Episode 411
Raon gestured towards the table where Gwangpungdan was sitting before jumping down the wall.
“I’ll go outside for a while and then come back.”
“Is the festival starting now?”
“Where are you going?”
“To see some crocodiles.”
I said honestly that I was going to see alligators.
“Eh?”
“crocodile?”
“What kind of crazy is that again!”
Burren and Runan Marta widened their eyes, and the other madmen swordsmen asked what they were talking about, but they didn’t answer and went down the wall.
Stepping on the swamp like the ground, I stood in front of the crocodile, and the crocodile gestured as if to follow me and turned around.
‘It’s a hand gesture…’
Alligators are surprisingly very smart animals. Although it is said to be the most intelligent of the reptiles, it is unlikely that it will be able to guide the way by beckoning humans to follow, so of course that was Merlin.
“Whoa.”
Raon sighed and followed Merlin’s wagging tail into the vines.
Kreung.
The crocodile entered a place where it could avoid people’s eyes, then stopped and turned around.
-Huh!
Lars forgot even the desire to eat and looked at the crocodile and trembled all over.
-I can’t even imagine what kind of crazy thing that crazy woman did this time…
‘Sure.’
What are you going to say?
Merlin had previously said that Eden’s officers do not know each other’s business, as each has a different mission.
It was a bit ambiguous situation that she couldn’t trust or not trust because she might not have known that ghosts would attack the Aryan family.
“Raon.”
Merlin raised his gaze and rolled his reptilian eyes.
“How are your injuries?”
“injury?”
“Has the injured part gotten better because of that goddamned skeleton bastard?”
I don’t know if it was from the beginning, but Merlin knew that the ghosts had attacked. She held out a front paw, asking if there was still a sore spot.
“I’m fine now.”
Raon shook his hand, saying that he had recovered and was fine.
“But you…”
When I was about to ask Merlin about the ghost attack this time, she lowered her head first.
Even though he had the appearance of a crocodile, his head was definitely lowered.
“I’m really sorry.”
She took a deep breath and said she had nothing to say about this.
“What are you sorry about?”
Raon bent his knees and met Merlin’s gaze.
“I couldn’t tell you in advance that the ghosts were attacking. I found out too late.”
Merlin shed tears, saying that he couldn’t give me information or be by my side at the most important moment.
‘Crocodile tears…’
They say not to believe in crocodile tears.
Coincidentally, since Merlin was now a crocodile, the phrase crocodile tears, which means a hypocrite, came to mind.
However, because she helped me a lot, I couldn’t doubt it unconditionally.
“Did you know that ghosts would attack you?”
“no.”
Merlin shook his trembling head.
“Originally, the skull gourd’s mission was to dye the jewels recovered from the swamp of death with fraud and then return. It was his own will to attack the Aryan family and try to kill you.”
She scratched the swamp with her front paws, saying that it was not the order of Tacheon, but the judgment of the ghost alone.
Raon looked at Merlin’s expression without saying a word, but he couldn’t get a sense of what the expression was because it was a crocodile.
“You don’t believe me.”
She licked her lips. A piece of meat stuck in his upper teeth was a little creepy.
“It’s not that I don’t believe it at all. If you really wanted to kill me, you would have used other methods.”
Neither Merlin nor the ghost are fools. If the two of them tried to attack this side together, there would have been a much better way, so she wouldn’t be lying.
However, since she was a member of Eden, she could not be trusted, so she was thinking of keeping a little distance.
– Well thought out! If you stick around with a madwoman like that, your mind will only be ruined…
The moment Lars was about to tell him to go back and have a meal, Merlin lifted his right forepaw.
“In case of that, I prepared a little this time.”
Merlin lightly tapped the swamp with his raised paw.
With a sticky click, the swamp where the moonlight descended turned transparent and something began to shine through.
“hmm?”
Raon looked down at the swamp and narrowed his eyes. In the dark room, someone was struggling like an overturned insect with his head wrapped around his head.
“what’s this?”
“The end of the guy who touched you.”
Merlin’s lips twisted upwards. It wasn’t because it looked like a crocodile, it was a smile that gave goosebumps in itself.
“I don’t think that…”
“Right. It’s that cheap skeleton gourd.”
She nodded her head, saying it was true.
“Huh…”
Raon took a closer look at the struggling man. A skull mask with torn robes and a hole in the center of the forehead. As Merlin said, it was a ghost that had risked his life a few days ago.
“Why is this guy doing this?”
“I locked it in an artifact called a golden fishbowl.”
She said lightly, as if catching a mouse with a mousetrap.
“You locked it up?”
“okay.”
Merlin’s eyes turned bright red and nodded.
“I hurt you. It’s trash, too.”
She murmured that it was too late to go to help, and that the ghost had been locked away so that it would never come out again.
“If you do something like this, won’t Tacheon get caught?”
“If you kill me, I won’t find out. Even now, my body is elsewhere.”
Merlin shook his head. She smiled coldly, saying that she made the decision after thinking about the movements of other executives.
“But…”
Raon pointed to the ghost reflected in the swamp. He was trembling all over as if in severe pain.
