Chapter 884 – #193_수아 선생
#878
1.
Sua Agasha.
Head of the Gwanghwamun branch of Location Point, 557 years old this year.
Her alias as a witch is the ‘Witch of Prohibitions,’ 22nd rank.
Her specialties are sealing and barrier techniques, befitting her alias.
Furthermore, as a close friend of Duchess Tiferet, she had heard so much about Shin Siwoo that her ears hurt.
‘Teacher Sua, Siwoo is a genius. It’s a talent given by the heavens.’
‘Isn’t it admirable? He’s already manifesting the mysteries of explosive force.’
‘Lack of talent? Well… Of course, his martial prowess is outstanding, but his skills as a witch are also superb.’
‘I guarantee it. He will surely reach a level beyond our imagination.’
Eloa had lost her smile since losing Lapi to the vile public enemy, Ea Sadalmelik.
She had burned her remaining life for revenge, and after the Witch of Aquarius, her target of revenge, disappeared, she even seemed to have lost the drive to live.
While feeling sorry for her, Sua quietly finished organizing her thoughts.
Eloa would soon end her life, and there were burdens that no matter how close a friend was, they could not bear instead.
But after taking Shin Siwoo as her disciple, she changed.
She smiled much more often than before, and instead of a precariousness that seemed like she would break at any moment, she gained a stronger resolve than ever.
‘Teacher Sua. I love Siwoo. More than just a master-disciple relationship.’
‘Why are you asking so many questions? It’s, it’s a lover. The relationship?’
‘Back and forth?’
‘Enough! Stop going around in circles! You have a bad habit, teacher!’
From the conversation where she blushed and revealed her feelings, Sua guessed the source of the new strength Eloa had gained.
In short, Shin Siwoo was not only a precious disciple indispensable to Eloa but also a beloved lover who had stopped Eloa from rushing towards destruction.
‘I ask this of you.’
Therefore, even when Eloa asked for training for the Great Kaiju War.
Even when she praised Siwoo more than ever before, she took the circumstances into account.
Sua knew that Eloa was a person who made accurate evaluations without being bound by personal feelings, but would that evaluation always be strict?
Like parents who consider their child a genius even if they take their first steps a little early, she thought that there would be loving overestimations attached.
Moreover, the last time Sua checked his training ability, it was only at the 17th rank.
That alone was a growth rate that could not be explained without the words ‘unprecedented,’ but only two years had passed since then.
‘Thank you for stepping up like this.’
Nevertheless, the reason she willingly accepted Eloa’s request was that Teacher Sua felt deep gratitude towards Siwoo.
The one she summoned for a level check was a phantom of the Red Dragon of the Border, one of Sua’s familiars.
As Teacher Sua’s specialty was sealing and barriers, her familiars were also focused on defensive techniques.
However.
“Wha, wait…!”
Sua saw it.
Siwoo’s back as he took a stance and drew up his magic power, and the unpredictable size of his power.
-Kiiiiiiiiing!
The golden magic power amplified far beyond her expectations, and the red branch that had turned the Red Knight into the worst homunculus wailed.
It was a maximum output that did not consider counterattacks or evasion, but it was an unbelievable power.
-Kuuuuuuuuu!!!!
A short time divided into tens of thousands of times per second.
With his stepping foot, the red onslaught that went straight ahead swallowed the Red Dragon.
What Sua identified was only a single stab.
It was only later, when the shockwave of the aftershock occurred in three directions, that she realized his attack was a three-part combo.
“……”
The result that was revealed afterward was at a level that even Sua lost her composure.
It was no longer an area to argue about with ‘spearmanship.’
In fact, the tip of his spear did not even touch the Red Dragon.
The phantom body had evaporated without a trace from the aftermath alone.
Three destruction marks that were deeply carved into the horizon as if a huge construction equipment had been used.
A dense distortion field that made her skin tingle scattered with sparks.
Sua, who had been blinking, hurriedly looked at Siwoo.
The red branch was a dangerous artifact.
If he had drawn out this much power, there was a possibility that it would have been accompanied by an irreparable injury.
“Siwoo-gong.”
It was a mistake.
From the beginning, she should have told him that there was no need to overdo it.
If it was the young witch Shin Siwoo, he might have been intoxicated by his desire for self-approval and poured out excessive power…
“Ah, I tweaked my back….”
But unlike Sua’s expectations, he was very much fine.
He was rubbing his back with a frown, but he did not look like he was injured by the recoil of the red branch.
“Ah….”
Sua saw the shattered remains of the armor and realized the reason.
If he had wielded the red branch without any countermeasures, it would not have been strange if there were arms and legs stuck between those scattered remains.
The reason that was not the case was that he had prepared from the beginning, considering the recoil.
He was prepared to transfer the burden entirely to the armor.
“Siwoo-gong.”
Teacher Sua, who had been choosing her words carefully, approached Siwoo.
“Your humility was excessive.”
“Humility… I don’t think so. Such situations don’t often occur in actual combat.”
Eloa did not lie or make wrong judgments.
She had measured the potential of her disciple and lover from a cold perspective.
“What do you mean by such a situation?”
“A situation where they wait for the preparation time of such a large-scale magic, there is no check, and they don’t evade. Still, I wanted to show you the maximum firepower first, so I demonstrated it.”
