Chapter 452 – Episode 452: The Giant’s Steps 2
Song Yena’s steps as she leaves for the eastern continent are extremely light. First, if I, the Constellation, join together, the Academy’s private plane will naturally follow. No matter how luxurious and luxurious the ship that travels between the Academy and the continent is, it is no better than a private plane.
Even if we sit leisurely, there is a difference between sitting in a place with a lot of people and lounging in a place with just the two of us.
“Hmm~ I didn’t ask you to follow me just for this purpose…”
“Still, you expected it, right?”
The most important thing is that we are alone.
As soon as her private plane takes off smoothly, I reach out to the seat next to her and caress her thighs, immediately letting out a soft moan.
Just like our last date, when we took a private plane, I clung to Song Yena and played with her hands, and her body reacted like Pavlov’s dog. Even if I just gently touch her firm thighs, I can feel her skin getting warm. Maybe it’s because I’m serious about exercising, but the feeling that sticks to my hands is addictive.
“So, what exactly are you going to the East Continent for?”
“There is a small exchange meeting called the Swordsmanship Exchange Meeting, where martial artists and knights compare the sword techniques given to them by the Constellations. At first, it was just created by warriors and knights working in the same area, but somehow the exchange meeting grew quite large.”
“Is this a real exchange event?”
“Yes. Well, it’s okay to say this, but… It’s just an ordinary exchange that has grown in size because some constellations are fueled by pride and compete for support.”
As I was listening to the explanation while stroking the firm thighs that brought to mind the words ‘honey-boo’ and ‘boo-boo-boo’, the private plane had already descended below the clouds again. As he hops off the private plane, leaving behind Song Yena, who is a bit disappointed that it ended up being a hand game, he receives enthusiastic looks from citizens using the airport.
… This time, I feel like my face is a little more widely known because of the kids, what is that cartoon about?
In the past, if you were seen wandering around with the Avatars, you would be recognized by people who were serious about the Constellation, but now it feels like most people recognize you as soon as you show up at the airport. Since there are quite a few things that have been done, it is only natural that awareness is rising little by little.
“Where do we go now?”
“You can go out in this direction and take the high-speed train to another city.”
Still, there were only a few people who recognized it and took out their cameras, but there wasn’t a stampede. This is very convenient, perhaps because we live in a world where courtesy towards the Constellations has been enforced on a large scale from the past.
Song Yena, who got off a little later than me and caught up with me in a tidy state after trying to keep herself together and organizing what needed to be done, naturally holds my hand and guides me to one side. She treats me without hesitation, which was rewarding after going on a personal date with her last time. Still, she couldn’t hide that her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if she was embarrassed to hold her hand first.
An incarnation who is favored by the Constellation and walks around holding her hand. We naturally sat side by side on the high-speed train, receiving gazes filled with desire mixed with envy and jealousy.
The destination is the main auditorium of a small city on the eastern continent.
“Is this exchange event only famous on the Eastern Continent?”
“No. The swordsmanship exchange meeting held by martial artists and knights is the largest, but wizards, sorcerers, alchemists, and psychics also hold all kinds of exchange meetings.”
According to Song Yena’s story, the constellations appeared and gave various skills and treasures to talented humans to protect the world, so it was natural for humans who became their incarnations to interact with each other.
Nowadays, there is an academy at the center of the continent, a space fleet floats in the stratosphere, and a swordsman who cuts across dimensions protects the continent, but a few hundred years ago, humanity was narrowly pushed out. Isn’t the reason why the constellation is respected as a constellation because there are many constellations who sacrificed themselves to protect the continent?
Even if we split up on each continent and try to wage war between humans, we must first stop the invasion of monsters that eat human bodies and souls from the edge of the world. Just as Britain and France, who are on bad terms with each other, have no choice but to form an alliance if the Nazis invade.
“So, is there a theme or purpose for this gathering?”
“Just like usual, it’s a club where we talk about various things like martial arts swordsmanship or knightly swordsmanship, which is more practical and versatile? And then we spar with like-minded people.”
Therefore, it is natural for the martial arts people and chivalry, who claim that their swords are more powerful, to form an alliance in the face of crisis for the continent and humanity.
