Chapter 76. When I say yap, I shudder (7)
I don’t know how I came down from the roof of the villa.
I don’t know when and where I stepped, where I dodged and teleported, or in what direction I ran and swung my sword and dodged.
As the fight continued, I raised my head and before I knew it, Calian was standing in front of me, with his back to a large rock.
– Cards galore!
The sword that was aiming for Calian’s heart scratched the rock.
The warrior who retrieved the sword hurriedly teleported behind the rock he had just scratched. At the same time, the red sword struck the warrior’s spot.
-……Suddenly!
The rock that had been struck by Calian’s sword on behalf of the warrior split apart without even a loud sound. Without even having time to think about how he barely escaped it, the warrior gathered magical power into his hands.
– Howling!
– Slut!
All I could see was flames rising, but before I knew it, flaming spears were rushing toward Kalian. Then the red sword Calian was holding changed into a broad shield.
If he dodged, the spear would fly all the way to Shurinz’s villa behind him, so Calian quickly struck the spear away with his shield.
– Kaaaang!
A shock is felt as if both feet are pushed back a few steps.
The sound of blades and sparks, hard to believe that they were created by magic and aura colliding, disturbed the dark clock.
There was no time to look away from the flying flames.
The purple eyes immediately found Calian even in the darkness. Quickly kicking his feet, the warrior lunged at Calian.
Kalian turned his head.
Red eyes that seemed to swallow up all the darkness at any moment looked at the purple eyes on the face of this overly familiar person.
– …… Tuk.
A small kicking sound is heard. and.
– Whirr!
– Kaaaang! Kang kaang!
A barrage of blows, completely different from the time when the dagger was used, exploded as if pouring down on the warrior. He raised his sword to block it and put a shield around it to block it. After teleporting to a distant location in Kalian, he concentrated his magic power and exploded.
– Kugugoong… Quaaaaang!
A fountain-like flame burst out from under Calian’s feet.
If the place where I was standing wasn’t a hill full of rocks, a strong fire that would have burned the entire surrounding area engulfed Calian.
Kalian turned his head.
Instead of seeing fire rising beneath my feet, I saw a warrior.
– Wheeeee!
The wind blows.
A strong swirling wind gathered around Calian’s feet. Soon the wind began to spin rapidly, embracing the fire that had just burst out. With the flames engulfing the warrior’s magic power.
– Kwagwagwa…!
Flames trapped in the swirling wind fly toward the warrior. Like a transparent snake swallowing red-hot fire, like a huge snake with its burning insides fully exposed, it rushed towards the warrior with venomous venom. Pieces of stone that had been cut and burned by the cool wind on a day full of flames were thrown in all directions.
The warrior, who had disturbed his magic trapped in the wind, teleported once again. And then he swung his sword towards Kalian’s back in front of him. The blue-silver light created by the warrior created a sharp afterimage as if it were another sword.
– Kuung…….
Calian, without even thinking about turning around, stepped on his foot with great force. He then rotated his body while holding his sword tightly. The sword, loaded with great power, swung from front to back and from bottom to top as if drawing a heavy oval.
– Kaaaang! Kaga River!
– Kaang kang! Kaaaaang!
The attacks of the warrior who threw down the extended sword and returned it, and Calian, who let go of the sword that flew out and created a new sword, were intertwined.
Unaffected by any movement of weight that does not distinguish between front and back and left and right, he frantically parried the red sword with his back to his legs, raising doubts as to whether the guy who sent the dagger and the guy standing in front of him were the same guy. Before I knew it, I had to block the sword that came at me again and had to dodge the dagger flying from behind, and when I dodged from it, the spear of wind rising from the floor aimed at my heart.
– Kaaaaang!
Is it the same guy?
Is it really the same guy?
Is the 4th Circle mage who can’t even teleport the same one who was dealing with Zeon’s warriors without even being able to move a single step on that mountain?
– Kagagak! Kang!
He cuts off Adelia’s shield, engages with Teylan, and catches up with Alan, throwing his sword at him. Defeating a crazy ice wizard who likes to fight up close without even trying.
I didn’t know that he was the one who blocked the attacks of the Balkan wizards who could not be compared in the slightest to the flame wizards of the 6th circle who stood alone, and dealt with the flawless joint attack of the Balkan knights.
Because I didn’t know that he was the one who was spewing out lies and murder towards the sleeping Serenti.
