3. Ashera Glaead & Chersha Kalua (14)
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‘It’s different.’
It was definitely different.
Even if you usually swing a sword, you have to concentrate everything on yourself to unfold without any problems, but now you can unfold it so easily in your hand.
It was to the point where he couldn’t understand why he thought the swordsmanship he had worked so hard to implement before was so difficult.
The aura that has settled down as huge as if it will swallow the sword body increases in size, and soon it reminds me of a form that I would not normally try.
The hand holding the sword faces the front. Then, he raised his sword high as if pointing to the sky.
A deformed posture, as if telling the opponent all of his preparations, as if he were trying to show his skills.
At first glance, such an open demonstration of a knight’s swordsmanship was an arrogant attitude.
No matter how perfect a technology is, as much as it is known, its loopholes are sure to be revealed.
But that’s why it was such a famous technique.
Aspect of Aizen Glade, called the blue shield of the empire, wall like a mountain in the north.
A swordsmanship that has never been broken on the battlefield.
You can overwhelm the opponent’s momentum with your own momentum.
Before casting, such confidence must be based, and you must have absolute faith in your sword to use it.
In other words, it was also a season in which you could never unfold the moment you thought your opponent was stronger than you.
Glead family swordsmanship type 7.
ㅡ Overkill.
The aura that had been enlarged in size continued to increase in size by itself. A huge blue aura that swelled up as if to swallow an entire space in the gymnasium.
Force, in itself, had to have the spirit to stamp out opponents.
Remember the strongest opponent you ever faced.
At first, I thought of the face of my teacher, Aisen Glade, but then I remembered a woman with red hair who was not my teacher.
Even the scar on his right cheek and his rough tone, the beautiful woman on the outside was clearly imprinted in his mind.
I wonder if the recent defeat was the biggest thing in my head, but for some reason I was more strongly associated with her than my teacher.
I only received two sword attacks, but I had no choice but to admit defeat… She was a woman that was hard to even fathom.
Rachel Cardia.
[#5] I think of her approaching me as if she was about to crush a blue storm from the front.
The idea that that red aura is rushing towards you.
Let’s think of her image of putting her own sword against it…….
At that moment, the huge aura on Ed’s sword became unstable and began to shake violently.
“Cool!”
Ed coughed for a moment and involuntarily let go of the sword.
As her 7 swordsman type is broken, the huge mana that surrounds her sword body comes to her own body as if it were flowing backwards. I unknowingly clenched her fists to prepare for the sudden pain that would come naturally to my body.
She felt as if her warm energy was enveloping her, and only a very slight pain remained in her body.
“I’m going there.”
I turned my head involuntarily at the soft voice I heard in my ear.
Asherah held her own hand, and a haze like a blue reverberation appeared from her body. And through her hands touching her, she felt blue mana enveloping her own body.
Ashera’s body contact continued for a while as if she was going to completely control the regurgitation of mana in her body.
Even the pain, which was felt insignificant, completely disappears as if it gradually disappears. How much control is it possible to control someone else’s body, not your own, with your own mana?
Unbeknownst to me, Ed was looking at Ashera in admiration.
Ashera’s mana wrapped around Ed was also fading, and at the same time, Ashera glanced at her Ed as if she was glancing at her.
A reprimanded look in his eyes as if he was looking at himself for doing well.
Ed came to his senses at that gaze and cautiously opened his mouth.
I don’t know how the young lady is at this gymnasium, but… What was clear was that without the lady, she would be rolling on the floor of the gymnasium.
“… Thank you.”
“I’m sure… Didn’t I tell you not to overdo it? If I hadn’t been here right now, Ed, you would have been in excruciating pain.”
Now that even the blue haze that covered her whole body has disappeared, Asherah has finished controlling her completely regurgitated mana, so she simply grabs Ed’s hand with strength.
Unknowingly, holding Ashera’s hand holding her own, I endure her pain.
It must be the hands of an extremely soft young lady, but where the hell does such a grip come from…. In the end, she couldn’t help but let out a weak sound from her own mouth.
“The lady caught… hand….”
She couldn’t bear to tell me to let go, so she hesitated.
“I purposely grabbed it hard to make it hurt. Ed, if I said that, shouldn’t you also listen to it?”
When we briefly met each other this morning, she reminds me of the lady who repeatedly told me not to overdo it.
Seeing Ed like that, Ashera slowly loosened her grip and spat out her words as if she was dumbfounded.
“If you have something to say, do it.”
