Chapter 53 – 53. Master of the Fire Dragon Sword
I had a few days to spare before the one-of-a-kind contest held by the Tang family, so I took care of Namgung Su-ah.
I don’t know if she was full of curiosity about me, or if she wanted to run into me and break it with all her might, but she was waiting for me at the same time.
Now, with the all-you-can-eat competition approaching the next day, today, we sparred without fail.
Fuck. Fast. Pak.
As always, she was beaten by me and was running towards the completion of the royal sword dance.
However, if you just beat it, you will get bruised, and it is obvious that people around you will notice.
It’s a bit reluctant to smile while being hit by me, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it roughly.
Namgung Soo-ah, who had been broken by me over and over again, was lying on the floor in her guernsey, exhausted, her heart beating loudly.
I judged that today’s training should be finished like this, I knelt down and moved next to her and sat on the floor.
Unlike usual, she didn’t go away when her training was over, but when I sat down next to her, her Namgung Sua’s stupid hair drew her hook.
I really can’t get used to that stupid hair. In the future, I didn’t see him expressing his emotions because his stupid hair was cut.
Asked her gasping for breath beside her.
“Aren’t you curious about my true identity?”
“Are you going to tell me?”
“It’s the last day, so if you keep it a secret, there’s nothing I can’t tell you. Do you want to hear it?”
“Yeah…! I want to listen.”
Stupid Hair dances wildly as if happy to have her trust. No, wait… Isn’t that the king sword dance?
I was dumbfounded for a while at the absurd situation that the stupid hairy king was dancing, but I decided not to care. I held out her pinky finger to her, not showing her embarrassment and maintaining her face.
“I will tell you if you promise to keep my identity and skills a secret from now on.”
She stared blankly at my little finger, then looked at me and asked.
“Is this enough?”
“That’s enough.”
“Do you believe me?”
“Yes. Trust me. So go ahead.”
“…”
Namgung Soo-ah licks her mouth and she puts on an indescribable expression. Seeing her like that makes her feel slightly guilty.
I’m sorry for her, but I told her one of her lies.
Because what I believe in is not the girl in front of her, but her future Namgoong Soo-ah.
The girl from the future said 〈 overwhelmingly crushes, tramples, and humiliates me in the past, and then exposes her true nature, then if I show her a pinky finger saying that she believes in me, she will act as if she’ll give me everything including liver. Did.
Even if the former was so, the latter was a bit dubious.
If you believe that a 24-year-old woman will act like she’ll give her liver for a promise she makes with her little finger, you’ll have to question her head before trusting her.
As her silence flowed, Namgung Soo-ah, who had awakened her spirit, hooked her own little finger on her little finger and shook her up and down.
After a playful ceremony to keep her promise, Namgung Soo-ah stared at her intently at me, she said.
“Now tell me.”
Looking at the face that seemed to firmly believe that I would tell you, I felt a prank in an instant. She pondered for a moment on whether to say that it was a joke, but decided to quit.
She felt like she would be greatly shocked if he did.
“My name is Baekwoon. I’m 19, a quick-witted disciple of the Hwasan Sect, and I’m not a student of the Sword Master.”
“After the Maehwa sword…!”
It seems that Master is the object of envy among female swordsmen in the midfield. Seeing how this Namgung Soo-ah reacted like that with her eyes wide open, she said.
“And at the same time, he has the same martial arts as Master.”
“Hyeongyeong…!?”
If the expression of admiration and understanding had been on the face just before, this time it was full of astonishment and understanding. No, Hyungyeong is not the name of a dog’s house, so what is the attitude of accepting and accepting it right away?
Putting aside accepting it, I think it’s too easy to believe. I’m worried that someone will follow me by giving me candy like this.
“Do you believe?”
“So you’re lying?”
“…No.”
“That’s all right.”
Saying that, Namgung Soo-ah looked up at me with bright eyes. What on earth does he believe in me so much?
All I did was make them face the reality and beat them for gender equality so that they could face their inner self. Or is it because he likes it because he likes it, so his trust soars? I do not know.
“But why hide your skills?”
“It’s for private reasons. That’s why I’m not active and I’m not active, and I’m not trying to spread my fame on purpose. So, don’t tell me anywhere.”
“Yes. I won’t tell you.”
“And don’t just follow someone who gives you candy.”
“?…I won’t follow you.”
Namgoong Soo-ah makes an expression that she doesn’t know why she is saying this.
Hagisa The adults in Sega must have already told you when you were little that you shouldn’t follow the person who gives you candy.
I might sound like a nag, since she’d been told the same thing over and over again, but she just replied that she wouldn’t do it in all sincerity.
“Yes, yes. You don’t have to follow me. Rather, get up now.”
As she stands up while brushing the dust off her pants, Namgung Soo-ah tilts her head as she gets up as she tells her to.
“Are you doing more?”
“No. Today is the end of looking after your sword. We’ll meet again at the one-of-a-kind contest, but after that, we’ll go our separate ways.”
“…Yes.”
She looked at Namgung Soo-ah, who was sullen, and she said with a wry smile that she had grown fond of the past three days.
