Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 192

192. Where the sky becomes thin (3)

#192

“Let’s go in and talk.”

Navardoze pulled the doorknob. The huge door opened so smoothly that it was hard to believe it had been left unattended for hundreds of years. Ronan’s eyes widened as he looked inside.

‘Why are you so ordinary?’

I even felt the ideal of being comfortable in a room just the right size for two people. Contrary to Ronan’s expectation that it would look grotesque like Jarodine’s or Professor Secret’s office, it was filled with really necessary and ubiquitous items.

There was a long stone desk and a table and chairs for eating. Judging from the fact that there were two private beds, it seemed that the two were not like that. Or maybe they were perverts who enjoyed close contact due to narrowness.

I couldn’t find a speck of dust on the desk I glanced at. Ronan tilted his head.

“Didn’t you say it was neglected for hundreds of years?”

“I put a spell on it to keep it clean. Just in case, the child could come back…Well, since the son came to visit me, I can say that I have achieved my goal to some extent.”

Navardoze was looking around the room with longing eyes. The time he spent with his father was only three years. From the dragon’s point of view, it would have been only a fleeting moment, but it seemed that they had a lot of affection.

“This is a room that existed before this fort was built. Dreemur was built on the raised ground around here. ███ was also the designer of this fortress.”

“Your father designed this fort?”

“okay. He desperately persuaded me that it was necessary to stop the enemy coming from beyond the sky. I accepted it because I liked the guts to kill and eat it if what I said was false, but as you can see, it was the right decision.”

Navardoze smiled. He didn’t seem like an ordinary madman when he said that to the Fire Mother. Sitting on the bed, she continued.

“Now tell me. How do you know Elcia?”

“Oh, yes.”

For a moment, Ronan was speechless. It was a very complicated story to tell the truth. My father, who is presumed to be the current leader of Nebula Clazie, put a curse on me and went to the world of images to lift the curse. I had to deliver it.

‘I’m not going to turn my back on the person who saved my son. I even saved my daughter earlier.’

Since he was talking about his deepest secret, he had to be more careful. Still, Ronan soon made up his mind. In fact, Navardoze’s innocence had already been proven in his previous life.

‘I did my best until the end.’

He was well aware of how grueling the fight between Duaru and Navardoze was. Besides, there was no way a man with such a killing flame bag could lie.

Organizing his thoughts, Ronan began to talk about what had happened so far. Except for the fact that it’s regressed which can confuse information.

“curse…? aha. That’s why you can’t understand ■■’s name.”

“There are many more than that. Didn’t that guy tell you about the curse?”

“Unfortunately, it is. She had a child not too long ago, and if she ever sees her, she only said that I wish her well.”

Navargoze shook his head. Suddenly, a question passed through Ronan’s mind. It was a question I had been ignoring because it had been taken for granted all along.

“There is something I want to ask you for a moment. I’m pretty sure Navardoze-sama is my father, but is there any basis other than his appearance?”

“It’s because your age matches exactly when ■■ last visited me. It was only ten years ago, so I remember it accurately. You’re not asking about lifespan, are you? ■■ is like the Lorhorn you know well…”

“Ah, I know that. They don’t die naturally.”

It was a question he would not have asked if the robe man hadn’t been a transcendental person in the first place. At this point, it seemed certain that the incomprehensible whimper was the father. Navardoze said.

“To go back to Elsia’s story… She came to me with ■■ about a thousand years ago. She referred to herself as ■■’s assistant.”

“Assistant.”

“okay. Anyway, unlike ■■, who disappeared in an instant, Elcia had been here in Dreemur until recently. He was the most outstanding elementalist I’ve ever seen, but it was very sad that he suddenly left.”

“When is the most recent? I think it would be sad by dragon standards.”

“About five years. It really hasn’t been long.”

Ronan raised his eyebrows. Certainly five years was not such a long time even by human standards. If I could find Elcia, I had to meet her as soon as possible. There were a lot of things I wanted to ask right away.

In the end, do you leave Nebula Clazier, do you think the person who came with you is really a robe man, who is leading Nebula Clazier now and why did you help your father? Because there was a woman Ronan, who had discovered some possibility, asked with his eyes shining.

“Do you know where Elcia went?”

“I do remember. It doesn’t seem to help much. I simply answered North.”

“North?”

“okay. Search the room and you might find something.”

Navardoze explained that he gave her a huge severance pay, but did not ask any specific questions. Because I thought there must be a reason.

Ronan looked around the room and twitched his lips. It didn’t look like there was much space to hide anything. He swept his bangs and thanked him.

“Thank you, Mr. Navardoze. I will look for it.”

“Thank you. I was just telling you what I know.”

“I want to ask you one more question, is that okay?”

“of course.”

“How much longer can you last?”

Navardoze’s face hardened at the sudden question. It was like an arrow piercing through the heart. After a moment of silence, she raised an eyebrow awkwardly.

“…Did you notice?”

“yes. I don’t think it’s the first time that a crack has occurred today.”

“Ahaha…you have good eyesight.”

Navardoze smiled bitterly. She averted her gaze as if she had no face, and opened her mouth.

“At least 5 years… no, maybe 7 years.”

“also.”

