Chapter 6. Reunion (1)
Rebecca woke up earlier than usual.
The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was his disciple, who was soundly asleep with platinum hair spread all over the place.
It doesn’t just look pretty because it’s a handmade child, but it looks really pretty even when the same woman sees it.
She had never been seduced by her beauty anywhere, but I had high expectations of what a beautiful woman this child would become when she grew up to be more mature.
‘Let’s sleep a little longer.’
As I came out of the shabby tent, I heard a small rustling sound as the leaves were trodden on.
A loud sound from stepping on a tree branch might wake Emilia, who was sleeping soundly. After repeated training in the mountains, he must have become as sensitive as any beast of prey when it comes to falling asleep.
Putting aside the title of swordsman for a while, she killed as much as possible like a petty thief and put some firewood piled up in the bonfire.
When I poked a kindling stick into the fire, which had died down compared to last night, it started to burn again.
‘Shall we go for a while?’
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Judging by his own intuition, there seemed to be no dangerous creatures around.
I got up and started walking, intending to go for a morning walk. He left his beloved sword in front of the tent and took only one canteen.
‘I’ll be back in town tomorrow…’ It would be okay to let them rest for the day.’
Emilia was a more tenacious and stubborn girl than she thought.
At first, he practiced in the mountains repeatedly, and then returned to the village every ten days to rest.
However, because of a disciple who asked for a longer stay in the mountains, saying that she wanted to make the training a little tighter, she had been confined here for almost a month before she knew it.
“Whether you like it or not… I am.”
She always said as if it was a habit, saying that it would be nice to have a guy with perseverance if I were to take her as a disciple.
However, after taking in such diligent disciples, he was on the verge of exhaustion. Of course, he was laughing because he knew best that it was only a happy worry.
As she worked out the schedule for the day in her head, a faint thud sounded in her ears. It was none other than the sound of the stream flowing nearby.
Speeding up her steps, she quickly crossed between rocks and trees like a wolf, and eventually arrived at the stream.
“What you looking at?”
– Kreung… … .
There was a passenger who arrived first by the stream. It was a leopard that lived near here, and it looked like it was about the same length as Rebecca.
Even though it was close enough to see the leopard’s eyebrows, she even threatened him confidently.
The guy who shrank his body wanted to take a look at her for a while, but soon gave up the stream he was drinking and hid himself.
“It’s bland.”
In normal times, there are times when she attacks, but there are not many beasts with the courage to attack her openly exuding momentum. At least it was a beast that had been starving for a long time or a monster with low intelligence.
food. She smiled and wet her hands in the stream.
As the cold sensation reached my head and throbbed, I felt as if I had just woken up from sleep.
‘I’d like to have a drink… … .’
Although she was a drinker, she hadn’t been able to drink alcohol since Emilia’s training was on track.
It would be more accurate to say that I didn’t do it rather than saying I couldn’t. Since he was his first disciple, he refrained from wanting to raise him with great care.
When I go back to the village tomorrow, I thought it would be okay to have a drink or something and tell my student about the schedule after that. There was something I wanted to tell you.
‘Well?’
While she was filling her canteen with the stream flowing down quite violently, a strange energy touched her senses.
A temperament that is strangely different from the aura emitted by beasts and monsters. However, to be human, the concentration of mana was quite thick and clear.
Assuming they were wizards, it wouldn’t be impossible, but what could they possibly do to appear in a corner of a mountain like this?
– Shuk.
Rebecca reached out for the pebbles piled up at her feet, took one in her hand, and her eyes were determined. and soon,
“Sigh… … !”
She quickly turned around and let out a small spirit, and threw a stone behind her back with the momentum of a javelin soldier throwing a spear.
– Wedge liquid… !
Her strong body has surpassed the level of a criminal and reached the level of a superhuman. The pebble thrown with that power was already far out of the scope of a throwable object.
The stone, fired with a sharp sound that seemed to rip through the air, boasted a force that would make it impossible to survive if it was hit by an insignificant beast.
