It’s because I’ve been playing with my younger brother’s various hobbies since he was little, who doesn’t like anything.
The first thing that came to mind when playing chess together was Ashel.
“············”.
Asher, who came into the room after receiving my call, looked at the chessboard on the table with a bewildered look.
I motioned to the other side.
“Do you know how to play chess?”
“Yeah, I know, I know, but…”
Ashel looked like she was going to play some kind of chess all of a sudden, but she sat down anyway.
He said that while he was an apprentice knight at Overlord Castle, he learned from his classmates and tried it a few times.
‘You’re a beginner.’
It wasn’t bad though.
It’s not a match, but it’s because there was a taste of putting it while slowly teaching it to put it together with a beginner.
“I’m just going to let you enjoy it lightly, so don’t feel burdened. If there’s something you don’t know, I’ll teach you.”
“Yes······.”
For some reason, Ashel answered with a strange expression on her face and her tail flowing.
I gave her a white horse and took the black horse.
The game started with Ashel moving the horse first.
How many minutes have passed like that?
“············”.
I stared blankly at the chessboard. My King, completely trapped in Ashel’s horses.
I wondered if something was twisting one by one, but it was an instant that the charter was tilted.
‘······what?’
Why are you doing well?
What is this if you say you haven’t left much?
As soon as I moved the horse at the end of Django, Ashel moved the horse and said:
“Checkmate.”
“············”.
I admitted defeat with a hard face.
“I lost.”
The shame came later.
Before starting the game, I even said that I would teach you if you didn’t know it well, because this is because it was very cool.
“It was a good fight.”
As she looked at me, she said cautiously.
Of course, it only stimulated the shame even more.
I was silent for a moment, then asked, not understanding.
“Isn’t it true that you’ve only been away for a few months?”
“Yes.”
Asher replied with a smirk.
With her personality, there’s no reason to lie about something like this.
So, is this really the skill of someone who has only had it for a few months?
‘Are you a genius?’
The information that Ashel was good at chess was a fact that had never come out of the game.
I thought he was a character who couldn’t do much other than use his body. Why did I think that way?
In any case, there was no human in this world who could easily acknowledge the level difference with the opponent with just one match.
“One more plate.”
“All right.”
And the second round was defeated much faster than the first.
A third edition followed immediately.
***
“············”.
Ashel looked at the 7th lord from the other side, looking down at the chessboard with a cautious face.
For some reason, she felt like she was about to burst into laughter, so she bit her lip and held it in.
I’ve never seen him so focused on him, because he just seemed like he was really serious about chess.
‘·········It is a very unknown person.’
What is this person’s purpose, and what does he want from me?
At first, I was constantly thinking and doubting.
But all those worries have now disappeared.
It wasn’t long, but it wasn’t too short a time with him. At least it was enough time to be sure of who he was.
In order to save two brothers and sisters who had no knowledge, they took the monarch and the prettiest and even dragged them to the overlord castle.
But he came back as if nothing had happened and was just living as usual.
Ashel only vaguely guessed. How heavy loads are now on his shoulders.
Perhaps, playing chess without meaning right now is to evoke the atmosphere that has become heavy recently.
At times he was infinitely cold, but at other times the goodwill and kindness within him was evident.
‘··········.’
it was good?
Ashel thought, and shook her head, startled.
‘What useless thoughts….’
When I looked up, the 7th lord, who had completed the django, was looking at me with puzzled eyes.
“It’s your turn.”
“Oh, yes.”
Achel moved the horse immediately.
“Checkmate.”
“ah.”
short slack (2)
The Reef brothers and sisters often looked at each other even while staying in the castle.
I thought that they could not do anything about their situation, but it was especially severe for Riff.
According to the butler’s report, he asked the maid to do chores or anything, so whatever he had to do.
“It seemed to me that he was very anxious because of his brother.”
Gulpiro clicked his tongue and said.
“You always ask me if my brother’s photohememia has been completely cured, almost obsessively.”
“Well······.”
“I think he wants to stay with the 7th lord because he thinks that another disease may break out at any time.”
Is that so?
With the death of the tyrant, the photohememia that Rigon was suffering from completely disappeared. There was no way it would happen again.
I had already explained it to her enough, but it still didn’t seem to completely erase my anxiety.
Even if I could understand it with my head and reason, it would be an anxiety that was close to the realm of obsessive compulsiveness, as Gulpiro said.
I’ve been living like that for the past few years, so it’s not that I don’t understand.
I haven’t really thought about the treatment of the two of them yet.
That was natural. Because I didn’t save them for any particular purpose.
Of course, he had no intention of expelling them as Reef was concerned.
Rather, I knew that Lee Gon was the future flesh-headed Refri Gon, so I wanted to keep her by my side for as long as possible.
