Chapter - 351 - The Prosecutor's Belief (3).txt
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[351] Prosecutor's Faith (3)
"Do you think it's already possible to wear a badge of rank? No matter what the grades were, I wasn't just playing around. I am confident that I will not lose to anyone with a sword."
"Don't you think divine transcendence can be a big deal?"
Raina looked at Rai unexpectedly.
I once talked about Rian's divine transcendence. But that he remembered it was bizarre, considering his ignorant personality.
"Transcending the body? What a wonderful thing. Would you give me a round of applause?"
Sparks flew in Rian's eyes.
"what? you now… … !"
"If you depend on that, your body will break first."
Rian's mouth was closed.
"Yes, divine transcendence is a difficult stage to achieve. But that doesn't mean it's great. There are many difficult and useless things in the world. It would probably be more difficult to move the mountain with a shovel. But nobody does that. What are you going to do by transcending your body? You are a human made of flesh and blood. divine transcendence? You can be a little stronger than others, but that's it in the end."
It was a cruel statement, but it was also true.
Even Shirone, who had reached the same level as Rian, couldn't refute this time. mental transcendence. Transcend the limits of magical power through the power of incarnation. But when you transcend feedback, the mind eventually collapses.
Rian gritted his teeth and managed to spit out the words.
"shut up. what do you know You've never experienced it anyway, have you?"
"Yeah, I can't. That's great. Do not cheer."
Rai turned around again. And he said before he left the room.
"Congratulations. For the first time, I can do something I couldn't do."
Rian heard the sound of the string of reason breaking. He couldn't control his rapidly beating heart, and his body shuddered against his will.
It was unclear how effective the divine transcendence would be in practice. However, it was also the only hope that came miraculously after ten years of practice.
"… … wait."
Rai moved as if ignoring Rian's words.
"busy. It's your business, so you take care of it."
"I told you to wait!"
The room reverberated at the sound of Rian's shout. The reason no one was surprised was because everyone was expecting it to explode by now.
When Lai turned around with a hint of annoyance, Rian strode forward and faced Lai.
"Ozent Lai, I challenge you to a duel. Let's fight with the real sword."
Reina rubbed her forehead as if she knew that.
"Rian, you keep… … ."
"No, I'm serious. If I lose to Rai, I'll go back to school. How about this, is this enough to win?"
Rai laughed and said.
"I don't care if you go to school or not. If you want to quit, do it yourself. Don't bother."
"haha! okay? Aren't you running away because you're scared?"
Rai's face twisted subtly.
"Are you afraid of me? It's really absurd."
"Aha, are you busy then? You pretended to be so proud, but the excuses are hard. Didn't I always brag that something like me could be done with a sword? Or what? By the swordsman you are talking about, do you mean a man with a mouth full of ranks?"
"ha."
Rai wiped his face tiredly and nodded sympathetically.
"Yes, I will duel you. I'll wait for you at the training ground. Get ready and come out."
Turning coldly to the door, he turned to Rian as if he remembered something.
"And you, don't provoke me in the future. That's because I'm not good at it at all."
"That's really… … !"
When Rian tried to run away immediately, Shirone grabbed his arm and stopped him.
"Calm down, Rian. Rather, you were provoked."
"ah."
Rian realized it belatedly and calmed down.
However, the anger did not disappear. I teased the tongue that didn't work like that, but I hated Lai, who reversed it with a single word, to the point of death. Of course, Shirone only thought that Rian was too naive.
Tess, who had been listening to the story outside the door, came in with a look.
"Rian, are you really doing it? If I lose, I have to go back to swordsmanship school."
"Hey, did you see me talking twice with one bite?"
"It's not like that… … ."
Tess gently turned her gaze to look at Kuan. Since he has already stated that he will not accept the resignation letter, even if Rian changes his mind, additional problems arise.
But Rian didn't care.
If I lose to Rai, I will definitely go back to school even if I have to kneel down and pray. If not accepted, she was determined to stand in front of the school gate.
"I will. because it's a promise but i'm not going back He asked for a match with the determination to win."
Rian turned to Klumph.
"Grandpa, do you agree?"
Klump crossed his arms and was seriously pensive. And at last his eyes were opened.
"Let's go to the training ground."
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The training ground was prepared behind Reina's mansion. In addition to Rayna, Klump and Lai live there, but Lai is busy with dispatch life every day, and most of Klump stays in the general's barracks, so management is not good.
In the center of a small empty lot with only assorted colors, Lai, who had come out dressed as a woman, was waiting for everyone with a sword on her waist. While Rian was getting ready, Rayna approached Rai with her worried look on her face.
"Hey, are you really going to do it? i hate this Brothers do not have to fight each other with real swords."
"Let them do whatever they want. Or will that fool agree?"
"And what if there is an accident?"
"That's when you go and think about it. Isn't it a good thing for your sister anyway? Because that fool will go back to school."
If the confrontation ended safely and Rian quietly surrendered, it would be a relief for Reina as well. However, because it was a confrontation between the two, which cannot be mixed like water and oil, the old woman's heart did not disappear.
"Yeah, anyway. Be gentle in moderation, and finish quickly."
"I am busy too. It will happen even if you don't say anything."
Reina shrugged. Although she has a self-centered personality, Rai, who is clearly discerning, has been a younger brother who does not need nagging since childhood, unlike Rian.
'Well, there's no one else to really worry about.'
Rian was staring at Rai from the corner of the training ground and taking a deep breath.
Tess came over and squeezed Rian's shoulders and arms vigorously. It seemed that the muscle mass was a meaningful confrontation even for the bold Rian.
"now! Go for it! Relax!"
Tess did her best to cheer up Rian. Of course, he didn't want Rian to drop out of school, but he hated seeing someone humiliate him even more.
Rian remained silent and focused on clearing his mind. It was a confrontation that he could never lose because his family, as well as Instructor Kuan and Shirone were watching.
Reina came over and put her hand on Rian's shoulder.
"For today's match, I'm neutral. So do it in moderation. Don't be tempted to come."
"Hey, you better worry about Rina. I am no longer the me I used to be."
Rayna didn't say anything.
Rai wasn't thinking about losing, and neither was Reina. She knew better than anyone the gap in her skills, for she had once wielded her sword.
'I guess there's no chance that Rian will win. I'm not the kind of kid who would take care of Rai if he was a younger brother.'
When Klump and Kuan entered the training ground, Rian heard the great sword he had received from his grandfather.
Shirone spoke behind Rian as he walked towards the battlefield.
"Rian, you must win."
Rian turned his head and smiled. There was no sign of nervousness to be found.
"No problem. Leave it to me."
When Rian arrived at the center of the training ground, Rai took out the black sword from his waist. It was longer and thinner than a normal longsword, but it was a straight sword tailored to Ogent's swordsmanship, and its hardness was considerable as it was made of black iron.
Lightly swinging the black sword with an X, Rai raised the blade to the sky and examined it.
"Let's start quickly. Because I want to rest."
"I'm not going to rest, I'm going to lie down. I don't know if it's a dispatch or what, but it's better to cancel it."
"Whatever it is, just do it quickly."
Rai didn't even want to respond to Rian's words.
Rian didn't like that. He learned any skill in an instant, and there was no way that Rian, who was not born with any talent, would look like his family.
Rian's ridicule from the confrontation he saw when he was young suddenly flashed through his mind.
"Anyway, I should say thank you for accepting the match. My bad relationship with you ends today."
Rian raised the greatsword with one hand and aimed it. He felt a sense of intimidation just by looking at the precarious center of gravity that was beyond human limits.
Rai lowered the black sword diagonally. Even so, it was a pole-like sword that reached the floor.
The gap between the great sword and the black sword is very close. However, the speed should be as fast as the dark sword is lighter.
'Anyway, I'm pushed behind in technology.'
Rian designed the battle. It was a strategy as simple as his personality.
'I press it with force!'
The moment I bit my molars, both eyes lit up. Powerful kicks kicked the ground and pushed his body away.
