episode_0398

Lila stared at me as if I was dumbfounded.

“Where on earth did you learn about cloud walking?”

The absurd thing was that Amilla sat next to me and shook her head.

“I thought it was some kind of flying animal.”

Since there were no ropes to restrain me, I was held captive by Amila, who was frozen due to ‘rigor mortis’, and spent time there. I could shake it off, but don’t I have a month’s worth of tickets to stay out?

You have to give it up for a few days.

“Horus is a place where even United Lines can enter. I once lived in the Magic Tower. I learned it from someone who came in at that time.”

“Magic Tower? What kind of place is Magic Tower?”

Jean’s eyes light up.

It’s not that great of a place.

“It’s ridiculously high. The first floor alone is almost the size of a Chinese barracks, but such a large place is crowded with people from all over the country.”

“That big?”

“The floors narrow into a triangle shape, and there are a total of 14 floors. It’s high enough to almost reach Benji’s Sky Lake.”

When I told them that there was no need to scoop out poop like in a separate toilet, Amilla and Jean opened their eyes wide and exclaimed in admiration.

“Wow… After all, well-off people don’t poop.”

Is that an admirable story?

Isabelle laughs when she sees me being caught.

“I’ll catch all the rest.”

“Good luck.”

I don’t know how good he will be, but people who don’t know tracking skills have their limits.

Unless you happen to be lucky enough to find it.

Isabel quickly started running up the mountain.

“I think Isabel hates me.”

“It’s not like that, it’s just like that.”

“Huh?”

Jean laughs heartily.

“Isabel is naturally like that.”

Isabel?

Isn’t that too childish for that?

or not···.

“Isabelle has never lost?”

“Yes. Even looking at it, I received the blessing of almost a first-class priest. He learns everything quickly and is physically perfect. Plus, it’s pretty, right?”

I understand because I received a statement from someone else’s mouth like this.

In that case, I have no choice but to be conceited.

“There was no enemy. Everyone comes to the military nervous, but Isabelle probably wasn’t nervous. Because I learned everything and surpassed everything.”

Jean, who was watching my disappearing back, glances at me.

“You probably think that you are one of those obstacles, right?”

“No matter how hard Isabel tries, I won’t be able to surpass her.”

Combat is not about skill, but about experience.

That’s the lesson I learned from dying dozens of times.

“Brother engrave that into my bones. Because it seems dangerous if it continues like that.”

According to what Jean said, Isabelle is in a really dangerous situation.

The power contained in the heavy crossbow is comparable to that of a rifle, and it is difficult for even me to deal with the opponent.

“Okay.”

When I stood up, Amilla, who was holding me, came up to me.

“Oh, wow!”

“I’ll be back.”

“···So?”

“Whether it falls or hangs, it will take care of itself.”

Amilla clung to me like a cicada.

Looking at Amilla’s chest trembling gently against her back, it seems like she is shaking.

I headed toward the top of the mountain, carrying Amilla on my back.

How far did it go that way?

You can see broken branches, fallen leaves, and branches with fallen leaves.

Because humans walk on two legs, they easily leave footprints, and because they transfer a lot of body weight, they easily crush fallen leaves or tree branches.

What if you wear shoes with hard soles?

The wet soil on the tree hardens and clumps together.

A very familiar trace.

This is the dirt that was in the pattern on the sole of the shoe being blown out.

‘Did you climb the tree?’

But why is it necessary?

“Where are you going? This is outside the training principal, right?”

“There are footprints.”

It seems like Amilla can’t smell because of the headwind, but I can smell it.

‘Who is it?’

Although they are similar, they have two different smells.

The thing in front of me… there is no answer.

One of the two is definitely Laquilo.

If I had known this would happen, I would have checked Laquilo’s body odor.

“What about Laquilo?”

“I don’t know. That idiot. I’m not interested.”

Amilla shrugs.

for a moment.

···!

That idiot!

You’re trying to desert!

This isn’t about that idiot deserting!

“Amilla! Laquilo is trying to desert!”

“What?”

That’s not all.

In addition to “…”

‘···There is not just one footprint.’

“Sweetheart, someone who is not a soldier has sneaked into the principal.”

“What does it mean?”

