Episode 22
“That book… .”
Raon looked at the burning book and swallowed dry saliva. The book was old, as if it would crumble at any moment, but it lit up the audience with a magnificent golden dawn.
Whoa!
A book that fell like petals heralding the end of summer reached my fingertips. It was not hot even though it was burning in flames, it was warm like body temperature.
‘Comician?’
The words on the cover of the book caught my eye. As I tried to turn the cover, the pages automatically turned over, causing even greater fire.
self.
The book reached the last page in an instant and was scattered like ashes like firewood at the end of its lifespan.
“uh?”
Raon tried to grab the fading book, but to no avail. The paper became powder, and the flame became smoke.
‘What is this… .’
A message popped up as I stood idly by because I couldn’t understand the situation.
[Manga Gong (萬火功): I faced the flames of ten thousand eons.]
[The cartoonist is remembered.]
As soon as the message was finished, a pain like lightning struck my brain.
‘Suck!’
It feels like someone is poking a giant needle into your brain. His knee staggered at the pain worse than Lars’ mental attack.
“Whew… .”
Fortunately, the pain was over in an instant and I was not able to fall.
“young master!”
Loen, who was right next to him, came and supported him.
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
He thanked him and gave strength to his shaky legs.
– What did you just do?
‘I don’t know either. By the way… .’
I remember. The contents of the manga artist who disappeared into powder were drawn in his mind.
“Raon Sieghard.”
He raised his head at the sound of a small trembling voice. Glenn was looking at him with eyes that were the size of a lantern, unlike usual.
He seemed angry or embarrassed.
“What did you just do?”
“I don’t know either. But I do remember the content of the method of practice that disappeared from my hands.”
“What is the name of the book?”
“I am a cartoonist.”
“… … .”
Hearing Raon’s answer, Glenn closed her eyes. After standing still for a while as if he was a stone statue, he slowly opened his eyes. No more embarrassment.
“Did you say you remembered it?”
“That’s right.”
“Then it happened.”
Glenn waved his hand with a cold expression as usual.
“The reward for the same color tile has been achieved. Just go out.”
“Well… .”
Raon glanced at Roen. He stood there with a bewildered expression on his face, then hadtily smiled as usual.
“… All right.”
Raon shook his head. I took a step back and exited the auditorium. Until then, Glenn and Loen did not move.
“after.”
I don’t know what happened.
‘Is it the ability of the system that the contents of the cartoonist are embedded in my memory?’
-The system boosts your memory and thinking, but it doesn’t have the ability to force it into your brain.
There was also doubt in Lars’ voice.
‘Well… .’
As Raon walked down the hallway of Gajujeon, he scanned the information about the cartoonist stuck in his head.
You can tell just by looking at it.
The cartoonist was a clever and thoughtful technique that could not be compared with the shadow auror technique.
‘There… .’
The Manga Gong contained not only the Auror training method, but also a swordsmanship and information from the old world.
If you learn to properly master the cartoon character engraved on your head, you will be able to reach a different level from your previous life.
‘But why did you hand it over?’
Manga craftsmanship is not an Auror technique that can be obtained with a copper plate.
silver plate. No, it’s something I wouldn’t change even if I gave it a gold plate, but I don’t know why they gave it to me.
– You already have it, so what are you so worried about?
‘but.’
There’s no way I’d take what a person the size of Glenn gave me. Even if you ask for it because it has already flown away, I can’t give it to you.
‘Let’s go back.’
Right now, I only have memories, but I didn’t learn them, so I wanted to go back and practice right away.
As soon as Raon left Gajujeon, he ran to the annex. His eyes, running with all power, were full of anticipation.
* * *
The audience where Raon had left was covered with a night-like silence.
“Go, my lord. The training method that Master Raon took… .”
“okay. It is his.”
Glenn nodded, looking at the empty space in the first compartment of the bookshelf.
‘Take a cartoon ball… .’
It was the cartoonist who passed on to Raon the technique of the first Gaju that no one in the history of Sieghard had ever brought up or read.
I took out the first bookshelf to hand over the silver tile, not the copper tile, but I couldn’t even imagine that I would take a manga artist.
gulp.
Loen swallowed dry saliva, looking at the fragments of the seniority book that had become ashes.
“If this becomes known, Raon-sama and Sylvia-sama may be in danger!”
“No need to worry. Because no one knows about manga artists.”
