29 – Sword Saint – 1

 

After listening to the explanation in more detail, I found out that the Sword Saint did not come as a special teacher purely to teach Brünnhild.

 

It was also to calm the anxiety that had spread since the Dungeon Demonization incident occurred.

 

Although Rosaria was sitting in her academy making various excuses, she was still only a candidate and not an official saint, so it was not enough to completely calm her anxiety.

 

Geomseong was the perfect piece to fill in that missing part.

 

“The fact that he is coming here is the highest secret of all. “I’m going to gather all the students next Monday and introduce them in front of them, so I have to keep it a secret until then?”

 

Brünnhilde said that rumors about the Sword Saint should never be spread, and she requested that she be faithful.

 

“Is it okay for us to meet? “You said we have to keep it a secret until Monday?”

 

Priscilla, I, and Aria had rented an entire private sparring building at the request of Brünnhild, who had asked for some time on Saturday. It’s quite luxurious.

 

For your information, I paid the rental fee. It wasn’t much.

 

Of course, by my standards.

 

“You guys are okay. “When I was persuading the Sword Saint, I sold Mira and Aria’s names for a bit.”

 

“You sold my name with Aria?”

 

It was an incredibly absurd sound. When I asked, Brunhild nodded.

 

“Jake, that professor said he wouldn’t teach us swordsmanship. So, in addition to teaching me, I asked you both to watch over me as well. I heard that first-year students at Bellium Academy had nothing to teach the professor, and they seemed very interested. In fact, I sold you two and brought them in…… Ah, you have come.”

 

Brünnhild stood up with a happy face. I also stood up and looked in the direction Brunhild was looking. From afar, a woman was walking towards us with static steps.

 

Her brown hair, which reached down to her ankles, was tied tightly in a ponytail near the back of her head, and her light blue eyes were calm, without even the slightest wavering.

 

However, the only thing that opened was the left eye. Her right eye had a long scar that stretched from just below her eyebrows to near her lip, and perhaps because of the scar, her right eye was completely closed.

 

The overall clothes she was wearing were close to a yukata. Although it only resembles it to a certain extent, it is not really a yukata. And inside, he will be wearing a uniform that symbolizes him.

 

However, despite being a sword saint, the sword was nowhere to be seen.

 

It was natural. From the loose clothes to the fact that his hands were bare, it was all done to hide his trauma.

 

“Sword Saint!”

 

Brünnhild waved his hand happily. Geomseong seemed to accept the greeting with a warm smile, but then paused for a moment, lowered his half-raised hand, and stiffened his face.

 

The only light blue eye that opened began to glare in this direction.

 

“Uh…… Sword Saint, sir?”

 

Brünnhild, who at first had a blank expression, wondering if it was a joke, looked like he couldn’t understand what was going on, as soon as he felt like he was in earnest.

 

“…… !!!!!”

 

In an instant, an extremely slimy and horrifying murderous body poured out.

 

Brünnhilde gasped and swayed her body, and Arya collapsed on the floor, trembling and wrapping her arms around her. Priscilla clenched her fists and bit her lip as if trying to hold on.

 

She put her strength into her legs and forced herself to support her body. She was so strong that she couldn’t even remember anything about her past that Priscilla had told her about. They said she was the strongest on the human side even without a sword, and that was not an empty statement at all.

 

“… ….”

 

Suddenly, my thoughts went to eternity.

 

I was seriously worried about whether I should bring up Yeongwon or not. I wanted to pull out the knife like this. Otherwise, I felt like I would be decapitated right away.

 

The distance has become even narrower. Living accordingly has also become stronger. Brünnhilde was barely able to support her body with her holy sword, and Aria was almost fainting.

 

A trickle of her blood was flowing from Priscilla’s lips.

 

The image of the eternity that appeared on my waist began to become more and more clear. Dozens of concerns came and went in a short period of time. Anxiety as if my head would be blown off by the Sword Saint at any moment engulfed my entire body.

 

As eternity became clearer, life also became more intense. Now, I felt as if the Sword Saint’s hand was cutting me into pieces several times a second.

 

ㅡKuung.

 

One last step has been taken. She had a hunch in her heart. That’s the last one. I gritted my teeth. This thing dies. It must be accepted. Otherwise—

 

“Luckily I wasn’t eaten by karma.”

 

“… ….”

 

Geomseong smiled warmly. The deadly force that had filled the surroundings disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was just after I had prepared for death and given up on realizing eternity.

 

He supported Priscilla, who was about to collapse, bleeding from her torn lip, by her side. Priscilla’s whole body was damp with sweat. When Geomseong saw her bleeding lips, he felt sorry for her and gave her a helpless expression.

 

“Oh my. I didn’t mean to do that. I’m sorry. “Take this at least.”

 

Geomseong took out a glass bottle with red liquid flowing from his sleeve and threw it. I grabbed it reflexively.

 

“It is a potion made by diluting elixir to a ratio of 10 times. “It will be much more effective than most advanced potions.”

 

“… ….”

 

If that is true, no matter how much it was diluted 10 times, it was too precious to be used for a torn lip.

 

But that is none of my business. It was given to me to use, so I have to use it. I remained vigilant and checked the authenticity of the potion, and only after confirming that it was real did I apply it to Priscilla’s lips.

 

New skin immediately grew on the torn wound. I wiped the blood flowing down my chin and neck with my sleeve. Geomseong saw me like that and smiled bitterly.

