episode_0073
by fnovelpia“Are you here?”
Again. With the moment of breaking the branch, Revan returned to the elf colony.
“···Yes. I’m here.”
I felt nauseous because of the feeling of rushing through a ley line. It was a strange sensation that I probably wouldn’t get used to even if I experienced it a few more times.
Revan followed Andra with a slightly unsteady gait.
“······.”
“······.”
While the two were walking in silence, Andra asked.
“Did you finish your work well?”
It was surprising to Revan. Because I thought Andra was wary of me.
He wasn’t so tactless that he couldn’t read the emotions contained in seemingly indifferent questions. Revan answered in a grave voice.
“Yes. I’ve finished it.”
After hearing the answer, Andra closed her mouth again and walked forward. Until Revan heads to the lodgings where he will be staying for a while.
***
“Are you here?”
The type of accommodation where the elves accommodated guests was quite similar to the dormitory at the academy. central hall. Multiple rooms.
However, it had not been refurbished because it had not been used for a long time. So the elves cleaned up the dormitory while Revan and El went out for a while.
“Did you have a good trip?”
“Well, I just came here to have a meal with my family. Nothing much happened.”
L answered Revan with his usual expressionless face. But there was no sign of that gaze leaving Revan’s face.
“I’m fine too.”
“···Well, I’m glad if that’s the case.”
El seemed to have arrived a little earlier than Revan. After already organizing the room, he was reorganizing the artifacts he had.
“Revan.”
“Ah, yes.”
Andra, who watched the two talking for a moment, motioned to Revan.
“Well, as you can see, there are a lot of rooms, but there are few customers. If you take any of the keys lying here-”
“Ah, junior. Please take it.”
Just before Andra explained the room Revan would be staying in, El threw something at Revan.
Something small and silver flew out. Ch-! Revan caught the object without difficulty.
Revan stretched out his hand and checked something he was holding. It was a silver key.
“No. 203?”
“This is the room next to mine.”
Jingling- Jingling- El was turning the ring on the key back and forth with her finger. The keychain had the words No. 202 written on it.
“Don’t we see each other often anyway? Let’s take it easy in the next room.”
After throwing away the key, L sat down on the sofa in the center and put the fruit in the basket into her mouth. As if nothing had happened.
However, Revan also has something called the ability to learn. In my own way, I was able to read El’s ecology.
L had a pattern of making it difficult for others to ask questions when he behaved in a way that he thought was embarrassing. Perhaps putting fruit in your mouth is one of them.
Now that I think about it, the hug in the club room must have taken quite a bit of courage. Revan chuckled.
“······?”
A question mark appeared on El’s face as she looked at Revan, who was smiling as if he was relaxed. Revan answered coolly.
“Yes. That’s right.”
The speed at which El’s jaw moved as she put the fruit in her mouth and ate it slowed down. Revan asked Andra next to him.
“Can I leave my luggage in my room?”
“We have all the basic necessities provided. You can also keep your personal items in your room.”
Well, it wasn’t much of a burden to say the least. I returned Babieka to Arrieta and the gas mask probably won’t be worn while I’m with L.
“If I had to say that I would have anything other than coats and clothes. I understand.”
Revan answered calmly and grabbed the doorknob of room 203. El, looking at the back of Revan’s head, thought.
“···Something, something different.”
***
“Nice to meet you. Everyone.”
chuck. Dense forest. At the entrance, Lysion stood with his back to me.
“You probably already know this, but let me introduce it one more time to strengthen my resolve. I’m Lysion. They are recognized as the best among elves in combat. Thank you very much.”
Lysion bowed lightly and greeted.
“Please take care of me too.”
Among the two, Revan greeted as the representative. And L, who was standing next to him, also bowed his head and said hello.
“As I told you in advance, I will teach you Hapgong. ASAP.”
chuck. El raised her hand.
“Can I ask a question?”
“Yes. Lumiere. Questions are available.”
“Why does Lysion have a different attitude from other elves?”
Revan was also curious. The elders and Andra took it for granted that they would purify the World Tree in the future, but there was no sense that it needed to be done urgently.
However, Lysion strongly insisted that she regain her strength as soon as possible, even tearing off the front of her clothes to show the contaminated area.
Perhaps the attitude of Andra and the elders is basic to elves. Although Lysion’s strong argument was of great help to Revan and El, it also raised questions.
