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Side Story EP1. After small swords, bring about the void.

Harpe.

This particular place was full of noise and excitement. It was quite different from the usual quiet and serene atmosphere, like freshly brewed hot tea in a teacup.

This is where the strongest woman among those who hold a sword stays.

This is the place that women with a passion for the sword most want to enter.

Also known as the land of Geomhu (劍后).

That was the modifier used to refer to this place, Harpe.

Today is the first day of the 7-day event to elect the next great swordsman, so the excitement that comes with the meaning of ‘beginning’ is the culprit that further aggravated the commotion.

“Ensis Sister.”

“Ah, it’s Culus. Are your preparations going well?”

Harpe’s visit.

The sight of two beautiful women smiling at each other and asking how they are doing in a private space where Geomhu’s disciples, Geomhu, and elders stay is a scene reminiscent of the world where fairies live.

It seemed like they cared for each other that much.

“Unni~. I have a sister, so why am I getting ready? Of course, the next great Geomhu should be my sister.”

“Oh my! What are you talking about? Culus. Master also said it! Decisions are made fairly and transparently through secretariat! And Master Culus said that your talent is great!”

“Master also said that you have already surpassed me. But what am I doing… … .”

“Culus!”

“Okay. Okay.”

How could it not be cute to see a sister pouting and grumbling? Ensis rearranged Kulus’s hair and spoke in a quietly admonishing voice.

“Culus. Let’s do our best for each other. Got it?”

“Yes! okay! sister! Oh right! sister. This.”

Sticking out his tongue, Kulus handed Ensir a bag filled with her favorite tea leaves. It was the leaves of Lindt tea, which were very expensive and not easy to obtain even for her as a disciple of Geomhu.

“I saved up my pocket money and bought it. This is a gift for my sister who will become Geomhu. Hehe.”

“You~.”

“Okay. okay. A gift given to the older woman who will become the sword master after the dance is over. Anyway, the meeting doesn’t start until four days later, so I want to drink tea from my sister before then. let’s go. huh? Let’s go~.”

“You too~. Okay.”

The two women walking with their arms folded while chatting were the Sword Master’s immediate previous disciples, Ensir, the Little Sword Queen, and Kulus, the Sword Flower.

When the two women arrived at Ensir’s room and were chatting while drinking the tea in front of them,

“Hmm. Are you in Ensir?”

The conversation between the two women was interrupted by a soft male voice coming through Ensir’s door. And an embarrassed blush appeared on Ensir’s face, and a mischievous smile appeared on Culus’ face.

“It’s inside my sister. Brother-in-law! Come on in!”

“He is~. Tongue, brother-in-law. I’m not even married yet… … .”

At that time, the door opened and the man who came in was so handsome that any woman would definitely take a second look. This man is Factor de Askia, the head of the Archduchy of Askia, the Heavenly Blade, who promised to marry Ensir after the sword.

“Are you here?”

“Hahaha. I don’t know if I came here without notice.”

“No.”

“It’s okay! Brother-in-law! Please sit down.”

The man who sat down with the two women at their invitation had a gentle smile on his face the entire time, and listened intently to their stories and responded appropriately without being biased towards one of the two women.

“Ah, Ensir. Have you ever considered my recommendation before?”

“Yes? But Factor. That’s what I’m going to share here… … .”

“What is it? sister? What is it? Brother-in-law?”

Culus calmly asked Ensir, who trailed off in an awkward tone to Factor’s words. Was that cute? Factor laughed loudly and opened his mouth in a kind tone.

“I proposed an alliance between our family and Harpe. She will be the Queen of Swords, and I will be the Grand Duke of Askia, so I thought it would be good for the two places we belong to as husband and wife to form an alliance and solidify the bond.”

“Wow… . Doesn’t that sound like a bad offer?”

Culus looked at Ensir with a certain ‘expectation’ in his sparkling eyes, as if he had heard an interesting story.

“Does your sister-in-law think so too?”

Factor, who was pleased with Culus’ answer, turned to Ensir with slightly different expectations, but his face hardened when he saw the determination in Ensir’s eyes.

“But. Harpe has maintained neutrality since the first swordsman. In the process of the creation and destruction of many countries, the only time Harpe steps in is when people who disrupt the order of the dimension appear. And I don’t want to damage the traditions that the investigators have maintained with my own hands.”

just as expected. Unlike Ensir, who had a warm, motherly atmosphere as if she would accept everything up until now, there were firm and sharp words of refusal reminiscent of a famous swordsman. Naturally, the atmosphere in the room became awkward, and Culus was busy watching Ensir’s thoughts.

