Academy’s Genius Swordsman

< 82. The Great Operation (6) >

#82

It was a wonderful evening. The wind was cool and the sky was clear. The sinking sun was coloring the world in crimson.

“There, is there anything wrong with the rear?”

“That’s right.”

The grass on either side of the path was gently swaying. In the forest where the cicadas were quiet, the song of the squirrel was heard.

It was an idyllic landscape that would melt your heart. However, there was a strong tension on the faces of the Wolves mercenaries in the wilderness. The commander of the mercenary, who deflected the long battle hammer, said solemnly.

“Don’t push boundaries. Make up your mind so that you can face any foe.”

“Yep!”

“I’m sure the little duke will come directly…”

About twenty mercenaries were moving around two wagons. A small hut was a huge wagon and luxurious travel wagon that could be put in as it is.

The sides of the two carriages were engraved with the design of the Grancia family. The quest the mercenaries took on this time was to escort a woman from a small town called Nimburton to the island. The client was Schlieffen Sinivan de Grancia, the morning star of the empire.

“…Is it possible to become a princess who has fled from a foreign country?”

The leader looked forward again and murmured. The face of the woman who was being escorted did not leave my mind. It must have been the reason why the members, who were usually selfish, were burning with a sense of duty.

Schlieffen had been guarding Iril’s wagon all the time. He tilted his head as he was vigilant and vigilant in all directions.

‘…it’s strangely quiet.’

Contrary to the intelligence that monsters were running rampant, nothing was happening. All of the sudden things that have happened so far have been to pick up a cat that was taking a nap in the middle of the road and put it away.

‘It’s more award-winning.’

Schlieffen, slightly anxious, glanced inside the carriage. Iril was gently stroking the sleeping Sita on her lap. As she looked out the window, her gaze met Schlieffen by chance.

“Ah, Schlieffen!”

Illyl smiled and waved her hand. Schlieffen, barely holding onto her heart that was about to collapse, approached her. After coughing a few times, he spoke in a tone that looked as mature as possible.

“Hmm, is there anything inconvenient?”

“Yes, it is very convenient! Schlieffen-sama, please take a break too!”

Illyl smiled and tapped the seat next to him. Schlieffen’s brain turned to stone. It wasn’t until he chewed the flesh in his mouth quite hard that he regained his intellectual ability to speak.

“uh. Well. I can’t. I’m on a mission.”

“Is there anything I can do to help you? I’m so sorry for being in this way. And so are the others…”

“Not at all. Um, it’s dangerous outside, so don’t go out.”

“yes? Did a wolf even come out?”

“···A wolf. Yes, there could be something like a wolf.”

“I, really?”

Illyl rolled her eyes. Guilt shook his head at the thought that he might have inflicted some kind of fear.

He was in a hurry to correct his mistake. Iryl, who suddenly stretched out her arm out the window, put her hand on his shoulder and said.

“Careful. He was my brother’s friend before he was a noble, and I don’t want to see him get hurt.”

“···ah? uhm. nobility? okay. I am a friend of the nobility.”

“yes?”

“no. Oh, so. I was told that I was your brother’s nobleman.”

In the end, Schlieffen, who had relapsed with dementia, froze. He was spitting out meaningless nonsense over and over again. A mercenary cried out in an urgent voice.

“Hey, something is coming from the east!”

An indescribable chill ran through Schlieffen’s whole body for an instant. Something absurdly powerful was approaching quickly.

“what···!”

Schlieffen hurriedly drew his sword and ran to the front of the procession. Koo! A huge shadow landed in front of the procession.

“Finally here!”

“Shoot!”

Judging from the size, it was clearly a monster. It was a car that the mercenaries who were very nervous were about to launch the attack they had prepared. The leader, noticing the shadow’s identity, hurriedly shouted.

“Hey, stop! Everyone stop!”

It was very rare for a veteran general to be so embarrassed. The mercenaries hurriedly withdrew their hands from the hilt and the sword.

The shadow stretched out the crouched body. The figure of a black wear tiger was revealed under the setting sun. At that moment, the mercenaries realized that the captain had saved them all.

“Come on, Zaypa?”

“Why is the sword here…!”

A body that is much larger than any other beast. Eonwoldo, which is closer to the pillar. There was no one who ate kalbap who didn’t know him. Sword Saint Zaypa was standing in front of him.

“I understand why you asked me that. To entrust escorts to such weak people.”

He was muttering an unfamiliar sound as he looked at the mercenary corps. At that moment, two boys jumped from behind Jaifa’s back. Schlieffen’s eyes, which were frozen with the mercenaries, widened.

“Ronan…?”

“Everyone was doing well.”

