Overpowered Archmage Doesn’t Hide His Talent chapter 47

47 – You’re Kaplan.

On a moonlit night, a sword cuts through the air.

Whoa!

Even the sound couldn’t keep up with that speed, rather, the pongong sound was one beat behind.

Once again, again and again. The sword cuts through the air.

Whoa!

There is no error in the path of the sword falling vertically.

Also, as if the process did not exist, only the result of the sword being struck down at some point remains.

Jeongseok.

It was a movement worthy of the word “Jeongseok”.

“Whoa….”

This woman caught her breath.

The sword is immutable, but the human body is not.

Her whole body was covered in sweat. Every time she swung her sword, beads of sweat splattered in all directions.

‘Nine hundred and ninety-eight.’

Swing your sword once again.

Whoa!

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‘Nine hundred and ninety-nine.’

Once, again, once without hesitation….

The act of repeating countless movements without the slightest error is itself close to torture.

However, this female knight has no fear of training close to torture.

Now, there is only one thing left.

‘Finish!’

Kwajik!

As she steps as hard as she can on her ground, the rocks on her ground bounce into the air. The number seems to be more than ten.

A fleeting moment when the rocks rising above no longer rise. She unlocked her unique abilities.

Flash

… In an instant, everything will be cut down.

But that was the time.

“Ivan!”

At the sudden call of her own name, the girl couldn’t wield her sword.

“….”

Whoa, while exhaling. The girl looked down at her own sword with her complex face.

“Failed…. I should hit it.”

It is also a self-evident fact that she succeeded nine hundred and ninety-nine times, but she failed once.

I just silently accept it.

Ivan Rose. The person who called her by name quickly apologized for her serious appearance.

“You interrupted me at an important moment. I’m sorry, Ivan.”

Ivan shook her head quietly. Taking off her gloves, she wiped the sweat that was forming on her forehead.

“Ludeville. You don’t have to apologize.”

“Isn’t it because of me that you can’t swing your sword?”

“Absolutely not. I was the one who stopped the sword just because my name was called. It should be said that it is because of my lack of practice.”

“….”

The expressions of the knight cadets who followed Ludville to see Ivan together became blank for a moment.

An Ivan is an Ivan after all.

Everyone thought so at the same time.

“By the way…. What’s going on here?”

“Oh, yes. Guys.”

Rude Bill nodded her head as if she remembered just then.

Then the other cadets proudly held up the baskets in her hands. There was a lot of food in it, and it smelled like something to eat.

“Ivan, tomorrow is the sports game, isn’t it? I should congratulate you in advance.”

“Preliminary?”

“Yeah, dude. You’re sure to win anyway.”

In fact, the win rate of the Knights Faculty was overwhelmingly high in combat, so it was one of those things that they couldn’t be nervous about.

Ivan shook his head.

“Thank you for your heart, but I will eat it after the game.”

Then, wahahahaha- and laughter erupted from the surroundings. Ivan’s head tilts to one side.

“… Why does everyone laugh when I say something? Always.”

“It’s because of the way you talk, dude.”

“So much fun? My way of talking.”

“Oh. That’s great too. Even if I listen to it, I can’t get used to it. So, instead of just swinging the sword all day, play a little. Our Ivan.”

Ivan scratched his cheek with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“It’s strange, everyone said this in my hometown….”

“That’s funny! You are from Lapel!”

Wahahahaha- and laughed again. Rapel, the birthplace of Ivan, was a place that had a reputation for being the countryside of the countryside.

While she was checking her own tone over and over again, her other knight cadets started inviting her to eat her food.

“Don’t do that, take a bite. After all, aren’t magicians capable of winning with their eyes closed?”

“Ludeville. I don’t mean that.”

Ivan cut off Loudville’s words. The female knight’s expression became quite serious.

“No matter who the opponent is, we must not be vigilant and do our best. That is courtesy towards myself, and furthermore, it is courtesy towards the other person.”

“Oh my gosh! Ivan-nim, the nagging starts again!”

Rudeville screamed and pretended to die. Then the cadets next to him pretended to support him and supported him word by word.

“Ivan, aren’t you being too serious by yourself? You should think about your own skills. Your nickname is the Supernova of the Knights Faculty.”

“Yes. Is there a knight in the first year that can beat you? Doesn’t exist. How can a wizard beat you when even the same knights can’t win? Loudville’s words of winning with his eyes closed are absolutely true.”