“… I have nothing to say.”
Ed exhaled lightly and spoke out with an apologetic expression.
“What happened? Did you gain any enlightenment by looking at it? Compared to before, the precision of the aura and the perfection of the swordsmanship had risen significantly… It’s not that I can’t understand the excitement that you get when you rise to the level as a knight.”
Enlightenment.
Ed, who was blankly thinking about it, nodded his head slightly.
Inexplicable improvement in one’s skills. Maybe I should call it enlightenment.
“Yes, I think so.”
“Congratulations. At the age of 17, if you have the ability to manifest an aura at the level of a top-notch knight, that in itself is a level where you can say that your talent shines.”
Honestly, it was a subtle feeling when he heard the praise of his talent from Ashera, not from anyone else.
But even so, I could feel her sincerity in her congratulations, so I bowed my head without realizing it.
“Thank you. Aren’t you busy anyway, is it okay for the young lady to be here at the same time as no one else….”
When I spoke while being conscious of Ashera’s words to let her speak comfortably, I felt like my words were twisted for no reason.
“Foot. What is that tone of voice?”
Ed, scratching his cheek as if embarrassed by Ashera’s small smile, is still conscious of her hand holding her own.
How can she maintain such strength in her hands that are so soft that she seems to have never gone through hardships?
“Right now, the family is definitely very busy. There are several incidents that have occurred in succession, and the fact that a special mercenary is targeting the family is actually a really big deal…. Aside from that, there are a lot of things that I haven’t been able to handle because I’m taking care of you who has collapsed.”
After all the incidents happened, I felt that the simple words that Gleaard was really busy were not enough.
As the number of knights has decreased, it goes without saying that the remaining knights have a lot of work to do, and all of the family members seem to be busy with standing guard over Glade and solving various tasks coming in from the outside. Was
That’s why the fact that Lady Ashera, who handles Glead’s important tasks, is now at the gymnasium made me feel strange.
Asera, who smiled a little as if she knew her question, opened her mouth gently.
“I’m really busy, but…. I came down to catch my breath for a while.”
As if he wants to rest with himself….
The appearance of Ashera, who spoke with a small smile, seemed like that to Ed, who was her father.
With those words, Ashera took Ed’s hand and led him to a corner of the gymnasium.
She was clearly holding the hand to control the backflow of mana, but now that all of that was over, Ashera still refused to let go of Ed’s hand.
Ed takes a few steps as if being dragged by Ashera’s power, and soon moves by Ashera’s side.
She got into a strange position, as if they were holding each other’s hands, but she didn’t pick it up or say anything, or take her hand away from her.
‘….’
We didn’t even say much about each other. It seems that this situation is natural.
She was confident in just accepting Asherah’s actions as if she were being stained with them.
“Do you like fruit?”
“Yes.”
Ed calmly answered the question as if she knew what she would like. Ashera, who had a natural smile, handed over a clean towel. Afterwards, she put a luxurious silver plate with various fruits on the table. .
Ed looked at Ashera in surprise at the mixture of several kinds of fruits that are hard to find in the north.
“This can’t be… Are you Cherimoya?”
There was even a fruit on the silver plate that is said to be hard to find in the North even if you have money.
“Hey Ed, how do you know this fruit? I thought you wouldn’t know even more.”
Rather, Ed, who correctly said the name of the fruit, seemed to be amazed and Asera opened her words. Cherimoya is a rare fruit that grows only in the tropics, and it was difficult to bring it to the northern part of the country without spoiling it.
“… I’ve never heard of cherimoya.”
“Isn’t it like I ate with someone in a place I don’t know?”
“How could that be?”
“And another stiff tone.”
“I… It can’t be.”
Asera pointed out the way she spoke and Ed awkwardly corrected her words. Ashera smiled brightly and continued talking.
“I came in as a small gift from a family I was close with. That’s why I brought it to give you a taste…. Well, seeing as you know the name, you seem to know it to some extent, but you can expect enough about the taste.”
A fruit known for its taste that is incomparable to most fruits.
Ed gave a small nod to that.
Ashera, who was about to take herself out from her vicinity and try to take tea leaves, naturally tried to take tea leaves for Ed too, but hesitated.
I thought of something I had rarely seen like Ed drinking tea, so after thinking for a while, Ashera finally stopped.
The tea she brought was famous for its bitter aroma, so she just poured cold water and handed it over as it was.
“… Thank you.”
“Nothing, let’s take a break for now.”