## Chapter 220 – 220. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated Into The Baek Family
220. The Plum Blossom Swordsman Reincarnated into the Baek Family
The cave was large enough for three or four people to enter.
It was noon, the brightest time of day, yet the inside of the cave was pitch black. This meant the cave was quite deep.
“According to the hunters who operate nearby, this cave has been here for a long time. Is this your first time hearing about it, Professor?”
“…I rarely leave the academy. I don’t know much about the mountains near the city.”
Floy looked around the cave, seemingly searching for something.
I was a little nervous, but I trusted Yuria. Yuria would have thoroughly erased any traces.
“There are traces of beasts and monsters. They’re quite old.”
What Floy found were slightly dug-up patches of ground and animal fur.
“You can see things like that?”
“I learned it during my knight days. One of a knight’s duties is to periodically subjugate monsters. Did the hunter know what was in this cave?”
“As you said, Professor, it was a dwelling for beasts and monsters. However, the cave’s owner changed every time.”
“The traces are quite old. What kind of monsters are in this mountain?”
“I heard they’re goblins.”
I took out the lamp I had prepared from the backpack on my back.
“They say the cave is quite deep.”
“Did the traces of the demon really point here? I don’t see any traces of a demon.”
“It wasn’t a physical trace, but by combining rumors circulating in the city, we deduced that there was a demon here. We have to find proof that a demon is here now.”
I lit the lamp and prepared to enter. Floy placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, looking tense.
“You don’t need to be so nervous. The probability of a demon being here is less than 10%. The hunters and herbalists who operate in this mountain say they’ve never seen anything like a demon.”
I had dealt with the seven goblins living in the cave a few days ago. The cave was empty now.
“If you’re really uncomfortable, you can wait here. I’ll go inside and check.”
“No. I can’t do that. I’m the professor, and you’re the student. If something happens, I’ll protect you.”
It was the reaction I expected. I smiled and thanked her.
“I feel really reassured with you helping me, Professor.”
Floy and I entered the cave together.
As we went deeper into the cave, the temperature dropped sharply.
“It’s cold. Is this cave always like this?”
“This cold is abnormal. Did a demon really stay in this cave…?”
In reality, it was a magic tool hidden inside the cave walls. I had hidden magic tools used in freezers in various places on the cave walls.
‘You have to set the mood from the start.’
I staggered slightly and bumped into Floy’s shoulder. My left hand touched her butt.
“What’s wrong?!”
“I stepped on a protruding rock. I’m sorry.”
“Even with the lamp, it’s so dark, so be a little more careful when walking.”
“Yes.”
She didn’t react to my touching her butt. Floy was used to physical contact with me.
‘It’s because the Lucky Pervert Charm makes it highly likely that something lewd will happen when we’re alone, so she’s used to it.’
The fact that her pants were thick leather also played a part. If she had been wearing thin clothes, there would have been at least a slight reaction.
“……!”
Floy suddenly stopped. And she drew her sword from her waist.
“Professor?”
“…There’s something there.”
“Yes? I don’t see anything.”
“The shadow moved.”
It was highly likely to be a shadow controlled by Yuria’s magic.
“A demon… could it be?”
“I don’t know. It’s too early to be sure. I can’t rule out the possibility that I saw wrong.”
“…If we check, we’ll know what’s there.”
We reached the end of the cave. The strong smell of blood made Floy naturally tense up.
I shone the lamp around and opened my mouth. That was because five sturdy male corpses were scattered everywhere. In addition, there was a magic circle of some kind drawn in blood on the wall.
“This can’t be….”
I pretended to be surprised. Floy was on guard all around, not looking at me, so I could act comfortably.
“Those corpses are… bandits. Ordinary people don’t have that kind of equipment. Eugene. Do you know what that magic circle is?”
“I’m not a mage, so I don’t know the details, but… I know that magic circles made with human blood are evil! Even if it’s not a demon, at least a black mage was here!”
“Either way, it seems they were doing something here. There’s a hole next to that wall.”
“That hole seems to lead downwards.”
It was a hole that you couldn’t walk through standing up, but you could easily go through crawling.
“Eugene!”
Floy called my name sharply.
Black objects were wriggling around us. More than ten of them were surrounding us. In particular, four of them were gathered at the exit.
They were monsters created by Yuria’s shadow magic.
I switched the lamp to my left hand and drew my sword with my right hand.
“Do you know what these are?”
“N-no, I don’t.”
“I’ll break through with force.”
Floy swung her sword, imbued with aura, at the closest shadow. The shadow monster’s form fell to the floor like spilled liquid and disappeared.
“They’re not that big of a deal. It seems better to deal with them all here.”
Floy began to move back and forth, cutting down the shadows.
I also faced one shadow. But my sword couldn’t cut through the shadow. There was no sensation of cutting at all.
“Get out of the way!”
I stepped aside. Floy’s blade bisected the shadow vertically.
“My attacks didn’t work at all.”
“There’s only one difference between your sword and mine.”
“Aura… you mean?”
“These guys seem particularly weak to aura. Let’s go back to the academy. I have to report this to the headmaster.”
“Professor! There’s something at the exit!”
I urgently called out to Floy. At the exit, there was a black human figure from head to toe. In both hands, it held a round, curved scythe.
Its true identity was Yuria, hiding her form with shadows.
“A demon… is it?”
It looked so alien that it could only be seen as a demon, and since I had been mentioning demons all along, it was natural for Floy to think of it as a demon.