"Goes!"
Rian raised his greatsword and charged. I could imagine the power of the heavy sword falling from a whopping 3 meters high without being hit.
At the same time, flashes of black light extended from Rai's body and penetrated every corner of Rian's gap. Rian could not even swing half of his sword and switched to defense.
Rai's fast and sharp attack struck the surface of the greatsword like a blacksmith's hammer.
"Keugh!"
Rian's body was startled by the unexpectedly heavy shock.
It felt different from Tess' sword. It was a swordsmanship that was swift and accurate, but still had the unique power of the Ogent family.
Once he gave up the initiative, Rian was pushed back endlessly. The process of being pushed back was so one-sided that it seemed impossible to regain his initiative again.
Lai ran wild as if he were dancing a sword dance alone in an empty lot.
As Rian reached the end of the arena, exclamations leaked out from the mouths of those watching. It was a swordsmanship that made even Tess, who was cheering for Rian, stunned.
"Yaaaaa!"
Rian's sword drew horizontally. The air roared with fire and wept.
Rian, who managed to make space, took a step forward. However, he couldn't do anything against Lai's lightning-like attack and he retreated again.
Rai didn't stop attacking. It was like he was locked up and beaten.
The number of counterattacks by Rian decreased, and finally, even blocking them seemed daunting.
'Tsk, there is no development, there is progress.'
Lai didn't want to waste any more time on a bland game.
After hitting Rian's sword intensively to get him out of his mind, he turned the black sword in reverse and drove it into the ground. Suddenly, as soon as the blade was stabbed, a vibration was transmitted through the soles of Rian's feet.
"what… … !"
When Rian looked down with startled eyes, the ground swelled as if wind was rising in the ground, and exploded with a bang.
"Keugh!"
A shock wave that made the ground explode hit the soles of both feet, causing the calf muscles to convulse.
The name of the technology is Jipok.
The blade that Rai succeeded when he was only 12 years old was driven into the ground.
Rian's knees were shaking and he couldn't keep his balance. He rather sat down and raised the greatsword with only the strength of his upper body.
As Rai's black sword pierced with a bang, vibrations rushed through the greatsword.
Rian gritted her teeth and suppressed a scream.
It felt like my arm muscles were splitting into chunks. The shockwave that had flowed through her body radiated outward, causing her top to bounce with a popping sound. Her clothes were tattered as if she had been stabbed by dozens of knives.
Rian frowned heavily and glared at Rai. Rai's expression, still holding the black sword, was indifferent.
Those who watched intuition that the confrontation was over. Since the shock wave had torn through his body, even if he looked fine on the outside, he probably wouldn't have enough muscles to move properly.
The second son of the Ogent family, Ogent Rye.
His skill was real.
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Chapter - 352 - The Prosecutor's Belief (4) 3.txt
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[352] Prosecutor's Faith (4)
'Is that the skill of a swordsman who just turned 20?'
Kuan was impressed with Lai's swordsmanship.
It is not only precise, but also exquisite. If there are two lineages descending into the Ogent family, this time, without question, was the era of black hair.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Rian sucked in the air and supported the greatsword with his trembling arms. It was the first time he felt the weight of the greatsword he had wielded for a year except for eating.
'lift up lift it up.'
Rai's eyes twitched. The greatsword that was pressing down with the black sword was slowly rising.
'Do you still have strength?'
Since the shockwaves from the examination building went in properly, there was no way the body could be strained.
I tried to press down with a little more weight, but a force so great that I didn't even think of blocking him was pushing him away.
Receiving an ominous feeling, Rai removed his sword and widened the distance.
At the same time, Rian swung her sword and stood up. He grabbed his ragged shirt and ripped it open, revealing tight muscles.
Rai recognized Rian's characteristics at a glance.
'The resilience is amazing.'
To sublimate the divine transcendence beyond the limits of the body to the level of technology, ordinary self-tortures were inconceivable. I could guess how much painstaking training Rian had in order to increase the feedback.
"I will admit that I did my best. However, I am the one who leads the family."
Rai returned to Rian's side through external gravity. Then he aimed at his defenseless right arm and swung his black sword.
Under normal circumstances, a defensive stance should come out.
But rather, Rian opened the ribs and raised the greatsword vertically.
'what?'
For a fleeting moment, Rai's thoughts moved quickly.
Give the flesh and take the bone? Or is offense the best defense?
In any case, it didn't make sense. The movement of the great sword is bound to be slower than that of the sharp sword.
At that moment, Rian's greatsword caused an afterimage and fell between Rai's eyebrows. It was a strange acceleration of the sword that could not be understood by common sense.
Rai bounced and caused muscle vibration. Following his external gravity, his body glided out of his radius in a semicircle.
But before I knew it, Rian's greatsword rang through the air and caught up with me.
'shit! What is it?'
Lai, who evaded with a hair's breadth, was mogul. At last, his neck was about to fall off.
Then, Reina, who was watching the battle, stomped her feet restlessly.
As the emotions of the two collided, the strength of the herb was increasing. If we go on like this, one of the brothers may hold a funeral.
"I can't! We have to end the confrontation."
"I can't. Neither Rian nor Lai would want that."
Raina looked back at Tess with a sad feeling.
"Tess, no matter how much you want to protect Rian, this isn't it. Those two are fighting with the intention of killing them. You should have stopped Rian from the beginning."
"I'm not fighting because I hate Lai oppa."
Tess still remembers it vividly. On the day she went to Rian's lodging with a late-night snack at the swordsmanship school, she heard a terrible moan that leaked through the door.
"Rian trained beyond her limits every day. And at night, Rian gets sick and dies. He stayed up all night with a rag in his mouth to endure the pain of breaking his body."
Reina couldn't say anything at Tess' face, which looked like she was about to burst into tears.
Although they are related by blood, she did not know what Rian's pain was. The only people who could understand Rian were those who chose the path of the sword just like Rian.
Lai's kick hit Rian in the stomach. Up in the air, Rian rolls on the floor and balances him on his knees. He was on the verge of being hit by a vital point.
The cold aura had disappeared from Rai's face.
As time passed, I could feel Rian's defenses getting stronger. Because he is caught up in his emotions. It was distasteful.
"you idiot! Why don't you know you can't compete! I mean, even come in moderation!"
Rian stood up slowly. And he aimed his lie in the same position he had before he collapsed.
"Come on."
"This kid is really… … !"
A life welled up in Rai's eyes. The ominous aura that radiated out of the body was transmitted to the people standing outside the training ground.
Rai's movements with all his might seemed like seeing a ghost. As the scars on Rian's body increased due to his fast and accurate swordsmanship, his movements gradually began to slow down.
The difference in skill is palpable. There is a talent gap that cannot be filled no matter how hard you try. However, the more the gap became clearer, the more angry it was Lai.
The family who put their expectations on such a pathetic bastard was stupid. Rian has no future. Swordsmanship not supported by technology is nothing more than a show of strength.
"You stupid child!"
When he deflected the greatsword with exquisite skill and applied a round kick, Rian's neck turned like a top.
For a moment, I thought I had broken my neck, but my body rotated along my head and floated up, then I crashed with a thud.
Rai took a deep breath and glared at Rian. Even the appearance she spread was pathetic. With the blow to her chin, she probably won't be conscious until tomorrow.
"haha."
At that moment, Rian's lungs trembled. Rian, who slowly raised her head, said with her mouth torn.
"It's a ticklish attack. Can you kill me with something like this?"
Rai was taken aback by Rian's tenacity, who would rise like a zombie no matter how beaten he was. But then she looked at her sister with a pitiful look, and she said coldly.
"Kill? Are you worth killing?"
Rian's eyes widened.
"You have to kill your grandfather's cute youngest grandson to use it. There's no need to kill someone like you. I just need to beat him until he loses his mind. Got it? You're just the youngest member of a swordsman family with no skills or talent. It's a low-key backbone, you bastard!"
"okay!"
Rian screamed, crouching down.