And it was a good thing that they seemed to be the same…
‘Should I raise it properly?’
There was no doubt that both of them were talented.
It is said that the riff side has grown from an ordinary person to level 40 in just a few years. Needless to say, he was a genius.
And especially for Lygon…
‘At least the guy who became the lord of Calderick within the next five years.’
Judging from the memories that passed by the last time, the overlord made a contract with the demons, he probably had the power of the demons.
But even considering that, it was an abnormal growth that far exceeded common sense.
It is said that he has become a monarch-level strongman in just a few years from his current level of mediocre…
“Lygon said he was all healed now.”
“exactly.”
It is said that his body was in disrepair due to being moth-eaten by photovoltaic disease for several years.
It’s me, as he said, I only need to procure the ingredients for the potion.
Anyway, it’s not worth it to keep playing around with such talented gemstones.
Doing nothing and staying in the castle all the time seems to make them uncomfortable too.
The next day, I immediately called the Reef and Achel.
“Gulpiro will be leaving the castle soon. Do you two want to stay here forever?”
When I asked the siblings, Reef hesitated and then nodded.
“Yes, I’m sorry, but if you give me permission, I’ll do anything you want me to do, my lord.”
I nodded and shifted my gaze to Ashel.
“Achelle.”
“Yes.”
“Teach two people swordsmanship once.”
Both Ashel and Reef were surprised by that.
“Am I talking about these?”
“Yeah. Maybe you don’t like it?”
“No. It’s not like that, but…”
Ashel looked at the two of them.
The request to teach swordsmanship seemed quite embarrassing to Ashel.
There were plenty of knights in the castle, but the strongest among them was, of course, Ashel.
So, if possible, I was trying to make her do it…
“How are you?”
I shifted my gaze to the siblings and asked.
Rigon answered with a look of enthusiasm.
“Of course it’s great! Just teach me, and I’ll do my best to learn!”
Reef said cautiously, drooling.
“Thank you, but it seems that we are only receiving too many undeserved graces.”
I shook my head.
“It’s not just giving. If possible, wouldn’t it be better to learn swordsmanship properly and remain in the castle as a knight?”
“······Yes?”
At that, Reef gave a slightly bewildered expression.
“Anyway, if you both want to learn, study hard. Ashel is the strongest warrior here in the 7th Monarchy.”
At my compliment, Ashel said with a little embarrassment.
“I’ve never taught anyone before, so I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it well…”
“It’s okay. Let’s teach it first.”
If you don’t like it, then you can ask the other swordsman instructors in the castle to do it.
As such, the map of Ashel began right before my eyes. I stood on one side and watched the scene.
First, Ashel put the two of them side by side and put their hands on their backs, starting with Reef.
When I saw the flow of magic that I felt with my super sense, it looked like it was flowing inside.
I didn’t know anything about magic training, so I was just guessing if I was trying to figure out the level.
After taking her hands off Reef’s back, Ashel asked with a surprised face.
“…you said that it’s been about 3 years since you learned the practice?”
“Yes.”
“You have accumulated this amount of magical power stably in such a short time.”
As expected, Riff’s talent is outstanding.
Next, Ashel placed her hand on Rygon’s back and let out magic. Then he opened his mouth right away.
“The magic path has already been opened, have you ever learned to practice before?”
“Oh, yes. Before getting sick, swordsmanship and magic little by little…”
I tilted my head at that.
‘Have you already learned?’
I thought it wasn’t because there was no magical power that I could feel from Lygon.
Then, in the first place, he had magical powers, but I wondered why he was suffering from photoblood. Was it because the accumulated magic power was too weak?
“Hey there, Sir Ashel.”
Lygon suddenly called out to Ashhel.
“The magic that is flowing through my body, can I just move this? I thought I could do it.”
“······uh?”
Then he closed his eyes and narrowed his brow with a focused face.
At this, Ashel’s impression spreads a sense of wonder, and soon it began to turn into astonishment.
“······································································!
I watched the scene blankly, not knowing what was going on.
However, he could only feel that the flow of magic flowing inside Rigon’s body had changed slightly.
After a while, Rigon opened his eyes with a much more refreshed face than before, and Ashel blankly removed his hands from his back.
“How are you?”
I was curious about the reason for that reaction, so I asked quietly.
She murmured as she looked at Rigon, who was stretching with a fresh face, like a monster.
“·······Unbelievable affinity. No matter how much it enters the body, the magic that is not mine is freely available…’
I looked at Rigon, who was looking at me with a puzzled face.
Even if I don’t quite understand what you’re saying, it seemed like an incredible talent to be surprised by Ashel.
‘I don’t think he’s usually a genius either.’