Chapter 77: Count Floyd is a descendant of a founder who had a fairly large estate near the capital. In his previous life, he was a neutral force, but for some reason, long after the civil war began, he suddenly entered the war as a member of the Second Prince faction and walked the path of destruction.
A family that disappeared at the end of the war when the 1st Prince faction was at an advantage, serving as an example for other nobles to watch out for.
And at the end, there was an unbelievable rumor that a family daughter who had just come of age blocked the inner gate and cut down 100 knights.
Eileen Floyd, a female knight who was born in the wrong country, not the era.
Due to the nature of the Kingdom of Grandia, where women’s status was low, her story was bound to become more famous.
After the civil war, her death became a song through the mouths of all kinds of bards and was known throughout the kingdom.
‘Various stories were created and spread.’
Of course, most of them were just tragic love stories about her.
There was no doubt that her final words shocked the people of Grandia.
And Logan was now confirming with his own eyes that the rumors about his past life were not just nonsense.
Considering her age, which is visible right before our eyes, it is a level that is difficult to reach.
Moreover, considering the circumstances of being a young lady from an aristocratic family who would have found it difficult to focus on swordsmanship training in many ways…
‘She may be just as talented as Ronian or Viktor.’
I had no choice but to kill some time and go home when I came across an unexpected talent.
Logan’s eyes showed curiosity and regret at the same time.
‘The civil war is only a few months away. There’s no point in getting engaged.’
If it were a marriage rather than an engagement, they could use that as an excuse to tie this talented person to McLane.
but.
We met for the first time, but getting married within a few months was impossible in the noble families of Grandia.
‘I’m not particularly good at seducing women.’
There was no way to bring this talented woman to McLane right away.
“…what a waste.”
“yes?”
“Oh no, princess. I made a mistake… I’m sorry.”
“…it’s okay.”
“….”
“….”
The awkward silence weighed heavily on the two.
“Hmm. Let’s have a cup of tea first…”
“Oh, yes. Then…”
“….”
“….”
I try to force a conversation, but the silence continues.
Finally, Logan sighed and opened his mouth.
“It looks like the princess didn’t come because she wanted to either.”
“yes?”
“I’m in the same position. How about we get along and quit the position?”
At those words, the other person’s expression subtly changed.
“…Are you saying we shouldn’t waste meaningless time?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“Hmm. Then, how about having some meaningful time?”
“yes?”
A person who suddenly changes attitude and shows interest beyond the level of communication.
It was as if he was willing to say it was a waste of time.
Moreover, if it was an offer like this, it made me wonder if he was trying to tempt me in reverse.
If that were the case, there might have been some possibility.
“…What if you say it’s meaningful time?”
My heart is pounding.
Logan looks at Eilen, hiding his rising anticipation.
“I heard that you are His Excellency the Sword Master’s disciple. Could you possibly challenge me with a sword?”
“yes?”
Logan couldn’t help but laugh at the story that followed.
“Even though you are His Excellency the Sword Master’s student, seeing as how your level is unpredictable, I think you must be more expert than me. Still, sparring… will you have trouble?”
It was an unexpected story, but it was also refreshing.
Looking at Eilen with an earnest expression, Logan nodded with a smile.
“Good. I would also welcome a sparring match with someone with such talent at such a young age.”
* * *
“miss!”
Layla, the maid who had spent her entire life taking care of Eilen right by her side, grabbed Eilen’s sleeve and stamped her feet.
A startled Eilen turned her head towards Logan, who was walking ahead a little distance away.
Fortunately, it didn’t seem to be heard.
“Turn your voice down! I can hear you!”
“Ah, that’s not the problem now, miss! The Count told me never to do that. Why are you doing this? I can’t survive.”
“It’s different from before! This is formal sparring. Laila, don’t you trust me?”
Eilen spoke with an honest expression, but Layla refuted it firmly.
“I don’t believe it. I don’t believe it. How can I trust you? Oh really.”
