[529] Assistant (5)
The people in the restaurant turned to Lian.
The hottest topic in the neighborhood was Macha’s knight, so it’s not too much of a surprise, but it was because I intuited something from the great sword Lian was wearing or the characteristics of his blue hair.
“Could it be that they are both impersonators? Or one side might be real.”
It wasn’t too far from Raffne Village, so it wasn’t outrageous that there was a real one among them.
“But that young man said he was not a knight of Macha.”
The man who claimed to be a knight of Macha was embarrassed when people’s reactions were lukewarm unlike usual.
Then, realizing that the cause was a young man with luckily blue hair who was wearing a greatsword, he approached.
“Hey you. Is it funny that I’m a knight of Mach? Why are you spitting out what you ate and making a mess?”
“A knight of Mach?”
When Rian asked, the man raised his voice and shouted as if this was an opportunity.
“Yes, I am Rian, the Rising Knight of the Divine Mach!”
‘Something like that.’
Rian also knew how prevalent fake names could be as she wandered the world.
Of course, I didn’t even imagine that someone would impersonate his name, which is only anonymous.
“You are Lian. Then what’s your last name?”
Rumors abounded, but Macha’s knight’s family was hidden behind a veil, so people’s eyes shone with curiosity.
“Do you want to know that? good night! I’ll give you a special light today! I’m Ryan of the Ryan family! It’s Ryan Lian!”
One of the guests pretended to know.
“It was too. Well, at least Ryan deserves the title of Mach’s knight.”
The Ryan family is one of the 7 sects called the 7 swords of the Kingdom of Baiden, and was characterized by bold swordsmanship like the Ogent family.
‘It’s the Ryan family…’
Ryan put down the tableware and stood up.
There was no way a swordsman from such a great family would go around impersonating someone else’s name, but even if it were true, it was unacceptable for someone else to use one of the names that represented the family.
“You are not Ryan. The swordsman, Lian, is 19 years old with blue hair and uses a straight sword rather than a saw blade. And the last name is Ogent. One of the oldest swordsmanship families in the Kingdom of Tormia.”
When Lian made a strange noise, the man staggered.
‘What is this bastard?’
His real name is Alf.
He was a member of a gang of bandits who was betrayed by his subordinates while leading a small mountain village.
“Stop talking nonsense! Do you think you will be deceived if you mention the name of another country? And how do you know that?”
Rian approached, scratching the blue-haired head.
“Because I am Lian.”
“haha! Are you Ryan? what? Ryan!”
Alf’s eyes widened.
“Yes, Lian. I don’t know if it’s Macha’s knight or what, but I’m Lian anyway. So, if you want to get your name known, either fight it yourself or find out someone else’s name.”
Cold sweat flowed down the back of Alf, who never knew he would meet the real person in a place like this.
‘No, I’m not sure yet. I go around cheating too, so what’s not to say that this guy isn’t a cheater? All you have to do is dye your hair, and that sword…’
Alf couldn’t lie to the true value of < Idea > because he had been wielding a sword in his own way.
It intuitively felt the ideality of the objet, which had a rough shape and no luster, but could not have even a small scratch, let alone teeth.
“Hey guys, so who is the real Lian?”
“Aren’t they both fake? That would be really funny! Fuhahaha!”
The situation in which they claimed to be Lian was ridiculous regardless of whether it was true or not, and the atmosphere in the restaurant turned into a circus. It could be a swindler like
‘
Damn it.
‘Do not be ridiculous. Give up here?’
The events of the past few days passed in Alf’s mind like a kaleidoscope.
Rian, the knight of Macha, the rising god of the swordsmanship world.
The awe-inspiring gazes of people he hadn’t received when he was a mere bandit, and the treatment of unknown swordsmen who came to him to build friendships, especially in the entertainment district, was the best.
‘How did I come up here?’
The fact that I realized while living as a knight of Macha is that in the end, the world is all about the value of the name.
