Chapter 229 – Penance.
“Are you going to be hit and killed just because you missed the shield? You have to pick up the sword.”
“Knock it off!”
When Krikaliev’s wooden sword was blocked with a rapier, his wrists trembled and trembled. Since the shield had already been missed, all Usher could do was somehow block his wooden sword and stab his gap, but he was blocked by his wooden sword every time and had no choice but to fail. Usher eventually collapsed on the ground in exhaustion.
“Am I really okay like this?”
Until the last day of his stay on the island of mermaids, he doubted his own skills, as he seemed to have made no significant progress. The five days that were given to me went by so quickly. Clearly, despite efforts, there were no results. It would be nice if I could get at least a clue to magic, but the sense that I wanted to erase that I couldn’t do anything because even that was unknown news was only increasing as the days went by, rather than shrinking.
“Don’t be too impatient. Now is the time when you feel that no matter what you do, it’s not enough.”
“Even if you say so.”
I was so exhausted that I couldn’t get up and lay down on the sandy beach, so I saw a sparkling light in a corner of my field of vision.
“Is that your sword?”
The light was the reflection of the setting sun standing tall on the sandy beach that Krikaliev had received from Nausicaa.
“Okay, would you like to try it?”
“No. How do I wield such a large sword?”
The shield and rapier were on the light side, but the longer they held them and wielded them, the heavier they felt. After all, that sword was also used by people, so it must have been made lightly, but it was clear that it would be heavier than its size without having to lift it. It was obvious that if he used a sword like that, he would get tired before he could even fight properly.
“I’m just curious about how to use a sword like that.”
However, it was true that the appearance of a sword so large that one could believe that it was used by a giant was strange. Hearing his words, Krikaliev drew his sword and came back without a sign of distress.
“Yes, but even if I can’t use it myself, I need to show it.”
“Why?”
“How many weapons did I use when I sparred with you?”
“Oh, I think 10 is way over.”
For five days, Krikaliev dealt with Usher with numerous wooden weapons. The first day he carried a sword and shield like Usher, but the next day he had a longsword, and the next day he used various weapons like spears and daggers to drive him back.
“Why do you think I did that?”
“You didn’t mean to kill me, did you?”
In the meantime, Krikaliev would get used to blocking one weapon, but it was all the more difficult because he immediately changed his weapon and continued sparring.
“Couldn’t have been. How do you feel every time your weapon changes?”
“Attack is completely different.”
I had to react completely differently to the ever-changing attacks, so when I couldn’t block the attack properly and got hit, it hurt enough to bring tears to my eyes. If I made a mistake like that, they didn’t care and attacked, so I had to dodge the attack by rolling on the ground without a break.
“That’s right. Weapons vary greatly in how they are used depending on their basic shape, small decorations, and trivial weight. Even if you can’t teach them all, you have to know how to respond to some extent.”
“That’s why so many weapons…”
“Anyway, this time it’s not a wooden sword, it’s hard to look at it, so just look at it.”
Then he lightly lifted a large sword and leaned it on his shoulder.
“First of all, this sword is something called Zweihender.”
“Are you Zweihender?”
“It sounds like a two-handed sword.”
“Isn’t that the same for a longsword?”
“What can I do with a name like that. I also had a hard time dealing with this old fashioned decoration.”
Usher thought his words were strange. If it’s decoration, isn’t it just a thing to decorate a room? At least, it wasn’t a word that would be appropriate for a weapon that had to be actually used.
“No matter how powerful a sword this big is, it’s hard to handle it quickly.”
Soon Krikaliev began swinging the sword at some distance from him. No, can it be considered wielding it? Rather, it seemed as if he moved his arms and moved his arms back and forth to receive the sword, as if following the sword that had begun to move since he first started swinging it.
“As weight is weight, once it starts to move, it tries to keep moving, so you have to keep rotating and moving the sword.”
And the wind started to blow. Usher wondered if he was mistaken, but the more he swung the sword, the more sand at his feet rose and flew in a circle, and he knew it wasn’t an illusion. The moment Usher stared blankly at the dancing figure.
“Well, since you can just repeat it over and over again, there won’t be much to see unless it’s a real battle.”
The wind died down as he plunged his sword into the ground.
“…You’re not swinging anymore?”
“I just wanted to show it roughly. And who else would dare to use such old-fashioned tricks other than me?”
Krikaliev shook his head.
“If you’re really sorry, just take a look.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah, it’s not something that wears out just by looking at it.”
It was when Usher stood up and took the sword from him.
“Ugh?!”
Seeing him lightly lifting and releasing it, Usher, who accepted the sword, wondering if it was lighter than he thought, almost fell to the floor. Even though it was large, it looked thin like a long sword, so it was ridiculous to think that it would be light. Fortunately, I didn’t drop it to the floor with force, but just holding it up and standing is daunting.
“Ugh, where the hell was the sword that was used so it was so heavy?”
“That’s right.”
“Okay.”
Looking at the sword slowly, the first thing that caught my eye was the first blade that rolled like a wave. Normal swords tend to stretch straight, but the shape of the blade, which seemed to have been engraved with poisonous waves, looked strange from the first time I saw it.
“Why does this place look like this?”
“I don’t know either. It’s because it’s originally supposed to be stuck in a corner somewhere. But it’s easy to remove the weapon because the blade is like that.”
