123 – Count Bright (3)
With Count Helic’s words, the work proceeded smoothly.
There is a space at the back of the mansion,
As expected from a famous swordsman, the only thing left at home is a sword.
Thanks to this, the excuse that I don’t have a weapon doesn’t work, so I can’t run away.
I feel like I want to leave right away.
“Ron! Cheer up!”
Lily is cheering you on and telling you to work hard, so how can you run away?
But from now on, Count Helic’s spirit is no joke.
As expected, the hero of the comeback is something different.
I thought there was a wild beast in front of me.
“You seem close to Lily.”
“Well, of course we are childhood friends.”
“Childhood friend?”
I expected it, but
This man doesn’t seem to remember me at all.
He said he would shake hands and take good care of Lily.
I’m not particularly sad or disappointed, but not even remembering it crossed the line.
“Then, Count, please do us a favor!”
Let’s rush in, raising dust,
He looked embarrassed and hurriedly raised his sword to block.
However, perhaps because he was just taken aback by the sudden attack, he soon regained his cool and calmly repelled the attack.
“As expected, you are not opposing the Noble Alliance with a little confidence.”
“Why are you surprised? “We haven’t even started yet.”
I haven’t used swordsmanship or magic power yet.
However, I realized that a simple power struggle would mean that I would be pushed back by the work I had just done.
Before the ability level drops,
I would have been able to handle it to some extent.
With almost a third of it flying away, it’s not just one thing that’s so inconvenient.
‘I should find a way to quickly raise my abilities.’
If possible, we should be gentle with Line.
I can’t even come up with an easy method.
Even if you exclude those things, there are countless ways to become stronger.
If you can’t decide, one option is to try your hand at an elixir.
‘Instead, the money goes out like a joke.’
Life is ultimately about money or time.
You have to let go of one of the two to grow.
It would be nice to pass by a golden goblin somewhere. Do you think such a dream-like thing could easily happen?
Cheeng!
“Your mind is somewhere else.”
“Okay, you can think about it. “I’m dying of worry these days.”
“Are you talking about me?”
… Well, I’m a fool for thinking something else about Count Helic.
Let’s take the sword with difficulty and take our stance again,
Count Helic smiled happily and raised his sword.
At the same time, I swallowed dry saliva due to the strong, monstrous spirit.
Even as he gets older, he is not a clumsy opponent to fight with.
Judging thus, he held the sword even stronger and swung it vigorously.
‘Geomseongryu – Headwind!’
Two slashes flying almost simultaneously.
Count Helic dodges the slashes that come together like scissors by ducking.
I decided it would be difficult to avoid in that position.
We attacked one after another without stopping.
‘Geomseongryu – Mountain Wind!’
A sword raised from bottom to top with all its might.
Then the slash split the ground and flew towards Count Helic.
An ordinary person would not be able to avoid it and would die.
But the opponent is Helic Bright.
He is not an easy man to be attacked by this level of attack.
“Hmm!”
Let’s swing the sword towards an invisible slash,
The slash returned to nothingness and did not even touch Count Helic’s fur.
I thought it was pretty good.
Even when swinging the sword in that posture, it showed such power.
The old man did not die.
… I thought so, but I guess I couldn’t fully accept it.
“Ugh, my knees….”
They say there is no business in the face of time,
Count Helic groaned and hugged his knees.
Well, it seemed like it was unreasonable for someone who was over 50 and looking to hit 60.
Nevertheless, he was young at heart, and he struggled to get up, overcoming the pain in his knees.
“You look quite tired, why don’t we stop here?”
“Hmph! I guess I’m finally giving up on something like this. Even if I have to die, I will fight and die. “That is the life of me, Helic Bright, and my identity!”
There is really no such thing as stubbornness.
If you do that, you will die in vain later.
If I had run away, I wouldn’t have died.
“Then I’ll end my pranks here.”
If you deal with it clumsily, it will never end.
So, we must strike the final blow with the intention of ending it here.
As soon as I took up my position, the wind blew as if all the winds in the world were gathered around me.
Count Helic must have felt a sense of crisis,
He looked nervous and prepared for a big move with me.
‘Sword Seongryu – Wind Dragon, Wind Dragon!’
Let’s swing the sword,
A wind in the shape of a dragon’s molars struck Count Helic.
When Count Helic swung his sword against him, his earth collapsed and a storm arose.
The battle was fought with a roar,
The wind died down and an outline slowly began to emerge.
“… A draw, yes.”
“I guess that’s the case.”
The result was a draw.
I can still fight, but if I fight any longer, I will only lose.
Count Helic must have lost his stamina, so as soon as the sparring was over, he immediately sat down.
He fought at the age of over 50,
Nothing strange.
I thought it would be disappointing that it ended in a draw.
Count Helic looked at me with a satisfied smile.
“Are you planning on joining the Kingdom Knights?”