– Ting!
“… … .”
However, the thrown stone came out helplessly as if it had collided with something sharp.
Rebecca silently stares at the existence beyond the tree as the stone rolls across the floor reaches her.
“What are you doing?”
It wasn’t long before a cold voice mingled with clear warnings came from her mouth, freezing the air. I wouldn’t let go of an uninvited guest.
As the mana spurted from her body slowly spread, it gave the illusion that the surrounding vegetation was shrinking.
‘Is this the one that won’t come out?’
If you want to check the status of this side, you won’t be able to do it. Because she couldn’t be generous enough to give up the player to an unexpected guest.
Rebecca picked up a twig that had fallen to the floor and stood up. No, to be precise, her model, which was in a standing posture, was launched forward from the spot without a ready posture.
“… … !?”
– Caang!
Even though it was a distance that could easily be crossed by normal steps, the distance was meaningless in front of the Sword Saint.
When the opponent hiding behind the tree hurriedly drew his sword and responded, the sound of swords colliding with the twig in her hand filled the mountain.
‘He looks young… Did you stop this?’
A man with hair of a strange color, neither black nor blue. He looked greenish, as if his age would not be twenty at most.
Even though such a young boy didn’t attack with the force to kill him, he thought he could block his first attack.
“Now, wait a minute… ! Lord Steinbaum! I am not an intruder!”
“What?”
Could it be that he meant to say that he was a passer-by passing through this mountain?
If that’s the case, I vowed to pierce that muzzle that spewed nonsense straight away, without letting my hands rest on the next blow.
At least, in order to make a plausible excuse, shouldn’t he have had to collect the sword in his hand and the mana wrapped around his body.
“It’s quite good for a young guy, but… If you talk nonsense again, I will kill you right away.”
“I really am! I am Ludwig Eifretz, a friend of your pupil Miss Emilia. Trust me!”
“… her?”
In response to an unexpected answer, Rebecca unknowingly spits out a stupid sound that doesn’t suit her.
I’m sure I’m not hearing it wrong now? Are you Emilia’s friend?
Besides, Aifrets, could it be that he was referring to Count Aifrets?
As if to prove his words, he took out a small ID from his pocket and held it up. The seal stamped there was definitely a symbol of the Ipretz family.
“Please forgive the rudeness. I’ve heard of the reputation of the Sword Saint, but I just wanted to test it with this body.”
“It’s a test… You are bold.”
Before her fame was announced, there were some ignoramuses who tried to test her true value, but after her name was known, there were almost no such people.
There were a few assassins who came looking for their lives, or those who applied for a military service with the mindset of learning after giving up.
The words Ludwig gave to her, who wore the title of Sword Saint around her neck, were more than rude and could feel like madness, but she rather liked that dignified attitude.
“Your true identity will be revealed when you meet my disciple. Follow me.”
Rebecca, who picked up a branch that had a clear blue energy, but did not remove it from her hand, reduced her momentum and turned her body around to move her steps.
Standing blankly, he hurriedly followed her. With a bitter smile on his still numb hands.
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After the full-scale training began, Emilia’s morning came faster than before.
Originally, she was the second most diligent woman.
However, after coming into the mountain, I did not miss the string of tension to manage the bonfire or prepare for the surrounding monsters, so I just naturally opened my eyes earlier.
‘yes? Where did Master go?’
When I got up, I saw the familiar scenery inside the tent.
What is different from usual is that there is no teacher of his own who would lie down next to him and open his mouth.
Are you warming up outside by any chance? Thinking of that, Emilia immediately left the tent.
“First, put in the firewood… … ?”
In front of the tent that was set up as a temporary shelter, there was a bonfire that warmed the bodies of the two.
One of Emilia’s routines is to put firewood into this bonfire right after waking up.
But in her eyes as she looked for firewood, the bonfire still burned, retaining the flames of last night.
‘I guess the master did it.’
Normally, there would have been only a piece of ember that was losing its power. The momentum of the flame was so great that it was transmitted even to her, who was at a fairly distant place.