– Kwaaaaang!
Because I had to stand in front of that guy with the face of ‘Chase’.
That’s because I found out that ‘Ronil’ had visited that guy’s teacher.
– Card-duck ka-gak!
– Kaaaaang!
He eventually hid that he was a wizard, waited for the right time, and came back to Calian, but he was helplessly pushed back without even realizing the opportunity.
– Slut!
As soon as he teleported to a distant place, the warrior who struck down the red dagger that rushed at him as if he had been waiting for him followed in an instant and strongly pushed back Calian’s attack with his sword again, swallowing his remaining breath.
His red eyes, more like an animal than a man whose thoughts were unknown, glowed as if they were swallowing up the violet eyes of a warrior. He barely managed to block the claw-like sword of a wild beast coming at him with those eyes.
– Patter patter…….
There is a strong, strong smell of blood.
…… okay.
The guy, Calian, apparently injured his right arm. Not long after the fight began, he received a deep wound from a sword thrown along with a fiery arrow. Despite that, we are still fighting this fight.
“I heard there is something called a blessing. Healing is slow, prince.”
You may or may not know that the healing speed is incredibly fast. He may or may not know that treatment for his shoulder has only been delayed due to his stomach starting to ache again. Somehow, thanks to the less thoughtful Sispanians, he may or may not know he’s fighting this much.
Taking advantage of the momentary silence created by the clash of swords, the warrior took a deep breath and said so. After hearing those words, Kalian opened his mouth.
“……That face.”
If I hadn’t faced the eighty-seven men in the palace forest, if I hadn’t rushed in with anger at Arsene’s first greeting, if I hadn’t gone to the Spire of Secretia and announced that I had won the fight, I sent my words to those violet eyes that I would never have met at this very moment.
“Why that face? Tell me that.”
A cool voice that seems to gather up the cruelty of winter and spit it out.
Something like that was aimed at the warrior.
The sound of my breathing did not change at all. The smell of blood emanating from Calian told us that he was not in a good state right now, but his face, which looked like it was about to rip off his windpipe at any moment, showed the composure of a predator who had postponed death.
The warrior looked at Calian for a while and then opened his mouth.
“That woman you didn’t follow, she has nothing to do with this. She paid and made you out.”
It was referring to the person who ran from the villa that Kirie had been told to catch. Even though he understood those words, Calian still pursed his lips with an expressionless face.
“Why? I asked if it was that face… and I did.”
– Cards galore!
A creepy sound escapes from the swords that meet each other.
The warrior, who saw the red sword moving an inch closer to his neck, let out a sighing laugh.
– It would be better if you changed it in detail, but it doesn’t have to be completely the same. As long as it is similar, the memory of the person who saw it will fill in the rest of the face.
As long as they are similar, they will automatically create hallucinations. Not magical powers, just. Humans are creatures who create such illusions and fall into it. So, there is no need to be the same. If you just pretend to be similar, you will be mistaken and despair.
The warrior who was thinking about that letter looked at Calian.
A slow, low voice follows his gaze.
“I was given a magical item and portrait that could change my appearance. I was told that I would win if I looked like that.”
“To whom.”
“I do not know.”
It’s not a lie.
portrait.
Is that why you couldn’t just change your voice?
Does that warrior know that it is Chase’s face? Why did someone choose Chase’s face and send it to Calian? So what is that someone’s identity?
Calian shook off the rising questions and took his eyes off Chase’s face again and raised the warrior’s sword.
– Kaaaaang!
The short conversation ends here. As if he understood that’s what he meant, the warrior who escaped by teleporting once again sent out a fiery arrow.
Calian operated the Aurors. The purpose was to block flying arrows, create a new dagger, and send it at the warrior.
– Ugh…!
But suddenly.
do.
The auror circling inside his body stopped moving. entangled with each other. I was tangled up here and there, fighting all over my body. It happened so suddenly that there was no time to prepare.
“… Cough!”
Calian quickly bent down and vomited out a lump of black blood.
– …… Flash.
The red sword in his hand flickered and lost its light like a lighthouse submerged in a tidal wave. Calian gritted his teeth and raised his head. The flames of the warriors flying in like a struggle were crushing them.
The smell of blood was overwhelming.
* * *
I smelled a nice flower scent.
