139 – Moonlight
Looking at the unconscious Ross, Lycan let out a pleasant sigh.
“That’s right, you’ve grown a lot.”
Ross gave her a slap on the cheek to help her come to her senses.
Of course, Ross has never actually slapped a Lycan on the cheek, but every time she recalls that Ross is growing her enormously.
She thought of herself as an inferior student who would never grow up, and her face burned with shame as if she had been slapped every time.
Lycan couldn’t deny that Ross had a strange mind where sorry, guilt, and gratitude coexisted.
She was not yet able to use her breathing skillfully, and her breathing was disturbed at the end.
She showed a huge gap, but it was only a matter of getting used to breathing through training little by little. In the first place, even using intangibles was miraculous.
Since the day is long, the sun was still hot even in the evening. Lycan lifted the unconscious Ross and laid her down in the shade, and sat down next to her.
I remember his father saying this to him one day. Waking up, he always scratched his head with a puzzled expression, and his father took out candy from his bosom.
Perhaps because of her age, there are often times when this strange feeling tickles her chest.
Lycan stared blankly at Ross. There were quite a few students she taught at the academy, but she was the first to officially take in a lycan.
Students who could withstand the training knew how to grow, and those who couldn’t withstand the training criticized Lycan’s training.
But Ross was different. He has a below-average body and a stronger mind than anyone else. Thanks to that contradiction, he endured Lycan’s training and was a disciple who met the conditions that needed him.
If he was such an excellent disciple, he couldn’t help but laugh happily as his teacher.
Lycan laughed and thought.
‘Roth’s greatest strengths are his boldness and flexibility.’
Boldness can grow through training, but in the end, the foundation of boldness is strong mental strength. The name of courage is not enough to be able to reach out where the blades are surging.
Ross has the strongest mentality that he can count among the students he knows.
Perhaps because of that, even in situations where you would normally think of biting your hand or widening your distance, you act rather recklessly.
However, the intention to deceive the opponent is hidden in its reckless behavior.
Deliberately intending to attack, making him attack himself was to the point where even Lycan was embarrassed.
At the beginning of the semester. Lycan recognized at a glance that Ross, who had participated in the class, had no experience in sparring.
It was pitiful to see him facing Lakar, whom he had designated as an opponent, with eyes full of fear of receiving the sword.
He expected Lakar to knock him down in one blow, and it turned out to be true.
But now Ross is different. He doesn’t know how he trained himself. However, Lycan knew that Ross had put in a lot of effort.
From a child soldier who didn’t even know how to hold a weapon, he changed into a seasoned warrior who seemed to have rolled dozens of times on the battlefield where his life was in danger while he was careless for a moment.
Reads the tide of battle and responds flexibly according to the situation.
Even when he swung his fists by surprise, Ross did not neglect to observe while striking back. As he avoided the ensuing attack as if in advance, he distanced himself.
Even a lycan could not help but be nervous about the spear poking in from an impossible trajectory.
An attack aimed at the back with a limited field of view. He tried not to use intangibles, but Lycan had to be sincere in his first pairing due to the unstoppable series of attacks.
It was obviously a one-on-one match, but the surprise attack from behind or above the head forced the Lycans to change their fighting style to one-on-one combat. There is no opponent more difficult than an enemy who imposes compulsion on his opponent.
That was a great ability. The most important thing in close combat was space. How do you use the space where the fight takes place?
It had a significant impact on winning and losing. In particular, a person who uses a spear must keep a distance from the opponent to produce proper destructive power.
That is both an advantage and a disadvantage of a spearman. However, it is too far to call it close combat, and Ross spreads the distance with his opponent like a wizard.
A ranged attack that strikes from an impossible trajectory. The space constraints of close combat are only free for Ross.
If Lycan is one-on-one, Ross is rated as the most demanding and powerful student in the academy. If he hadn’t used intangibles himself, he would have been so defensive that it would have been impossible to close the distance.
Suddenly, I wondered how strong Ross would become if he learned the intangibles of his parents. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t greedy for Ross’ talent.
However, he had no intention of forcing his disciples to choose.
After planning the next training session in his head for a long time, Ross finally came to his senses.
To Ross, who frowned and looked at himself stupidly with half-closed eyes, Lycan took out a candy from her chest with a smile, just as he had seen in her memories of one day.
***
I had dinner with Lycan. Of course, we didn’t eat out, we went to a restaurant to eat.
Perhaps it was because there were only a few students left at the academy during the vacation, the meal became even more delicious when I had more time. I just ate it in a few days, so my stomach was surprised. I didn’t eat much because I didn’t feel well, so I put the spoon down.
