Chapter 744 – 744. The Master and the Phantom Beast (3)
“Perhaps it’s because my power is included in Erinn’s magical power.”
Eunhyun smiled bitterly and carefully explained to Erin.
The magical power of the divine beast that Erin is currently using is not only thanks to her hard training and cultivation, but also the divine power of the half-god absorbed while having a relationship with Eun-hyeon had a considerable effect.
The phantom beast of Erinn is a unique being born from the magical power of a divine beast mixed with divine power.
It’s not strange to notice Eunhyun’s divine power mixed with that magical power.
‘Are they considering me like a parent?’
Just as a newborn baby instinctively recognizes the parents who gave birth to it, the phantom beast has been following Eun-hyeon from the beginning.
And he must have recognized at once that Eun-hyeon was a special being, not an ordinary human being.
[It’s quite clever.]
Belldandi recognized Eunhyeon’s specialness and laughed at the fact that she was already acting cute.
“Huh…”
But apart from that, the owner, Erin, was really sad.
“Sister… I am really sad.”
She cradled Lily’s chest and rubbed her face, causing her tears to flow.
Watching the phantom beast, who has tried all sorts of ways to tame it, but has not been able to eat it, is acting kindly and showing affection to others, so many different emotions disturb the heart.
Even more so that the target is Eunhyun.
“Are you okay. Erin.”
Lily comforted Erin with her wry smile.
“Let’s eat delicious food and relax. The owner prepared it himself.”
“… Huh.”
Erin couldn’t help but nodded her head.
As I tried to wipe the tears from her reddened eyes with the sleeve of her dress, Illyana smiled and comforted her Erin.
“Baby. Come here.”
“Yes.”
Illyana wiped Erin’s face with a tissue.
“If you cry, your pretty face will be ruined.”
“But…”
“She also said that nine-tailed fox, right? It’s because you don’t have enough knowledge as a divine beast, so you don’t follow it.”
“… Yes.”
When Erin pointed out her underlying cause, she couldn’t argue and hung her head.
“Then, it’s just a matter of working hard and acquiring those qualities.”
“Yes…”
It is a theory.
At first, Erin didn’t even understand what she was talking about when the nine-tailed fox said it, but when she said it to Illyana, she couldn’t help but listen.
Although it is sad, the fact that the phantom beast does not recognize itself as its owner is due to its lack of knowledge.
“You can do it.”
“… Yes.”
Enthusiasm formed around Erin’s moist eyes.
A new goal was born.
She never thought that this would lead her to seriously learn the magic of the nine-tailed fox.
“Come on, let’s eat.”
“Yes!”
After being comforted by Illyana, Erin took up her fork again, reassuring her heart.
While the five of them had dinner together for the first time in a while, Lily and Erin reported what had happened in the Earl of Ephrate.
Black Wand’s information that Count Ephrate was conspiring with the devil was true.
And even the fact that the basilisk was summoned by someone’s trick in the county.
“A basilisk?”
Eunhyeon paused the hand holding the fork and asked again, eyes wide open.
As far as he knows, the case where an ancient witch in the demon realm can come over here is impossible with natural disasters.
Unless someone artificially created the phenomenon.
However, Eun-hyeon knew who could create the artificial phenomenon.
Wasn’t there a record of attempting to destroy the Elven Forest and the World Tree by summoning three ancient demons before?
And there was only one person who was presumed to be the person behind it.
“Huh.”
“…”
Eunhyun carefully looked at Illyana.
What is she thinking now
She knew that she was planning something, but she had never consulted with Eun-hyeon about the plan in detail.
I decided to skip this issue for a while and changed the topic again.
“So? Did you subdue that basilisk?”
“Huh. Somehow I was able to subdue it.”
“… That’s great.”
Eun-hyeon was well aware of how difficult it was to have the power to defeat an ancient demon.
It was a truly great achievement to subdue the basilisk by minimizing the damage to the territory in cooperation with Airana and Cha Han-seong.
Erin smiled bashfully as I stroked her hair and complimented her proudly.
The heart that had been saddened by the phantom beast’s actions until just now disappeared like snow melting.
“Hi-Hi. Am I great?”
“Not great.”
“More! Praise me more!”
The dining table burst into laughter at the playfulness of her young wife, who, full of her desire to be praised, played her around.
Erin, who was in a good mood, excitedly recounted what had happened in the Countess of Efratte in her heart, wanting to receive more praise.
What surprised Eunhyeon once more was when he heard the news that Cha Hanseong had been chosen as the Holy Sword.
“Did he make Durandal’s choice?”
“Huh.”
“… Hmm.”
Seeing Eunhyun’s strange expression on her face, Eleanor asked.
“Are you concerned?”
“Huh? No. It was just a little surprising.”
Durandal, which is even called the treasured sword of the kingdom of Pernias, is a holy sword that was bestowed by the royal family to the Duke of Armitas.
At that time, the weapon was damaged and lost its function, but it was Eun-hyeon who repaired it and led the negotiations with the royal family again.
Returning the Holy Sword was the best way to protect the Duke of Armitas, whose existence was in danger due to Ashton’s betrayal.
Anyway, Durandal is a holy sword that chooses the owner to use it.
He never thought that going back to the royal family would end up being used by Ortas or someone else who had corrupted it.
But please
“I never thought he would have been chosen.”
I didn’t expect that Cha Han-sung would be chosen.
Whoever was chosen, as long as he had the qualifications, didn’t matter much.
It was because he expected that if it was a holy sword, at least he wouldn’t choose the wrong person.
Of course, if he were to be chosen by the holy sword, he had predicted who would receive it.
