Academy’s Genius Swordsman

34. Scream in the Ground (1)

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“How do I say that?”

Ronan muttered. He returned to the dormitory only after the sun had completely set. When I opened the door, the maid who was dusting off greeted me warmly.

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

Ronan threw his clothes in the corner of the room and fell on the bed. He mumbled as he spoke in the water.

“Okay, Lucy. are you not hungry.”

“Is there anything bad about it?”

“It’s more of a bad feeling than a bad thing. Can I pee here like this? It’s annoying to go to the toilet.”

The maid’s name was Lucy. In the past few weeks, Ronan has been able to get to know her quite a bit. It was all thanks to the military who constantly bothered me to learn different kinds of cooking. Lucy said sternly.

“no. Please protect human dignity.”

“At first, you said you would clean it up.”

“Even a lover who is going to break up after three days whispers eternity at the time of their first confession. Are you really okay by the way?”

Lucy looked at Ronan’s droopy figure with concern. As usual, as soon as you enter the room, you should have started productive activities like someone who will die tomorrow. while reading a book or exercising. Ronan mumbled again.

“Lucy.”

“yes?”

“Should I protect the benefactor’s dream? Or should I carry out my will?”

“…you were thinking very philosophically.”

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

Ronan shook his head. The latter is a conclusion that has been reached over the course of three lives. The general, who had seen the end, knew that going back to his hometown and cutting fabric was the happiest way for him.

If you think about it rationally, it was right to break Adeshan’s sword and then force him to resign. However, whenever she was about to make a decision, the girl Adeshan’s face flickered in front of her.

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

Ronan didn’t have the confidence to make her a general. However, I was able to awaken the qualities that I did not know. But that only hastened her rise to the rank of general.

“Fuck, what are you going to do with me?”

If it were any other person, I wouldn’t even have to worry about it. While she was drooling, Lucy’s voice was heard.

“Is it something I need to make a decision right away?”

“Yes?”

“If it’s not something that needs to be decided right now, I was wondering if we should wait and see for a while. I don’t know the details, but everyone has such concerns. Like I was contemplating whether or not to become a maid.”

“Look…? I can’t make a decision right away…?”

“yes. The more important the decision, the more deliberation is required.”

Lucy said in a stern tone. Ronan, who stood still for a few minutes, lifted his head.

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

“Huhu, it’s nice to hear even empty words. thank you.”

“It’s true. It is said that the author of the Swordsmanship Swordsman just stuns students.”

“Are you Nabirose? Hopefully.”

“Because it’s real. It also transforms into a huge snake… I’m going to get some rest, so come in, Lucy.”

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

Lucy said goodbye and left. Ronan remained in that posture for a long time.

Only the sound of the ticking of the second hand of the clock hand and the sound of his own shaky breathing remained filling the space. Ronan turned his body over and muttered a little.

“Would you like to watch a little longer?”

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

“Hey sir, that’s a surprise!”

Ronan hurriedly got up. By the window an ugly little bird was sitting and looking around. Ronan sighed and opened the window.

“What else are you? Have you been drinking?”

At that moment, Ronan’s gaze fell on the little bird’s leg. A note was tied up. When Ronan opened the note, the little bird flew away without looking back. The content of the note was rather concise.

[The weapon is complete. – Didican]

****

Even when the sun goes down, the work of the educators does not end. Adeshan and Nabirose were organizing the materials of the class during the day in the office attached to the first arena.

In the pile of papers piled up in front of the women, the information and achievements of each student were lined up in a row. Nabi Rose in a shirt said as she rummaged through the papers.

“Adeshan. Are there any students showing signs of blooming auror sooner or later?”

“Um… for now, Marshall de Acalusia, a 4th grader, seems to be the most promising. ”

“Is this the family again? Too late for Acalusia.”

Adeshan nodded. She knew a freshman in the Department of Magic who had auror bloomed a long time ago. Looking back, I remembered that we had promised to go to a cafe together tomorrow.

‘How come I have a lot of ties with freshmen this year…’

freshman. Adeshan, contemplating something, opened her mouth.

