Ten thousand horizontal cuts, ten thousand vertical cuts.

It was a task that Count Warrug gave me as part of my daily routine.

Even if one swing is 1 second, it is possible to do those two things if you do it for more than 6 hours.

If I timed it properly, I could have done it all day long.

‘But I’m sure it will help.’

It has often been said that the foundation is important.

Even when exercising, even when studying.

The foundation is the most important.

It had to be a foundation to be able to do more than that.

“young master. When you swing your sword, you must let go of your thoughts.”

Standing at the gymnasium, the knight commander stood next to me.

When I asked him to look at my posture from the side, he was overjoyed and even begged me to see him.

“You mustn’t dwell on the sword. Think of only one thing.”

Although the knight commander’s attitude was burdensome, it was a good choice to ask him.

When I started training in earnest, the light atmosphere disappeared and became infinitely heavy.

He watched my posture, found the problem, and corrected it right away.

It could not be denied that it was more efficient than wielding a sword alone.

“There are cases where vertical and horizontal cutting are not considered very important because they are the basics.”

Right.

He raised a wooden sword, corrected his posture, and continued.

“That’s why some of the knights focus on learning the advanced skills right away rather than the basics. You don’t even know how stupid that is.”

He clicked his tongue and gnashed his teeth.

“I hate those guys. Those bastards who were deceived by appearances and failed to establish themselves are not qualified to be knights.”

Isn’t this turning me around now?

I did.

I thought that the main character’s swordsmanship was all she needed without basic practice.

I just thought that I just needed to build a body that I could use right away in real combat.

“Ah, that’s not what the Bocchan is like. Bocchan… .”

‘Because I have a talent that surpasses that.’ The knight commander swallowed his words behind his back.

“What, why don’t you talk?”

“… it’s nothing.”

The knight commander shook his head.

I tilted my head at that figure and focused on swinging the sword again.

“So what do you want to say?”

“Swordsmanship begins with this foundation. Would you like to stop and look at me?”

He raised a wooden sword and took a stance.

“Kingdom swordsmanship is cutting, blocking, and stabbing. These three things are central.”

His sword cuts through the air.

After swinging the sword, he stepped back and took a blocking stance, bending his lower body to stab the wooden sword.

“If we go any further… .”

His movements gradually became faster, and diagonal slashes and spinning stabs were added.

All of that was done so naturally that it felt like a single movement.

“This is all about kingdom swordsmanship. If someone who doesn’t know swords sees it, it might be regarded as a swordsmanship. It’s different for knights like us. How do you feel about the kingdom swordsmanship I showed you?”

“Well… Isn’t that just a repetitive motion?”

“you’re right. Realm swordsmanship is nothing more than repeating basic movements. It was just put in place for practice.”

The knight commander lowers his wooden sword and tells me to swing the sword again.

“If you are deceived by splendor and fail to do the most important things, even that splendor turns into poison. You should always keep in mind that the basics of swordsmanship are always included.”

I seemed to know what he was trying to say.

And I also felt about my problems.

I skipped walking and tried to fly because I couldn’t run.

At first he got through.

I thought I was just flying.

I didn’t even know there was an assistive device that made me fly.

“Your master has talent. Because of that talent, he was able to become that strong even though he didn’t have a solid foundation like us.”

I had an auxiliary device called talent.

It is also an assistive device made with the latest technology.

I thought that the auxiliary device was also my strength, even though I did not exert myself.

My strength was right. Anyway, unlike others, it was mine.

“That’s why I’m more worried about you, Bocchan. It was solved by just grabbing the sword. It is not strange to think that it will always be like that.”

It was a little hot.

Because I thought I could do anything with my talent.

“That is not true. The master’s talent is… Even the sword master, the Mercenary King, was afraid of it.”

Was the mercenary king afraid?

This was the first time I’d heard it again.

Seeing my expression, he waved his hand and asked me to forget this.

“That’s not what’s important. You did very well when you promised to lay the groundwork. No matter how talented you are, there are limits. There are things that cannot be achieved with talent alone. These are not my words, but the words of the Mercenary King.”

“Did the mercenary king say that?”

“Yes. They said that becoming a Master is a separate issue from talent. Of course, it’s good to have talent. Because that shortens the time. However, the Master says that it is difficult to climb because there is talent, which cannot be achieved even with talent. I don’t know why because you didn’t tell me in detail.”

“no. That’s enough.”

I’ve already heard enough answers.

Anyway, the conclusion was one. That I have to lay a sufficient foundation.

I just need to focus on it.

‘At a time like this, that’s the best.’

I have to control my mind even now when my mind is confused by various things, especially the third prince.

If you continue to ferment it, you may someday die of bone disease.

It is not for nothing that people say that people die by vases.