The martial arts people have a strong tendency to view knights who hide themselves in armor and swing their swords confidently as ignorant, while knights tend to view martial arts warriors who wear silk uniforms and surround themselves with self-defense weapons as inefficient. This isn’t some type of soup vs. Big Mac, it’s ‘that mana would be more hearty…’ ‘ They look down on each other.
As it is an exchange meeting, there is no one who openly ignores or looks down on each other, but this time it seems like the fire has been ignited differently.
“Hmm, helpless Nightmare’s favorite incarnation is a martial artist.”
“As expected, the exquisite taste of martial arts seems to please the constellation.”
“Isn’t it the classical beauty of the Eastern Continent that men like?”
I didn’t particularly participate in the exchange meeting, just hovering around and watching the knights and martial people, but since the Hwasin I brought in was Song Ye-na, who is famous in many ways, a lot of strength was placed on the shoulders of the martial arts Hwasin.
“Hmm, what are the other incarnations of the helpless Nightmare…?”
“I heard there is an incarnation from the northern continent, but it is not a knight, but a martial arts type…”
“Cold metal armor may not look very beautiful on men. Isn’t silk ceremonial uniform a bit masculine?”
On the contrary, the knight-type incarnations clearly have slumped shoulders even though they are wearing strange armor.
I like both female knights and female warriors, but was it a problem that Song Ye-na, who was so attached to me, was wearing silk military uniform? Perhaps because she thought it was a somewhat formal place, she wore proper martial arts clothing instead of the training clothes she usually wore, and it seemed like her constellations were circling around the martial people.
As I looked around her, a thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘… Are her eyes raised too high?
There’s no one I’m particularly interested in.
The swordsmanship exchange meeting was more boring than I thought, perhaps because I was surrounded by fresh-faced beauties at the academy who wore all kinds of costumes and even showed themselves. Unlike the academy, there are older people at the swordsmanship exchange meeting.
It feels like comparing a university festival to an apartment complex festival. It is natural that one side is mostly female college students, and the other side is a mix of apartment dwellers and grandmothers. Now that it’s like this, rather than seducing the swordsman I like, I’ll have to put some pressure on Yena’s shoulders and then go on a date.
“Hello, Miss Song Yena.”
“Ah, last time I saw you…”
As I was looking around her with that in mind, Song Yena was sitting at the table and greeting a woman dressed in armor.
Inside the fairly large building, there are a lot of tables, and people come and go freely, sit down and chat… So, sharing arguments feels like a Baduk tournament. There are a lot of tables and the two of us are sitting facing each other, so if we put a checkerboard in the middle, it would just look like a prayer.
Afraid that the driver sitting across from me would feel pressured if I approached him openly, I hovered nearby and overheard their conversation. Thanks to that, the stares were a little stinging, but… What I accumulated during my time as a Constellation was not only magical power, but also a thick skin.
“Uh, hmmm… Among the monsters that appeared during the last invasion of the North Continent-“
“In that case, the sword――”
The female knight smiled awkwardly, but as Yena waited patiently with a calm expression, she cleared her throat a few times and began speaking. A monster that appeared in the Northern Continent had this habit. In this case, what about the knight’s sword, what about the martial arts people? The theme this time is monsters, not duels, so it feels like I’m playing a TRPG.
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It was only an hour since I left the building, watching the story about how to deal with monsters as if I was watching a TRPG.
[Breaking News] Constellation appeared at the swordsmanship exchange meeting
Helpless Nightmare’s love for martial people [Breaking News Video]
The Constellation headed to the Eastern Continent… “It’s fun to watch”
After dinner, I take out my smartphone to find a suitable hotel, and a bunch of news articles appear.
“… Yena, do reporters actually come there?”
“Oh, there is one, right? Still, it is an exchange meeting supported by the martial arts constellation and the knight class constellation.”
It may be a little awkward to be a reporter who doesn’t cross the line, but they are reporters who protect what they protect. Not only did they take pictures of my face, but they took pictures of the exchange meeting with permission, and posted my image in the corner as breaking news. I looked it up and found that I was originally taking pictures and uploading them… You can’t go to a baduk tournament, hang out next to a player, and get angry if your face is pictured like that.
But when I read the news article, that thought suddenly occurred to me.
If this has turned into a battle of pride between the warriors and the knights because of the battle of pride among the constellations, doesn’t it seem like I’m siding with someone?
