Chapter 210 – 209 – What Tena Saw and Heard
Compared to the last few days with Tan, there was nothing much to remember about the trip with the White Sword Demon. It was just long, boring, and dangerous.
A person apt for inspection perfectly understands the principles of handling cutlery. Yajin’s attitude and philosophy toward teaching were also thorough, apart from his dirty personality.
Under the harsh teachings of a great teacher, Tena achieved great results. And then one day she realized. As Yajin once said, she has risen to such a height that she has almost touched the toes of her magic.
It was natural for her to live with hatred in the process. Thena was not the only disciple of Yajin.
There were many people who voluntarily followed Yajin because their hearts were evil. If we had decided in the past and clashed with them in numbers, Mancellarion might not have been able to reach the White Sword Demon and would have been slaughtered by hundreds of people.
The members of the murderous group, each of whom had skills worthy of being registered as a premium adventurer, had very diverse motivations for joining. He plans to learn the White Sword Demon’s killing technique and use it for evil someday. Either you just love the notoriety of the White Sword Demon.
Or, the white sword of the White Sword Demon, who has stolen a secret hidden in despair and is hunting for it.
However, the attention of the White Sword Demon that everyone was looking at was suddenly focused on Tena’s Ilchwiwoljang. So the attention of her students also turned to Thena.
The youngest, who was outstanding in both looks and skills, had to deal with greed, jealousy, and some dirty intentions that were disgusting to even think about.
But none of them led to an incident. The brother and sister-in-law who targeted Tena were all miserably defeated, losing their fingers and tendons.
There was no need for Thena to end her life herself. As soon as she developed physical weakness, she was slaughtered by comrades with similar tendencies.
Those who cleverly did not mess with Thena laughed at the fools who challenged her fearsome youngest. And soon he left for the underworld with the fools.
This is because Yajin caught them and killed them one by one. He said he lacks the will to win. Or, it is said that she has become less attractive than Thena.
How many years have passed like that? There were only two members of the nameless clan.
Considering the beautiful tradition of encouraging mourning, it was clear that it would not be long before the final bloodshed broke out in the sect.
However, Thena’s challenge was much faster than White Sword Demon expected.
“Final decision? Are you serious?”
Thena didn’t answer. She just aimed her sword. The Sword Demon raised one corner of her mouth.
“It’s time to tell you a secret.”
“What is it?”
“I am your father.”
“Stop talking nonsense.”
“It doesn’t work as expected. Of course what I just said was a lie, and I really have a secret to tell you.”
Yajin stretched out her arms and smiled innocently, as if she were a friend with whom she could share a casual joke.
However, he said, the teachings of Yajin that had been instilled in Thena advised him to be relaxed. Unlike the boy’s smile as if he had not graduated, all of Yajin’s muscles were tense as he prepared for a slaughter.
“First. This knife.”
Yajin threw aside the old sword with which he had killed all his other disciples. Then he pulled out a beautifully white despair sword and aimed it at Tena.
The priest and the priest had a posture like a mirror image.
“This despair trap is the warrior sword used by the first hero.”
“That sounds more like nonsense.”
“Don’t you know ‘Ya Jin’, the first hero, member of the cooperative, and the first swordsman?”
“Didn’t they have the same name? Or maybe they were named after the field. There are often people with names like Edin or Evenna.”
“Oh, no. I am that Yajin.”
When asked the third advice to refrain from talking nonsense, Tena just made an expression on her face as if she didn’t feel like saying it. Yajin’s smile disappeared in an instant.
“Yazin is a title. Didn’t I tell you? The tradition passed down from Yazin, along with the first warrior who died, has reached me. The best swordsman in history, with the best weapon in history. That’s what I am.”
“Only a warrior can hold the warrior’s sword. Aren’t you an apt swordsman?”
“That’s it. It’s a bit complicated.”
Yajin grinned.
“The first Yajin just carried the Despair trap in his sheath. But among the villains who took over the title of Yajin from him.”
Yajin suddenly pulled out his despair trap, cut the surrounding air in an instant and led it again.
Thena flinched, but it wasn’t an attack. In an instant, Yajin’s sleeve was torn and fluttering.
Yajin’s exposed arm was not organic. The metal and gears were moving together in silence.
“The strange tradition of using a prosthetic hand to wield a warrior’s sword has become involved.”
Yajin stared at Thena as if waiting for some kind of reaction. But Thena just sighed softly through her nose.
“So you want to say that you didn’t burn to death?”
“···Isn’t it surprising?”
“I once asked you if you were interested in my talent, not my life. You said yes, and so am I.”
Tena struck in an instant and slashed those around her. Yajin’s shoe tips and hair were cut off. If his sword had penetrated any closer than that, Yajin would have counterattacked.
Thena, who was led in an instant, shrugged her shoulders. As she glared at Yajin, her face red with an angry smile.
“I don’t care about anything else other than your life.”
“This crazy bitch.”
“You are the one who is crazy. I, Hero Tena, declare. Even if it means stabbing me to death, I will stop you right here and stop you. It is for the sake of all the people you will put on the killing squad in the future!”
Dawn colored Thena’s shoulders. Yajin twitched the corner of her mouth.
“···There is one more secret I haven’t told you.”
“If it’s your will, just say it freely. Even though they won’t remember it.”
