episode_0084

He squinted his eyes and looked around.

“What the heck is this… .”

Even though I caught it myself like this, it didn’t feel like much, contrary to my expectations.

Hmm, maybe it’s a way to let go of energy? It wouldn’t hurt to try it once.

At the moment when I was about to nod my head and use my internal energy.

“Master.”

“Ugh-!”

An anonymous person placed his hand on my shoulder.

“Aren’t you surprised!”

“… Yes?”

Nameless tilted his head as if he didn’t understand my reaction, and I kept glaring at him.

… I honestly thought my heart was going to drop.

I was trying to hide the fact that I mistook this useless-looking staff for a scabbard, but then my damned curiosity got the best of me and I was examining the staff when it popped out?

The timing has to be bad too… .

He stuck out his lips and kept frowning.

Despite my blatant expression of discontent, Myeong tilted his head as if he did not understand.

Then suddenly, the cane in my hand touched the gaze of an anonymous person.

The anonymous man’s brow furrowed.

“What is this?”

“… That’s it.”

Because I couldn’t think of anything to say, I rolled my eyes along with my head.

What should I say… .

‘I’ll find the scabbard.’ I was so confident and proud, but it was a little embarrassing that all I found was a cane, no, a dry branch.

He licked his lips.

I guess it would be better to be honest and say that I think I found the wrong one…?

Because there must be honesty between teacher and student.

Just as he was about to nod his head and open his mouth, Moo-myeong opened his mouth with a questioning expression.

“Is this a scabbard?”

The tone of voice seemed strangely disappointed, but the target of the disappointment was not me. Moo-myeong looked at the cane, unable to hide his expression that seemed to be very aggrieved.

Could it be that he’s acting like this because he thinks that this ugly thing might be his scabbard?

…truly like master, like disciple.

As I looked at the nameless expression that somehow resembled mine, a snicker escaped my lips. Not wanting to disappoint that nameless one, I shook my head slightly.

“Hmm, I don’t know… .”

And, leaving my mind like that, I too cannot give a definitive answer to the nameless question.

Of course, since there is magic here, how can we be sure that there are no transformation weapons?

I still have so little information about the world.

Well, I should learn more about this place sometime… It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go to a library in a big city.

My mind wandered off to somewhere else, and I was lost in my own world for a while. Suddenly, I felt the gaze of an anonymous man staring intently at the cane.

“… Will you see it?”

It’s really burdensome, so I’ll just give you my cane.

“Yes, Master.”

The nameless man nodded vigorously and raised the corners of his mouth. It seemed like he had really wanted to see her.

He handed the cane to the anonymous person with a trembling expression.

“Thank you.”

“Um, yeah, well.”

And so the cane was placed upon the nameless hand.

The pupil of the nameless eye began to constrict abnormally.

The veins bulge out on the arms, neck, and face.

A clearly strange situation.

With a little embarrassment, I called out to Anonymous.

“Anonymous?”

“…”

There was no answer from the anonymous person, or rather, a sudden silence came.

He frowned.

It’s not that there was no conversation between me and the anonymous person, it’s just literal silence.

The sound of my heart beating inside my body, the sound of my breath coming from my lungs, nose, and mouth, the sound of bugs crawling, the sound of the wind blowing, etc.

It was as if the world had gone black, all sound had disappeared.

This is not normal, so why did this happen?

‘From the moment the nameless and that cane touched.’

The decision was made in an instant.

He immediately swung his left leg like a whip and kicked away the cane held in the nameless hand.

By making a mistake in the angle of his foot, he kicked only the cane accurately without hitting the nameless hand, knocking it away from the nameless person.

…bang!

The sound of the impact was not when my leg and the cane made contact, but when it hit the ground.

As expected, that was the cause.

However, there was one thing that was different from what I expected: the strength of the cane was far greater than I had expected.

Even though I didn’t put in my best efforts, how is it that there was no damage to the staff, which was nothing more than a twig?

“Tsk.”

He moved his numb legs back and clicked his tongue softly.

Anyway, what’s important now isn’t the condition of the cane or my numb leg.

He twisted his body roughly.

“Anonymous!”

