55 – Susomun

Are you saying that you and I are already acquainted? Even among all Eternia students, there are so few that I can count on my fingers that I am familiar with them.

“Perhaps… Are you in the same grade as me?”

Ella made a meaningful expression that was hard to guess.

“Just know that I was asking about you. I can’t tell you more about the situation. We haven’t even had the entrance ceremony yet, so there’s no need to get ahead of ourselves.”

“All right.”

At least that means they know me. Asking for no reason only raised my curiosity.

“I’ll just go. Get some rest.”

Ella took my mask and finally left.

Only then did I feel more relaxed, and I slumped in my chair.

Then, he blankly checked the pendant Ella had given him.

There was a diamond-shaped silvery metal and a mysterious white crystal embedded in it.

that this will save my life It feels like a warning that the day will come when you will face a warlock one day.

a black magician The word “most dangerous” in the world doesn’t really come close to me. It feels very big when you say a thousand gold, but it’s similar to how it doesn’t feel real when you say billions of money.

I wonder why Silverin didn’t tell me about the warlock.

I put the pendant around my neck.

It feels strange that the accessories seem to be increasing one by one.

Silverine’s ring, a bracelet enchanted by Elizabeth. Even Ella’s pendant. If I grow more here, I think I’ll look like an immature youngster who likes extravagance.

In the meantime, someone knocks on the door.

“Yes, come in.”

A young male attendant opened the door and entered.

“Damian, I will guide you to your room.”

I hurriedly packed my things from the table.

Then I got up and went out into the hallway after being guided by the attendant.

On the way, the attendant asked cautiously.

“Don’t you need a hot spring bath?”

“I just want to lie down. I will do it next time.”

“The hot spring is provided in a private room, so you don’t have to be very conscious of the people around you. If you think of anything, please call me anytime.”

I went on like that for a while and stood in front of the room door.

As soon as I pulled the door open, someone burst out from inside, startling.

And he shouts in a high-pitched voice.

“braided. Look at this. How pretty!”

Lyria was posing with her hand slightly raised in the middle of her skirt as if she were proud of her new clothes.

The attendant and I stood in front of him, lost in our senses for a moment.

It seems that Lilia was waiting in the guest room until I arrived.

But, as if he hadn’t thought that there would be more attendants besides me, he froze as it was.

Lilia’s eyes widened as she faced the two men’s embarrassing expressions. Eventually, his face even slightly heated up, as if he had been soaked in hot spring water.

The attendant cleared his throat and spoke calmly.

“I will come back next time. Then have a good time.”

“… .”

***

Rigbed is a terrain that is blocked by mountains on three sides, so the sky was covered with clouds for a long time. There was not much sunlight, and it rained three months out of the year.

The sun had set and the rig bed was drizzling. Shion put on her robe and crossed the intersection avoiding the wagons.

And she stopped in front of Filin’s forge. This is the place I stopped by to find the magic sword before taking the entrance exam. And it was here that I met the masked man for the first time.

The battle at the top of Eternia has been reviewed countless times. No matter how many times I thought about it, the strange feeling of alienation that surrounded the man could not be erased. I couldn’t tell if it was because of the sword or the way I used to fight.

Shion, who had strengthened his skills through countless experiences, had never seen such a strange sword and fighting method.

Shion opened the door to Flynn’s forge. Once inside, as Shion took off her hood, a group of men looking at the sword fixed their eyes on her. All of them seemed to know Zion.

After the Eternia entrance exam, Shion became more famous.

Shion, who had nothing to gain from fame, felt that everything was an annoyance.

When I approached the owner, he pretended to know me. I remember Zion.

“I never expected to see you again this soon, but what happened?

“I need a quiet place to talk.”

The owner looked at Shion and quietly brushed his beard. He was also familiar with Zion’s teacher.

“Hmm, follow me.”

The owner flicked his fingers and guided Shion into the store. After entering the small drawing room and closing the door, the owner asked, leaving only the two of them.

“What is the story that is so important that we have to go this far?”

“I am looking for someone.”

The owner narrows his brows without a word.

“It’s about a man who came to visit me at the same time as me the other day.”

Even without adding an explanation of the appearance, the host seemed to notice who he was talking about at once.

“I know who it is, but is there something wrong?”

“I have a lot of trouble with the entrance exam. I need information about the man.”

Then he took out a money bag and held it out in front of him.

“I’ll make a case.”

When the owner saw the money bag, he frowned as if he had been insulted. Then he crossed his arms and said in a defensive manner.

“This is a place that sells swords, not information. I don’t know what’s going on, but he’s just as important as you. If it’s not about the sword, I’ll go back.”