Blue aura blazed on Floy’s sword. But Yuria moved before her. The scythe aimed for Floy’s neck. Floy was terrified by the speed and stepped back.
Yuria suddenly targeted me. I raised my sword to resist, but the scythe, swung low, grazed my shoulder. It was just a graze, but the blood pouch I had prepared burst, and blood splattered everywhere.
“Aaaah!”
I screamed and fell to the floor. The lamp that fell to the floor shattered, and the inside of the cave went dark. Only Floy’s blue aura glowed faintly in the darkness.
“Eugene!”
Floy called my name and rushed towards me.
Yuria moved silently.
“Kuh…!”
Two scythes made shallow cuts on Floy’s body. She deliberately didn’t make deep cuts. Our goal wasn’t Floy’s death.
Black shadows wriggled from the floor and surged up, covering Floy’s body. Floy couldn’t avoid it.
The shadows gradually covered Floy’s body.
Yuria stood still and stared at Floy.
“Are you… mocking me!”
Floy gritted her teeth and threw her sword at Yuria. The sword pierced Yuria’s body. It didn’t really pierce her. It only looked like it. There was no way Yuria would be defeated by such an attack.
While Yuria was faltering, Floy grabbed my body and tried to escape out of the cave.
Thud!
Floy, who was hit on the back of the head by Yuria’s leg, fainted on the spot.
I, who had been squinting, opened my eyes properly.
“Good job, Yuria.”
The shadows that had been hiding Yuria’s body seemed to seep into the ground and disappear, revealing her true form. She stood there without any disarray. She held Floy’s sword in one hand.
“It was nothing.”
“Let’s proceed with the next plan.”
“Yes, Master. If things go wrong, please call me. I’ll be on standby to move at any time.”
“It’s okay. It’s just two days of starving, what’s the big deal.”
I smiled and looked at the hole in the wall. I was planning to go down using a rope.
“Before that, shall we take off her clothes?”
•••
“…Ugh. Ugh.”
I checked that Floy’s only right eye was rolling upwards and urgently called her name.
“Professor Floy! Professor!”
“…Eugene? Are we still alive?”
She, who had been lying on the floor, raised her upper body. And she was startled. That was because both she and I were naked, without a single thread of clothing.
“W-what is this?!”
Floy hurriedly covered her private parts with both hands. But her hands were too small to cover them completely.
In the case of her ample breasts, she covered her rosy nipples, but it was impossible to hide her entire ample breasts.
Her bushy brown pubic hair peeked out from the sides of her palms. She pressed her thighs tightly together.
“Professor. Calm down. When I woke up, we were both naked.”
“…Where is this?”
Floy moved her head and looked around.
It was a space with nothing but walls blocking all sides.
“There’s a hole in the ceiling. It seems that’s how we came in.”
Floy’s gaze turned to the ceiling. There was a magic circle drawn in blood on the ceiling. A faint light came from the magic circle, illuminating the space. There was a hole next to the magic circle.
“What kind of magic circle is that?”
“I don’t know. Judging by the fact that it healed our wounds, maybe the demon is trying to experiment on us….”
“…You were cut by the demon.”
“Yes. When I woke up, my wounds were healed.”
“I don’t have my eyepatch either…. I’ve shown you something unsightly.”
There was a scar on her left eye, as if she had been clawed by an animal.
“No, it’s not unsightly at all. Were you perhaps attacked by an animal?”
“…I was attacked by a werewolf. The price of carelessness… no, that’s an excuse. I only lost my left eye because I was weak.”
Floy’s gaze was fixed on the ceiling. She hadn’t been looking at me since earlier. The reason was simple. It was because I was naked.
“A demon that healed our wounds….”
“Isn’t the purpose of the magic circle on the ceiling to experiment on us?”
“Maybe it wants us to slowly starve to death.”
“Demons are evil beings, so that’s a possible theory.”
“……”
“……”
Silence fell, and an awkward atmosphere flowed. It was because we were both naked. I pretended to look away and admired her body.
There were small scars all over her body. They were so small that they weren’t easily noticeable unless you looked closely. To me, her scars felt a little fresh.
She had a firm body. She must train for a certain amount of time every day.
“It seems difficult to climb to the ceiling by holding onto the wall. The ceiling is too high, and the upper wall is flat because the demon made it that way, so there’s nothing to grab onto.”
“Can’t you use your aura, Professor?”
“Unfortunately, I can’t emit aura unless it’s through my sword.”
The walls were flat, and the ceiling was over 15 meters high. No matter how strong Floy was, it was impossible to climb without any equipment.
“…Unless someone comes here, there’s no way to escape.”
“I came here without telling anyone. Tomorrow is a day off, so… the day after tomorrow, the students and professors who notice my disappearance might come looking for me.”
“I have a maid. If I don’t return to the dormitory in the evening, she’ll come looking for me. I don’t know if she’ll be able to find this place, though.”
“There’s a good chance. What we have to do is wait for hope.”
Floy carefully got up from her spot and went to a corner, leaning against the wall. I leaned against the wall a little away from her.
We sat quietly without saying anything. Floy was lost in thought with a serious face, and I was stealing glances at her body.
‘She’s covering her breasts and pussy with her hands, which makes it even more lewd.’
I suppressed the urge to violate Floy right away. She was more skilled than me, and if I had intended to violate her, I would have done it earlier with Yuria’s help.
I picked up my fist and repeatedly tapped the wall. This seemingly meaningless action was a kind of signal.
‘There are cameras and bugs hidden all over the walls. Yuria is watching from outside.’
A few minutes after sending the signal, the temperature began to drop.
