Chapter 72 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Horse
And then the professors did not know what to do with the president’s remark, which no matter how they heard it, seemed to imply that the two should be accepted, so they just exchanged glances with each other.
“Above all, when it comes to academy exams, professors must objectively judge a student’s ability no matter what.”
The president does not stop there, but also appeals to the fact that Eugene’s current skills are not those that failed in the practical exam when viewed from a subjective perspective.
No matter how you look at it, the professors had no choice but to nod their heads at the president’s insistence not to drop Eugene.
“Yeah, that’s right. In any case, the examiner must judge only objective skills.”
“You are correct.”
With the president’s intervention, the conversation begins to move toward Eugene’s acceptance again.
After smiling at their appearance, Alain left quietly, as if he had confirmed everything he needed to confirm. And…
“What are you thinking?”
“Oh, when you say that, doesn’t it feel like I had some intention in passing that child?”
… Alain, who had left the place where her professors had gathered to grade her practical exam, followed her out of the room and casually returned her answer to Yeonhwa’s voice.
“Conversely, there’s no way you could let someone as unique as Eugene into the academy without any intention.”
And Yeonhwa says that the intention may be related to herself, which appears to be particularly related to Eugene.
In response to her remarks like that, her president casually continued the conversation with her, as if he had known that Yeonhwa was there from the beginning.
“Hmm, it was definitely interesting that it was related to the Heavenly Demon. “He is the boy who moved the Absolute, who never came out of Laina Forest even when I was just getting into magic.”
However, Alain explained that it was for a different reason that she took interest in Eugene and put in a little effort to turn the scales that had been tilted toward her failure toward her acceptance, for a different reason.
“As you may have heard, the child’s interviewer told me a story that was quite unbelievable. In that situation, since the Heavenly Demon is watching that child’s conversation, should I say that I also became interested in that child?”
As such, Yeonhwa asked with a sullen expression when Alain smiled and said that he was planning to observe him carefully after enrolling him in the academy.
“Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, is that it? Contrary to what you think, that child has nothing to do with the Demon King’s army. “Especially with the cults that are said to be rampant these days.”
“Hehe, then I can’t help but be even more interested. “If the story I heard from the interviewer and the state the child is showing now are true.”
In that sense, Yeonhwa does not hide her expression of being very uncomfortable when Alain says that it seems like it was a good thing that he allowed her to enter the academy.
Alain asked as if he was surprised by her reaction, which was different from what she had expected.
“It seems that the Heavenly Demon is dissatisfied with that child’s passing? “I thought he was an acquaintance of that child since the Heavenly Demon himself broke into the academy and was watching the child’s sparring.”
And if it’s an acquaintance, they’re usually hoping for the acceptance that the acquaintance wants. However, when Alain showed a puzzled look at the appearance of Cheonma, who was in the opposite situation even though he was her acquaintance, Yeonhwa snorted her nose.
“Hmph, it’s none of your business. “You knew better than that that I was trespassing, right?”
“That’s because there are all kinds of magic I installed inside this academy.”
“Know. So, the main body moved by thoroughly deceiving the magic.”
Nevertheless, the fact that her Alain noticed her existence made her suspect that she had reached the level of absoluteness without her knowledge.
“But that’s not it. … “It is very strange that he is over 100 years old this year and still maintains a youthful appearance.”
If she had reached the status of an absolute person and undergone a complete transformation, she would have understood, but since that is not the case, Yeonhwa looks at Alain with a strange gaze, whose appearance is not much different from when she was young, no matter how many times they met.
“Hehe, the Heavenly Demon knows better how high and difficult the rank of master is, right? “I had already given up.”
She was an Alain who volunteered herself as an aunt who did her best to guide her younger students in the hope that they would reach what she could not now.
“Hmph, you speak well.”
Yeonhwa, who had uttered the words with the meaning that she had given up and clearly still had lingering regrets, was asking again whether she was her grandmother and not an ajumma.
“So, how did you guys who didn’t reach the level of the 6th circle find out about my existence?”
“Hehe, technology has improved a lot these days, right? “No matter how much she kills his presence and tricks her with magic, she can’t completely erase the feeling of estrangement.”
At Aline’s explanation, Yeonhwa mumbled as if she understood what was going on.
“For some reason, I thought the level of magic installed here and there was higher than the four-year level, but it seems there was more to it than that.”
It was also something similar to an artifact created by a wizard who had reached the same level as Yeonhwa herself. In response to her question, Alain simply smiled, unable to understand what she meant.
“… It has been done. You’ve always been a girl who’s been good at hiding things. “If you don’t intend to tell me, it would be pointless to ask in the first place.”
At Alain’s reaction, Yeonhwa, who had known her and her face for a long time, clicked her tongue once and then tried to leave the place, killing her presence again.
“Hulhuhul…” … “If you tell me what the Heavenly Demon has to do with Stral Young-sik, who claims to be Jeol Yu-jin, it won’t be difficult to tell you, right?”
When Allain made a proposal to Yeonhwa with her laughter, Yeonhwa snorted again and left with her words.
“I don’t care what you think anymore. … Still, I think I can tell you about my relationship with Eugene. … “It’s the hunter and the hunted.”