It’s not too excessive, nor is it so light that it’s insignificant, and it makes you feel like you’re on a sunny, windy spring hill.
It was a tea brewed from acacia flowers.
“thank you.”
Demirea said after seeing the two cups of tea on the table. This time, Hina handed over the tea she brewed herself and nodded with that fragrant smile. She then grabbed Slayman’s wrist and looked inside her.
Slayman watched and asked.
“Shouldn’t we look at your arm first?”
Hina, who took her hand away, slightly rolled up her van sleeve, which was covered in blood from somewhere, and shook her head.
– Your Majesty said it’s okay even if you don’t receive treatment.
That night.
The battle between Vulcan and Zeon in the Royal Forest has ended.
Fortunately, there were no deaths, but there were also some injuries. There were a whopping twenty-nine seriously injured, and we couldn’t even count all the lightly injured.
The wounds were incomparable to those of the crew members who suffered only painful injuries during the fight with Calian, without any risk of life-threatening injuries. Because all of the seriously injured were fatally wounded.
Thanks to this, Hina magicians and the palace healer took charge of the knights and frantically looked after the patients.
Afterwards, when he was barely able to catch his breath, the incarnation of Sispanian came to visit Cairisis, and it wasn’t long before Lemaine returned to the palace.
– I looked and saw that the wound was healing a lot, so I said I would look at it again tomorrow.
There was no time to look after Lemain, who had not only suffered a ‘minor wound’ from an arrow, but also had the Sispanian blessing, which had made him stronger. Even when he saw the majesty of the Sispanian, he was not particularly impressed.
“I’m fine too. Don’t overdo it.”
After delaying examining the king’s wounds, Slayman stopped Hina’s hand from reaching out again after he finished speaking. Hina smiled slightly when she saw that.
– You used a moving magic circle. Just stay.
I thought I was completely cured and used a magic circle, but I guess I wasn’t completely cured. Hina placed her hand on the area where she thought the poison had gone and was well healed, and a light like sunlight flowed out.
When Dmirea, who was sitting across from her, had almost emptied her teacup, Hina, who had withdrawn her golden power and released her hand, stood up. He then spoke to Slayman, who was looking up at him.
– When you get back, don’t drink alcohol until tomorrow. And be sure to rest for about three days. Don’t use your sword. Just take a walk with your dog.
Slayman, who gave up his plan to hold on to Serie and make fun of her, responded as if he was disappointed.
“I’m glad to hear that it’s okay to play with Jan.”
Of course, I am referring to Yan, the dog who will be peacefully held in Serie’s arms at the Duke’s residence.
The other Jan was anxiously pacing around the Wilhelm Pavilion, worrying about Calian, when he was caught by Veronica and sent to take care of the patients.
Now that I think about it, I wonder if Yan is still busy walking around. When Slayman started to wonder about the current state of his real son, the story of Doggy Yan came up.
– Knock knock.
Just then a knock was heard and after a moment the door opened. The person who opened the door slightly said hello to Hina. Then he looked at Slayman, who was sitting on the sofa, and said.
“You’re here.”
It was Jan.
As if he knew what I was thinking, Sleiman waved a hand greeting to his son who came in at the right time. And she was worried that Jan, who saw Hina receiving treatment, might be worried, so she spoke to her first.
“Don’t worry. I’m fine….”
“How is our prince?”
…… Then that’s right.
No matter how much I think about it, there’s no way that kid who doesn’t look like my kid would have worried about me.
It was only after the story about Yan the dog came out that Sleiman remembered his real son Yan, and when he was muttering this to himself, Hina, who had finished treatment, stood up. And then, looking at Dmirea’s teacup, which was already empty, she spoke to Jan.
– I have to go back to the treatment room. It’s on the other side of the teacup, so take it easy, elephants.
Since I’m busy, I’ll only serve tea once.
Jan nodded his head when told to take care of the rest.
“Yes, Sir Bern. Thank you.”
After saying hello to the elephants gathered in one place, Hina went outside. Jan, who soon began to clatter and prepare his own and Dmirea’s tea, looked at Slayman. Slayman, who guessed what would come out of his son’s mouth, spoke first.
“Nothing’s wrong with your little one.”
In fact, a lot of things had happened, but he lied.
