Chapter 113 – …Yes, it’s not a dream.
Chapter 111
Elfriede didn’t teach her much in her first class. Originally, swordsmanship should start with the basics.
He learned how to stance and hold a sword. She told her that the only thing she learned while learning from her was that I was wrong in how to hold a sword.
“…Uh, can’t I hold it like this?”
“If you hold it like that, it puts a lot of pressure on your fingers, and your knuckles are easily damaged. You can receive the blessing now and endure with divine power, but you should think about it later.”
“Ah…”
I see.
“And stride no wider than her shoulder width. It throws her stance off balance.”
“Yes.”
Elfriede was very passionate about her teaching. It was something I am very grateful for. Even though I didn’t give anything separately, she corrected her posture in detail.
It’s not a feeling I’m used to, but it’s definitely more comfortable. It’s also good to learn properly.
“You are doing pretty well. Still, it’s relatively easy to teach, perhaps because I’m used to the sword.”
“hehehe, thank you.”
Yes, you have to train while being praised like this to feel good. If you just sell like someone, you won’t have strength?
“Swing your sword from top to bottom. It will take a lot more power.”
Hooung!
“Oh.”
It was real. I gave it the same amount of strength as usual, but the sword moved faster. Is this the importance of posture?
“By the way, Abel, the shape of your holy sword is very unusual. Was it like that?”
“Oh, this. I didn’t do this originally. It changed like this when I opened the holy sword. Same with the handle here, and so with the pommel.”
As I explained, Elfriede said curiously.
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“The degree of change in the handle and pommel also happened to my holy sword, but this is the first time I’ve seen the blade itself change. There was no change like this in Levius’ holy sword.”
“Really?”
As for the opening conditions… The Holy Sword of Order seems to be unique in many ways. What will happen if you unlock all your powers?
Elfriede watched her posture a few more times after that, then she clapped her hands and said.
“Let’s finish here for today.”
“Yes.”
I put the holy sword back on my back and said.
“Did Princess Elena come back?”
“I’ll be back soon. If it was him, the conversation with her father wouldn’t have dragged on for a long time.”
“… Her sister seems to be the kind of person who listens to her.”
“…Those words sound like I’m not.”
“Oh, I don’t mean that. I want you to have a compliant personality.”
… Actually, Elfriede bumped into her duke just a little while ago, and it seems like she bumps into her often.
It wasn’t that Elfriede’s personality was problematic. She’s not without a bit of a naive side, but she’s not to the point where that’s a problem and she’s moderately kind.
Still, the fact that Elfriede clashed with the Duke meant that she had a lot of problems with the Duke of Bathory. I could get a glimpse of the duke’s humanity right from the story I heard a while ago.
“Let’s go see Princess Elena first. You should know that she might not be.”
“I know. Rest assured, I will never hold you accountable.”
Then she should teach me slowly.
“How do you use the power of the holy sword?”
“…Your Sacred Sword hasn’t awakened its ego yet, so I can’t use its abilities in a way that communicates with it.”
“Yes.”
“Then…”
Elfriede taught me another way, and I couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.
“Don’t worry too much. It’s a really good way.”
“…Yes.”
…That’s fine, right?
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“Elena.”
“…Sister?”
After talking with Duke Bathory, Elena returned to her room and a visitor came. It was her sister, Elfride Bathory, and the other hero she invited, Abel.
Lying in bed to rest, Elena looked at Abel with slightly surprised eyes as if she hadn’t expected the visit. She said as she raised her body.
“What did you come to, Hero Abel?”
“Oh, just stay. You can’t wake up. There is something I want to try for a while.”
“Yes?”
Elfriede explained to Elena who tilted her head.
“Abel’s Holy Sword of Order can cure your illness, so let’s try it.”
“…Yes? My illness?”
Helena’s eyes widened. Even so, her disease was a disease that all the doctors on the continent had called, but all the doctors had given up on treating.
The doctors who diagnosed Elena’s illness said in unison. I don’t know the reason, and it’s the first time I’ve ever had a disease that didn’t have any symptoms.
But you can heal that ability with a holy sword? Elena was naturally surprised.
Seeing Elena subconsciously expressing her anticipation, Elfriede said with a pitiful smile.
“It is a possibility. If you expect too much, you may only burden Abel, so change her mind.”
“…Yes, I know.”
Still, Elena couldn’t let go of her expectations. No, she couldn’t let go. How could a person not expect that she might be able to cure this terrible disease that is causing her body so much pain and robbing her of the possibility of a future.
Abel pulled out her holy sword from her back. Elena gulped down her saliva, showing nervousness. Abel grinned at Elena and said,
“It’s okay. Relax.”
“…Yes.”
Abel placed the blade of her holy sword on his forearm. And….
Suddenly.
“Yo, hero!?”
“Ouch…”
“Suddenly, what…sister, hurry up and get a doctor…!”
