episode_0105

I was curious about Sein’s actions to always take care of Ber, so I carefully asked him why.

“Now that I think about it, you must have been curious.”

Sein, whose face is red from sparring in the morning, responds to my question by handing me a handkerchief as if to wipe away his sweat.

Seuuu.

“Ber is the princess of Duke {Bainsheer}, whom our {Charcoal} family has served for a very long time.”

“I have been a best friend since I was young, playing and studying together with Ver.”

As if he was trying to reminisce about the past, Sein’s expression clearly showed a nostalgic yet bitter look.

“Ber treated me without discrimination.”

When Sein and Ber were young.

It is said that a major accident occurred due to an attack by an unknown monster that radiated a presence that seemed to tear apart the atmosphere.

Sein and Ver, who were just children, were both attacked by an unknown monster and were put in a life-threatening situation, but it was a shocking story that Ver managed to save Sein by throwing himself at him.

I could see how courageous and proud it was for a child who knew nothing to throw himself in to save his friend.

And what Ver thinks of Sein.

Fortunately, the situation seemed to have ended without the two people being seriously injured, but from that day on, Ber said that he always felt drowsy and began to fall into a deep sleep.

Of course, at first it was an aftereffect of an accident. Everyone thought so complacently, but it didn’t take long to realize that it wasn’t just an aftereffect.

“It was clear that my destiny was to serve Ver.”

“I should have made a promise to Ver, who protected me with all my being.”

“Becoming Ver’s hands and feet is all I can give, and that is my only atonement and the future I can live in.”

The sword that was supposed to protect and serve its owner ended up hurting its owner…

The terrible regret that Ber became like that because of his incompetence drove Sein to this point, and it became the driving force that allowed Sein to move forward.

So crazy.

“Seinnim.”

Unlike usual…

I was watching Sein’s sad state with a bitter and regretful expression…

Gently wiping the sweat from his face with a handkerchief soaked in her scent, he tries to comfort the people as his heart guides him.

“The actions that Ver chose at the time were probably possible because Sein was a truly precious person.”

“If I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have been able to muster such great courage.”

If my family had told me something like that would happen… I was confident that I would have risked my life to protect it, so I could sympathize with Ber’s actions to some extent.

“It is clear that Ver had the strong courage and trust to protect someone, even if his own body was hurt and broken.”

“That means Sein was an indispensable friend to Ver.”

As if I saw exactly what was going on at the time.

Dahyun’s warm comfort that touched Sein’s heart began to gradually wash away the dark feelings deeply engraved in Sein’s heart.

＂Dahuinnim..＂

All the moments of my life filled with regret for having endured and lived alone despite the criticism I felt from my family members and the oppression from the nobles around me…

It slowly filled Sein’s golden eyes and quietly flowed down as a single tear.

Drip.. Drip..

“Was I really Ver’s precious friend?”

In response to Sein’s question, which comes from a sad and deep emotion, I quietly wipe away the tears from her eyes without saying a word.

Sigh..

‘It’s really… strange. Dahein is…’

A strange being who, despite being a man, is dependable and always makes you want to lean on him…

Se-in, who had never revealed his true feelings to anyone in his life, was feeling an inexplicable feeling for some reason that when he was with Da-heein, he wanted to be even more foolish and want to tell her everything about himself.

And it turns out it wasn’t that bad.

***

Time passed so quickly.

The final days of winter have arrived at the {Royal Academy}.

As usual, towards the end of Mr. Zeright’s theory class, he started asking unexpected questions to raise the interest of the students who seemed quite tired.

“Is there a student who can explain the differences between humans and other races?”

The students began to show interesting expressions at Zeright’s unexpected question, but they just stared at the teacher’s table as if they were not willing to come forward.

Sigh..

However, among them, Da-hein raises her hand as if nothing has happened and immediately begins to answer the question.

I just happened to be curious about something.

＂As for other races.. if they can be compared to the beast people, there are a few things I know.＂

As expected, Jeright, who was thinking that Dahuin would answer, defends him by saying that he can say as much as he wants, with dark blue eyes full of expectation.

A situation where everyone’s attention was focused.

“Unlike us humans, the beast people are said to have two magic stones in their bodies.”

＂The first magic stone is a unique magic stone that emits stable magic power like our humans.＂

“And the second magic stone is a deformed magic stone that emits unstable magical power like a monster.”

I explained the beast people in detail based on what I knew.

＂At a point when the use and difference of magic stones are clear..＂

“There was a time when I thought that humans were the only race that could not accept evolution.”

Of course, this may be unclear information.

“This is where I had a question.”

“Why can’t humans have a second magic stone?”

Still, I wanted to know.

This may just be my subjective opinion that is not found in library books or even textbooks.

But it certainly seemed enough to grab the attention of everyone in the classroom.

“Other races than humans showed an optimized appearance, as if they had evolved by adapting to the given environment and abilities.”

Yes.

I have not only grown physically through training at Beljav over the past half year.

As I grew up, I fundamentally felt the need for research on humans.

Like the woman who wrote [The Book of Monsters].

Moreover, thanks to this, I was able to achieve even greater power by successfully implanting a monster’s magic stone into a human body.

Even though he is a human, he has a body as strong as a beast.

Of course, it also includes various “magic” ideas that are human characteristics.

“I’m curious. Teacher Jelight…”

“Is the human race really a completely evolved entity?”

The reason why I had no choice but to think this way.

It was clear that it was a strange beast called a monster, a living being that lived in harmony with nature by maintaining physical balance based on a corrupted magic stone.

To be honest, I didn’t understand the fact that they were treated like monsters just because they had a degenerate magic stone inside the body of another race.

In a way, there were many beings beyond the category of humans, such as the beastmen and dwarves.

In response to Dahuin’s counter-question, Jeright seemed at a loss for words and began to calmly control his trembling blue eyes.

His bluish glasses seemed to have gone up, and he was fixating his eyes straight ahead, looking like he was in trouble.

Contrary to Zeright’s thoughts, who just wanted to tell a story that would pique the students’ interest, he had to think quickly about how to answer questions like Dahuin’s Heretic, which seemed to point out the fundamental problem of the human race.

If not…

Da-hein, who advocated for races other than humans… it was obvious what kind of treatment he would receive at {Wanglim Academy}, which had such a distinctly aristocratic society.

＂Student Dahyun’s question is a really interesting topic..＂

＇But.. now, we have to get over this situation well..’

Jelight decides to praise Dahein again.

“It’s very accurate. All students.”

“It is said that beastmen, elves, and even dwarves each emit powerful magical power through two magic stones inside their bodies.”

＂For example, the beastmen cannot radiate their magic to the outside, but instead strengthen their bodies.＂

＂Dwarves use blacksmithing techniques that combine vast amounts of magical energy solely with their hands.＂

＂Like the elves that have not yet been revealed, they are showing evolution through the two magic stones in various ways.＂

Even I could feel myself becoming wary of how disparaging Zeright’s words were toward the human race.

just as expected. The female students were also looking at the atmosphere with frowns upon hearing Jeright’s words.

“but.!”

“It is also true that they have no choice but to move forward while being trapped at a given crossroads of growth.”

＂Unlike humans, we can use stable magic stones to emit magic power and perform something called “magic.”

“This is a strength that differentiates us from them and is an infinite possibility.”

Jeright began to open his mouth to divert the attention of the female students who were having doubts about Dahein’s question.

“past..”

“There was a group of {Royal Knights} who had similar thoughts to Dahein’s students.”