Chapter 81. You know, Dmirea (6)
is really nice to meet you.
I thought Kalyan would say that to Rashid.
“I am very disappointed.”
However, Kalian said something that was different from Planz’s expectations.
He did not exchange greetings with Rashid, asked for his ostentatious greetings, swore at him, or sent an attack. He didn’t laugh when it was obvious he was trying to inflame his anger, and he didn’t burst into laughter that clearly showed he was holding back his anger.
“I thought the Baron was a snake bastard, so it was quite fun… but I also thought he was a mean bastard.”
He said this with a truly disappointed face. Without even thinking about looking at Demirea’s face or watching Siona’s reaction standing next to her.
– Do you mind if Siona Hill notices?
– Siona didn’t decide to help me because of her relationship with my mother, she decided to join hands with me because of Zeon. Even if I find out what happened to me, I won’t turn my back. I don’t know if I will go to you with my sword drawn.
– Well, it’s your fault.
– okay. Anyway, another word. Was there more?
– yet. The prince came before we could even have a proper conversation.
– So, as soon as you arrived, you said that you wanted to kill Gray Brisen instead and spare yourself? Instead, you said you would tell me who knows my secret?
– After exchanging insults with Mom and Dad once in a while.
– Oh yeah.
– That family is a little strange.
– Don’t group them into the same family.
– Okay.
The guy who always acted like he was going to shut things down with his own hands changed his attitude overnight. He offered to save his life by giving him Gray.
I was disappointed because the intention was so obvious.
“You seem to be interested in what I have to say, but are you disappointed?”
“Even if my brother, His Majesty, showed interest, is there any reason for me not to be disappointed in the Baron?”
okay.
Rashid took the bait.
The bait is to tell you who knows Kalian’s secret. At those words, a cold green minnow was caught with a fluttering motion.
– I was disappointed. Anyway, even if I tried to talk things out, it was too late. I’m sure you’re already convinced that the prince smells like sea salt.
I hear Aila’s words again.
Calian, whose expression did not change at all, responded.
– I can’t help it.
– So why did you come now?
– I’m slightly hurt. And I thought it would be a different conversation than before without me. I didn’t know that you would try to find out my secret by seducing an innocent pea.
– Of course they would be interested. Why didn’t you know that?
– If you knew, you would have stepped in for me. Why did you just watch?
– Iknow, right. I should have come out and seen it too.
Anyway, it’s like a pea that has grown taller.
I mean, think about it. Did Rashid really come to Plantz to save his life? Was that guy who looked like spinach leaves left out for a week really that kind of guy?
How much power do you have? Why do you hate Sillike and Briesen so much? Why are you so angry at Planz? What on earth do you believe and are you always so confident? And what do you want to achieve in the end? Could it be that this mysterious man, who had kept me from knowing even a single one of these many questions, came to me with the sole intention of trading the price of my life? It would be better to just go back to Tensil.
However, Pea was swayed by the obvious offer. I was tempted by the promise that I would tell him who knew Kalian’s secret, so I showed all my cards. He didn’t show the slightest interest in Rashid or Randel, but responded immediately when ‘Khalian’s Secret’ was mentioned.
The moment he looked at Dmirea in embarrassment, he taught Rashid that the saying ‘black cats smell like salt’ was not a lie and that he already knew that fact.
– Do you know whether that guy knows or doesn’t know that ‘His Highness Chase’ came to visit the prince? Do you know whether it was he or someone else who gave the portrait of His Highness Chase to the warrior in the Great Desert?
– yet. I do not know yet.
– I’m in trouble. You’ve shown all the cards on this side, but you haven’t seen the cards on the other side yet. You said you were teaching me various things. What did you teach me?
– no. We did talk about it. Transactions need to be done with a bit of shrewdness and intelligence.
– That’s it?
– That’s enough.
– …… Still, you were smart when you talked about not burning the evidence.
– Did you?
– yes.
It seems they decided to leave the evidence in the training room alone. I guess he decided to come forward and face Brisen himself. It’s not a decision I’m very happy with, but what can I do? I have to keep living well.
– Look. Because you’re smart. This is just because I haven’t really met the scammer yet.
Anyway, I played around with it up to that point and just fell for Rashid’s moves. There is still a lot more to teach peas.
– Besides, it’s not a good thing to do good business with others, right? I’ve already learned it, so what can I use it for? They’ll use it on me again.
– Stop trying to be supportive and just shut Rashid Briesen’s mouth. Either kill them or appease them.