Glenn shook his head. It is only after he became a head of the state that the story of a manga artist is communicated. You won’t know unless you thoroughly research the family’s history.
“Well, then how did the seniority book disappear altogether… .”
“That’s fine too. Hasn’t it been passed on to people?”
He said he remembered the contents of Raon’s training book. I don’t know what caused that phenomenon, but if it has been reported, that’s it.
“Nevertheless, a manga artist is a seniority company passed down to the head of Sieghart… .”
“It was a technique that I couldn’t even use anyway. If it hadn’t been for that kid, I would have rotted over there.”
It is true that I was surprised.
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No, it’s true that I was shocked. However, I also thought that Raon, who created the golden flame from the discriminant, had found the owner.
“Now that you have obtained the training method of the first headmaster, Master Raon will be stronger than anyone else.”
“no.”
Glenn shook his head slowly.
“To become strong, talent and ignorance are important, but what kind of person you are is the most important. No matter how strong ignorance is, it cannot surpass a strong human being.”
The reason Glenn proceeds with the discriminant even after crossing the demonic wall is to give advice to children who have expressed their talents.
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Now, he did not grasp the future of children with mere talent.
“sorry. I saw something so amazing, I didn’t even know it.”
Loen put her hand on her chest and bowed her head. Glenn, who has reached new heights, has said that people are more important than talent.
Of course, the people of the family still only considered outstanding martial arts and talent.
“I think something will change in the future.”
Glenn buried himself deep in the back of the throne.
A cartoonist who never allowed anyone to touch. A golden flame that came out only once in the family. All of them were taken by Raon.
‘Raon Sieghard.’
Even though he is his grandson, it seemed that many changes would come within and outside the family because of the child who could not give love openly.
“It will be fun to watch.”
If time permits. Glenn swallowed the words and closed his eyes.
* * *
As soon as Raon returned, he went into the room. I told everyone not to come in, but I locked the door just in case.
– That’s great.
‘You would know. If you are interrupted while practicing Auror, you may die.’
I don’t know if I’m going to get to a certain level, but if someone touches it before it gets on track, a big problem will arise.
That was the reason why he didn’t craft the Ring of Fire until he slept in his own bed.
“Don’t disturb me either.”
– Hmm!
“You may… .”
– Only once.
A smirk flashed through the blue flames.
“once?”
– The main king will interrupt you just once while you are doing the exercise or something.
“Then, before you take my body, can I become a bad person?”
-Does not matter.
A sneer like a beast’s throat was heard from Lars.
-You won’t be able to overcome it, but the Bon King can save you even if your limbs are cut off and the power outage breaks.
The eerie sound emanating from the hoarse voice crossed his spine.
-The time when you became a villain and gave up everything will be an opportunity for the Bon King.
‘This guy is… .’
realize once again
Lars is not an ally. He was a demon from the underworld who would eat his body and soul at any given time, and the incarnation of anger.
“Did you say once?”
-You must know that the main king doesn’t tell lies. Until I master the technique, I will only interrupt once.
“I can’t help it.”
Raon rubbed his wrist. I’m not the one who’s been told not to do it. Even if I didn’t want to accept it, I had to accept it.
– Live with anxiety every day. Because you never know when the main king will pierce your mind.
There was intense excitement in Lars’ voice. It was the first time I had a chance to play and I was happy.
‘The king has only these things.’
It was just ridiculous to think that he always uses the childish title of “Bon King”, and that he likes such trivial things as the lord of the demon realm or the king of anger.
‘but… .’
It is true that even one interruption by Lars is dangerous.
Manga Gong is a technique that absorbs mana from nature and builds auras in the danjeon. If you are interrupted at an important moment, your mana circuit or power outage may be broken and you may become a nuisance.
Especially. It’s even more dangerous for him to have cold air in his mana circuit.
‘Still, you can’t be pushed.’
Lars has the personality to push harder when he is weak. Whatever the outcome, you have to go strong.
“okay. try.”
Raon hid his heart and smiled leisurely.
– Let’s see how long that cheeky expression lasts.
“Then you will have to watch it for the rest of your life.”
-… I want to break your mind right now.
“try. I just need to stay still and eat only my abilities.”
– Dried worms that don’t even have blood on their heads don’t say a word.
“Because the door to this garbage is always open. Knock at any time.”
– Ouch!
He waved his hands and sat under the bed. Lars screamed like a runaway, but coolly ignored it.
‘If he has an idea, I won’t touch him now.’
