136 – Romance
“Who is this?”
A man with red hair like a lion’s mane approached me, showing interest.
A huge hand that is too strong to be expressed in words let it chin up on my shoulder.
Koo Woo-wook.
Just that alone made me feel like I was being crushed.
‘Somebody’s hands are so heavy… !’
Is it really the teacher who taught the hero and the crown prince the sword?
Befitting the strongest person in the empire at the moment, the hardware was different.
“Do you know someone?”
Does that look friendly? When the Herald asked, Gilbert gave a rough answer.
“That’s… Ah. I came across it while passing by and somehow found out about it.”
“What is that…”
“Dude. If you’re a guy too, what? If you can talk well, you’ll become friends. You’re like that, so you don’t have any friends.”
“Who is the person who kept contacting me when I was meeting with friends?”
Did the emperor crack down?
The appearance of thoroughly keeping quiet about my identity.
Cock Cock.
At that time, someone poked me in the side, so I turned around.
“Did you know the captain…?”
Sonia is surprised by her unexpected connections.
I didn’t know it was like that either.
“Hmm?”
As he watched us converse, his gaze shifted from Sonia to mine.
“What’s with my youngest? I smell something sweet.”
“That’s it, my lord…”
Terrible.
As I was about to mention an objective title, I felt a cold stare from up close.
“Seeing that you can’t say this, it must be a suspicious word.”
“I’m a bit shy…”
“So? Then we need to have a real talk with the men over there.”
“Because I hate such a heavy seat…”
Awkward.
“I’m coming! I’m going! Let me go!”
I accepted the offer in an urgent voice, frightened by the gradually crinkling of my fingers.
“It’s good that the young friend communicates well.”
Let’s follow Gilbert to the corner of the training ground.
“Are we old?”
Gilbert changes the mood and mentions the meeting at the imperial palace.
I thought he was looking at me, but it seems he was also looking at me.
“You. You seem to know me very well. As far as I remember, we only met once at the imperial palace.”
You’re a bit more discerning than I thought.
I followed him and brought out the answer I had thought of beforehand.
“I can’t believe I don’t know about the Red Lion of the Empire. It’s a legendary being heard everywhere I go. It’s only natural to know.”
It is said that the men of the Empire want to become warriors who save the world when they are young, and when they grow up to a certain age to face reality, they respect Gilbert and dream of becoming knights.
He is the one who unified the divided kingdoms at the side of the emperor to establish a country called the Empire and led the hopeless war against the demons to a truce.
A man called a legend. Gilbert Lionheart, the red lion, was in front of me.
‘Of course, considering the image just now, it seems to be known as a mystical concept to the public.’
What do the dreaming knights think after witnessing the reality of the leader they respected?
At that time, the evaluation of the Herald, which had not leaked out yet, was rising.
“How strange.”
Gilbert asks with suspicion.
“What do you mean? Wouldn’t every man listen to you and dream of becoming a knight?”
Gilbert opened his mouth as he spoke the lie as naturally as water flowed.
“You’re far from that kind of thing. Where do you see that look toward a legend?”
Damn it. Should I have looked at it with more twinkling eyes?
Gilbert asked while he was regretting not being able to save the detail, hitting the ground inwardly.
“Then let’s get down to business.”
Gulp.
A different level of seriousness appeared on his face.
Tension felt as if the lion’s front paws were crushing the neck and breaking it at any moment.
What the hell is this man asking me?
‘No matter how much I think about it, I can’t imagine….’
Gulp.
That’s how Gilbert’s mouth opened, and the main point he brought out while setting the mood like this….
“Are you two dating?”
That was a really unexpected question.
***
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Let the porter trudge back to Sonia.
“What did you go and talk about?”
Sonia asked with a slightly uneasy face.
She asked because she was worried that she might have heard what she said to her leader because of her, but she actually said this.
-I found the fresh love stories of young children so much fun. So? How far have you gone?
What should I say? Should I reveal that the reason why the commander of the Imperial Knights called me was really such a useless reason?
“It wasn’t a big deal. Anyway, I’m starting to notice, so I’ll go back now.”
“Yes…”
She didn’t stop such a porter, but she couldn’t hide her look of regret.
“I’ll pick you up when I get off work. Relax your expression.”
I’ll come pick you up.
Upon hearing her words, Sonia’s expression changed dramatically.
‘Her father said that I was born after taking my mother home from work….’
As she recalled the secret story of her own birth, her sultry desire rose from deep within.
‘What am I thinking right now… ! You didn’t mean to! Wake up, Sonia!’
Sonia resists her desires, which are inscribed in her own genes, and holds her back.
“Then I’ll go.”
But.
“Just a shop?”
She looked at me and opened her arms.
She wondered if this was the right thing to do, but since the eyes of the people around her were getting more and more stingy, she didn’t feel like pulling it anymore, so she approached her and hugged her tightly.
Then, along with her tingly sensation, her chest was compressed, and the sound of her heart was transmitted from the part where they touched.
-Thumping.
I wonder if my heart is beating that fast.
I was half pushed and hugged, but now I feel regret.
That’s when I really wanted to turn around.
“Are you going already?”
Let’s look back at Gilbert’s voice that stopped such a day.
“Let’s play sparring with me before we go.”
The romantic atmosphere instantly became chilly as if cold water had been poured on it.
***
“He said he couldn’t do it even now…”
Sonia tearing me apart like her wife catching her husband going out of her war.
“…I’ve already done that.”
