episode_0216

“… … The galaxy has disappeared. As in [Daemari crack shop].”

When Eunha left the gym with the excuse of getting some fresh air.

Sword Demon Kim Sarang couldn’t hide her embarrassment when she couldn’t see the woman who had just gone outside.

In the background, a scouter from the [Changcheon Sword Family] and the youngest daughter of the [Blue Dragon Family] are exchanging awkward greetings.

Kim Sarang, looking around the empty hallway, bites her lip.

It’s been a long time since I last met an acquaintance who doesn’t belong to the [Changcheon Sword House].

Kim Sarang tapped the long sword on her waist to calm her anxiety.

Where did it go?

Leaving yourself alone like this.

Because I only swung the wooden sword so much, I didn’t even notice the scratches on my palms.

Is that why he left, saying he wanted to get some fresh air?

Wow…

The hand holding the sliding door takes strength.

(Kim Sarang?… Oh, that [Changcheon Swordsman]? He is ranked first in combat skills at the academy.)

(What is he? My dad told me to be friendly, so I tried talking to him during lunch? But he keeps saying strange things… and I can’t communicate.)

A long-awaited acquaintance of your own.

I was most confident in swordsmanship, so I offered to teach him how to use a sword, but was it the wrong way to do it?

Could it be that things continue like this?

Maybe I’ll get tired of it and never come back again.

Emotions that cannot be expressed in words flow from trembling fingertips.

(He knows what he’s doing… It’s annoying.)

(The subject continued to fail the written exam and was only promoted to D level in July.)

(Student Kim Sarang. The teacher called me because this was the first time something like this had happened.)

(Your written score is worse than last time. Is something difficult for you?)

(He definitely has no friends other than the people in the guild.)

just. He says he has friends too.

I know this pretty person.

To Eunha, [Changcheongeomga] is such a cool place,

I just wanted to show you.

… … .

… … .

Sword Demon Kim Sarang.

A D-class hunter who is confident in swordsmanship.

“… … Hmm.”

As she looked around the outside of the training ground where Eunha had disappeared, she proudly straightened her shoulders.

The main character of [Reincarnation of the Sword], a novel she was obsessed with when she was young.

The story of the Sword Demon who lived proudly despite all kinds of hardships touched my heart.

Is it because of that?

As the number of hardships she encountered in her life increased, Kim Sa-Rang’s ego grew thicker and thicker.

Repetition of a vicious cycle.

“Hmm… Even in my opinion, Eunha Doryo’s light engineering skills are excellent. It’s hard to just practice swordsmanship too much, so when I come back… when I come back… What should we do now?”

Grumbling…

Kim Sarang, who was muttering to herself, closed the sliding door.

I don’t intentionally go looking for galaxies.

Even if you go looking for it, you won’t be able to come up with anything to talk about, and instead of meeting Eunha, you’ll wander around and come back empty-handed.

Finding the missing galaxy in the last [Miriena Rift Field] was also the result of heavenly luck.

It would be better for everyone if we stayed quietly in the training ground for now.

“Hmm… Then, for a while, I will have to eat breakfast until Eunha comes back.”

With a light cough, she returned to her usual ‘Sword Demon Kim Sarang’ look and turned around, fluttering the loose sleeves of her uniform.

This is what Kim Sarang sees in her eyes.

Scouter Jeong So-ra expresses her condolences upon hearing the news of Kang Do-han’s death, and Kang Na-ri is in a hurry to change the topic with a thorn-cushioned expression.

Two people having a meaningful conversation in a large training hall.

… … Two people.

“Where is that ghostly woman?”

“Yes?… Huh? Mr. Banharin…? Were you next to me just now?”

Tick. Tick.

A clock hand turns leisurely on one wall of the training hall.

The overlapping hour and minute hands have different speeds,

Ultimately moving in the same direction,

It’s an ordinary afternoon.

… … .

… … .

“It seems that the conditions for being with Eunha are wider than I thought.”