“Instructor. Well, there is something I want to ask you.”

“Tell me.”

“Before…to student Ronan…do you really need to appear as an Auror?”

His voice trembled slightly. Recalling what happened in the morning, Nabirose smiled bitterly. How long has it been since you experienced resistance?

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

“No, no! not that… just. It was unusual, wasn’t it? If it were an instructor, I would have been able to subdue it with my skills alone.”

“It’s been a long time since I took out all the snakes. It was the third time since taking office as Phileon.”

Nabirose shook her head. It was not uncommon for her to manifest an auror in front of her students. At most, during classes on Aurors, I only took out the snake’s head or tail to demonstrate.

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

In fact, the moment Nabirose manifested the Auror, all the students except Ronan and Schlieffen turned to stone. The manifestation time is short, so there will be no harm to the body, but it was probably enough to have a nightmare tonight.

Although Nabirose took such a risk, it manifested an auror. She touched her chin for a moment and then opened her mouth.

“It was unusual.”

“yes?”

“I can only explain it that way. It was my intuition to bring everything up.”

Nabirose remembered what had happened during the day. Her intuition reacted shortly after Ronan smashed Cardan.

Even for a moment, a feeling of drowsiness pierced his whole body. As a flock of birds flew away after hearing the gunfire, the auror appeared reflexively.

“The funny thing is, my life sank within a few seconds of bringing everything up. I’m glad it wasn’t a big deal.”

“How did you feel about that… Ronan student?”

Nabirose did not answer. It was a heterogeneous, instinct-stimulating aura that was difficult to describe precisely. It was just an experience I had once. Far from being a swordsman, before he even reached the level of a sword master, in the great jungle of Armage.

‘He was the strongest swordsman I’ve ever faced with a sword.’

I couldn’t forget it. The white-haired swordsman taught Nabirose a disastrous defeat and then left after teaching him some swordsmanship. Some of them became the basis of the butterfly roses.

Nabirose had a feeling similar to the swordsman from Ronan for a moment. After reflecting on her memories for a moment, she continued.

“…I can’t explain in detail. The important thing is that the guy resisted everything and stepped forward. And look at my uniform.”

“yes?”

Nabirose pointed to his uniform draped over the chair. Adeshan’s eyes widened as he approached with his head tilted. There was a cut about the size of a finger on the collar of the neck.

“As you know, I overpowered him with everything, and struck him in the back of the neck, knocking him out. In the meantime, they counterattacked. I don’t know if he read my movements or if he instinctively wielded a blind sword, but his sword was definitely aimed at my neck.”

“Well, is that possible?”

“Since it happened, I think it’s possible.”

Adeshan was astonished. In fact, even taking a step forward was absurd.

all things. An aura of a swordsman who was once at the top of the empire. In front of the serpent mourning for those who were about to die, even Schlieffen was only holding the hilt.

Adeshan knew the rumors were true that the Nabirose had paralyzed a swarm of flying wyverns and fell to their death.

“Anyway, keep an eye on Ronan, Adeshan. Because he is the only person who can compete with Schlieffen for the place of the sword castle. At least, in my opinion.”

“Yes, yes. All right.”

“Jaifah should be nervous too. Even that cat can’t stay in the sword castle forever.”

Nabirose let out a low laugh. Adeshan looked at him curiously. Is it because of what happened during the day? The teacher, who usually does not show emotions, seemed particularly excited today.

“By the way, what are you two doing?”

“What are you talking about…?”

“You are very terrifying. It sure seems like he has special feelings for you. Most of them are lovers, but he’s such a strange guy, I can’t be sure.”

Nabirose said calmly. Adeshan’s face flushed red after contemplating for a moment what love meant.

“Hey, it’s Yeonjung! What kind of words did you see today?”

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

Adeshan waved his hand violently. Nabi Rose, who smiled bitterly, turned to face the paperwork again.

“Then, shall we continue our work?”

****

“It’s like a stupid weekend outing system. If I just send it out after the lecture, where will it go?”

“Well, it’s okay to be able to do just about anything on site, isn’t it?”