“Count!”
Lily reacted to the Count’s suggestion before me.
Is it the Kingdom Knights?
If it were someone else, they would have accepted it as a good thing.
Unfortunately, I have a lot of work to do in the future. To me, Count Helic’s offer was not very attractive.
“I’m sorry. “Thank you for the offer, but I still have a lot of work to do.”
“I see, it’s a shame. “You would have flattened the young guys’ noses.”
I guess he was truly disappointed, but even after he refused, he continued to look at me with anticipation.
However, Lily, who was watching, intervened between me and the Count, She completely blocked the Count’s proposal.
“I’m angry.”
“Okay, okay. “I really can’t pick up one of my daughters and pray.”
Count Helic stood up, shaking off the dust,
Soon he passed Lily and came towards me and started observing me.
After drooling and looking here and there, he finally sighed and asked in a questioning voice.
“Hey, have you ever met me?”
“Well, it exists.”
We even shook hands, but it would be a lie if I said we didn’t.
“Let me introduce myself once again. This is Ron from Fuji Village. Count Helic.”
“Fuji Village? Then you do it then!”
Let’s say the name of the village,
Perhaps it occurred to him too late, his eyes widened and he pointed at me with his finger.
“So you were the boy who shook my hand? “This has changed beyond recognition.”
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“Is that so?”
Honestly, I don’t know because I see my face every day.
Has it changed so much that it is unrecognizable?
But even Count Helic couldn’t recognize her, so how did Lily recognize her at once?
When I glanced at Lily, her face turned bright red and she turned her head.
‘Can’t we just quickly connect the line?’
I think the line suits you better than someone like me.
I don’t know why you like someone like me.
“Master! “I brought you something to drink.”
A perverted maid with no manners whatsoever,
Ando pulled the wagon with a lively voice.
However, it was none other than the Count who served the drink.
“Try it once. “It’s something I often use.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Without a single doubt, she brought the cup she was handed to her mouth.
At that moment, a foul smell stung her nose and
She checked the contents of the cup as the strong bitter taste touched the tip of her tongue.
What on earth does this mean?
Dark color and sticky texture.
I even distorted my expression without realizing it in an atmosphere that made me feel uncomfortable for no reason.
“Can’t I eat bitter food? “Your tastes are more childish than I thought.”
“What on earth is this? “Can I eat it?”
“Uh-huh, be careful what you say. That’s because I bought the snowy mountain deer antlers that His Majesty the King gave me.”
‘…… What?’
I couldn’t understand Count Helic’s words for a moment and was shocked later.
Snow Mountain Deer Antler.
That’s one of the elixirs that increases her speed.
However, most of the spiritual evils can be truly effective only when eaten as is or through special cooking.
If you just change it like this, what will be the effect?
It just turns into tasteless trash.
More than that, you said the king gave you this, right?
Clearly, Count Helic had bad knee joints.
And snowy antler is an elixir directly related to speed, that is, leg health.
The king probably gave the elixir to take care of his power.
Unfortunately, Count Helic, who did not recognize the true value of the elixir, put the king’s efforts in vain.
“What, is there some problem?”
“Problem? Of course it is, you big-headed bastard!”
“W-what? “A big head?”
Snow Mountain Deer Antler is an elixir that only appears in the mid to late game.
They made it into trash like this, but it looks like it won’t be cursed.
I feel like I got a glimpse into the true royalist nobility as they become weaker over time.
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“Ron, thank you. “I never thought I would use the elixir incorrectly.”
Let’s hold a one-hour lecture on elixirs,
Belatedly, I realized what mistake I had made and my complexion turned pale.
This is an elixir that can increase your speed by 50 if consumed properly.
What need I say when I drink such an elixir?
As long as you eat the remaining snow antler as is,
He told me to just eat the finger-sized deer antler because it would make my knee joints feel a little better.
It would be nice if people didn’t get killed for no reason because of this.
“Ha, I’m glad I found out, even if it was too late.”
“Okay. “Honestly, I thought it wasn’t tasty, but I forced myself to drink it because they said it was good for my health.”
You know what.
Honestly, Lily’s cooking is more disgusting than the ground snow antler.
I was surprised at first, but when I thought about Lily’s cooking, it wasn’t a big deal.
Once I drank it, my abilities did not increase at all, and I just felt a little worse.
If a snowy antler came to me,
It will be much better than now, but it is such a waste.
“By the way, Ron, I have something to discuss with you.”
“Huh? What?”
Has there been an event like this around this time?
With that thought in mind, I listened to Lily.
“I’m actually planning to join the round table next semester. How is it?”
“… “Stop it now.”
“Huh?”
The father and daughter are really awesome together.
Why are you doing this to me?
Are you planning on killing me from overwork?
I started paying attention to Lily earlier than expected.
I don’t want to do this, but
I guess I’ll have to contact him first this time.