Episode 82
“Tread a little lighter. A moment of jumping is enough for your heel to touch the ground.”
“It’s still unnatural. Pay more attention to the organic movement of your ankles and toes. There…”
The reprimands that lasted for several hours gradually decreased as time passed.
And the swordsman smiled as he watched Logan’s movements change drastically with every word of advice.
‘As expected, it’s a great talent.’
I can’t believe that in just a few hours, I’m learning something that goes beyond just imitating and that I can completely embody.
I wondered if meeting this guy was the reason I hadn’t met anyone with the talent to convey the shadow of a ghost for decades.
‘If I had heard this from someone else, I wouldn’t have believed it.’
Although I was endlessly amazed on the inside, the voice coming out of my mouth was quite different.
“It’s still dull. The movements are light and the force movements are heavy! As if pushing the entire body with the tips of the toes. And…”
Germany was the only one who gave excessive praise to the genius.
That’s why I’ve been continuously pointing out loopholes for the past month.
Swordsmanship is a swordsmanship, but it is also meant to teach humility.
of course.
‘It seems like I strangely think of myself as lacking.’
There was nothing wrong with a person being humble.
The swordsman hid a proud smile and repeatedly urged Logan.
A few more hours passed like that.
The swordsmith could no longer find anything to point out in Logan’s movements.
Sigh.
There was no sound of his body moving, but Logan’s body slid dozens of meters, leaving behind a remnant.
It wasn’t as powerful as a swordsman who moves as if erasing space in an instant, but if someone had been watching nearby, it would have felt like an intangible ghost rushing towards him without a sound.
“Good. All I have to do is to hone myself further and embody it. Well done!”
Even though a lifetime of secret energy had been completely dissected in less than five hours, the swordsman’s expression was one of relief.
I tried not to praise him as much as possible, but this time I had nothing else to say.
However, Logan, who had actually stopped moving, was lost in thought with a puzzled expression.
“Hmm? Is there a problem? Maybe it’s an internal injury…”
“Oh no, Master.”
“But why is your expression like that?”
“That… is definitely an amazing way of moving. I can feel myself moving twice as fast as before. But this doesn’t seem to be a method created by a knight. It’s like…” ”
Like an assassin?”
Let’s smile with an expression that says we know what the swordsman is thinking.
Logan nodded, although hesitating slightly.
and.
“It’s not really wrong.”
My eyes couldn’t help but widen at my teacher’s unexpected answer.
“When His Majesty was still the crown prince, he made me, who had just become a knight, a knight-guard. Do you know?”
“…yes.”
“Although it is not widely known, His Majesty had many enemies even before his accession to the throne. He had many experiences that were difficult to talk about.”
“….”
“Numerous assassins came. In the meantime, the kid who was excited about being appointed as a Royal Knight at a young age actually ended up shedding more blood than on the front lines.”
Logan could picture in his mind a scene from decades ago where a much younger blonde-haired young man was blocking the throne and bleeding.
“In order to protect someone alone and cut down the enemies that flock in, the kid imagined and imagined endlessly. A martial art that moves faster and more stealthily than any assassin and dominates space with a single slash.”
“Ah…”
“At first, it was a daunting goal, but before I knew it, that kid was able to create heavy pressure and cut through the speed of sound. And only after forming a ghostly shadow did I feel like I had achieved that goal to some extent. And only then did I feel like I had achieved the goal. I was able to awaken.”
The opportunity that made the swordsmith awaken his auror. That means.
“Ghost Shadow is the purification of my martial arts that gave me the starting point to become an Auror user. It is a technique so great that even I who created it consider it a miracle. Don’t be arrogant just because you know the theory and have mastered it, but train with swordsmanship for the rest of your life. Me too. “I don’t think we’ve seen the end yet.”
“…All right.”
The road to superhumanity.
Is there anyone who practices swords whose heart does not race when he hears those words?
Logan tries to calm his pounding heart and politely bows his head.
“And…”
The teacher, who hesitated for a moment, opened his mouth again in a slightly more hesitant tone than before.
“There is another reason why I caught you trying to go back.”
“yes?”
“Have you ever heard of the Third Prince?”
Logan almost let out an involuntary exclamation at that moment.
Because the possibility of getting a face stamp, which I had given up on, suddenly came before my eyes.
“The Third Prince?”
I answer as calmly as possible and barely manage my facial expressions.
The teacher continued speaking in a somewhat apologetic tone as to how he took it.
“Yes. Of course, I know that you are rejecting all offers from the faction. I, who claim to be neutral in name and name, may seem like I am making an unreasonable recommendation…” ‘
No. ‘I already know.’
Logan smiled slightly as he listened to the swordsman carefully tell the story.
The head of a neutral force who swore allegiance to the next king to save the life of the third prince.
I already knew the story of swordsman Felix Esperanza well.
His words may be neutral, but he may be deep down….
‘You are probably hoping that the 3rd prince, who was born with royal wealth, will become king instead of the 12th prince who is a fool.’
Perhaps the neutral force centered around the teacher might have been another name for the Three Princes faction.
Logan guessed that.
That’s why I wanted to meet the three princes even more.
Logan answered his teacher’s question while hiding his inner thoughts.
“I heard a rumor that he is the ‘only’ king of this country.”
“…Hehe. Don’t say something like that out loud anywhere else. You might get in trouble.”
The swordsman’s answer, contrary to the content, showed a bit of pride.
Logan was confident that he had guessed correctly.
“Do you think the Third Prince would like to meet me?”
“Yes. It seems that he was also curious to hear that I brought in disciples. But it is absolutely not forced. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to meet him. I…” “I will meet you
.”
“…huh?”
The swordsman who spoke was rather embarrassed by the response that came out so easily.