Calian, whom the baby elephant loved so much, moved into the upside-down state. He used a magic circle and went up the mountain in that state to save Lemaine, but when he broke his healthy leg and fell down, he survived by holding on to Eila’s hairpin and was rescued, then returned to the County of Aprin. If you go and barely get some food and come back out and let Jan know that you will be in Shurinz by now, he will immediately grab Slayman and Hina and try to go to Shurinz.
“What about Leah and your father? Are you okay?”
This question arises only after hearing that Kalyan is okay. Sleiman shook his head and said, patting Hina’s side where she had just fixed it.
“Leah wasn’t hurt and I was fine.”
“Not that.”
– Sweet.
Jan drew a new teacup in front of Dmirea, put down his own cup, and came and sat down next to Dmirea. After that, he pointed out the window and said:
“You saw it. Sispanian came.”
Slayman nodded his head.
But he did not give an answer. Instead, he played with his sword for a while and then lifted his teacup.
He did it because it was difficult for him to express his feelings. He had heard from Calian, who had come looking for Roselita, that the Sispanians still existed. However, since it was his first time meeting him in person, it was difficult for him to explain what he felt when he saw the incarnation of Sispanian with his own eyes.
And on the other hand, I couldn’t say anything else because I was worried about Demirea. Perhaps Jan also came because he had the same thoughts as Sleiman.
– Sweet.
Demirea, who had been quiet until now, put down her teacup. A low voice continued.
“Sispanian said he was pleased with what we had protected.”
“Did you say that?”
“yes.”
Dmi Leah looked at Sleiman with a surprised face and nodded her head. Then Yan let out a short sigh and opened his mouth.
“Leah, just in case you’re wondering, it probably just means that you liked it. I don’t think it means that you want it to continue to be like that in the future.”
“Yes. That’s what I think too.”
What I am saying is that I liked the belief that I maintained with integrity.
It was a story I told to Demirea in case she was shaken by those words.
Perhaps they should have continued to insist on the family’s belief that Cispanian was willing, for fear that Dmirea, who, unlike the elephants so far, was helping the third prince Calian in many ways, would have such regrets.
“I thought maybe my judgment was wrong.”
Sure enough, Demirea said this.
As soon as he was told that he was willing to meet the Sispanians, confusion came. Should Demirea herself have lived like that, as a vague knight whose existence could not be confirmed with her own eyes, and as an honest knight who was not loyal or helpful to anything other than Sispanians? Now that he knows for certain that Sisfanian is alive, should he go back to being the way he used to be? Confusion came.
Hina said that flowers are shaken to bear fruit. It is said that there is no point in staying upright without knowing the reason, and that it is okay to be shaken if there is a reason. After hearing those words and thinking for a long time, I wonder if the path I decided on was wrong. There was confusion.
“That’s right… but you said something else.”
Demirea’s blue-gray eyes looked at the flower petals on the teacup.
‘But to me, your choice… was like a butterfly. It feels like a flower has bloomed. Fortunately.’
He said he was glad to have that long-term belief, but at the same time he felt sorry for not being able to do so. So, he said he was glad of Demirea’s decision to finally follow his own path. Just like seeing a butterfly come to a blooming and shaking flower.
Fortunately.
That’s how Demirea understood Sispanian’s words.
However, Sispanian’s second words were not conveyed to Slayman. This was because I was worried that if Slayman understood Sispanian’s words in the same way as Dmirea, Slayman’s beliefs would be harmed.
“So I decided not to revert my ways. I think you told me that it’s okay to do as I want. So you don’t have to worry.”
Only then did Slayman look like he was pooping. I wondered what else the Sispanian had to say to Dmirea, but he didn’t ask and just nodded loudly.
“Yes. I thought about it well. Once you’ve decided, Siegfried, you have to know how to keep pushing forward.”
Slayman, who said this, smiled coolly.
Now that I know that Sispanian was someone who comforted the heart of a young human, I hope that the ancient dragon who came wearing a ring and wearing clothes that were clearly mourning clothes that I saw in the portrait lived or lives by comforting his own heart. Sincerely hoping that
“Please let me know if you need anything. Isn’t there a lot of ways to hand over my position, whether it’s going to Arpia Palace and cursing or overturning the desk?”
Other noble titles may be inherited upon the death of the previous head of the family or disappear due to a crime, but the same is not true for dukedom. Unless the crime was rebellion, the title could not be taken away, so if the duke committed a serious mistake, the title was forced to be passed on to his successor. So, it meant that he would hand it over if necessary.