“Why is he doing that?”
I don’t know why I’m in so much pain when I’m just trapped in a fishbowl.
“I am cursing.”
“…curse?”
“huh. It inflicts mental pain by repeatedly reciting a curse imbued with will. It’s more like witchcraft than magic.”
Merlin looked down at the ghost with gleaming eyes.
“I won’t be able to get out of the fishbowl, but if I do, I will run away the moment I see you.”
The video changes as she strikes the swamp once more with her paw. A view looking up at the fish tank from below to see the ceiling.
‘That’s…’
Above the fishbowl is a huge Merlin with red eyes. Her red lips quivered incessantly.
-Ahhh…
Lars stared at Merlin’s eyes floating on top of the fishbowl, then passed out backwards.
-That’s a really crazy bitch! It turned and turned and turned again!
The guy hid with an ice flower bracelet, saying that it turned worse than the stalker in the demon realm.
“Um…”
Raon swallowed dryly and nodded. Previously, when Lars said he was crazy, I didn’t feel much, but when I saw the scene where he cursed, my heart tightened.
-Do you know what’s scarier?
Lars lifted his head slightly above the ice flower bracelet.
-That video now. It is connected to the life span of that madwoman.
‘Ah…’
That’s right. Merlin in that state needs to cut his lifespan to use magic. Really, there was nothing that didn’t give me goosebumps.
“You can stop.”
“huh? don’t you want to see more? He’s the one who bullied you! Wouldn’t it be enough to look at it all day?”
“You’re cutting your life span.”
“Are you worried about me? I could throw a thousand years for you!”
Merlin smiled as if he was thrilled and tried to enlarge the screen. She is truly a difficult woman to handle.
“Because it’s okay. turn off.”
Raon sighed and touched the swamp where the ghost was reflected. A wave rippled and his figure disappeared.
“This much doesn’t really matter.”
Merlin licked his lips as if he felt sorry for himself and canceled the magic that illuminated the video.
“Anyway, you’re saying that ghosts won’t come out again?”
“huh. Even if they come out, they will be ruined and will not be able to do anything.”
“I see…”
Raon nodded. No one could stand it if a huge Merlin cursed endlessly overhead. Just thinking about it made my hair stand on end.
‘Anyway, I’m glad.’
The ghost’s ability this time was terrifying.
Even if there is no marble called Jewel, it is clear that he is strong, so if he does not use his power, Eden will be affected.
‘I need to become stronger too.’
If it had not been for the support of the four forces, including Milland, and the surprise attack of Rimer, greater damage and many people could have died.
Don’t be satisfied with being in a slightly higher place, but move towards the top.
After returning to his family, he lowered his gaze, thinking that he would have to go through hell training with the Gwangpungdan.
Merlin was quietly looking up this way.
“Are you really okay?”
“what?”
“What would you do if you got caught by Tacheon?”
“wow. My second worry today? Now my love seeps in.”
“Don’t talk nonsense.”
“I won’t get caught, but it’s okay if you come out if you get caught.”
Merlin whispered that he had no regrets about Eden and that he was here for you.
“Haa…”
Raon’s shoulders trembled. There wasn’t a word or action that didn’t give me goose bumps.
“Now the time is up.”
Merlin smiled and waved his hand.
“I will go now. See you later.”
She smiled as if it were all over.
“Thank you for thinking.
“Ah…”
Merlin’s eyes widened as if he hadn’t expected to say such a thing. The corners of her mouth went up thinly.
“As expected, my choice was right.”
“Don’t say anything strange. You will feed the crocodile’s wish, right?”
Raon looked at the crocodile’s teeth and smiled lightly.
‘That’s simple.’
If you go beyond the castle wall, delicious meat is lined up. It is enough to bring only a few of them.
“no.”
Merlin calmly shook his head.
“uh…?”
“I want you to scratch my back.”
“De et al? Scratch your back?”
“huh. It will only take you 30 minutes to scrape. See you later.”
She waved after telling me to give him a cool scratch all over his back.
Kreureung.
Merlin’s presence disappeared, and I felt the wild instinct come to life in the crocodile’s elongated eyes.
Kreung!
The crocodile pushed his back as if telling him to keep his promise quickly.
“Haa…”
Raon sighed as he placed his hand on the crocodile’s bumpy back.
“You really do a great job.”
-Did you go?
* * *
Muston narrowed his eyes as he looked at his teacher Rektar’s back.
‘Why are you doing that today?’
The teacher, who said he wanted to see Raon Sieghart’s swordsmanship, hardened his expression as soon as he saw Raon in real life.
Far from asking about swordsmanship, he left without saying anything and looked out the window all day.
It’s been a long time since I’ve served him as a teacher, but it’s the first time I’ve seen him like that.
‘What the hell… I can’t believe it?’
The teacher admired the scars left by Raon, and was speechless when he actually saw him.
There was only one reason for the sword demon to react like that.
‘Is it talent?’
It was clear that the teacher was reacting like that in admiration for Raon Sieghart’s talent.