Rycan immediately asked if he had been observing my actions.
“Aren’t you eating too little?”
It was not a sarcastic feeling, but a genuine curiosity.
“I feel sick to my stomach.”
At her answer, the lycan smiled and proudly ate the turkey leg with the large piece of flesh attached to it.
Chumble-
If this place wasn’t an academy, but in the mountains, you could be mistaken for a bandit. Lycan, who had been chewing on the turkey for a long time, said.
“From now on, training will be in a way that allows you to get used to the intangible. If your breathing is disturbed during a battle like today, using intangibles could be poisonous.”
It sounds like a notice, but it kindly explains why even if you don’t ask. I didn’t expect this kind of kindness just by looking at his appearance, but Lycan seems like a good teacher.
“Thank you. Master. Thanks to that, I was able to grow really big.”
“Keuheum, just because you learned intangibles, don’t neglect training! What hardens the wide bowl is the daily sweat.”
As expected, he spares no advice. Feeling embarrassed for no reason, I nodded lightly.
“If you don’t want to eat more, you can go back. I’m going to have another bowl. Oh, and train yourself tomorrow. I am on duty today.”
I nodded at the Lycan’s words and left the restaurant.
I headed to the club room with the idea of taking an early break today. Not long after, I arrived in the basement hallway of the main building and found packages piled up in front of the club room door.
It must have arrived while I was in the hospital room for several days. Looking at the names written on the outside of the box, it wasn’t just one or two. I wouldn’t be a popular person like this.
My personal relationships are infinitely small. The Messiah Club, and Roel and his lovers. They were everything
The person who sent the parcel was also the result of my little human relationship. Luna, Bella, Rosalyn, Roel, and out of nowhere Flavia and Aria.
I moved things into the club room, scratching my head. I wanted to check the Luna one right away, but the most delicious one can be tasted even better if you eat it later.
First of all, I checked Bella’s parcel in my hand. The heavy box raised expectations. Inside were pills in a nicely designed bottle.
Judging from the description attached to the cover, ‘Exclusive nutritional supplement guaranteed by the blue magic tower!’, It seemed that the nutritional supplement was sent.
Did they think about the shortened lifespan? Laughing out of embarrassment, I opened the package Rosalyn had sent me.
“Oh… Is it a potion?”
In the box was a red potion bottle that Rosalyn had given her once. I checked the contents of the small note placed on the potion bottle.
―Roel said you look tired these days, so I made it! It’s a fatigue reliever! Good for your health too!
Unfortunately, because I learned intangibles, my body didn’t get tired. Well, it might come in handy later.
The next step is a package sent by Flavia. The contents were similar to those sent by Bella. But this… It was a ‘special stamina ritual made under the name of the Red Magic Tower!’. I don’t know what that means, but I’ll take it for now. It’s not right now, but it’s a useful situation later….
The next one is from Arya. I wanted something that the box was very small compared to other packages. When I opened the package, there was a piece of paper along with the snack bags folded in some kind of ticket.
Dear Ross.
I forgot to tell you. In the capital city, a store called Ruerland sells sweets only in the summer. Send it to this address! Thank you for sending me by type! If another shop opens during the vacation, send it to me too!!!
-Aria is her lovely friend.
PS. Ah! Throw away some trash too hahahaha. My mom said that I eat a lot of sweets. Thanks for helping us destroy the evidence!
I was about to crumple the note for a moment, but I held it in with a sigh. Unlike Arya, I’m an adult…. Still, it’s disgusting. Remember, you must take revenge….
The last thing left is a parcel from Luna. Unlike the others, I took out the dagger I received from Estelle from the space warehouse and carefully unwrapped it.
What was in the box was another nutritional supplement. At this point, doubts arise. Could it be that other people see me as needing nutritional supplements? Unconsciously, I stroked her chin and checked the letter Luna had written.
Perhaps there was a lot I wanted to say, the letter was over 5 pages in tight handwriting. She sat down on a nearby sofa and read Luna’s letter in her head.
It was a letter full of love, longing, and worries. I read the letter with a smile that made my clown hurt in Luna’s letter, which contained her sincerity about how great the time she had with me and how much she expected it to be.
It feels like something has settled down heavily in my heart. That’s not a bad weight. No, rather, it felt like he was filling Luna’s void.
I took out the pretty stationery I had bought in the capital city in advance from the space warehouse. I also had a lot of things I wanted to say. However, I was worried about what to start with the letter.
After much thought, I started the letter like this.
‘To the moonlight who will be with me in all seasons from now on.’