#269
Helmut
Episode 269
‘It was annoying, but that’s why… … .’
I was so focused on her that I was able to avoid recalling useless memories. That’s what Sarah meant to Helmut.
Time just passed like a stream, buried beneath the surface.
‘This child’s skills have also improved a lot.’
Although she was not at the level of Helmut, who had a seed of darkness and received harsh teachings from Darian, Sera’s skills grew quite quickly.
Enough to defeat most low-level monsters.
‘If I go out into the outside world, I’ll be treated like a third-rate mercenary.’
That means you can protect yourself to some extent. Although he did not teach Darian’s swordsmanship, it is enough to improve his skills as long as he learns the common swordsmanship properly.
Sarah was a girl who had both talent and hard work.
An energetic 12-year-old. Sera came running here again today after training and touring Elaga’s territory.
“Helmut, why aren’t you eating? Look at me with strange eyes. “They’re trying to hit me again!”
“I never hit you.”
Sarah had an outstanding talent for opening Helmut’s mouth. It was annoying to her to talk about things that never happened as if they happened.
Helmut, who had been educated at the academy, could not tolerate being treated like a guy who regularly hit young girls.
Sarah smiled brightly while holding the piece of meat in her hand.
“Wow, I’m finally saying it now.”
Susan smiled softly as she looked at them.
“Sera, stop talking and eat quickly.”
For some reason, I felt like sighing. Are children really like this?
‘I don’t think I was like this.’
Maybe that’s why Elaga often compared Helmut to Sera, asking for charm and cuteness that Helmut lacked.
‘Why do you have such a hard expression! Look at that kid smiling! ‘Don’t you think the world is getting brighter?’
It was still the same even now that Helmut was 19 years old.
Common sense tells us, how can you demand the cuteness of a 12-year-old from a 19-year-old?
Every time Elaga asked Helmut to be cute, Susan also made an awkward expression.
‘Yes, there is no common sense.’
Helmut himself does not have much common sense, so it would be foolish to expect that from the monster Elaga.
‘It would be less of a headache if we sent it outside quickly.’
At least to Elaga, Sera was young.
Only 12 years old. Even if all her sins are forgiven if she leaves the Forest of Pahe, her family has been exterminated.
Since he is a traitor, everyone will shun him, so he cannot live with his original last name.
The outside world is not easy for a girl with no connections living with the swordsmanship skills of a third-grade mercenary.
Especially with Susan, who has no power.
However, Sarah doesn’t want to break up with Susan.
She wants to go out into the world, but what she wants more than anything is to be with her mother.
Because he wanted to learn the sword to protect Susan.
Perhaps the fearful and suffocating memories of being first thrown into the Forest of Pahe and being oppressed by Erugo and monsters seemed to have been a strong motivation for Sera to learn swordsmanship.
Fortunately, they did not encounter any major trouble as both Naho and Erugo died shortly after they entered the Forest of Pahe and came into Elaga’s shadow.
‘If Susan is the problem, she can go out too.’
Through Sarah, Helmut realized one thing he had been missing.
There is now one more method that did not exist before he left the forest of digging.
Elaga pulled out the magic energy from the runaway Helmut.
And just like he did with Helmut, he was able to drain demon energy from others as well. Even from Susan and Sarah.
When I asked how that was possible, Elaga tilted his head and said that it seemed like it was possible after absorbing Naho’s core.
It is an area of instinct that even the person himself does not know how it is possible.
‘Did he awaken his demonic nature again while growing as a monster?’
Anyway, if all the demonic energy is extracted from Susan’s body using that principle, she can also pass through the sacred barrier.
Of course, she will be shocked by the rare remaining magical energy, but it will not be as painful as the pain of childbirth, so Susan, the child’s mother, will be able to endure it well.
‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to leave now.’
Elaga was still regularly draining magical energy from Susan and Sarah.
Magi helps to a certain extent in one’s achievements as a swordsman or wizard, but it also eats away at one’s body.
It is a harmful power if you do not accept it and use it like a monster.
The magic energy accumulating in the body of a powerless human woman like Susan shortened her lifespan.
Thanks to Ella, Susan and Sarah were living in good health in the forest of Pahe, without any problems other than experiencing the inconveniences that come with living in a remote area.
It’s just that I can’t go out because my life isn’t guaranteed.
At that time, a thought occurred to me.
‘Would it be worth living if I scraped together the riches in the Forest of Pahe?’
At the time, Helmut, I had to work hard to avoid getting Naho’s attention, so I never thought of robbing the human farm’s wealth, but now they are property without an owner.
It seems like there were quite a few things like gold jewelry and swords. When you have money, many things become easier.