Unlike Demirea, Slayman’s beliefs were still strong. Even though he respected Dmirea’s will, he had no intention of getting involved in political games, so he meant that if the work that needed to be done required the Operation Committee, he would just hand it over instead of stepping in and helping.
“You’re going to hand it over to me and go play with her mother.”
“yes.”
“No need yet. Just stay.”
In the meantime, Jan laughed at the answer that left room for ‘not yet.’ He then patted the back of Demirea’s hand with an expression that seemed to ease his worries. Demirea smiled slightly because it felt similar to the black light of Cispanian that had touched her hand.
“Drink the tea, Leah. It smells good.”
Demirea’s smile turned into an awkward one.
The fact that the hand that patted you is warm, but that doesn’t mean that the tea is delicious.
“…… are you okay.”
“Is it because mine doesn’t taste good?”
I got caught.
“I don’t know why everyone hates my tea. Our prince enjoys it every day.”
Jan made a grunting sound. After hearing those words, Demirea thought that she should at least look at Calian no matter what he did wrong.
oh my god.
I can’t believe I eat this delicious food every day.
He is a great person.
* * *
– Tick tock tick tock.
Because I lost it to Plants, I feel like the sound of a clock that isn’t there is ringing in my ears. I hear the clock ticking like tinnitus that I can’t get rid of.
It feels like the flow of the world has slowed down. The whole world flows slowly, like a fantasy that cannot be escaped.
“… Damn it.”
It’s tinnitus, it’s an illusion, it’s naive.
What does it matter if I look like I’m going to die right now?
Calian chewed the inside of his mouth as he looked at the arrow of flame rushing towards him as if it would engulf him. Concentrating the aura on the tip of her empty hand, she put out her foot to pull herself away from the arrow, biting the inside of her mouth as if she were going to bite it.
– Passyuk…….
The gathered Aurors disperse again.
The smell of blood gathers once again due to the force of force. Tick tock tick tock. Is it the sound of a clock or is it the beating of a heart trying to survive? I feel like I’m going deaf from unknown sounds.
Calian raised his eyes. She stared at the fire, which was growing bigger by the minute as it seemed to fill her entire field of vision. A brief moment when a fiery arrow flies. That moment, literally a split second.
– Tick tock tick tock.
I closed my eyes.
‘If the magical properties are different, it will cause conflict.’
‘There is actually no difference between the power of a sword master and a wizard.’
‘Nature’s mana is one. A wizard is someone who forces it to change the flow and use it to do what he wants.’
All the words that Calian had spoken, which Calian had learned from Alan and other wizards, rang in my ears at once.
Tick tock tick tock.
The voice sounds as if you are talking right next to me.
Kalian opened her eyes.
She saw the arrows tearing through the air, the mana tangled in the fire that made them. In the end, he saw an arrow flying towards him, transformed into magical energy according to the will of the warrior who said that the source was one. He saw the mana that created it.
I left the aura accumulated in my body as is. We decided to forget for a moment the problem of conflicting properties due to different properties. And I only focused on the arrows flying in front of me.
– Tick tock tick tock.
Arrows fly.
Continue your thoughts.
‘The prince uses natural mana by creating it as aura and magic power.’
Look at the arrow.
Organize your thoughts.
– Tick.
– Talk.
– Tik Tok.
Red lips drew a long arc.
– Saaaa…….
The wind blew.
A truly refreshing wind blew and passed by, caressing Kalian’s spring-like hair. The warm wind passed by, caressing Calian’s collar.
Calian, who had converted the mana of the fire arrow sent by the warrior into his own, laughed as he stood in the wind he had created in place of the fire arrow that had disappeared before he knew it.
The warrior’s eyes narrowed as he witnessed the scene.
After realizing that his own magic had been disturbed, he kicked his foot. He grabbed his sword and launched himself towards Kalian.
But at that moment.
– Faaah!
Calian’s appearance disappeared.
He was different from the ones seen before, moving like the wind, leaving behind only a black afterimage. It literally didn’t seem to disappear.
The wind blew.
– Ugh!
A heart-chilling sound reached the warrior’s ears on the wind.
I learned how to change the warrior’s fire into my own wind, and I was able to overcome a wall and create a fifth circle in my heart.
“hi.”
Calian’s voice was heard.