"I am a low-key retard!"
Rian charged forward, brandishing his sword. It was an attack that made me want to approach it just by hearing the sound of the wind, unless it was a strong heart.
Rai hurriedly raised the black sword. bang! As the greatsword came down, the shock was transmitted to his knee.
Rian pressed his face into the sword.
Seeing that his mouth was torn all the way down to his ear, Rai thought that maybe his brother was not in his right mind.
Can we continue like this? Maybe I should call the doctor right now?
"Feel free to mock. It's something I've been hearing all my life anyway. Call him a pathetic guy, call him a lesser guy. Despise, ignore, curse. Still I… … !"
Rian drew his greatsword and took a full-swing stance.
"Never stop!"
Rai's head turned pale at the hallucination that Rian's greatsword had grown dozens of times in size. As the brain that imagined the overwhelming sword received a shock, the expected sword blades were jumbled up.
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
At the same time as Rian's spirited voice, Rai's eyes fell down.
'Ankle!'
Lai, who belatedly read the sword's trajectory, jumped up.
As the greatsword dug through the ground and came out on the other side, the soil as wide as the radius of the sword stood up like a floor.
A black line ran through the middle of the floor. It split in half with a popping sound, and then Rai broke through the soil and jumped out.
But what he was waiting for was another attack by Rian, who raised his greatsword.
Lai was stunned by the linked attack that ignored the existing mobility. As he stretched out his upper body like a bow, he felt a strong wind brush the tip of his chin. The hairs all over his body stood up.
"I can't hear anything! Even if everyone ridicules me, I can only move on!"
Rian pushed Lai as if to vent his resentment.
When the confrontation began and Rai was pushed back for the first time, the family and even Kuan showed embarrassment.
'Rian… … .'
Rayna's eyes turned sad.
He is a child who grew up being compared to his older brother, who was two years younger from birth. She honestly didn't feel like she could beat her rai even if she held her sword. Perhaps she herself used her music as an excuse to pass on the burden of her blue hair to Rian.
"There are many problem children in the blue-haired lineage."
Reina licked her lips and turned to Klump.
"Black hair always does its part. Reasonable and cool. On the other hand, the character of blue hair is often erratic. He's also stubborn about single-mindedness. That's why it's said that if you have blue hair, you're lucky."
"What are you talking about all of a sudden, even though your grandfather has blue hair?"
"Heuk, the existence of the troublemaker Cheongbal must be one of the reasons why Ogent is limited to the second class. However, looking back on the history of the family, it was Blue Hair that eventually became known as Ogent as a sword family."
Klump looked at Rian, who was swinging his heavy sword like a storm.
"There is no detour. don't look back Even if it is bumped into and broken, the will to break through it, that is the conviction of the blue hair. I don't know how far Rian can go. But when you finally look back from where you arrived, the road will be straight and undisturbed."
"Goaaaaaa!"
When Rian attacked with an aggressive posture, Rai didn't even dare to cross swords.
I didn't feel like dealing with people. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that something absolute was lurking behind Rian's back.
'Divine transcendence? The power of the spirit?'
A spark lit up in Rai's eyes.
"Don't be ridiculous!"
Rai, who bounced off his body, countered Rian's sword head-on. The greatsword and black sword swirled in the center of the line of sight and line of sight.
Rai came to his senses only after the devastating shock was transmitted through the handle. He was too agitated without realizing it.
However, the senses had already left their grasp.
'what's this? It's okay to be ignorant.'
As soon as I took the external gravity out of my back and backed up quickly, Rian jumped in like a wolf and bit Lai. As if the ball had reverse rotation, the motion of falling in front of Lai was not a normal inertia.
As the greatsword approached right in front of him, Rai twisted his ankle completely and spun. At the same time, the sole of his opposite foot slammed down on Rian's Achilles tendon.
"Keugh!"
Rai rose up at the same time as he rotated like a dragon, and lowered his black sword at the back of Rian, who was bent on one knee. Actions performed in trance. It was no longer a matter of life and death.
"Rian!"
At the same time as Tess' cry, Rian twisted her upper body.
In an abnormal posture, when he swung the greatsword with one hand, the black sword bounced and Rai's arms crossed behind his back.
"wow… … ."
An exclamation of exclamation escaped Rai's mouth without realizing it.
It was a posture that completely collapsed the center. Even so, the physical strength of being able to deflect a vertical slash with all of his weight with one hand.
'No, it's not on that level.'
The law of action and reaction did not apply to Rian's sword. Absolute power that defied the laws of physics was melted into each and every one of Rian's swords.
"Whoa."
Shirone let out the breath he had been holding back. Watching Rian push Lai one-sidedly, his heart, not the prosecutor, burned hotly.
"Tess."
Tess' face turned white with tension as she turned to Shirone.
"Rian, you've become really strong."
At Shirone's recognition, Tess eventually burst into tears. It is because he knows for whom the penance that Rian has been doing so far has been for.
Her throat was locked, and she couldn't reply, only shaking her head.
"Yaaaaa!"
Rian swung his sword even in pain as if his whole body was breaking. Now, even Rai did not back down and was repelling all of Rian's attacks.
If it transcends the limits of the body, it won't last long anyway. You only need to stop this once. No, if you block it one more time… … .
Rai was annoyed.
'shit! When will it end?'
At that moment, a thought flashed through my mind.
'ah… … .'
Rai finally realized what kind of swamp he had fallen into.
'This guy was an idiot.'
At the same time, Rian's greatsword raised the black sword.
The pain of twisting my knuckles rushed in as I heard a ding. As her muscles tightened, her hands opened, and the black sword spun up into the sky.
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Chapter - 353 - The Prosecutor's Belief (5) 8.txt
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[353] Prosecutor's Faith (5)
Everyone's eyes turned to the void. The black sword rotated while blocking the sun, and it slammed into the back of Rai more than halfway.
Rai didn't look back. His gaze was directed straight at Rian.
Rian, frozen in the position of aiming the greatsword, could not even move a single finger. Horrible pain was pouring in from the aftermath of the divine transcendence.
In the lengthy silence, Rai tutted, clicked his tongue, and turned around.
"lost. Let's stop."
Rian's eyes widened in shock. It was Rai's declaration of defeat for the first time in 18 years.
However, Rai did not show any emotion and drew the black sword and put it in the scabbard. Then he walked over to Klump and bowed his head.
"I lost. I concede defeat."
"Cheuk, you dried up on the face. Still, it was nice that it was hot unlike you."
Rai licked his lips and murmured.
"This is why you shouldn't hang out with fools."
"Are you okay though? Aren't you cool inside?"
After thinking for a moment, Rai passed by Klump and muttered quietly.
"… … You seem to have become a bit like a prosecutor."
Rayna quickly followed Rai.
"Wait, you come this way. Are your hands okay? You say you have to be dispatched tomorrow?"
"not a big deal. I just lost my sword because I got a mouse."
"This is to fool someone. Do prosecutors get rattled so easily? Give me your hand."
Holding Rai's wrist, Reina looked at her hand. Just by looking at his calluses, now no different from his skin, he could tell that he had not come to this position just with his talent.
"also. I knew it."
Looking at the back of her hand, Reina's eyebrows twisted.
The left hand serves as a shock absorber when gripping the sword. However, the nails of the index, middle, and ring fingers were all missing.
"Don't make a fuss. Nails usually fall off easily."
"It's the first time I've heard of such a thing! Ugh, I can't even cut a steak with this. Come on. At least put pressure on it."
Reina took out a bandage from the first-aid kit in the gymnasium. Then, he tightly wrapped Lai's index, middle, and ring fingers and pressed them firmly.
As the tension eased, even those who were watching felt tired. However, Kuan was still looking at Rian with serious eyes.
'Divine Transcendence… … .'
Rian's swordsmanship in the actual battle was definitely amazing. Also, it was a performance that could never be shown at a swordsmanship school that evaluates each stage.
'But if it were me, I would have bypassed it.'
