompassing detection of the [Golden Law]. No matter how powerful the Law Network, it ultimately couldn’t touch the realm of time.

Meanwhile, the first milestone had finally activated. Images of Byron at age 0, just after his birth, slowly emerged around him.

The [Social Clock]’s power was rooted in tracing back timelines. Not even the constant [Cognitive Revision] affecting Byron could prevent such a high-level power from taking effect:

「In the northern part of the Strait Islands, the Sorenburg Principality.」

Here, in a manor far more comfortable than Prince Sorrenberg’s castle, a male infant with blue eyes and black hair was born with a cry. He arrived in a luxurious bedroom, surrounded by a host of maids, matrons, and numerous Third and Fourth Order female Transcendents from the Hospital Sequence.

He inherited the advantageous bloodlines of both parents. Not only was he very healthy, but he had also clearly been well-nourished in his mother’s womb; even his fetal hair was very thick.

Through the regression of his own timeline, Byron also saw the woman on the bed. Though weakened, her face was full of maternal love.

She was clearly his biological mother in this life, a woman of whom he had little recollection.

There were no portraits of her in the Principality’s castle. Byron had also never met any maternal relatives from the Tudor Family; even her married surname had been changed to Lancaster.

She seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, as if sprung from a rock, completely at odds with the typical marriage norms of Great Nobles.

Even to Byron, her son, she was shrouded in mystery and numerous enigmas.

In the past, whenever he tried to learn more, Edmund Lancaster would remain tight-lipped. Over time, his memories of her had faded completely.

As for the Age 0 milestone, it naturally posed no challenge for him.

His father, ecstatic at his birth, generously waived all taxes for the entire Sorenburg Principality for that year.

His overjoyed uncle, the King, also waived national taxes for a month and ordered that resources from the royal treasury be distributed to aid the poor throughout the land.

In the biting cold of December that year, countless people across the nation were fortunate enough to survive thanks to his birth.