– …… huh.
-I got hurt. are you okay?
-No problem.
– Not giving yourself room to worry is a bad habit. Don’t do that.
– Enough to not die. Don’t worry too much.
– I’ll pretend you trust me.
There was no need to open my mouth, so I ended the conversation that quickly.
Soon Calian raised his head. Then he looked down at Rashid with the same look in his eyes as when he was imitating Planz and opened his mouth.
“If you’re interested in me, tell me directly. Don’t poke around and get on my nerves.”
“If I asked you, were you planning on telling me?”
“no.”
Rashid nodded once and answered.
“I thought you would.”
“He caught me and killed me, placed Brother Randel in his hands, and left you alone. I don’t care if the Baron changed his purpose overnight and took interest in me, so he came to me like this to inflame my anger or whatever he did. “I want to stop seeing you disappointed.”
“If you say you will stop looking,”
“I guess it is just as the Baron expects.”
Rashid smiled brightly after hearing the answer.
Calian saw that and smiled.
That laugh. The same smile appeared on both of their faces. It was erased in an instant. The very moment those who were watching the two realized this fact
– Wow!
– Kaaaaaaaa!
The two blades hit each other.
Rashid’s sword, which had been drawn out before anyone knew it, and Kalyan’s sword, which had been made earlier, rang out in the night sky, seeking the opponent’s breath. As if they were going to grab each other by the throat and tear each other apart.
The snake’s fangs and the beast’s claws began to tangle violently.
* * *
The wind blew.
The sword just clashed with the sword, but the collar fluttered in the momentary wind.
Rashid leapt forward due to the force of Calian, who was pouring down sword strikes as if in a rush, and was caught on the foot quite a distance away. This is why I decided to accept Calian’s opinion that he would fight separately from his companions.
Thanks to this, Plantz, who had moved away from the two without moving a single step, turned his head. I looked at the faces of Siona and Demirea, who were standing a dozen steps away.
– For now, later. I will speak to the prince.
Simple sign language returns from Demirea.
He must be concerned about Siona right behind him.
Plantz closed his mouth and turned his head to look at Calian. Demirea had her back to Siona, but since Plantz was not, she was afraid that even if she nodded, she would catch Siona’s attention.
“… I made a mistake.”
The words flowed out very softly.
Even if Siona, who has keen ears, hears it, she would not doubt it.
Eila, who heard those words from nearby, looked up at Plantz. The face looked as if he was asking what he was talking about, so Plantz gave the answer.
“I think I fell for Rashid Briesen’s tricks.”
Eila closed her mouth for a moment.
Then he turned his gaze to Calian, who was constantly exchanging sword strikes, and answered.
“What did Rashid Briesen do?”
“It seems like I fell for the words that tried to scare me.”
“Well, I don’t know what you’re talking about and where you’re going.”
Aila’s small voice continued as if she had no idea.
“I don’t live as tired as Prince Calian.”
Rashid Brissen said, “I don’t know what trick he did and how Planz got caught in it.” He said it was because he didn’t have the mindset of Calian.
As Calian said, isn’t it natural that Plantz, who was probably the only person in the palace he had ever seen, couldn’t think and react like Calian? Afraid that the crown prince would consider the current incident to be my fault, Eila herself pretended not to know Rashid’s true intentions. Neither Calian, who recognized it, nor he was friendly enough to explain that he was just different.
– Kwakagagak!
– Kugugoong… Kaaaang! Kagan kang!
While Aila was taking care of the peas that the new owner of Eoyongbuyeong was growing, a long sword-like mark appeared on the floor where Rashid had been standing. It was not a mark made by Calian’s sword. Kalyan was now raising his sword towards Rashid from the other side.
-Ssssss……!
But once again, long scars began to appear on the ground. It’s as if someone invisible is swinging a transparent sword.
– Whirr!
– Kagaga River!
It was the wind.
Blades of wind that had no shape, let alone color, blew in from here and there, aiming at Rashid. Rashid, who was blocking Kalyan’s red sword from all directions, rotated his sword once and knocked out the wind.
After that, Rashid, who had firmly grasped his sword, blocked the sharp wind blowing towards him and Kalian’s sword strike that was frantically struck, deflected it, and extended it back.
– Kaaaaaaaaaa!
Calian’s sword, which itself is like a ball of red light, and Rashid’s sword, whose silver sword is covered with Zeon’s red aura, become entangled again. The two flames in the darkness constantly clashed like that.