It was the logic of the world that a person with the same skill but with a reputation would teach his subordinates in a safe place, and an unknown swordsman would be decapitated by a general’s sword while wandering around the battlefield.
“shut up! I am Mach’s knight! I am Lian!”
Alf decided to risk the adventure of a lifetime.
Here, you will defeat the blue kid and become a true Mach knight.
“calm down. I’m not trying to fight you. You don’t even have to apologize. I’m just going to go back like this and tell you not to use the name Lian from now on. Isn’t that the end?”
Alf couldn’t accept it.
If it comes out like this, doesn’t it seem as if the real and the fake have been decided?
“no! I’m real! If you want to use the name Ryan, you’ll have to kill me. Why are you not confident? Avoiding a fight must be proof that you are fake!”
A few people nodded their heads proudly.
They had their own reasons, and they regretted trying to end with words what could have been done with fists.
200 meters away from the restaurant where Lian is.
Miro was eating spicy chicken skewers, a specialty of Weiden, at a stall selling local produce.
Every time she crossed the border several times, her outfit was also evolving.
Her braided hair was pulled up like a sheep, revealing her entire neckline, and she was wearing a robe much larger than her body size, with red letters written on both arms.
“Oh, it’s spicy. But this is really delicious.”
“…Where the hell did the young lady come from?”
It was a strange outfit to the owner of the stall, but I just thought it was strange because of his outstanding appearance.
“I went all over the place. Oh, give me one more.”
The stall owner handed over freshly grilled chicken skewers.
“Eat slowly. If you eat too much, you might get a stomach ache.”
“are you okay. I even ate snakes in the desert.”
“It’s a fight! It’s a fight in the restaurant alley!”
Then a man ran behind the maze and shouted.
“The knight of Mach has appeared! Gather quickly before you miss a good viewing!”
The owner of the stall looked at the crowd and said,
“Awesome. Mach’s knight came here. If it’s not the store, I’m going to look around.”
“You know, too, Mach’s knight?”
“Everyone knows. Wasn’t he the swordsman who not only destroyed the gang of bandits but also defeated Ramdas? Rumors have already spread to the capital of Weiden. What’s his name, Lian?”
“Hmm.”
Turning her head toward the restaurant alley, Miro put the remaining half of the chicken skewers in her mouth at once and munched.
“Swing there! I’ll scrape it off with a saw blade! Oh, at that time, you should wrestle! Close the gap!”
When Miro arrived in front of the restaurant, an arena had already been built out of crowds.
It seemed that they were enjoying the moment by burning their souls to the extent that they would dissolve spontaneously when the guards arrived.
When I squeezed in and looked at it, the aspect of the battle was quite bizarre.
While the hairy giant wielded a vicious weapon, the blue-haired young man showed no will to fight back even with a sword.
“Hey what are you doing! fight! Are you scared? If this happens, the saw blade greatsword will be confirmed as Lian!”
The onlookers tried to provoke them, but Lian refused to listen.
While destroying the Red Spear Bandits, Simma completely disappeared, and only you could decide whether to cut or not.
‘Why are you so eager to fight? Do I even need to use a sword for something like this?’
Until now, Lian had been able to wield a sword without hesitation against people who aimed at him, but he did not become a particularly good person.
‘It doesn’t seem like a fight.’
that’s the key.
It was because he did not feel any threat from the sword his opponent wielded.
‘It’s changed since I killed 100 people.’
I can afford to not be nervous, so I can see properly.
‘You’ve become stronger.’
Lian, who finally realized his change, tasted a brief bliss even at the moment of battle.
“You bastard!”
Alf, feeling that as a mockery, rushed forward raising his serrated greatsword into the sky.
When Lian, who had been thinking about something else, came to his senses, the saw blade was already 30 centimeters in front.
If it had been before, his heart would have been pounding, but now Lian was seeing it properly.
‘It’s still okay. There is about a span of margin.’
Lian, whose inertia had been denied, twisted his upper body as if bouncing, and bang! And the serrated greatsword struck the ground.
