episode_0068

I have never taught anyone.

It’s the same in this life and all my past lives. It’s not just that I wasn’t a teacher or anything like that, but I’ve almost never explained anything to other people in the first place.

I have once given directions to someone who asked for directions while walking down the street, but I can’t say I taught anyone that.

“So are you sitting at your desk and groaning since morning?”

Amelia said with an expression that made her look like she was about to burst out laughing.

“I’m serious.”

It’s not just a game skill tree, it’s a promise to provide swordsmanship training to anyone who is serious about learning swordsmanship.

I didn’t think about it properly at the time, but Adele had probably received swordsmanship training from a proper teacher. I think the teacher who taught her before also taught her swordsmanship.

But I… … The teachers who came to teach me couldn’t last long and left.

Swinging a sword and releasing sword energy is something that most people cannot do from the beginning. Even if they have been swinging a sword for decades, there are very few people who reach the level of mastery of swordsmanship, but rarely reach the fantasy level of sword energy.

It is said that once you become a sword master, you reach the level of throwing an aura like sword energy, but in the first place, if an ordinary person could learn swordsmanship and become a sword master, they would not even use the name ‘sword master’.

So, the reason my teachers left so quickly wasn’t because I couldn’t use sword energy. Rather, it was probably just because my skills were hopeless.

After the last teacher left, he studied on his own, but if he had been capable of creating his own sword techniques through self-study in the first place, there would have been no need for his teachers to leave.

“Wow, it’s Korean.”

Amelia said a little happily and looked at the top of my desk.

“I guess Korean is more comfortable for me.”

Since I have all my memories of this world intact from childhood until now, I do not feel any discomfort writing and reading text. The problem is that I do not have an automatic translation ability, but because I am using the language and text that I have learned, it feels a bit like a foreign language. It was.

“… … Um.”

“Why?”

Amelia looked at the Korean text I had written and was lost in thought for a moment.

Did I write down something strange? I thought I did my best to translate the way I swing my sword into writing, but it seems like it wasn’t conveyed well in writing.

Should I at least draw a picture? The only person I could draw was a circle and a stick, but it might still be easier to understand than writing.

“Elsie.”

“Huh?”

“Have we ever talked in Korean?”

“Huh?”

… … Wasn’t there one?

Amelia and I had never spoken in Korean, let alone when we were doing outdoor activities or even when we were alone.

“… … .”

Amelia must have thought of that as well, so she turned and walked away without saying a word.

And then he sat down on his bed.

“Elsie, where do you think your hometown is?”

“My hometown?My hometown is—”

Delkisi, I was about to answer, but it occurred to me that what Amelia was asking was something a little different from this.

“It’s a strange feeling, isn’t it? I often feel that way too. I think my hometown is Gratton Mount, but on the other hand, I still have the memories of my past life intact. I think Gratton Mount is my hometown, but on the other hand, I also think Seoul is my hometown. I’m thinking about it.”

“… … .”

“Have you never done that?”

Amelia asked, looking at me quietly.

I am… … .

“Of course it happened. Don’t you remember the foods I tried after we met?”

Although almost all of them failed, there were still some that succeeded in making their own variations. Recreating the food I wanted to eat using ingredients available around me was more enjoyable than I thought and also brought back memories of my past life.

“Honestly, I still think I want to eat tteokbokki.”

I turned around in my chair and sat down facing Amelia.

“Not too spicy, right? There’s tteokbokki from a snack bar sold in the neighborhood, right? The one with starch syrup poured on it so it’s as sweet as it is spicy.”

“Ah… … .”

“And actually, there were a lot of places I wanted to go to. I wanted to travel abroad, but I had never been able to do that until I came over here.”

After saying that and smiling, Amelia also smiled.

“I see.”

“Yes, that’s right. Because there is a time when I was born and lived.”

“… … .”

Amelia was lost in thought for a moment,

“Elsie. I have a suggestion.”

“Tell me.”

“When we’re alone, why don’t we talk in Korean?”

He made a suggestion that I had never even considered.

“It’s not just for emotional reasons. You and I are the only people in this world who can use Korean properly, right? When we talk about really important things, we can hide them from people by speaking in Korean, especially when we have to share secrets in front of others. I think it would be useful.”

“But… … And what if others hear it?”

“But it doesn’t matter, right? Can’t we just say it’s a password we came up with?”

For a password, it will be incredibly systematic and extensive.

I thought what Amelia said was quite plausible.

In a world without telephones or communication magic, it would be very difficult to impersonate either of us. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way. Especially for things like letters, you can try to forge their handwriting somehow.

Didn’t it also say in the original that Diane sent a fake invitation to deceive Adele?

Rather, since there are only so many ways, if the other person wants to create a wedge between us, he can choose that method as many times as he wants.

If there is a clear and systematic secret that only two people know, such a thing can be prevented.

Even though the two of us are almost always together, there will always come a time when we have to be apart.

Even if we left each other one day, I was fine with that as long as there was some evidence left that we were together.

“Okay, then.”

I answered in the language I knew from my old hometown. It was nice to see Amelia smile brightly after hearing my answer.

“I feel a little strange. I’ve been hearing your voice for the past 10 years, and that voice is using words that are different from what I usually hear.”

The words were also Korean.

And I felt the exact same way.

but-

“Still, it’s nice to feel like I’ve been here for a long time.”

“In the end, it is the same voice from the same person.”

We both laughed.

*

There’s just one problem—

As we both started speaking Korean, we got so caught up in the conversation that we both completely forgot that I was making something resembling a textbook for Adele.

No, actually, I forgot. Amelia doesn’t seem to think that’s necessary.

“Believe in yourself. You can even split the table in half with your forehead.”

“No, is it right to say that in this situation?”

This time, I didn’t choose to walk to Adele’s house. Last time, I didn’t know the way, so I didn’t take the carriage, but once I figured it out, walking after that doesn’t leave a good impression as a nobleman.

Walking around the streets aimlessly is something commoners do when they have time to spare, so it is unbecoming of nobles.

It was ridiculous when you think about the kind of people who have the most time on their hands in the world, but first of all, we also had to manage our image to the bare minimum. This was also the reason why we did something too flashy at the last prom several times.

Actually, at the time I was friendly with Adele, I was pretending to be with Diane’s gang… … Still, the Count was nothing compared to the Grand Duke, so there was no major problem right now.

They’ll probably try to create a wedge between us and Adele in the future.

That’s no problem either. We both already have passwords that are impossible to crack even by the standards of this world.

“And, if it had been other people in my family, the dining table wouldn’t have been split. There would probably have been a mark left on the floor in the shape of a forehead. My skills are not comparable to those of my other family members.”

“… … I don’t think being the weakest in your family means you’re weaker than others… … .”

Amelia muttered that after hearing my story, but she didn’t say anything else.

“Phew.”

Honestly, Adele’s disappointment in itself is not a big problem. It was bound to happen that way.

But the shame I felt in the process… … Oh, let’s not think about it now. The more I thought about it, the more nervous I got.

Ha, how did I end up demonstrating swordsmanship in front of the heroine?

… … When I think about it again, it’s all my fault and I can’t blame anyone else. Damn it.