“As a disciple, how can I ignore my teacher’s advice? It doesn’t matter if I delay my schedule a little.”
“…Are you thinking about what you’re saying? It could be a fate that puts you and your family down a difficult path.”
“Isn’t it just a matter of meeting each other? I understand that he is a person with no factions.”
“That’s right… I don’t.”
Logan laughed inwardly as he watched his teacher’s face subtly change.
‘As expected, there is something else.’
Along with confidence, I also felt gratitude to my teacher.
Swordsman Felix Esperanza was not a person who showed his emotions so easily to others.
However, he often showed his human side.
Even though their relationship wasn’t long, I could tell that they were opening up their hearts to that extent, so Logan was able to smile and talk easily.
“Or is there something else you want from me?”
“Hmm. Looks like this mysterious guy is up to something…”
Logan felt angry inside, but he slapped an iron plate on his face.
“Are you saying this? It was Master who spoke first.”
“Ha. Yes, that’s right. In any case, if you meet the prince, be especially careful about what you say.”
Logan, well aware that his mentor’s warning was based on concern rather than threat, simply smiled and nodded.
However, the situation unfolded much faster than expected.
“Then I have confirmed your intention, so there is no need to drag it out. Let’s go right away.”
“…yes?”
Was it ever this easy to meet the prince of a country?
Even if it’s a prince with no real power?
There were many questions in the short rebuttal, but the teacher did not provide answers.
And after some time.
As it got dark, the Duke of Sky and his disciple were running across the rooftops of the capital’s night streets, wearing masks.
fault.
Ssuk.
The masked person stepped on the edge of the roof once and appeared on the other side of the roof, crossing a distance of about 20 meters as if he had moved through space at once.
The movements of the other masked people following him are equally ghost-like, if not less so.
Even if someone was watching with their eyes open, the movement was so creepy that they would have thought they had seen something wrong.
And a low, dissatisfied voice flowed from the mouth of the masked man who was following them.
“…Is this why you taught Ghost Shadow?”
“Well, whatever.”
Ignoring his student’s dumbfounded expression, the swordsman ran silently through the night sky again.
Logan had no choice but to grit his teeth and move, having to follow the ghostly movements with his limited skill.
A night without even the moon.
The roofs of the mansions lined up in the Grand Castle.
The movements of the two shadows running on the roof were stealthy and fast.
The two shadows ran from the center of the inner city and quickly arrived at a house located in a corner on the outskirts of the outer city.
An abandoned house that is embarrassing to even call a mansion.
One of the two shadows that entered without a sound pressed something on one side of the lung.
OK.
Slurp.
With a light noise, a hidden staircase leading to the basement appeared.
“Why do we have to do this?”
“There are quite a few eyes watching him.”
“But is there a need to go this far just to meet me?”
“Yes. Because I’m meeting a swordsman’s disciple.”
The priests facing each other chuckled.
“Is there anything else you want to ask?”
“…Master, if you do something like this, can I take this to mean that you support the Third Prince?”
How could such atrocities be necessary to meet the prince as a swordsman?
That meant that he considered his meeting with the third prince a secret.
And the reason had to be limited.
However, the teacher’s answer was different from Logan’s guess.
“No. I do not get involved in the fight for the throne.”
“yes?”
Logan, whose mind was confused by the unexpected answer, paused.
“Then why do you have to do this…”
“Because if you, my student, are seen meeting the Third Prince in public, misunderstandings will build up. I am only the guardian of the young Third Prince and not a political supporter. Your Majesty’s only request was to keep the prince safe until he grows up.”
These words immediately shattered Logan’s assumptions about the Three Princes faction.
“What you liked when praising the Third Prince… ”
“Of course, our 3rd prince is intelligent.”
The happy smile clearly showed goodwill, but the teacher was a person who was clear about public and private matters.
If he said no out of his own mouth, it would definitely not be true.
‘I was mistaken?’
My expectations were wrong, and the plan became a little more difficult as a result.
I had to persuade my uninterested teacher to get involved in the civil war for the throne.
For a moment, I had a vague thought.
‘Anyway, there is no other way.’
You can’t make a tyrant who completely destroyed the country in his previous life, or someone who is considered worse than that, to be king. Although he is
still young, the only people he can trust are the 3 princes.
‘I will do it somehow. For sure!’
The swordsman looked at Logan, who suddenly showed off his fighting spirit, as if it were strange.
This made Logan a little more desperate to meet the Third Prince.
His slightly more aggressive steps led to a dark passage.
And not long after, Logan was at the end of the darkness. I found a bright light.
A large stone room.
A faint lamp illuminated the darkness, albeit dimly, and a fresh scent of unknown origin washed away the dark atmosphere of the underground. There was a person standing in the middle of the room. He
looked too young to be a man, and he looked too young to be a boy. An aged-looking face.
A handsome young man with shining platinum hair and emerald eyes.
Even if he did not have the platinum blond hair, a symbol of royalty, there was only one person who would be here right now. The
third prince of the kingdom. Rogers von Grandia.
“It’s been a long time since I saw you. Prince.”
“It’s been a while, Duke. ah. After that…”
Logan, receiving curious eyes, stepped forward and politely knelt down on one knee.
Boom.
“Logan McLane meets the Third Prince.”
“…Okay. Sir, are you the duke’s disciple?”
The swordsman’s disciple.
It was clearly felt that the title was still more famous than the name.
Of course, it was not a bad thing, so Logan nodded calmly.
“That’s right.”
“Yes. You’re already a senior knight at such a young age, right? This is truly amazing. Nice to meet you.”
“That’s too much praise. “It’s an honor to meet you.”
“What an honor. “I’m sorry for calling you here at night. Haha.”
He looked quite down-to-earth, not like a prince.
