The Golden Sun of the Academy

Chapter 65

First Footsteps (3)

Kanghyuk lay down on the bed and looked at Yeriel. Is it the aftermath of a strange mental attack? Yeriel looked strangely tired.

It was a stark contrast to the lively appearance of the morning.

The moonlight seeping through the window illuminates Yeriel’s pure white blade.

Surely, in the morning, it was Yeriel who looked pure white and noble.

The white color reflecting the moonlight looks pale.

On the road that takes Haneul, I haven’t heard most of her conversation with Geumtaeyang.

But there was one thing I remembered.

A faint smile hung on the lips of the sky that was ahead.

It must have been hard for you to go through something big today… … .

Is talking to the golden sun so good?

The more I thought of Haneul’s smile, the more bitter my taste was.

Do you remember her smile… … . I tossed and turned for a while and couldn’t sleep.

* * *

The next morning, the sun rose in front of the photo studio.

The bright yellow restraining tape was intertwined in an intricate way, forbidding people from entering.

Two detectives are dispatched first to look around the scene of the incident at the entrance to the basement of a photo studio that looks like a gloomy graveyard.

“Ah, look at the burnt smell. It really happens every once in a while, but I can’t come to my senses when I come to an arson site like this. hey.”

“Iknow, right. In a corner where there is no CCTV nearby… … . Whew. It looks like I skipped work today too.”

The police officers who searched inside are reconstructing the case with their own imagination.

If there is no CCTV nearby, you have to search through the recorded files of the nearby CCTV. Imagining the laborious work to be carried out after returning, the impression of the junior was frowned upon.

“What do you think of this? No matter how you look at it, you’re an Awakener, aren’t you?”

“yes? Senior, where do you see this as an Awakener? If you were an Awakened person, would you use explosives like this? The mana meter doesn’t show any mana.”

“Oh, this burn. That’s why you’re still wiping shit with my side shooter.”

The senior detective who scolded his junior scratched his head as he circled around the stone tomb.

“yes? senior. No matter how you look at it, are you an awakened person?”

“Don’t just look at the trees, look at the forest… … . Persimmon yes, persimmon.”

The senior who scolded the junior was giving a confident answer. The confidence of a veteran of the industry over the past few decades.

At the words of the senior, the junior gave a nod and nodded roughly, then came out to contact the support team and the identification team.

The suspicious stone tomb inside was too much for a normal person to clean up.

“ah. A support team?”

‘Anyway, you’re an old man who insists on saying he’s right. No, if you spit out some words, bring a proper logic. How can I convince them if I just give up on them?’

After collecting saliva to see if the dust in the photo studio got into his mouth, he spit it out.

After receiving the promise of support, I went back to the field.

In a few days we will be able to clear this tomb.

* * *

After yesterday when Haneul, Kanghyuk, and the executor were intertwined, daily life was no different from usual. It was only one night, but I just felt like it was a particularly long night.

The team fight is still going on.

And as the team leader, I was in the process of mock battles and condition checks between my teammates in parallel. I don’t know anything else, but now that the preliminary round is coming to an end, I have to prepare for the finals soon.

As a result, our team is practicing light combat at the training grounds for each team that successfully applied.

I easily dodged Andrew’s fists and put my fists in his chin.

Andrew’s jaw turned and he flew away and landed on the floor. But Andrew immediately snapped his chin back and charged again.

He is a guy who needs to be acknowledged for his grit.

There won’t be any scars left, it’s not that there won’t be any pain, but that’s about it.

“sun-! Bring that proud face!”

“Fuck it.”

However, I didn’t intend to get hit by Andrew’s fist, so I inserted the straightener once again into the center of his face.

When Andrew collapses with a loud noise and nosebleeds, Kang-hyeok digs in the gap. Kang Hyuk dared to confront me with a training wooden sword, not Yeriel.

twist one’s head I raised Kanghyuk’s wrist as he swung a wooden sword at my face. Disappointment flashed on the boy’s face for a moment. I don’t stop here. After grabbing the raised wrist and twisting it.

