Episode 86 – Like clothes getting wet in the drizzle
The investigation team of Alberium Kingdom left Alvern escorted by the Imperial Knights of the Bregern Empire to the point where the prisoner convoy was attacked. Headed to
Originally, we planned to use the teleport magic circle to reach the point where the prisoner convoy attacked, but since it was the inspection period for the teleport magic circle, we had no choice but to travel by carriage.
Of course, the Bregern Empire prepared a wagon for the investigation team of the Alberium Kingdom.
However, since Seluna did not ride in the wagon, the only people who rode in the wagon were spiritists and bodyguards.
She said that she would ride her horse because she did not need to ride a carriage, and she gave Seluna a well-trained battle horse from the stable owned by the Bregern Empire in Alvern. Gave.
With this, the Imperial Knights and the Investigative Team, having completed all preparations, slowly moved forward towards the location where the raid occurred.
“Sir Seluna.”
As she was moving towards her destination, Anna approached her Celluna next to her and spoke to her.
“Hmm? What are you doing, Sir Semiterne?”
“You can call me by my first name.”
“Really? Then I’ll call you by name. Rather, what is it, Sir Anna?”
Seeing Anna talking to herself, Seluna also looked at Anna with her elven long ears pricked up as if asking what was going on.
“I know this is rude, but I still want to ask you something.”
“Umm, is that so? What are you curious about?”
“Sir Seluna seems to be using a sword too. Excuse me, but what level have you reached?”
The question Anna had about Seluna was just how far she had reached.
It would be rude to ask someone who trains her martial arts about her status, so Anna tried to avoid offending Seluna as much as possible by adding her apologies.
Well, since asking her elves about her status isn’t considered very rude, Seluna willingly told her about her status.
“The level I have reached is Intermediate Sword Expert. Although I have tasted the advanced stage, I have not yet fully captured my enlightenment, so it is not my perfect skill.”
Seluna’s level is Sword Expert Intermediate, and as she said, she has attained the realization that she can reach the level of Advanced Sword Expert, but she has not yet fully captured it as her own.
Her realization must be completely her own to make her next level of power her own, so her level is still intermediate level of sword expert.
Hearing Seluna’s story, Anna was a bit sullen.
It wasn’t because Seluna was weaker than she expected, she was disappointed in herself for still remaining at the level of a lower level sword expert.
As she entered the lower level of Sword Expert, went through sparring with Alberto, and watched him become a sword master, a small wish for Anna also settled in her heart.
That is, to get out of the lower level of sword expert and to rise to the level of intermediate level, upper level, and even the highest level.
I didn’t even want to reach the level of a sword expert master or a sword master in the first place.
The realm of being a sword master was not a position that she dared to step over, as it was only a level that only outstanding geniuses in history could reach.
So when she witnessed the moment Alberto reached the level of a sword master, a very small seed of jealousy took root in her heart.
Even though she trains herself every day, she can’t get out of the lower rank of Sword Expert. Didn’t Alberto gain enlightenment and reach the level of Sword Master with just one piece of advice from his entrance exam?
However, the seeds of that jealousy soon dried up and twisted, because through her sparring with Alberto, she somehow confirmed the way she was going forward.
However, even that was only for a moment, and Anna was still blocked by a large wall and was unable to reach the level of Intermediate Sword Expert.
She was constantly asking herself what the problem was, what had become the wall that prevented her from reaching the intermediate level.
At that moment, a person named Seluna appeared to her.
It would take several days to travel from Alvern to the raid point even on horseback, so she was thinking of seeking any answers from Seluna to move on to the next stage.
“Hasn’t Sir Anna reached the level of a sword expert?”
Seluna had heard rumors about Anna as she traveled around her world.
It was because she was a swordsman genius born into a merchant family that was not famous for her swordsmanship.
“Yes, but I am still at the lower level.”
However, the self-confident and dignified genius female swordsman was slowly fading away.
Perhaps that is why, as Seluna looked at Anna, feelings of pity began to rise in Seluna’s eyes.
Unlike myself who lives over 1,000 years, humans have to live really long to live about 100 years, and most of them die before reaching 60.
Of course, since Anna is a practitioner of martial arts, she will live longer than normal people unless she goes to war and gets hurt or dies fighting monsters.
However, 100 years was an extremely short time compared to an elf who was guaranteed a lifespan of a thousand years.
Right now, Seluna alone was an elf who had lived for over 150 years.
“The only advice I can give you is to not be impatient.”
“Is that so?”
“Anyone who has reached the level of a sword expert, no, not just a sword expert, but anyone who has reached the level of an aura expert can go beyond the lower level and rise to the intermediate or upper level.”
“Really?”
At Seluna’s words, Anna felt like a ray of hope descended from the sky.
“Isn’t it obvious? It was told by no one else, but by an elf who reached the level of a sword master.”
At Seluna’s mouth saying that she was an elf sword master, Anna put on a surprised expression.
It was because it was the first time I had heard that the Elves had a sword master.
“hehehe, are you surprised?”
“I was very surprised. I didn’t know that even among the elves, there were beings with a talent for swordsmanship.”
“It has to be. We elves are externally known to be only good at archery and spiritism. But, didn’t there come out of the human spirits and archers that matched the elves?”
“I see…… !”
Anna could feel that her prejudices were being shattered by Seluna’s words.
In this world, elves were widely known as masters of spiritism and archery.
However, among humans, there were cases of spirits and archers who were comparable to, or even better than, elves.
So, even among the elves, there was no law saying that excellent swordsmen wouldn’t come out.
“But don’t elves have their own swordsmanship?”
“That is also prejudice. The captain of the escort I belong to, Serementio-sama, is someone who trained her sword alone and reached the level of a sword master.”
“That means… You mean he invented swordsmanship himself?”
“Not really. Serementio-sama also learned swordsmanship from his master after all.”
“Who is that master?”
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“Sir Anna is someone I know. It is said that the sword master of 300 years ago, the hero ‘Tarun’, was Serementio’s teacher.”
At Seluna’s words, Anna almost lost her rope and almost fell off her horse.
Who was Tarun?
He is one of the greatest sword masters of all time, single-handedly defeating an ancient monster that came up from the abyss.
It was also a secret sword master who was said to have disappeared from this world along with the saying that a sword master is not the end of the sword’s path.
By the way, I learned about the person who inherited his sword here.
“Is that true?”
“Yes. When people ask where his swordsmanship came from, Master Serementio always said that he learned it from the great sword master, Tarun.”
“Really… That’s amazing.”
“Shall I tell you a more surprising secret?”
Seluna looked at Anna and said as if she were about to reveal another secret.
“Wonderful secret?”
“According to Serementio-sama’s words, Tarun-sama has surpassed the level of a sword master, just as he said. Then he said that the next day he disappeared without a trace.”
How many times do you hear shocking news today?
Anna couldn’t come to her senses.
Tarun, the Sword Master of 300 years ago, has reached a level beyond what he said he was a Sword Master!
“Is that true?”
“Yes. It’s true. With the protection of the Great Forest, I can tell you the truth.”
Anna couldn’t help but believe it when Seluna told her that she was under the protection of the Great Forest and that she was the truth.
Just as a knight values his honor as much as his life, it was because the elves valued the protection of the great forest as much as their own lives.
So, when she bet on the great forest’s protection and said it was the truth, she literally said only her truth.
Seluna’s influence on Anna was gradually growing.