[119] Unexpected guest (4)
Unwitting Lian fanned Olina’s burning chest.
“Father, it’s not like this, let’s go get some wood right now. To commemorate Sirone’s arrival!”
“Puhaha! Could it be? Okay, let’s burn it properly with the three of us!”
“honey! What kind of tree is it while drinking? Go in and go to sleep.”
“Mom is fine. I will come and go.”
Sirone readily accepted. Now that this has happened, I thought it would be okay to solve the problem properly.
Olina, on the other hand, couldn’t let go of her worries. Even though Vincent is very drunk, climbing a mountain while drunk was dangerous even for a mountaineer.
“Is that okay? And what if you get hurt?”
“It’s okay because I have it. I’ll be back before lunch.”
In the past, he would have followed Olina’s words, but now the situation was different. He had once protected children against fearsome ulks, so nothing to worry about would happen.
Olina was unfamiliar with such a son. Her expression was definitely brighter than before, and she was overflowing with confidence in her words and actions.
Is this the power of education? Although he was a good son, he often did not know what he was thinking, but now he has become a completely different person. More than anything, I felt like I was able to love myself a little more.
After Olina’s permission was given, the three men left for the logging area, exchanging stories they hadn’t heard before. In particular, Lian walked quickly because she wanted to show her achievements so far.
Lian, who stayed at Vincent’s house for two days, heard an anecdote about Sirone’s childhood. Among them, the most impressive part was the thunder attack. There was a time when I had a hard time getting stabbed by a sword around the time of the confrontation with Sirone at my hometown, so I was more interested in it.
Arriving at the logging area, Lian shouted.
“ruler! Then, like a man, shall we beat a tree? how is sirone? do you want to bet with me The loser will grant the wish.”
Lian, who was bigger than before, had no trouble holding the two-handed ax with one hand. To exaggerate, if Lian was a dead tree, Sirone was like a squirrel standing next to it.
“good. so what?”
Sirone meekly agreed. He had never lost a bet with Lian. Can’t the winner run away when the loser challenges?
Lian raised the axe and nodded to Vincent, who also raised his thumb under his arms.
“Then do it first.”
Rian swung the ax with all his might. There was a thud, and the trunk of the tree shook.
Absolutely devastating force. I could see how rigorous the training was for half a year.
“Wow, that’s great. Is that schema?”
“huh? Ahaha! Of course not! Do you need to do skima as much as chopping wood?”
Rian’s answer was somewhat awkward, but Sirone decided to move on.
Lian raised the ax again. Then, looking back at Sirone, he winked one eye.
“The real thing is from now on.”
Lian’s ax hit the area where the shell had burst again. A clap of thunder was heard and the tree fell at once.
“Thundering…”
Sirone noticed at once. The success of the thunder attack meant that Rian was also able to kill with a sword.
“Uh ha ha ha! How are you sirone? I am not the old me!”
Contrary to what he shouted out loud, Lian’s heart was racing. To be honest, there was a small chance of failure.
He learned swordsmanship at swordsmanship school, but his success rate against people was quite low.
However, thanks to Vincent’s explanation of Thunderstrike and practicing all day long, he was on the verge of succeeding with trees nine times out of ten.
“amazing. It’s different from the thunder attack I do.”
“Is this a natural result? Anyway, a bet is a bet. I succeeded in two attempts, so you should take it down with one!”
Vincent let out a hearty laugh.
“haha! Sirone, try hard. If there is a tie, it continues until one person wins. Wouldn’t it be enough to cut down the entire mountain?”
Vincent thought Sirone wouldn’t be able to touch it either. Lian’s strength is great, but from an early age, Sirone had a natural talent in the technical field.
“Now use my axe.”
“no it’s okay. I’ll just do it like this.”
Sirone approached the tree and held out her hand. Then, Vincent and Lian made puzzled expressions. How can you fell a thick tree without an axe?
After estimating the location, Sirone entered the Spirit Zone. And hit the tree with the wind cutter, which can be called basic magic.
Tak from the inside of the tree trunk! and a crackling sound was heard.
With that, everything was over.
As the two people watching tilted their heads, Sirone slowly pushed the tree. Then the log fell over, revealing a clean cut.
“Hurray! I won!”
Unlike Sirone, who jumped up and down with excitement, Vincent and Lian had their mouths wide open as if their jaws were missing.
How can a tree be cut down without any damage? It was impossible without the use of magic.
‘Ah, that’s magic.’
Lian looked at the root of the tree Sirone had cut down. Even a swordsman trainee wouldn’t be able to cut it so smoothly.
“What kind of magic is this?”
“It’s called a wind cutter. It raises the wind and sharpens the air, in fact, it can be said to be the basic of the basics.”
Vincent was speechless at the sight of his son who had changed.
Of course, since he was sent to a magic school, he assumed that he would have learned one magic, but it was true that he had only thought of the circus troupe’s novelties.
By the way, I cut a log at once. Depending on how you handled it, it was like a murder weapon.
“haha. I can’t believe it. Can daddy teach you too? If you cut trees with that magic, you will earn much more than you do now.”
Sirone laughed embarrassingly at Vincent’s naive words.
“It’s basic magic, but it’s not that easy to learn.”
If you learn the wind cutter, it is natural that you can cut more than 100 trees a day. But no wizard in the world ever made money from trees.
