Theodore was the patriarch of the Ribery family, one of the eight great families.
And the 8th family was a territory equivalent to a country, the financial power derived from it, and those who had tremendous military power as the suzerain of the imperial swordsmanship.
If you add the families that can move directly, it is safe to say that their forces are just 8 countries.
“It’s funny to say with my mouth, but I have many eyes and ears. They are capable people who have been loyal to their families for many years.”
“If it’s the information power of the 8th family, it’s not unusual.”
“But they couldn’t get information on just one student. What’s really funny is that I’m not even angry.”
Under the circumstances, it is assumed that Noah came by train to Nightray, but there was no record of boarding.
This was nonsense.
“Imperial Railway is a national key industry, and it is a place where the country holds tight together with the military. If your ledger is tampered with, it’s usually one of two things.”
Someone is plotting a civil war,
Or ordered directly from the imperial family.
It was impossible to ask the emperor directly.
Instead, I was able to ask him when I met him.
“What the hell are you?”
Theodore said as if he was genuinely curious and asked.
But Noah couldn’t answer it.
‘Grandpa or sister-in-law… … No, did the principal delete the records on purpose?’
It was something I had expected since I knew my grandfather was a great person.
It looked like he was living in hiding.
However, no matter how much I searched around, there was no story that the National Guard had a special accident.
The sudden disappearance of the state official remained a mystery to the public.
If so, it was natural to suspect that he had been living in hiding because of him.
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know that very well.”
“… … Are you serious?”
“Can you verify the authenticity of the words?”
“It is impossible to lie in front of Master Knight unless you are a master who can even control your own blood flow.”
Theodore leaned against the back of his chair and said regretfully.
“If it’s an important secret, it’s natural not to teach it to those who can’t handle it.”
“It’s unfortunate.”
“Well, that matter aside. Do you really have no idea?”
“What are you thinking?”
“My daughters. I’m not saying this because I’m a daughter, but isn’t it perfect?”
Noah said as if he was tired.
“It’s amazing that you can say that about your own daughter.”
“I hear a lot about my daughter being a genius.”
Theodore sincerely thought that he could ‘use’ his daughter in order to attract Noah.
“If we catch you, we’ll know what’s behind you along with you, and we can expect a decent third generation. It means that I really coveted a son-in-law.”
“I don’t want to decide my life already.”
“I understand. Speak up if you change your mind. I am always welcome.”
Theodore got up from his seat after talking that far.
“It would be uncomfortable if I continued to sit. Let’s have a good meal and go home.”
After Theodore left, Noah ate two meals by himself.
It wasn’t that the rice was delicious.
‘I know up to four people… … .’
Theodore seemed to be alone, but there was a strange movement of aura around him.
Even if it was heterogeneous, it was a subtle difference in the degree to which the aura in the air swayed in the wind.
If I hadn’t looked very closely, I wouldn’t have noticed anything different.
The reason Noah was able to recognize it was rather because of Theodore’s reaction.
‘Even when I entered the restaurant, I didn’t look out the window.’
The race of knights were those who prepared for battle anytime, anywhere.
When you enter the building, you first check the location of the entrance.
It was just reflexive.
This was the same even for powerful knights who were not bound by terrain conditions.
Because they also have the habit of the days when they were weak.
The more thoroughly a person learned swordsmanship, the more severe this habit was.
But people who are the heads of eight generations of families don’t look at the window even if they don’t care?
‘Two by the window. one at the entrance. one behind me. Is this the only thing I can confirm?’
So, Noah, who took care of the window, realized that the dark knight was hiding there.
It was clear that there were several more besides the four.
Because when Theodore left, I felt the staff redeployment.
But aside from those four, whose location was half-guessed, I had no idea who was hiding anywhere.
‘It’s another method of concealment with Kuina-san. Is this a level difference? Or the difference between the swordsmanship I learned?’
It was clear that either of them was a much higher level of aura operation than himself.
To Noah, who had only been digging into combat skills, the very idea of using Auras in such a way was strange.
“Are you doing this?”
Those hiding felt as if they were wrapped in a transparent aura.
Noah first covered the surface of his arm with Aura, then tried to conceal it.
It didn’t go well.
It was only natural that I didn’t see it properly, but indirectly saw what was hiding and copied it.
Instead of becoming transparent, the arm was shining with a wide spread sword.
It cannot be used for concealment.
Instead, it was successful to pool the aura on the surface of the body.
“Still, can it be used for defense? I’m going to study this later, and I’m going to pick Tiu up first.”
They had been hanging out all day in the same dormitory.
I didn’t say anything, but I had a rough idea of where he would be.
* * *
When Noah emptied his dessert and left, the secret knights of Ribéry appeared.
“What is that just now?”
“That’s what I want to ask.”
The reason why they stayed and watched Noah even after Theodore left was simple.
If something goes wrong with Noah immediately after meeting him, the Ribery family’s position will become awkward.
It’s not going to happen, but it would be a headache if it happened.
It was as if Theodore was trying to drown the student who had dishonored his family.
So I ordered surveillance.
“… … Did the head of the household anticipate this situation?”
From their point of view, escorting the family lord 24 hours a day in the dark, it was practically the same as giving them a break.
But don’t they see each other right away, and don’t they follow their skills as if showing off?
“At least what we were hiding was plainly visible, right?”
“That’s enough, so the head of the family tried to bring him into the family.”
“Honestly, I wondered why you were so kind to a guy like that. After all, wasn’t the elixir you handed over to that guy originally obtained for the sake of the ladies?”
The elixir that Theodore gave to Noah in exchange for the Naedan of the Disaster-Level Witchbeast was originally requested by Roselia and Linaria.