Ban Harin escaped everyone’s attention.

She looked around the dark hallway and wiped her cold face out of habit.

The moment the perception of the people around you becomes distant from you, you come to your senses and this is where you come to.

I sigh in frustration at the change that occurred without warning.

A hairpin in the shape of an inverted cross that prevents attacks by ‘unknown monsters’.

Did you say it doesn’t work when you’re with Eunha?

I thought too easily of their resentment and malice.

Regardless of whether there are other people around, the ‘hairpin’ is useless as long as Eunha is with her.

Therefore, the moment I escaped the perception of others, I entered the world of strangeness, just like Eunha.

… … Dadadadadadak.

The sound of something’s footsteps.

Banharin looked down the wooden hallway, where there was no place to hide.

Although I can see several tightly closed sliding doors, I don’t want to enter them carelessly.

‘If I had known it would end up like this, I would have brought Nari Kang here for no reason… Still, she looked so happy while collecting Eunha’s blood from the wooden sword, so it must have been enough to pay for the errand.’

A dark hallway.

I rely on the weak light sources installed sparsely on the ceiling for my vision.

Was this how Eunha, who often disappeared from his watch, felt like this?

Ban Harin looks around at the pitch-black spider webs created here and there in the hallway and touches the ‘inverted cross hairpin’ on her bangs.

Puzzle!

Bright yellow lightning flashed from the corner of her eyes.

His one and only eye turns golden, and he begins to ‘observe’ the strange space surrounding him one by one.

Eyes as brilliant as a rising star.

After ‘observing’ the pitch-black spider web made of hair, she wipes the cold sweat running down her cheek and turns her head.

“… … As expected, insects growing in the mountains are tough.”

Spider webs should not be touched carelessly.

Observing ‘future possibilities’, she examined her body.

The hair that makes up the spider web does not penetrate the skin, and there is no pain as the skin melts from the spider venom.

Kongkong…

Ban Harin shook off his anxiety by stomping his feet with an expressionless face.

‘Already one life… available mana is about 80%. The future is bleak.’

If I had known this would happen, I should have checked the ‘guide’ with Eunha in the car.

Well, since Eunha is probably the first person to ‘open her eyes’ other than herself, we can figure things out one by one from now on.

For that purpose, I stayed by Eunha’s side.

All that remains is to survive and not die in the process of trial and error.

Squeeze!

Surviving in a strange world without a guide.

Only by doing this much will Eunha feel safe and leave her side.

“Then where… let’s find an exit or go find Eunha.”

Dadadadadadak. Dadadadadadak.

Ban Harin, with an expressionless face and exaggerated confidence, looked out across the dark hallway.

From earlier, the sound of ‘something’ footsteps was slowly approaching.

“Glitter. Glitter. Glitter.”

Tap-dap-dash… I hear the sound of footsteps running through the wooden hallway.

It was very heavy and dull, followed by the sound of the floor being mopped or something.

Banharin quietly ‘observed’ beyond the dark hallway.

“… … Wow. Crazy.”

“Glitter.”

and,

Immediately after seeing ‘that’ coming towards you,

With an expressionless face, he started running towards the opposite hallway.

Eunha, that beautiful cow.

Just check the guide yourself.

We’ll see if he survives.

… … .

… … .

“I’m glad I met someone. It was difficult because the building was so complicated.”

So, back to the beginning again,

Eunha escaped from [Miriena Dojo] and returned to [Changcheon Sword House].

She walked down a dust-free connecting corridor side by side with a beautiful woman she had met by chance.

“… … Guild leader…”

“Hayang Kim.”

“Um… Ha-yang Kim, are you lost? At his guild headquarters.”

“I think it was built too big.”

A woman with waist-length black hair braided and draped over her left shoulder.

Her beautiful appearance was enough to make you believe she was the age of Eunha’s older sister, and her face and body were so similar that I wondered if this was what Kim Sarang would feel like when she matured.

