episode_0020
by fnovelpia
‘Sparring with Mr. Kalt? I?’
Nellis was puzzled by Kalt’s suggestion.
I just came to watch Kalt’s training, but suddenly it’s a sparring match.
“Mr. Nellis, you want to use the Mana Blade, right?”
“yes.”
“In order to use a Mana Blade, you must have a certain level of skill in addition to magic manipulation. When using a Mana Blade, not only the magic power used to strengthen the body, but also the user’s pure skill has an effect.”
“really?”
“Yes. Think about it. When it comes to magic manipulation skills, wizards are better than warriors, right?”
“yes.”
“Then shouldn’t all wizards be able to use Mana Blades?”
“…ah!”
“That’s why the Mana Blade is proof that warriors have reached a certain level.”
“I see!”
After learning new facts about the Mana Blade, which she had vaguely wanted to obtain, Nellis listened to Kalt’s voice even more.
Every word Kalt said was truly precious.
Because even in the same warrior party, there was no one talking about this information in detail.
In particular, no one had any expectations from Nellis Party, who was rumored to be a sloth party, and tried to teach them anything.
“Let’s take this opportunity to check Mr. Nellis’ swordsmanship skills. Then I can give you more advice.”
Nellis’s heart was already filled with emotion at the kind senior’s smile.
“Mr. Kalt…! Thank you!”
“What? It’s the same party.”
‘Mr. Kalt, you are so kind! A gentle smile is also nice!’
Runia, who was watching the scene from the side, was excited to see the gentle and handsome man’s smile.
“Then, please draw your sword and come out.”
“Sword… this?”
I was shocked at the word sword! And Nellis trembled.
“Are you talking about Jingeom?”
“yes.”
“You don’t use a wooden sword?”
“There isn’t one.”
“ah….”
“Why are you doing this?”
“Oh, no! It’s nothing!”
Nellis quickly drew his sword and confronted Kalt in the backyard.
‘What do we do! I suddenly find myself sparring with Mr. Kalt! No, thank you for your consideration. If things continue like this and Mr. Kalt somehow finds out about my problem… !’
Nellis was worried in her heart and broke into a cold sweat.
“There’s no need to be too nervous. It’s just sparring at most. And Mr. Nellis, you can use your protection.”
“Oh, no! I have protection!”
“is it so?”
“It’s hard to know your swordsmanship skills properly when you use divine protection! Ahaha….”
‘I don’t know if I can use divine protection against Mr. Kalt in the first place! ‘It’s better not to use it!’
‘What are you hiding?’
“I understand. In that case… Mr. Nellis, please come first. Do everything you can.”
“Yes! Yay!”
Kaang!
Kalt’s sword and Nellis’ sword clash.
Nellis then widened the distance for a moment and swung his sword again, and Kalt observed while blocking Nellis’ sword.
‘what?’
And Kalt felt strange towards Nellis from the beginning.
‘My momentum has decreased compared to when I fought the kobold. furthermore… .’
Nellis, who was swinging her sword at him, seemed to be holding back something.
An expression as if he was trying to force himself to endure something scary.
The longer the swords clashed, the more crude and excessively powerful Nellis’ sword became.
‘I think this might be the clue to Nellis’ problem. ‘Let’s take a closer look.’
Kalt stopped just blocking and swung his sword.
Kaang!
Nellis’ sword was bounced off by Kalt’s sword.
“…Ugh!”
“Mr. Nellis, this time I will attack too, so respond.”
“yes yes!”
Kalt swung his sword at Nellis.
It wasn’t swung in a particularly threatening way.
Kalt swung his sword at a speed that Nellis could easily block and watched Nellis’ reaction.
visor! visor! visor!
“Ha, ugh! Hah! Ugh!”
Nellis was working hard to block Kalt’s sword.
Nellis is not stupid either.
I know that Kalt is swinging his sword at his level.
Even so.
‘No, no, I can’t be caught by Mr. Kalt now…’ !’
The hand holding the sword began to tremble.
My heart starts beating violently.
Cold sweat broke out on my back.
Like a lamb facing a wolf.
Nellis desperately blocked the sword in front of Kalt, who was stronger than her, and tried not to reveal her problem for now.
Meanwhile, Nellis is anxious and desperate.
‘Is it a problem to cross swords with people? No, if that were the case, it would have been obvious from the moment I suggested sparring. if… .’
Kalt watched Nellis’ reaction and thought of suspicious symptoms.
After choosing a candidate in his head, Kalt stopped his sword and spoke to Nellis.
“Are you okay, Mr. Nellis?”
“Ha. Huh? Well, what is it?”
“Your complexion suddenly took a turn for the worse.”
“Really? This is…!”
‘What should I do, what should I do, what should I do! Did you get caught? My problem? I was planning to tell you later! I’ll be really disappointed if it turns out like this!’
Nellis’s heart was pounding violently with anxiety and nervousness.
“As expected, resting today was the right answer. I guess I was very tired.”
“…yes?”
“It happens sometimes. During the long-awaited recovery period due to fatigue accumulated without my knowledge, the symptoms suddenly come upon me while moving my body. It would be better not to spar today and get a good rest.”
‘Oh, I didn’t catch you!’
“Ah~ Is that so? I suddenly feel aggrieved and tired….”
Nellis decided to go along with the excuse provided by Kalt.
“You’d better go to your room and sleep. Now, come on in.”
