Episode 181. Drinking Party (1)
Become a teacher.
About a minute had passed since I heard those words and was stunned. Even then, Jenny was still sending me looks of anticipation.
Jennie’s characteristic is that she has a girlish sensibility while pursuing nothing. Her passionate efforts also come from there.
Thanks to that, her fighting power is on par with that of a combat specialist like Ruska. Jenny, who is not even her disciple, asked to be her master.
“….”
Jenny just waited quietly for my answer. Her desperate expression added to the expression made my heart weak.
Looking at that sight, it was like seeing the main character in a martial arts novel begging to be accepted as his disciple.
A look that was annoying yet contained a will of its own. It seemed that I could understand why the martial arts masters accepted the protagonist without hesitation.
“What is the reason?”
“That’s what I mean…”
Jenny didn’t get angry at all even though she stayed still for over a minute. The splendid friendliness felt in her appearance was consistent.
“It might sound strange if I say it myself, but… I’ve been feeling like something’s missing lately.”
“What is missing…?”
What does Jenny, who is competing for the top spot in the second-year combat class with Ruska, lack?
When he says it like that, it sounds like a lie, so I was quite curious.
“I’ve been having some strange thoughts lately. I feel like I shouldn’t just blindly subdue my opponents with a sword.”
I felt a gentle frost on Jenny’s hands.
Silver Age, which refused to use even when first used.
Unlike back then when it would cause a blizzard indiscriminately, it can now be controlled with a light touch of the hand.
Looking at this, it appears that it can be raised to about 60% at the current point in time.
“Of course… Radon would have a hard time believing this. It doesn’t make sense for him to learn something from Radon when he was taught by Lyman until recently.”
I’m sure you learned a lot of different techniques while training with that main character. I wanted to tell you what there is to learn.
“But these days, whenever I pick up a sword, I keep getting a strange feeling. What should I say… It feels like someone is following me.”
Such anxiety was one of the factors that hindered my training. Whenever I tried to use chain silver swords for check purposes, the angle of the sword was not consistent.
It felt like something was wrong with the movements that were working fine. It was as if a rough instinct engraved in my genes was being activated.
“So I want to try using a free flow rather than a rough flow. Like Radon’s swordsmanship.”
“Fantasy swordsmanship?”
Jenny immediately agreed. She was referring to the swordsmanship I use every time I pick up a fishing rod.
This is the best attack skill I have learned since I was possessed by this world.
It was easy to get it, but it wasn’t something you earned through effort.
Should I just say that I acquired it on my own? Or should I use the analogy of picking it up from the floor?
“I’d like to try learning that. I think that free-spirited movement would calm my tremors.”
That one swordsmanship of Sammai could calm your instincts.
Certainly, compared to Jenny’s swordsmanship, my swordsmanship takes incredibly free actions.
‘And it’s not wrong to say it’s rough.’
Jenny’s chain silver, which at first glance looks like a dancing snow maiden, is not originally such a beautiful swordsmanship.
Its roots go back hundreds of years to the first Chainsilver family.
An evil spirit who cuts down anything indiscriminately as soon as he holds a sword. And the world’s strongest swordsman who can never be surpassed. That was the first head of Chain Silver.
A cold-bloodedness that no one would think of as human. The Chain Silver Sword was created based on his movements like a berserker.
The sword was famous for being cold-hearted, and it was not hesitated at all to cut down its opponents.
And Jenny inherited the blood of the first patriarch the most. She can be seen as the reincarnation of the first patriarch, born after hundreds of years.
“But do you think I can properly teach someone with your level of skill? I’m worried that I’ll be manipulated by you.”
As soon as I mentioned something that I was suspicious of, Jenny’s friendly aura disappeared.
Shak-
At the same time, Jenny disappeared from sight and stood behind me like a ghost.
“Do you remember, Radon? When you tried to run away down the hallway, I followed you like this.”
It’s not that long ago, but I remember it vividly.
I remember trying to run away when I saw Jenny at the time, but then being flustered when she quickly closed the distance between us.
Back then, it was so fast that I couldn’t react… but now, I was able to grab her hand that was trying to grab the back of my neck.
“Radon was helpless back then, but what about now?”
Jenny said as she watched the hand she had extended as if to attack be grabbed. She didn’t panic as if she had expected it, and instead smiled.
“Do you really think Radon will be manipulated by me like this?”
In reality, I wasn’t who I used to be.
At the point where you have already acquired the ‘Ma-an’, any fast speed will appear as slow motion.
Besides, since I’ve become a cadet, there won’t be many cadets who can beat me.
“And I can tell from the contact we just made. The current Radon is stronger than me.”
“….”
“I am more than qualified to be your teacher.”
She stepped forward towards me again, her face returning to its original innocent state.
As a teacher, there is nothing I cannot do.
Although I don’t know the exact structure of the Fantasy Sword Technique, I have memories of a master who boasts over 90 years of know-how.
If you refer to the experiences and sensations contained within it, you will be able to sufficiently teach others the art of fantasy swordsmanship.
“Yeah, nothing is impossible.”
“Really?”
“Since our family is indebted to you for your support, I cannot help but repay you.”
Jenny was very happy when I declared my consent.
If you only ask me one favor, I will look like a cold-hearted martial artist who seeks to monopolize all opportunities to pursue the ultimate goal.
However, the Jenny that we see now is that of a pure girl who seems ready to fly and accept a date request.
