Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 34

34. Scream in the ground (1)

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“How can I… say that.”

Ronan murmured. He returned to the dormitory only after the sun had completely set. As soon as I opened the door, the maid who was dusting me greeted me happily.

“Oh, you came back early today. Shall we prepare a meal?”

Throwing his clothes in the corner of the room, Ronan fell on the bed. He mumbled as if he were talking underwater.

“It’s okay, Lucy. are you not hungry.”

“Is something bad happening?”

“It’s not that it’s bad… it’s just that it feels dirty. Can I pee here like this? It’s annoying to go to the toilet.”

The maid’s name was Lucy. Over the past few weeks, Ronan has been able to get to know her quite well. It was thanks to the fact that he constantly bothered to learn how to cook. Lucy said with a straight face.

“It’s not possible. Please protect human dignity.”

“You said you would clean it up at first.”

“Even lovers who break up within three days whisper eternity when they confess for the first time. Are you really okay anyway?”

Lucy looked anxiously at Ronan’s drooping figure. Normally, as soon as I entered the room, I should have started productive activities like a person who would die tomorrow. While reading a book or exercising. Ronan groaned again.

“Lucy.”

“yes?”

“Should I protect my benefactor’s dream? Or should I stick to my will?”

“…You must have been thinking very philosophically.”

“If you choose one of the two, the other will not come true. Damn I really don’t know.”

Ronan clutched his head. The latter is the conclusion reached after repeating three lives. The general who saw the end knew that going back to his hometown and cutting cloth was the happiest way for him.

If you think rationally, it was right to break Adeshan’s sword right away and urge him to drop out. However, every time I tried to make a decision, the face of the girl Adeshan flickered in front of my eyes.

– General. Even if it seems reckless, I want to try it.

Ronan didn’t have the confidence to make her a general. However, he could awaken qualities that he was unaware of. But that only accelerated her rise to the rank of general.

“Sir…what are you asking me to do…”

If it were someone else, I wouldn’t have bothered. As I was drooling, I heard Lucy’s voice.

“Is this something I have to decide right away?”

“yes?”

“I thought if it wasn’t something I had to decide right away, why not wait for a while. I don’t know the details, but everyone has such concerns. Just like I was contemplating whether to become a maid or not.”

“Watch…? Right…don’t have to decide…?”

“yes. The more important the decision, the more it needs to be considered.”

Lucy said in a sweet tone. Ronan, who had been quiet for a few minutes, raised his head slightly.

“Every time I think, Lucy is better than most teachers.”

“It’s good to hear even empty words. thank you.”

“It’s true. They say that the swordsman from Jeondae makes students faint.”

“Are you Nabi Rose? I hope.”

“Because it’s real. It also turns into a fucking big snake… I’m going to take a break, so go in, Lucy.”

“yes. Call me anytime if you need anything.”

Lucy said goodbye and left. Ronan stayed in that position for a long time.

The sound of the ticking second hand of the clock hand filled the space with only the sound of his own breathing. Eventually, Ronan turned over and murmured softly.

“…Let’s watch a little longer.”

The moonlight seeping through the window made a blue path in the room. At that moment, the road cut off and something crashed into the window. bang!

“A-ssipal is a surprise!”

Ronan hurriedly stood up. By the window, a rather ugly scabbard was sitting and looking around. Ronan sighed and opened the window.

“What are you? Have you been drinking?”

At that moment, Ronan’s gaze landed on the scabbard’s leg. A piece of paper was tied to it. When Ronan unwrapped the note, the Scoop flew away without looking back. The contents of the note were concise.

[The weapon is complete. – Didikan]

****

Even when the sun goes down, the work of the education staff does not end. Adeshan and Naviroze were organizing the materials for the day’s class in the office attached to Arena 1.

In the piles of paperwork piled up in front of the women, the information and achievements of each student were listed. Nabi Roze, wearing a shirt, said while flipping through the papers.

“Adeshan. Are there any students who show signs of blooming their aurors soon?”

“Hmm…For now, Marshall de Acalucia, a senior, looks like a good bet. “

Is it that family again? Too late for Akalucia.”

Adeshan nodded. She knew a freshman in the magic department who had an auror before. Thinking about it, I remembered that we promised to go to a cafe together tomorrow.

‘How come this year I get involved with freshmen a lot…’

Freshman. Adeshan, who was pondering something, opened his mouth.