You may not be able to learn more swordsmanship from Helmut, but since you have gained a certain foundation, you can train on your own from now on.
After all, it’s not like Sera wants to become a swordsman of extraordinary skill.
There is no need for Sera to earn money by doing difficult mercenary work like Helmut.
If I hide my identity and settle down in a suitable village with Susan, my current skills may be enough.
The judgment that it is difficult for her to make a living with her current skills is based on the premise that she earns money by working as a mercenary.
Maybe I couldn’t become more familiar with this mother and daughter because I knew they would one day break up.
‘I was transferred, but it would be okay for Sarah to enter the academy at 14.’
If she grows at a growth rate similar to Sarah’s, she will be able to compete for the top spot at Greta Academy when she turns 14. Helmut was able to write her a letter of recommendation. Ethan Kudrow seems to have planned on continuing to be an instructor at Greta Academy. She didn’t even know if she could ask him for her mother and daughter.
What kind of face would he make if Sarah came to Ethan with Helmut’s letter of recommendation?
Anyway, will they be happy to confirm that Helmut is not dead?
or not. Helmut couldn’t imagine what the people of the human world would look like when they confirmed his survival.
There were good relationships and bad relationships, but now I don’t know which one is the former and which is the latter.
I thought it was a good relationship, but I may have been mistaken.
Because Helmut was strong and an excellent swordsman. Humans naturally kneel before the strong.
‘He might be happy that I’m gone.’
I heard that sometimes humans rejoice in the misfortune of others.
Of all the negative stories Darian told me about humans, there was nothing that didn’t fit. His advice was right, and Helmut realized it the hard way.
However, there was one sincerity of which one could be sure, but that sincerity became colorless over the course of four years.
Helmut will probably never be able to check what he left behind in the human world.
Maybe I couldn’t become more familiar with this mother and daughter because I knew they would one day break up.
‘I’m the only one who can’t go out.’
A heavy truth settled down. For that reason, the high priests of Lumen did not kill him on the spot but ended up sending him to the Forest of Pahe.
Elaga, who didn’t even have any intention of leaving, might have thought it was because she was a monster, but that fact still weighed heavily on Helmut, who couldn’t find a reason to leave.
‘I don’t even know how to get out anyway.’
I was really lucky that I succeeded in getting out last time. Even though he was really lucky, Helmut almost died.
‘The only thing I have to lose is my life anyway, so there’s nothing I can’t try twice.’
Now that the sprout of darkness has grown since then and has taken deep roots in Helmut, no matter how much vis has been increased, it is of no use.
Helmut felt it instinctively. Now it was no longer a question of the amount of Magi held. Because the sprout of darkness has gotten closer to the ‘core’ that Helmut cannot afford to lose.
Because humans can die from even a slight wound to the heart.
The sprout of darkness saved Helmut and made him stronger, but once again became a limitation.
Although I went through many hardships, I am back again.
However, even in his own opinion, he was a special case.
Even though he fell into the forest of Pahe as a newborn, he did not die. After meeting a teacher named Darian, he became stronger and left the forest of Pahe.
‘I even withstood one runaway sprout of darkness.’
Although there was Elaga’s help, Helmut overcame a wall because of it.
A wall that would probably have taken a really long time to overcome if it were in the human world.
The whole process at least made him stronger.
‘How close am I to Darian now?’
Darian, something that even the ruler of a region could not do anything about.
It was a fact that could not be known even if one went back in memory.
Although he was stronger than before, it became even more difficult to understand because he was with a monster called Elaga, who could treat the stronger Helmut like a toy.
‘These are the ones that matter now.’
“I need to talk to Elaga.”
Sarah looked at him strangely at the words he suddenly said.
“What?”
“Exiting the Forest of Pahe.”
“yes? “So suddenly.”
Susan opened her eyes wide.
“Have you found a way out?”
“There is no way for me to get out, but there is a way for you to get out.”
Helmut did not explain at length. Anyway, we need Elaga’s cooperation.
You have to go there to remove demonic energy and pass through the sacred barrier, and you will inevitably encounter Ygrel, the ruler of the southern region.
I didn’t know if Ygrel would come out so smoothly this time too.
“It’s just that your future depends on Elaga, so he must agree.”
Even though it is not a human farm, Elaga seems to be treating them as her pet humans.
Susan and Sarah also accepted that fact. In any case, isn’t it better to have humans as pets than to eat livestock?
Helmut had no doubt that Elaga would cooperate in getting them out, even if she was reluctant. Because he was like that when Helmut left the Forest of Pahe.
If Susan and Sarah ask for it, Elaga is a timid but generous leopard, so even if she complains, she will take them to the sacred barrier.
And as the meal was coming to an end, Elaga came back.