“Ugh… I’m dizzy.”

The identities of the boys were Ronan and Asher. Ronan looked at the mercenaries as if appreciating them and approached him. Asher was squatting, nauseous, like a person suffering from motion sickness.

Schlieffen frowned. It was so absurd that I even doubted whether the current situation was real. Aside from the sudden arrival of the swordsman, he did not understand why they were on his back. Ronan, who came close to his nose, shrugged his eyebrows.

“Did nothing happen?”

“…why are you riding on the back of the sword castle? No, why is the sword castle here in the first place?”

“That’s a very long and beggar story, so I’ll tell you later.”

Ronan chuckled. It was a laugh that was a mixture of self-help and cynicism. His face, marinated in fatigue, seemed five years old during the hours of separation.

“So, man, did anything go wrong? Aren’t there monsters?”

“···Yes.”

Schlieffen informed me that nothing had happened so far. That’s weird too. Ronan nodded with a satisfied smile.

“Actually, I went through a lot of hardship, but of course nothing should happen. your sister?”

Schlieffen blinked and pointed backwards. The Duchess and the escaping wagon stood in the middle of the procession.

Damn, it’s hard to even tease like that. Ronan, who was laughing out loud, was just about to move. Suddenly, the carriage door swung open and Iril walked out.

“Ronan? are you?”

clearly heard It was Ronan’s voice. The moment she turned her head, their eyes met.

“Oh my gosh! Ronan!”

Iril covered her mouth with both hands at her younger brother’s face after three months. Ronan waved his hand in greeting.

“sister.”

A month later, Iril came and hugged him tightly. Ronan sighed in relief. I thought it was good to wash my blood in Marvas and buy new clothes. After a while, the older sister raised her head and touched his face and said,

“how have you been? Why are you so dry? Oh my god, look at that bruised face. Who is bullying at the academy?”

“It’s not the academy… it feels like the world is tormenting me.”

“Yes?”

“It’s a joke. How’s your sister?”

“Yeah, I had a great time! Hey, listen, I told the villagers about you…”

The sister I saw in a long time was still beautiful. A warm sunset was flowing down her white silver hair.

Now that he ate anything other than potato stew, his complexion was clearly visible. It was in the middle of Iril chatting for a long time. A metal sound as if the world was breaking apart echoed right behind him.

-Kaan-!!

“Damn!”

“The plague, what?!”

Ronan pulled the hilt. He wrapped his arms around his sister’s shoulders and at the same time pointed the tip of his sword in the direction of the sound. Jaifa and Schlieffen were facing each other with their arms crossed.

“That crazy old man.”

Ronan, who grasped the situation at once, spit out cursing. The mercenaries did not even dare to intervene in the sudden clash of the two monsters. Jaifa pricked her ears in interest.

“Hey. I survived.”

“…what is this? Swordsmanship.”

The knives that were in contact with each other were esoteric. Schlieffen barely stood there with his teeth bruised. The trembling legs seemed to collapse even if the wind blew a little strong. Jaifa said.

“It’s a simple greeting. The morning star of the empire.”

“Greetings?”

Instead of answering, Jaifa pulled out the Eonwoldo. He then shook hands with a brief self-introduction.

“This is Jaifa Turgen. I’m glad to know that your rumors aren’t overblown.”

“What is that….”

Schlieffen looked up at him with a puzzled expression on his face. Ronan, who was approaching in stride, shot at him with his left leg crossed.

“Damn, you really should have shivered in here?”

“Next time I will be one of you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“The next swordsman. If it had been my family, I would have raised it myself, but it’s a pity.”

The two boys’ eyes widened. I did not know that I would hear such words from the swordsman directly. Jaifa glanced over the stalled carriages and said.

“So, is this all you have to carry?”

“ok. Four people.”

“Heh heh, I think this Zaipa will live and live and help others move.”

Jaifa chuckled. ‘Everything else is done, help me move.’ That was the reward Ronan had requested in exchange for the arrest of Nebula Clazier. Illyl cautiously walked out from among the mercenaries.

“Wow! Sui, Sui-in?”

Seeing Jaifa, she widened her eyes in admiration. Jaif lowered his gaze.

“Is it your sister I spoke to earlier?”

“No, I said…! hello!”

Iril approached me with her eyes twinkling as if she had found a cute animal. Jaifa, who was carefully examining her, turned to Ronan and opened her mouth.

“I think I can see why you are so terrified.”

“Is not it?”

Ronan and Schlieffen nodded at the same time. Suddenly, Jaifa shook hands with Iril. It wasn’t the harsh greeting the two of them had, it was an ordinary and friendly greeting. Iril, who held his hand as if waiting for it, waved his hand and said.