A confident gait born of confidence.

Two eyes gently closed.

On the side of the pure white gi, like a pile of snow, a long sword identical to Kim Sarang’s stands out.

He is a person who has no flaws other than the ramen soup on his chest in his pure white uniform.

“… … Actually, I don’t even know where I am.”

“I see. Are you sadly lost? But I have an idea. It’s true that if you don’t know something, you have to ask someone else to find a solution.”

Grumble! bang!!

Guild leader Kim Ha-yang took a long stride forward and opened the sliding door nearby.

The open sliding door lets out a refreshing scream.

The inside of the door appeared to be a guild office, and a middle-aged woman, startled by a sudden noise, dropped a stack of documents on the floor.

Soon, a middle-aged woman spots Kim Ha-yang standing confidently in front of the sliding door and laments that she is sick of it.

“Oh my gosh, Hayanghayang. The sound of my stomach exploding can be heard from the sliding door.”

“I’m sorry I’m on official duty. I found a lost child. Where should I go to the training ground?”

“Okay, here’s the map. The current location is here.”

As if the current situation was familiar, a middle-aged woman took out a map of the guild headquarters that she had prepared in advance and handed it to Ha-yang Kim.

She must have not noticed Eunha standing quietly behind Ha-yang Kim, and started nagging her guild leader without hesitation.

Do you often get lost?

Grumbling…

The door closes, and Ha-yang Kim, who was fiddling with the map with her fingertips, looks back at Eunha.

“It came in the opposite direction. Let’s go back.”

“Is it okay if I look at the directions?”

“Then it’s safe.”

His steps are as light as a feather as he strides forward with his eyes closed.

He is quite an amazing person.

Eunha received directions from Ha-yang Kim and walked towards the ‘indoor training hall’.

“… … Hmm?”

The directions given by the office staff were:

It was in Braille.

… … .

“Are you Sarang’s friend? If that’s the case, then you’re an honored guest to me too. It’s okay to let go.”

The guild leader of [Changcheon Sword House], one of the largest guilds in Korea.

The woman I met by chance was a very naive and strangely distant person.

“At first, I thought it was a ghost. Like the Invisible Man, he has almost no pretense of popularity. It’s an important talent for hunters, so you can be proud of it.”

Giggle~!

The transparent sound of footsteps running down the hallway.

Two tightly closed eyes look towards the galaxy.

It is a famous story among hunters.

Eunha walked forward while fiddling with the ‘Braille map’ with a complicated mind.

Go back down the connecting corridor you just came from and enter the main building where the training hall is located.

Trap… plod…

stump.

At that moment, Ha-yang Kim, who noticed Eunha’s calm atmosphere, took out her hands hidden in her sleeves and shook them lightly.

“You may hide your pretense of popularity, but you cannot hide your true feelings. There are no inconveniences in living except for not being able to read.”

“I haven’t said anything yet.”

“I can see everything. Don’t you live with the words written all over your face?”

Tuktuk…

With those words, Guild Leader Kim Hayang puts her hand on one wall.

That moment. Pure white ‘mana’ flows out from the fingertips that touch the wall.

Wow!!

One swipe.

Eventually, her fingertips ‘frictioned’ against the wall, gained strange speed, and shot forward, leaving a blurry afterimage.

Taang!!!

A sound similar to a gunshot hits the air, and mosquitoes leisurely roaming the hallways are blown away by wind pressure and scattered into pieces.

[Friction Conversion] skill.

Kim Sarang said that it is a skill that changes friction into kinetic energy.

Certainly, having a mother who can create sonic booms with her bare hands is enough to get you into martial arts.

Long wind is a dream.

Eunha looked away from the sliding door that was creaking from the wind pressure and straightened her disheveled hair.

“… … Wow.”

“Because it is a mountain, there are a lot of flying insects. If you are bitten by a mosquito, make the sign of a cross with your fingernail.”

“Apply mosquito repellent.”