Although they were twins regarded as the most talented in Ribéry history, they were still too young.
It was inevitable that the total amount of Aurors would decrease as he was young.
Among the immovable 15 people, the amount of auras ranked 1st and 2nd from behind. Even with the two together, it’s still fast to count from behind.
As such, the elixir he obtained this time was not an ordinary item.
At least, it wasn’t something that could be passed on as a gift to an outsider.
“No matter how much I say my daughter is a genius, but why is that? Does that make sense?”
After looking at it and copying it, I did it and created a new technique.
If it was so easy to create new technology, there would be no reason for the 8th generation to tremble.
The captain of the Dark Knights under the direct control of the Ribéry family.
He had nothing to do with swordsmanship anywhere, and he replied bitterly to his subordinate’s question.
“No matter how great we are to each other, that’s what makes us truly geniuses.”
* * *
Returning to the dormitory, the first thing Noah did was reconfirm the new technology he had learned during the day.
“There must be a technology similar to this, but do you know of any?”
Well, well… … gulp!
“Isn’t it self-defense?”
Tiu, who was presented with a limited-edition snack that had been singing “I want to eat it” as a gift, said with a satisfied smile as if he had never been upset.
“There’s something that Shiba-senpai writes. Sometimes I received sword energy with my body.”
“Oh right.”
It was too late to notice it because the perception was that it was a technique for concealment.
Shiva, who uses barbed wire swords, where close combat is essential, is also good at defending against opponents’ attacks in order to break through.
If he wanted to cut it, he would shed it with a mysterious movement and counterattack.
However, the shedding movement is also a movement, but it was possible because of the delicate aura control.
“Looking at it now, it seems that the principles are a bit similar. Hopefully, we can use this to move to the next level.”
“The self-contained land system you were talking about before?”
“huh. My swordsmanship is different from normal swordsmanship in terms of its basis.”
Modern swordsmanship has mostly developed in a way that follows the steps of swordsmanship.
For each stage, the part for training the sword skill and the part for mastery are tied together.
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It happened because the one who could use a higher level sword skill had an unconditional advantage.
“But with the swordsmanship I learned, even if you can’t use swordsmanship in theory, you can use all the skills. Of course, the standard for measuring the perfection of swordsmanship is bound to be different.”
Noah’s grandfather attached four stages to this swordsmanship: Ki, Seung, Jeon, and Determination.
And from the point of view of the end of the story, Noah was still a beginner corresponding to ‘gi’.
“Wait, you mean you haven’t even gotten past the first step yet?”
“It’s not a measure of fighting power, it’s a measure of how far you’ve mastered the essence of this swordsmanship, so it’s not that great. In the first place, the decision stage was symbolic, so my grandfather himself said he hadn’t reached that point yet.”
“But the higher the level, the stronger it will be, isn’t it?”
“That would be it.”
Regina heard this and said that even if she reached the victory stage, she would be able to catch Veronica.
Considering that Veronica is one of the current generation’s best prospects who has acquired magic eyes and attribute transformations, and is already stronger than most knights, it was clear how much of a difference it would make to go up one level.
“My grandfather said that if you want to go to the next level, you must learn the nature of your aura and be able to handle it freely.”
“Since you said it’s a concept that has nothing to do with swordplay, it doesn’t mean you have to be able to use an intangible sword.”
“It’s probably purely a matter of swordsmanship excluding swordsmanship.”
Seeing Noah’s swordsmanship, Sif called it the ultimate swordsmanship.
“Your swordsmanship is not bound by sword skills. If so, I think it’s right to follow that direction.”
“I agree.”
Noah also realized something while trying to imitate Kuina’s clone technique.
The sword wasn’t over.
It was his turn to learn something new, just as he had come to Nightray for the first time and looked at other people’s swordsmanship and repaired himself.
“Do you want us to fight separately before midnight?”
“It’s good.”
* * *
The first semester is over.
Students in the 899th class got off their freshman ticket and received juniors.
With the previous outing as an opportunity, they began to interact with each other beyond the distinction of degrees and apostles.
Although Noah and Felix induced, in fact, that was not all.
Overseas Weapon Skills Class
Total number of students 68
68 students who failed
68 repeat classes
The lecture of shock and fear that only those who fight and win will give credits, but both sides ended up failing amicably.
“Don’t worry. I don’t intend to do the same thing in the second semester. The reason the class was conducted that way was because from the beginning, the content was not enough for one semester.”
“yes?”
Whirik!
When Oren suddenly threw a chain scythe, Carlos reflexively blocked the attack.
“The chain scythe is a thrown weapon, but it is chained to the user. You can still control it after throwing it, so if you dodge it clumsily, you die. If you don’t know, you’ll go in vain even with much better skills than your opponent.”
It wasn’t easy to stop either. If you block it wrong, you’ll be entangled in chains and your weapon will be taken away.
However, as a result of hitting throughout the semester, Carlos stably hit the chain scythe.
“how is it? Still, the hard work during the semester didn’t pay off, right?”
“If that’s the case, wouldn’t it have been okay to finish last semester?”
“Absolutely not. At most, each of us is accustomed to one or two weapons.”
The first day of overseas martial arts second semester class.
Oren said after stacking four weapon containers.
“This semester, teach each other the weapons you learned last semester. When you think you’ve mastered all the weapons, come and test me. Grades are given on an absolute scale. Maybe it’s hard… … huh?”
Collaboration followed by competition.
Numerous riders ruined this task due to the conflict between Jeongdo and Apostle, but
“Hey, everyone gather!”
“Shall we start with the lecture rotation?”
Noah’s motives were different.