episode_0013
by fnovelpiaWith the addition of good medicine to the strong body, the body quickly became better.
After the wounds disappear, he spends his days training until he is tired as usual, greeting the people living in the village, and returning to his room to sleep and rest. The only change is that he sleeps with Mayhen.
In a bathtub that was spacious enough for the two of us to soak in, Mayhen was embracing me. Sword master, maid, older sister, and lover. It was a lot of roles for one person to fill, but Mayhen was doing them all well in her own way.
Well, we haven’t defined exactly what our relationship is. Strictly speaking, that’s it.
“But I hit it so hard that it bruised me, but only I got hurt, and Mayhen is fine? The skin is swollen enough, but is there a way to train the skin separately?”
“Ah, that’s because the thought has taken hold of your body now.”
Mayhen took out her hand from the water, saying that she would show him something interesting for a moment. Then she held it about 30cm away with her palm facing the water. What was she trying to show him?
“Shh, stay still, I need you to concentrate.”
As Mayhen concentrated, the water surface began to ripple. Then, with a thud, droplets of water began to splash out of the water. The water in the bathtub that had been wrapping around her body began to swirl around just below Mayhen’s hand. It gradually gained speed and reached Mayhen’s palm like seawater rising in a whirlwind. The water rose for about 5 seconds, twisting and turning, and then Mayhen clenched his fist and fell to the surface.
Clap, clap, clap – It was a sight that made people applaud.
“Oh, wow! Did you do it with your energy right now? No. You can’t use your energy right now.”
I am taking a bath with Mayhen right now, but I am telling myself not to waste energy, and my physical time is passing by. Huh? Then Mayhen has no reason to wash. But what is important now is not such trivial things.
“How did you do it?”
“The power of pure will.”
Idea, will. So, you’re saying that if you think about it, water will rise, and it will?
Hmm, of course, that might be possible in this world, but I have no idea. Now, I can handle various mysterious energies such as magic and energy, so if you say I used magic, I would understand, but the thought itself was possible in the original world. Moving water with just a thought was a difficult explanation to accept.
“Please tell me more, Sister.”
“Yes, this will be a long explanation. Please listen carefully.”
“The first thing you need to know is that human thoughts have power.”
“Strength?”
“Yes, I just imagined the water swirling up. Sometimes, when ignorant wizards show this, they say, ‘The subconscious that wants to move the water controls the subtle mana in nature, causing a quantum probability amplitude change in the existence of the substance…’ But it proves that I am not the one who cannot use my energy right now. ”
Quantum probability truth… what? Okay, I guess I’ll never be able to use magic again.
I also strongly imagined water gushing out following Mayhen, but nothing happened.
“But I can’t?”
“Not everyone is the same. It depends on who does it.”
Mayhen resumed her lengthy explanation.
“This is a story from another country that existed in the past. It is said that there is a secret book that has been passed down as a treasure in the royal family. It is a secret book that controls distracting thoughts and is said to have excellent efficacy. To summarize the contents of the secret book that has been passed down orally, it is said that it integrates the 84,000 types of human afflictions into one, and that if you imagine what you want, it will actually come true. For example, it is said that if you concentrate on the thought of having a sculpted body, the muscles of your entire body will change on their own even if you sit still, and it has a mysterious effect of losing weight and increasing muscle mass. Of course, this is just a story. In reality, the content is said to be nothing more than a book that describes how to concentrate well. However, if you think about the fact that such a book actually existed, it seems that people have known since ancient times that something changes when they concentrate deeply. The important thing is concentration and persistence. Even people who live ordinary lives can have their thoughts affect their bodies and actions if they are serious about their work. People who are always serious about their work have much faster speed, better skills, and better quality than others, even when they do the same work. This is the idea that the desire to do one’s work well usually affects the results of the body and actions. We call these people craftsmen. Also, if it is embedded in an object, it is called a luxury item. An example of a luxury item is the one I often use when lighting a fire…”
“Wait! Sister, just a moment. Please summarize briefly, roughly three lines, or at most five lines.”
If you tell such a long story at once, it will be difficult for the listener to understand.
“… Here are two onions. One onion is criticized, and the other onion is praised.”
“If an ordinary person who has not trained does it, the two onions will grow without much difference.”
“However, if you gather apprentices and have them do it, the difference is noticeable.”
“And when the veteran knights, who had been starving for two days and were furious, were ordered to swear, the onions soon rotted. And the onions that were praised after being treated to a large meal the next day grew twice as big as the same variety that the farmer had grown in his field.”
“To summarize more briefly, there is an idea. If you train it, it accumulates in your body and becomes stronger. It accumulates not only in your body but also in your objects and actions. That’s all. ”
It’s a story of an extremely inhumane experiment. But thanks to it, it’s easier to understand. Does that mean that Mayhen’s body also became stronger?
“You could say that. Right now, even if Hyunho swings his sword, my skin will only be slightly cut and that’s it. But that’s not the case if you use magic power.”
Yeah, come to think of it, Mayhen once jumped high with me without even using her stamina. A Sergeant Jump of 60m? That’s an unbelievable amount of strength.
“There is still no theory that precisely explains the energy that causes such supernatural phenomena. However, there are records that contain this idea in technology.”
Mayhen, who had left for a moment to demonstrate, sat down in the bathtub while hugging me again. Then she resumed her story.
“Once upon a time, there was a knight who swung his sword in the air every day for fifteen years, hoping to cut down the sky.”
“Yes? Is it okay for a reporter to do something like that?”
“This is our ancestor.”
“What a romantic goal. You are a model for knighthood.”
All those who laughed were beaten and crawled on the ground, she continued the story of her ancestors. She had a rare expression of satisfaction on her face.
“During the day, he swung his sword toward the sun, and at night, toward the moon. When clouds covered the sun and moon, he swung his sword as if to split the clouds. Only on dark nights, when not even the moon could be seen, did he rest.”
“So fifteen years. On a day when the full moon rose particularly large, the ancestors mustered all their strength to swing their swords and fell.”
“The attendant next to him saw that the sword had just slashed through the air, and the moon was fine. However, when he ran to pick up his fallen ancestor, his ancestor pointed to the moon with a trembling finger, saying that he had done it.”
“When the attendant went to the place where the ancestor was standing, the path of the sword drawn was said to have slid through the air, leaving behind the moonlight. From the ancestor’s position, it really looked like the moon had been cut.”
“You finally succeeded?”
“Well, you could say that. How can you actually cut down the moon? It’s just an old story that no one believes in, and the modern knights who know what the sun and moon are don’t even try. Maybe the story of swinging a sword for more than a dozen years is a lie.”
Mayhen, who decided that it was just a legend. However, his expression did not seem to indicate that he thought so. Mayhen, who was always good at hiding his expression, was now filled with pride toward his ancestors.
“I think it’s real.”
“Really?”
Mayhen asks back, “Do you really think so?”
This is not just a lie. Yes, the legends that exist in the game can’t stop at being made up stories. In fact, there is no such thing – if you say that, then it’s a trash game. There definitely are.
I turned around and looked at her.
“Yeah. I’m a genius. Someday, I can do it too.”
I held out my fist to Mayhen and extended my little finger.
“So when I cut down the sky someday, I’ll show it to Mayhen first.”
“Is it a promise?”
We held each other’s little fingers and shook them up and down. We just looked at each other, but strangely enough, we couldn’t stop laughing.
“Yeah. It’s a promise.”
A promise that when I cut down the sky someday, you will be by my side.
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