It is said that Alain was struggling to interpret the meaning of Yeonhwa’s comment, which disappeared after leaving behind an incomprehensible statement.
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Meanwhile, while Yeon-hwa and Aline were meeting and talking, Eugene and Moon Ae-ri’s sparring was gradually reaching its peak.
Kagang! Kachang! Kajik!
Two daggers and a long sword were clashing and falling frantically, trying to find an opening for each other, and although their speed was accelerating as time passed, they never thought of slowing down.
In particular, the sharpness of the martial arts that Moon Ae-ri and Yu-jin wield with their respective weapons is still improving as time passes.
‘This is a bit dangerous…’
The problem was that as time passed and the sparring became more heated and cold, Eugene was becoming more nervous dealing with Moon Ae-ri.
Get the card!!
“… !”
And the reason why Eugene was becoming more and more anxious was clearly revealed when he swung his long sword in an exquisite position and intervened at the point where Moon Ae-ri’s two daggers intersected, blocking both daggers for an instant.
A blow that had taken a lot of effort was clearly overlooked, and it ended up being an opportunity to end the chain of attacks that had been continuing for a moment.
It clearly proves that Eugene’s actual martial arts skills are superior to Moon Ae-ri’s actual martial arts skills.
Even though Moon Ae-ri is clearly superior in terms of physical ability, the fact that she has not been able to overpower Eugene so far gives even more weight to this reality.
Therefore, Moon Ae-ri was clearly feeling a sense of crisis, and that sense of crisis was slowly showing itself not only in the trajectory of the dagger she was swinging, but also in her eyes.
‘The path of swinging the dagger began to contain increasingly deeper murderous intent. And my eyes are just about to roll back…’
Eugene also faced Moon Ae-ri’s eyes, which were flashing more murderous intent than before they started sparring, and couldn’t help but click his tongue when he realized that fact.
‘If I do this wrong, I’ll run out of control, right?’
Eugene, who knew Moon Ae-ri well, couldn’t help but feel an even greater sense of crisis as she quickly retrieved the two daggers that were crossed and blocked by her long sword and then continued the interrupted attack.
The longer the sparring went on, and the more the sense of crisis felt for Eugene, who was clearly overpowering her physical abilities during the prolonged sparring, but was covering for it with her superior martial arts skills…
‘Her PTSD is exploding.’
… And if that happens, things will get quite complicated.
Therefore, Yujin secretly hoped that this sparring would end quickly and she would concentrate on blocking Moon Ae-ri’s dagger.
Kang! Kang! Kang!!
Perhaps because it was inferior to her own actual martial arts, the actual martial arts that Moon Ae-ri used, especially the assassination-type martial arts, were not easy martial arts.
No, if you look at the quality of the martial art itself, that one is superior.
As Yeonhwa also said, Eugene’s martial art was just a martial art built on the basic reactive school and based on overwhelming experience, and her martial art itself was the basic swordsmanship among her foundations.
In short, in terms of her martial arts, Eugene was the type who had learned the Samjae sword method and trained only in that method, and Yeonhwa in front of her was someone who had learned the high-ranking double dagger method.
However, because there was an overwhelming difference in experience between the two, Eugene was able to overpower her with her martial arts skills.
‘Rather, at that point, Moon Ae-ri in front of her may be feeling a sense of crisis.’
Obviously you are stronger. Not only does he have a hidden level, but he must also be overwhelming Eugene in terms of physical ability.
Therefore, even though he should have caught his gap in an instant and ended this sparring with victory, Eugene held on, repeatedly blocking her frantic attacks.
And as I said, it would be proof that Eugene’s martial arts surpasses Moon Ae-ri’s martial arts, and that fact itself would be putting a lot of pressure on Moon Ae-ri.
Kachang!
‘And in the current situation, the pressure itself is toxic.’
For her part, she needed to get into the academy somehow, if only to survive.
Those who hold Moon Ae-ri’s leash will never forgive her failure.
In other words, here, if she loses to Eugene and her passing the entrance exam itself becomes uncertain, Moon Ae-ri is literally in danger of her life.
In other words, the pressure she could feel from her sparring with Eugene could not help but feel like it was putting pressure on her, the very thing that gave her life.
Whick!
“Fuck… !”
As evidence, Moon Ae-ri’s reaction to Eugene’s attack, which she swung to cut off the attack after detecting and dodging it with her sixth sense rather than with her eyes, was a attack that was difficult to follow with her eyes.
Moon Ae-ri is clearly nervous and is spewing out curses with murderous intent, even though she momentarily steps back and widens the distance to avoid Eugene’s attack.
“… “Why don’t you calm down a little?”
“You… !”
And even though Eugene spoke to Moon Ae-ri cautiously, it seemed to her that he still had some time to spare.
It was obvious that her eyes were filled with various emotions as she began to glare at me with a more glaring gaze than before.
From her question as to why she can’t dominate, to her sense of crisis that it would be dangerous if she continued like this.
And her pressure for her life was enough of an internal stimulus to stimulate Moon Ae-ri’s mind, which was already in a very anxious state.
“I’m going to emphasize this just in case, but this is just sparring…”