After thinking about this for a while, Shion released the magic sword Civeline from her waist. The handle was wrapped with a bandage so that others could not recognize it, and the sheath also prevented the magic from escaping with a special enchantment, but the owner recognized the magic sword at once.

“Then let’s ask something else. I heard that there are many types of demonic swords in the world. I’m sure no one in Riggbed knows better than you when it comes to swords. Are there any swords with greater power than this?”

“I don’t know why I’m talking about this, but your sword is one of the best swords I know. It’s something that accompanied your master’s heyday. What more needs to be said?”

There was no way the host could grasp Shion’s intentions. The black Zion, which emitted that beautiful light, planted jealousy to the point of bone ache in one side of Zion’s heart, and a sense of awe in the other side.

“As with all swords, there must be swords that are superior and inferior in quality. But a higher grade sword, do you want to hear from me the story of a legendary or mythical sword? If you feel that the sword is lacking, it must be because you haven’t used it properly.”

“… I had to stop.”

Shion finished the conversation and came out of the drawing room. I couldn’t get the information I wanted, and the man’s identity was still a mystery.

As she tried to leave the store, a group of men who were staring at Shion blocked the exit.

A handsome man who seemed to be the leader held out his hand and asked for a handshake.

“I didn’t expect to see you here. This time, it is called Philip, who is entering Eternia. You probably know our family. I am the eldest son of the great Count Chase… ”

Shion cut off his words as if he was bored.

“go away.”

“… what?”

The man whose pride as an aristocrat had been brutally trampled on had forced one corner of his mouth up to hide his embarrassment.

“No matter how good you are, like this… .”

Shion said in a cold voice.

“I can not hear you? Turn it off.”

I could tell without having to fight. That all those standing in their way were incompetent humans who could never block her sword.

If you had poor skills, no matter how much money you had and how good you were born, it would be meaningless to Shion.

The only thing you can trust in front of the Witchbeast is the sword.

There is only one man Shion wants to deal with in Eternia. Her hair had to be dark red, and she had to wear a mask and wear a wooden sword at her waist. A man who did not have no value.

“I didn’t know your personality could be so different.”

Philip, weighed down by her momentum, groaned and stepped aside.

***

“Congratulations, lady.”

After receiving the letter, Lilith’s private tutor in magic came up to Rigbed and joined us for dinner.

“thank you. Miss Colvere.”

“If you have achieved that level of performance on the entrance exam, you can certainly expect high grades.”

It’s definitely something to be happy about. I was able to confirm my dream of entering Eternia now. If luck went well, it would be good to expect the results of the second chief of the Ministry of Magic.

There was just something that stuck in the corner of my heart. It’s true that he used his wits and reached the middle of the Grace Mountains quickly, but Lilith hadn’t done a single thing to get the top grade.

I just followed one person and climbed the route he opened before Plantera could restore it again.

I was happy, but at the same time, I felt shaky.

Is it possible to get good grades like this?

Lilith habitually took out a handkerchief and tried to wipe her mouth, startled.

It was the handkerchief that had wiped the man’s blood off during the entrance exam. The dark red stain was still dark.

Nothing has changed since washing it with rainwater in a cave the other day. I could have used a drug to get it off, but it didn’t.

I couldn’t even tell myself why. It was originally a tendency to value cleanliness, but this was an exception. Seeing those bloodstains gave me an indescribably strange feeling, and I didn’t particularly hate it.

When the attendant saw the handkerchief, he was frightened and approached Lilith.

“My lady, if you leave it to us… .”

“No, that’s fine.”

As she put the handkerchief back into her bosom, the tutor expressed a question.

“Isn’t that your favorite handkerchief? how come… .”

“Yes, it is a handkerchief full of attachment. Do not worry. it’s not my blood It is the blood of the person who helped me.”

Colvere looked carefully at Lilith’s expression and said.

“Seeing that he left such a mark, he seems to have left good feelings for him.”

Lilith said with a wry smile.

“Um, well. It’s a little bit more complex emotion.”

She hurriedly changed the subject.

“Ah, more than that, have you ever seen a shining sword?”

Colvere replied, running a finger through his beard.

“There are many shining swords in the world.”

“That’s why the entire sword glows white… It looks very mysterious and strong… .”

“Probably an enchanted sword.”

To be called an enchantment, the sword in my memory was very different.

“It feels different. So… The light is just flying… such a mysterious… .”

The sword of light that Lilith saw had a noble aura that was difficult to create with human hands. However, there was no way to properly express the feeling.

“Oh no, it’s okay.”