“Hahaha. I’m sorry about this. I guess I said something pointless. It’s hard to say that it means apple, but this is a snack I bought from a merchant who visited the East, and it’s called ‘yakgwa’. They say that the sweet and smooth feeling goes very well with tea.”

Only after Factor took out the beautifully packaged snacks did the atmosphere become mellow again. And a little later, the moment Ensir took a bite of the medicine given to him by Factor and swallowed it,

“It’s delicious… … ?”

I felt the atmosphere in the room suddenly change.

“Sister. Did you eat?”

“Huh? huh. Culus, you too… … ?”

“You ate. ha… … . I really ate it. So easy… … . I was so anxious that I wouldn’t eat it or that I would get caught. Did you eat it? therefore. Take the Lindt tea I gave you and that medicine at the same time.”

Culus was not the cute and lovely sister Ensir usually knew.

“Culus?”

“Ha! How good am I that, there is a final match in three days, and you drink the tea that I, your competitor, give you without any hesitation? and! Fuck. I was so anxious earlier that I might accept Factor’s offer. If you accept it, Factor will not give you any medicine. Anyway, you’re done now.”

“You! What a habit of speaking… … ?”

Ensir, who was about to get up from his seat, felt the sensation of his body breaking out of his will and fell back down.

“Are you dizzy? Have you tried fortune telling? My energy is probably leaking out. Hehehehe! That’s a very difficult item to find. We were barely able to save it because the Tower of Frost decided to cooperate. I almost couldn’t arrive in time?”

“Why… ? How?”

“I also drank tea, but why am I feeling fine? Because it’s not poison. If you don’t eat it along with the medicinal fruit that my sister’s fiancé, Factor, brought, Please say something too. It’s like I’m the only bad bitch.”

Only then did Ensir realize what Culus was saying and looked at Factor, the man she loved, standing next to Culus. I hope this situation is a lie, a joke.

“That’s why I recommended it several times. Ensir. If Harpe and my family form an alliance, we can kill the stupid emperor and create a better country.”

“All, you!”

“Ah~! right! Sister. I heard you haven’t done anything with Factor yet? What is it that makes it so expensive and so precious? Good job Factor! You didn’t know, right? I don’t know forever now. Hohohoho.”

“Culus!!”

“I will be a prosecutor. And Factor will be my man. In the end, Factor will become emperor and I will become empress, right? Queen of Swords and Empress. ah… … ! I’m going crazy just thinking about it!”

Cullus, who was shaking and wrapping his arms around his shoulders while talking to himself, stole Factor’s lips. In addition, the man and woman indulged themselves even more as they groped each other’s bodies. In front of Ensir. No, as if to show off.

“Ah, ah, ah… … !”

Seeing the terrible scene, Ensir quickly escaped and staggered to his feet without an ounce of spiritual strength, barely able to pull out his sword. It was a sword that had been with me my whole life, but before I could rush in with a sword that felt too heavy,

“Aaaah!!”

Kulus’ foot kicked him, breaking the door and rolling outside.

“Unni, I will announce that she has been put into the coins because she overexerted herself ahead of the examination competition.”

As he spoke, looking down at Ensir, who was spewing blood foam from his mouth and tears of blood flowing from his eyes, a victor’s smile was on the lips of Culus. It seemed like Ensir would die and everything would go according to Culus’s plan.

“Ensir!”

Until Geomhu, who shouldn’t be here, shows up.

Geomhu, who was visiting his students to see if they were nervous ahead of the deciding match, ended up seeing the whole scene. These are all the words Culus says as he looks down at Ensir.

“S, Master?”

“Sword… after? Damn.”

The two men and women who were about to run away were unable to move due to the deadly force pouring down from them. And Geomhu hurriedly approached Ensir, who was lying on the floor.

“Hey, dear. Come to your senses, come to your senses.”

However, while his spiritual power was rapidly draining away, Ensir suffered a blow to his body from overexerting himself and was almost dying. Even when Geomhu poured the highest quality potion he always carried into Ensir’s mouth, his face only regained its color for a moment, and death seemed like a foregone conclusion.

“This, this!”

“Huh?! What on earth is going on?”

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In a chaotic situation where Harpe’s elders appeared one after another and were shocked, Geomhu looked into the eyes of his disciple who was displeased and angry and made a decision. She carefully laid her student down on the floor,

“Suppress that bitch and that guy, and protect Ensir!!”