Puheap.
For some reason, a sound that seemed to be suppressing laughter could be heard from afar.
“I told you to lower your voice!”
Eilen screams with a red face.
However, the situation of Logan, who was walking ahead, was not much different from hers.
“Confucius! You’re sparring with a woman! You’re really going to do this, aren’t you? Absolutely not!”
Even in times of urgency, Rick lowers his voice and screams softly.
The expression on his face looked so desperate that it made me laugh.
“Don’t laugh! If there is a rumor that Confucius is Dalian and that he hit a woman, I will be killed by my lord. You must never, ever do that. Do you understand?”
Logan nodded with a wry smile at the earnest voice.
“Don’t worry, it won’t happen.”
Even if this young lady’s swordsmanship skills were even half as strong as hers, such rumors would not spread.
That was what Logan thought, but Rick, who knew nothing, let out a huge sigh of relief.
And fortunately, the other party blocked even the opportunity for such rumors to spread.
– If rumors spread, it would be troublesome.
At Eilen’s request, Logan opened a private swordsman’s training hall that he used only when receiving instruction from his teacher.
The knight guarding the training ground looked at them with curious eyes, but Logan did not answer his curiosity.
He too was just curious about the skills of this young lady who became famous only after her death.
‘And if you do well…’
It was also an opportunity to acquire potential talent.
As I calmly prepared to spar, a high, sharp voice pierced my ears.
“Miss! From now on, win this situation with ease!”
“Is this woman crazy? Do you know what kind of person our Confucius is?!”
“You’re funny! That’s how our lady knows?!”
The two servants were stamping their feet with anxious faces.
The two people had similar feelings as much as their similar facial expressions.
‘If things have come to this, the match is already doomed.’
‘After all, I hope that my master will at least win.’
And with only two observers present.
Eilen, who had changed into simple military uniform, raised the training iron sword in front of Logan.
“Eileen Floyd. I have been practicing swordsmanship on my own for 10 years.”
A greeting given while raising the sword and taking a stance.
It was a classic self-introduction that could have come out of a hero novel, but Logan did not laugh.
Because the content of those words was too shocking.
“alone?”
Eilen’s face turned slightly red, perhaps because he misunderstood it as ridicule.
“I’ve beaten knights before. Please don’t underestimate me. I don’t want to hear later that I let my guard down.”
“Oh, you’re rude. Stop being surprised. Rest assured, you won’t let your guard down and something like that will happen.”
This girl is going to be in big trouble.
In any case, if such words reach the teacher’s ears, they will not end up as mere bone disease.
So rather.
“I have absolutely no intention of looking at you, so I hope you’ll understand if it’s a bit harsh.”
Eilen’s eyes glowed with curiosity at Logan’s firm words.
And after a while.
Whoops!
“Oops!”
The impact hit Eilen’s side as if several ribs were blown off at once.
Lila and Rick, who were watching, were clutching their sides with dizzy expressions.
Eilen had no choice but to sit down with her mouth open due to the mounting pain.
Just one move.
I expected it to be strong, but I didn’t expect the difference to be this much.
Even though they are swordsman’s disciples, they are only a few years older than each other.
“This profit!”
Eilen, with a flushed face, endured the pain and stood up.
And with eyes full of fighting spirit, he carefully walked around Logan.
fault!
A movement that instantly narrows the distance.
Paaang!
The iron sword, which made a bloody sound, was aimed perfectly at Logan’s blind spot.
Wow!
Whoa!
“evil!”
There was no mercy in Logan’s sword, which struck away the iron sword in one go and hit her on the head.
Push.
Blood gushing from Eilen’s forehead like a lie.
Screams also came from the mouths of those who were watching.
“Oh girl!!”
Lila’s face turned pale as if she had been stabbed.
Next to Lila, whose hands were shaking and who looked as if she might turn black at any moment, Rick also looked devastated with a pale expression that was just as pale.
