Carb Sears (R) 119

Chapter 119 – Reverberations of Autumn.

At the time, it was overdone, but when I think about it again, there were a lot of strange things that day. He finds an enchanted map in Medea’s mother’s room and involuntarily learns her identity, but Usher still can’t understand exactly what kind of wizard the Kabbalist is. Considering that information about him was really rare even in the magic books, I can only guess that he was as secretive as the witches.

Then, when they had a chance to go out again, they went back to the tunnel they had seen then, but they couldn’t go all the way to the lake. Everyone remembered going to the lake through a tunnel, but the tunnel was blocked by a wall. So I asked the adults if they blocked the tunnel.

“You said it was blocked from the beginning?”
“Yeah, so it wasn’t even a fuss.”

The guards who followed them must have seen them enter the tunnel and went in together, but only a dead end came out and Mediah and them disappeared without a trace. Because of this, the guards were almost punished, and all other knights were summoned to search the territory. It is said that it was really lucky that it ended as a simple happening.

“But we must have made it all the way to the lake.”
“That’s why the ghosts are going to mourn. It’s not that the guards made a mistake, you guys just passed through the tunnel.”

Usher suddenly remembered the dragon he encountered for a moment after passing through the tunnel. Maybe it wasn’t because of the dragon that they went through that? I wondered if I should tell the grown-ups, but I didn’t feel like telling the story, which felt like a fleeting fantasy.

“You remember that too? That dragon.”
“Huh.”
“Wasn’t that a dream?”
“Seeing that I’m not the only one who remembers it, it must have been a simple fantasy.”

They couldn’t believe that they had seen the dragon themselves. I couldn’t believe they were adults. First of all, there was no evidence that a dragon ever stayed there.

“But then how did you think of approaching the dragon and touching its head?”

I still couldn’t tell if what I saw that day was real, but even so, I couldn’t understand Mediah’s behavior when she approached the dragon and stroked its head.

“I’m not sure about that either.”
“How can you do it and not know?”
“But somehow I had a feeling it wouldn’t be dangerous.”

It became their own secret because the person involved didn’t seem to understand what they were doing. A year has already passed since that day.

“”…””

Usher glared at the boy in front of him, now holding a sword that fit snugly in his hand. His sparring opponent, as always, was Rogi. Now, as you get used to it, you get used to it, and you know as much as you know. But still, the animosity towards him did not diminish. It was Logi who swung the sword first this time. As soon as his sword flashed and aimed at his head, Usher immediately raised his sword to block it. But Rogi’s attacks don’t end there. Usher, who had lived sword to sword for a year, knew that that moment was the real beginning.

As soon as the first attack is blocked, Logi’s sword spins around as if playing with his sword that blocked the attack, aiming for the head on the other side of him. But now, Usher also knew that trick, changed the location of the swords, and approached him closely so that he could not move his swords, so that they touched the cross guards. But at the same time, Rogi’s hand tries to grab his hand. It is to catch him while holding the sword and try to subdue him. Usher, who had been subjected to such tricks several times, avoided his hand.

“Please! Just one! Just a little! Right!”

And an opportunity that I barely seized. Even though he knew it was nonsense, he tried to attack Logi with a lot of energy, but he couldn’t easily break through Logi’s defense.

“Evil?!”

Rather, during the attack, Usher tripped and fell off something that tripped over him, causing him to fall and hit his head on the floor of his gymnasium. He tried to get up right away, but Logi’s sword was on his neck.

“Okay, that’s it.”

At the same time, Donnar’s voice announced the end of the sparring. Usher forced himself to get up and walk over to him, no matter how he felt. After sparring, Donnar always taught him what to correct or what mistakes he made.

“First of all, it definitely improved a lot. I managed to read the opponent’s movements, and my improvisation skills improved.”

The compliments were nice, but it was something you shouldn’t be vigilant about.

“But once you concentrate, it’s still hard to see the whole situation.”

Because I’m pinning you right away like this.

“What if it keeps going like that?”
“Fix it if you can. You have to fight on the premise of surviving and protecting rather than fighting and winning.”

Usher thought the wrong was the wrong thing, but he thought he couldn’t help it to be true. Donard always reminded me that if you really fight and lose, nothing is an excuse.

“And even if you use evil, you can’t do it, so don’t lose strength with spirits for nothing. Think more calmly at that time.”
“Ugh, okay.”

After Donard’s sermon, the sparring was finally concluded. He didn’t say anything to Logi because he was being taught by Shalby, not Donar. As Usher glanced at Logi, who was listening to Shalby from a distance, he felt his body tremble from the cold. He didn’t feel it during training, but since he was still, the cold that he had forgotten about came. It was still hot during the day, but it quickly got cold in the morning and evening.

“Come to think of it, is it time for you to start fighting now?”
“A real life?”

Then, at Donar’s words, Usher asked back in surprise.

“Yes, I’m still tall, but I have stamina and I have a sense of my own. Shouldn’t we face monsters?”
“Leave the key story.”

Usher hesitated for a moment, but he thought he was right. Anyway, he is in a position where he has to take the girl around. He would meet people a lot, but there was no guarantee that he would not meet monsters. It would be nice to see him fight in person. Just as the conversation between Rogi and Shalby ended, Shalby approached us.