“Wow, you have a great physique. It’s the first time I’ve seen that beast!”

“What’s the lady’s name?”

“I am Illyl! Wow, my palms are so soft… Can I touch you a little more?”

“do whatever you want.”

Iril laughed like a child and fiddled with Jaipa’s meat ball. The faces of the mercenaries who were watching turned white.

It was unprecedented. It’s not enough for that Jaypa to have a conversation with a human he didn’t recognize as a warrior, so he made me touch his palms. Then one of the mercenaries pointed to the east again and shouted.

“What else is coming over there!”

“I, Imperial Army?”

Several huge shadows soared over the forest and landed around the procession. They were the subordinates of Jaifa who had fallen for a while because of their mission. The Wear Lion, who was called the lieutenant, saluted Jaifa.

“Captain. I’m done.”

“okay. Good work.”

“As the boy said, we found the body of an old man. As a wanted bounty known as Aden’s Bloodwind…”

The lieutenant continued. She reported that Cadion had been sent to Rodolan and that the bodies of women and old men had been retrieved.

Jaifa and Ronan silently listened to her. Judging from the fact that there was nothing to do, it seemed certain that the plot of Nebula Clazier was stopped.

“Hey, what the hell is this?”

“All right, Commander. What happened?”

The wolf mercenaries of the wilderness were in unprecedented chaos. In a way, it was only natural to be surrounded by the imperial soldiers who suddenly appeared because they lacked the small peasants and the sword castle Zaipa.

“.

However, the manager was also unable to answer because he had not heard of it. After finishing the conversation with his subordinates at last, Jaifa turned her head. A distinctive overpowering voice came out of his mouth.

“Everyone gets in the way, so just disappear.”

The only thing the leader could do was quietly nod his head. I had no complaints because I received more money in advance than when I caught a group of Wyverns last year.

However, the identity of the woman who was the target of the escort only became more curious. It seemed that it would be convincing only if it was a hidden daughter of the emperor, not a princess of a foreign country who had been exiled.

A small duke of the Grancia family that divides the empire. Jaifa Turgeng, who is called the strongest swordsman ever, and his direct subordinates. The mercenary leader, who had sent silent salute, opened his mouth, stunned.

“I wish you good luck.”

The prisoners who lifted the wagon and carried it ran like the wind. The sight of them galloping with their backs to the setting sun looked like they were going to destroy a country.

****

The move took place at an unprecedented speed. Thirteen prisoners, including Jaifa, helped move.

Ronan and Iril, Asher and Schlieffen followed Jaifa’s strong advice not to be bothered, and moved in their wagons.

Wearbears and Wear Lions with good strength carried wagons and horses. The carriage on which Ronan and his party were riding was moved by Jaipa himself.

All personnel who did not carry a wagon were sent to the escort. The beasts jumped up and formed a three-dimensional defensive formation. Seeing the terrifying procession, the citizens of Marbas created a commotion.

“Ki, get out of the way! The sword is passing!”

“Whose carriage? Woah, your Majesty the Emperor is also on board?”

Although they were carrying wagons and horses, they ran faster than horses. Giving the excuse that Jaifa was conducting an operation allowed them to cross the mountain road without any control.

The world’s most dangerous and lucrative moving company arrived on the islands before dawn on Monday morning. The prisoners kindly dropped the wagon and party right in front of the new house. Ronan got off the carriage and tapped Jaipa’s leg and said.

“thank you. Thank you for making me feel comfortable.”

“Hmm. The system has been around for a long time.”

Instead of answering thanks, Jaifa looked around with interest. He explained that it had been almost three years since he had been to the Islands. It was because he was always wandering around the continent for his mission.

“Wow, is this really our house?”

“yes.”

Iril’s eyes widened when he saw the new house. Ronan nodded. The two-story stone house was located in an area where a considerable wealth of people in the Islands also lived.

Ronan and Schlieffen put their heads together and thought, and this house was chosen not only for safety and convenience, but also for accessibility as it was only 5 minutes away by land from the east gate of Phileon Academy. Iril continued to speak with a trembling voice.

“Ro, Ronan… no matter how you look at it, it seems you’ve come to the wrong house…”

“Because it’s our house. Let’s go in.”

Ronan entered the house holding Iril’s hand. Asher and Schlieffen followed in turn. He also invited Jaifa, but he refused because he wanted to enjoy the atmosphere of the island after a while.

Opening the front door reveals a spacious and beautiful interior. But Ronan went straight up the stairs without giving Iril any room for admiration. The second floor, where no separate lighting was turned on, was enveloped in the quiet moonlight. Illyl’s mouth opened slowly.

“Wow!”