Academy’s Genius Swordsman

2. A little serious story (2)

#2

Adeshan de Akalusia.

A general of the Empire who reigns over a million forces and the Duke of Akalusia.

A hero who saved the lives of many people by taking quick action at the time of the advent of the giants.

She was now dying like a dog-bitten toy right before Ronan’s eyes.

****

“Captain Adeshan.”

Ronan frowned. Adeshan’s condition was hardly worth seeing.

The red-tinted uniform was torn and torn, losing its function of covering the body. Blood was still dripping from his torn arm.

“Is it Ronan… Corporal?”

Adeshan struggled to raise his upper body and leaned against the wall. Gray eyes reminiscent of ashes stared at Ronan.

“How could this-”

“Wait, let me ask you a question first.”

Adeshan took a few deep breaths before opening his mouth.

“What about Ahayute?”

“I killed him.”

“Are you sure?”

“There is a body not far away.”

“······is it.”

Adeshan licked her lips. A single tear streamed down his dirty cheeks. She looked up at the ceiling and blinked a few times, then muttered in a bare voice.

“Did he die?”

Adeshan wiggled his legs and got up. Ronan ran quickly and supported her.

“Thank you.”

“It was something I had to do.”

“I don’t have any free time anymore. You are a hero. The hero who saved the world.”

“Hell, you’re a hero, and we’ll start with the bleeding. The wound is deep.”

Ronan glanced at the wound on his arm and spit out cursing into his mouth. White bones were exposed outside the tattered flesh. Ronan gently wrapped her arms around her shoulders and leaned her back against the wall.

“I have become There is no hope anymore.”

“Yes? You called me with a whole voice. Ask for help.”

“I just wanted to know the life and death of that monster. As I said, I have no free time.”

“But we have to do our best.”

Ronan took off his shirt. His body, well-trained like a beast, was full of scars. He began to rip his shirt off. I was thinking of using it instead of a bandage.

“You are also very stubborn.”

“I tell you in advance, it will hurt a lot. You may pee or pass out.”

“Does not matter. If you have to, do it quickly.”

“going.”

Ronan began tying the area to be stopped with cloth strongly. Each time the cloth tightened, the pool of blood ripped the wound and spouted.

****

“Certainly… it’s a little better. It’s less dizzy than before.”

“That’s fortunate.”

The two were sitting side by side, leaning against a rock. Adeshan’s complexion, which was wrapped in cloth, was clearly better than before.

“I really didn’t know you would stop screaming.”

“You didn’t become a general simply because of your looks.”

“…you have a sense of humor more than you look.”

Ronan shook his head as if tired. Is it because he’s a human being who has auror? The recovery rate is abnormally fast.

“By the way, you are the one who should have been treated, not me.”

Ronan was wearing a half-naked appearance, with the exception of his pants. Unlike Adeshan, his complexion was getting worse over time. Adeshan clicked his tongue when he saw him spitting blood.

“Ttt, this is the only way to increase the number of companions from the underworld.”

“The general may be able to survive. Only when the rescue team arrives on time.”

“Isn’t that the same for you?”

“No, I can’t live.”

“On what basis are you making a hasty decision?”

“I just felt it when I stood up after hearing General’s message. I die.”

A smile hung on Ronan’s lips as he said that. Adeshan asked puzzled.

“Then why are you smiling? dying soon.”

“Well… I was really, really close to going…”

Ronan lowered his gaze and looked at his waist. I haven’t seen a sword that hasn’t been removed from my body since I left my hometown. It looked like it had fallen out of its sheath when running. It was empty, but I didn’t feel any further.

“Are you able to die meaningfully? To the extent that I do not regret losing the sword.”

“You are a very strange person.”

The two talked about various things. Adeshan was a much more flexible thinker than he thought. Ronan was startled to learn that she came from the same commoners as him.

“If you could come back alive, what would you like to do?”

“Because I’m going to die.”

“So you said what if?”

“I want to go to the sea with the White Rose Knights. All naked.”

“It’s a pretty good dream. Anything else?”

