1. The first letter (5)
A man and a woman stood with their swords in the background of the murmur. Professor Derek accepted the sudden match request with a big smile.
It was a condition not to use a real sword, but that alone was enough to clearly show the difference in skill. Because craftsmen did not choose tools.
Of course, it wasn’t that there were no obstacles along the way. It was because a beautiful girl with her black hair neatly tied back broke in.
She immediately slapped Ian’s back with the palm of her hand until it made a popping sound. And with a puzzled look on anyone’s eyes, he began to pick up any words and serve them.
“Hey hey hey! Mi, are you crazy?! That, Miss Yurdina? I think Ian oppa went out of his mind for a while… … .”
“Celine, don’t worry, I’m fine.”
“No, what the hell is going on!”
The black-haired girl cried out with a teary face, but the man’s expression did not change at all. Seria was a little envious of that figure.
It would have been a blessing to have someone who genuinely cared about her. I just wish I had accepted the advice of such a precious person.
Unfortunately, Ian seemed unwilling to accept his friend’s advice. So, isn’t that why he and Seria are standing face to face with swordplay?
It was arrogant. Seria gave up everything except the sword. That’s how I managed to achieve it.
The degree of desperation was different from that of someone drinking or drinking. It was natural. For her, the sword was like a matter of survival.
So Seria had no doubts about her victory. However, there is one thing that bothers me.
With that strange sword I saw this morning.
As she recalled the memory of that time, Seria’s hand holding the wooden sword naturally gained strength. Tension flashed in her calm eyes.
Was it really an illusion? At that time, Seria was briefly overwhelmed by that sword. No matter how pathetic Ian looked like a pathetic senior drinking and drinking, this was the academy.
Everyone had at least one number to hide. Otherwise, you won’t be able to survive in the academy.
Seria’s sapphire-like eyes sank into a discreet light. Her gaze scanned every nook and cranny of Ian.
It was a relaxed attitude. A comfortable posture, not even pulling out the sword from the scabbard. It was like a yawning atmosphere.
Crying, Seria had to chew on her anger once again.
Anyway, isn’t it a battle between prosecutors and prosecutors? There was a minimum manners that should be shown to each other. Although she sometimes says rude things unintentionally, I don’t remember showing any attitude of ignoring or ignoring the opponent in Dalian.
Her eyes narrowed. I pulled the handle and got into a position as if I was about to jump out at any moment.
If the opponent had a hidden move, there was only one best move.
To destroy the opponent before revealing the hidden move. Fortunately, Seria had leg strength enhanced by magic.
At the same time as the start, it overwhelms with explosive speed. His long experience of fighting with the Witchbeast provided such an answer. Her muscles tightened.
Professor Derek glanced at Ian, who didn’t even draw his sword, then sighed. The result was obvious.
Apparently, he thought that Ian was bluffing his senior’s face. However, he was not kind enough to give advice to students who could not differentiate between courage and bravery.
Everything is acquired through the body. According to that belief, he immediately announced the beginning of Dalian.
“Then, start!”
And before that heavy echo even resonates in the arena,
The space was compressed with a popping noise. The scenery with straight lines drawn like a print was washed away like a torrent.
The sound of cutting the wind, but faster than the sound of darkness.
It was the moment when the pulled muscles shot out Seria’s body like an arrow. Seria was already close to Ian. The blunt sword of the wooden sword aimed at the man’s stomach and was on the verge of locking himself in.
No matter how sharp the blade was, allowing a blow to a vital point could lead to serious injury. So, at the last moment, Seria thought of turning her sword into her stomach.
Until the unpleasant clicking sound of “cack” passed by my ears.
It was a thunderbolt-like footsword. The black blade of the wooden sword split the moment and struck Seria’s sword blade.
It was while her center of gravity was shaking and she hesitated.
Hook, and her body pulled forward.
The man grabbed her sword body with the hand that did not hold the sword. A movement without even hesitation.
If I didn’t, my palms might be torn off. However, he rode the flow of power in a strangely appropriate way.
The girl’s model rolled on the ground as if being thrown out. I saw it right in front of my eyes, but I couldn’t figure out what had happened.
