Academy’s Genius Swordmaster - Chapter 77
[ 77. Great move (1) ]
#77
I wanted to ignore it, but it was not a subject I could do. It was the car Ronan was about to turn around. Adeshan pulled away from the wall and grabbed his sleeve.
“wait for a sec.”
“ok? What’s wrong?”
“Take this.”
Adeshan held out the coat he was holding. The neatly folded clothes looked as if they had never been worn. Upon accepting the coat, Ronan’s eyes widened.
“Aha, this is mine.”
“thank you. I lived thanks to that.”
“What. I’m glad you wore it well.”
It was lent to Adeshan during the midterm evaluation. Ronan put on his coat right away. It felt good, like I was wearing new clothes. Adeshan said.
“how is it?”
“How are you?”
“Doesn’t it seem a little different?”
Ronan shrugged his eyebrows. After listening to it, it seemed that the fit had changed slightly. He soon noticed that the lining had gotten a little thicker.
“Did you put something inside?”
“huh. I had material left over, so I added strong leather to the blade. It should be able to prevent minor cuts or wounds.”
“Wow, do you know how to do something like this?”
“My name is the daughter of a tailor, of course. Take a look at the inside pockets.”
Ronan lifted the front shelf. Her name was embroidered in elegant cursive on the front of the inside pocket. Adeshan smiled warmly.
“I engraved it once. I think you will lose your clothes often.”
“thank you. You don’t have to do this.”
Ronan grinned. I really liked the modified school uniform. I don’t know what treatment it went through, but there was almost no change in weight.
“It’s good that you like it.”
Adeshan looked at Ronan with proud eyes. It was nice to see her genuinely happy. After a moment of silence, she opened her mouth.
“Uh… can I ask you something?”
“of course. Now, I can tell you how many moles I have on my butt.”
“There is no need for that kind of thing…why was it yesterday? A really pretty magic senior.”
“Ophelia? Why is he?”
“…you understand right away when you say it’s pretty. Did you put it to the end…?”
“yes?”
“Oh no…it’s not that important. just yes I was curious about what it was.”
Adeshan’s tone, which became strangely urgent, did not show the usual firearms. Ronan tilted his head.
“What about? uh… are you friends?”
“That’s right, friend. so um Are you talking about something like you and me…?”
For a moment, Ronan was speechless. It was a gibberish, so I couldn’t figure out the intention of the question from earlier. she asked in a worried voice.
“Why don’t you say anything…?”
“Oh, I was just thinking about it for a second. Ofelia…well, if I had to argue, she’s different from my seniors.”
“uh?”
At that moment, Adeshan hardened like a person who had encountered Medusa. Her eyelashes, thick like a forest, quivered. Ronan, who was touching his chin, continued.
“Because seniors are much more special.”
“Is it…special?”
“Of course it is. We will be together until the end.”
Adeshan’s eyes widened. Apparently, she had a sense of entitlement of her own. Ophelia, who looked strong at first glance, appeared as a colleague, so he must be feeling insecure.
There is a long way to go to the general, but it will be difficult if it is already shaken. In times like these, it was best to boost his confidence.
“Don’t worry. You said I’d be there to help. Keep going until you do.”
“Then…you mean I’m more important than Ophelia-senpai?”
“At least for me.”
Ronan said while staring into Adeshan’s eyes. She shook her head, creaking like a broken doll. The little ears were red as if they were on fire. A voice that seemed to crawl out of the loose hair came out.
“…thank god.”
“huh? What did you say?”
“Nothing. I just want to go today. huh. There are things the instructor ordered me to do.”
“Today is Sunday.”
“You have something else to ask for. Then I’ll go see you…!”
Suddenly Adeshan turned his back and started walking. Because of her long legs, she walked incredibly fast. Ronan shook his head as he looked at her back as she walked away.
“Instructor is really too.”
You could give me a little rest over the weekend. Ronan muttered that and moved to the club. The sky, where the clouds had receded overnight, was shining bright blue.
****
“I am here.”
The door to the club building opened. An unusual combination stood out.
Schlieffen was running around the room like a condor suffering from anxiety disorder, muttering incomprehensible sounds. At the table in the far corner, Asher was crouching and trembling.
“Hee hee hee hee…”
Asher, who covered his face with a large book, was observing Schlieffen’s movements with only his eyes pouting out. Seeing the idiotic sight, Ronan frowned.
“What are you doing there?”
“Ro Ronan…!”
Asher, who met eyes with Ronan, came running. Apparently, I was studying here when Schlieffen came in. he whispered.
“Why is that person here…?”
“Oh, he’s also our member now. I didn’t tell you.”
“what…?”
Asher’s eyes widened as if they would pop out. At that moment, the wandering Schlieffen stopped in place. He opened his mouth without turning his head.
“Ronan. What are you doing now?”
“He came on an adventure that you could never imagine. Why are you making such a fuss?”
“I’m in a hurry, so I’ll just tell you. It seems that Ilil’s move should be moved forward. Today.”
“…If you don’t want to be beaten, you’ll have to have a good reason.”
I was stunned. It was only yesterday that after a long agreement, the move was scheduled at the end of the month. Ronan felt the accumulated fatigue slowly replaced by anger. Schlieffen continued.
“In the morning, intelligence came in. Another village was destroyed. Located in the west of Roma, Cacapura is a mountain village.”
“What do you mean? Is the village destroyed?”
“okay. Frenzied monsters attacked. It was not something that the guards could deal with, but the imperial army was able to put an end to the situation.”
“…Tell me more.”
Ronan’s face hardened. Nimburton, where his sister lived, was also located in the western part of the Romira Mountains. The incident is said to have occurred since yesterday evening when he was absent.