“Donar! Let’s go get something to eat.”
“Are you going to wash first as usual?”
“Yes.”

They only watched the training, so they didn’t really sweat, so it’s not too late to take a bath after training with other knights or fighting monsters, but Usher and Rogi were sweaty from training. Shalby and Donnar leave first to eat, and Usher, as he went back to his room to wash himself, glanced at Rogi walking behind him. I didn’t want to accompany such a guy, but I couldn’t help it because the roads overlapped until the middle.

But in this state, no one has ever spoken first. I didn’t want to know what Rogi was thinking. It bothered them that each other’s rooms were next door, but Usher opened the door.

“Come on.”

Since when have you been waiting? Belka, a girl in red sitting cross-legged in front of the door, greets him with a faint smile. Because of this, Rogi, who heard her voice, gripped the doorknob tightly and couldn’t let go, but he was already out of Usher’s mind. As soon as the girl saw him enter, she got up from her seat and carefully wiped his face with the wet towel she had prepared in advance. It’s just a matter of going into the bathroom and washing his face, but the girl said that when he came back from training, she would wipe his face like this.

“You should have eaten with them first.”

It was not Usher’s intention to tick-tick. Still, there would be no problem if she waited for him while having a meal with her Medea and Lyudmila, who were waiting for her.

“But I want to be with Usher more.”
“…I’ll wash up quickly and leave.”

Usher, who had a short conversation in front of the door, opened the bathroom door next door and went in. He actually wanted to talk more. Even if he didn’t want to avoid it, he would forcefully avoid the place, lest his purpose would melt away at the girl’s kindness. As Usher took off his leather armor over his sweat-soaked clothes, he remembered why he had originally wanted to leave the forest.

“Usher, has he still not given up on the trip?”

Donar, who arrived at the banquet hall first with Shalby, sighed at his question.

“It’s been a while since we’ve been together, but he doesn’t seem to want to quit.”

In fact, Donnar stayed with Usher and tried to persuade him several times to travel. Maybe it was a natural story. Traveling was a really nice thing to do. If you do it for real, you are likely to become the prey of dangerous monsters and ill-wishers. It’s dangerous to travel alone, but Usher had a company called Belcara. It was good to see how much trouble that fact alone would create.

“I’ve tried hard to explain how dangerous travel is. How stubborn he is.”
“Did he talk to her girlfriend to convince her too?”
“You haven’t tried it?”

He also tried to persuade Usher because he knew that the best way to convince Belka was to convince him first.

“It seems like there are complicated circumstances.”

Hoping she would convince Usher, she hinted, but her girl shook her head.

“Even if someone tells you, Usher won’t be satisfied until he sees the ending for himself.”

Belka said back, but she said that she couldn’t convince her.

“See you again today. I thought you would be a bit scared if I told you that I was going to fight. I thought about protecting my child, but there was no sign that I was quitting the trip.”
“It’s probably because they don’t know what the actual battle is like yet. If the monsters attack this time, they’ll say they’re afraid to take it.”

Shalvi comforted him by telling him that she would be fine, but Donnar was not happy.

“Because you don’t know what kind of guy he is.”

Normally, he has a good personality, but when he was stubborn, no one could stop him. According to Donar’s observations after teaching him for a year, Logi, who had been learning for a longer period of time, at least in terms of swordsmanship, was overwhelming, but Usher’s ability to deal with various situations was far superior. In real life, Usher was more of a tricky type than a guy like Rogi. Even Shalbi should have seen her follow her even though she deliberately went through hard training.

“But real combat is real combat. Those guys don’t kindly attack one by one. How many guys quit after experiencing even the most promising guys?”

Even Donard knew that Shalby wasn’t entirely wrong. It wasn’t even a topic of conversation for her that apprentice knights who followed her knights died in their first real battle. Even if the experienced knights properly protected it, it looked like that. Sometimes, even surviving apprentice knights suffer from mental problems or give up after seeing a comrade’s death.

“Even so, I can’t help but feel anxious.”

He wasn’t alone in worrying about that.

“It would be nice if you could just live with us.”

Sif, who officially became his wife, was also concerned about the children who wanted to travel. Usher isn’t quite as good as her Belka, but she’s also weak to her, so she’s seriously told Sif to stop her too.

“That can’t be done. There are people to find.”

But Usher said so and said to keep her mouth shut. Like he doesn’t want to talk anymore.

“Besides, it’s more of a problem because I don’t know what kind of feelings he might have.”

Donnar had a vague idea of ​​Usher’s reason for doing so. The reason why Belka couldn’t even convince Usher. Now, just looking at the way they spend time together, it’s clear that they consider themselves family.

“Oh! I gained weight again!”

Usher tried to shake off the pain as he jumped at the feeling of a pinch on his skin as he undressed to wash himself. The clothes he wears when training sometimes cause trouble like this. There was no problem with the clothes themselves, but the parts connected to the leather protectors picked up the flesh like this, causing unexpected pain. As he struggled with the clothes, he heard a girl’s voice.

“Uss?”