 

“Oh, Sword Saint. Just now…….”

 

“How many times do I tell you to call me Rachel? What is Sword Saint, Sword Saint? “It looks like it doesn’t exist.”

 

The swordsman, who had lightly beaten Brünnhild, who was struggling to call out to him, soon walked up to Aria’s side and gently rubbed her back.

 

“I feel sorry for doing something like this. But please just know that I had no choice because of that student.”

 

“…… You mean it’s because of Mira? “Why him?”

 

Brünnhild made a questioning expression. Not only Brünnhild, but also Priscilla, Aria, and last but not least, me, the person involved.

 

“I can’t tell you here. “I think that student will be in trouble.”

 

“… ….”

 

“Shall we talk separately? “Aren’t you curious why I said this or why I did that?”

 

Of course I’m curious. I exchanged a look with Priscilla and then stood up, alert. I made Priscilla sit on the sofa again and followed behind the Sword Saint.

 

Geomseong stopped his steps only after turning the corner and moving away to a distance where the remaining three could not be seen. Then he opened his mouth with a face full of pensiveness.

 

“I saw the ‘karma’ contained in your soul. He really killed a lot of things. Regardless of humans or monsters.”

 

“… ….”

 

Since I felt like I had a rough idea of what that karma was, I chose to remain silent.

 

“How old are you this year?”

 

“I’m eighteen.”

 

“Even I, the so-called Sword Saint, would not dare to guess what kind of life you must lead to take that many lives at your age. “How could this child have accumulated more soul karma than me?”

 

That’s right, the number of humans and monsters I killed in the first world would be overwhelmingly greater than the number killed by Sword Saint. It’s something that can’t be helped.

 

“First of all, I should say I’m sorry. Because I felt the karma filled with your soul, I had no choice but to take the test first. If there was even the slightest chance of being eaten by that business, I should have killed you before that happened. “Before the soul becomes corrupted and becomes a murderer.”

 

You are a murderer. In the first world, I never really worried about that. Apparently, in this world, there is a concept that killing a lot of people makes you crazy.

 

“Leona, that girl has been talking a lot about you. She should make sure she doesn’t kill her friend with her own hands. Even if I end up resenting that child…….”

 

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The sword saint’s eyes as he spoke those words were dripping with love for Brünnhild.

 

“So, how was it?”

 

“You can rest assured right now. Don’t worry. If there had been even the slightest chance of him turning into a murderer, he would have immediately drawn his weapon in that situation. But you endured to the end, didn’t you?”

 

Geomseong smiled. His appearance was hard to believe that he was approaching 50 years old. According to the setting, his appearance stopped at around the age of 23, the age when he was out of the human realm.

 

“You said you were eighteen, right?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“I can’t believe it. Did you bear the curse of some ancient dungeon? How could at that age… ….”

 

I chose silence again. It was an ambiguous question to answer hastily. It’s just for the same reason that you can use the abilities you gained in the first world here.

 

It is imprinted in the soul. My abilities and my past.

 

“Wouldn’t it be difficult to tell this to other children? So, I deliberately called him and told him separately, but maybe I was just out of line?”

 

“Not at all. Thank you for your kindness.”

 

“I’m glad that’s the case.”

 

Geomseong smiled warmly and motioned for us to go back. Obediently, she followed him.

 

“True. I guess I’ll have to pay the price for living so hard from the first meeting. When I go to the academy later, I wonder if you’ll come visit me sometime. “I will give you something very good.”

 

Geomseong winked at me and then took another step. It’s such a good thing, I don’t know why people are willing to pay for it.

 

The three returned to the waiting position. Everyone had calmed down to some extent. Aria, who was in the worst condition, looked fine except that her eyes were slightly red.

 

“What were you two talking about here?”

 

“It’s about the reason why I had no choice but to act like that. “Ask this child if you can tell him more details.”

 

All three eyes turned to me at the same time. I nodded.

 

“There must be a reason. “I’ll tell you later when we’re alone.”

 

While Brünhild was grumbling softly and wondering if she should tell me now, I hid my hand under the table and tapped her palm at an angle visible only to Priscilla who was sitting next to her.

 

Priscilla checked my signal and blinked her eyes discreetly to indicate that she understood. While we were doing that, Geomseong told me to come visit him later, just as he had done to me.

 

“So, is this the kid Jake said he had nothing to teach?”

 

“Yes, that’s right.”

 

“…… “I guess it’s worth it.”

 

Geomseong looked at me with an ambiguous expression. I think it was because I had a misunderstanding, not a misunderstanding, about how I developed my current skills.

 

“I understand. Well then, shall we take a look at your skills? Come, Leona. You are the first. “The last time I came here, I postponed it because I thought I couldn’t do it where all my friends were, right?”

 

Geomseong, holding the small teaspoon that was placed next to the teacup, calmly walked to the center of the sparring hall. Brunhild saw that and was disgusted.

 

“When are you going to listen to Jingeom?”

 

“Do you expect me to pull out a real sword when I can’t even use a toothpick or a twig? “If I feel unfair, I will try to improve my skills and make myself feel threatened.”

 

Brünnhild grumbled, raised the holy sword, and faced the sword saint.

 

That’s what they say, but I knew the real reason why the swordsman didn’t raise his true sword. No, more accurately, it should be said that it is the reason why I cannot list it.

 

After attacking the Demon King and being defeated, his sword suffered severe trauma.