“Instructor. There is something I want to ask you.”

“Tell me.”

“A while ago…To student Ronan…Did you really need to show up to come?”

The voice trembled slightly. Nabi Rose, recalling what happened in the morning, smiled. How long had it been since you experienced rebellion?

“why. Did you suddenly spit out nonsense in the health room?”

“No no! It’s not…just. Wasn’t that unusual? If it were the instructor, he would have been able to subdue them with just his skills.”

“Certainly it has been a while since I took out all the snakes. Was it the third time since taking office at Phileon?”

Nabi Roze shook his head. It wasn’t very common for her to display her aura in front of students. At most, I would take out a snake’s head or tail and demonstrate it when there was a class on Aurors.

The reason for not taking everything out was simple. Students couldn’t stand it. Her aura, Mansa, had the effect of paralyzing creatures within a certain range and controlling the five senses.

In fact, the moment Navi Rose manifested his Aura, all students except Ronan and Schlieffen were hardened like stones. The duration of the manifestation was short and there would be no harm to the body, but it was probably enough to give me nightmares tonight.

Nabi Rose expressed an aura while taking such a risk. After holding her chin for a moment, she opened her mouth.

“It was unusual.”

“yes?”

“I can only explain it like that. It was an act of intuition that brought everything out.”

Nabi Rose recalled what had happened during the day. It wasn’t until after Ronan smashed Cardan that her intuition reacted.

Even for an instant, a sigh of death penetrated his entire body. Like a flock of birds taking off after hearing a roar, an aura was expressed reflexively.

“The funny thing is, within a few seconds of taking everything out, my life subsided. I’m glad I didn’t make a big deal out of it.”

“That…what did you feel about student Ronan?”

Nabi Rose did not answer. It was an energy that was difficult to explain precisely, something that was foreign and stimulated instincts. It was just something I experienced once. Not even a swordsman, in the great jungle of Armage before he had even reached the level of a sword master.

‘He was the strongest swordsman ever.’

I couldn’t forget if I wanted to forget. The white-haired swordsman gave Navi Rose a disastrous defeat, taught him some swordsmanship, and left. Several of them became the basis of the Nabi Rose style.

For a moment, Nabi Rose felt a similar feeling from Ronan. After reflecting on her memories for a moment, she continued.

“…I cannot elaborate. The important thing is that he resisted everything and stepped forward. And look at my uniform.”

“yes?”

Nabi Rose pointed to her uniform draped over a chair. Adeshan approached with a tilt of her head, and her eyes widened. There was a stab wound about the size of a finger on the neck collar.

“As you know, I overpowered him with everything and hit him on the back of the neck to knock him out. In the meantime, they fought back. I don’t know if he read my movements or instinctively swung his blind sword, but his sword was definitely aimed at my throat.”

“Is that possible?”

“Since it has happened, it must be considered possible.”

Adeshan was shocked. In fact, it didn’t even make sense to take a step.

all things. It is the aura of a swordsman who once stood at the top of the empire. Even Schlieffen could barely hold on to the hilt in front of snakes mourning those who were about to die.

Adeshan once knew that the rumor that Nabirose paralyzed a group of flying wyverns and caused them to fall to their deaths was true.

“Anyway, keep an eye on Ronan, Adeshan. Because he is the only talent to compete with Schlieffen for the position of the Sword Saint. At least that’s what I think.”

“Yes yes. All right.”

“Zaipa must be nervous too. Even that cat can’t stay in the position of the swordsman forever.”

Nabi Rose let out a low laugh. Adeshan looked at it curiously. Is it because of what happened during the day? The master, who usually doesn’t show his emotions, looked particularly excited today.

“Anyway, what are you two doing?”

“What are you talking about…?”

“They thought of you very terribly. It was clear that he had special feelings for you. Most of them are dating, but he’s such a strange guy that I can’t be sure.”

Nabi Roze said calmly. Adeshan’s face turned red as she pondered for a moment what love meant.

“Wo Yeon-jeong! What kind of words…it’s the first time we’ve seen each other today…!”

“Think simple. Most of the guys are like talking stones.”

Adeshan waved his hand violently. Nabi Rose, who smiled, turned back to the stack of papers.

“Then let’s continue working.”

****

“It’s like a stupid weekend outing system. If I just send them out after the lecture, what will happen?”

“But isn’t it okay since you can do anything on the premises?”

