126 – Interlude

Eltman decided to finish the cleanup of this case.

In fact, he had already put an end to it, and Elena and I did nothing except catch the bishop who was trying to escape at the end, so we left the end of the case to Eltman and headed straight for the school district.

Arresting a pagan bishop was not an issue that could be treated as a trivial matter, but neither Elena nor I had any intention of making a fuss about it. Originally, this case was what Eltman was trying to solve, so it was good to see that this sweep was entirely his credit.

“Then I’ll finish this place, so you guys can go back. Elena, don’t tell your father and mother.”

“Even if you say that to us, I think you’ll get into your father’s ears anyway?”

“Well, you should talk to the imperial army guys. But just in case you don’t know, my brother-in-law tells the prince something. I’m asking him not to report it as it is. His Highness Orcus holds the military power now, so it’s better for my brother-in-law than me to persuade them. Talking directly to the prince might be more effective.”

“I had to report it anyway, so I’ll report it at that time.”

Although I should tell the truth to Orcus, who is in charge of the current situation. I had to do it even though it was obvious that I would be reprimanded for why I ran out without a word. I wasn’t a guy who couldn’t understand my situation, so if I told the truth, wouldn’t he sort it out and move on?

“Thank you, brother-in-law. By the way, this title is called brother-in-law. The more I use it, the more I like it that it sticks to my mouth. Oh, if you feel uncomfortable, you can tell me right away.

“No. It’s better now than before. Brother, do whatever you want.”

“Brother, brother…!”

After answering like this, Eltman murmured infrequently to see if he liked my answer, then laughed shyly. It seems that he is ashamed to be called a brother when he calls himself a brother-in-law so easily. Is it because you don’t have a brother?

However, in terms of reaction, Elena, who was listening to the conversation next to me, was more fussy, but when she saw me calling Eltman older brother, she trembled and came into my arms.

Could it be that I thought I would have hated Eltman because of his actions the day before? I didn’t quite understand at what point I liked it, but I liked it so much that it was fine.

“hahahahaha…I should have said I was a bit distracted at the time… I’m sorry! If you have time tomorrow, my brother-in-law should drop by my lab. Maybe it’s because I didn’t pay too much attention to it. It’s fun. I’ll show you something, so I’m looking forward to it!!”

Eltman apologized as if he was sorry about that and made an appointment to see him tomorrow. Unlike before, it seems that there is definitely room for it. Invite people to the lab. Since the head of the society we caught this time was a full professor in the Department of Eltman, he must have been busy for a while to sort this out.

Still, I didn’t say this out of my mouth, but when I said it, I thought that Eltman might go crazy like before, so I quietly zipped my mouth. Maybe it’s the little brother’s revenge. There was no guilt.

“It’s late at night. Don’t count on anything else because you’re excited. Let’s go back. See you tomorrow.”

After a brief conversation with Eltman, we parted ways. I don’t know when Eltman will realize this, but it seemed like it would be all right, at least until tomorrow.

Anyway, this hostage war, not a hostage war, ended like this.

I was very worried about the butterfly effect and everything, but to hear that they were all on the palms of Eltman and Elena. It was also relieved because it was a concept that was common to pagans that life in the world was not easy.

We hope the current situation is good for us, nothing will do us any harm. Am I worrying too much? Maybe it’s because I put too much play in the beginning, but even if the wind blows through the butterfly effect, it’s not at the level of a breeze. Now I think the opposite.

I don’t think I was thinking too much of the original.

Seeing that Reinhardt, who later became the greatest swordsman in the continent at the age of less than thirty, could compete with me now, I thought that Elena, who had talent beyond him, would of course be stronger than Reinhardt. I never imagined that the realm was a transcendent.

how to say Now, it seems that no matter what happens, it will all be sorted out with one gesture from Elena.

I saw today that he shoots a death beam from his hand. Seeing that, I could roughly guess how the monsters that attacked the base during the hunting tournament were knocked down. Somehow, after returning to the flat ground before going to the forest, it seemed that Elena had created craters here and there.

‘So!! The lady waved her hand once, and the monsters turned to powder and disappeared. With one kick, the ground cracked open and the ground collapsed!!’

At that time, no matter how much Robin explained it, something didn’t come out well in my head, but as expected, I had to see it with my own eyes.

Rather than my mind being confused, it seems that my recently complicated mind has been clearly organized. don’t think too deeply ‘Cause I’ve got a job to do

I just realized that I was judging myself too generously. Come to think of it, Elena can’t see me favorably when I’m struggling alone. So it seems that she showed it like this today. To not suffer alone, to look around.