“But don’t be too sad. Because it’s the last time, I’m thinking of giving you a present.”
“Gift?”
“Yes. It’s old.”
“?”
I draw a hook that I often see the stupid hair of Namgung Soo-ah who received the Fire Dragon Treasure Sword I gave him. Her face asking why she passed this on to herself made Namgung Soo-ah, who has started making various expressions lately, make her funny face.
After laughing, I said my last goodbye to the Fire Dragon before I completely cut my mind off.
‘I had a great time meeting you. Take good care of Namgung Soo-ah, Hwa-ryong.’
[Huh, I was happy to meet you too. As for her, trust only her main seat. If she puts a mighty coriander in front of her eyes and sees the desire to grow that rushes through even as it breaks, she will be able to grow it wonderfully!]
‘…’
That smile is probably not because of the desire to grow up. What, is it
I didn’t even need to tell you there. If you know the truth, you might reject it, so wouldn’t it be better not to talk for each other’s sake?
I spat out a word to Namgung Soo-ah, who was still confused and unable to grasp the situation.
“It’s yours.”
“…Uh?”
“That sword is yours now.”
“…To?”
Reaction is fun
In the future, she had a personality that was a little sleazy and made the people around her sick, but at this time, it was fun to open her mouth slightly and make a puzzled expression, probably because she was pure and innocent.
How frustrating the growing environment must have been, will future swordsmen with such an intolerant personality show such a cold-blooded appearance?
Then, having finally accepted the fact that the gift I was giving her was the Fire Dragon Treasure Sword, her stupid hair spins rapidly.
“Isn’t this the precious sword Master gave me?”
“It’s only known that way, but it’s the sword I pulled out of the Devil’s Palace. So it doesn’t matter if I give it to someone else. It’s already been approved by the Master and Master, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
“Still…”
Is my conscience too pricked to just accept it? Perhaps he had a new intuition that the Fire Dragon Sword was one of the best new recruits in this midfield, and he was gripping it in his hand as if it was precious, but it was clear that he was conflicted over whether or not to receive it.
It would be embarrassing and burdensome for me to say that a master would suddenly come out and teach me and even give me his treasured sword.
If it were me, I would still accept it.
So let me ask you a favor.
“Then help me later.”
“I?”
“Yes. I will be entering the Magician Academy after a year. My master intends to become a lecturer by that time, but it would be nice if there were more instructors with me. I think it looks like it. Can you help me at the Magician Academy?”
I was able to question why I was a Hyungyeong, but why did I needlessly try to enter the Magyeong Academy?
The Majyeong Academy is a place where Zhuge Sega is the dean and there are only a few masters of Hwagyeong. Rather than entering the school to raise the level, they go to build a network with those who will succeed the next generation and learn how to attack the Magician to manage the realm. Because it was close
However, as soon as I asked for help as an instructor because I will be entering the Makyung Academy next year, Namgung Soo-ah nodded her head vigorously and replied that she knew.
“I’ll help you. I’ll definitely climb the hwagyeong and become an instructor to help Baekwoon. I promise.”
“That’s something I’m grateful for. Please take good care of me then, Teacher Namgung Soo-ah.”
“Yeah…! I’ll work hard…!”
Sua Namgung took my hand and shook it vigorously. She didn’t have much of a yōkai’s characteristics, and her hands were calloused like a normal human would have trained her sword, but the feel wasn’t too bad.
After making her promise, I dismissed her jinbeol and told her playfully.
“But you’re not going to lose tomorrow’s all-you-can-eat contest?”
“Yeah. I’m going to work hard too. I, eat stimulating food.”
Then, as if he had suddenly remembered, Soo-ah Namgung tapped my shoulder.
“Yes why?”
“I’m twenty-four. Baekun is nineteen.”
“…”
Is this bastard now asking for respectful words by pushing the age difference?
“What, can you say something respectful?”
Dory dory.
Seeing him shaking his head in denial, it seems that he doesn’t value manners enough to want to hear respectful words from his benefactor. The future Namgung Soo-ah was like that too, but it might not be the Namgung Soo-ah in front of her, so I asked, but I guess I misunderstood.
After shaking her head enough to shake off the loose dust clinging to her hair, which is called horsehair because it resembles the tail of a horse, Namgung Soo-ah pointed her finger at me and then at me, she said.
“I’m older sister. You’re younger sister. So you should call me older sister. Otherwise, I won’t do you a favor.”
“Hah? You’ve already received the Fire Dragon Sword, is that so?”
“I haven’t hooked my little finger yet.”
“…”
What did he eat wrong all of a sudden? Or was it that the part I hit failed to bleed and the head was injured somewhere?
She thought about it seriously, but when she came to the conclusion that she couldn’t figure it out, she thought it was useless.
It would be meaningless to try to wrap my head around something I don’t even know the cause of, so it would be better to just accept it coolly and move on.
So she spit it out.
“Sua’s sister.”
“…”
“Why? You called me Sua’s sister because I comforted her by calling her older sister.”
Namgoong Soo-ah, who stared at me like that,
Shiver.
“Uh, uh? Hey! Your nosebleeds!”
She suddenly started bleeding from her nose.