– Ugh!
– Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…
If you block the wind blade, arrows of wind will fly, and if you block it, red auror daggers will rush in. If I dodged it, it would hit me again, and when I turned my head, a sword would come flying from behind.
Rashid has it all
– Kagagagang! Kagagak kaang!
Blocked everything.
Every single one was blocked. Without cutting off even a single jacket hem or hair, they blocked everything and cut it off.
– …… rattle.
The tip of Siona’s sword trembled slightly as she watched that scene.
For a moment, I forgot about Rashid’s enigmatic words that I heard a moment ago. At the moment, I wasn’t very interested in what the ambiguous statement that black cats smell like salt meant.
Instead, he projected his own shadow between Kalian’s movements, numerous sword strikes, and Rashid that were visible in front of him. I attempted a joint attack by inserting the virtual self I had created in my head between them.
“I’m going to get in the way.”
The results flow from Siona’s mouth.
When he sparred with Calian, Calian only used a sword. He didn’t blow up the wind like crazy and throw away the Auror’s dagger like he does now. If you go in between them now and corner Rashid, you’ll probably get hurt by Kalyan’s attack.
Therefore, while I was watching the fight without being able to come forward, I heard the low voice of Demirea who was nearby.
“I don’t understand how we are dealing with this.”
“You mean Rashid Briesen?”
“Yes. How do I stop all that?”
How are you blocking all that wind, that blade, and that attack from Calian? It would be better to stand in the midst of a raging typhoon and block the water droplets.
Even if one has the healing power and red aura provided by Zeon’s red stone, such a movement cannot be possible. Rashid is now only twenty years old.
“Are we discussing understanding while looking at a person who has entered the path of the sword at the age of fifteen?”
That was Siona’s answer.
Demirea, who was almost answering that Calian’s case was different, narrowed her eyes.
“no way.”
“I have to think about what my own relatives have done. I hid Evan Briesen too, so is there any reason why I can’t hide it just because I’m his grandson?”
Because I have never planted it myself, I cannot fully understand its effects. Calian’s words come to mind when he said that he might be able to defeat Alan if he puts it into his heart.
“I’ve never heard of him having visible Aurors.”
“At least he seems to have more aurors than me or Prince Calian. Did Lord Siegfried or Lord Castrin say they have seen that person? I haven’t heard of him.”
Rashid’s movements were also fast. Like Calian, he sometimes reached speeds that were invisible to the naked eye.
Among them, Dmirea, who was staring at Rashid, let out a sigh.
“…There weren’t six Sword Masters.”
“I don’t think there’s any way to explain it other than that.”
Siona answered briefly and tapped her shoulder.
– Jing!
Sometimes the ringing bell makes a loud sound.
This is why the sword in its sheath was pulled out.
Didn’t Siona say a little while ago that trying to get in between them would only be a distraction? Contrary to what he said, he was making movements as if he wanted to intervene and fight. Therefore, Demirea turned her head and asked Siona.
“Lord Hill, can you come in and fight?”
“Didn’t you bring him here to kill him together?”
“That’s right.”
“Because those with stones in their hearts are not the only enemies of Prince Calian. But if I go in, I will stop risking my life by dealing with them alone.”
It is obvious that he is trying to finish off Rashid Brissen before he loses his mind again. If Siona goes in, Calian will stop wasting magic and aura like that, so he won’t be a hindrance.
“Tap.”
Siona dropped the empty scabbard on the floor and took a deep breath. And he kicked his feet.
– Ugh!
A place filled with sharp winds, and the red aura ran towards the disorganized place as if shooting out its body.
-Shoooooo! Kagang!
-……Tingle!
Where the two swords and the wind were intertwined, the sound of a bell was heard.
The red eyes, which moved silently, rounded as they checked Siona. A ray of wind that was blowing towards Rashid disperses as if blown out.
At first, I thought he was just going to come and watch, but now there was no time to ask if he had come to help. As if it was only natural, they started attacking Rashid together.
– Kagagang kaaaaang!
Instead of the wind disappearing, a stronger blue aura targeted Rashid’s heart. Rashid, who was dealing with Calian without any hesitation, raised his sword and blocked his path.
– Toouk.
Calian, who had suddenly lifted himself up, stepped on the tip of the sword and jumped up. And then he slashed his sword straight down toward the top of Rashid’s head. Rashid quickly pulled out, raised Siona’s sword, and blocked Calian’s attack with it.
