104 – Story (3)
A dark night where the moonlight is the only source of illumination.
Fran was swinging his sword in a deserted training ground, sweating like always.
‘Just a little… Just a little more…!’
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I force myself to move my body, which feels like it might collapse at any moment.
I trembled because I swung the sword so hard, and I tried to squeeze my weak hands again.
Holding a sword like that,
Swing once again.
The sword body with its sharp blade curves and draws a solid white line on the training ground.
On that pure white solid line, I swing my sword again and draw a new trajectory.
The blade splits the air, and the split air soon becomes wind and circles the training ground.
-Chaaa!
With a belated sound, beautiful sword marks are engraved all over the training ground.
It was the first time.
The reason why Fran unfolded one of the secret techniques of the Sword Saint Ceremony as perfectly as now.
“···.”
Although she was happy enough, Fran remained unfazed and had a calm expression.
No, to be exact, Fran was feeling miserable and was deeply shaken inside.
‘It’s still a long way, it’s still not enough.’
Fran knew.
Not long ago, the sword strike he performed was so excellent that it could be compared to what Geomseong had shown.
However, compared to the swordsmanship that someone had shown, it was even far below the level.
‘Camel.’
Fran pursed his lips and thought about someone’s name.
Even though the man is the same age as Fran,
Even though I was not a candidate for the hero chosen by the stars,
He knew how to manipulate starlight and imbue it into a sword.
His movements were so fast that the warrior candidate could not follow them with his eyes.
The level of swordsmanship he showed was so far away that it was thought that he would not be able to catch up even if he devoted himself to the sword for the rest of his life.
Fran didn’t expect it.
He swore that he would dedicate his life to the sword, but he never thought the day would come when he would resent the sword and become jealous of others.
I was nervous.
As a warrior candidate, he feels like he will never be able to reach that child in his life.
He feels like he will continue to be unable to properly fulfill his role as a hero.
Is that why?
Fran was feeling various emotions towards Camel.
I was jealous. She was praised as a genius by everyone, but Carmel’s overwhelming talent and skills gave her an inferiority complex.
I hated it. Because she had what she didn’t have, she was also taking the hearts of those she wanted to have.
I felt like I was suffocating from frustration.
I felt rotten inside.
What is the way to resolve this?
Fran, who thought about this thousands of times, always came to the same conclusion.
‘I have to catch up.’
No matter how much she thought about it, Fran had no other options.
Even if there were other options, they were ones that Fran, a warrior candidate, should not have chosen.
“···.”
Thinking like that, Fran stood up again, picked up the sword, and swung.
-Chang!
However, an exhilarating pain came to Fran’s palm as he was swinging the sword.
Surprised by the pain, Fran widened his eyes and looked at the owner of the thin rapier that was in contact with his sword.
“I’m sorry. “It seemed like you were overdoing it, so I ended up being rude without even realizing it.”
The one who blocked Fran’s sword with her rapier was a bright woman with a smile on her face.
“Who…?”
“Oh, my name is Narita and I live in the village over there. “I guess I’m just an ordinary person who stops by this training center on days like today when I feel empty.”
“How did you come to the academy?”
“Graduates can return to the academy at any time, didn’t you know?”
“That’s not true… Could you please get out of the way? I am···.”
“Stop fussing and stop it today. Do you think her swordsmanship skills will improve just because she swings her sword so ignorantly? No. Instead, it’s just poison.”
“I will take care of that… Ugh!”
-Tuk.
The woman who suddenly appeared grabbed Fran’s wrist tightly, and Fran lost sight of her sword.
“Anyway, I don’t know why all the people who are candidates for heroism are so ignorant…”
“I am not ignorant…”
Fran got angry and tried to shake off her woman’s hand.
Because, as she thought over what she had just said, she realized that this woman knew that she was a candidate for a warrior, and that she was a former warrior, Mort, from her old days. Also, it was because he seemed to know.
“What do you mean by ‘people’?”
“Even when I was attending this academy, I had an ignorant friend like you. That friend was the same. Because he was a candidate for a hero, because he was not good enough, he swung his sword every day like you. “Maybe more than you.”
“···Is this the story of Mort, a former warrior?”
“Yes. That friend has been doing what you did for over 3 years. So, may I tell you how amazing the result was?”
“···?”
When her woman asked, Fran showed a rare childlike expression and longed for her woman’s answer.
“From the time he entered school until the war broke out, Mort’s swordsmanship skills were almost at the same level. “That friend began to blossom as a warrior when she experienced combat.”
“···.”
“If you really want to improve your swordsmanship, don’t swing your sword ignorantly and repeatedly. Even if you swing once, swing carefully. “I’m constantly thinking about how to be efficient and how to be powerful.”
“It’s still like that now…”
“I don’t think so? From what I can see, you are just anxious right now and not fully concentrating on your sword.”
“How would you judge that…?”
“You don’t seem to believe it, so I’ll show you first. A sword that is not nervous, a sword that is wielded carefully. “How powerful.”
The woman let go of Fran’s wrist that she was holding, and then she raised the thin rapier and assumed her stance.
Fran’s body trembled at her changed momentum.
What can I say, it felt like an overwhelming yet frightening intangible energy was pressing on me.
-Chaaa!