Divine transcendence is dangerous. It wasn't just about increasing power.
The movement that bit the rye at the end had a bizarre corner that was difficult to create even with external gravity. Even so, Lai responded to Rian's steel sword with a steel sword.
Is it self-esteem? Or because you have no experience? If not, what other variable did he not read that remained on the battlefield?
"A swordsman is a swordsman."
"General."
Before I knew it, Klump was standing behind me.
"But the sword is, after all, a tool for murder. It's a truth that cannot be ignored. Why are we still pursuing the sword?"
Kuan couldn't answer.
"You can never change the world with one sword. But the sword I have in my heart is different. An excellent swordsman wins a war, but a knight with conviction changes the world. Rai was burned by Rian's conviction."
"The sword in my heart… … ."
"Perhaps divine transcendence is the materialization of belief."
Kuan recalled an incident from long ago.
A picture of himself before his Achilles tendon fell off. His spirit, which had been strong enough to reject even Fengzhang's offer and choose to die, was now vague like a delusion.
"I have been there, too."
Klump looked at Kuan with benevolent eyes. He was a regrettable junior as a soldier and as a prosecutor.
"How long are you going to wander? come back to the army This time, my direct adjutant is discharged. I think it will be of great help if you take care of it?"
"Let me think about it. Thank you for caring me."
Kuan was sincere, but had no intention of returning to the army.
I realized it clearly with today's match. It's already a broken sword. Without having a new sword, he could never reach divine transcendence.
"Grandpa, can I drop out now?"
Rian strode closer. Her face was wet with cold sweat from enduring her pain. Since he proved it with results, not words, Klump had no excuse to stop him.
"Yes, you won. Whether it's dropping out or working as a knight, do whatever you want."
"So you said that from the start? Fighting needlessly."
Rai, whose finger was bandaged, said as he changed his clothes.
"Don't become a corpse anywhere. Because if you die, I'll have to go find you."
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Rian didn't get angry. Since we competed with each other to the best of our ability, I had no intention of looking back at the match in a bad way.
But one question still remained.
"Hey, let me ask you one thing."
Rai buttoned it up and looked back.
"The technique that exploded the ground, is that an application of swordsmanship?"
"So what?"
"Why didn't you use the sword blade on me? If it were you, you could have broken the sword and ended the confrontation."
Rai shook his head with an incomprehensible face. She has a degree of salting, is she making fun of herself now?
However, I couldn't feel the emotion of provocation from Rian's expression.
'Could this bastard be serious?'
Rai looked back at Klump.
"What happened? Didn't you tell Rian?"
"Hey, what are you going to do? I took it away like a stray cat. I haven't even decided on a successor. He said he opened the schema, and that was pure bullshit."
Rai snorted at the natural lie.
"You didn't mean to give it to me anyway, did you?"
"Ah, even though I don't really need it."
"Sheesh!"
Rian interrupted when a story that only he did not know was being exchanged.
"What are you talking about? answer me quickly Why didn't you try the swordsman?"
As if it was annoying, Rai turned around and headed for the exit of the gymnasium.
"Don't ask me, ask your grandfather. What a mess. The swordsman didn't even know what he was fighting with."
Raina followed Rai.
"Are you really going to leave today?"
"No, I am going to sleep. I'm tired. Serve the meal to my room."
At Rai's negligence, Rian raised his ax eye and pointed.
"hey! Where? Why didn't you use the sword? Don't embarrass people and tell me quickly!"
'There must be no medicine for the stupid.'
Ignoring the cry of Rian chasing him from behind, Rai was lost in thought.
In the Ogent family, black hair and blue hair descended at the same time.
Why didn't Grandpa give him a greatsword?
When I was young, I thought I was defending Rian because I had the same blue hair. However, through today's confrontation, it seemed that he could now vaguely understand.
At least the owner of the sword was Rian.
* * *
Shirone and Tess decided to stay the night at Raina's mansion.
The three of them gathered in Rian's room and resolved their six-year-long friendship. The biggest issue was Amy's failing graduation exam.
"By the way, how is Amy? She must have been heartbroken."
They were the ones who heard the news of Amy's rejection at the Spirit Journal. He was dealing with a shocking article about the genius of the Karmis family who was eliminated at the beginning of the graduation exam.
"huh. I was depressed for a while, but I'm fine now. There will definitely be different results in the exam next year."
"but. If it's Amy, she'll overcome enough. miss you. It was really fun then."
Rian also recalled what happened in heaven. Realizing divine transcendence while fighting Ymir was an important turning point in his life.
"Amy is well qualified to be a wizard. Please tell me I'm rooting for you. I will personally visit you for the next graduation exam and give you a lot of energy."
A year later, Shirone would also take the graduation exam, so Rian couldn't be left out of such a position.
"Envy you. i can't go Swordsmanship school ends later than magic school. Would I rather quit? I will practice with Rian."
Rian waved his hand and said.
"What is the point of dropping out of a cadet competing for primacy at a swordsmanship academy? You should graduate with dignity."
"But to think that you are gone is so empty. I really want to follow you."
When Tess looked like she was going to cry at any moment, Rian hurriedly looked for something to change the subject. Then she found the sword Shirone had parked beside her desk and asked.
"By the way, Shirone, are you wearing a sword?"
"Oh, I got that as a gift."
Shirone talked about what happened in Kazura. It was easy to understand the object because Rian and Tess also experienced going to heaven.
Intrigued by them, Shirone started the demonstration herself.
First of all, he performed a feat with rated control, and then activated Geumgang Armament. As the sword engulfed Shirone, an organic robe encircled him in an instant.
Even the bold Rian couldn't keep his mouth shut at the eerie yet powerful figure. Tess asked, pointing at the float in the air.
"By the way, what is this marble?"
"It's a magic power calculator. Because it replaces the technique of time-division, calculations become much faster. And here, the crystal ball of the gauntlet is a magic amplifying device. By using these two things, you can expand the range of magic operations."
"I see. It's very interesting. There are objects with such complex functions."
Armand was a weapon that could tempt any swordsman. But his friends showed no interest beyond interest. For those who embraced the Sword of Faith, no object would be more than a tool.
'It would be nice if Rian could handle Armand.'
Knight training is on a different level from swordsmanship classes.
The world doesn't give Rian a systematic level of difficulty. He could take down any number of third-rate gangsters or robbers, but those who stood out among the criminals were so talented that they had a hard time even in the kingdom.
In that respect, Armand, which augments the user's body functions and has self-defense, would surely be helpful.
However, unlike Dante's case, the demonic sword did not respond to Rian.
Although Armand provides an optimal combat environment for all users, a high level of tactical understanding and complex system control are essential to achieve 100% efficiency.
It was difficult to handle Armand's functions perfectly with Rian's straight and chaotic tendency, and Armand seemed to be aware of that fact.
'No matter how much it is a sword, it really looks like a knife.'
But Rian never dreamed of relying on anything. His confidence skyrocketed after his fight with Lai.
"No need to worry! Because I'm just starting out! Starting today, we will achieve an undefeated record!"
Seeing Rian proudly beating her chest, Shirone smiled heartily.
he was fire One day, it will come back to you as a huge fire that will burn the world.
That night.
Rian was moaning as he curled up under the covers.
The aftermath of the divine transcendence did not end with the first round. Rather, the time when the most excruciating pain came was at night when the body was recovering its function.
"Huh! Whoops!"
A moan leaked from his throat, but he kept it up by biting on his pillow.
I couldn't let Shirone, who was sleeping next to me, notice the pain. More than anything else, the anxiety that he would never be able to bear it again if he let go of his evil here weighed down on him.
His face was covered with cold sweat and he was out of focus. Still, Rian stared terribly into the darkness of the night and endured her pain.
'thank god. I'm really glad we won.'
If he had lost to Rai in front of Shirone, he would have fallen into abyss and not been able to do anything for a while.
Clearly, Rai was strong. In terms of technical perfection alone, it could be called a genius.