Monsters that were normally docile or inhabited elsewhere started rampaging. It was said that the response was delayed because it was happening in a wide range regardless of where it was located.
“I sent a mercenary to Nimburton right away last night. Although they are dispatched, it is still better than not having them.”
“What are you doing? You are proud of me.”
“Of course, the need to hurry remains the same. This morning, a wyvern was observed over Marvas.”
“Plague Wyvern?”
Ronan twitched his lips. Among the monsters, the Wyvern belonged to the very dangerous side. It couldn’t breathe or use magic, but it had deadly poison and sharp teeth, and above all, it flew in the sky.
Schlieffen approached the map hanging on the cork board. With the tip of his knife, he began to point at each village near the Romaira Mountains.
“Except for Marvas, which is currently a large city, there is no properly built defense system capable of responding to monster attacks. The places where the incident took place are all quite far from Nimburton, but I can’t relax. Therefore, it is the right decision to send an escort as soon as possible and bring the sheep back to the island.”
On the map, the route for moving and the section to be careful of were marked in detail. Ronan’s head rolled quickly. Reasonable, but not particularly flawed. Thinking there was no need to hesitate any longer, Ronan put his hand on Asher’s shoulder.
“Assel. Pack your things.”
“Yes?”
“It’s an emergency club activity.”
It seemed that he would not be given any time to rest. Ronan hurriedly took out paper and a pen and wrote two notes. Then, he put a piece of paper into Sheeta’s mouth, who was dozing by the window.
“…get it?!”
“Tell Baren. Do you know where it is?”
It was a temporary club activity plan. Sheeta shook her sleep with a sledgehammer and nodded. The other was placed on the table right in front of the door.
There was no time to gather other members. The three men who finished preparing immediately left Phileon. Thirty minutes later two ghost horses were launched over the western gates of the Isles.
****
The three of them crossed the Romaira Mountains before the sun went down. I couldn’t believe it was the road I had passed over the past four days with Asher. Certainly, the speed of the ghost horse on the paved road was beyond imagination.
Of course, the rental price was beyond my imagination, but I didn’t have to worry much because it would be paid by Phileon Academy. They stopped for the first time after reaching Marvas. Schlieffen said calmly.
“That was a good idea, Ronan. Thinking of borrowing a ghost horse?”
“I’ve ridden it before and it was fucking fast.”
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…”
Asher was barely holding back the vomit that was rising up while holding on to Ronan’s waist. said Ronan, taking off his sweaty goggles.
“Anyway, you go to Nimburton first and lead the escort. We will switch to plain words.”
“Wouldn’t it be better if we went together?”
“There is something on my mind, yes. If you play tricks on your sister, I will kill you, so you know that.”
“What do you mean by remodeling? Could it be that you think I’m doing this because I’m jealous of Miss Illi? That’s funny. Listen up, Ronan. I will always be based on the noble spirit of Grancia…”
“Okay, go quickly, man. no time.”
Ronan cut off his tongue. Normally, it would have disappeared after talking for a while, but since the situation was a situation, Schlieffen also meekly turned the reins.
It was lamentable that he was a minor duke of the great family of Grancia. Ronan said in a pitiful tone.
“Does that idiot really think he won’t get caught?”
“Well…”
“That’s already a joke. I’m deliberately showing off so that my sister notices. Because there is no one in the world who does not notice that he likes them.”
Asher looked at Ronan with a puzzled expression. He parted his lips as if he wanted to say something very much, but then stopped. The two borrowed a speedy courser from Marvas’ marketplace. Ronan looked around and murmured.
“Looks like a wyvern really did appear.”
It was felt that the atmosphere in the city had deteriorated. The number of people walking on the street has definitely decreased. The remaining passers-by were looking up at the sky from time to time.
The imperial army dispatched from the island was patrolling everywhere in a column. They all had crossbows strapped to their backs. Ronan sighed at the thought of dealing with the wyvern.
‘Damn it, he’s not a very good opponent.’
Memories of running wildly to catch a wyvern in a previous life came to mind. Ronan earnestly hoped that Wyvern would not be among the frenzied monsters.
“Then let’s go.”
Ronan and Asher, who changed to course horses, immediately left Marvas. Ronan rode at a pace that was neither slow nor fast, stopping from time to time. Also, that wasn’t the end. With this, Ronan, who stopped for the eighth time, looked back at Asher and said.
“Assel. float it.”
“Yes. Invisible Hand.”
Asher chanted the spell. Ronan’s body rose quickly and gently into the air. A village nestled in the river and forest came into sight. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, Ronan asked to get off. He landed on the saddle in a sitting position. Asher carefully opened his mouth.
“By the way, Ronan. What’s bothering you? It happened so suddenly that I can’t understand the situation…”
“I think Nebula Clazie was involved.”
“what…?”
Ronan calmly replied. The fact that the monsters started rampaging all of a sudden was bothering me. The cave giants and ogres in the Baidian Mountains that I met earlier were all the work of Nebula Klage. Asher asked with a pale face.
“If it’s Nebula Clash…they destroyed the temple and made Sarante like that…” ”
Eh. They are the bastards of the world.”
The reason why Ronan frequently asked them to float themselves into the air was to find their characteristic sparkling mana. It was around the time I was slowly approaching Nimburton.
I noticed that there was a crowd of people at the front of the road. A group of imperial troops were blocking the road with spears and shields in front. A man who appeared to be a captain stood in front of Ronan and shouted.
“stop! Stop!”
“What happen?”
The look wasn’t very good. It seemed that something had happened. The man pointed his finger across the blocked road and said.
“The swordsman Zaifa and his direct subordinates are conducting operations nearby. Wait until it is over or go another way.”