But after a short conversation, Sua was once again impressed.
If he had shown this much ability, it was only natural for young ones to want to show off, boast, and be praised.
How many young witches had lost their prudence and met a tragic end after being intoxicated by power?
“You are truly amazing.”
“I still have a long way to go. I’m full of shortcomings.”
But he did not show even a hint of arrogance or indulgence.
It seemed that he truly believed that his abilities were lacking, not just as a formality.
“Will this be useful in actual combat? In the Great Kaiju War? I’m honestly not sure…”
That was understandable.
Siwoo had always made remarkable progress, but each time, he was matched with even stronger opponents.
Rather than confidence, prudence had taken its place.
“Hehe.”
Teacher Sua, who had been watching him intently, opened her mouth.
Even when she was first asked by Eloa, Teacher Sua had no intention of being so serious.
She was just planning to teach him the basic concepts of homunculi and some tactical doctrines.
“As you said.”
But now it was different.
He had proven his abilities.
Then Sua also had to educate him with stricter standards.
To make him a talent who could truly face any homunculus.
“If the preparatory movements become large, even a kaiju will find a way to deal with it. The precision of magic is also difficult to see as complete. I understand that you amplified the power by dividing it into three parts because it was difficult to concentrate the power at the extreme point, but in the end, it was scattered without being connected as one.”
Teacher Sua pointed out the painful parts, pointing to the three destruction marks that stretched out.
“I see…”
“Don’t worry. I will help you.”
“Thank you. Then where should we start….”
“I will create a learning schedule, so I think today’s lesson will be enough.”
Feeling reassured by Teacher Sua’s iris-like pure smile, he headed back to the mansion.
The thing Siwoo had been worried about from the beginning happened.
“Hmm? Siwoo, who is this woman?!”
Rurue, who had been staying indoors for a while, assembling the plastic models that Siwoo had given her, ran out with a large ship model and encountered Sua.
“Ah, Rurue-nim. This person is….”
“Is she another new rival? You’re really something.”
“No, it’s not like that….”
Rurue was kind and cute, but she had one flaw.
She had an uninhibited personality that was too oblivious to the atmosphere.
In other words, she was a dangerous element that could expose the fact that Siwoo was actually a hero who dreamed of polygamy without any safety measures.
He never intended to hide it forever, and he didn’t think he could, but he should at least have some time to prepare his mind, shouldn’t he?
“Enough with the excuses. I will examine her myself. Let’s see….”
“Greetings.”
Rurue approached with provocative steps, and Teacher Sua greeted her with a refined greeting without any hesitation.
Rurue, who had been openly scrutinizing Teacher Sua, opened her mouth with an arrogant tone.
“I am the direct successor of the great Nukelavi Dynasty. Rurue Nukelavi.”
“Rurue-nim, oh my…! I’m sorry, Teacher Sua is still someone who doesn’t know much…. Rurue-nim, please come here for a moment.”
“Let go! You are truly shameless!”
He tried to dissuade the dangerous conversation that lacked manners, but Rurue stubbornly held her ground.
Perhaps she already recognized Teacher Sua as a ‘rival’.
Teacher Sua gave Siwoo a look that said it was okay and stepped forward.
“Are you the famous witch of the deep sea? I am Sua Agasha. I am currently serving as the head of the Location Point branch.”
“Hoo, her tone is funny, but at least she has an eye for things.”
Rurue’s own tone was just as strange, but she was not the type to point that out while being mindful of it.
“Rurue-gong.”
“Call me Your Majesty.”
“There is one thing I would like to ask you.”
“I grant it.”
Rurue became even more elated at Teacher Sua’s submissive attitude.
This city was a city of country bumpkins who could not find even a speck of respect and reverence for the queen.
In the midst of that, she liked Teacher Sua’s attitude of treating Rurue with respect.
But neither Rurue nor Siwoo knew.
Teacher Sua was a person who could make her opponent feel intimidated with a smiling face, even though she did not get angry.
“There is an old saying that it is easy to serve a gentleman but difficult to please him, and it is difficult to serve a petty person but easy to please him.
The heart of a gentleman is peaceful and benevolent, so it is easy to serve him, and his attitude is great and righteous, so it is difficult to please him.
On the other hand, the heart of a petty person is cruel and harsh, so it is difficult to serve him, and his attitude is biased and selfish, so it is easy to please him.
In addition, a monarch must cultivate the virtues of a gentleman and embrace all people.”
“What kind of nonsense is that in the middle of the night?”
“One who arbitrarily criticizes the words and actions of others or raises their voice first. One who does not pay attention to their conduct and shows arrogance and conceit. Which of these two, a petty person or a gentleman, is one who shows such behavior?”
Rurue, who had been tilting her head, realized that Teacher Sua’s words meant something like, ‘Your attitude is really unpleasant? Does being a queen mean everything?’
“Hmph, I am the queen. A gentleman or a petty person, such useless…”
“Because you wield absolute power, you must be a model for others, and a monarch, or rather, a queen, is one who embraces those who serve with character and virtue. A monarch who is satisfied with the obedience led by authority is bound not to receive respect and reverence from the heart.”
“……”
“What kind of queen do you wish to become, Rurue-gong?”
Rurue’s mouth closed into a straight line.
As far as Siwoo knew, it was the fastest sinking of Rurue-ho.