Miss Kim, with her hands hidden in her sleeves again, walks ahead as if embarrassed.

Does this mean I shouldn’t feel bad about not being able to see?

Contrary to the evaluation that he is stupid, he is a thoughtful person.

“Aren’t you always having a hard time?”

“I have to gain strength, and people with their eyes open will also gain strength when they see me.”

You are a strong person.

Eunha once again realized that the woman in front of her was the guild leader of [Changcheon Swordsman].

… … .

“But it’s really big. I shake every time I walk, but I’m not wearing underwear?”

“I thought it would be uncomfortable.”

“Hmm. Of course, since I have recovery skills, I don’t have to worry about my ligaments stretching.”

After that, Eunha walked around the guild building with Ha-yang Kim.

What I have is a map in Braille.

However, the guild leader Kim Ha-yang was an idiot who lost his way even in his own guild.

Eunha was a soft fist who couldn’t read Braille.

In a way, it was only natural that the two would get lost together, with directions in hand.

“It’s good weather for a walk.”

“Do you not have a phone?”

“You’ve been lost this much, haven’t you? I hate it when I call now because it feels like I’m losing.”

“Oh my.”

“Mmm. This is a restaurant. At [Changcheon Geomga], all employees use the restaurant for free.”

Eunha thought positively.

Still, thanks to that, I was able to tour the headquarters of a large guild.

And that too under the guidance of the guild leader.

Grumbling…

Guild leader Kim Ha-yang seemed to feel sorry for Eunha, who was dragging a heavy suitcase, and offered to carry it for her, but of course Eunha refused and took a step further away.

The good news was that I occasionally ran into guild members, who showed me the way to my destination, the ‘indoor training hall.’

Ha-yang Kim flatly refused the offer to guide the tour in person.

“Ah, guild leader. You’re wandering alone today too.”

“Hmm? Can’t you see the three-headed dog next to me?”

“Triceps dog? Where is the dog with three heads?”

The guild members passed by Hayang Kim, treating Eunha as invisible.

Is it because the confusion hasn’t been resolved yet?

Perhaps the discovery of the galaxy by guild leader Kim Ha-yang may be rather strange.

Sigh! Cry!

‘Something’ hidden inside the skirt of her uniform makes a happy laugh.

Let’s go play quickly, let’s go play with a lonely child.

A small hand on her thigh urges Eunha.

“… … That’s strange… I said it was Miss Eunha. If it’s okay, could you tell me what brought you here today?”

“I came here to play with Kim Sarang.”

I don’t know.

We have to play quickly. A lonely child is waiting under the kitchen.

Mixed with the blades.

The invisible man is playing alone.

“… Play with me?”

“Lonely children need to play together.』

Stop.

Eunha’s words grab Ha-yang Kim’s ankle.

… … .

It was a voice filled with an unknown eerieness.

The words flew like a dagger and left a small stain on Kim Ha-yang’s heart like ramen soup on her white uniform.

She stops walking and evaluates the human called Eunha with tightly closed eyes.

She is a strange woman.

Although she is not a monster, she is a woman who gives off an aura more dangerous than a monster.

You can feel it because you cannot see it.

‘… … .’

Eventually, I came to a conclusion,

Ha-yang Kim let out the breath she had been holding… and unknowingly removed her hand from the long sword she was holding.

Not to fight back, but to protect yourself.

It’s creepy.

“You’re amazing, you are. Is it really a person?”

Even she, who has a keener sense of energy than others, would miss it if she wasn’t careful.

Something blurry and eerie, like the Invisible Man.

Soon, Ha-yang Kim realizes that the D-class hunter, whom So-ra Jeong had only heard about, is a strange and mysterious being beyond her imagination.

A recovery skill that stops aging?

Even if there is no such thing, isn’t it a relationship that must be held?

Even she, who was always called stupid, thought that way.

‘My daughter has reached a precious connection.’

A relationship that must be held.

If so, what you need to do is:

I guess it’s my job as a mother, not a guild leader.