“I don’t like the fact that they’re arresting me.”

The weekend is back. Ronan and Asher, Marya and Sita were heading to Gran Cappadocia until late at night. Seeing Ronan’s tired face, Asher asked worriedly.

“By the way, did you not sleep, Ronan? You look very tired.”

“Of course not, Asher. will you sleep? Aren’t you wondering what kind of monster the onigiri-inspired man created?”

“Pay!”

Sita cried in response. Ronan smiled as he saw that he had gained some weight. Sita was acting as a messenger by going back and forth to Nimburton, where Iril is, once every four days, and it seemed like her sister was feeding her a lot each time.

After hearing Ronan’s words, Marya said as if it was ridiculous.

“Aren’t you too late for such a thing?”

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

Ronan had to complete Nabi Rose’s class, which he had not heard before because he fainted. Because it was a supplementary class, there were no people, so the harsh and persistent teaching continued. Ronan was able to leave Phileon’s main gate only after perfectly presenting the three herbivores of the butterfly rose type.

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

“snake?”

“There is such a thing. If you had seen it, you would probably have peeed.”

Ronan recalled an incident that had taken place a few days ago. The gap between the previous generations of swordsmanship was farther than I had expected. The eyes could follow the movement, but the body could not.

As Asher said, Ronan could not sleep well. However, it wasn’t that I couldn’t sleep because I was expecting Doron’s weapon.

‘I have no choice but to this extent. You have to be strong by any means.’

It was a shameful defeat. No matter how bizarre he was, he didn’t know that he would be so useless and defeated. Ronan saved the time he slept to train his body and hone his skills. I tried to stay up all night until the mana exercise that I couldn’t do.

‘Chiba … at least within three years, I want the aurora to bloom.’

Nabirose’s aura came as a great shock. Even if not as much as Schlieffen’s Storm Sword, it was a deceptive enough technique.

Thinking that such a power might be latent within himself, he could not stand still. Of course, you have to succeed in mana response first. Ronan muttered.

“Should I find something good and eat it…”

“yes?”

“no. Let’s go.”

As I walked along the street of the workshop, I saw a forge that was falling all over. The signboard with the head-to-head name of Hammer Hammer Hammer looked like it would fall off even if the wind blew just a little bit hard. Ronan knocked on the forge’s door and said.

“Hey, Didican. We are here.”

But no answer came. It was like knocking on the door again. Ronan said looking back at his colleagues.

“Isn’t that a bunch of …?”

“You can’t do that if you’re sane. Didican! We’re here!”

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Marya, who became sensitive to the word of being eaten, shouted. The voice was loud enough to make the entire blacksmith ring, but this time there was no answer.

Ronan was furious and slammed the door. bang! The hinged door slipped and crashed into the wall. There was no bar on it in the first place.

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

The party moved to the inside of the forge. Hammer Hammer Hammer landscape was no different than before. The moonlight was seeping through the hole in the ceiling. Floating dust, a still-cooled brazier and rusty weapons caught my eye.

The group moved to the location where the elevator was. The entrance to Gran Cappadocia was completely indistinguishable to the naked eye. Ronan reached out and started stroking the back of the furnace.

“Where have you been here…”

Obviously, it was a structure that operated the elevator by pressing a certain part. It was a car that had been fiddling with the dusty surface for a long time. A strange sound was heard from somewhere.

-Ahhh···

It was something I just couldn’t put into words. Ronan stopped moving. Asher, who followed, tilted her head.

“what’s the matter?”

“Shh. Be quiet.”

I listened again to hear it, but the only sound was the creaking of the wind outside the building. Ronan tilted his head.

“…I certainly heard it.”

“Bye.”

Then Sita jumped off Ronan’s shoulder. Sita stopped in one spot and tapped the floor with her forehead. Ronan fell face down with her ear on the spot Sita had knocked on. A small vibration was transmitted through the auricle.

– Rumbling rumbling…!

– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

“Damn it.”

Ronan hurriedly got up. The same strange sound I heard the day I left Gran Cappadocia. And a faint scream was coming from down there.