Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 156
[ 156. Toward the Holy Land (3) ]
#156
Nabi Roze walked out to the water’s edge. He still seemed unwilling to cover up. she said, extending a finger.
“Can you get me some clothes from there?”
“…I see.”
Nabi Rose’s clothes were placed in a corner of the lake. From her coat to her underwear, the free-spirited things seemed to represent her personality.
Seriously, you can’t look at this. After handing over the clothes, Ronan turned around. A playful voice came from behind.
“It’s funny. On a topic that I already enjoyed enough to enjoy.”
“So you said it wasn’t intentional. I didn’t know you were taking a bath there.”
“You are the only man who has seen this, so you can be happy. Come to think of it, Adeshan is everything, including women. He’s quite…”
Nabirosé began to tell the story of going to the bathhouse with Adeshan one day. It was a really interesting topic, but the situation was not very good. Ronan cut her down.
“So what happened?”
“Let’s walk for a while.”
Nabi Rose, who was already fully dressed, stepped forward. Dae Tae-do was carried on his back. Water was dripping from her uncurled hair.
The two started walking slowly along the lake shore. Every time the wind blew through the grass, the song of the grass bugs grew louder. she opened her mouth
“You are right. These are the wounds I received when I fought Jaifa earlier this year.”
“As expected, there are no injuries…”
“Yes. I lied to save face.”
Nabi Rose smiled. She pulled up her shirt above her belly button, showing the scar. Looking back, it was a pretty serious wound.
“The game was decided by suffering this wound. I thought he must have won because his sword was broken on the way, but the damn cat was hiding his skills. Claws flying like ten swords were not something I could handle.”
“Fuck, isn’t that cheating?”
“I was dumbfounded, but my skills were real. And I didn’t have the courage to hold the famous sword made by Master Doron and question whether it was a foul against the claws.”
Nabirosé described the match against Zaifa at the time. The sword fight itself could have been seen as her victory, but after Zaifa pulled out her claws, she said it was one-sided.
“I’ve said it before, but I didn’t think I could ever win. In fact, I couldn’t even say that I won with the sword because I couldn’t handle the power of the sword. This wound tore apart not only my body, but also my heart.”
“Wasn’t everything better that day?”
Ronan recalled the sparring he had with her right after returning from Haeju. Nabi Rose, who finished the sparring, was clearly smiling. Obviously I thought I had gotten rid of the wound then.
“I thought so too. In fact, since I was defeated by you, I have improved remarkably.”
“It’s not a defeat, to be honest. Because the instructor was not normal.”
“A defeat is a defeat. It was a pleasant defeat. Anyway, to conclude, I thought everything was better, but it wasn’t. The frustration I felt then killed the snake that lived in my heart.”
“I can’t believe the snake died…”
“Yes. I can no longer manifest my aura.”
Ronan’s face hardened. The word that I couldn’t express my aura landed on my chest like heavy lead. Suddenly, something groaned from the depths.
“Damn I don’t understand. Did your core get hurt too?”
“The core is not easily damaged by physical damage. The wound also missed the heart.”
“Then why the hell…”
Ronan dragged on. I didn’t understand. Butterfly Rose, who had been silent with a bitter smile, opened her mouth.
“Ronan. Do you know how the types of aura are classified?”
“Suddenly, what is that… can you stop talking about it?”
“It’s not like that, so answer me. Some cause only a breeze, while others cause a storm that sweeps away kingdoms. Have you ever thought about this unreasonable standard?”
Ronan frowned at the sudden sound. It was known that it was a problem for which no clear conclusion had been drawn yet on what criteria the unique mana aura was expressed. Taking a deep breath, he shook his head.
“…no.”
“It’s a guess, but I think the ego is the criterion. It is the consciousness or idea that makes up an individual.”
“Ego?”
“okay. I was born in the great jungles of the South. An adventurer found it abandoned on a road full of beasts. I have never even seen the faces of my parents.”
Ronan’s eyes widened at the sudden history of the past. Although we had been close friends in our own way, it was the first time to hear about his personal history. Nabi Roje continued.
“The South, which was in the midst of war, was not a very good place for a young girl to live. Especially if you are an orphan with no one to look after you.”
“Instructor.”
“I did anything to survive. All she had was her body, but fortunately she had a talent for martial arts and did not become a prostitute. While orphans my age were embraced by soldiers and treated with fire, I lived on with the price of killing them.”
Nabi Rose’s life was rough. It was her life to walk the road piled up with corpses. While Ronan from the previous life was complaining to Iril that he was tired of potato stew, Butterfly Rosé was already getting the noses and ears of the enemy soldiers cut off on the battlefield in the barracks.
“There has never been a time when I pursued strength more than then. At that time, all I could think of was to overwhelm the opponent and not look down on them. It was around that time that I manifested my aura.”
“At the time, I was chasing a notorious wanted criminal. I had torn my ankles with a sword beforehand, so I only had to follow the bloodstains. After crossing the jungle for several hours, a snake caught my eye.”
“snake? Is that the snake I know?”