“I was most likely Alex.”
“Are you my brother?”
Hearing his guess, Eleanor also made a surprised expression.
“Why are you surprised?”
“No. I thought you would have had Liod or another article in mind. Siete-sama or…”
“The holy sword is not suitable for Leo or Master.”
Of course, as far as Eun-hyeon knew, if I were to ask who the strongest swordsman on this continent was, it would have to be Riod.
However, Riod could not be chosen by the holy sword.
“The role of the holy sword is to lead those who have the wood to save many people to the path of heroism. Those who have already completed themselves as heroes do not need a holy sword.”
The Holy Sword is not a weapon that exists for the perfected.
A weapon that leads its owner closer to perfection.
“Master… Of course you won’t be able to choose.”
If it’s her skill, she’ll easily surpass Rio de, but she’s not a person, but a hundred ghosts.
“And Master Master already has a sword made by Hyeon.”
“Well… I made the ‘Mistiltain’ that I gave to my teacher, but if you compare it to Durandal…”
Durandal is also a weapon recovered through Eun-hyeon’s hand and made of the same Orichalcum, but when compared to a holy sword with special abilities, the difference in performance was difficult for Eun-hyeon to answer with certainty.
“Fool. Hyun-yi doesn’t know Master too much.”
There was no way that Siete, who had Mystyltein, which Eunhyeon had made herself, would pay attention to another sword.
Even if it was a holy sword.
“What do you mean? No one knows Master better than I do.”
“… Whew.”
Erin sighed at Eunhyun’s frustration at not understanding no matter how much she explained.
Eleanor, on the other hand, muttered anticipating the future development.
“It will be noisy for a while.”
“Are you upset? Why?”
Erin tilted her head and asked.
“Because there will be people who will not be happy to have been chosen by the holy sword.”
“Yes? Why?”
Wouldn’t it be good news that Hansung Cha became stronger after being chosen by the holy sword? It means that the forces of the Knights of Artia, to which he belonged, and the Kingdom of Fernias, have become stronger.
“On the surface, this is good news. In fact, there might be people like us who don’t care at all about who gets chosen… There are going to be people who don’t like it.”
It is certainly good news that the holy sword, called the kingdom’s treasured sword, has chosen its owner.
However, people in the kingdom may have different reactions to who the chosen master is.
Not even a noble of the kingdom, just an ordinary knight.
It is said that he is a knight in the brilliance of the Artia Knights, but from the borders of the kingdom, Cha Han-seong is just one of the common knights.
The reason why Eunhyeon anticipated Alex as the person to be chosen for the Holy Sword was because he thought that receiving the Holy Sword might have been the safest.
A person who has no major problems in terms of skills, personality, or politics.
However, the fact that Cha Han-seong was chosen was unexpected even for Eun-hyeon.
As if in a story, the main character’s progress gradually grows as a hero.
Eunhyeon suddenly remembered the story of Queen YuRia.
[He is the main character in this story. However, it seems that the fate of the main character has already been passed on to someone else.]
But doesn’t it seem like he’s still walking the same fate as the main character?
What does this mean?
Even after thinking about it, the answer didn’t come out.
What is important now is the prediction and response of what kind of situation will arise starting from the incident in which Cha Han-seong was chosen by the holy sword.
“The royal palace will be noisy.”
Eunhyun had the same opinion as Eleanor.
First of all, how will the Pernias royal family and Queen Yuria act regarding this incident?
“Erin.”
“Do you have a separate schedule for tomorrow?”
“Hmm… She was going to take witchcraft lessons from Miho.”
She was Erin, who would not normally be trained in witchcraft by a nine-tailed fox even after dying, but it is a prerequisite for her to be able to better handle the power of divine beasts in order to properly follow her phantom beasts.
It was quite an admirable decision to have chosen to train for it.
However, Eunhyun smiled bitterly.
“Let’s start with sand. You have to go shopping with me tomorrow.”
“Shopping?”
“There will be a banquet in the royal family. To be precise, a reward for those who made the greatest achievement in subjugating the Basilisk. It includes Eira and Cha Han-seong, who are members of the Artia Knights, but there is also Errin.”
And the real one is probably Cha Han-seong, who was chosen by the holy sword.
After hearing Eunhyun’s words, Erin didn’t think deeply.
“Good! Witchcraft training begins with sand. What.”
Erin, who puts spending time with Eun-hyeon as her top priority, couldn’t refuse Eun-hyeon’s story.
Her decision to train hard was postponed until a few hours later.
As the dinner was almost over, the fox phantom, reading the atmosphere, approached quickly.
Kiing
She jumped lightly and landed on Eun-hyeon’s lap, and Erin glared at her as she opened her axe eyes.
“Profit!”
Kreureung!
I caught her phantom beast and tried to separate it from her eunhyeon, but her phantom beast was conscious of Erin’s touch and growled straight away.
“Erin. Did you name this guy?”
“Uh? Huh. Nice…”
“No. Not yet. Master.”
As soon as she tried to put the name of her phantom beast on her lips, Lily quickly blocked Erin’s words as if she couldn’t just say that name.
“Huh? Sister?”
Erin was confused and did not understand the action.
“I see. Shall I give you a name then?”
King!
As if understanding Eunhyeon’s words, the fox phantom beast welcomed him enthusiastically.
It seems that she is wagging her tail and looking forward to what name she will give her.
“Ash. How is it? Your hair color is very pretty.”
It had a slightly bluish tinge to it, but it was the color that came to mind when I saw the hair color of the phantom beast, which was close to light gray.
King!
As if the phantom beast liked the name very much, it vigorously waggled its tail.