Listening to his words, it seemed like something would catch between the waves.
“And as its blade is irregular, once it succeeds in striking an opponent, it can inflict more lethal wounds.”
“But it’s too heavy.”
The long sword was also on the heavy side, but I forgot its weight when I was holding it and wielding it. It was the moment I was looking at it like that. Suddenly, I found letters engraved in a corner of the wide, shiny silver surface. The letters were faint, as if they had been erased, but as if the iron material was made differently, the light was reflected at a different angle from the black surface, so it was clear that it was a letter.
“What is this written on?”
“Eh? I tried to cut it down like that, but it still remained.”
Krikaliev seemed to be skimming through the writing on the black face.
“It’s written as Barisada. Ugh, if you don’t gloss over the name.”
Usher listened to what he said and read it again, trying to figure out what it meant, but he couldn’t figure it out because it was the first time he had heard it.
“Are you late today?”
After completing the training and returning to the cave, Priyazen was waiting for them.
“Isn’t there anything you can do?”
As he said, Priyazen waited for them without fail for the five days they stayed. Because of this, Usher had to swallow the tension every time he came here. Yes, because she was here meant that Luboshi was also together. Sure enough, the mermaid with the pink hair was watching them today as well.
“Today is a little different. I have business with you.”
“What to see?”
“Before that, we want to talk quietly among ourselves. Is that okay?”
The sight of Priyazen giving Usher a glance made him harden. Doesn’t that mean to be alone with Luboshi?
“Hmm, why are you leaving her and her son together?”
Krikaliev asked as if he had noticed it too, and Priyazen sighed.
“I promise Luboshi won’t cause trouble.”
“Can you be sure?”
“If anything happens, you can kill me.”
Usher looked at Priyazen, surprised by her words, but she kept her head down as if she meant it.
“Me, me too! It won’t happen!”
Luboshi also hurriedly stepped in front of Priyazen, and at the words Usher looked at Krikaliev. Their eyes met as if he was also looking at Usher.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes, I’ll call you right away if anything happens.”
In the meantime, Lu Bo-si, even though she was by his side, she only noticed, but she didn’t try to do anything separately. So Usher was left alone with her in her cave. Still, in case I didn’t know, I put my rapier right next to me and watched the burning brazier, so only the sound of the crackling flames filled the cave. But for a moment, Usher felt her head getting heavier and heavier at the rush of her drowsiness. Even though she thought she shouldn’t fall asleep, she almost fell asleep with her eyes closed.
At some point, she realized the approaching pink light and she opened her eyes in a flash of surprise.
“Ah.”
Unsurprisingly, at the sight of Ruboshi in front of her nose, Usher picked up her sword with the thought that she was just like that.
“Mi-sorry! Stop looking uncomfortable.”
The shape of her breasts that seemed to support her face made Usher realize that she was lying with her head in her lap. The cool, gentle sensation at the back of her head made it even more clear. She checked to see if she had done anything in the interim, but luckily she felt no other sign. Ruboshi really just laid him down. Why did she want to be on her knees?
“Why are you doing this to me?”
“Well, I’m sorry. I should have apologized properly that day. I couldn’t tell you.”
In response to his question, Ruboshi managed to spit out the words he had been chewing on several times. In fact, he knew Usher. She kept looking at him, and even though she came every time for five days and mumbled as if she wanted to say something, she couldn’t say anything and returned with a sullen expression. But she cared more than that.
“Is that really all there is to it?”
Because the way she looked at herself was very similar to the way her girl looked at her until the very end. At his words, her luboshi breathed in a gasp as if surprised, and she immediately caught a glimpse of the skin under her breast that was slightly folded and was not exposed. Bit her lip. She couldn’t figure out why this urge to intervene constantly, even where she did. Because of this, Luboshi’s red eyes looked down at him, perhaps realizing her sense of incongruity.
Even without looking directly at it, it was clear that his object would be rising up and standing up in a dress.
“Coupling… Do you want to do it?”
Clap, her throat vibrates, and a sound like that can be heard.
“So what happened?”
Krikaliev asked after walking a little further from the cave.
“It’s okay if you don’t talk too quickly.”
Indeed, Priyazen grumbled as if pouting.
“Do you want to attach a little girl to that mermaid girl?”
“You’re quick-witted. I was worried about what happened on the first day, so I kept trying to apologize, but I kept getting embarrassed.”
“What do you notice. They keep wandering around.”
Usher was concentrating on his training, so he didn’t know it, but Ruboshi was watching him from nearby every time he was being trained by Krikaliev, and he was restless in case Usher was hit. Krikaliev knew that sometimes, when he was hit, he would startle and secretly visit him at night to check on the sleeping Usher.
“Is that why you asked me to see you like this?”
“That’s it, but it doesn’t mean you don’t have anything to look at, do you?”
She pouted, sticking out her lips, but shook her head at how he didn’t care and just yawned.
“If you have that kind of notice, can’t you expect something to happen to me?”
“You didn’t tell me, how do I know?”
“Whoa, that’s okay. I don’t like being stuffy like this. So, for now, let’s talk our way.”
Priyazen soon came to Krikaliev’s side. She then grabs his hand and she puts it to his chest.
“Will you let me have your child?”