He gives the command and disappears from the spot. And after about 10 minutes, Geomhu appeared again, holding a crystal the size of a child’s fist that was emitting a bright red light.

A demonic essence that was discovered by the first swordsman and has been sealed ever since.

Geomhu’s face was filled with mixed emotions as he put it into the dying disciple’s mouth.

In the end, Ensir died. Ensir, who swallowed the demon spirit, poured out all the blood from his body and his heart stopped for about a minute.

And when she opened her eyes again, she was holding the heads of Culus and Factor in her hands.

that day. After the autopsy, it was rumored that the two candidates were dead.

After the sword, Ensir was poisoned by an evil samae, and Culus and Factor de Askia were killed by a monster holding a bloody scythe.

-Called.

Ensir, who was reborn from blood, needed blood as the minimum amount of divine power that all living things possess was lost.

But there was no need for her to run everywhere to save blood. Because the target of her revenge, the Archduke Askia family, had many people under their control.

In this way, the name Ensir was gradually forgotten and people began to call him ‘Blood Flower’ with a blood-red side.

After killing Culus and killing Factor, who had betrayed him, on the spot, the strong men hired by the family of the Archduke Askia looked for Ensir, or rather, the Blood of Blood.

Ten people, a hundred people, a thousand people, ten thousand people, a hundred thousand people.

As the number of blood-hwa killed increased, the blood-absorbed blood became stronger, and the more people cursed and rejected her.

There were ridiculous rumors going around that she was a mean and mean bitch, that she was a monster that ate human flesh, that she opened her crotch to men and absorbed their affection, etc.

But Hyeolhwa didn’t care. Anyway, there is no one anymore who loves oneself or who one loves. Because there was nothing left but to be intoxicated by this deadly smell of blood that made me forget everything.

bang-!

Said, who had been cutting down everything in his path, was blocked for the first time. The shaky vision made it impossible to tell who the enemy was, but it was unpleasant. There are still people left to kill, but how dare they stand in his way!

Tung-! Tong! Empty!!

It was difficult to block the blood flower and cut it down, so it took a long time to attack.

However, it was not called a demon for no reason and was not a monster sealed by the first swordsman. In the end, he succeeded in cutting down his opponent. When he postponed absorbing the blood to mock the death of the man who had blocked his path for a long time, his blurred vision recovered.

Hyeol-hwa, who found out who had been blocking her for a long time,

“Ah… Ahhh!”

I let go of the bloody side I was holding in my hand. The only one who cared about and loved me from beginning to end.

Geomhu, who was his mother, teacher, and sometimes friend, was dying.

“N… Sir.”

“Ahh! Ahhh!!”

“It’s okay. Baby. are you okay. It’s not your fault.”

“Ahhhh!”

“It’s okay. It’s not your fault. I’m sorry. Sorry. I should have noticed a little earlier.”

“Ah… . Oooh!”

I shake my head violently. So can you possibly survive? I cut my wrist with a broken knife lying on the floor, took out the blood, and put it in Geomhu’s mouth, but Geomhu’s complexion was becoming increasingly pale.

“Ensir. Don’t forget my dear child. There will definitely be someone somewhere who will love you more than me and more than you.”

Was it a flashback?

Geomhu died as if he had used his last strength to say those words.

“Ah… ! Ahhh!!!”

The scream that came out of Hyehwa’s mouth at that time was so cruel that it was transmitted far beyond the dimension. The ‘being’ that appeared after hearing that desperate scream found Hyeolhwa crying sadly in the middle of the Sisan Blood Sea.

With the phenomenon of an emptiness that seems to be unfillable eating up the dimension.

“This… … !”

“porridge… female. … Kill me.”

Hyeolhwa, who heard the pitiful sigh heard in the air, asked him to kill her and sleep next to her beloved teacher. But he didn’t kill her, even though he had the power to do so. However, it caused him to fall into a deep sleep along with the void that was threatening to consume the dimension.

“You may not believe it, but I hope you believe it. someday… . That someone will definitely appear who will fill your emptiness with ridiculous beliefs, foolish trust, and blind love. Just like I did.”

And when Hyeolhwa woke up from her dream, she realized that she was in a special space and accepted that she had become an Arcana Clown, not Hyeolhwa.

And I could also feel that there were other beings in that space. I feel as special as she does.

How long has it been since Hyeolhwa, or Ensir, who became such a clown, fully recognized and acknowledged his condition?

The clown was able to meet him by following the Master’s voice calling her with a blinding light.

With the Master, who never ceases to convey absurd faith, foolish trust, and blind love.