“Ummm… I want to go to the academy.”

“Are you talking about the Knights Academy?”

“Anywhere. I want to learn aurora, and I want to try magic…”

“Were the rumors that the Aurors did not bloom? How the hell did you catch Ahayute?”

“It was because it was so hard to stick to it, and after cutting the wings, there was nothing wrong with it. Attack or dodge, and check if there is a gap.”

“If I had heard the sword, I would have bubbled and passed out. You should apologize to all the hard workers.”

“Really, General.”

Ronan continued to speak while making eye contact with Adeshan.

“Well?”

“Our kids, they were pretty good, even if they were vulgar.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“With the authority of the general, please recover the body. Originally, it was the rule to throw away the bodies of those who died in the punishment unit as they are, or to collect them and burn them, but this time, if it weren’t for those children, I wouldn’t have been able to win.”

“Sergeant.”

“please. It would be better if there was something like a memorial monument.”

Ronan’s eyes had a mysterious scarlet color like the sunset. Adeshan, who looked into his eyes for a long time, nodded belatedly.

“thank you. Commander-in-Chief.”

“Hmm, if I make that promise, I have to live with it somehow.”

“It’s okay to live… even for those who have died… uh!”

Suddenly, blood gushed out of Ronan’s mouth. It wasn’t a normal amount to look at. For the first time, Adeshan’s face lit up with embarrassment.

“Hey, calm down.”

“The rescue team will come tomorrow… until then…”

“Sergeant, get up.”

I tried to touch it with my leg, but there was no answer.

“I have to go back to the system and participate in the improvement ceremony.”

She looked at Ronan’s side face. The sound of teeth clashing escaped between the half-opened mouth. His long, dark eyelashes were trembling like candles in the wind.

“···shit.”

Adeshan turned his head. Blood dripped from his bitten lips. She couldn’t afford to watch Ronan die. I thought I had become blunt enough over the course of three lives, but it seemed that human emotions were still there.

“General…”

At that moment, a dreamy voice came out of Ronan’s mouth. Adeshan said with a smile.

“Sergeant, you are alive.”

“The sound of rain has stopped.”

“Well?”

Adeshan closed her mouth and listened. As he said, there was no sound of rain hitting the ceiling incessantly. A ray of light leaking through the crack in the rock drew a scarlet line.

“Yeah, it looks like the rain has stopped.”

“Something is strange…”

“It’s strange, what do you mean…”

Aww!

Suddenly, there was a roar that seemed to shake the sky. Intense beams of light poured over their heads.

“What?”

Adeshan hurriedly raised her head. Where did the rock that served as the ceiling go, and the sky blazing in the evening sun was revealed.

Her expression was distorted as her gaze touched the sky. An unbelievable sight was unfolding.

“Shit.”

Countless giants were descending from the blazing sky. It was the flapping of their wings that lifted the clouds and stopped the rain. As the wind blew over the ground, her hair rose like fire.

“The three of us weren’t finished.”

She looked at the descending giants with empty eyes. Some of them had giants with six wings, up to eight. Even pretending to be, he seemed stronger than Ahayute.

“Are you saying that I failed again this time…”

A giant descending from directly above swung his arm. A single spear of light rushed straight towards Adeshan. She closed her eyes as if resigned. I couldn’t avoid it, and I didn’t want to avoid it.

At that moment, a shadow passed in front of my eyes.

Scratch!

The spear of light split in half with a sharp bang.

Adeshan opened his eyes. Ronan stood in front of her. Her sword was clenched in her trembling hands.

“Sergeant.”

“Do you know how to use telekinetic magic or wind magic? Anything… by floating…”

“Is it telekinesis?”

“shit! Knife doesn’t reach here!”

Every time Ronan exhaled a harsh breath, there was a foul smell of blood. It was a state far beyond the limits of anyone looking at it. Still, he was thinking of swinging his sword at the giants.

The knife doesn’t reach here. That one word brought back Adeshan’s mind. She slammed the ground and threw herself at Ronan. The back was a steep slope.

“Uh-huh!”