Even if it were a thousand trees, it was because the wizard’s daily wage was much higher. It wasn’t that the value of a thousand trees was low, but that the wizard’s salary was high.
Sirone realized that and felt better. Even at the time of admission, the fear of failure was great, but now, even if I don’t graduate, I feel relieved because I have the skills to take care of my family.
If others heard it, they would think that the wizard who opened Immortal Function was crazy, but to Sirone, family was just as precious.
“Anyway, since I won, I will tell you my wish. Lian is carrying the tree to the house.”
“Sheesh! I can’t. I was going to listen anyway.”
Lian cut the fallen tree into pieces and prepared to return with a fork.
Although he lost the bet, a smile hung on Lian’s lips as he descended the mountain. Sirone personally proved that her eyes were not mistaken.
‘That’s great, Sirone. Of course, what I showed you today is not all of you, right?’
When we got back to the house, Olina had prepared all sorts of food. Literally, it seemed as if all the foods that could be found on land, sea and air had been uploaded.
“Wow, that sounds delicious. thank you for this food!”
While eating, Sirone told me about what had happened at school.
Of course, I omitted the situations where my life was at stake, but there were so many other things besides that.
“…That’s why the correct answer was number 3 in the end. ha ha ha! Thanks to that, I was promoted to Class Four from the next semester.”
“ah-ha, I see.”
Contrary to expectations, Vincent and Olina did not respond. Sirone, who was wondering if there was anything else she had to say, opened her hand as if she finally realized it.
“It is incredibly great.”
Then, a blush appeared on both of their faces. I had never been to school, so I couldn’t understand half of Sirone’s words, but being happy with my son’s achievement was no different from other parents.
“aha! You mean that? Congratulations Sirone!”
“Good job my son. How worried Mama was.”
Olina picked up the tablecloth and wiped away her tears.
Lian smiled heartily as she looked at the scene of a loving family. He seemed to know where Sirone’s calm personality began.
“Anyway, Rian, why did you come here for real?”
“Oh right. Come to think of it, I came to ask for permission from you two.”
“You can say anything. If there is anything I can do, of course I should help.”
That’s what he said, but Vincent was quite worried. What permission did the son of an aristocratic family ask the mountaineer for?
“Can I go play with Sirone? About a week.”
Sirone turned her head away as if it were absurd.
“What are you going to play? Why are you talking about things I don’t know? Where are you going?”
“Galliant Island. don’t worry. Because I had a plan in advance.”
“what? Galliant?”
Sirone opened her eyes wide. I was surprised when a place that had been on my mind lately came out of Lian’s mouth.
“When I was working in the library, I was completely locked up. Let’s take this opportunity to get some fresh air. It’s also close to Creas. It will be fun. Galliante Island is one of the most popular vacation spots in the world.”
“Besides, there are Kergo Ruins.”
This time, Rihanna was surprised.
“huh? Did you know?”
“No, I didn’t know there were ruins. Oh wow, that was such a famous place. This is surprising.”
Sirone, who had been searching the map for several days, found out that the Kergo ruins were on Galliant Island. I had a vague feeling that it was a ruin, but I remembered that I decided to visit it because it was not far away.
Sirone looked at her mother. I had planned to go once during vacation, but I would be disappointed if my son returned after half a year and told me he was going to play right away.
However, as always, Olina followed Sirone’s will.
“Come on. We are all in favor.”
“But Mom, I was going to help Dad with his work this time when he gets back from school…”
Vincent burst out laughing.
“Hey! Have you been to a battlefield? I came here after going to school, so I can go play during vacation. If a boy is looking for his parents too much, he won’t be able to use that either.”
Sirone pursed his lips with a prickly expression. Of course, the magic school was also a school, but it was no exaggeration to say that the dangers experienced there were close to the battlefield.
“Then can I set the period to ten days?”
“huh? ten days? It doesn’t matter, but it wouldn’t be a place worth visiting for that long, right?”
“Oh, actually, there’s something I want to investigate separately.”
Lian put on a tired expression.
“Are you studying there too? You are really great too.”
Since Sirone had read through all the history books in the Ogent family, studying at the resort would not have been a chore.
‘Hehehe, but it won’t be easy this time. Will studying really catch my eye there?’
Recalling a trump card, Lian secretly waited for tomorrow with a smile.
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Sirone packed her suitcase and went to bed. Rian also decided to stay until today, so the two lay side by side with a blanket on the floor.
“Tell me anyway. Why didn’t you go home?”
“huh? Oh, that’s…”
Ryan trailed off. Just as Rayna knows her younger sister, Rihanna knew her sister well. It was clear that he was probably trying to catch himself by sending report cards home.
But I couldn’t tell Sirone the truth. I didn’t feel ashamed of being in last place because I did my best, but my mouth didn’t fall at all.
“Just a trivial family matter. ha ha ha.”
Sirone didn’t argue anymore.
“Anyway, it’s fine. I was going to go there at least once during vacation anyway.”
“Did you say Kergo Ruins? What are you going to investigate?”
“I don’t know yet. I’m going to enjoy my vacation as it is, so it’s okay. For now, I’ll play with you on the island, and then I’ll stay alone to investigate.”
Ryan felt that something was out of the ordinary. The Kergo ruins were a tourist destination. There was no way that Sirone would tell her to go back first if she was simply doing research in such a place.
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