Kalian twisted his body in the air and attacked Rashid once again.
– Kaang!
– Kang kaaang!
Wind gathers at the tip of Rashid’s sword as he blocks Kalian’s attack.
Calian, who held Rashid’s sword for a moment with the wind, extended the blade towards Rashid’s heart without delay.
– Kaang! Kaaaaang!
– Jing… Kagagagak!
Rashid, who had blocked his heart with the dagger he had pulled out, turned his body and pulled out the sword. Siona’s sword struck where his body and feet had escaped.
When Rashid saw that, he took a step back.
A fleeting moment when the green gaze turned towards Siona for just a moment.
– Slut!
A black dagger made at Rashid’s feet moved like lightning. The magic power of the wind clings to the tip of the dagger.
Calian’s dagger, embracing the whirlpool, shoots out without any way to block it. Without hesitation, it pierced through the tip of the sharp sword and extended straight ahead.
– Crunch….
– …… Crunch, crunch!
Stumble!
For the first time since this fight started, the smile disappeared from Rashid’s face. Calian’s auror, who corrected the shaking vision of Calian’s dagger, which did not stop in the meantime, dug into Rashid’s side without any time to block it and exited behind his back.
– Wow!
Fresh blood oozed out of torn skin and through the hem of clothes, splashing everywhere.
– Patter patter!
The magic of the wind heals wounds.
The young wind at the tip of the knife must have slain those around it. Peer, who was caught up in the Aura, must have had fear imprinted deep in his bones.
“……I made a mistake.”
A small blade dug into Rashid’s side, barely missing his heart, and then exited his body. That one attack stopped Rashid in his tracks.
– I’m crying!
The blood that popped out without any chance of being swallowed back stained Rashid’s dark brown jacket dark red.
A cluster of red lights intertwined and enveloped Rashid.
The wound began to heal at a speed that was incomparable to Calian’s.
Calian, who had decided not to let the guy live any longer due to the information he had and having properly assessed the life of the ‘wanted man’, extended his auror once more. The purpose was to properly end Rashid’s life before the stone’s power could heal him.
– Ugh…!
– Taaat!
Kalian willingly swallowed the rising blood and rushed towards Rashid. Siona’s sword stretched out in the same way and aimed at Rashid’s heart.
The very moment when two red and blue days touched one life.
– Kagagak!
A sturdy shield shimmering with pure white light lightly deflected the two swords. The sharp wind that blew right away was unable to cut through the shield and scattered it away.
“Sorry for interrupting.”
The voice of an uninvited person is heard.
Pure white hair comes into Kalian’s sight. Fiercely shining red eyes glared at the dark red eyes of the person who had just arrived.
A voice that seemed to be sharper than a sword came out.
“Adelia.”
“Something came up where I had to take him with me.”
I’m crying!
Calian spat out a lump of blood on the floor again and grabbed his sword. The deadly force that exploded seemed to pierce Adelia.
Adelia shook her head, shook off her fear, and opened her mouth.
“Instead, I saved your life once. Your life is too cheap to just pay for inviting Serjane to this country. So count this as well.”
Light words are addressed to Kalyan.
Ignoring all the red daggers that were coming at him as if they were going to rip off his neck at any moment.
“Catch him later. I’ll help you. I’m really sorry.”
“you……!”
Siona grabbed Calian’s shoulder as he rushed towards Adelia. Even though I didn’t know who the white-haired woman appeared in front of me was, I felt that intimidating feeling well. He said he was sorry, but it was because he thought Calian would be in danger if he rushed any further.
Adelia turned her head towards Siona and narrowed one eye. Then he disappeared somewhere, holding on to Rashid.
Adelia from Circle 7.
Despite not having the ability to move through space with others.
“… Cough!”
Calian, who lost sight of his prey right in front of him, suddenly bent his back. And once again, he vomited out blood.
– Crack, crack!
Did he see that or was he surprised by Adelia?
I can hear the group running from afar.
Kalian lowered his head and let out a short sigh, then slowly raised his head. In the meantime, I stood up as I saw Planz coming closer.
“Just for one day.”
Calian said this, swallowed more blood, and closed his eyes for a moment.
– ……Sarak!
I can feel Calian’s magic moving.
The tips of his black hair turned lighter.
The red eyes changed to light green.
A thinner voice was directed at Plants.
“I’ll sleep for a day, brother.”
Calian, who changed his appearance to that of Plants without any explanation, leaned against Siona and closed his eyes.