I threw it at Andrew who was about to get up.

Andrew was hit by Kang Hyuk and fell to the ground again.

Kang Hyuk, who was about to stand up, is rolling around on the floor as if his strength has gone. Looking at the two of them lying on the floor, it seems that this is enough for today’s training.

Maybe it’s because I’ve had a lot of work to do lately, but this light fight eases my hardened heart.

“no! Chevalier! Get ready to go now! Let’s just stop here for today.”

“uh. okay!”

On the other side of the gym, Anya, who was learning close combat from Chevalier, answered with her hands over her mouth.

Chevalier, approaching with Anya, frowned at me when she saw the two lying on the floor.

“Oh my God, take it easy. What were you thinking about the next battle if you got injured?”

“You know Andrew. Hey, did you forget that the position is organized as a healer? How easy it is to roll hard and get injured right away.”

“ha… … . It makes me dizzy just listening to it. It’s not that I’m against training like real combat, it’s that it’s too much.”

“There is a long way to go. You should do this.”

Chevalier, who was holding his forehead, shook his head.

“What do you mean when you say that you are a saint of salvation, but you can’t even heal me? … .”

Her eyes widened, her eyebrows raised fiercely.

“… … You can do that.”

Like she said, I didn’t feel like I overdid it today. But I couldn’t stop. It was because I felt that the smell of blood that remained on my fingertips faded only when I moved so vigorously.

After sweating all over my body, I was able to breathe.

The moment you sweep your sweaty bangs.

“Taeyang, what are you going to do now~?”

Anya thrust her face right in front of my eyes. The tails of her smiling eyes curl up and down softly.

Anyway, I pulled my head back to avoid sweating from Anya, but she came forward that much.

“… … You must smell sweat.”

“Sniff sniff-.”

“What are you doing… … ?”

“Checking to see if it smells?”

After taking a deep breath, Anya stares at me.

“You don’t smell anything? So what are you going to do for dinner?”

As Anya asked again, her eyes were filled with anticipation. The twinkling eyes are like jewels.

Looking into her two eyes, he answered firmly.

“Personal training.”

Anya’s eyebrows drooped.

After team training.

I headed to the private training ground. I had a feeling that my growth had stopped recently, but it felt like I was facing a wall, so I am confident that if I break through this, I can move to the next level.

Golden Sun’s talent, nothing else, was whispering to me. All I have to do now is break down this wall. Then you can move on to the next step.

Yesterday, when I caught Yeriel, I definitely felt it.

Recently, my intuition had been focused on that one wall, so it wasn’t something I cared about. As such, it’s nice to see growth right in front of us.

Now that Kang Hyuk’s growth was clearly visible, there was nothing to believe in if the country did not move forward.

If I grow there, the things I can do increase.

Even if things were twisted, they were tightly twisted. Kang Hyuk’s potential would not be this much. If it were a normal student, it would have been quite fast, but I’m in trouble when the main character who has to fight with the 1st tiers babbles like that.

You can’t just lock it up somewhere in the backcountry and train it… … . If you ask the Sword Master, he will take care of this, so let’s just think of it as a last resort when there is no other way.

It’s not easy to be confined somewhere and only practice. Just imagining it is terrifying.

On the way to the personal training center, strangely, Kanghyuk and I overlapped. I can see why you keep following me. Oh, he’s also going to a private training center.

Because of what happened yesterday, he and I are at a loss.

Both of them arrived at their personal training grounds without saying a word to each other. The assigned room was right next to it, so I looked back at Kanghyuk and said without thinking.

“See you later.”

After all, the end time of the individual training center is fixed, so I’ll see it around that time.

* * *

“See you later.”

The last words of the golden sun could not bother Yeriel.

On the surface, it was clearly said to Kang Hyuk, but… … .

‘Strangely, it sounds like something you said to me.’

Yeriel really didn’t like the golden sun looking up and down her pure white sword.

His eyes are like snakes, and you get goosebumps just by looking at him.

The compatibility is not good there.

It was the worst for Yeriel.