The voice that came out was so loud it was almost like a scream.

“Gasp, ugh, gasp… .”

“Anonymous!”

Anonymous was sitting on the floor, breathing heavily.

… the condition looks really bad.

With a frown, he hurriedly approached the nameless man.

“Are you okay?!”

The face of the nameless man, who already has white skin, has turned pale.

He reached out and grabbed the nameless man’s wrist, feeling his pulse.

The running speed is abnormally fast.

There is no sign whatsoever of the blood vessels or pupils stabilizing.

I bit my lip.

“Cough, gasp.”

“Take a deep breath slowly.”

However, in this situation, I must not lose my composure and become swayed by anonymity.

He placed his hand on the nameless man’s back and began to calmly use his internal energy to inject it into the nameless man’s body without putting any strain on it.

… First of all, stabilizing anonymity is a priority.

I closed both my eyes.

Instead of doing it roughly like he was doing when he was occasionally expanding his blood vessels, he slowly and gently caressed every nook and cranny of the nameless body.

A moment that seemed like eternity passed by.

“This is….”

Slowly, something began to appear, like a shrapnel, stuck near the nameless heart.

It gave off a gloomy aura and was greedily gnawing at the nameless body.

He squinted his eyes so much that it was unsightly to others.

… You didn’t notice until now that I had this in my nameless body?

“Ugh, ugh… .”

No, it’s too early to blame yourself.

I concentrated as much as I could and gathered my internal energy near the heart of the nameless one.

The thing that was said to be a fragment, it looked like a parasite and was hovering around the heart of the nameless person.

I would have liked to eradicate it right away.

… I’m not sure.

Because this is my first time experiencing something like this.

You know, I’m a coward. I’m incredibly stupid when it comes to things I’ve never done before, things I’m trying for the first time.

It is dangerous because it is close to the heart, and the aftereffects of removing it are unpredictable.

So… for now, it’s best to slow down this movement.

Then let’s wait for Anonymous to stabilize. After that, we can either bring that damned saintess back, or gather information about this together with Anonymous.

I don’t even want to imagine it.

If the nameless one falls, even God can be intimidated.

Yeah, that’ll work.

I poured out my inner strength with my pupils half dilated.

A muted fog began to envelope the fragments near the nameless heart.

Soon, as if bound by strong chains or hanging from a giant weight, lumps of dark color began to bloom in the debris.

After a while, the writhing movement of the fragments stopped.

* * *

Myeong felt warm hands wrapping around his head and lifted his trembling eyelids.

What comes into view is his truly respectable teacher.

She half-closed her reddened eyes and smiled a truly beautiful smile.

“Are you up?”

“Yes, Master.”

Her hand slowly strokes the nameless head.

Nameless opened his mouth, barely able to hide his shaking pupils on his reddening face.

“… What is the situation now?”

The voice coming out of his throat was full of questions.

The master opened his mouth slightly at the sight of his disciple, then bit his lips as if he was thinking for a moment.

“Nothing.”

He soon shook his head with a small smile on his face.

Anonymous didn’t understand the current situation at all, but he realized that this was a rare opportunity.

The young disciple, overcome with shame, placed his hand on his chest and closed his eyes, as if he were being childish.

“Master, for some reason my heart aches.”

“Is that so?”

The master’s hand moved down from the disciple’s head to his chest, then he placed his hand over his and held it tightly.

“… Yes.”

“Why does our anonymous heart hurt?”

She released her clasped hands and slowly stroked his chest.

The corners of the anonymous eyes began to curve into crescent shapes, as if in a good mood.

Harang chuckled at the sight, smiled warmly, and opened her mouth.

“Still like that-”

“Yes.”

Harang’s eyes blinked in confusion at the reply that came before she could finish speaking.

“… That’s strange.”

Soon her head tilted questioningly.

That too for a moment.

As Harang’s hands slowed down, sensing something strange, the corners of Mu-myeong’s mouth turned up as if he was dissatisfied.

Anonymous really couldn’t understand this situation, but soon decided to enjoy it.

“That’s not weird.”

“Um… .”

The clever disciple was hungry for his master’s love.