“It was a lie to say that you would have a chance, too. What I want is the joy of meeting classmates, not the miserable end of being bitten by the tiger I raised. So, I only planned to raise you to the point where I could defeat you. .”
“Like that.”
“So if you think you can beat me, know this: I will have cut off your head before that day comes. Today, I will just let you figure out what your subject is. Even if you don’t have a few fingers, you can still hold a knife. -“
The teacher’s admonitions did not last any longer. This is because white and black flames suddenly appeared. Between Yajin’s mechanical grip and the grip of Despair.
The flames that suddenly rose melted the prosthetic hand and burned Yajin’s face. It was something that had never happened before.
However, TENA moved first before understanding the situation. Thena had no obligation to consider her opponent’s embarrassment.
White Sword Demon also noticed that fact. This might have been the biggest crisis in his life.
Thanks to this, Yajin, who was about to become impatient, quickly caught his mind and swung his sword with more concentration than ever before. Even when he received the name Yajin from his teacher, he would not have been as careful as he is now.
So the excuse that we would have won without a surprise attack would be an empty lie.
The moment the swords crossed and fell, the Sword Demon fell down, spurting blood. Tena passed by without even bothering to pull out Dongmun’s sword that was stuck in the guy’s body. It wasn’t a relationship they wanted to hold on to.
“Have you been hiding your skills this whole time? Until you were able to kill me without hurting me?”
Thena didn’t answer. Yajin realized that Tena’s words, ‘I have no interest in anything but life’ were literally true. The moment his death became certain, Yajin became meaningless to Thena.
Writhing where he fell, Yajin cursed until his last breath. TENA did not store anything. Compared to the clumsy criticism he heard from Tan the other day, it wasn’t as irritating as the dew that brushed against his soles.
However, the despair that he had missed strangely caught Thena’s attention. Tena pushed away Yajin’s melted hand with her boot and touched the handle of Despair.
Even the steel had just evaporated, but Thena’s fingers only felt a little warm. Like the strawberry milk that the inn staff warmed up and served to me the other day.
The blade revealed by the flames had a black glow. The moment she grasped the sword and lifted it, a voice of despair echoed through the hilt of her sword and into Thena’s bones.
The first warrior’s companion, Yajin, traveled through her world passing through many people. Just to find the right person.
‘What’s the right person?’
Despair and confinement spoke.
———–
For a moment now.
Women-only ward.
“What did you tell me?”
Tena seemed to be choosing what to say in response to my question, then shrugged her shoulders.
“All of Yajin’s swordsmanship that Despair Gadum remembers.”
I know TENA. That’s a lie. Judging by his appearance, he is hiding something. They are probably hiding at least half the truth.
But I couldn’t bear to argue. It was partly because I remembered my sins, and partly because Thena’s story was not over yet.
Perhaps it should have been considered.
———–
That’s how Tena became the owner of the warrior’s sword, Despair Confinement. However, even though she overcame Yajin’s harsh teachings, she still could not shake off the hurt of that day.
The sight of Tan screaming with blood boiling and saying it was your fault. And on the other hand, she sees Tan carrying her even as she was dying.
And Tan continues his life as an adventurer, which I came across through a newsletter interview.
Tena’s interests were such things. Not the days spent hating Yajin. If he had found out, she would have been outraged in the underworld.
One day, Thena will find her tan again. She will let you know that Tan’s fear, which she had vaguely guessed, was not at all true.
But she had work to do before that day came.
‘All of that happened because I was weak.’
You must protect your family. Must become stronger. Strength is not just about individual strength. We need to build a big fence that can handle mistakes.
It was a good time to practice building that fence. Tan is still a safer person, well protected within the fence of Sunstorm.
Perhaps the colleagues in the special monster slaying party might be quite upset. If you knew that the start of their proud organization was a kind of practice.
There is a high possibility that they will at least understand the reason for organizing a women-only party. Among Yajin’s disciples, she was impressed by the bastard who saw her through the eyes of her desires, so she wanted to remind herself of that time less. Tena wanted to focus on practicing the skills of leading her organization.
Of course, the first exercise was quite successful. Tena unexpectedly discovered her joy with her new family. Unlike Yajin’s vicious gang, the extermination party was never meaningless to Thena.
However, TENA’s priority was always Tan. Thena believed in the character of the Sun Storm family, but one day she was overcome by a terrible sense of guilt.
At first she did not believe the story of Adamantone, a porter suffering under the Sun Storm. Mansella Leone was not a great person who would entrust the life of her close associate to a fool.
However, she went to see the scene in person because she thought she might not know…
“I am firing you as the party leader. I have nothing to do with you, so get out of the way now.”
“Oh, is this it? An exile joke? I know what that is.”
It was Tan desperately trying to coddle the bastard in order to avoid getting fired.
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Back to the present.
Women-only ward.
“Did you see that?!”
Instead of wiping the snot from my eyes out of guilt, I screamed while tearing out my hair.
Thena shrugged her shoulders and patted my back.
“···Should I not have told you?”
“Don’t look. It must have been the most humiliating sight in my life.”
“···More than the first time I dressed up as a woman?”
“···The second most humiliating thing in life… Are there anymore?”
“Would it be worse than when I shouted in front of the newspaper staff, asking if they would believe me if I showed them dressed as a woman?”
“Let’s stop counting. Actually, I guess it didn’t matter…”