“what? Wasn’t that just weird?”
The onlookers murmured.
It was because the moment Lian avoided the attack, he felt as if the scenery around him was distorted.
Miro’s eyes twinkled.
‘It’s a yaksha.’
With that, the judgment was over.
“You bastard…!”
Alf bared his teeth like a wolf, but his legs were slowly drawing back.
Axing, which changes the laws of the body, betrays the future situation that humans expect through learning.
The distance caused the illusion of the eyes, but people who didn’t know couldn’t help but feel possessed by magic.
“I found Lian.”
At that time, when Miro entered the confrontation area, Alf frowned and said in displeasure.
“What are you? If you want to go out with the knight of Macha, come later. The confrontation is not over yet.”
“No, it’s over. I’ll tell you who’s pretending.”
“what? I’m sorry…”
I said that, but I was secretly looking forward to it, so I couldn’t stop it openly.
Anyway, if it’s a half-and-half chance, isn’t it possible to point to yourself?
But unlike the wind, Miro pointed at Alf’s face as if he didn’t even have to think.
“You are the fake.”
As much as he was stabbed by his conscience, Alf went into a rage.
“what! Stop talking nonsense! Do you have any proof that I’m fake?”
“Of course not. From what I heard, the knight of Mach destroyed the bandits to save the threatened woman. There’s no way that such a wonderful person could have looked like you, right? So you are not No, it shouldn’t be you.”
Reason disappeared from Alf’s eyes.
“You damn girl!”
And as soon as the serrated greatsword was thrust down vertically, Lian hugged Miro and swung the sword.
“Oh my goodness.”
bang! As the swords of the two swords collided for the first time, Alf was startled by the strength beyond common sense.
“crazy…!”
To bounce a greatsword down with two hands with one hand.
“Are you okay?”
Rian looked back at the maze and asked.
“Yes, Thanks. As expected, the Macha knight is kind.”
“Go outside. For a third party to enter the venue of the showdown is to damage the reputation of the prosecutor.”
The smile of Miro, who pretended to be a young lady, disappeared.
“You are Sirone’s friend Lian. You must go with me now.”
Ryan’s face turned pale as if he had been struck by lightning.
“Do you know Sirone? What happened?”
“I need your help. Are you going or not?”
As if there was no need to worry, Lian mounted a greatsword on his back and announced that he was ready to leave.
“I will go. Where are you now?”
‘Whew, it’s much easier than Marsha.’
Even now, thinking about the conversation I had with the suspicious Marsha all day long under the guise of interrogation made my bones tingle.
“This damn girl is ignoring me!”
Alf aimed for Miro’s back and charged.
He was the leader of a gang of bandits, so he wasn’t the type to discriminate between a child and a girl if he was wrong.
“I’ll sharpen your face with a saw!”
Miro’s eyes, which felt alive, cooled coldly.
The moment she gently pushed Lian’s chest away and turned around, a figure of Kannon appeared in her halo.
As the relativity of time activates as if separated from the world, Alf has a strange experience.
In the scale wizard’s thoughts, time and space were split to the limit, and the palms were coming down like a fan, following the trajectory of the arm’s movement.
The serrated greatsword was precisely engaged with Miro’s palms, and the countless number of Kannon’s palms pushed in succession, compressing the power.
Deed deed deed!
Just by squeezing it from both sides, the thick blade swayed like rubber, and the iron handle shattered like glass, spreading a shockwave.
“Aww!”
Alf, who collapsed with a scream, looked blank when he noticed the smoke rising from between Miro’s palms.
As she untied her palms, the red-hot iron plate in the shape of a palm fell with a snapping sound.
“This is…”
It was completely compressed like a thin film, and the iron, from which the heat escaped, was burning black.
Rian lightly shook his hands and looked at the approaching maze with an absurd expression.
“What the hell are you…”
Miro pushed Lian’s back with a smile as if it had never happened before.
“Let’s go. I’ll explain as we go.”
Thus, the final puzzle for the journey to hell was completed.
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