Chapter 277 – 277. Crafting Demigod Arms (1)
After breakfast, Eun-hyeon sat at the table and listened to Erin’s words and was lost in thought.
“Hmm…”
Seeing Eun-hyeon like that, Erin looked at her and asked cautiously.
“If… Are you mad?”
Whatever the reason, the fact that Erin defeated the knights of Krasir is an unchanging fact.
She was worried that Eunhyeon and her ducal family might be harmed by her own impulsive and unexpected actions.
In Mo Graf territory, she was in the midst of a frenzy with her demonic beasts, so she hadn’t thought deeply about what would happen with her actions.
When she thought about it later, she began to worry that her faults might be caught.
“Hmm?”
“I hit them on my own…”
“You think you did it wrong, do you regret it?”
“It’s not like that…”
Although she did it, Erin didn’t think her own behavior was unreasonable or wrong.
“Then be proud.”
“But just in case, because of me…”
“Well, obviously, if it were me, I would have prepared all the excuses and ways to bury them socially before using my fists, so that they wouldn’t get hurt.”
“Eww…”
She didn’t do anything to make sure it ended, lest she get into trouble later.
At Eunhyeon’s point, Erin shuddered slightly.
“Still, I don’t want you to be demanding that much. You did a good job this time.”
“Huh?”
Took, she placed her hand on her forehead and felt Eunhyun’s hand caressing her hair, as she put on Erin’s dumbfounded expression.
“Aga, there’s no way Hyeoni would scold her for something like that. I didn’t do anything bad.”
“But…”
“I know what you’re worried about.”
“… Huh.”
After a small nod of her head, she leaned under her and enjoyed Eun-hyeon’s hand stroking her hair.
“Surely… Because of Walter’s personality as the leader of the knights, if he finds out about this, he won’t be able to sit still.”
“I guess so.”
Eleanor, who had predicted her future even slightly, put it into her mouth, and Eun-hyeon nodded her head as if agreeing.
Although they were new knights, it was not enough for three or four to attack at the same time, and they were broken by a 19-year-old girl.
A knight who has the honor and responsibility of protecting the royal family.
Hearing the news, there was no way I wouldn’t stay still.
“Mi, I’m sorry… I really persevered… I was so angry at the end…”
“Are you okay. Good job.”
If it had only reached that level, it would explode one day.
“Fortunately, things aren’t so bad. Eleanor.”
“Yes.”
“Let’s get in touch with Alex and visit him at the mansion in time for his return from Mograf. In the meantime, I want to talk about Erinn’s problem as well.”
In the first place, before Erin confessed her own happening, Eun-hyeon roughly knew about it.
She had already been tipped off by Alex prior to returning from Mo Graf territory.
“All right.”
“Because there is about a week left for the kingdom soldiers to return from Mograf territory… It will be in a week or two before the awards ceremony and awarding ceremony will begin.”
After calculating the approximate time, Eunhyun nodded and stood up.
“I’ll contact Heilangdan immediately and ask them to gather some information.”
“All right.”
“And let’s take a little break this week too. Last night… Great job.”
“Whoops, yes. I was very happy too.”
“…”
Eleanor, blushing happily, covered her mouth with her finger and smiled gracefully.
Erin, knowing what had happened last night, blushed.
“Well then…”
“Are you taking a break? Where are you going?”
Seeing Eunhyeon and Illyana get up after drinking coffee, Illyana put on a puzzled expression.
“To go to the studio. When I have free time, there are things I want to make.”
“Huh. Okay. Just like that, I also want to focus on the development of new magic.”
It was the first time in a very long time that Illyana was interested in something specific and showed an eager side.
Through Skuld’s mediation, she directly signed a contract with Eunhyeon and her subordinates, and Illyana, who was connected with her Eunhyeon’s soul, stepped forward as a wizard to a higher level.
Now Illyana was showing a rare desire to make that state her own.
“Okay. Lily, let me sort it out.”
“Yes. All right.”
“Berdandy. Song.”
“I get it.”
As she slowly nodded her head and let go of the materialization that embodied her own body, Belldandi’s body distorted like smoke and disappeared.