“If you are a young master, you can do it. I believe in you, Bocchan.”

“Okay, could you please be quiet?”

It’s good to get advice, but you should do it moderately. What kind of person is Kim Chan-ho? List everything starting with LA.

If he had left it as it was, he had no choice but to stop it because he was going to brag about everything about his past.

His advice was more exhausting than I thought.

Are you using medicine that is good for your body?

Couldn’t you give me some advice?

“Hoo-wook… hook… !”

Still, it reminded me again that the foundation is important.

From now on, I want to focus as much as possible.

“what. Mr. A. I feel dirty.”

An annoying voice broke my concentration.

Why the hell did he come? The third prince was entering the gymnasium.

“sorry.”

Daria could be seen behind him.

To the girl who felt sorry for me, the 3rd prince said she had nothing to apologize for and told her to trust her and leave it to him.

“please. Your Highness Baan.”

“My love. You will have nothing to worry about. So please watch.”

“Please don’t do that.”

Seeing the third prince approaching me, Daria covered her forehead.

The 3rd Prince came closer to me and held my nose at my sweaty face.

“Ugh. It smells just as bad as mine.”

I was able to laugh nonchalantly even at the sight of him arguing.

He swung his sword to his heart’s content and calmed down to some extent.

“What are you doing?”

“You don’t know anything about it.”

oh, that lump of sh*t.

Every single thing you say annoys me.

“sorry.”

“huh. Excuse me, don’t look out for me.”

I want to too.

However, there was already something that came out through the meeting, so I couldn’t do it on my own.

Whatever he said to me, I was responsible for what happened to him.

At least here he had to be safe.

“By the way, what are you doing here?”

“It’s a gymnasium.”

To his question, the knight commander answered for me.

He noticed that my answering did nothing good.

“gymnasium? Where is this snot? her… It’s smaller than my Bok-soon’s house.”

The gymnasium, with a maximum capacity of 100 people, is small.

How on earth does that Bok-soon live luxuriously?

I suddenly felt that he was the emperor’s son.

It’s what they do, but if you look at it, it’s no different from a correctional banter… Well, maybe that’s why I’m still alive.

If he hadn’t belonged to the imperial family, he wouldn’t have been able to live with that kind of attitude until now.

‘It’s the same for me.’

The reason Raymond was able to survive so far was because Count Millennium was behind him.

“Well, I guess he’s still just a count.”

flinch.

The knight commander trembled at the words of the third prince.

There was an implicit disregard for the count in his words.

There was no article that could stand still while openly touching the owner.

“uh? Are you dissatisfied? Why, are you angry because I touched your father?”

However, he was not the third prince’s food.

The arrow came back to me, who was silently still.

“Prince Baan. Do you know how rude you are now?”

“ha ha ha. It’s a joke, so don’t be too angry. Fiancé would make me very sad.”

At Daria’s words, the third prince smiled smirkingly.

Then, he glanced back at me.

‘Are you intentionally touching me now?’

He seemed to want me to make even the slightest mistake.

Otherwise, you can’t scratch me like this.

How to do this. Should I accept it or not?

not. be patient

When I saw him deliberately touching me, there was something.

If I got angry here, or even a little bit, they could use that as an excuse to attack me.

If it was done wrong, it could lead to a serious incident as a crime of insulting the imperial family.

‘It would have been difficult without Daria.’

She cut it off at the right time and helped me not to get angry.

Without her, there were so many ambiguous situations that I would not have come forward.

I thanked her inwardly and smiled.

Seeing the sword I was holding, he opened his mouth as if he didn’t like the way I looked.

“Are you using a sword? Ha, you know the level. I just practiced something like a vertical cut. If you’re going to stay there until you’re old, I don’t know why you’re raising a sword.”

You’re attacking this way now.

Well, there are many different ways to touch people.

“Unlike you, who barely stay at that level, I have mastered imperial swordsmanship! Trying to protect my fiancée with just that much skill. Even if you didn’t go off-topic, my love wasn’t in danger.”

It’s a start again.

It seemed like it would take quite a while for that to calm down.

Ha, now I need to find another place.

The gymnasium, which was like a resting place for me, became uncomfortable because of him.

Is there really no way to get revenge?

“Then, how about Prince Baan telling you about the sword?”

“what?”

The third prince was taken aback by Daria’s sudden words.

I was also slightly perplexed.

Fighting with the 3rd prince, that’s not possible… .

‘wait a minute… Why didn’t I think of that until now?’

The most legal way to beat him up.

There was no better way than Dalian.

“Pi, I don’t care if the fiancé wants it, but will that coward sparring with me? obviously scared… .”

“I do.”

“… ?”

“I am in favor. Those couples.”

I’ll just make you a muk bowl.