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by adminEpisode 116 – Ordinary Sword, Great Sword 3 –
Why did Geomseong challenge me to spar?
That doesn’t really matter.
Because Geomseong was warlike from the beginning.
He is the kind of person who likes battle.
But his power was too strong.
His position was too high to fight someone carelessly.
Because his actions have great political power.
In such a situation, it was fully expected that the Sword Saint would turn to the guardian.
The guardian has never fought a sword saint.
That’s why he wanted to check the guardian’s power.
‘And you must have had doubts.’
We found out that the guardian’s power is not lacking.
Then why does he listen so obediently?
He must have asked the elves directly for that reason.
I could have reasonably inferred that the Guardian and I had fought.
The result is this.
“I will not fight with all my might. Since you will come under me anyway, I just want to see your skills.”
Geomseong looked very excited.
He is unmanned.
A person who wants to test his strength.
A person who enjoys fighting beyond just the thrill of it.
Since I had nothing to lose, I spoke straight.
“I understand.”
Let me express my agreement without much resistance from my mouth.
Shouts with various meanings poured out from the other cadets remaining in the auditorium.
“Hey! Shouldn’t that be stopped? You’re a swordsman, right?”
“Is he really crazy? You want to fight the Sword Saint?”
“At a glance, it looks like the guardians were fighting. The guardian probably didn’t reveal his true skills.”
“Apart from that, the Royal Guard? Is that guy going to become a member of the Royal Guard now?”
Numerous stories come and go, tickling each other’s ears.
But some cadets couldn’t understand it.
“Sparring with the Sword Saint… There would be very few people allowed to see his swordsmanship… !”
“Abraxas Yeongsik? Why?”
Swordsman is aggressive.
It is said that due to such factors, there was a lot of sparring in the distant past.
However, as the guardian said, there were so many people who wanted to analyze his skills.
There are too many cases where those he loves as a combatant try to use the Sword Saint for political reasons, so he refrains from doing so.
So let alone sparring.
It is not uncommon to not be able to observe his skills.
“It’s ridiculous.”
Ariana Crowfield said.
Perhaps it was because this was what the duke’s son-in-law said. The cadets around her were listening to her with their ears prickled.
“Sword Saint. I think this is a special case.”
Ohh?
Ariana openly criticized the Sword Saint’s judgment.
As I said, I was the type of person who came out because I genuinely thought there was a problem with me.
“We are academy cadets. That is why they are given equal rights. Since then, there is an invisible gap in status, but nominally, we are equal cadets.
Even if the fact that Cadet Abraxas was awarded the Golden Lion Medal this time is an out-of-the-box case, we can see the skills of the Sword Saint. It is believed that the Sword Saint is a kind of teacher.”
“I have no intention of teaching Abraxas Yeongsik anything.”
“You must call yourself a teacher and teach, but you are not a teacher. You can learn a lot from someone who is not your teacher.
It is a famous example that in the past, Archbishop Iliopher saw children tying iron to tree branches by the river and floating it, and was reminded of steel.
In this case, the child became the teacher of Archbishop Iliopher.”
“So does that mean it’s unfair in the end?”
“That’s right. It may be later, but Cadet Abraxas is still a cadet.
Won’t the title of Honor Guard also be suspended from academy cadet status?”
After all was said and done, I could see her purpose.
What she is aiming for is to inhibit my growth.
She thinks a high position is not suitable for me.
However, if I become extremely strong, it would be different.
If I become strong to the level of a swordsman, the imperial family will eventually give me an extremely high status.
No matter what problem it causes, as long as it is not at the level of treason, it will be overlooked.
That’s why I’ve been interfering with it for so long.
It’s still the same now.
‘Do you think that if you take the time, it will eventually come down? really.’
However, the majority of cadets do not know my judgment.
In other words, no matter how reasonable her actions may be, she appears to be a princess who is giving a counterargument to the Sword Saint.
This is truly an amazing situation.
Even if it’s true according to Academy rules, it’s still like that.
The reason discrimination is not so noticeable at the academy is that high-ranking people view commoners as future nobles.
This is because commoners simply live off of high-ranking nobles.
Anyway, after four years, up or down will be decided again.
But that’s closer to the inconvenient truth.
Well, it’s a situation where a controversy breaks out and needs to be resolved.
This should only be said in a serious meeting atmosphere.
But she brought it out now in a good mood, so it’s really amazing.
“… ”
There was a movement on the part of Theseus in response to the clearly overreaching remarks.
Since they were of the same family rank, Theseus intended to intervene directly.
[Theseus. Stay still. Even if you fight, only you will lose.]
So, I was told to stay still through the eum.
Theseus is two years younger than Ariana, and because his faction has not been created yet, he is pushed out in the power battle.
Since they probably lack political power, it is essentially a losing battle.
It would be better for me to step forward.
‘What’s important now is the words of the Sword Saint… ‘
The response is determined depending on how Geomseong reacts.
Should I just accept it now, or should I refute it outright?
However, Geomseong’s reply did not fit any of my assumptions.
“Haha. Anyway, since this is a special exception, His Majesty allowed it.”
“Yes?”
An answer that is somehow out of focus.
He understood, but his judgment was impaired by information we did not know.
“There is no need to worry. Princess Ariana. There is no special exception like the princess thinks.
His Majesty the Emperor simply gave the award to Abraxas Yeongsik for his merits.”
As Geomseong’s words continue, everyone begins to sense that something is wrong.
Some nobles think it’s a special treat given to me for my merit.
Some people are whispering about whether there is something else.
Some cadets even assumed that it was given to me because I joined the Royal Guard.
