I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy

223. East, Hwaguk (11)

Kaen and Hanzo returned to the closet shortly after.

I also checked the compass I had to hand to the priestess, and received a talisman effective against her demons as a reward.

It was an unfamiliar design.

That sword was also on Dohwa’s waist that I saw in the memories of my previous life.

Perhaps Hanzo personally took care of the sword after Dohwa passed away, but it is questionable how Hanzo, a human of the Hwaguk, was able to obtain the sword of the queen of the Wolguk.

When Eisel and Yuri asked about Kaen’s new sword, they said they were running errands.

I don’t know what kind of conversation Kaen and Hanzo might have had, but since she didn’t bring up her story about her previous life, I decided to ignore it accordingly.

Well, upgrading equipment is an important law.

There was absolutely no reason to take it negatively.

On the way to say goodbye to Hanzo and leave his tomb, he rescued the grave robbers who were still trapped in the trap field.

In return, I asked them to spread a little rumor in return for saving their lives.

‘What rumors are you talking about…?’

‘An outcast opened Hanzo’s tomb.’

‘Outcast… I’ll do it for now.’

This was a personal request from Hanzo, who wanted to enlighten the ninjas. He plans to nag the future generations who come to visit Gyeomsa Gyeomsa.

The rumor spreads through the grave robbers’ community and will soon reach the ears of the ninja as well.

By then, her shaman would know about it, and when I met her and gave her her compass, it was a good thing for me that I didn’t have to give her an additional explanation.

But even Hanzo was curious.

‘But you… How did you crack the entrance code?’

‘Aren’t you going to ask me how I was able to walk so well when I was blind before that? hahahaha, I was just lucky.’

I gave a rough answer to his question.

That number was a number that could only be figured out by accessing Hanzo’s memoirs during his lifetime.

The sun was rising when I stepped out of the cave.

It seems that he took up more time than I thought because he had something from his previous life.

Now, what needs to be done in the country of fire is to find the gods with a compass, help the shrine maiden retrieve them, and if possible, deal with her traitor, the head, before the succession ceremony.

The succession ceremony will be a good topic to bury the death of the leader.

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‘When are you going to take a break?’

I came to think that way because of my busy schedule. Maybe after the festival, I can rest comfortably.

***

Just as Jeto and the three women returned safely from Hanjo’s grave and couldn’t fall asleep, they just woke up and were about to start the day.

They were walking on the first ground they had stepped on, inhaling the acrid smell, Keraf and the ‘wild dog’.

The town that was connected to the station was a mess.

“Was there a war?”

As the silver-haired boy said, a panoramic view of the village that was so terribly burned that one would be mistaken for a war.

From the strong wind in the morning, residents came out barefoot to help rebuild the village and try to revitalize their lives.

“It must have been attacked by a divine beast.”

Keraph, who picked out people’s whispers and combined information in a short time of a few seconds, said so.

“Shinsoo? What is a Shinsoo?”

“I’ll have to find out about that from now on.

Keraph stopped him and scattered the spirits through the crowd around him to investigate further.

“Why are you like this all of a sudden? What a strange guy.”

The silver-haired boy grumbled as he looked at Keraf, who was still listening with his eyes closed.

They both had their own goals.

Keraph was tracking the traces of Jeto, who must have passed through this village earlier, and the ‘wild dog’ was chasing the reverberation of his traces.

One to assassinate Zeto, and the other to warn Zeto of danger.

Each of them had different goals, but the finish line was the same.

Especially, Keraf thought that he had to find Zeto before that silver-haired beast-like boy.

“Keack… Keck… Keck…”

The silver-haired boy who had stuck his nose through the ashes on the side of the road grabbed his neck in pain and sneezed.

“Who is the strangest guy…”

Keraph, distracted by the sound, muttered, frowning.

“Khehehe… Puha… I can smell him in here.”

“…”

Keraph quietly turned his head away from the boy.

It was because I could now understand why Jeto reacted casually to the wild dog’s threat and why the wild dog was stupid.

Keraph borrowed the ears of the spirits to follow Zeto’s whereabouts again, listening to the chatter of the villagers and collecting information.

“Is the reward over?”

“They say we only need to fix the ceiling. But it’s fortunate. If they hadn’t helped, the house could have been completely torn down, let alone repaired.”

“Where did they come from? Was it Ino Sansoo?”

“Innocence, you young man. It seemed like a school in the west.”

From the conversation between the four men who climbed the ladder and hit the hammer to fix the building.

“The students said they left quietly this morning.”

“Oh, I should have brought you something…”

“I thought I’d bring you some fruit just in case, but everyone said it was okay and the residents waved their hands at me, asking if it was the hardest thing.”

“They are kind-hearted people.”

“Where did you go in all this chaos anyway?”

“Looks like you went to ‘Hwajeong’ over there in the valley?”

Even the chatter of the women who helped the injured patients.

It didn’t take long to find out the academy’s schedule.

‘Have you headed to the city of Hwajeong?’

Keraph looked around and soon discovered a valley of a fairly large scale that was visible on the other side.

‘It must be in that direction. Then, before the wild dogs go to Mr. Zeto…’

Keraph quickly finished his judgment and immediately moved his leg.

However, he hears the sound of someone’s footsteps following him.

“…”

“…”

Keraf turned his head and the silver-haired boy glanced at him with his sullen eyes.

“Are you following me?”

“No, it’s just the same direction.”

Said the boy sniffing in the direction of the valley. He had already discerned Zeto’s reverberation.

Judging that the chase of the wild dogs had already begun, Keraf decided to go ahead of him and reach Jeto first.