Then Ivan raised both his hands. With a rather troubled look on his face, he tried to calm them down.

“I-I told you not to say such a thing. I still lack a lot. Excuse me, great drivers.”

“Ivan, since you are so naive, how do you want to get married?”

Loudville gave a joke while bursting into laughter. Upon hearing the story, Ivan jumped up.

“Poetry, poetry, poetry! My goal is to become a swordsman!”

“You never know? Maybe there will be a man whose wife is the swordsman.”

“Ugh!”

Ivan’s face turned red as if it would explode at any moment.

That expression is famous among the first year students of the Engineering Faculty, and everyone burst into laughter.

Loudville pulled out a huge stack of papers from one of the baskets. All of them were from the Marchen Daily.

As if they found delicious food, the other students accepted one by one, and Loudville raised his voice.

“Okay. Because I can’t admit that I’m great. Shall we take the time to praise our great Ivan-sama from now on?”

“Oops…. Don’t do anything like that….”

“How not? If you’re complaining, you should be fine. The unappreciated of the Faculty of Knights, the supernova of the Faculty of Knights, the second Scarlet Judith, the undefeated knight….”

“Ludeville! Stop it! Stop!”

Ivan panicked and tried to dissuade them, but it was not enough to stop them from being excited.

Soon, someone started reading the headline of the newspaper article at the top of his voice.

“Ivan Rose, the supernova of the Knights Faculty. Full preparation and operation to secure victory!”

“The whole academy is excited by Ivan’s sword. Ha ha…. Who wrote this?”

When one person finishes an article title, the next moment, the next person takes over. Ivan touched his throbbing forehead with the palm of his hand.

The ‘praise’ for Ivan continued for a long time after that. Drinks come and go busily.

Instead of responding to each one of her strange compliments, she pulled out one of her necklaces from her bosom and held it.

‘Father.’

When I hold her necklace, memories of her childhood suddenly come to mind.

Her father’s rigorous training in teaching the child’s class. When I cried, I was scolded, and when I finished, I was exhausted and had no choice but to collapse….

If my father had been alive, all this praise would have been for him.

Therefore, Aivan can’t possibly forgive the evildoer who took her father. Also, he never had to be defeated.

But then.

“Huh? What’s this… ?”

The eyes of the knight cadet next to him widened. Suddenly he plunged his head into the newspaper and began to examine each letter in disbelief.

“Why is this guy doing this all of a sudden? Can’t you read the text…. Eh?”

Ludeville’s eyes widened as he approached him. Finally, their mouths opened.

“The Faculty of Magic, pay attention to the systematic selection of representatives….”

At the mention of the Faculty of Magic, the raucous atmosphere of the training ground suddenly subsided.

“… Are you sure you’ll win the fight? What the hell are you talking about? Did I understand it right now?”

“Looking at it now, there are a lot of articles about the Faculty of Magic. What?”

The sound of clinking glasses and laughter disappears all at once. Soon, only the sound of turning paper pages filled the training ground.

“… f*ck this What are these bastards?”

Loudville broke the silence as he crumpled up the newspaper.

That signaled a flare, and everyone started to say one word at a time.

“You are so cocky. Did you intend to get beaten up?”

“Who is the CEO, why are you messing around like this? Take a look.”

Soon, everyone’s attention was focused on the ‘representative’ of the Faculty of Magic.

“Flan…. Hey, I guess you’re just a commoner?”

“Commoners? Aren’t they caught on that as a group? You know what they like. Is it enchantment? That.”

Amid the rain of criticism towards the Faculty of Magic, someone tilted their head and opened their mouth.

“His history is a bit peculiar. I entered as an F grade, but this time I was even selected as a representative.”

“That’s not unusual…. Hey, please it’s not that?”

As if something came to mind, a knight cadet hurriedly continued.

“Didn’t you make a contract with the wicked? A lot of wizards do soul contracts. If you think about it like this, doesn’t everything fit together? It also explains why you have confidence.”

Soul contract.

Silence fell for a moment at that remark, and then Rudeville struck the cadet on the head.

“Is this crazy?”

“Evil!”

“I wonder if the representative who is supervised by both faculties, judged by professors, and even checked and sent out by the president is the contractor?”

Then Rudeville added quietly with his lips.