Ronan clenched his fists. Ever since Benihardo and Iraniel’s coping skills were overly adept, I’d been aware of it. The lifespan of the barrier that blocks the two skies is short. Navardoze continued with his gaze fixed on the ceiling.

“The aging of the shield is also aging, but the biggest problem is that those disgusting bastards are getting stronger. Just a hundred years ago, there was no monster that Benihardo’s fire couldn’t burn. In the future, something that even I can’t handle might come out.”

“Can’t we restore or strengthen the shield?”

“Impossible. ■■ called it armor. It’s a defense that we’ve had since the birth of the stars we live on, and it’s said that it can never be restored by normal methods.”

Navardoze explained that a supernatural shield called armor evenly covers the entire star. The shield that existed even before the first ember was lit played the role of protecting the planet and the life that lives on it from the external enemies he had cut down a moment ago.

However, for some reason, part of the armor was worn out, and now the environment was created for external enemies to invade. Monsters from the sky outside the sky, no matter how trivial they looked, had absurdly strong power, so it was obvious that the world as well as the empire would perish if their aggression was neglected.

It was for this reason that Dreemur was built. In order to block the thinning sky by somehow delaying time. Ronan, who was recollecting memories of his previous life and putting the puzzle together, twisted his lips.

‘It’s surprisingly fitting. Seven years.’

The next seven years coincided exactly with the time when the giants descended. If nothing else, it seemed clear that the collapse of the Drimur defenses had something to do with the Advent event.

‘Are those bald heads the same kind as them? It came from beyond the sky…’

It was a question I had from the moment I saw the monster’s true nature. Of course, the winged bald heads were overwhelmingly strong in all respects, but the unique sense of heterogeneity that was not found in the original world felt very similar to the ugly monsters. After the explanation, Navardoze stood up.

“So ■■ left. To find out how to save everyone.”

“How to save everyone?”

“okay. The reason why ■■ lived here in the first place was for that research. Making a shield comparable to the star’s armor, or allowing others to handle the same power as himself. He was a great kid anyway.”

Suddenly, Navardoze stroked Ronan’s cheek. It was still a warm hand. Ronan could feel her searching for memories of his father in his face. At that time, Navardoze, who had been fiddling with his ear lobe, said as if he thought of something.

“Come to think of it, child, I thought of a prize for you.”

“yes?”

Ronan shrugged his eyebrows. Navardoze smiled.

“Lie down on the bed for now.”

“…yes?”

“hurry. We don’t know when they might come back, so let’s finish it quickly.”

There was no hesitation in Navardoze’s tone. Thousands of thoughts ran through my head, and at the same time, the scenery around me looked different. locker room bed. and a beautiful lady. All of a sudden, the lighting was also red, so the accident was more biased. Ronan was taken aback and took a step back.

“I don’t have the confidence to do things in a hurry.”

“Don’t worry, I will take care of it. Take off your jacket too.”

“You know how…!”

Ronan sighed. Is this a dragon married woman? Did this evil dragon lure me underground from the beginning? Ronan took off his top and lay down while admiring the sophistication of the immortal race.

“I lay down.”

“okay. not nice Take the strength out of your body.”

I couldn’t see her face as I lay there because of the vicious pockets of flame. iced coffee! That’s why you should have listened to my sister’s advice not to follow people you don’t know!

If I refused, it would turn to ashes, so this was unavoidable. It was while he was desperately mourning. An unexpected line flowed from Navardoze’s mouth.

“I know that the curse that binds you is not common.”

“yes? All of a sudden…”

“■■ is really terrible too. No matter how mean it is, to do something like this to a child. I believe in ████, but I think this is a bit off.”

Navardoze clicked his tongue. Ronan lifted his head and noticed that she was looking at the spot where his heart was.

“Couldn’t a reward be…a curse?”

“okay. But even if the curse can be removed by force, your body won’t be able to withstand it. However, there is only one magic that originates from fire. I think I can try to do at least one of them.”

Unfortunately, what Ronan had speculated did not happen. However, the reward she proposed was so great that the regret was forgotten. Ronan, who had calmed down, asked her.

“…What can I do?”

“nothing. As I said, just relax and lie down.”

“I like that it’s so simple.”

I couldn’t believe it. Every time I lifted a curse, I trembled with all sorts of pestilences, but I never thought I would do Haeju in this way. Said Navardoze, placing his hand on Ronan’s chest.

“Relax. Because it’s the first time I’ve ever been sick.”

“Are you saying that on purpose?”

Instead of answering, Navardoze let out a laugh. The body temperature unique to the red dragon was being transmitted to the heart. Navardoze, who had been closely examining Ronan’s heart, laughed as if he were tired of it.

“Looking at it now, there are so many things to grow. It’s not easy either.”

“I didn’t want to be like this.”

“There are six curses in all…I don’t know how this is possible, but a few of them have come together to form a core…Um, what is this? It looks familiar, but I don’t know what it is.”

Navardoze tilted his head. Something she didn’t even know existed in her heart. Ronan, who had come up with a promising candidate, was about to say something. Navardoze shook his head as if it didn’t matter.

“It doesn’t matter, but whatever.”

“Ugh?!”

In an instant, her hands turned red. Raging heat hit Ronan’s heart.