In Illyana and Eleanor’s eyes, it was confirmed that it had returned to its normal spiritual state, but in Erin and Lily’s eyes, it seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
‘Is it still too much for Erinn?’
The divine powers that enveloped her body in the past.
The nine-tailed fox had a history of realizing the existence of the divine protection of the goddess and indirectly realizing the existence of Belldandi, but Erin did not seem to have reached that level yet.
Still, Eun-hyeon, who smiled proudly at the girl who was growing steadily, moved her steps and headed to her basement.
“Oh right!”
Looking at Eunhyun’s back, Erin remembered a fact and hurriedly got up from her seat.
“I really enjoyed the meal!”
She headed straight to her own room, took out her rapier, which her Eun-hyeon had gifted her earlier, and hurriedly went down to her basement and followed her Eun-hyeon.
“Hyun-a!”
“Erin?”
“That, that…”
As soon as she came down to her basement workshop, her memory of last night came to her, and she blushed again.
‘Oh, no. Let’s come to our senses.’
She tried hard to forget what she had heard with her eyes and ears last night, as she kept thinking in her mind that she should not be conscious.
Eventually, she hurriedly put her reason for following her Eunhyeon into her mouth.
“This! This sword! What the hell!?”
“What was the problem?”
“You are so good that it’s a problem!”
Breaking out in a cold sweat, I inquired about the identity of the rapier she was holding in both hands.
“And this sword was suddenly able to be pulled out in the middle of a fight, but what the hell is going on…”
She could draw it now, but starting with the performance of the sword, she wanted to ask a lot of things, such as why she couldn’t draw it or why she suddenly became able to draw it.
Perhaps it was because he hadn’t properly recognized the value of this sword, he even received a lot of criticism from the gumiho.
“Levantein is a sword you made with an effect that amplifies the power of the divine beast. Come to think of it, I heard he used that sword in the border fortress this time. How was it when you tried it?”
“Levantein?”
“The name of that sword.”
“Ah… Wow, that was great! Oh, I see.”
It was from the moment Erin pulled out this sword that she was able to summon all nine hundred demons on the battlefield at that time.
A weapon that amplifies the power of the nine-tailed fox in one’s body.
It is no different from the one and only weapon in the world, specially crafted only for you.
“Also… Hyun is amazing!”
Erin looked up at Eunhyun with her eyes shining and a gaze filled with various emotions, including her admiration.
“But why did you make it impossible to pull out? I don’t even know why she suddenly became able to pull.”
“It’s because it’s sealed in such a way that the lock won’t unlock unless you infuse the divine power into the sword.”
“… Huh? But I’ve never used Miho’s power properly before?”
Eun-hyeon stopped her steps for the moment and looked at Erin with her eyes wide open.
“You call him by name?”
“Huh? Then what should I call you?”
“… No.”
A magical animal that has accumulated tremendous power after training for 1,000 years.
Eun-hyeon pondered over how to point out the fact that the god-soo, who has the ability to reach the toes of the lowest god in the underworld, was talking as if he were calling a friend without even adding the word “Nim.”
However, it is a problem that could have been fixed a long time ago if it was pointed out and tried to fix it.
If Erin’s attitude toward her was getting on her nerves, the gumiho would have told Erin to correct it.
Eunhyeon didn’t know that Erin had a stuffy personality that wouldn’t listen to her no matter how many times she said it.
At least from Eun-hyeon’s point of view, she had the same image as her model student who diligently solves the homework assigned to her by diligently working hard.
Eun-hyeon, who did not notice the girl’s effort to receive even a little bit of joy, did not know the current situation between the gumiho and Erin.
Soon, Eunhyun opened her mouth to solve Erin’s curiosity.
“Perhaps the density of the power of the Shinsoo you emit is higher, and the magical power naturally flows into the sword you are holding. The reason why you have been unable to pull it out until now and suddenly can pull it out is because the density of your magical power has increased even more.”
“Then the reason for my sudden rise in strength is…”
“Maybe Shinsoo helped me?”
“Ah.”
In her mind, Erin recalled what the nine-tailed fox had said to her.
-And… This job is a bit special, so let’s give it special praise.