With her back to the ground, Seria blinked and looked up at the sky.
one round.
She was ahead of her in terms of strength and magic. Even the players took her. But as a result, she was rolling on the ground.
As a result that made no sense to common sense, a muffled noise began to be heard from the surroundings.
The reaction of surprise, the reaction of being funny, and even laughing at her.
Everyone seemed to think she was careless. And soon, Seria also believed that.
There was no way this would happen. How, so simply?
He devoted his whole life to kendo. There was no way I could get tired of Hanryang, who at least drank. She was a genius and should have worked harder.
Only then could the shadow cast over her life be repelled. Yurdina’s brightest sun, the descendant of the golden lion who protects the north, and her half-sister.
“Are you going to do more?”
A nonchalant voice struck Seria’s ears like thunder. Seria, who came to her senses after hearing those words, immediately stood up while gritting her teeth.
It staggered a little, perhaps because of the impact of rolling on the ground, but this was still good. Because she hasn’t let go of the sword yet.
The blazing blue eyes turned to Ian once again. He walked back to the seat across from her before he knew it.
“… … please.”
Biting his lips, he spit out that hot voice. It was clear to anyone that Seria would come forward with sincerity.
But Ian just nodded slightly as if he didn’t care.
It was the attitude of coming and going at any time. Seria couldn’t stand it any longer.
One more leap, that was enough to close the gap. However, Seria was not foolish enough to repeat the failed strategy.
At first, because I put too much emphasis on speed, I ended up drawing a very straight sword path. The opponent was not an honest bear, but a cunning fox. A dangerous opponent who knows how to use her powers again.
So I had to be more careful. Her leap stopped a short distance from the man. And the blow that followed while running.
He hid the sword until the last moment. As if he hadn’t been able to figure that out in advance, the man responded with a slash at the blow from the bottom up.
It was the right response at the right time. If the guy’s opponent wasn’t Seria Yurdina.
Bang, a shockwave resounded like an explosion. The swordsmanship, reinforced with high-density magic, had terrifying power even without an aura.
The man’s wooden sword was thrown into the sky, and his shoulders opened naturally. The amount of magical power was proof that Seria was superior.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get the sword out of my hand, but my opponent was now defenseless. Seria sensed victory.
Yes, of course it had to be. She had devoted her whole life to swordsmanship. That earnest effort made her a genius. I couldn’t be denied now.
However, when Seria struck the wooden sword again in a natural linking motion like flowing water.
Hook, and her sword cut through the air.
With a click, the man’s wooden sword struck her in the stomach. Severe breath escaped from Seria’s mouth, accompanied by intense pain.
Suddenly hit in the vitals, she rolled on the ground again and again as if she was being thrown back. It was a blow reinforced with magical power. It is said that she is superior simply in terms of power, but her opponent is also a third year at the academy.
At least one part of the girl’s lean body had the power to be crushed like a bouncy ball. A moan leaked from Seria’s mouth, who allowed the blow.
Breathing, choking and choking.
I didn’t even know how much pain I was going through. It hurt enough to bring me to tears. I can’t breathe properly, and the sharp pain digs into each nerve cell in the spinal cord and sharpens it.
A tingling pain spread throughout his body. She realized that she had inadvertently lost her wooden sword. I couldn’t stand that much.
Even in the midst of that excruciating pain, Seria stammered and grabbed her wooden sword again. The hum tickled her ears again.
If the buzz earlier was a reaction of being unattractive, the current buzz was a mixture of embarrassment.
Unexpected, unexpected results.
It was inevitable that they would panic. They were slowly noticing that something was going on strangely.
It didn’t matter. It was Seria who decided to live her life without even caring about the eyes of others anyway.
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Just now, her mind was concentrating on reliving the previous workshop.
How the hell did you avoid it?
It was not even visible. His posture also collapsed. However, as if his new model had to do so naturally, he passed the sword attack by a short distance, avoiding the direction Seria’s sword was striking, and plunged the blade into his abdomen.
I never knew. And the unknown is scary. In addition to the intense pain she hadn’t experienced in a long time, Seria’s eyes turned to Ian with a faint sense of fear.