He exhaled slowly and closed his eyes. I put the mana of nature in the breath I inhaled. Fill your whole body with freshness, then exhale again. He spit out the turbid energy in the mana circuit.
‘It overlaps a bit.’
The flow of the cartoonist and the flow of the ring of fire had similarities as their names suggest.
Thinking that it went well, he sank the received mana into the mana circuit.
The flow of the comic ball starts from the right wrist. Its energy was as radical as fire, but also exuberant like water.
oh oh oh!
Hot mana runs through the body. The cold air that had been embedded in the mana circuit was swept away by the solemn flow.
‘You can’t miss this either.’
It was a waste to throw away that pure cold. It led to the danjeon with the energy of a cartoonist.
Whoops.
The energy of the cartoonist, who had run to the power supply in an instant, was scattered in vain.
‘Of course.’
It’s even weirder if you learn a manga artist with just one practice.
If you get used to the flow of a cartoonist like breathing, the energy will naturally settle in the danjeon.
‘There.’
It is absorbing not only the energy of the manga artist, but also the cold of the mana circuit, so the resistance to cold will also grow rapidly.
“after… .”
After completing one cycle, Raon opened her eyes with a hot breath.
– Is it flammable?
“It takes a little while to have a single attribute, but the technique itself is very good.”
-You sound stupid.
“What?”
-The problem is those who have learned the attributes poorly. A single attribute that has been properly mastered is not lacking in the slightest compared to the Almighty. The story of how the main king froze a castle with the cold when he was in the demon realm remains in history… .
“Well.”
Raon took Lars’ words to start boasting about, paying attention to what he had said before.
‘It is a single attribute that has been properly learned.’
he’s right
Those who poorly mastered one attribute are treated as half penny, but those who exceed the standard are treated as absolutes.
It can be known even with one practice.
Cartoonists are special. The ring of fire that has come down to legend was not lacking in the slightest.
‘I have to learn it properly.’
For a while, I decided to devote everything to the manga artist and stood up.
“Previously.”
-Are you going to deal with it now?
“okay. It’s not a coincidence that they come every night.”
Raon’s red eyes gleamed like that of a Shinigami.
Shall I go back to work after a long time?
* * *
Judiel is a new maid who entered the annex a month ago.
Thanks to his good impression, bright personality, and neat job, he won the trust of the people of the annex shortly after entering.
However, she said she was going to take a break after a day’s work, and was hiding under a tree in the garden and peeking into Raon’s room.
‘Are you talking to yourself again?’
Judiel narrowed her eyes when she saw Raon muttering in the room. It wasn’t much, but there were times when he looked into the air and talked to himself.
I’ve been told that I haven’t been feeling well since I was young, so maybe that’s the effect.
When Raon, who was talking to the air, sat down with his eyes closed, the flow of mana around him suddenly changed.
There were many times when I fell into meditation like that, but it was the first time I had a surge of mana.
‘After all, I went to Gajujeon and learned how to practice craftsmanship.’
Raon seemed to have learned the Auror technique by using a tile of the same color. The flow of mana was very intense. It was a stronger technique than expected.
‘I have more to report.’
Judiel came down from the tree only after Raon opened his eyes again and the lights in the room went out.
She went to the small lake at the end of the garden and took out the paper and pencil she had hidden in the ground. On that piece of paper, Raon wrote down everything he had learned and what he did after he returned to the annex.
Oddly enough, the paper disappeared as soon as I wrote it, and it looked as if nothing had been written on it from the side.
“Because I can’t even do this.”
Judyel sighed. To report information that would be a weakness of a child in order to survive, suddenly vanity came.
“I still have to.”
The bitterness was brief. I filled my empty heart with the excuse that I couldn’t do anything more than I had to protect.
tuk.
Judiel folded a piece of paper the size of a thumb and floated it on the lake. That paper will be in Karun Sieghard’s hands tomorrow morning.
“Then go back… ah!”
I got up and stopped abruptly. My heart tightened at the sensation of the cool cutlery touching the back of my neck.
“If you open your mouth, you will die.”
As I rolled my eyes, not knowing what to do, I heard a cold voice from behind.
“Even if you move, you die.”
In the voice that seemed to contain death, fluffy hair grew.
“Look down on the lake.”
I laid my eyes on the voice’s instructions and looked at the lake.
“ah… .”
Above the dark lake with the night sky. Raon Sieghard’s red eyes were open.