“I don’t like the fact that you’re restraining me.”

The weekend is back. Ronan, Asher Marya, and Sheeta were heading to Gran Cappadocia late at night. Seeing Ronan’s exhausted face, Asher asked anxiously.

“By the way… didn’t you sleep, Ronan? You look very tired.”

“Of course it’s not okay, Asher. will you sleep Aren’t you curious about what kind of monster this rice ball-like brainchild might have created?”

“Pay!”

Sheeta cried in response. Seeing that he had gained some weight, Ronan laughed. Sheeta was serving as a messenger, going back and forth to Nimburton where Irill was once every four days, and each time, it seemed that her sister had fed her something.

Marya, who heard Ronan’s words, said as if she was dumbfounded.

“Aren’t you too late for that?”

“I couldn’t help it. If I had missed the make-up class, that old witch would have killed me. Damn, my shoulder still hurts.”

Ronan had to finish taking Nabi Rose’s class, which he hadn’t heard before because he fainted. Because it was a supplementary class, there were no people, so more harsh and persistent teaching continued. Ronan was able to leave the main gate of Phileon only after perfectly presenting three types of herbivores like Nabi Rose.

“Damn, I’ll teach you something like that snake.”

“snake?”

“There is such a thing. If you guys saw it, you would probably pee.”

Ronan recalled an incident that had happened a few days ago. The gap with the former Sword Master was farther than I thought. The eyes could follow the movements, but the body could not.

As Asher said, Ronan couldn’t sleep well. However, it wasn’t that Doron’s weapon was expected and he couldn’t sleep.

‘There’s no choice like this. I have to be strong by all means.’

It was a shameful defeat. I didn’t expect that even if I was hit by a trick, I wouldn’t be able to use it like that. Ronan saved time sleeping to train his body and hone his skills. He tried to stay up all night until he could not even do the mana training.

‘Sir… I want my aura to bloom within at least three years.’

Nabi Rose’s aura came as a great shock. If not as good as Schlieffen’s storm sword, it was a fraudulent enough technique.

I couldn’t stand still at the thought that such a power might be latent within me. Of course, he had to succeed in mana response. Ronan murmured.

“Should I find something good to eat…”

“Huh?”

“no. Let’s go.”

As I walked all the way along the workshop street, I saw a blacksmith shop that had collapsed. The signboard with the name “Hammer, Hammer, Hammer” written on it seemed like it would fall off even if the wind blew a little harder. Ronan knocked on the forge door and said.

“Hey Didican. We are here.”

But no answer came back. It was the same when he knocked on the door again. Ronan looked back at his colleagues and said.

“…you didn’t eat it, did you?”

“I can’t do that if I’m sane. Didican! We are here!”

Sensitive at the word being eaten away, Marja shouted. The voice was so loud that the entire blacksmith’s room reverberated, but this time, no answer came back.

In a fit of rage, Ronan slammed the door. bang! The door slid on its hinges and hit the wall. In the first place, the bolts were not hung.

“Hey Didican. Don’t play around with me.”

The party moved into the blacksmith’s interior. The landscape of hammer hammer hammer was no different from before. Moonlight streamed in through a hole in the ceiling. Floating dust still cooled the brazier and rusty weaponry caught my eye.

The party moved to the location where the elevator was. The gateway leading to Gran Cappadocia was indistinguishable from the naked eye. Ronan reached out and began to touch the back of the furnace.

“I was somewhere here…”

It was obviously a structure that operated the elevator by pressing a specific part. It was a car that had been fiddling with the dusty surface for a long time. A strange sound came from somewhere.

-Aaaa…

It was a sound I couldn’t pinpoint. Ronan stopped moving. Asher, who followed, tilted his head.

“what’s the matter?”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

I strained my ears to hear it again, but all I could hear was the sound of the building’s outer walls creaking in the wind. Ronan tilted his head.

“…I’m sure I heard it.”

“Subtract.”

Then Sheeta jumped off Ronan’s shoulder. Sheeta stopped in one spot and tapped the floor with her forehead. Ronan put his ear to the spot where Sheeta had tapped and knelt down. A slight vibration was transmitted through the pinna of the ear.

– Rumble…!

-Aaaaaa…!

“What the fuck.”

Ronan hurriedly stood up. A strange sound, like the one I heard on the day I left Gran Cappadocia. And a faint scream was coming from down there.

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