They managed to get to the school district before the moon fell from the sky. It seemed that it took less time to come back than to go, perhaps because I ran hard. At the fork in the road, Elena spoke to me.

“I don’t think it would be bad to go for a night walk like this once in a while, right?”

“As long as it’s not too late. If I act like I did today, I might end up oversleeping the next day. But from next time on, I’ll always tell you before I leave. So, Elena, please refrain from staring at me as blue.”

“…Does self-restraint mean sometimes?”

“I’ll go in. Good night.”

“Ah, okay!! I won’t do it next time!!!”

Anyway, privacy is important. Actually, I just stabbed it once, but seeing how it reacted, it seems that Elena has watched me like that once or twice. By the way, being able to see me through the blue one means that Elena sees through the blue one’s eyesight? This is the first time I didn’t know this.

It’s unlikely that Elena watched over my every move like a big brother. Sometimes when I miss my face, I must have blown the blue one or two times.

Um… maybe?

The truth is only Elena knows, but she can’t tell me that. Let’s stop asking here. Sometimes not knowing is the medicine.

“Then now, if this happens, you’ll be the first to discuss it with me, not Orcus. Promise.”

“But that’s also Orcus’ job…”

“Appointment.”

“Appointment…”

I wondered why the name of Orcus came up all of a sudden, and I remembered that I had only talked about this kind of thing with him. Am I jealous of this? I didn’t want to, but Elena was a person with a desire to monopolize even the smallest details, so it wasn’t something that I couldn’t understand.

After sending Elena back to the dormitory, I also moved.

I am still too awake to go to bed. Sometimes I’ll be holding a sword. Where I had to go was decided.

***

Enlightenment always comes unexpectedly.

The chance to get this can be dramatic or it can come from a very trivial act. Just having a fight on a fictional day doesn’t mean you’ll reach a higher level. It’s not like a formal formula, it’s something you don’t know until you get it.

I don’t know if what happened with Elena today will be the trigger, but I chose to head to the gym instead of going to bed. For some reason, I felt like swinging a sword. Originally, when I felt like that, I did it because it was convenient to do as my heart felt.

I didn’t train by adding something special, but I did my usual training.

After going around the gymnasium, as always, I train my body according to the routine I had planned in advance. After I finished training my body, I started with basic skills such as upward, horizontal, and downward slashes, then practiced the family swordsmanship and the skills I had learned one by one, repeating this until I was satisfied with it, and it was over.

It’s obvious, but it was the same as usual.

It feels like you are slowly moving forward step by step.

In other words, there was no such thing as an epiphany that suddenly lifted me to the limit.

Still, should I be glad that I am not walking in place? I thought that, and then I hit my head with a fist.

In fact, there is no such thing as walking in place.

Each person has a difference in talent, but training makes me stronger than myself the day before. Geniuses or others can do in a year what others would do in 10 years, but anyway, non-geniuses can achieve the same achievement if they put in 10 years of effort. It was something I had always engraved in my head, but why is it like this today? I had forgotten the obvious.

“Why am I like this…”

I pretended to be fine in front of Elena, but I knew I was impatient when I was left alone.

The reason is, of course, because of what Elena showed me. The moment that I thought was just a distant thing was right in front of my nose, and my heart seemed to be in a hurry accordingly. Even though I didn’t have to do that right now, my goal was to stand side by side with her.

It was Elena who was much stronger than the original. That’s because he’s transcendent. Has there ever been a person in the history of this continent who reached the state of transcendence before he was twenty?

Even though he knows he is not a genius, he dares to imitate it. It was before, I thought I had adjusted my weight based on my past life experience, but now that I found out that wasn’t the case, my heart was trying to match it.

That only increases the emotional burden, but nothing changes.

Even though I know this, I really don’t know how people want to do it.

As I sat down to meditate for a while, I felt someone coming this way. Someone said it was Reinhardt. This guy always trained with me in the morning, but in fact, did he come out first before doing it with me? Guys aren’t usually sincere either.

Reinhardt looked quite surprised when he found me sitting in the gymnasium. Originally, it was time to sleep. No wonder I was a guy who knew that I was pretty strict about my sleeping hours. I spoke to him first before he opened his mouth.

“It’s still far from morning, but something is already out there.”

“I always come out at this time to warm up. More than that, Damian. Is there a reason you came out early today? Aren’t you the kind of person who always keeps your sleeping hours?”

“I just felt like coming out of nowhere and swinging a sword. It happens sometimes.”

“I understand.”

Reinhardt nodded and soon did what he had to do. His training was no different from mine. After all, it is repetition of what has been learned. I also raised my sword and stood up again.