However, Geomsung said something very unusual.
“This sparring. It is carried out publicly. I’ll give you time to prepare, so tell me. I guess His Majesty the Emperor gave me a special opportunity.”
The public progress of the Sword Saint’s sparring.
The meaning of that sentence was very special.
Sword, Auror, Knight.
An opportunity to legally view human technology that has reached three extremes.
Take a moment to assess the situation.
Go through the process of recognizing whether what you heard is true.
“““Wow!!!”””
It didn’t take long for the cadets’ cheers to fill the auditorium.
And as the situation changed, what I should do also changed.
“Then I need to prepare. Can you give me that much time?”
“If I can’t even allow that much, what kind of noise will I hear? When you are ready, come to the sparring hall.
I’ll be waiting there. Because it’s a sparring you approved… You won’t abstain, right?”
“It can’t be. I have never abstained from voting without a fight.”
Of course, if I am at a disadvantage in the middle, I plan to abstain.
That’s the story from back then.
Although it was a sparring match that happened suddenly.
At least I need to prepare something else to show something.
I slowly went back to the dormitory and was on my way to make a simple plan.
Suddenly someone approached me and spoke to me.
“You.”
I turned my head to check and saw that it was Ariana Crowfield.
I thought I knew roughly what the purpose was.
I asked because I thought it would be even more shitty.
“What’s going on? Princess Ariana.”
“You… I really have no intention of fixing it.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Without any regard for courtesy. Respect is ignored. Ignoring everyone. Well, anyway… What are you saying? Ha!”
She said something in a frustrated way.
It seemed really unpleasant to see that I had decided to spar with a swordsman this time.
“People like you are truly pathetic. Did you come up because you have the ability? It can happen. Are you failing due to lack of ability? It can happen.
however… If you are in a position, you must have the dignity to match that position… You still don’t seem to have any intention of doing that.”
“It is a quality befitting the position. ”
There is a dignity that suits the place.
To some extent, this is true.
Because you can’t demand the same behavior from an emperor and a beggar.
But even so, it must be done by the person who can ask for it.
Scratching the bowl is the privilege of the companion or parent.
This is not the privilege of a passing wanted criminal.
She goes beyond avoiding me and attacks me so persistently.
It’s just because I don’t like it.
“I admit that I don’t really act befitting a noble. Isn’t it strange? Why do you hate me?”
“What is that… ?”
“No matter how much you think about it, it’s strange. I don’t actually commit illegal acts often, and there are many nobles with worse character than me, right?
Are there one or two nobles who are called assholes? But why do you only do that to me?”
Just like there are a lot of garbage people on Earth.
There are many people in this land who are like trash.
And surprisingly, it did not discriminate between classes.
Because I was a noble, I saw a lot of corruption among nobles.
If you think about your previous life, being a commoner probably doesn’t make you any different.
So, if she really was a person who practiced noblesse oblige.
It was right to root them out first.
At least I cause much less harm to others than they do.
“Do you call that a horse? They’re so wrapped up in their sense of privilege that they don’t even realize it’s wrong, but you’re not doing that.
What you can’t fix because you don’t know. I know, but I don’t fix it. Which of the two should I hate more?”
Sounds plausible.
Sophistry packaged like this.
Among the majority of crimes, those who do not commit them because they do not know they are crimes end up being misdemeanors.
Murder, arson, sexual assault, sexual harassment, etc.
Some people who do some things know that it is a crime.
That is why only those of low status commit crimes.
There were many things she still couldn’t explain properly.
“Just admit it, right? They just don’t like me. Sometimes, there are people you just don’t like for no reason.
Of course, there are underlying causes, but I think it’s just a case of people who don’t like it. What.”
“Do I look like that? I see you’re trying to make me think that your problem is just my preference. I really think I know the level.”
“There are people who like me and there are people who dislike me, so our tastes are the same. If everyone likes or hates me, you’d be right.”
I don’t know why she hates me.
But it’s true that I don’t like it, so there’s no reason to stop it.
I gave up on being loved by everyone a long time ago.
“Because it’s not like that. It can be thought of as just a matter of taste.”
There is nothing more meaningless than trying to properly understand humans.
There was also a time when the Guardian suddenly made an unexpected move and my operation was nullified.
An example of this is keeping an eye on how Alice behaves.
So it doesn’t really matter why she does that.
How you deal with it is more important.
“If you just correct your behavior a little… It could end well for both of us… ”
“Let’s think of it the other way around. I don’t even appear in front of you very often. But why do I do that because I don’t want to see it when it appears for a brief moment?”
“I think this will be helpful to you too. This is the first time I’ve heard that asking for dignity is excessive interference.”
“The problem is where we both are. Even if you are family, I know how much you are related to me.
Those are words that can be requested by a fiancé, family member, or employee such as a nanny.”
“… ”
She eventually developed aphasia, as if she had nothing to say.
In times like these, it is appropriate to do something straightforward.
There is a saying that it takes dozens to refute a single sentence.
Because it’s the same over there.
“Let’s give it a try. Because you will find out who was right.”
“You are not wrong. I’m not wrong either. Why on earth are you obsessed with right and wrong?”
After yelling at me like that, she left.
The deep disgust was still chilling the surrounding atmosphere.
It’s still a question.
Why do they hate me so much?
It’s like he wants me to fail too.
‘There may be no particular reason.’
There are so many things in this world whose reasons are unknown.
I might find out someday, so I went back to the dorm and busily prepared.
After quite a long time has passed.
Now is the time.
“Are you ready now?”
The swordsman asked me as I entered the sparring hall.
“I didn’t come here to abstain.”
That’s how the sparring began.
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