Have you ever tried to say me?
I went and cut it off and refused.
I did.
-To refuse the captain’s request in front of all the knights. Don’t challenge me to a duel
“Oh.”
Sonia let out a short sigh at the porter’s words.
In this way, the confrontation with Gilbert was concluded without my opinion being included.
“I’m really ashamed to have such a relationship with you. I’ll apologize on behalf of you, so please don’t reveal the appearance of the leader you saw today. I ask you this.”
The transition from apology to request was so natural that I felt sympathy for Harald without realizing it.
You must have suffered a lot.
“But don’t worry too much. Even if you look like that, first of all, I’m the leader of the knights, so I won’t point swords at you. Think of it as playing around with children in moderation.”
‘Looking at that, it must mean that the Herald gave up trying to stop the leader.’
I’m worried that what you’re saying is guesswork.
“Okay…”
I don’t know. It would be over with just one swing of the sword.
“Then come this way.”
The place where I followed the Herald like that.
“Wow…”
When I arrived at the place where the various weapons were kept, I immediately exclaimed.
‘Until now, all I had to use was the Excalibur that the saintess gave me as a gift.’
Our Excalibur, don’t look at this. Turn your eyes
-Kyum.
I’m not kidding, you shouldn’t name a weapon. You’re right, but isn’t it about time for you to do the same?
It’s a big deal to name your favorite soldier.
At that time, I was arguing and looking around.
He hesitated.
There was a weapon that caught my attention.
The weapon of a tall and beautiful man born of a non-ergonomic design and whose very existence is a contradiction.
When it comes to fantasy, it’s definitely a two-handed sword.
Heavy herbal medicine.
Combination of offense and defense.
‘If you put a sword in front of your body and cover one eye with a tickle….’
Kiya. That’s romance
Today, romance is over.
Without hesitation, I picked up the two-handed sword.
– Tongue.
Then a heavy metal sound filled the training center.
It’s f*cking heavy.
It’s not made of technological advances or special metals like mithril. The greatsword, which was designed only for strength, was too heavy for me, who carried a smartphone weighing several hundred grams.
Is this how it feels for those who fail to challenge the holy sword?
Sorry. I could have left good memories with you.
The time when I tried to return it to choose a lighter weapon.
“I didn’t expect you to pick it up right in front of me. You know what.”
Gilbert has a somewhat proud face.
Come to think of it, Gilbert also used a two-handed sword.
Unintentionally, it seems that my romantic pick sniped at his taste.
“I like him more and more. Don’t make me wait. Come up quickly.”
f*cked.
I missed the chance to change weapons and moved to the place where Gilbert was waiting.
Softly.
My arm was shaking as I raised the sword diagonally so it wouldn’t touch the ground.
The knights sensed that there was something unusual about his hard expression.
“Look at him. He’s got a very serious face.”
“Are you trying to win against the captain?”
“Did Sonia fall in love with that look?”
Of course, he was just stiff from clenching his teeth, and he had no such thoughts.
‘Your eyes are alive…. Unlike the blurry moment before, I feel a strong desire in my eyes. No way….’
Reading the porter’s eyes, Gilbert was quite surprised inwardly.
‘You felt a fighting spirit against me?’
“Khehehe.”
A laugh he couldn’t hide escaped from his mouth.
It has been almost 20 years since the armistice, he has seen those who have been fighting against him.
At least, the friend I fought with, who was able to give and receive sums, was busy with the emperor, so he didn’t do it through his opponent.
As a result, whenever I had time, I left the empire and looked for enemies, but they were all worthless people.
But one day, that guy from Chaas called me, so I went thinking it was Dalian, and there was a guy I hadn’t seen before.
‘At that time, the eyes watching me were unusual.’
It is not trivial emotions such as envy, jealousy, or longing, but a gaze that seems to carefully disassemble and tear people apart.
That guy was doing the look he was doing when he looked at himself reflected in a puddle of rain someday, which he had lost some time ago.
A look in the eyes that I haven’t seen even in Durandal and Arya.
‘My body is heating up.’
Gilbert started to get excited as if he was facing his past self.
He misunderstood at will, but maybe he was half right.
‘I have to finish it and go back to the dorm quickly….’
Even though the porter felt a strong need.
The two faced each other like that.
“Can I attack first?”
Gilbert calmed down and asked, saying that the other person was an ordinary person.
What are you talking about? One shot is enough.
“Come first.”
I don’t compete with useless sums for complete defeat.
“This is exactly the same.”
What are you talking about?
-Sereung.
As soon as I gave up the first attack, Gilbert pulled out the sword that was on his back.
Chuck.
I braced my legs and drew my sword to the right.
A gripping method where the left hand looks outward and the right hand faces inward.
I don’t know exactly what it is.
“Your posture is quite convincing.”
“Thank you.”
A person with the rank of a knight commander wouldn’t show his strength against ordinary people.
When they attacked, the moment they collided, they would miss the sword moderately and withdraw with the comment that it was a good opportunity.
“Come on! Then let’s go!”
Gilbert, holding a huge sword with one hand, swung the vicious weapon sideways.
– Huung!
A blow that flew from the left side with a bloody sound.
A reaction is necessary no matter how rough it is.
Judging that it was too late to move the sword, I twisted my body on my left foot and brought the blade in line with the trajectory of the sword.
‘All that’s left now is to sit down pretending that your legs are loose….’
That moment.
-Kaang!
With a cool slapping sound, his body flew to the wall of the training room and landed on it.