“okay. It was a huge venomous snake. The blue scales were as beautiful as jewels, but three monkeys who looked like family were frozen in front of him. It seemed that if the three of them ran away or confronted each other at the same time, one would be able to survive, but that’s not the case. I was overcome with fear and seemed to have lost the will to live.”
“The snake eventually started to swallow the monkeys one by one. It was just picking up what had fallen. I stood still, watching the monkeys disappear into the snake’s jaws, forgetting to chase the wanted criminal.”
“Uh…why?”
“Because that was exactly what I was looking for. A dominant strongman who overwhelms the opponent before the match and does not need to exert any effort. I realized that this was my wish thanks to the snake. And at the moment of realization, an arrow that flew out of sight was lodged in my arm.”
Shuukpak! Suddenly, Nabi Roze raised his hand and pretended to have an arrow pierce his arm. Surprised, Ronan hesitated and stepped back.
“You were surprised.”
“Because your expression is so serious. Looking at it like this, you have a pretty cute side.”
“Please stop it. So what were those arrows?”
“The guy who was being chased brought his teammates. By that time, I was already a notorious bounty hunter. When I came to my senses, I realized that I was already surrounded. The arrowheads were poisoned.”
Ronan gestured that he was listening by babbling twice a second. Judging by the sweat on his hands, his ability to solve the story was not normal.
A rain of arrows and a narrowing encirclement. hazy consciousness. Navi Rose, who had been harassing Ronan by describing the urgency of the time, suddenly stopped in place.
“And at that very moment my aura manifested.”
“her.”
“It was truly a miracle. Darkness everywhere and the poisonous snake I saw earlier appeared. After that, everything went as you would expect.”
Nabi Rose took the heads of the paralyzed wanted criminals one by one. He said that the feeling of cutting his throat as if harvesting crops is still unforgettable.
“What I wanted to say is that… the driving force that brought about everything was due to the will to become stronger, to overwhelm others.”
“Then, the reason why Instructor can no longer handle Auras is…”
“Yes. It was because his will was broken after losing consecutively to Zaifa. At least I think so.”
Nabi Roje smiled bitterly again. As she was fixing her scar, she muttered in a low voice.
“The arrow is missing, but the hole remains.”
Ronan didn’t say anything. I wanted to come up with a solution, but I couldn’t think of anything.
It was a very complex type of wound. To the extent that it is better to suffer from depression openly. In this case, there was no answer other than to overcome it somehow.
“Awesome. When I meet you, I can say all sorts of things.”
“I’m glad you said that. Do you need this?”
Ronan sneaked a cigarette from his pocket. Butterfly Rose let out a laugh.
“It seems like you keep forgetting your duty as a student. What good are you continuing?”
“So you don’t need it?”
“Anyway…”
Nabi Rose silently took the pipe and put it in her mouth. Ronan dusted the cigarette in a gentle motion like flowing water and lit it with a match.
“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”
She took a deep breath and looked at the lake and exhaled. Clouds of pure white smoke scattered over the two moons. Looking back, the posture was perfect. Ronan looked at her side face and laughed.
“You started blooming when you were little, right? Perhaps from the battlefield.”
“okay. How did know?”
“I did too.”
Butterfly Rose tilted her head. Shortly thereafter, a question came asking if he had ever been to a battlefield, but Ronan responded with a smile. He was in the middle of admiring the lake with his hands clasped behind his head.
“Come to think of it, I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“The swordsmanship you used when you sparred with me. Who taught you that?”
Ronan raised his eyebrows. In context, it seemed to be referring to the savior’s sword method. he asked, scratching his head.
“Uh…why is that?”
“It looks too similar to the swordsmanship of the person who gave me my first defeat.”
“Defeat? Wasn’t Zaifa the first?”
“There was one more before that. He is the person who had a great influence on the establishment of my sword. Perhaps even Zaifa will be reduced to a mere cat in front of that man’s sword skills.”
Ronan’s eyes widened. A swordsman capable of turning Zaifa into a cat? There were only two people he knew who had such skills. savior and traitor.
“Did he have white hair?”
“okay. How else did you know this?”
“What about the face? Do you even remember the face? Like the color of your eyes.”
“It was a long time ago, so I don’t remember the details. Oh, I don’t know if I said this…”
Naviroze dragged his horse back. Turning around, she began gently stroking Ronan’s cheek.
“How come I feel the same way as you. I’ve been thinking about that ever since you made Cardan bald for Adeshan. It’s already been three years.”
“What exactly do you mean by feeling the same?”
“Should I say that it is an aura…why isn’t there such a thing? Words can’t describe it…”
Nabi Roze drooled with her eyes closed. It was absurd that he couldn’t say where he resembled him after he brought it up.
All the while, her palms were touching her cheeks. It felt strange to think that it was the hands that had been scrubbed and washed before.
It was just as he was about to say something. A shrill scream rang out from somewhere.
“Aaaaaagh! Save people!”
“What the fuck.”
Ronan turned his head in the direction of the sound. The waking birds took off in unison. Nabi Roze opened his mouth with a tone that said it was not a big deal.
“Probably a rookie hunter.”
“A rookie hunter?”
“okay. If you’ve come this far, it’s time to show up. They are the ones who pick and plunder any reckless person who tries to somehow become the owner of the holy sword.”