Without saying a word, he was walking back to the seat across from Seria. Then, standing there, he looked down at Seria again.
eyes asking what to do. Seria gritted her teeth and staggered to her feet.
gasping for breath Still, Seria aimed her sword at her again.
“… … Again, please.”
However, no matter how many times it was repeated, the result did not change.
Seria was sure she had won several times, but it was always herself who was rolling on the ground the next moment. It would have been better if it had just rolled on the ground.
His temple was struck with the side of the sword, his abdomen was kicked, and his arms and legs were struck dozens of times, so he could not even feel well.
After several battles, blood gushed out of Seria’s mouth. The inside of the ball exploded due to the cumulative impact.
And after a few more battles, Seria vomited bright yellow gastric juice.
When the last battle was over, Seria couldn’t even get up. The whole body was full of wounds.
It seemed that there were still fractures in several places. The excruciating pain made my limbs numb. My vision was blurry, and I couldn’t even breathe properly. He didn’t even know if his lungs were damaged.
It was only after several battles had already been repeated that the buzzing had subsided.
They were overwhelmed with unrelenting violence. Countless violence inflicted on the body of a weak girl who can’t even control her body, let alone resist.
It was broken, torn, and blood gushed out. Nevertheless, Ian mechanically swung the wooden sword.
Each time, flesh and blood splattered with screams. After accepting the final blow, Seria’s body, which collapsed, was convulsing lightly.
Even Professor Derek, who was supposed to stop the situation, couldn’t open his mouth easily with his pale face. It was a sight that even the legendary monster hunter had rarely seen humans wielding such vicious violence against humans.
It was only Ian who was unconcerned. He walked along, approaching Seria, who was now covered in blood and couldn’t even coke properly. That alone made Seria’s instincts scream.
Run away, please avoid. Seria’s body, which embodied the violence she couldn’t even resist, trembled regardless of her will.
Seeing Seria doing that, Ian said quietly.
“Wake up, Seria Yurdina.”
Hearing those words, Seria stunned herself.
Are you saying it’s still not enough? did my best. Still, it’s not an opponent you can’t beat.
The body was screaming from every corner. Please stop, that guy is a monster that can’t be dealt with. If you go on like this, you’ll just die.
Seria’s trembling eyes turned to Ian. He was expressionless, as he had been from the beginning.
“It is a pain that I will have to go through countless times in the future. You’re not thinking of going down like this, are you?”
She didn’t even dare to meet the man’s gaze and avoided his gaze. Her eyes trembled pitifully along with her body. I was about to burst into tears.
scared to stand up There was also a limit to coming. You have to wake up anyway, you’ll just suffer again. No matter how arrogant and proud a prosecutor was, before that, she was a girl who had just turned 20.
In the end, it was Professor Derek who took her place. He, who had been watching the pairings with dumb eyes, immediately screamed in surprise.
“stop! Dalian is stopped! Seria is already seriously injured. Dalian is now stopped!”
Then Professor Derek trudges towards Ian and Ceria. It was a belated intervention, but so far it has been fine. Because at the academy, there were high-ranking priests from the Holy Land who could heal any serious injury in a week.
At the very least, even if it was entrusted to a saintess in the third year, Seria’s wounds could be fully healed within a few days. However, psychological wounds are a separate issue.
As Professor Derek approached, Ian’s gaze, which had been looking at him for a moment, fell back to Seria.
he asked again.
“Yes, but what are you going to do?”
Hearing those words, Seria must have felt a tear. What would you do? Of course, of course.
Of course, I have to give up.
I was scared, and my trembling body didn’t listen. The muscles clamored. It is a body that barely moves with magical power. Not even the bones were unharmed.
Over and over again, I couldn’t control my body and fell over.
Even when my whole body was fine, I couldn’t win. There was no way I could win now. Despite knowing everything, Seria stood up using her wooden sword as a staff.
The arm holding the wooden sword trembled. Even now, whenever I met the man’s gaze, I felt my blood freeze. Still, she couldn’t give up.
Because the black was her life. If it breaks like this and gives up.
There would be one more shadow that could not be removed from her life. I couldn’t stand that much.
Seria held her breath and raised the sword again. Stagger, and her body tilted in an instant.