‘Damn it…’
I was annoyed that the teacher who did not reveal his expression and emotions even to himself had changed because of a young martial artist who had just deviated from the terms and conditions.
‘I didn’t like it from the beginning.’
As a disciple of the Sword Demon, he should have received both the nicknames of the Small Sword Demon and the White Sword Dragon.
When he thought of Raon, who had all of them even when he was younger, his fists tightened.
In particular, since the relationship with the teacher was far from the normal teacher-teacher relationship, the inferiority complex grew even more.
Muston let out a sigh that squeezed his chest and approached Rektar.
“Master.”
“What’s going on?”
Rektar let out a subdued voice without looking away.
“Master. Are you okay?”
“Don’t worry, go out and enjoy the festival.”
He waved his hand as if to chase away flies. The teacher’s eyes reflected in the window took on a color he had never seen before.
‘Is he that great?’
A disturbing thought arose that the master might be regretting what he had done because he had been forced to accept him as a disciple.
“Is Raon Sieghart that great?”
“what?”
Rektar turned to Muston for the first time. A fierce light bloomed in his pupils.
“When I saw him and the sword marks he left behind, Master’s eyes lit up with a light I’d never seen before.”
“…”
Lektar raised his chin and looked down at Muston.
“What do you want to say?”
“I want to engage in sparring with the White Sword Dragon.”
“Dalian?”
“yes. I will defeat Raon Sieghart and prove that I am the one most suited to be Master’s disciple!”
Muston clenched his sword bottle tightly as if he were confident.
“Dalian…”
Rektar closed his cold eyes, unable to comprehend his thoughts.
“Are you there?”
“of course!”
Muston nodded as if it were natural.
“good night.”
Rektar nodded and got up from the couch for the first time.
“Do whatever you want.”
“I will not disappoint you!”
Muston nodded and walked out the door.
“Whoa…”
Lektar sighed as he followed suit.
“It must have been an illusion.”
* * *
After scratching the crocodile’s back for about 30 minutes, Raon went up the castle.
As the festival began in earnest, laughter and cheers erupted from all over the place.
– You’re tired of dealing with mad women. Let’s eat rice first!
‘Let’s wash a little first.’
Every time the crocodile scratches its back, it bounces its body, so its entire body is covered in mud. I had to wash my hands and face first.
“Ehh.”
Raon sighed and went down the castle.
“Did you play with mud? Why are your clothes the way they are?”
Burren laughed at his mud-stained clothes.
“Did you really come to play with alligators?”
Runan asked if it was fun and widened his eyes. It looked like he wanted to go too.
“You are the vice-captain. Play with mud at that age, pay for your age.”
Martha shook her head in pity.
“no it’s not.”
Fearing that he would look more insane if he said that he had scratched the back of a crocodile, he shook his hands and headed for a nearby well.
I was about to wash my hands and face with water when a young man in a white coat came over me.
‘The author…’
is the young man who called the sword ghost his teacher. From the first time I saw it, it had a ferocious momentum and remained in my memory.
The sword demon, who was tall and naturally attracted attention, was also following him.
‘Are you here to enjoy the festival?’
The reaction was a little strange this morning, but since I got help, it’s right to say hello first. As he tried to approach the Sword Demon, his disciple stood in his way.
“hmm?”
I turned my gaze to ask what he meant, but he first lowered his head.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Muston, Master Rektar’s disciple.”
“My name is Raon Sieghart of Gwangpungdan.”
Unlike his ferocious eyes, Muston greeted me face-to-face because he was polite.
“Excuse me, but I have a favor, can you please?”
“Ask for it?”
Muston glanced at the Sword Demon approaching from behind and struck the sheath.
“I want to feel the power of the White Sword Dragon, which has made a name for itself throughout the continent. Could you sparr with me?”
He bowed his head again.
‘As a disciple of the sword demon…’
Needless to say, he is a strong man.
The energy that feels like a disciple of a sword demon is magnificent. I felt the appearance of a master who melted countless radish into swordsmanship.
‘It wouldn’t be bad.’
If you fight against him, there will be many things you can gain regardless of victory or defeat.
‘Just…’
He licked his lips while looking up at the Sword Demon standing behind Muston.
‘I’ll get more if I fight with the master, not the disciple.’
Since he was a strong man recognized by Lars, even if he was broken by a single sword, it was clear that he would learn more than sparring with Muston.
For himself, who has to become stronger than he is now, this opportunity was a blessing that came his way.
“All right.”
Raon nodded to Muston and looked at the Sword Demon.
“Can I ask you a favor instead?”
“ask?”
The Sword Demon opened his mouth for the first time.
“If I can afford to deal with the disciple, I would like to get a chance to share the sword with Rektar-sama.”
Sharing swords meant wanting to learn a skill rather than sparring.
“What are you saying!”
As if his pride was hurt, Muston showed his teeth and raised ferocious momentum.
“It’s an opportunity…”
The Sword Demon’s gaze sank fiercely. That
“Are you confident?”
He smiled lightly as he touched the blade of Raon’s Jecheon sword. A red haze bloomed over his eyes.
“We will show you the results.”