For some reason, I couldn’t see Rebecca in the tent. It seems that she woke up early today and went for a walk after saving the fire.
‘You’re fast.’
Come to think of it, tomorrow was the day to return to the village after a long time.
Could it be that his teacher was so excited about it that he couldn’t sleep?
Others might object, saying that the Sword Master isn’t a baby, so there’s no way she couldn’t fall asleep because of something like that, but I thought it was a credible guess for her, who had been watching her from the sidelines all this time.
.
“Puhuh… I have to keep it a secret from Master.”
Emilia managed to hold back the laughter that erupted spontaneously, tidying up the piled up leaves and twigs around her, and perched on a makeshift chair, the base of a tree.
Even in the midst of this, she took a modest attitude, fearing that someone might not be the daughter of an aristocratic family, but if Rebecca saw it, she would have laughed.
‘I want to see you soon… … .’
A message from my old childhood friend, Tanya, about three weeks ago.
She was both happy and happy to see her face, but what surprised her even more was the other side.
The news that Ludwig, the man she gave her heart to before coming here, is coming to visit her.
It was also an opportunity for her mind to be distracted for a moment, which she had been concentrating on training.
‘but… Hearing such a story… … .’
I was still in the middle of the longing. I just poured my mental energy into training somehow and pretended not to and endured it.
‘When will it be? today? Tomorrow?”
It is the wind that I want to come without passing the day after tomorrow. It’s fine if it’s a once-in-a-lifetime complaint, so please.
It was like that even now. How nice it would be if he appeared on the other side of the mountain road I was staring at. Such idle imaginations often continued for the past few days.
“Emilia!”
‘ha… I can hear hallucinations now.’
As the voice she wanted to hear so clearly entered her ears, Emilia sighed and shook her head, thinking that she was seriously ill.
then stand up Her head, which had been moving from side to side, stopped in place. As if petrification magic had been applied.
‘In my ear?’
What? If it’s an auditory hallucination, shouldn’t it ring in the head, not the ears? She had never heard of hallucinations in her life, but at least that was the conventional wisdom she knew.
– Jerk. that buck
Before she could stop questioning her, the sound of slowly approaching footsteps.
At first, she listened intently, wondering if her teacher had returned from a walk, but when she listened closely, the footsteps were busier than usual. It’s like there’s only one more… … .
“Disciple, I brought you a present.”
She was relieved when she heard a familiar voice. It seems that the voice that just called her was also her master’s. It was clear that he had mistaken it for someone else’s voice because it resonated far away.
By the way, it’s a gift, did you pick some delicious fruit?
“Ah, Master. come back… He… … ?”
Emilia, who had even understood on her own, tried to turn her head to face her teacher, but stopped talking behind her back.
“Ahahahaha… It’s been a while. Emilia.”
“… swimming?”
Do masters and disciples look alike? Just like Rebecca when they first met him, Emilia’s mouth sounded as if the wind was escaping.
“sorry. I wanted to come a little earlier… … !?”
When she came to her senses, she was already hugged by a man who had already waved awkwardly at her.
I felt like he was trying to hand over an apology, but I don’t know. What mattered to him was not that kind of apology.
“Ludwig, Ludwig… … !”
“Don’t worry, Emilia. ’cause I’m here I’m not going anywhere even if you don’t call me that.”
As if in a vision, she said his name again and again in a voice filled with joy. Forgetting that I was embarrassed, I was just full of happiness.
Because at this moment, she was not a student of the Sword Saint, but a girl with a man in her heart.
The sunlight, which was slowly beginning to brighten, broke through the surrounding trees and illuminated the man and woman embracing each other.
‘It’s warm… … .’
Is this warm touch yours? Is it from the sun?
It doesn’t matter anyway. More importantly, you appeared in front of me. Because that was all.
There are many things I want to talk about today. Also the story I want to hear from you.
At least I won’t let go until the story is all over. Because this is a once in a lifetime grievance.