The combination of these two seemingly incompatible appearances looked really new. That was Jennie’s characteristic in the first place.
“Ah, I’m meeting with Crona right now. See you tomorrow, Radon! Don’t forget that I’m going to be your disciple starting tomorrow!”
“huh.”
Jenny is walking quickly as an urgent appointment approaches.
I waved my hand and watched her disappear toward the first building.
If this were the main story, it would be the time to help Crona enter the student council, and now seemed like the perfect time.
“I guess I’ll start going back soon.”
When you return to your room, you have to order two servants to write a manuscript.
It was a time when I was walking briskly to the dormitory because I had something to do.
“You’re back from your mission, so why don’t you say hello?”
At that moment, my body froze at the sound of a voice like a cold wind.
That’s because it was the voice of the protagonist, Lyman, who was trustworthy but had no fears.
“I’m so upset.”
“Now that I think about it, I completely forgot.”
“It’s not that you forgot, it’s just that you weren’t interested?”
“….”
I took something out of my pocket and threw it at Lyman, who was making a somewhat disappointed expression. What he was holding in his hand was the badge of the Bayold family.
“Well written. Without this, the mission might have failed.”
“Ahem…”
When I expressed my gratitude, Lyman raised the corners of his mouth. Then he threw the badge back to me and said,
“I don’t need it anymore. But you might find some use for it again.”
After receiving my badge again, I agreed with that statement, which was not particularly wrong.
“Follow me.”
And Lyman took me somewhere. It was a restaurant in an alley near the main gate of the Academy.
Perhaps because it wasn’t an open space, we were the only guests, and Lyman, upon seeing this, felt relieved and took his seat.
“I’ll shoot, so do whatever you want.”
“….”
Lyman says this and shouts to the store manager, “Here, a glass of beer!”
I was a little taken aback, but I gladly accepted the offer and ordered fish and chips.
And then he said.
“Let’s eat quickly and go. We’re going to be busy from now on.”
“Is there something urgent?”
“Our newspaper department decided to write the Nobel records to be displayed at the Magic Banquet.”
“Is that so?”
“Are you interested? Writing novels is secretly fun…”
“no.”
Lyman immediately straightens up and cuts off the hand. Well, I can’t imagine this guy writing anything.
Soon, the food and drinks that each person ordered arrived, and Lyman raised his glass and said.
“Now, cheers!”
“Huh?”
What should I do? I don’t have any glasses.
I picked up the glass of water with a feeling of not knowing what to do.
widely-
Their glasses clinked together.
Lyman said, downing half a glass of his drink in one gulp.
“You made a good decision when you said you would become my disciple.”
“You were all watching.”
I decided to become Jenny’s teacher, even if it was only temporarily. Judging from her reaction, it wasn’t a bad choice.
“You would know. Leaving Jenny… the roots of the Chainsilver family.”
“Are you talking about that first guest?”
“I’ve seen that person a few times. He was a being that went beyond the standards of a ‘human’, having defeated the legendary Snow Dragon and taken its power.”
Lyman, being a man from hundreds of years ago, would know more about it. I don’t know if he ever met him in person and fought him.
“After several centuries, I thought the blood would fade… but I never expected that the ghost’s blood would come back to life.”
The early hardships caused by the Silver Age can all be attributed to that blood.
There even existed a medium that awakened that blood.
Lyman took another sip of his drink and said:
“It’s a shame… he doesn’t know that his parents are the ones who activated that blood.”
It was by no means an accidental awakening.
Who would have thought that a man and a woman in love would become each other’s key and lock?
“Do you know who won the tactical demonstration at the Magic Banquet 30 years ago?”
“Leila Bloodia. One of the children raised by the Blood Dragon Muzak… a gifted girl who inherited all of his abilities.”
The Blood Dragon, who had little time left to live, kidnapped children from various places to leave behind his power.
After training and education bordering on abuse, they were made to kill each other, and the girl who survived was given the power.
The name of the power is ‘Blood Age’. For a girl with the strange power to manipulate blood, winning the tactical banquet was a piece of cake.
Even Talema, who was also a participant in the banquet, suffered a humiliating defeat.
“Blood Age and Silver Age. The power of dragons is drawn to each other.”
The dragon’s power, combined with the mother’s power, affected the child in her womb.
As it happened to be the power to manipulate blood, the bloodline of invitation inherent in the child awakened, and at the same time, the power of the same dragon drew out the power of the dragon.
Thus, the Queen of Heavy Snow, thick with the blood of the first lord, was born.
“But don’t you think it’s a little strange?”
“what?”
“A heroine who inherited the blood of the blood dragon… why was she killed by a mere lycanthrope?”
Lyman says, downing the last drop of his drink.
Even a lycanthrope with individual strengths has its limits. Why couldn’t she, who should have been able to easily defeat such a monster?
“Well.”
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The successor of the Blood Dragon is defeated by a wolf?
It was an absurd collapse of balance.
I tried to ignore it and ate my fish and chips, but Lyman spoke in a weak voice.
“What do you mean, you already know everything?”
“…”
“Honestly, you probably think I’m frustrated too. I let things get to this point because I couldn’t even take care of one pet.”
Yes, it was no ordinary lycanthrope.
Because he was a lycanthrope who mutated under the influence of some powerful magic.
“Haha… It was all my fault.”
Lyman mocked himself as if he were drunk.
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