First, because he knew the information about the hero, he had no choice but to stop the madness of the Black Sea Empress.
If a country was wiped out while the hero was still there, that would be a big poison to Calderic.
What I had to hide was my relationship with the hero, and there was no reason not to say anything about her.
After organizing my thoughts, I moved on to another concern.
There was something more important now than the overlord.
So what should the heirs do?
‘By now, the hero probably couldn’t persuade him.’
I gave up hopeful expectations.
I wish the story progressed a little bit.
***
Ka-Ann took a step forward and lowered her sword.
Even though it wasn’t that fast, the rock that hit the blade was split in half with a roar.
“Like this?”
I asked the woman standing next to me while maintaining that posture, and the woman nodded.
“It’s wonderful. You learn your senses quickly.”
The hero, Eindel, looked at Kaan with a new look.
Currently, Eindel was teaching Ka-Ann the basics of how to use his magic.
It was just a simple movement, but it was a single sword accompanied by a flow of esoteric energy in the body.
She already had a strong foundation and was gifted, and it seemed that she would grow quickly no matter what she taught.
Was he the heir to the Holy Sword with such superior qualities, or was he chosen as the successor because of his superior qualities?
Eindel let out a small sigh as she thought about that.
Rodiven had already left, and the 7th lord returned to Enrok, saying that something urgent had happened.
At present, only her and Karen are here.
Eindel had also talked with Ben to persuade him, but the answer he got back was simple.
‘If my daughter really wants to go out, I have no intention of interfering. Talk to him directly.’
I thought there must be a conflict, but surprisingly, he did not object.
However, even after the father’s problem was resolved, it was still difficult to convince Caran herself.
He continued to quietly bring up the story, but Ka-Ann only showed an ambiguous reaction.
In the first place, this job did not suit his aptitude because he was Eindel, who was not a good talker. It was much better to deal with raw horses.
“Whoa.”
Ka-Ann, who was repeatedly swinging the sword in the midst of it, seemed exhausted and lay flat on the floor.
She looked up blankly at the sky and suddenly started to laugh.
Eindel asked what was fun.
“Why?”
“No, it’s just. You said people never came from outside. So it’s just fun to do this.”
“············”.
“It’s almost lunchtime, and we’re going hunting together again, Dell. If you go deep in the forest, you’ll find a pink rabbit? It’s a little hard to find, but he has an amazing taste…”
Eindel tried to bring up the story outside the mountain range again after talking, but gave up.
Karen was a pure girl.
Instead of being wary of strangers he meets for the first time, he has kindness and curiosity, and genuinely enjoys the little things of everyday life.
The reason Eindel wants to take Caran out of the mountains is not to show the wider world.
Even if it wasn’t a lie, in the end it was just an excuse.
In order to create a new hero who will stop the demons on his behalf, who is running out of time.
It is to make an innocent child who has lived her whole life in the mountains bear the heaviest burden above all else.
Suddenly, Eindel felt skeptical.
Is this really the right thing to do?
The succession of the holy sword, even if it was the will of the gods, it was not her.
Although she received transcendent powers from the Holy Sword, she always acted according to her own will.
In the first place, the holy sword only gave strength, and never gave directions. Fighting the demons and sealing the demon king were all her choices.
So, it may be that I still haven’t quite figured it out.
Because it was the first meaning that the Holy Sword had never done before. Find a successor
Of course, Eindel had little time left.
If he died like this, and the power of the Holy Sword disappeared from the world and the Demon King was resurrected, the future was bleak.
She knew the power of the Demon King better than anyone. If it were not for the divine power of the Holy Sword, nothing would be able to stop the incarnation of that evil. However······.
“What’s wrong?”
Kaan looked at Eindel, who was standing there, curiously.
Eindel shook his head and thought.
If Ka-Ann doesn’t change his mind until the 7th lord returns, it’s time to reconsider.
***
These days, Kane had a lot of fun every day.
This is because there has been a change in the daily routine that was only repeated. People from outside the mountain range cheered her up.
Everyone else has left, and now there is only one left, but Caran had a lot of fun hanging out with her. Talking about the outdoors, learning swordsmanship, or going hunting together.
Ben, who was drinking tea at the table, saw her coming into the hut and sniffed and asked.
“Did you grill the meat outside?”
“Uh. I ate with Dell.”
“But I didn’t even bring a single point to my father, it’s tuxedo.”
“If you want to eat, you just want your father to come out? It was a little insufficient for the three of us to eat.”
Car-Ann, sitting on the other side of Ben, poured tea from a cup and drank.
We drank tea without saying a word for a while, but Ben asked her in a normal way.
“Daughter, do you want to go outside the mountain range?”
“···········?”
Kaan tilted her head at the sudden question.
“What else are you talking about, father?”
“That woman named Dell asked me. What do you think about going out?”
“Ummm… so what did you say?”
“It doesn’t matter to me. It’s your will that matters, isn’t it?”
Kaan looked at him and asked.
“It really doesn’t matter, right?”
“Yeah. So, how long did you plan on living in the mountains? You should go out when it’s time to go out.”
Karen was a little naive.
It was because he was the one who secretly avoided the story whenever he asked about the outside world until now.
But now, out of nowhere, I’m talking about how long I’ve been planning to live in the mountains.
