Episode 182
“Aaaah!”
Niel screamed after being hit on the back of his neck with the side of the sword.
For a moment, he must have imagined his own head being cut off.
She sat down, still stroking her intact neck.
Sitting quietly with a soulless expression on her face, she finally looks more like a girl.
“You seem surprised.”
I held out my hand towards Niel.
“… … yes?”
She just looked at me and twitched her eyes.
When I pointed my finger at the side of the sword, she seemed to come to her senses.
“Who said I was surprised! “I’m not surprised!”
“And there’s no need to be scared. “Even though it’s a duel, we agreed to do it safely.”
“I’m not scared!”
Seeing that he started getting more energetic again right away, I think it would be okay to give him some more training.
As you know, growing sprouts grow better when you step on them often and strongly.
Of course, it was the logic I learned from my teacher.
“Then let’s continue.”
I widened the distance between me and Niel and readjusted my sword.
Niel’s pupils shake slightly.
Although she was trying to pretend to be strong, unless she was an idiot, she couldn’t help but feel the difference in strength.
“If you stare at me like that, you’ll get beaten again.”
I shuffled the sword a few times, then lightly went behind her and struck her in the back with the side of the sword.
What the hell-
“Like this.”
Niel immediately stumbled and fell.
“Aaaah!”
There are so many different screams.
This time, it will be difficult to get up right away because the mana is slightly loaded.
A more relaxed pose again.
I looked down at Niel and asked.
“Are you going to continue?”
“of course!”
Niel barely stood up using his sword as a cane.
A groaning sound escapes.
“are you okay?”
“Sure!”
It can’t be okay.
I could tell at a glance that my right leg was uncomfortable right now.
In that case, we need to strike a fair balance.
“song.”
As expected, even when I approach him leisurely, Niel does not react properly.
He comfortably entered her area and this time hit her left knee.
Whoa whoa-
“Haaaaah!”
Niel fell down, clutching his legs and letting out a groan.
It may hurt now, but I hit it just enough so that I can recover immediately after resting for a while.
Because I have an important schedule scheduled in two days.
“Have you changed your mind now?”
“What!”
“You said my swordsmanship was substandard.”
Niel had a disgruntled expression on his face and was unable to respond.
All he did was shake his clenched fists.
His temperament is so harsh.
“I will apologize on your behalf.”
Eventually, Yohan came forward.
He came up to the training ground and slightly bowed his head towards me.
“I committed great disrespect to my guests. My servant girl is still young and doesn’t know how big the world is. Please forgive me.”
It’s true that Niel is a kid, but Yohan himself is only eighteen now.
“no. On the contrary, this happened while my husband and I were watching our youngest Confucius practice, so I apologize once again.”
When I showed my courtesy, John bowed his head again.
“I had no idea you were such a great swordsman. “Would it be rude if I asked what kind of swordsmanship you used?”
“It’s Surama Blood Sword. “It’s not a widely known swordsmanship, so I don’t think you know.”
Yohan recited the five letters of Surama Blood Sword and tried to remember, but of course he couldn’t have heard of it.
“It’s strange! “I can’t believe that such great swordsmanship was unknown until now!”
“It is a sword technique passed down very secretly. This is because there are very few constitutions that can be mastered. “The reason my wife and I traveled aimlessly throughout Terah was to find a disciple who could teach us this swordsmanship.”
Shin Joo-ah’s eyes opened wide as she listened to me.
It’s a natural reaction.
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It’s her first time hearing this too.
“It’s a swordsmanship that only people with a special constitution can learn… … . There’s something mysterious about it. “Seeing as you’re still traveling, I guess you haven’t found anyone with that constitution?”
“no. “I think I found it.”
“yes?”
“It’s not clear yet, but I think we’ve just found a strong candidate.”
“Just now? that… … “No way!”
At that moment, Niel grunted and barely got up.
“Are you really talking about me?”
I looked at John and said as if I hadn’t heard him.
“During the sparring, I was able to sense a similar energy as mine from the youngest Confucius’ female servant.”
All three people who heard me looked surprised.
Of course, including Shin Joo-ah.
“Are you saying you found something special in Niel?”
“That’s right.”
I immediately told John that I wanted to make Niel my disciple.
Of course, John can never say yes.
If you don’t pass the qualification test, you will lose your ownership of Niel.
“I wish you had come a little earlier. It’s a pity. “It would have been a good opportunity for Niel as well.”
John was truly sorry and told me his situation.
Of course, it is as I know it.
“Then, let me make a suggestion to the youngest Confucius. “It will definitely be a good offer for both parties.”
“A suggestion?”
“yes. Please accept my wife and I as the youngest Confucius’ squire. “I will help you, Confucius, and make sure you pass the qualification exam.”
I looked at John and smiled.
* * *
“You seemed like a fraud.”
“I?”