But it was by no means an impassable wall.
'Narrowed down. It's definitely narrowed down.'
You can never expect the same results to come out if you face it again, but there were definitely parts that surpassed him in some areas. As much as he could do for himself.
'you can do it. I didn't choose the wrong path.'
Just the fact that it was not an unreachable distance made Rian feel happy. Even as her body trembled in pain, laughter leaked from her throat.
"Hehehe, hehehehe."
A night of pain and pleasure was passing by.
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[354] Prosecutor's Faith (6)
After staying at the mansion for a day, Shirone headed to the restaurant with Rian and Tess. Klump was sitting at the table of honor and reading the newspaper, while Raina was busy preparing the dishes.
Shirone rubbed her sleepy eyes and nodded.
"Good morning."
"OK. Let's have breakfast."
Rian, who sat in a chair while stroking her hungry stomach, asked Reina.
"What about Rai?"
"I left early in the morning. Did you know that he is an idle unemployed like you?"
As always, it started with a joke, but this time the words had bones. As an older sister, the fact that her youngest brother was leaving to train as a knight couldn't help but worry about her.
"Sheesh, it's only been a day since I dropped out! And I'll just have breakfast and leave right away."
Reina said as she put the chicken stew on her plate.
"Take a few days off. Shirone came too."
Shirone said while carrying the plate.
"no. I have to go back soon."
I had a promise with Kang Nan, so I couldn't talk about the details. Above all, he himself was wondering why the president of the association was looking for him.
Since it was the day Rian left, there was a very pious atmosphere. However, the person in charge, Rian, gobbled up three plates of chicken stew and packed up as if in a hurry.
The only thing I could do with my luggage was simple clothes and a backpack containing a day's worth of food. Wearing a leather scabbard and sticking a greatsword behind his back, he approached Klump in the living room.
"grandfather."
"Okay, are you ready?"
There is only one thing left to say that the preparations are over.
The fact that he had won against Rai would give him great courage in his future journey. However, there was one thing that had to be pointed out clearly.
"What did Rai say yesterday?"
Klumph took his mouth off the cup he was drinking from and looked up at Rian.
"Why didn't you try the swordsman? Grandpa knows."
"Ah, that."
Klump licked his lips and lowered the teacup.
I had been putting it off, fearing that it would sound empty, but since I was leaving for knight training, it wouldn't matter if I told her.
"The sword you are wearing is not an ordinary object. Have you ever heard of an object?"
"Oh, an object?"
Rian widened her eyes and drew out her greatsword. My heart skipped a beat as the features of Rated Control and Diamond Armament that Shirone had demonstrated last night passed quickly through my head.
Shirone and Tess also heard the story and came out to the living room and paid attention to the bayonet. It was a sword that could not find any special features other than emphasizing its chaotic shape.
Rian raised his greatsword vertically and looked up.
"You mean this was an object? So you didn't destroy it? What abilities do you have?"
Klump crossed his arms and crossed his legs.
"The official name of that sword is
"Even under circumstances?"
Klump raised his eyes fiercely and said clearly.
"Indestructible."
Silence fell in the living room.
"That and?"
"huh? what is drawing is it not destroyed? Whether it falls into lava, cuts it with a saw, or hits it with a hammer, it won't break as much as a fingernail. Isn't it amazing?"
In a sense, it could be said to be the prosecutor's romance. However, compared to Armand, which has dozens of functions, it was true that it was so simple that it collapsed.
"Uh, that… … awesome It's incredibly amazing, but it's still an object. If the sword is destroyed, can't we just buy a new one?"
"Stupid. Do you know how important weapon durability is in real combat? Just yesterday's confrontation, if it wasn't for
Even Rian admitted that. No, looking back, I had already been saved by
Even the steel-made Cigna and Xd were crumpled like paper, but they couldn't destroy Rian's greatsword. If not for
"Anyway, it's that kind of sword. It's not like Rai didn't try swordsmanship. that didn't work Rai really wanted it when he was little."
Rian pursed his lips. He can boast that he has become a fairly confident swordsman now, but even when he was young, Rai was the source of his family's expectations.
"Sheesh, then I'll give it to Rai. Why did you keep it until now?"
"He hates clunkiness. It won't fit."
I asked with some expectation, but the answer that came back was different from what I expected.
When Rian's expression turned even more hateful, Klump tore his mouth and laughed.
"Hey, what did you expect? Did you think I prepared it especially for you?"
"Who said what? Mind reading that doesn't even work."
Klump pretended not to, but Shirone could have predicted it.
Rai probably really wanted
Even so, taking it as a joke must be the heart of a grandfather who does not want to burden his grandson.
"In the meantime, shall we tell you an anecdote related to
"huh? Do you have an anecdote?"
Rian showed interest with his eyes shining. Although he grumbled, it seemed that he did not dislike
"then. When I was young, I went to practice swordsmanship just like you. At that time, I single-handedly subdued a group of bandits. It was quite strong. I was annihilated, but I also received a fatal wound before death. I came down the mountain with my injured body. However, a strange village appeared that was not even on the map. It wasn't much different from other villages, but strangely, people were quiet and sullen."
Shirone and the others held their breath and immersed themselves in Klump's story. It was a story about a fateful encounter between a person who later became a general of Tormia and an object.
"There, I met an old man and his granddaughter, and I was able to save my life by dying. When I came to my senses, the sword wound was completely healed. He does not know how he was treated. However, what remained in my hazy consciousness were words like a spell that I repeated countless times. Smille, Smile, and so on."
Rian, who was muttering in his mouth, asked again.
"Smille? What does that mean?"
"I don't know. It could have been some kind of spell, or some kind of magic. Anyway, the old man seems to have been chanting those words all night long. So he came to his senses and looked around the town. There was an antique shop. It was a store full of strange things. The most impressive thing was that they were selling glass bottles of smoke. I asked what it was for, but the owner wouldn't tell me."
From now on, as if to get to the point, Klump sipped tea and moistened his mouth.
"Then I saw a greatsword hanging over the counter. That is the
Rian swallowed his saliva with a hard expression on his face.
"That, so?"
Klump blinked and said indifferently.
"huh? So what? Of course I paid for it and bought it."
As the tension turned to a sense of collapse, the last word came out of Rian's mouth.
"Are you kidding me?"
Klump furrowed his right eyebrow as if he didn't like it.
"What is it, man? You said you wanted to hear an anecdote?"
Rian scratched his head.
I was beaten by my grandfather again. Would it be all that fun to make fun of an 18-year-old grandson?
"You were just nervous. I thought I had gone through something strange that transcended life and death again."
"Puhahahaha! Am I crazy, risking my life for something like a sword? Rian, take note. The true sword is to be grasped with the heart, not the hand. Anyway, I made a big decision and bought it. Treat it with respect."
"Sheesh. sounds like an idiot. By the way, if it was a big decision, how much did you give it? Anyway, it's an object, so I'm guessing it's roughly 2 million gold?"
"that? 80 million gold."
Clink! Rian threw his greatsword to the ground.
"shit! Crazy! Just buy a sword that doesn't break for 80 million? I'll buy hundreds of famous swords with that money!"
"It's an object, man! And they say I live with my money, but what are you, meddling? If you're going to treat me like that, give it back! Give me 80 million to take it!"
"no, I do not want! If you said you'd give it to me, it's over. Now come and pay for it!"
Rian hurriedly picked up the greatsword and held it in his arms.
"Where is the swordsman who throws his sword on the floor? That sword is too much for you! Hang it in my room right now!"
"why? Do you think it might break? At some point, I heard that you hold it with a true black heart!"
Shirone and Tess watched the argument with bewildered expressions.
"… … They are two very similar people."
"I know."
After arguing for a while, they stopped talking as if they were tired.
In the end, Rian was the winner. Putting his greatsword back into the scabbard, he tightened his leather strap tighter than usual, as if telling Klump to look.
After a while, Klump thought of something and smiled.
