Chapter 9 – High Elf Slaves (4)
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Elves insist on light greaves.
This is because if the armor is large and thick, it interferes with breathing mana through the skin.
So elves wear light armor and prefer areas that don’t cover much of their skin.
Elves, who are innately in love with mana, can block arrows by simply covering their skin with mana. So, elves did not need the thick armor of human knights.
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
Alone asked.
It was because Yushin had been staring at him from before.
“Because you look amazing.”
“Getup? Is there anything special about it?”
Alone raised her arms.
A tank top that barely covers the chest.
Her white shoulders, armpits, and belly were exposed.
And underneath, I only wore short shorts. Her thighs, full of healthy beauty, were revealed over her slim, outstretched legs. Overall, it is a very revealing outfit. If I asked a noble lady from the Kingdom of Valois to wear this outfit, she might have screamed at me to death.
“If you cover your body with clothes, you won’t be able to breathe magic through your skin. Don’t you even know that common sense?”
Alone had common sense.
It was probably common sense among elves.
Even if you raise a problem about the elves’ light clothes, you will be treated strangely. So Yushin decided not to mention Alone’s outfit any more.
With her eyes wide open, she scanned Alone’s entire body, with her pure white skin still exposed.
‘Since all elves are beautiful and have great bodies, don’t you see any reason to cover them up? Yes, that’s confidence. In fact, maybe it was the humans who had the old-fashioned prejudice.’
The more exposure the better.
Yushin looked at Alone’s body and nodded her head, as if she had realized something.
Come to think of it, all the elves I’ve met so far were wearing very revealing clothes. There were also elven beauties with bras and panties that were clearly visible, or even naked.
However, given that they are not punished for minor crimes, it seems that such a dress is average in the country of elves.
“Master, when do you start?”
“Now. Sit here for now.”
“You’re not going to do anything stupid to me, are you…?”
“There’s no way I’d go into heat with a kid with a body like you!”
“I’m twenty-one this year!”
Alone exclaimed,
Elves grow slower than humans.
This is because they are a species that lives a life close to eternity. Because there was no need to rush growth.
However, Alone was slow in her development, even compared to her classmates. She seemed to think of her small physique as a complex, and reacted strongly to Yushin’s point. She also told me to stop treating her like a kid, saying she was already an adult.
“From now on, I will pour her mana into her body. If it’s an elf with a high mana affinity, it wouldn’t be a problem to detect her mana. It’s my first time teaching elves, so I don’t know too well. So somehow get an explanation.”
“Ah, okay… I’ll try…!”
Yushin held out her hand.
As she placed her hand on Alone’s shoulder, she channeled her mana.
Alone closed her eyes and concentrated her mana flowing through her body.
It was her insensitivity to feel mana outside her body, not that she couldn’t feel mana inside her body. She feels alive. I could feel the presence of mana flowing through her body.
“Suck it into your heart little by little, little by little. With the feeling of forming a small ember in the heart. Burn her mana and create an ember in your heart.”
Yushin explained.
At that explanation, Alone took a deep breath and directed her mana into her heart.
Mana was very obedient. As she led, she flowed like water. As if the flow continued along a pierced waterway, the mana that flowed through the body began to gather in the heart and become a small ember.
Fire.
Small but sure The fire was definitely lit.
An ember created from the condensation of mana. Every time my heart beat, it flickered like a candle. But nothing turned off. He fluttered in his heart and showed off his presence. And every time the embers shook, the warmth of mana came to his heart.
“Then I will reap mana now. Try to control it as much as possible so that the fire formed in your heart does not go out.”
“Now, wait… One more. I think she could make one more.”
Allone said.
With her eyes closed, she
I was focusing all my attention on the embers burning in my heart.
Have you ever been so deeply focused? Reaching her state of trance, Alone raked in the mana still remaining in her body and created another ember. Apart from the embers already created in her heart, she formed a second one.
“Ugh!”
Alone let out a groan.
As if she felt dizzy, the blonde girl stumbled over her and fell behind her.
Fluff. Just before she fell to the floor, Yushin grabbed Alone with both hands. Alone, whose whole body was covered with sweat from concentrating on her mana and her breathing method, met her gaze with Yushin, who was looking at him anxiously.
“So what are the results?”
“Two! I made two sparks!”
“…Well done.”
Yushin admitted it honestly.
Among the beginners who first experienced mana breathing, it was very rare to build two embers at once.
It is a realm allowed to geniuses with innate talent. Perhaps she wasn’t Ardena’s younger sister, but she possessed potential abilities that were incomparable to those of criminals.
“Then, from now on, I can learn the Mana Blade, right?”