“Fruit-”
“I won’t listen to people saying, “Because I cut the fruit.” Isn’t that the main reason?”
Just before Lysion could come up with the excuse he had brought up earlier, El cut off the horse’s waist.
“···Um.”
Lysion narrowed his eyebrows and fell into contemplation. My fingers twitched and my toes tapped the ground.
“First of all, cutting the fruit really helped me confront the elder and Andra.”
“···How much is it?”
“About 20%?”
It was something of a subtle shame. Actually, I didn’t cut it, I just picked it up and ate it. L’s expression became strange.
“And it’s also because of my experience.”
Big. Lysion cleared his throat and began speaking.
“First of all, I have had some interaction with humans. Because I was curious about their martial arts.”
“Martial arts, you mean?”
It was a word that came as a surprise to the humans Revan and El. There was a perception that the elves’ combat skills, including swordsmanship and archery, were on a different level.
“Martial arts of humans and elves. Do you know what the biggest difference is between the two?”
Lysion asked himself, and answered himself.
“It is the difference in perception of time.”
“Differences in perception of time?”
“The swordsmanship of our elves is strong and elegant. There are no gaps and it is straight. However, that is only possible because they are ‘elves’.”
“···What does that mean?”
“Elves are given a long time. And the characteristics of Jangsaeng are deeply embedded in swordsmanship.
To put it bluntly, even if you teach elf swordsmanship to humans, the chances of it being effective are very low.
The opposite is also true. Even if you teach human swordsmanship to elves, it is unlikely that they will be effective. Because they do not understand the will and heart engraved within it.”
“Are you saying that there is only a difference, but no significant advantage?”
“To put it simply, yes.”
Rather, the idea was that there was discrimination, not superiority, between humans and elves. That’s why we need to regain our strength as soon as possible. El asked.
“Why is that…?”
“I am on the younger side among elves, but I am 10 times older than you. Therefore, there is something to be read when looking at the weapons being wielded.”
thud. Lysion struck the floor with the tip of his sword.
“And what is felt most deeply at the tip of the human sword is desire.”
Revan and El nodded at the same time. Because desire is the most basic emotion for humans.
“It may seem obvious to you, but it wasn’t to me. When I first saw a human sword, I was very surprised that such strong emotions could form at the tip of the sword.
And at the same time, I realized. There is nothing that human desires cannot reach. The tip of that sword is our mother. Even if it is a count.”
wickedness. Lysion’s dry voice began to contain indescribable emotions.
“The reason humans don’t attack elves is out of respect for helping them.”
“······.”
“It’s almost like a fear that the elves might point the tip of their sword at them.”
Whoosh – Lision stretched his hand into the air and took out something from his inventory. It was an almost empty bottle, with a little green liquid remaining.
“But the fear seems to have faded now, so they created something like this.”
“What is that?”
“Poison. Even elves can be put to sleep.”
“How did you know that?”
El asked, raising her hand.
“I tried it. In a place where there is no one. I felt sick to my stomach. If I hadn’t been that strong, I would have definitely had my mind destroyed and become a cripple.”
A hint of patheticness was added to El’s eyes as he looked at Lysion. Revan smiled bitterly as he remembered El chewing on a poisonous mushroom.
“Anyway, I don’t want friction between humans and elves. Therefore, we must purify Mother as soon as possible and show humans our power to prevent friction. This is my argument.”
It was a more detailed and detailed explanation. After understanding, El and Revan nodded.
“The interests are aligned, so there is no need to hesitate. Now, training begins.”
***
“······.”
3 days later. Andra arrived at the forest where the three were training. It was also an inspection of whether the training was progressing well.
“Acknowledgment, Acknowledgment.”
“······.”
“Save-”
dump. El, whose white hair had turned brown here and there due to the dirt getting all over it, fell down at Andra’s feet and fainted.
“······H.”
Revan, who had taken off his gas mask, was also laughing heartily. This was the first time I knew about Andra. Even Revan can make that kind of expression.
“Ah, Andra.”
However, he is the one who made them end up like that. Lysion casually came in front of Andra.
“Training is progressing normally. Both of their talents are more extraordinary than you might think. I think it could probably shorten the time considerably.”
Lysion reported brightly, with a smile that he rarely showed as if he was happy.
“······.”
The wrinkles on Andra’s forehead deepened.
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