This is the moment I've been waiting for for 18 years. Seeing it with his own eyes made the old man's heart tighten.
'The more I look, the more I resemble me.'
Although he had almost no talent for swordsmanship, he had decided that the owner of
I didn't pay 80 million gold because the function was good. A sword that never breaks. Wouldn't that be the belief most suitable for the Ogent family?
And at this moment, all of his philosophy was conveyed to Rian through
'But it's really strange. I went back after paying 80 million gold, but the village had disappeared without a trace.'
Of course, if the amount of 80 million gold had come into the mountain village, the whole village could have moved to find a good place to live.
However, there was also a subtle feeling that I couldn't tell Rian.
Perhaps he was fatally wounded and had just collapsed in the mountains, and that the month-long period of traveling back and forth between the village and the house was actually walking in a dream in a trance.
In any case, it was one of the most incomprehensible events in Klumph's life. Also, with the realization of that day, he went on a winning streak and eventually rose to the position of a general, a certified third-class prosecutor.
"Grandpa, then I'll come back."
Rian changed his expression before he knew it and said goodbye with burning eyes.
"okay. The most important thing is to protect you. Keep in mind that victory isn't always what you get in a real fight."
It was said that it is better to avoid fights that can be avoided.
Taking his grandfather's advice to heart, Rian bowed with sincerity.
'Thank you, Grandpa. Thank you for trusting my ugly grandson to the end.'
Rian left the mansion while being seen off by family and friends. A carriage was waiting at the front door.
Rian, who looked at the carriage for a while and thought about her destination, made up her mind and turned to Shirone.
"Shirone, work hard. Even though I dropped out, I just think I graduated first."
"okay. Take care of yourself too. Keep in touch often."
Rian looked back at Tess, who was in tears. She had endured so far, but when it was time to leave for real, she couldn't contain her drumming emotions.
Rian gave a friendly smile. She is a woman with a lot of affection unlike a prosecutor, but she liked Tess like that. One day, the day will come when you will stand face to face with her.
"Tess, I'll be back."
"Bad child. Not even discussing a word… … ."
"sorry. I was short-tempered."
Tess understood Rian's choice. He was the one who should be understood more than anyone else. However, on the other hand, he was also angry with himself for not being able to savagely reject such an indifferent man.
"Finally, bear with me. If you treat me this coldly the next time you come back, then… … ."
Rian hugged Tess with her broad chest.
"I will come back stronger."
Tess pursed her lips and held back the tears that were about to spill.
'You don't have to be strong. If only I could come back alive… … .'
Then he said while gently stroking Rian's back.
"okay. Be sure to come back stronger."
After greeting everyone like that, Rian climbed into the carriage. He never looked back, as was his nature to run looking forward.
After the carriage started, the four men felt like the men's space was empty. That was Rian's presence.
Shirone prayed while looking at the carriage moving away.
'Come back as a great swordsman, Rian. I'll work hard too.'
May Rian's future be prosperous.
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[355] Magic Association (1)
Leaving Reina's mansion, Shirone caught a carriage to the Magic Association.
Due to Rian dropping out and leaving the knight training, the schedule came earlier than expected. He could have stayed at Leina's mansion for a day or so, but he chose to go to the Association.
The embers that Rian left behind lit a fire in everyone's hearts. Tess went home, saying that she was going to start training right away, and Shirone also wanted to soak up the energy of the Magic Association, her favorite child of magic.
Arriving at the association building, Shirone finds Fleur at the information desk. The receptionist spoke on the extension line, and the flu came down five minutes later.
When she saw Shirone, she immediately frowned. She was out of Gangnan Island just in time, so no one noticed her.
"Why are you back already? He pretended to be very busy and did it all by himself."
"The work was over early. May I stay here?"
Fleur's gaze toward Shirone was unstoppable. You don't even look embarrassed and ask me to put you to bed.
This place was a magic association with a grandiose name, but it was not a place to stay for children who had no place to go.
However, since I was instructed by Kang Nan, I couldn't bluntly refuse. First of all, because there were many eyes, Fleur took Shirone to the 3rd floor, the exclusive area.
"The chief secretary specifically requested and took care of it, but you have to follow my words from now on. If you disobey my instructions or wander around recklessly, then I will release you. okay?"
"Ah yes."
From the start, Fleur's harsh attitude puzzled Shirone. She hadn't done anything wrong to her, but it wasn't her kind eyes from the first time we met.
"Okay, you can stay here."
Flew gave him a lodging house where he used to work overtime. In the small square room, there were bunk beds against the walls on both sides.
Shirone noticed and unpacked his luggage. However, without even having time to undress, Fleur called out.
"Follow me. I'll give you a tour."
Flew held the magic wand behind his back and walked down the hallway with a straight-knee gait. His chin was up in the air about 15 degrees.
"First, let me introduce myself. I'm Rabid Flu. twenty-two years old He graduated from the Royal Magic School at the top of his class and is currently a certified 8th class wizard. Of course, in two years it will be 6th grade. My current position is the 3rd floor manager of the Security Department of the Magic Association."
"Oh, I see. I am… … ."
The moment Shirone was about to introduce herself, she stopped and turned coldly.
"I know. Ariane Shirone. Attending Alpheas Magic School. He can use ataraxia, the archangel's ability, and his specialty is light magic. Unlocker's unique battery grants mass."
Shirone was dumbfounded. The person who didn't even know his face on the first day knew about himself in one day. The most questionable thing was that the attitude towards himself was too harsh.
"Is there a student named Dante at your school? You transferred schools a while ago."
"yes. Do you know Dante?"
"Why should I know Dante?"
"Ah, I just went to the Royal Magic School, Dante too… … ."
Seeing Fleur's fierce gaze, Shirone naturally felt intimidated. She didn't know what to say to make her happy.
"When I was in my senior year, Dante was a distant junior. I know you beat Dante. But if you're only going to put that much weight on your shoulders, you'd better quit. If I were only three years younger, the first place in the kingdom would have been mine, not you."
'I've never had to strain my shoulders… … .'
Shirone held back the words that rose to his throat. Whatever he said, it seemed that he would never get a good answer.
Fleur patrolled the 3rd floor, guiding the department in his spare time. Even her gray-stained guards bowed her heads as if they saw her. Whenever that happened, she only briefly nodded her head in a stately posture.
Flew was trying to show the side of a successful wizard. In the end, what he said was a field trip, but in reality it was a process of training Shirone by revealing his position.
Just then, a sweaty, unkempt man walked from the end of the hallway wearing papers. Tension was momentarily revealed on Fleur's confident face.
"Hello, Sakiri-sama. good morning."
Shirone looked closely at the face of the man called Sakiri.
'That person must be Sakiri.'
When Alpheas and Canis were summoned to the Association after the Arcane Incident was over, the name of the investigator in charge of them was Sakiri.
He looked like a tired old man, but his eyes were sharper than those of anyone Shirone had ever met.
"okay. But who is next to you? It's the first face I've ever seen."
"Oh, I am on a field trip. As part of a special activity."
Flew covered it up with lies.
Since the Magic Association is a key institution of the Kingdom Wizard Society, numerous students apply for field trips. Maybe that's why Sakiri just nodded and walked away.
Fleur took a small breath and looked at Shirone. The atmosphere, which had been stiffly held up until now, was reversed, and an awkward air flow flowed.
"Just now, that person is Sakiri-san, a certified 5th-class wizard. He's a very famous person in the Inspection Department. He can't even take a bone out of any criminal he gets caught."
"Ah yes. I have heard of it."
"okay? Hmm."
Flew smiled satisfied for the first time. It was revealed that he was working with someone he knew even a mere magic school student, so the hurt feelings he had earlier were somewhat restored.
'Now I have a rough idea of how to treat them.'
With that thought in mind, Shirone was licking his lips when a man got off from the platform at the back of the hallway.
He approached after seeing Fleur, and his eyes lit up with interest when he saw Shirone.
"Flu, is that a Shirone?"
Fleur said hello with a flash of color.