“I’m sorry, Mr. Kalt. I was trying to show you my skills….”
“Health is more important than that. Our bodies are the most important thing to us. Come on.”
“yes yes!”
Nellis hurried into the inn.
‘I’m sorry, Mr. Kalt!’
While feeling remorse for Kalt in my heart.
“Mr. Kalt, is Ms. Nellis okay?”
“You’ll be fine if you get a good night’s rest.”
‘Because I wasn’t that tired to begin with.’
The standard for accumulating fatigue that Kalt mentioned is doing harsh requests without sleep for several days and nights.
It’s completely different from doing it as a daily routine while sleeping well while barely catching a kobold with ease.
Even though Nellis left, Kalt continued training by drawing the Mana Blade.
He then washed his body, went into his room, and slept for 30 minutes.
After a short nap, Kalt went back downstairs to the inn and helped Nadia, who was moving a box containing planting materials, and checked to see that Runia was not nearby.
He grabbed Nadia’s lovely buttocks and whispered in her ear.
“Tonight, I’ll tell you about Ki Seung-wi.”
Kalt left the inn, leaving behind Nadia, whose ears were turning bright red.
‘Let’s look for Aria.’
As I was moving my luggage, I asked Nadia that Aria had not returned yet.
Kalt took steps to find Aria’s whereabouts.
However, Aria was not seen outside the building.
“Hey, handsome bro over there!”
While walking around, a man called out to Kalt in front of the store.
He was a man with a generous appearance and a slightly bulging stomach.
“What’s going on?”
As Kalt approached with a smile, the man also spoke with a bright face.
“You’re him, right? He’s the new member of Nellis’ party who killed the kobolds in our village.”
“yes.”
“Thank you for helping our village! Here’s this!”
The man handed Kalt some bread that looked warm.
“This is bread I just made! Our bread is delicious!”
I glanced at the building sign and saw that the generous man was the owner of a bread shop.
Nellis joined the party and was purely conveying goodwill to Kalt, who was hunting kobolds.
“Thank you. It looks delicious.”
Kalt took a bite of the bread right away.
The bread that had just been made was definitely hot and delicious, just as the man said.
The bakery owner, who was happy to see Kalt eating the bread quickly and stuffing it into his mouth, smiled happily.
“What do you think, is our bread delicious?”
“Yes. That’s right. I really want to give it to my colleagues. I’ll buy three.”
“Oh my, thank you!”
Kalt asked as the bakery owner was putting bread into the store.
“Have you seen our party nun?”
“The nun at the party? Oh, if she was a nun, she went to the church in town.”
“I see, thank you.”
“What! Come on! Here are three breads!”
After paying for the bread and receiving the bag containing the bread, Kalt left the store and walked towards the church.
The village church was not very big.
It is a building about the size of an ordinary home, with the symbol of the God of Light serving in this world hanging on the roof.
The shape of the light symbol is a round circle with a cross superimposed on the bottom of the cross. It is a cross symbol with a horizontal bar attached to the bottom of the round circle.
When you enter the church, there is a larger symbol hanging on the wall than the one hanging from the ceiling, and there are several long benches placed for the villagers to pray.
Because the village was not very large, there was no priest to manage the church.
It was only used as a place to pray to the God of Light.
The front seat of the bench in the church.
Kalt found Aria sitting.
I walked over to Aria’s side.
“God… God of light….”
Aria was concentrating on prayer, putting her hands together as if she was clinging to something even as Kalt approached her.
Kalt sat next to Aria without speaking and gently placed the bag of bread on the bench.
Kalt waited quietly until Aria finished her prayer.
And 1 minute later.
“Whoa….”
Aria’s prayer has ended.
“Are you finished praying?”
“…!”
Aria, surprised, turned her head and looked at Kalt.
“Kah, Mr. Kalt!? Uh, when will you be next to me….”
“Even when I entered the church, I was so focused on prayer that I didn’t even know I was there.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I can’t believe I didn’t notice.”
“No. I can’t disturb you when you are praying faithfully.”
“You’re faithful….”
Aria slightly lowered her head.
It was not a movement that was shameful, but rather a feeling of pain or guilt.
“Oh, would you like some bread? This bread was just made at a bakery in this town. It’s delicious.”
“Okay, thank you.”
Aria quickly took the bread Kalt gave her and took a bite.
As Kalt said, the bread was still warm and good to eat.
Slowly, one bite at a time.
Kalt slowly waited for Aria to finish eating the bread.
“It was delicious.”
“Is that so? Eating something delicious doesn’t make you feel better about your troubles, right?”
“…! Mr. Kalt, you mean….”
“Did I tell you? My specialty is mental counseling. At least I know what a worried face looks like.”
Kalt said while looking at Aria with his clasped fingers.
“I don’t know what Aria’s worries are. But sometimes, it’s easier to open up your worries to someone than to keep them to yourself. And I can give you some advice to solve your worries.”
Kalt’s soft, comfortable voice came through Aria’s ears.
“It hasn’t been long since I joined the same party as Aria. Aria and I are colleagues. I want to be Aria’s strength. So Aria, can you tell me your concerns?”
Kalt asks, looking worried about someone.
If Aria hesitated again this time, Kalt was planning to use hypnosis.
There is silence for a moment.
“Mr. Kalt….”
Aria opened her mouth.
“sorry.”
‘Of course you have to use hypnosis… .’
“I hid it all this time.”
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