Ha-yang Kim took a step closer to Eunha.

“… … This is the first time my daughter has brought someone home.”

“okay.”

“The father died young, the stupid blind man was away from home every day, and at some point, my daughter’s school bag contained a martial arts cartoon instead of a textbook.”

Maybe a sudden story.

But I say it.

Like the North Star that I found in the night sky when I looked up without thinking.

Because it seemed like it would lead my lost heart to the right place.

“Sarang… was very lonely.”

Kim Sarang’s mother is a mysterious being before her eyes,

I wanted people to know their daughter a little more deeply.

“He said he liked martial arts, so he built a building like this at the top of the mountain… but I still don’t know if he was happy.”

『… … .』

“If I could have seen my daughter’s expression, I would have known.”

I didn’t have the courage to check with my hand.

… … .

A martial arts-style building built on the top of a mountain.

A strange office building with a strange mix of state-of-the-art equipment.

Continue speaking.

What connected was the heart, and what reached was the fingertips.

Hayang Kim looked at Eunha with a faint smile on her lips.

“So, please, I hope Eunha can become close with our love.”

Please play with that child a lot.

To my daughter’s ‘first friend’,

My mother said so.

… … .

“Go right away. Now, the training ground is just around the corner.”

“ah. wait a minute. I’ll stop by somewhere.”

“The destination is right in front of you, where are you going?”

“I’m going to learn a little bit of swordsmanship… I’ll be back soon.”

“Hmm?…… Well, I understand. Then I wait here. When I’m with my love, I keep wanting to hug her.”

… … .

… … .

Giggle~!

The ‘indoor training hall’ where Eunha and Ban Harin were away for a while.

After a longer time than expected, the sliding door opened.

Eunha, wearing a black uniform, comes inside.

At that sight, Kim Sarang jumps up from her seat and runs to her to look at her complexion.

“Eunha! I was worried because it was late!”

“We met by chance. I got lost and was guided here.”

“Uh, oh my!”

and. That’s what they call it.

Eunha looked at Kim Sarang mother and daughter with her usual smiling face.

Guild leader Kim Ha-yang dusts off Kim Sa-rang’s uniform with her eyes closed.

Kim Sarang looked at Eunha with an embarrassed expression.

“Well, it’s okay! I’ll do it alone!”

“I see… We also had a conch. Didn’t you take vacation?”

Kim Sarang moves away and adjusts her clothes.

Scouter Jeong So-ra looks at the guild leader, Eun-ha, wondering if he has done something to her.

Unlike a large guild, they are harmonious people. Is this a family-like company?

Giggle~!

And, Eunha, who was quietly watching,

I walked along with the sound of laughter coming from inside the skirt of my uniform.

I’m worried that Banharin can’t be seen… but it won’t be a problem.

She patted the ‘leather choker’ around her neck and approached Kim Sarang.

“Mr. Sarang Kim.”

“Ah, Eunha…the atmosphere is somehow different. I apologize if my class made you angry.”

“That’s okay, but do you have a moment?”

Light gait.

Transparent footsteps wander around, leaving lonely footprints in the sand of the training ground.

“I trained in swordsmanship just now… so let’s have a sword fight.』

Sword fight.

A game that children enjoy.

For Kim Sarang, who is confident in swordsmanship,

A sword fight with an opponent who doesn’t break or get tired even if he swings his sword to his heart’s content.

Basically, children grow up fighting.

“Why the sudden sword fight?”

『Have you ever had a sword fight? Not now, but when I was young.』

“… … no. I’ve never tried it before.”

『That’s why I’m doing it.』

This is a ritual.

You could say it’s just a way to kill meaningless time.

For inviting someone to the top of the mountain on holiday,

It’s just a small thing that relieves the resentment deep in your heart.

Giggle~!

There are two lonely children.

Please, these children get tired of playing,

I hope we part ways with a smile.

Eunha lifted the sword without hesitation.