“It’s a sign of climbing a tree.”

It’s dirt and traces of claws.

I heard that in the case of the naturalist terup who lives in the mountains, they do not like to be bound by borders, so they arbitrarily settle in the mountains where their owners are.

And, he gives a commanding command as the mountain owner.

“It seems like the naturalistic Terup is trying to take over as principal.”

Or, it could be an elf who learned cloud walking, but the probability of that happening is infinitely low.

Considering that the two subhumans have similar body odors, it is reasonable to assume that they are of the same species.

“I would like you to bring Director Yang Seong.”

Could it be that the situation is taking an unusual turn?

Amilla, who was hanging, slowly comes down.

“Are you sure?”

“I take responsibility.”

Terub’s fingernails are completely different from Hosot’s.

In particular, naturalist Terup does not cut his fingernails, as if becoming an animal is his lifelong wish.

As of right now, I don’t want to fight with the clawing terub because I don’t have any blood.

If the skin is torn into pieces and the face is scratched, the face disappears.

“···Okay. You’re not going to be stupid and go alone, right?”

“I’m going. So bring it quickly.”

First of all, they are people who react sensitively to their own species in their own territory.

I left Amilla behind and walked towards the place where the smell came from.

My special sense of smell, unaffected by the wind or anything external, seemed to warn me.

“So, hurry up and call me.”

He secretly pulled out the air rifle so that Amilla could not see.

How far did it go that way?

It’s absurd, but… the traces are parallel.

The guy was moving with Laquilo as if he was an acquaintance.

At least it means that it is not the United Line.

Someone started approaching me from there.

There were two ways to go, but one thing to come.

···Rakilo.

“What on earth are you doing?”

Laquilo wrinkled his eyebrows and looked at me intently.

“Do you know anything?”

“There were traces of another demi-human.”

“I don’t know.”

Laquilo came out uncooperative and passed me.

The smell was faint, but it didn’t disappear either.

Are we moving away?

Or is he observing this side?

In any case, it is difficult to ask for cooperation from this guy.

The director of the training camp will confirm it.

Laquilo glanced at me, then focused his gaze on the air rifle in my hand.

“What is that stick?”

“It’s a magic tool called a scent detector. I tracked you down with this.”

“Ha.”

Laquilo shook his head and started walking towards the principal.

He put the air rifle in his chest and walked quietly behind him.

What is a naturalist theory?

These are the tribes that carved the scars on Juul’s body the day I first saw him.

I don’t want to scratch and make crumbs.

“I’m not being sarcastic, so just listen. Don’t do anything too risky. And then I’m hooked.”

Laquilo did not answer.

* * * * * *

“Apprentice Knight Ja Raquilo. Explain the situation.”

Raquilo, who received the indifferent look from the director of the training, lowered his gaze slightly and only looked at the director’s mouth.

“I met a naturalist Terup. We informed them that this was Drekkar’s training center and guided them outside.”

“What about the report?”

“I thought it was no big deal because the other person’s attitude was cooperative.”

Naturally, training was halted.

I don’t know why, but Isabelle was giving me an angry look.

“The skills of the apprentice engineers were understood to some extent. As of the current time, today’s training is suspended.”

So the training came to an end with no one receiving a night out.

After packing up my teaching materials and luggage, I began my return journey.

Perhaps because they were quite unhappy with the fact that there was no winner, the eyes of the apprentice knights looking at Laquilo did not contain such good feelings.

“Make your steps!!!”

“Yes!!!”

“Your voice is small!!! Louder!!!!”

“Yes-!!!!!”

At that moment, I saw soldiers rolling like dogs and entering the training center.

The smell of new recruits was strong up to this point.

He came running up to the principal, panting, dressed in dirty clothes, complete with pavis, heavy crossbow, and armor.

The military instructors look at the training officer and raise their hand to the left chest and lightly salute.

“There may be a naturalist terup in the mountains. Be careful.”

“Yes!”

Director Yang Yang roughly gestured and conveyed the special information and began to move forward.

“Ugh… the smell.”

“I’m glad it didn’t roll over like that.”

Among those rolling like that was Henry.

It looks like their minds have already suffered a discharge, and they don’t even know what these people are doing.