“yes. Now that I see him lying without even changing his facial expression, I see Hoyoung Lee differently now. “How could you think of using a female servant to become a squire in that situation?”
“Let’s just call it an improvisation.”
“It’s scary.”
“What is there to be afraid of? “You have excellent intuition anyway, so you won’t be fooled by me.”
“My intuition is just a little better than other people’s, but it’s not perfect.”
“Was that something like that? “That’s good information.”
“I have to keep sharing a room with you from now on, but I have to be careful.”
When I thought about it, there was such a problem.
I never thought that blindly setting up a couple would cause such inconvenience.
This is the case even now.
Since Shin Joo-ah is changing her clothes, she cannot turn her head around in the room.
“Isn’t it done yet? “John is waiting outside.”
“You shouldn’t look away yet.”
“I understand.”
This is a very inconvenient setting.
“Now that’s enough.”
The reason we changed into clean clothes was to go with Johan to meet Dupont.
I have to report to the head of the family that I have become John’s squire.
From customer to squire in one day. I was curious how Dupont would accept this dynamic change.
“John! What did you just say? “Are you willing to accept this couple as your squires?”
“That’s right. father.”
“Is it because of the qualification exam that will be held in two days?”
“That’s right.”
Dupont let out a light sigh.
The desire for the youngest son to continue to remain in this house is probably stronger than anyone else’s.
That’s why I was sent a strategy book related to this.
However, as the head of the family, I know very well that there is little chance that Yohan will pass the test.
He must have sighed for that reason.
“You two. I also feel that he is a pretty good level martial artist. However, it is not something to make such a sudden decision. “The successor qualification test is no joke.”
“I know.”
Dupont continued speaking.
“Our family’s qualification test is designed to evaluate not only the blood descendants of Confucius but also his private soldiers. Do you know how many private soldiers John’s other brothers have?”
“I know that too. “I also heard that the qualification test will not take into account the youngest Confucius’s military history.”
“Then, did you hear why Yohan had difficulty building a private army?”
“That’s right.”
Severe checks from other maternal relatives.
In the western region, where the Miletino family was powerful, there were few warriors brave enough to join John’s private army.
Immediately, my family back home will receive death threats.
It is said that as such an atmosphere was formed, Yohan became a rotten rope, and there was no warrior anywhere who wanted to hold this rope.
Niel, a servant who had followed John since childhood, and a small number of private soldiers assigned according to the family law. That was all the power John had.
“You know everything and yet you are willing to become John’s servant. What do you want?”
“There was a secret contract between me and the youngest Confucius, and other than that, I don’t want anything in particular.”
“It’s a secret contract… … . Don’t ask. And thank you.”
Dupont expressed his sincere gratitude to me.
Of course, he still doesn’t expect his youngest son to pass the qualification exam in two days.
Just like a father, he supports his son until the end. It was just that much.
“If by any chance you help John pass the test, no. No, I was about to say something pointless.”
As expected, expectations are not high.
“If Confucius passes the test with the help of my husband and I, I think I will have something to ask the head of the family for.”
“If you ask for common sense, I will do anything.”
“Maybe it’s not a big deal. “There is just one thing I want to ask.”
“I don’t know what it is, but I think it would be nice if there came a moment when I could be asked that question.”
Dupont just smiled softly and didn’t say anything after that.
* * *
Rumors about what happened today quickly spread.
Shin Joo-ah and I were almost treated like crazy when we realized that we had joined John’s squire with only two days left before the qualification exam.
I was thinking about doing some training at the training center, but troublesome things kept happening, so I just moved into the annex.
Of course, it was quite a boring time in the annex.
Shin Joo-ah is not a fun character to hang out with.
“Are you going out for a bit at night?”
“uh. “I don’t have time to teach Niel, so I have to make time like this.”
“Is it because of responsibility?”
“Well, you may seem like a fraudster, but I can’t help but think about John, who will be left behind after we leave.”
Even if he miraculously passes the qualification test, if the two of us leave this 28th floor, there will be a huge vacuum in John’s power.
Deciding to teach Niel was also a reason to ease the burden on my heart.
“Then, I’ll sleep first tonight.”
“I see. Instead, you know that you shouldn’t sleep alone with your blanket wrapped around you, right?”
“Did I do that last night?”
“He was pulling the blanket little by little while he was sleeping.”
“I guess my old sleeping habits came out. “I will be careful about that.”
“Then, sleep first. “I’m going to go out for a while.”
“I think it’s still a little early, don’t you think?”
“why? “Because you want to be with me a little longer?”
“What are you saying? no.”
As Shin Joo-ah said, I was planning to go out a little earlier than planned.
At some point, someone was loitering outside the annex where we were staying.
‘It doesn’t seem like there’s any sign of Niel.’
I don’t know whose orders it was, but if they come around here with subversive intentions, I plan to catch them and kill them.
-Continued in Episode 183-
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