I tried to ride a carriage, but it was difficult to find a stagecoach that was operating normally because the village was not a horse, so Keraf had no choice but to walk to Hwajeong.

“You seem to be walking a little faster all of a sudden?”

“It’s an illusion. Why are you walking faster than that?”

“Do you want to run a race?”

“……”

The race that started so unexpectedly didn’t go far and the winner was decided.

“Huh… Heh…”

Because it was a keraf that didn’t use its body well, it had to beat the stamina of a wild dog that had excellent physical abilities even among the lycanthropes.

One strange thing was that the wild dog was just watching Keraf, who was out of breath because of his stamina.

I’ll have to go on my way to the race or something, but the wild dog was lying on the ground watching him, as if making fun of the tired Keraf.

“hehehe… Now… What are we going to do…?”

“Do you think I don’t know your tricks?”

“…What do you mean?”

“Aren’t you trying to become a turtle?”

“A turtle?”

“Yes, tortoise. My sister said it. In a race between a hare and a tortoise, the tortoise always wins.”

“No, what is that…”

Keraf was getting more and more exhausted listening to incomprehensible nonsense in the yard where it was difficult to breathe.

“Since you’re acting like a tortoise in a mean way, I have no choice but to be a tortoise as well.”

“That’s because the rabbit was lazy…”

Wasn’t it lost?

Keraph, who was being tackled like that, was speechless.

Looking back, the current situation was even better.

If you’re not going to go faster than the wild dog anyway, wouldn’t it be better to get to Zeto with him?

And if you do well, you might be able to take advantage of his stupidity.

“Ha, did the operation get caught…”

Keraf caught his breath at that thought and put on a very regretful expression.

“Hmph, your ulterior motive doesn’t work for me.”

Keraph wasn’t particularly good at acting, but he shook his head as if he were not the same as the wild dog.

Anyway, beyond the huge valley, there was no city or village in sight, and only a desolate land stretched out before Keraf’s eyes.

It seems that the valley was farther away than he thought.

Soon, Keraf glanced sideways at the boy’s yellow eyes, who had been glaring at him as if he would not miss his every move.

‘Anyway, I’m sure I’ll get some sleep…’

The moment the wild dog was caught off guard was the only timing for him to win the race.

***

Hwajeong.

It was not the capital of Hwaguk, but it was one of the main bases of Hwaguk, where ‘Hwayusa’, where the priests and shamans stayed, was located.

The time when the moonlight descended on the whole Hwajeong.

A woman was immersed in contemplation alone, looking at the huge forest on one side of Hwayusa Temple.

The forest where divine beasts roamed freely just a few years ago was now empty and quiet. Occasionally, I could hear the sad cries of some divine beasts who succeeded in recovering them.

Hino is the 53rd shaman of Hwayusa Temple.

It was the true identity of the black-haired woman who was reciting the names of the gods with sorrowful eyes.

“…Hey, who is that?”

Sensing the sudden presence, Hino turned her head.

Hwayusa Temple was a sacred place.

It was not so good that an unknown person invaded the space where even the king of the country could not enter the shaman without her permission.

But as soon as Hino fully confirmed the figure of the man who appeared in the darkness, she let out a sigh of relief.

I don’t know if it’s because the moonlight is bright, but the bandages around his eyes were especially noticeable today.

“Haa… It was you.”

“It’s been a while, Mrs.”

Jeto, who was the owner of her presence, cautiously approached her.

“How did you set foot here? It must not have been an easy place to enter. Even if you got lost, you must have crossed the line a lot.”

“I had no choice but to come here. There was something I needed to deliver to Miko in a hurry.”

“What do you mean…?”

“Here.”

Jetto took out a small object from her pocket and handed it to Hino.

After checking the item, Hino checked the item again with a serious face.

“This is… Shinsubang Cheonan… How is this…”

Shinsubang Cheonan.

It was a compass filled with mystical energy that could trace the energy of the divine beast and find out the location of the divine beast.

“…I thought it was something lost in history.”

“Hanzo-sama told me to pass it on. I’m sure it will help…”

“…Have you met Hanzo-sama? Even if you haven’t, I’ve heard a rumor. A strange rumor that the Paradise Exiles managed to open Hanzo-sama’s tomb. But Hanzo-sama…”

“Yes, he wasn’t particularly alive. The ones I met were… Ghosts, so to speak.”

“Ghost… I sent ninjas to Hanzo’s tomb to find out the truth of the rumor, but now that it’s like this, I have no choice but to believe it.”

“hahahaha, good luck.”

“You really… It’s been less than a few days since you set foot in Hwaguk…”

Zetto’s past has been incredible, unbelievable for an ordinary cadet.

As soon as he arrived in Hwaguk, he blocked Miho’s rampage, and even showed himself not being pushed back against the leader.

In addition, he opened Hanjo’s tomb, which was one of the unsolved mysteries of the country, at once, and even rescued the ‘Shinsubang Cheonan’, which was most needed in the country, so it was a truly immoral act.

Hino, who opened his mouth in silent admiration, turned to him and opened his mouth.

“Come to think of it, did you stop by Ishai before coming to Hwaguk?”

“It was.”

“Actually, I have a personal relationship with the Princess of Ishai, and she sent me a letter from her. She says she met a nobleman who covered her eyes with a white bandage…”

“Hmm… A nobleman… Who is it? I’m not sure.”

Jetto corrected the bandages for no reason and smiled.

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‘He’s a talented person who can’t help but be coveted.’

It was only then that Hino realized why Kimei, who had been saying hello after a long time, had only given him a lot of compliments.