At the same time, her own powers began to suddenly amplify.
She reconsiders the process and admires Erin for figuring out her cause.
“Miho was really great!”
[… Noisy.]
‘Huh? What’s the matter?’
[…]
The gumiho did not answer.
I wonder if he gave that compliment when he helped her draw her sword while amplifying her powers.
At the time when her mind was filled with her gratitude and affection for her Eun-hyeon, her remnants of what she had completely forgotten about her existence were still unresolved.
[Ingratitude. How come you don’t even remember anything about me.]
Even she couldn’t figure out why she was angry with herself or what she had done wrong.
“She put a seal on the sword because she didn’t want you to rely too much on its power.”
“Ah…”
“As far as I expected, there were two cases where Erin could pull out the sword. The first is when Erinn’s skill has improved noticeably enough to allow her to freely control the magical power of her divine beast. Second is… With Shinsoo’s help, her magical output was temporarily increased. Well, the second method was a bit expedient, but it’s a method that can’t be done if you don’t get Shinsoo-sama’s approval.”
Eunhyeon glanced at Erin and continued.
“If you ask why you were suddenly selected because you weren’t selected until now, is it because you can’t be selected right now?”
“Eww…”
Erin, stabbed in the face, lowered her gaze slightly and nodded her head.
After hearing what Eunhyun said and the condition that she could draw the rapier, Erin realized why she couldn’t draw the sword again.
“You mean my level is still too low…”
“Yes. At least at your current level, it means that you can’t pull out that sword without Shinsoo-nim’s help.”
“Ha…”
Erin let out a small sigh as if her energy was draining.
After a lot of hard work, she thought she had grown a lot, but she realized that Eun-hyeon was far short of the growth she expected.
The attention and affection he pours into himself is so warm and kind, but it puts a lot of pressure on him.
“Hyun’s standards are too high…”
“Don’t be so downhearted. Although it was an expedient, the fact that you received Shinsoo-sama’s recognition is also an achievement and growth. Besides, I thought it would take about 3 years until you can pull out the sword yourself. Because it’s only been a year. You are never lagging behind.”
She smiled bitterly and stroked her hair to comfort her, but despite that comfort, Erin pouted her lips.
“Why on earth did you give me a weapon that can only be used after three years…”
“That’s because I was expecting an expedient like the one in this case.”
Eun-hyeon’s other goal is to induce the nine-tailed fox to help Erin.
The nine-tailed fox saw through Eun-hyeon’s intentions and accepted Eun-hyeon’s intentions without hesitation, even though he felt resentful that he dared to control his actions.
As a result, it was a great harvest to be able to indirectly confirm the will of the nine-tailed fox helping Erin in his own way.
“Grow up so that you can pull out that sword once, so that you can freely use Shinsoo-sama’s power.”
“… Always give me hard homework.”
“I believe you will do well. I can’t give you any advice about Shinsoo-nim’s power, but you have a good teacher besides me.”
“Miho is always angry with me…”
“Shinsu-nim? Why?”
“I don’t know. You always ignore me and keep scratching my heart with barbed words. It’s really narrow.”
[This scandal is… ? He doesn’t even think about what he does, and the politics that doesn’t work anywhere…]
Seeing Erin crying and complaining to Eunhyeon, she is at a loss for words.
From the point of view of the nine-tailed fox, he had no means of conveying his intentions to Eun-hyeon, so he couldn’t even make excuses for Erin’s open talk, so his clothes seemed about to explode.
Even right now, I wanted to take away Erin’s body just like when I first awakened the power of the divine beast, and reveal Erin’s true self, who only flirts in front of Eunhyun, but unlike the past when I was weak and timid, taking away Erin’s grown body was as much as I thought. It wasn’t easy.
“You are probably the only person in the world who can treat Shinsoo so carelessly.”
Eunhyun smiled bitterly and nodded her head slightly, and kept her neutrality through ambiguous expressions.
“Still, Shinsoo-nim will also recognize you. Otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to help me draw the sword.”
“Uh? Come to think of it, yes. Ah! Okay! Pretending not to be Miho, he actually liked me!”
[Absolutely wrong! You stupid thing!]