"Ah, Mr. Gando. hello."
The man's name is Klein Gando. He is a member of the Old Guard, just like Flew.
As a battle mage proficient in electric magic as well as being nicknamed Gando of Thunder, his position was the Magic Association Guard Captain and his rank was a certified 4th grade.
He was tall, wearing tight leather pants and studded boots. She tucked her purple hair back and let only one strand fall down. He looked like he would have fluttered quite a bit when he was young, but on the other hand, he looked good like an angel.
Fleur led Shirone to meet Gando.
"The chief secretary asked me to manage it. Hey, say hello."
Gando held out his hand first.
"I see. nice to meet. My name is Gando."
"uh? hello."
Shirone, who was about to lower his head, shook hands hurriedly when his hand came in.
Gando smiled and said as soon as it became a ridiculous posture of greeting and shaking hands at the same time.
"Yes, you are much younger than I thought. I thought it would be a scary impression."
'Is my image like that?'
It was a fact unknown to Shirone, who had rarely left Tormia. However, when I recall the contents published in the academic journal, I thought that such misunderstandings could arise.
"Are you on regular patrol?"
"huh. It's spinning from the top floor. How about the 3rd floor? Are you all right?"
"yes. As always, ho-ho-ho!"
Flew covered his mouth and laughed with the pride of being the manager of the third floor.
"okay. Kang Nan seems to have received a call from the president of the association. Maybe he'll be back together by tomorrow or so. Know that and be at ease."
"thank you."
Seeing Gando's good impression and consideration, Shirone felt like a chimney wanting to tell her, 'This older sister is bothering me', but knowing that it would be a loss anyway, she kept it in her heart.
When Gando headed back to the lift, Fleur's expression suddenly changed, as he was seeing off with a smile on his face. Then he became a shrew again and started rambling on Shirone.
"He is the one who oversees the Magic Association security. In other words, you are my direct supervisor. It's Gando of Thunder, have you heard the name?"
He thought that if he knew Sakiri, he would of course also know the sword of the thunder.
"Ah yes. I heard."
In fact, it was the first name I had heard of Shirone. I wouldn't have known Sakiri's name if a major incident hadn't happened at Alpheas Magic School. But in this case, it would be better to say that you know unconditionally.
Fleur was satisfied with Shirone's compliant attitude.
Thinking that this was the end of her tempering, she slowly brought up the story she had kept in her heart.
"I know why the association president wants to meet you. Is it something related to heaven?"
"… … ."
Shirone was serious and kept his mouth shut. Even if he was the person Kang Nan trusted and entrusted to him, he had to keep his security.
As his eyes sharpened, even Flu could not be treated carelessly this time. Even though he thought that he was not going to be easy, he was offended by the suspicion that the appearance he had so far was not a pretense.
"Anyway, it is my role to assist the president of the association. I will definitely go to heaven So I hope you won't be flattered just because you were invited."
I've never been conceited, and I never even thought about it. But now, with these words, I could roughly guess where Flew's containment came from.
"You seem to respect the president of the association."
Flew's expression fluttered like a fish freshly pulled from the sea.
"of course! The Sakiri-sama and Gando-sama I just met are great people, but to be honest, they're nothing compared to Mikea Gaold."
"I guess so. He is a certified first-class archmage."
"Ho-ho-ho!"
A tear welled up in Flew's mocking laugh.
"You really don't know anything. Listen carefully. Currently, there are 4 1st class archmages in the kingdom of Tormia. However, the position of president of the Magic Association is not simply about being strong. It is a position dealing with high-ranking officials, so you need to have political power and good skills. Then why was Gaold-sama chosen as the president of the association?"
Shirone pondered. However, the answer didn't come out right away because I couldn't get a sense of what level it was to be a first-class archmage.
"Well, are you competent in many ways?"
Flew shook her head.
"No, rather the opposite. Not just strong, but too strong."
"too… … Are you strong?"
"okay. Because he has an overwhelming strength that sets him apart from other first-class archmages, he is able to keep his position as president of the Association while bearing the stigma of being a madman. Power first! As a battle mage, it is an idol and an ideal for me. So how could I not respect you?"
Hearing Flew speak, he was a much greater person than I had vaguely imagined. The more he did, the more he wondered why such a person was looking for him.
Flew turned around and said without regret.
"Anyway, I have to go back to work, so I'm going to my inn until dinner. The tour is over, so don't wander around without my permission."
"ah! excuse me… … ."
When Shirone called urgently, Fleur turned around and looked back.
"before you go in… … Can't we just take the elevator once?"
Flew looked at Shirone and smiled. However, he soon returned to his cold face and spoke briefly with his lips twisted.
"no."
Shirone stared blankly at her as she walked away.
"What did I do wrong?"
* * *
The next morning dawned bright after leaving for a boring day that was no different from prison life. Shirone overslept because of her friend. She couldn't even take a step until Fleur went to work anyway.
As I closed my eyes a little longer, I heard a bustle from outside. In a hazy mind, Fleur burst through the door and screamed.
"Hey, newbie! Are you still sleeping?"
Shirone opened her eyes and stood up.
"Oh, hello… … ."
"I'm completely out of it! Do you think this is your bedroom? Won't you wake up soon?"
Now, Shirone is starting to get annoyed.
"Hey, what am I going to do when I wake up?"
"Of course not. Then you did it to eat and sleep for free? Today, follow me and assist me. I'll give you 10 minutes, so wash up quickly and come out!"
Shirone felt as if she had been bombed while sleeping. Faced with a morning that was difficult for him to come to his senses, his upper body slowly tilted and he collapsed back into bed.
But in the end, I couldn't hold on for 10 seconds and curled up and got out of bed.
"Aw, that's too much to do."
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[356] Magic Association (2)
When I got ready and left the door, the guards stood in a line in front of Fleur. Shirone hesitated, then slipped into the back of his row and stood up.
As if that was the answer, Fleur glanced at Shirone and instructed her about her daily routine.
"This is the Magic Association, the cradle of kingdom magic. There are great wizards working, but there are many criminals and the risk of terrorism is high. Let's protect the 3rd floor today with iron-clad security so that not a single ant can enter. remember The Magic Association is the power of the country."
Flew studied the faces of the guards and shouted.
"Then let's disperse to our respective positions!"
When the guards dispersed to the area in charge, only Shirone was left in the hallway. Flew called out, flicking his fingers, and turned him around.
"You follow me. From now on, our job is to patrol and manage facilities. If there's anyone suspicious, they're going to check it out. If you don't have a registration certificate approved by the Association, you can arrest him right away."
It was a great authority even for Shirone to hear, but on the other hand, it seemed that there was hardly any suspicious person going in and out of the World Magic Association.
As expected, Flew's words were nothing more than threats. From what she watched for an hour or so, she had very little to do. When she was greeted by the guards or something small happened, she just watched and then went on patrol again.
'Isn't it perfectly comfortable?'
I wondered if the so-called iron rice bowl was such a job.
Of course, he didn't know that the reason the job became so easy was because generations of outstanding wizards had passed through this place.
At that moment, the lamp on the ceiling rotated and lit a red light. The siren sounded for about 3 seconds, then the noise stopped with a pop as if someone had blocked the device.
Nervous Shirone looked around. Flew, on the other hand, stood indifferently and waited for someone.
A guard came running from the corner of the hallway. However, his expression was not particularly tense.
"Here, Chief of Security."
"What happen? Sirens go off."
"that is… … The board of the horsepower controller overheated and burned the internal circuitry. I have contacted the maintenance team now."
Almost all districts of the Magic Association limit magic through magic control devices. It is known that it does not work if you become a second-class wizard due to technical limitations, but that alone can prevent most terrorism, and it is also effective in reducing damage from occasional clashes between employees.
"Hmm, that keeps getting me into trouble. hey follow me Let's go."
When Flew arrived at the engine room, alchemists and wizards were tearing down the walls and working hard.
