Academy Genius Tamer Episode 176
The child who was going to kill my child came here to save my child.
Taesoo Han couldn’t help but think like that as he saw Adela driving the warlocks.
He was born with the talent to become an archmage in the future.
The basic skills learned at the academy were added to that natural talent.
Adela smashed those who rushed towards me with agile movements, and buried them again.
Even when Tae-soo Han was tied up, Adela fought alone without reinforcements.
Holding an old sword, he cuts through the air, and slashes through the enemy without hesitation.
“… .”
Han Tae-soo watched it without saying a word.
Adela is grateful to have come to visit, but it is not an opponent that can be won by fighting alone.
There is no way Adela can deal with the army of warlocks that have made Han Siha, Solia, and Seymour powerless.
A fight that ends only when we find someone who uses cloning.
Tae-soo Han did not expect much while watching Adela’s trembling.
Thank you, of course it is.
Sorry too… remains in one corner.
That doesn’t mean those emotions determine the victory or defeat of a battle.
‘I need help.’
Taesoo Han greeted me with the magic orb of a black magician who rushed at me.
You have to go to where Adela is, even if it’s too much. I have to protect my son who is virtually incapacitated.
With such urgency, Han Tae-soo ignored those who rushed to me.
A magic ball pours out from behind.
The barrier prevented the enemy’s attack to some extent, but anyway, it was only a matter of time.
Han Tae-soo clenched his teeth, ignoring the rushing pain.
‘I have to apply.’
Meanwhile, Adela reached her limit.
You can’t cut them all down with just an old sword.
At a glance, he looked exhausted.
In order to snatch Han Si-ha, their sparkling eyes were focused on that, and in fact, most of their power was focused on Adela.
If you collapse, you lose this battle.
There was even determination in Adela’s eyes.
Of course, that determination is sometimes just courage.
Han Tae-soo judged that.
Until he stood close enough to see what was in Adela’s hand.
“I… That’s… .”
Taesoo Han opened his eyes wide without realizing it.
I thought I was just fighting with an old sword.
That sword that Adela was holding on to, the pulsating sword.
It was the cursed sword that destroyed my village.
‘How did he get that?’
no, leave it
The sword, the heirloom of the Castika family, could not have been used by outsiders… .
The sword that Adela was holding had a faint magical energy.
Earth Wizard.
True to its name, Adela was wearing a sword of the earth.
No, I knew how to write.
Tae-soo Han stopped in place at the unbelievable sight.
In an instant, Adela’s eyes met.
Is it hate, is it revenge, is it remorse, is it forgiveness?
Adela looks back at herself with mysterious, unknown eyes.
Then.
Raise your sword high into the sky.
It wasn’t that he was enduring a fight that would never happen.
It was luring the warlocks towards me.
to ask more people.
to protect more.
Just like Taesoo Han did ten years ago.
Adela clenched her teeth and lowered her sword.
At the same time, the earth shakes.
It vibrates violently as if it swallows everyone.
hard-.
The warlocks, who were confused by the unusual vibration of the ground, retreated belatedly.
“Ham, it’s a trap, you bastards!”
“Aww!”
Without a chance to escape, the ground collapses. The earth opened its mouth and trembled as if it was about to swallow a lot of warlocks.
At the same time, the entire land on which they stand sinks.
So in someone’s screams and screams.
Adela, down the crumbling ground,
I threw myself away without hesitation.
* * *
Adela took out Han Si-ha and Solia, who had fainted, from the ground.
Han Tae-soo stood at the end of the ruined engagement hall and watched it silently.
Just as she was about to be buried in the ground, Adela jumped in.
And I saved my child safely.
Tae-soo Han didn’t know how to explain this feeling.
He must have taken everything from that child.
Holding that sword would mean that you already knew that fact.
why.
Why did you save my child?
How should I raise my head in front of such a child?
He couldn’t do what even a child could do, so he had to bury innocent people in the dirt.
I feel like my heart is pounding.
It was so painful that I couldn’t breathe properly.
This feeling… .
Tae-soo Han realized later that it was a feeling of self-blame.
“ah… .”
Adela’s eyes filled with deep emotions touched her.
“… .”
In the silence where no one could speak.
bum bum.
Adela walked towards Han Tae-soo, holding an old sword in her hand.
Tae-soo Han thought that there was nothing strange about Adela trying to cut herself with that sword.
“… .”
However, instead of running towards Han Tae-soo, Adela looked down at the sword with an unknown look.
Then I opened my mouth with difficulty.
“I have waited ten years to cut you off with this sword.”
Know.
Even if it’s Han Si-hyuk, who can’t remember anything, because this child in front of him clearly remembers every moment of that time.
If anyone had held that sword, they would have cut themselves.
“A tragic loss of everything you have.”
“I wanted to see you buried in the ground.”
Taesoo Han looked at Adela like that and nodded.
“… It must have been.”
It is not an abominable empathy disguised as understanding.
Han Tae-soo was as quiet as possible.
Adela bit her lower lip hard enough to bleed.
“Because you are the one who buried the innocent in the dirt. I am a human being who deserves to suffer like that.”
“You and your children… As I felt the pain I felt… … I hoped you would regret your choice back then.”
Adela really wanted to do that.
Because I have endured ten years for revenge.
Because that was the only reason to live.