‘Don’t talk about the wicked in front of Ivan!’

It was then.

“I’ll go first.”

Ivan took his coat. Her face was more serious than ever.

Whatever it was, it looked like it could be cut off.

Rude Bill cautiously opened her mouth.

“Ivan, are you okay?”

Ivan nodded quietly and raised his sword. I felt like I had to stop by another training ground right away.

She must never be defeated.

However, if I do, I will also humbly accept it. Standing up after trampling on hundreds of thousands of defeats and victories, looking at the totality of chivalry….

In the end, I will become a swordsman who can destroy all the wicked.

So what if.

At least one.

If the opponent is evil….

I will never forgive him either.

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ㅡ Kaplan.

A clear and transparent voice without the slightest hint of lies.

That thin tone annoys my reason. To the point of being somewhat stimulating.

ㅡ Again… Can’t you tell me?

I felt a sense of déjà vu. I know this situation.

ㅡ It’s okay. I trust you.

One day, a word she said to me who was carrying all of her things alone.

― You’ll prove it in the end, just like always.

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When I think about it now, it was an advice I gave out with courage.

― You are Kaplan. Kaplan, the archmage of the rank of Marchen.

Or hanging.

The awkward feeling that I tried to share regardless of joy and sadness.

Affection.

Her gray hair flutters in the wind as she stands by the window. Her glistening silk was wrapped around her face, so that her frontal features were completely invisible.

I know that if she turns around, she will be met with golden eyes like a rain of stars.

I got up from her seat and approached her.

One foot, two feet.

The shape of the woman who had been approaching so close to her hand disappeared like her smoke.

“….”

At the same time I opened my eyes.

Of course, that woman does not exist in this world. The purple sunlight filtering through the curtains was telling me that a new day had dawned.

I mean, I had a dream.

It’s a dream.

“It seems that you are lacking in training.”

Dreams are no different from the childish mind that reproduces plausible delusions by editing the experiences of reality according to one’s taste.

The quality of sleep was not good enough to remember dreams because the body was not sufficiently tired.

Anyway, the day of the sports festival was bright.

It was just as quiet outside. It was because I woke up earlier than usual.

I had no intention of falling asleep again or sitting there blankly. I hurriedly washed myself clean and went out of the dormitory.

The sun had just peeked out and a whitish aura enveloped the campus. The academy was enveloped in the calm before a typhoon.

‘…… It’s a dream.’

Memories of the immediate past invade the mind and sight, which should be extremely clear, and act as a hindrance.

Forcibly cleans the head that is about to become a mess. A wizard needs to be insensitive to all internal and external stimuli.

It must have been a momentary misunderstanding.

It’s just an extraordinary thing to be defeated by pouring demons.

I calmed down. Starting from the heart, mana flowed throughout the body, from the thick blood vessels to the fine blood vessels of the fingertips and toes, awakening sharp senses.

I exhaled lightly. It is perfect. I will no longer be agitated by external stimuli.

“Isn’t the mind becoming a novice along with the body?”

I brushed off the awkward feelings I felt with my awkward self-talk.

After refining the spirit and body of a perfect wizard, he took corrections. Before her physical battles began, she was meditating at the training ground and was thinking of checking her mana.

“Ah, Sir Plan!”

It was then that a voice like a pure white cloud caught my ankle.

“Good morning!”

I heard the sound of running footsteps.

“Sir Plan! Have you had breakfast?”

I turned my head and could see.

Pure white like light… Silky gray hair. Golden eyes shining brightly, as if you would go blind if you kept looking at them.

“I came to meet you on the day of the sports festival!”

It was Yoo Shia standing in front of me with a proud face, tapping my chest.

“Did you have breakfast?”

“Not yet.”

“Oh, my mother said you must eat breakfast!”

I removed her eyes from Yusia and moved her steps.

I will meditate. No, I guess I shouldn’t.

“Oh, where are you going?”

She clung to me and smiled brightly.

“Go to the training ground.”

“Okay, I will join you! Were there any inconveniences last night?”

It’s inconvenient.

Yoo Shia gathered her clenched fists as she desperately wanted an answer. I looked down at her twinkling golden eyes and cleared her head.

“It was uncomfortable.”

Normally, I would have clicked her tongue and showed displeasure.

But why?

“Uh…. Is that true? What point! How dare Sir Plan!”

A thin smile appeared on his lips.