Alone sent her eyes full of anticipation to Yushin.
She was nowhere to be seen that looked down on her as a human slave. She was looking in awe at Yushin, who showed her a new realm.
Excited, she clenched her fists. Her entire body was exhausted from the long hours of super concentration, but Alone felt more accomplished than ever. She displayed her strong self-confidence, as if she could surpass her sister at any moment.
“From three mana blades. Don’t be impatient with a subject that has just become a Double Ember.”
“I just need to build one more.”
“The reason you rose to the level of Double Amber in the first place is purely because of your outstanding talent. But from now on, it’s different. It will take more than six months to reach the next level, Triple Ember. If you don’t have luck, you may not be able to step on the next stage for the rest of your life.”
“6 months?! No! Then what about the graduation exam!”
“If it was that easy to reach the next level, no one would have struggled against the wall.”
Allone was lucky.
Because I was born with a natural talent.
But from now on, it will be determined by ‘effort’, not ‘talent’. Getting to the next level is usually not difficult.
That is why the swordsmen who are blocked in the next stage retire from the knighthood and train their swordsmanship like crazy while buried in the early night. Either succeed at the end of mad efforts, or end your life as a crippled person. It would be up to those who walk the path of kendo.
“Then, Master, how many embers do you have?”
Alone asked.
In response, Yushin spread his left hand wide and raised one index finger with his right hand.
Half dozen.
Yusin Gilead had six embers in his heart. Six Ember. Yushin was a knight who achieved the six embers known as the limit of human beings.
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The lord who ruled over the forest of Valencia was Wallace Valencia, the father of Ardena and Alone.
Wallace Valencia.
He is one of the 50 members of the Yetzirah Council, and boasts a solid position within the Council to the extent that it acts as a strong influence on the politics of the Elves of Liberia.
“Yes, our Tsueng-nim… No, a human named Yushin Gilead helped you a lot!”
An elf man in a white wig reacted exaggeratedly to his daughter’s bragging.
He is called an iron-blooded politician outside, but at home he was a caring father. He was more than happy that his daughter, who suffered from an incurable disease that was born with an inability to feel mana, finally had a ‘possibility’.
It is said that he accumulated mana in his body through the human mana breathing method. But what does it matter? If even with the human mana breathing method, it could have been achieved safely, it would be entirely thanks to the daughter’s efforts.
“I was not in a good mood before returning to the castle, but our Alone is making this father happy with good news!”
Wallace shouted.
Wiping her hands with a wet towel handed to him by the half-elf maid, he tried to invite her daughter’s swordsmanship teacher, Yushin, to her meal.
It was unacceptable to have a meal with the 4th class, Human. But today I felt good. It was because it seemed that a bright future had finally come to her daughter, who would have suffered from a painful heartache while pretending to be bright on the outside.
“I can trust a knight with the sixth sword. Although they are enemies, the Seven Swords of the Kingdom are an armed group of outstanding human knights. Rather, because they are enemies, we can trust their skills even more.”
Even when he heard the news that a bastard named Gilead, who was the founder of the seven swords of the kingdom, had defeated his daughter, he was not in a good mood.
Our daughter to humans!
He acknowledges the skills of the Seven Swords of the Kingdom, but losing to a human is a terrible blow to his pride.
However, it is said that the enemy taught his daughter how to handle the mana blade. I couldn’t hate him any longer. He rather tried to accept him as a member of the Valencian Forest.
“By the way, father, did something happen in the council?”
Ardena asked.
Wallace, who was stroking Alone’s head while humming his hum, immediately crumpled his face.
“They said that the kingdom of Valois proposed a prisoner negotiations. They want to fight first and return the captives. It’s nonsense. I decided to look at Alone. There is absolutely no prisoner negotiations in the kingdom of Valois!”
Human nations were abiding by the international law of ransoming and exchanging prisoners captured in battle.
Knights from aristocrats, including Yushin Gilead, were on the cutting edge of negotiations. The Kingdom of Valois demanded the release of the captives in exchange for a large ransom. The Council of Echira reacted with “It’s not even worth it!”
None of the slaves sold to the Elves of Liberia returned home on their own feet. As long as they crossed the Aquitaine Mountains and crossed the sea to reach the Liberia Peninsula, the rule is that slaves remain on the peninsula until they die… No, even if they die.
“Still, Master might have a family, right? You may have been separated from your family. That’s a bit bad.”
“Yushin Gilead has no family.”
Ardena answered her sister’s question.
Another One has no family.
They came from the other world. Relatives are probably in a world different from this one.
“Then what about your lover?”
“Kuhm.”
At Alone’s question, Ardena revealed her uncomfortable expression.