Shirone looked at the board of the magic control device with interest. It was a technology that had been introduced to the Magic School's 2,000th system, but it was the first time seeing the internal circuitry.
As expected, the essence of precise magic engineering was concentrated. Shirone is now at the level of entering the graduating class, but even so, he has not been able to properly analyze the circuit.
Flew approached the maintenance team and asked.
"How are you? Do you think it will be fixed?"
"Ah, Mr. Flew. This is going to take some time. The board is completely burned out. Come to think of it, this is already the third time this year. It looks like there's something wrong with the sub-adjustment device, but I think I'll have to tear it out completely."
Flu was also deeply concerned that the magic control of the third floor, which he was in charge of, was not working properly.
"I have already made a suggestion to the upper management. I think I will probably replace it with a new one during maintenance this quarter, but in the meantime, how can I not do it as a temporary measure?"
No matter how strong the Magic Association is, gaps are not tolerated. The fact that the magic control device was broken meant that there was a serious hole in the security on the 3rd floor, so it was not something to be overlooked.
"If we repair it, we will be able to last another month. However, the Mutol has also melted and the Janes device needs to be replaced as well. However, since this is a non-supply item, the association does not have it in stock. You have to claim it."
"Hmm, but it's too late to claim… … ."
Flew bit her nails and thought.
The magic control device was also a matter related to security, so it was under her jurisdiction. Usually, even non-supply items are left in stock, but since it was on the 18th floor, the first person to use it was the owner.
Fleur turned to Shirone. After watching his face for a long time as he studied her board with her blank expression, she finally made up her mind and spoke to her.
"Hey you."
"yes? Me?"
Flew wiggled his fingers to indicate that he should come. As Shirone approached, she took her to a corner of the engine room and spoke in a low voice so that the maintenance team could not hear her.
"Run one of my errands."
"If it's an errand… … ."
"Ask for a carriage to go to Gold Street. If you turn right at the central fountain there, you'll find the Achim Alchemy Company right away, right? That's the association's designated business partner. Go in there and get a few things."
Flew took a notebook out of her inside pocket and wrote down the names of classmates. Then, after tearing the paper to make a clicking sound, he handed it to Shirone.
Holding the note in her hand, Shirone read the unfamiliar names one by one. It's a simple errand, but I was a little worried because I'm not familiar with this kind of thing.
"Okay, I'll go for a while. But how do I pay?"
"You can't pay. At the end of the month, the association makes a lump sum payment. Now, just show me this."
Fleur handed Shirone the employee ID he was wearing around his neck. It had a serial number written on it, and next to the name Ravid Pluu, the official rank of 8th grade was inscribed in bronze.
The picture was from two years ago when she had just joined the company, but she was wearing big blind glasses, so I couldn't find her now.
A red-faced Fleur opened her ax eye and shouted.
"hey! Why are you looking at other people's photos like that? Can't you put it in sooner?"
"Oh, sorry."
Shirone quickly put her employee ID in her inner pocket.
For a woman, some pictures are like fear, so Fleur also felt regret. But it was already spilled water.
'Oh really. I should have changed it right away.'
I had thought of replacing the picture for a long time, but it was a problem that I completely forgot it after a while because I was overwhelmed with work.
Embarrassed, Fleur cleared her throat and touched Shirone's clothes.
"Anyway, it went well. Don't just wear it just to get in shape, put it in your pocket unconditionally. Magic Association employee ID is not something anyone can wear."
Shirone also knew the importance of the Magic Association employee card.
More than 90% of Kingdom accredited institutions are open and more than 60% of facilities under the Red Line can be used free of charge with the same color staff card. In addition, it can exercise the authority to arrest and prosecute all classes except the royal family within a specific area, and can carry out the duties of wiretapping, wiretapping, infiltration, special attack, and special missions without restrictions at the request of the state agency when inspecting the territory.
From the outside, it's just a common plastic card, but inside it's quantum cryptography code is integrated, making it impossible to copy.
I felt like my body was getting stiff when I had a card with such great authority. After putting her hand into his pocket once again to check his employee ID, Shirone finally nodded.
"yes. I'll be careful."
Shirone turned around and left the Magic Association. It was a chance to ride the elevator of his dreams, but he used the familiar stairs because he was nervous about running an unfamiliar errand.
Upon arriving at Gold Street by carriage, numerous shops were arranged in concentric circles. The road stretched in eight directions, and each area handled different items.
The text Alchemy Street was written on the central sign. After following the arrow to the right, there was a building that looked like it had been enlarged 5 times the size of a regular building.
'Here it is, Achim Alchemy Co.'
When I opened the door and entered, there were eight rows of shelves 20 meters long. None of the items on the shelf were the same, and most of them didn't even know how to use them, even Shirone, a student at the Magic School.
'If Nade came, his eyes would have gone back. I'll have to come and see you after graduation.'
The counter was placed furthest from the entrance. There were about 20 guests, and in the corner, alchemists were sitting on their seats and examining dozens of items.
The person guarding the counter was a young man with an intelligent impression. Seeing that he was reading a book called 'Soft Intermediate', he seemed to be either an alchemist or a wannabe.
"Hey, I have something to ask you."
As Shirone approached, the man closed the book and stood up.
"Yes, what are you looking for?"
"I am from the Magic Association. Do you have anything like this?"
Shirone put down the note Flew had written on the counter and held it out. Looking at the type and number of objects, it seemed impossible to explain anyway.
The man glanced at the items written on the note and quickly figured it out.
"Looks like the magic control device has overheated. I'll find it for you. By the way, can I check your employee ID? Transactions with the Association are due at the end of the month."
"Ah yes. Here you go."
Shirone took out Fleur's employee ID.
The man went under the counter and put his card on the reader. A beep sound followed by an approval sign. The man returned the employee ID to Shirone and said.
"Yes, thank you for checking. Please wait."
The man carried a thin metal box and went around the shelves to put things in it. Some of the alchemy ingredients were difficult to handle, so he couldn't put them anywhere.
While waiting, Shirone snapped her fingers on the counter and hummed and looked around. Then, when I turned to the alchemy book, the two men wearing black hoods quickly turned their heads.
'what? Why are you wearing a hood? Are those people wizards too?'
Shirone looked a little further, but the two no longer showed any particular behavior and disappeared over the ledge on the other side, pretending to be looking for something.
Escaping from Shirone's gaze, they entered a corner where there were no people. The man standing on the right whispered in a low voice.
"Damn it, you're from the Magic Association. What do we do? It seems wrong to work here."
"There are risks involved in completing a revolution. Let's just do it here."
"But if we fail, we cannot save our brothers. Don't do that, let's move. Let's go to the Gold Tower. You created an infiltration route just in case of this."
"Sheesh, I can't. That's where I was going to save it until the end."
Hood's figures quietly left the Alchemy Chamber.
Shirone waited for about 5 minutes at the counter. The man who had collected everything returned and put the metal box on the counter and held it out. There were various types, but it was surprisingly small, so it didn't seem heavy.
"Here is the stuff. Delivery is also available, but will only arrive after 5pm. If you are in a hurry, you can take it now."
"Then I'll just take it. It doesn't look very heavy."
"But please be careful with handling. There are things that are sensitive to shocks."
"Yes, I will be careful."
Shirone carefully carried the box as if holding a newborn baby and left the store. He didn't know how careful handling was to be safe, so he moved with the utmost care.
Coming out to the main road, he looked around for a carriage.
Just then, a loud, loud bang erupted from across the block. The ground made a leap forward, and a terrifying scream rushed in like a tidal wave.
"what?"
Between the numerous alleys, people ran out to the main road. The faces of those standing in the forefront were terrified, and the shock from just before was engraved in their half-dilated pupils.
"Terror! Gold City exploded!"
"terror?"
Shirone looked up at the smoke rising sky.
A terrorist attack in Baska, the capital of the kingdom. It's something I couldn't even imagine.
Citizens' reactions were varied. Most of them were frowning while looking toward the Gold Tower, but busy people were swearing and urging their way.
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