‘I’m screwed. I’m done.’
Rick just wanted to cry.
In his mind, he was already overlapping images of Logan, who was being punished as a man who beat up women, and himself, who was being scolded by his family.
Whoops!
“Pfft!”
An intense pain penetrated her side again, but Eilen did not sit down.
I never got used to the pain I couldn’t even count how many times.
Blood. I had never imagined the sight of blood gushing out of my own head.
The terrible pain caused by the iron sword striking my entire body mercilessly.
When I asked to spar, I never imagined it would end up like this.
It was as if the dizzying pain had intruded into his romantic dream and created an alien reality.
I wanted to sit down right now, but I couldn’t.
The red eyes of the other person looking down at me indifferently seemed to be laughing at me, asking if that was all there was to it.
‘I’m going to pay you back somehow!’
I raised my hand and lightly brushed away the blood that had flowed from the corner of my eyes.
I wanted to make those red, unlucky eyes bleed like the blood on my hands.
“Wipe the blood from that eye…”
Blame!
“die!”
A strike aimed at an opportunity for the other person to speak.
It was an attack that went beyond sparring and was extremely selfish.
Even that was of no use to him.
Taaaaah!
An iron sword that always blocks you first, even if it comes out half a beat late.
Rather, it was closer to luck that he managed to block the subsequent attack by twisting the sword he was swinging.
“The judgment was good.”
Of course I thought it would be considered cowardly, but it was a compliment.
But to Eilen now, even that sounded like bullying.
“But the movements are more concise!”
Wow.
Along with the exhilarating pain, my vision became blurry again.
‘Unlucky again! ‘You bastard.’
It’s not like making fun of people.
Tears welled up, perhaps from pain or anger.
But even so, Eilen’s body was moving as simply as possible again.
An exhilarating pain throughout my body that I felt for the first time in my life.
However, what she did not realize now was that the wound was not as severe as the pain and that unnecessary movements were significantly reduced to avoid worsening the pain.
And Logan, who was standing in front of him holding a sword, had his eyes shining as he watched Eilen’s changing appearance.
‘I guess this is how Master felt when he saw me.’
I had a lot of talent, but I couldn’t utilize that talent.
As if it were true that he practiced alone, he had many bad habits, but his posture was immediately corrected with just a few touches.
Her talent was real, not a rumor or a bard’s tale.
‘So I need to finish it more clearly.’
The moment I made my decision, I saw Eilen rushing at me again.
“Aaaah!”
A loud noise that I don’t know if it’s a scream or a fit of energy.
It was a somewhat unsophisticated sound to come from the mouth of a countess’s daughter, but the result of that scream could not be ignored.
It was safe to say that he was a completely different person from the first time, when the sword changed in accordance with the zigzag walking method and recklessly charged straight ahead.
however.
Logan’s iron sword struck her sword away so easily and pierced her solar plexus.
Whoops!
It will probably be such a shock that you won’t be able to move for a while.
Either psychologically or physically.
The moment Logan withdrew his sword, Eilen’s body fell apart.
And yet.
“Do it all again. Do it again. Again…”
A desperate voice that seems to shout that it can’t end like this.
The sight of Eilen trying to get up from the ground was even gruesome.
‘The fighting spirit passed.’
Logan sighed softly and composed his mind.
What you want to do now will have a significant impact on your future work.
But…
‘It’s worth it.’
Logan held out his hand with a firm resolve.
“I will help you, Princess.”
“Let’s do it again!”
“I’ll give you another chance next time.”
“Ssi…”
Logan laughed and lifted up Eilen, who had fallen.
And whispered a few words in her ear.
“Uh…?Yes?”
Eilen, who had a strange expression on her face, nodded after a while.
Soon those few words created a situation even more unbelievable than this ridiculous sparring.
So much so that the attendants who were watching were not only dazed, but unable to say anything for a long while as their thoughts stopped.