The two were tangled up and rolled down the slope. When it reached the plains, Adeshan appeared on top of Ronan’s chest. Ronan cried out in embarrassment.

“What is this! Right now… Eup!”

Ronan’s eyes widened. Adeshan’s lips covered hers. The drooping hair tickled his nose and eyes.

Ronan felt something like a cold bead flowing inside, along with his saliva. The taste of unknown blood was fishy. Adeshan pushed in the marble with her tongue and opened her mouth.

“Swallow it.”

Ronan did it by accident. I felt the marbles go down my esophagus. In the sky, dozens of giants were preparing to throw spears in a circular formation. Adeshan said while putting her forehead to Ronan.

“What you just swallowed is a time-turning marble. That’s the secret to becoming a general when I was just a tailor’s daughter. I have lived three lives with this.”

“What kind of bullshit are you talking about now!”

“It sounds like that. so did I This treasure can be turned back four times in total, and I have used all but one. Don’t you know why?”

Adeshan lifted the tip of his chin and pointed to the sky. The surrounding light gathered into the hands of the giants, forming the shape of a spear.

“I decided to walk to you. Your bizarre military talents, even I, who has lived my life over and over, could not understand. I think that is the key to avert the end.”

“Hey! Stay away!”

“If you want to learn, go to Phileon. It is a place where talented people like Kira-seong gather, so it will definitely be helpful.”

As soon as Adeshan finished speaking, rain poured down from the spear. There were as many spears as there were giants. It didn’t look like he could escape even with wings.

“Well, if you go back and meet me, will you tell me not to be foolish and to be a tailor?”

“Adeshan!”

The son-in-law was dyed pure white. The two eyes met. The last time I saw her, she had a strange expression on her face, neither smiling nor crying.

“I’ve tried all sorts of things, but there’s nothing like it.”

The flying spear pierced both of them at the same time.

***

“Heh heh!”

Ronan rose to his feet. He hurriedly looked down at his chest, but there was no hole in it.

“Wow, this is…”

He took a breath and looked around. The hellish battlefield vanished from nowhere, and hills filled with the smell of grass surrounded them. Next to him was a long pole used for herding sheep.

A small village was built at the bottom of the hill. On the river winding through the village, children were playing on a raft.

The memories didn’t take long. Ronan recited the name of his hometown as if calling for a dead person.

“Nim Button.”

It felt like a long dream. Ronan reached out and touched his lips. The touch of the sudden kiss was still vivid. I remember Adeshan’s words about the treasure that could turn back time.

“Are you really… back?”

He groped all over his body. It was the body of a boy who had not yet been strengthened. Maybe fifteen at the most? Ronan pinched his thigh and looked back to somersault before he realized that the current situation was no longer a dream.

“Hey, you’re really back.”

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Memories overflowing like a flood flooded my head. The food I ate, the song I liked, the starry sky I looked up at while wandering and the people I lost forever. and···.

“sister.”

Suddenly, a man’s face appeared on the surface of the water. Returning to the past also meant that she was still alive. his only family. A gentle sister who lost her life at the hands of giants, unable to meet her runaway brother.

“Lily sister.”

Ronan, who mumbled so much, picked up the stick. His pace, which was gradually getting faster, eventually turned into a sprint with all his might. Soon, the house he lived in came into view.

However, as he was almost all the way down the hill, an annoying noise caught his footsteps.

“On time! money! What to bring! no!”

“sorry! sorry!”

On a nearby hill, under a giant oak tree, boys who looked about the same age as Ronan surrounded and trampled on a child who looked less than ten years old. Among the giggled faces, there were a few faces Ronan knew.

“Well? Is that guy…?”

One of them was particularly familiar. He was a boy with bright red hair, but he stood out even more because of his uniquely short stature. Is your name Asher? Ronan rubbed his chin and looked back at his past memories.

“…wasn’t he a wizard?”

Ronan, who was worried, turned away. Even if it wasn’t because of Asher, I didn’t like the way the kids beat the kids. The stick, which was swung as a test, made a cheerful sound.