Even so, knowing that there was no countermeasure that could be taken, Yeriel quietly let go of his anger.

‘Try to touch my body one more time… … . I’ll have to cut my fingernails off.’

Ganghyeok and Yeriel crossed paths with Golden Taeyang in the hallway of the private training hall and went into the designated room.

When Kanghyuk signaled that he was ready, Yeriel began to suck Kanghyuk’s magic. Like the dry earth absorbing water, it constantly sucks it up.

For a while, Kang Hyuk was able to handle the magic that Yeriel had absorbed, but… … .

“Now, wait a minute.”

[…] … why?]

The white flag was soon raised.

“Aren’t you taking too much magic?”

[How much did you take? You’re the one already, stop fiddling. You said you wanted to become stronger!]

Because she was right, Kang Hyuk didn’t complain much and soon began to devote his magic again. Kanghyuk felt the essence of life being sucked out.

“stop! Really, if you go beyond this, you will be in big trouble.”

[ha… … . Too few.]

Hearing Yeriel’s scolding, Kanghyuk almost lowered his head.

At the personal training ground, Kang Hyuk focused his mind and swung his sword for a long time.

He overworked himself to the point that thick beads of sweat flowed down his chin, and his arms went numb and he could no longer raise his hands.

and fell to the floor

Kang Hyuk gasped for breath as he cooled the heat of his body on the flooring that felt like the cushion of his personal training room.

He heard Yeri’s voice in his ears.

[Is it hard?]

Kang Hyuk dropped his hand and replied to Yeriel, who spoke as if he was missing something.

“under… … . Yeriel. Today, today I can’t move anymore.”

[already?]

“Already?! We are currently doing team unity training, and it’s been an additional 2 hours. It’s time to close here too.”

[…] … is it? Well, did you roll a little hard today? It might have been too much for a kid.]

“Even if you provoke me, I can’t move anymore… … .”

[Looks real. Ha, then I’ll see you here today.]

“okay… … .”

Looking at Kanghyeok, who fell face down and gasped for breath, Yeriel licked her lips in regret. Although they had only recently met, Kang Hyuk was not a bad kid. After the team training is over, I don’t rest, and I try to take care of individual training.

As much as the passion to work hard, no one loses… … .

He didn’t even have the slightest bit of talent.

only jeongseok. Swordsmanship based on the standard. There was not even a single change. Any attempt to add a variable is overloaded. He often showed rudeness that was difficult to show as a prosecutor, such as losing Yeriel from his hand.

I didn’t think he was a bad owner. He was definitely the master chosen by Yeriel, and he was the one who woke her up from a deep sleep.

Of course, just because he was the owner, being weak wasn’t nice to see. Looking at Kanghyuk spreading out, Yeriel thought to herself.

‘This is the end of the real dunjae. Geum Taeyang is talented just by looking at the sword… … .’

I got goosebumps.

It was a shock that would have made her stand upright if she had hair.

‘it’s crazy. Who are you comparing Hyuk to?’

Yeriel immediately grabbed her head and tried to erase her memory. However, the more he tried to erase the memory, the more he frowned at the memories of yesterday that kept coming back to him.

It seemed as if the blood from when it pierced Anyoya’s heart and the traces of Golden Sun’s grip on the handle of her sword were still left on her body.

When I think about it, I feel my teeth grinding with shame.

– Fast.

Kanghyuk was frightened by the bizarre sound coming from Yeriel’s body, and grabbed the handle. In Kanghyuk’s hand, Yeriel’s sword body vibrated.

“Yeriel are you okay?! what’s the matter?”

After feeling like she had a nightmare for a while, Yeriel soon calmed down and stopped shaking.

[It’s nothing.]

“… … It’s nothing. Did it look serious?”

[Because it’s really okay.]

“okay… … ?”

[Quack. I think you’re wearing a mask because you worry too much. Maybe this is good?]

Looking at the pure white sword body smiling and giving words of consolation, Kang Hyuk decided to trust her.

But I keep feeling like I’m missing something.