“Well, whatever you do, you can do whatever you want. You can go to the academy and make friends your age, or you can go on an adventure around the world. With what I’ve taught you, you won’t go anywhere and starve because of lack of talent. Unless you act recklessly. “
“············”.
Kaan asked, stroking the handle of the cup with her fingers.
“Yeah, Dad.”
“why.”
“Usually, I didn’t think deeply about it, but since I’m talking about the outside, there’s one thing I’m suddenly curious about.”
“What?”
“Why don’t I remember my childhood? How did me and my father come to live here?”
Ben was silent for a moment, then looked at the distant mountain and responded briefly.
“Originally, everyone has no memory of when they were young.”
“I’m not asking what the baby was. I can’t even remember when I was about five or six years old.”
“Okay. Then, when did you get a serious head injury?”
“Does it make sense? Don’t talk like that.”
“Daughter, don’t bother people with useless things. Did you say that it was okay when you were young? When your mother was alive, you lived in the city normally, and then you moved to this mountain range.”
“In this mountain where there are no people and only monsters?”
“·······The air is clean and nice, isn’t it? There was also a little bit of my personal preference.”
Car-Ann was stunned and stopped asking more.
Ben cleverly returned the topic.
“Anyway, you can do whatever you want. If it’s something I’m concerned about, there’s absolutely no need for that.”
“It’s not like my father really cares.”
“tt, Goyan guy. Drink it all up quickly and get up. Let me tremble in contemplation by myself.”
Caan snorted and drank the rest of the tea, and then got up.
The day was setting and it was night.
Kaan lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, contemplating.
‘The outside world…’
go out of the mountains meet new people experience new things
It was definitely a fascinating story.
But on the other hand, there was something bothering her that made her hesitate.
It wasn’t just the anxiety and fear of leaving the place where he had lived his whole life, away from his familiar daily life.
She didn’t know exactly what that feeling was.
“············”.
But more than that, it was also true that I was drawn to the stories Dell told me.
It was almost the first time I had ever met someone from the outside world. And she knew well that Dell was a good person.
If you miss the opportunity because of this nuisance, you will surely regret it later.
Kaan, who did not fall asleep and only blinked for a long time, got up from bed and went out of the hut.
It was a moonlit night. She looked at the full moon in the sky and walked across the yard.
When they reached the place where the fire could be seen in the distance, I saw Eindel sitting in front of the bonfire.
Eindel asked her.
“What’s going on tonight?”
“Can I sit down for a bit?”
“Anyway. Would you like some tea?”
“yes.”
As Caran sat down across from them, Eindel took out a cup and filled it with tea leaves and water.
There was no need to put it on the fire and heat it. The tea water in the cup simmered in her hands, simmering and steaming.
Ka-Ann sips the tea she received and opens her mouth.
“Dell wants me to go out of the mountain range and enter that academy, right?”
Eindel looked at her with a slightly startled expression.
“okay.”
“By the way, I haven’t asked until now, why?”
“That’s because… your talent is wasted.”
Eindel hesitated a bit before continuing.
“Your qualities deserve to be called a genius in the world. If you watch them rot only in the mountains, anyone will regret it.”
“Huh…is that really all?”
“okay.”
“It seems like there’s something more serious about Dell than that. When I get stronger, you don’t want to hand over Dell’s sword to me, are you?”
“yes?”
She was startled for a moment, then understood what Caen was saying and sighed a little.
Come to think of it, I used that excuse to explain why I had to hold the holy sword. What is the sword that hides the master of this sword?
It was Kaan who unintentionally pierced the point precisely.
“Well, but I like anything. I’m not interested in what my talents are. It’s just…”
After hesitating, Kaan said as if she had made up her mind.
“I think you’re right about going outside, Dell.”
***
After returning to the mountain range for a few days, I could see the heir and the hero in the distance.
“Let’s go down, Tiyong.”
I got off in front of the two of them and came down on the back of the tee-yong.
The heir swung his sword and the hero stood next to him, apparently teaching swordsmanship.
The heir who lowered his sword looked at me in amazement.
“Are you back? I thought you left.”
I didn’t know what to say, so I raised my hand to say hello.
As she moved her gaze to the hero, she opened her mouth.
“Did you get things done and come back?”
“okay.”
“Can you explain what happened?”
Something to explain in front of the Heir, so I glanced at her, and said she remembered.
“Oh, my father must be preparing a meal, so I’ll tell you to go and make it for four. I’ll go back to the hut first, so the two of you should come slowly.
Having said that, I ran towards the hut.
I looked back at him and then looked at the hero again and asked.
“Dell?”
“Oh, I told her my name that way.”
He said that he gave me a pseudonym instead of his real name. Is your original name Eindel or Dell?
I wanted to ask if any progress had been made, wondering if I had become pretty close with the Heir, but first answered her question.
“Cashol has invaded the territory of Earthhill and has come to block it.”
“······what?”
He slowly explained the situation to the startled warrior. From the Neutral Nations Conference to the intervention of the Black Sea Empress.
After hearing all the explanations, she only drooled.
He seemed to blame himself for letting go of it without realizing it even though it had happened.
“That’s what happened. Thank you so much for stopping the war, Seven Lords.”