Sickness must be very difficult.

“Did you do that on purpose?”

Before I knew it, Isabel had come next to me and was looking up at me.

He looked quite tired and seemed to have a bad temper.

“Why did you do that on purpose?”

“You felt like you were going to lose to me, so you deliberately watched and made the training a mess, right?”

“If I had thought that way, I wouldn’t have taught combat skills properly. Don’t you even know how to track in the first place?”

Isabelle’s forehead wrinkled.

“Don’t ignore it! I almost caught them all! There were only four left…!”

‘You caught everything?’

I look at Jean, and he nods at me.

“I thought you were good at studying because you’re a young lady, but that’s not true?”

Susan smiled, put her arm around Isabelle’s shoulder, and looked at me with a sly smile on her face.

“Maybe he’s better than you.”

That is correct.

What am I doing?

This isn’t talent, it’s just experience that everyone has as they get older.

“Is it that much?”

“Of course.”

But I don’t understand.

Tracking is like a puzzle.

In particular, it was clear that this was Isabelle’s first time here.

Was it easy to put together a puzzle of a picture you had never seen before?

“How did you track it?”

“Hmph. Do you think you will let me know?”

“Did you learn tracking skills?”

“Yes! I used to hunt often!”

Well, Isabelle is also a similar age to Jean.

Moreover, it is a cuteness that cannot be hidden.

If you like physical activity, there’s nothing better than hunting.

“But, if it weren’t for ‘rigor mortis’, I could have produced cleaner results than you.”

After teasing her gently, Isabelle’s brows furrowed.

The kid is cute.

I feel like the feelings I had from my childhood when I bullied the girl I liked have come back to me.

“Who doesn’t know?!”

Thanks to this, it’s just fun to see him lose his temper.

It’s not scary when a pretty person gets angry.

Because you’re pretty no matter what you do.

“When I get back, I will tell you most of what I know. Don’t think you have any free time until you leave training camp.”

“···.”

This may have been a bit strong, but Isabel’s expression hardened slightly.

“Can’t you?”

“Well, is that possible?!”

I envy that innate persistence and passion.

Isn’t the reason old people feel nostalgic when they see young people not because they are envious of the youth of the body, but because they celebrate the innocence of their hearts at that time?

“That’s a good thing.”

Even though I have a good sense of smell, it is still uncharted territory for me.

I don’t know what the right smell is.

My head was pounding from too much information flowing in, so I carefully activated my sense of smell, which I had closed off.

‘We must never let something like this happen again.’

This is the optimal time to sweat a lot and have strong body odor.

Now you have to remember people’s smells.

Susan’s smell, Bessie’s smell, Jean’s smell, Coober’s smell…

A thousand different smells permeate my mind.

After all the smells were stored in my brain, Isabel was the last one left.

It was okay to smell other people’s scents, but for some reason, smelling Isabelle’s scent brought with it a feeling of shame, like I was a pervert.

‘Hey you crazy guy.’

How old are you and Isabelle?

Since you have been blessed by Venus, you may have a peculiar smell like me.

I consoled myself and stole her scent.

“······?”

But there was no smell from Isabel.

‘why? ‘Why don’t I smell anything?’

“What’s wrong?”

“···It’s nothing.”

I knew that my sense of smell wasn’t simply improving.

You can’t read emotions, and you can’t smell.

‘What on earth?’

It’s one of two things.

Dantalian or another servant is protecting Isabel.

In other words, it means that Isabel is an important part of the servant’s plan. Even if we are suspected, we must find out Isabel’s identity.

“Why are you staring at me like that?”

Before I knew it, Isabelle was looking at me.

“There’s so much to tell you, so I’m running out of time.”

“Are you saying I am Dunjae?”

Isabel wrinkles her eyebrows.

“···Do you remember Anne’s story from a few days ago?”

“Yes.”

“Learn quickly, not late. It is the stage of unconsciousness.”

“Every single person said that to me. And no one has been able to teach me for more than 100 days.”

Isabelle gave me a burning gaze.

‘If you want that, you have to do it.’

“From now on, there will be no time for personal maintenance or free time.”

The sea was already boring.

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to go see flowers.