“It’s okay not to worry too much. She only got a little cut anyway.”
Abel, who cut his forearm with her holy sword, let the little blood flowing into her holy sword. Then, the blood that flowed through the body of her holy sword disappeared as if it evaporated. Not only Elena but also Abel were a little surprised by that appearance.
“…Is this done?”
“You may need a little more.”
Abel nodded her head and continued to bleed slowly. Then, the blood flowing through the pure white sword body continued to flow over the sword body and disappeared.
‘…Does the Holy Sword eat blood?’
I don’t know why a holy sword absorbs the user’s blood, but one thing is certain.
The ability was working properly. I don’t know if this is the ability Cardinal Antonio was talking about, but it was something I had to try out now.
“Enough, Abel.”
As Elfriede said, a change took place in the holy sword. The pure white sword body was gradually shining brightly on its own. Seeing that, Abel looked at Elena and said,
“Princess Elena.”
“Yes, warrior.”
“It may hurt a little.”
“…Yes?”
Pu-wook!
The holy sword of order pierced Elena’s chest. But to my surprise, I felt something go in, but not a single drop of blood flowed from her chest that had been pierced by the holy sword.
At the strange and mysterious sight, Elena said in a puzzled voice.
“…What, how did this happen?”
“Helena, calm down. Abel needs to be still so she doesn’t lose her concentration.”
“Ah, yes…”
Abel closed her eyes while holding her holy sword in Elena’s chest. He closed his eyes for a while and focused on her holy sword. Elfriede explained this to Abel.
The power of the holy sword can be controlled by the hero. If you concentrate properly the first time and draw out that power, you will be able to use it freely from then on.
Abel was concentrating on finding the power within the holy sword.
‘…I can’t feel it.’
First of all, as Elfriede explained, it was successful to embed the holy sword that absorbed the hero’s blood into Elena’s heart.
Indeed, as Elfride said, I put a sword through her heart, but nothing happened. Elena was alive and well, and there was no wound or blood flowing to her chest where her holy sword was stuck.
However, in order to end this situation, Abel had to draw out the latent power of the holy sword. That’s when things get done perfectly. Abel concentrated and concentrated again.
Then, I closed my eyes and saw something that looked like a twinkling light beyond my blackened vision. As small as a dot, but shining so brightly, Abel knew what it was.
‘The power of the holy sword…?’
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Abel, who had been still for a while, opened her eyes slightly. Immediately after that, the Holy Sword of Order began to glow more strongly. Abel removed her hand from the holy sword, and then the light from her holy sword began to cover Elena’s entire body.
“What, what!? Suddenly something strange happened to my body…”
“Just stay still.”
“Yes?”
“Then everything will be fine.”
As if to reassure Abel, she smiled softly. Seeing his smile, Elena blinked her eyes a couple of times, then looked at the holy sword stuck in my chest and said,
“…I’m not going to die, am I?”
“I won’t die. Are you sick now?”
“Oh, no…”
“Isn’t it? Are you okay. Because it will cure Princess Elena’s illness.”
Elfriede heard Abel’s words and widened her eyes. In fact, she had expectations too, but she thought that if she failed, she couldn’t help it.
She thought that even if it didn’t get better anyway, it was worth trying, and she didn’t do anything to harm Elena by doing so.
But Abel, the owner of the holy sword, must have felt something right now, and she said with confidence that Elena’s illness would be cured. Seeing that, Elfriede asked Abel.
“…Can it really be healed?”
“It’s not confirmed, but it’s probably right. If what I saw wasn’t an illusion.”
“…You saw it?”
Elfriede recalled the past, before she awakened her Holy Sword of Trust. She said she had had a similar experience.
“Did you see that beam of light too?”
“Oh, did you see Elfriede too?”
When she saw it, it was clear that she had awakened the power of the holy sword. Elfriede also experienced such a phenomenon before awakening Luna, and not long after that, the self of the holy sword called Luna awakened.
Elfriede looked at Elena. The pure white aura flowing from her holy sword of order circulated all over her body, and the color of her pale skin was returning.
“Elena. You….”
“Uh, sister…I really…”
Her skin was pale because of an illness she always suffered from. The fact that the complexion was returning to that skin was proof that the disease was getting better.
Elfriede approached Elena. Elfriede, who lightly caressed the cheek of her sister whose complexion had returned, she said in a slightly trembling voice.
“Really… Are you really getting better?”
“I’m not… I’m not dreaming, am I?”
Her complexion returned to Elena’s hand as she gently held Elfride’s hand. She was so pale that it wasn’t the hand that showed off the blue veins.
Tears hotter than ever flowed down Elfriede’s cheeks before she knew it. She looked at Elena’s hand, which held her own.
Holding her hand tightly, Elfriede quietly whispered to her dearest kin.
“…Yes, it is not a dream.”