At that will, the movement of Professor Derek, who had been walking to mediate the sparring, stopped. Anyone would have done that.
If anyone had seen the blue eyes of Seria, who was burning cold right now.
“Again, huh… Again, please.”
Despite Seria’s determination, only the man was not surprised or impressed. He just nodded a couple of times, as if he knew that.
“… … okay. If it’s Seria Yurdina, that’s how it should be.”
And his sword struck Seria’s body again without mercy.
Her body flew through the air and rolled on the ground. It happened several times during Dalian. However, what was different about this blow was that it accumulated the blows to the point where she couldn’t stand it.
The blurry lines of his mind were in danger as if they were about to fall off. Seria sighed through her narrowed field of vision and fumbled with her hands. Trying to grab a sword somehow.
But the sword was too far away, and sleep was too near to her.
However, before passing out, she heard the man’s voice.
“Because you only deal with witch beasts, your muscles are too honest.”
What do you mean by that, before you even ask.
Her consciousness was covered in darkness.
This was the whole story of ‘Yurdina’s half-baked scandal’ that shook the academy for the past week.
**
After hearing Celine’s words, I had no choice but to remain silent.
The gist of the story was that he avoided all of Seria’s sword attacks and even counterattacked to turn them into super-corpse swords. He also said one careless word.
He even told her to get up again after vomiting stomach juices and collapsing.
“… … Are you kidding?”
“I wish I was joking too. At that time, Ian oppa was a real jerk.”
Celine’s gloomy answer made me jump from the spot. It was an intense reaction that made me forget that everyone was looking at me.
“No, it’s not like an idiot, it’s just an idiot! I’m a trash fan of a child who can’t even move after falling down?!”
“Yeah, so guys like Thean are trying to get involved.”
Celine looked at me with a pitying gaze, her arms crossed. It was a look of compassion, like watching a cat dying on the street with its intestines spilled.
She shook her head quietly.
“I dried up? Anyway, it’s a crime that Ian oppa committed, so please accept the price for that crime. Now that I think about it, how many hits would be enough?”
“No, so the me at that time wasn’t me?!”
I defended myself like that with a frustrated heart, but Celine and I both knew that it was a sound that would not be eaten. Of course, it wouldn’t work for Seria even more.
The situation was more serious than expected. At this rate, even if she was beaten to death by Seria, she had nothing to say.
I groaned and wondered if there was anything useful in what I had just heard.
Then, all of a sudden, the last words that flashed through my head were the words I said.
“… … Hey, what do you think?”
“what?”
Celine, who was praying for my soul with her hands together, tilted her head at my sudden question. But in a hurry, I put my hands on Celine’s shoulders and pulled her.
It was to show my strong will. Then Celine, as if startled, blushed and averted my gaze restlessly.
“Go, why, why, why are you doing this all of a sudden… … .”
“At the end. What did I say to Seria who was collapsing?”
“That, that?”
Celine was quite taken aback, and she immediately fell into trouble without responding to my compulsive question. After being lost in thought for a moment, she found the answer I was looking for in her extraordinary memory.
“That, what was it? ‘My muscles are too honest because I’ve only dealt with Witch Beasts’… … .”
“Yeah, that’s it!”
I admired it, and finally let go of my hand that was holding Celine’s shoulder. Celine, blushing and hesitant, glared at me with slightly dissatisfied eyes as I shoved her away.
She asked with a dumbfounded smile.
“Do you know what that means?”
“… … No, did you get f*cked?”
As if she knew that, Celine’s head shook her head. But unlike her thoughts, I was serious.
“But I have to find out, somehow… … ,”
If I don’t, I’ll be beaten to death.
It was almost certain that the Dalian application would be made during today’s lecture. Because it was an opportunity to blow away both my shattered pride and the trauma of defeat.
So I didn’t have time anymore. Time to prepare for a fight with her.
In order to take responsibility for something that is not even memorable, I roll my head desperately.
Until the morning, I thought it was a normal day, but how did it turn out like this?
I sighed inwardly, but I couldn’t help it.
Seria’s aquamarine-like eyes were still looking at me as if they were nailed.
Welp, guess I was right that seria ks sepia, huh… :>