-Kwakwauk!
When she swung her sword, a strong wind was created, and the floor in various parts of her training ground cracked.
“···!”
When Fran saw that, he was visibly shaken.
She deserved it. The sword strike she unleashed was the same as the sword strike she unleashed, but her sword strike had a completely different power.
“Morte, I tried imitating that friend once. How was it?”
As the woman put her rapier into her scabbard, she whispered sweetly to the agitated Fran.
“Would you like to learn from me?”
****
You should read all the other novels she wrote to get a clearer picture of her Envy.
After reading a novel written by Envy, I was able to draw one conclusion with certainty.
‘Envy, that woman will try to mess with everyone around me.’
The reason I am convinced of this is ‘Rani’, the main character of the novel I read.
She was a woman with a worldly personality, greedy, jealous, and without middle ground.
For what you want to achieve,
If you want to get what you want.
She was a woman who gave things like conscience and morality to the dogs and used all means and methods to achieve her goals.
She absolutely destroyed those she defined as ‘enemies’ or ‘targets’, both physically and mentally.
She was clever and made her plans carefully.
Everyone who became her target tried to resist, but the more they tried, the deeper they were broken.
Something precious was taken away. She witnessed people around her being broken. She had no one to turn to.
I became completely alone and was devastated.
After seeing someone completely collapsed, ‘Rani’ appeared in front of the person who had collapsed, smiling.
I didn’t realize it when I was immersed in the novel, but now that I think about it, ‘Rani’ was, by my standards, the world’s biggest b*tch.
Usually, the main character in a novel is a person who is just and strives to be a good influence, but ‘Rani’ was the complete opposite of that.
In fact, a character with this kind of personality is not suitable as the main character of a novel.
However, despite the fact that the novel I read features ‘Rani’ as the main character, I have a feeling of immersion that I cannot escape from once I get into it, and an anticipation that makes me feel like I’m going crazy if I don’t read the next chapter.
The reason this is possible is because her desire is sincerely and deeply permeated in this novel.
I was sure. Envy said that when she wrote this novel, she thought that she was the main character she had created and that she was crazy immersed in it.
‘Rani’ is the main character in the novel, but she is also the alter ego of Celetina, the former princess.
So, for me, I had to be wary of the cruel (some people might find it refreshing) image that ‘Rani’ showed in her novel.
So I thought.
If I were ‘Rani’,
If my goal is ‘Carmel’, the vessel of sin,
How will ‘Rani’ take down Camel and what methods will she take?
As she continued to think about it, she came to know it naturally.
That ‘Rani’ will never approach me first.
She will appear before me only after first completely destroying the people around me.
After coming to that conclusion, I began to check who ‘Rani’ would touch first in order to bring down the person named Camel.
Rose, who walks with me every day,
Lily, the saint about whom strange rumors are circulating.
I meet Seiji often because of Tweet.
Daisy has made a contract with me and is helping me.
When I thought about it, there were only four women around me.
I suddenly felt a sense of self-destruction due to my narrow network of contacts.
‘Why aren’t there four men?’
After masturbating so much, I thought about it again. How can I keep people around me safe?
I think the most dangerous ones were Rose and Sage, while Lily and Daisy were better.
Because, Lily is receiving the most attention from the sin of lust, and Daisy is the daughter of Envy’s old friend Darren.
On the other hand, there was no reason why Envy couldn’t touch Rose and Sage.
If Envy tried to target someone, there was a high possibility that it would be Rose or Sage first.
I am in a position to stop Envy’s manipulations like that.
To prevent Rose and Sage from being in danger, you must always check them in a safe place.
But, my body is not two. He can’t even use self-immolation techniques like Mr. Na from the Leaf Village.
So, I decided to gather them all in one place and watch them.
“Junior…”
The place was Malik’s log cabin, which was the safest place.
After hearing the situation from me, Rose and Seiji decided to stay here instead of the dormitory for the time being.
“I’m telling you because you don’t seem to know, but this is my house…! “It’s not an orphanage…!”
When Malik saw Seiji and Tweet, he grabbed his skull and made a disgusted look, and when I saw that, I responded with a leisurely smile.
“Why is this your house? “Weren’t you squatting there?”
“No, that’s…”
“Okay, these guys have to go back and forth to the academy, so take responsibility and protect them every time. “I told you the reason yesterday, so there’s no need to say it again, right?”
“You bastard…”
Malik was about to retort, but when I held up the artifact with the recording function and waved it, he immediately sighed and pursed his lips.
“Haa…”
“Hey, skull gourd!”
Was it nice to see Malik like that?
Tweet ran up to Malik with a bright expression, and she tightly squeezed the sleeve of the robe he was wearing.
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“Oh, I’m sorry. I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t even say hello. It’s been a while, my baby bluebird…”
Malik, who saw that, smiled and hugged Tweet.
“Stop being a bastard and serve me some cheese jerky!”
Twitter boasted that his vocabulary had noticeably increased.
****
“Stop being a bastard and serve me some cheese jerky!”
A loud voice coming from outside.
Rose, who was reading a book in her room, realized that the children she had heard about from Carmel were really here, and she frowned and stood up.
-Out of creation.
I closed the book with that title and carefully hid it under the bed.