“by the way… by the way… .”
Adela shook her head vigorously.
“I can’t.”
tuk.
An old sword falls from Adela’s hand.
With the sword that once buried my family, I had to spare the enemy’s son.
had to be miserable.
It was like playing with their hands, so I should have regretted it.
But, why?
Do you feel relief?
Adela clenched her teeth as she looked back at Han Si-ha, who had fallen.
It is enough to take one step closer to Han Tae-soo and cut off his neck.
In fact, Tae-soo Han seems to be able to do that, right?
I am giving my life to myself for saving my son.
Adela can’t do that, so she just stares at him.
“Here I… I… If I kill you.”
“Then really… There will be no turning back.”
Adela breathes hard.
“I hate that.”
When Siha Han wakes up, I miss him.
I don’t want to become an eternal enemy and point my sword at you.
I don’t want to see that resigned face ever again.
As much as I want to kill Han Tae-soo,
He wanted to save his son.
“So you’re sorry for me for the rest of your life.”
therefore,
Adela decided to forgive the unforgivable.
* * *
Last night when I learned the truth, a woman in a robe came to my room.
A topic that disappeared silently and appeared a month later, she brazenly proposed.
“I’ll give you a chance to get revenge.”
He whispered in my ear like a devil.
No, it may not be the devil, but the whispers of salvation.
Adela already knew everything, and Hansiha admitted it all.
“Ugh… .”
Tears covered my eyes, so I couldn’t see anything.
Feeling betrayed by knowing everything and acknowledging it. I was completely engulfed in that trembling emotion.
The person who should have risked everything to kill was the closest person.
Adela didn’t want to believe it. I tried hard to deny it.
But, the more you try to deny it.
That fact was clearly etched in my mind.
“Isn’t that disgusting?”
The woman in the robe smiled and said so.
“Even if an entire village is buried alive, no one gets punished. In fact, they even forget that such a fact existed.”
“ha… under.”
“Adela. Do you remember the one fly you caught 10 years ago? Of course I can’t remember. Who would live a tiring life paying attention to the flies I caught? yes to them We are like flies.”
“… .”
“It’s only natural that you don’t remember. Han Si-ha, even that kid didn’t feel the need to tell you. It’s so worthless.”
“I can’t.”
Adela clenched her fists tightly.
That look in those eyes, that feeling of guilt. There was nothing worthless to Han Si-ha.
“If you are right, why did he hide it?”
I’m sorry.
I’m so sorry I can’t even speak.
Adela thought that was the reason, but the woman in the robe shook her head.
“You still expect a lot from the nobility.”
“… .”
“Then you will only get hurt.”
The woman in the robe sat down by the window and spit sternly.
The reason she came here is not to mock Adela. It was to convey the noble plan to Adela.
“Adela, tomorrow we’re going to raid the engagement hall.”
Adela’s eyes widened.
“Because our purpose is the Son, not the Father.”
“Yes?”
“If you wish, I will allow you to destroy Castika with your own hands.”
“Sleep, hold on!”
Adela jumped up from her seat.
The tears that had covered my eyes were dried up in the morning wind.
A charming voice spoke to Adela.
“All that is left is your choice.”
“Adela, I hope we don’t meet as enemies tomorrow.”
The woman in the robe jumped out of the window without even holding onto the hem of her robe as she was about to leave.
That was last night.
* * *
Academy’s infirmary.
A white tent fluttered in the sky, obscuring the view.
I was lying in bed for three full days.
Hanshiha slowly lifted her heavy eyelids.
“Uh… .”
He wasn’t awake yet, but he knew who was in front of him.
Adela sat in front of me just like then, looking down worriedly.
Hanshiha felt a crunchy texture in her mouth, and she groaned.
“Is it Choco Pie? .”
“It’s soil.”
oh
I jumped up from my seat.
“Wow!”
For a moment, my mind was blown away.
It was kind of stuffy.
Hanshiha frowned and rinsed her mouth with water.
I don’t remember it very well, but the memories of being buried in the ground remained hazy.
Adela helped her in an urgent situation where even Tae-soo Han was overdoing it.
“ah.”
lived thanks to
Han Si-ha, who had vaguely remembered everything, hurriedly looked at Adela.
“Hey, are you okay?”
“that… Aren’t I supposed to ask?”
It was a time when I had to bear most of the power alone.
He had to push himself enough to break his body before he came.
In fact, I even fainted.
Adela looked at Han Si-ha as if it was absurd, but Han Si-ha was infinitely confident.
[Healing Light].
This ability is not for nothing.
Hanshiha rolled up her arm, showing the scratches on the stone.
Just by lightly placing her right hand, a halo of pure white light wraps around her arm.
The scars I had before were completely gone.
Although internal injuries are not completely treatable, minor traumas are treated immediately.
Han Si-ha smiled proudly while showing the ability she had become so accustomed to.
“Hey, did you see it?”
“What?”
“Take care of the person you care about.”
In a word full of hypocrisy.
“What, are you really worried?”
Pisik, Adela burst out laughing involuntarily.
That was the moment.
The two eyes met.
Deep eyes cross in the air.
I couldn’t keep my mouth shut.
“… .”
There are emotions that can be conveyed without saying anything.
Now, that’s how this feeling is.
The two sat silently for a long time.