A small party was held in the Marquis of Easton.

It was a feast to welcome Count Warug, and a feast of joy for having prevented the surprise attack by the Cairos tribe in advance.

“… It would have been dangerous if I hadn’t known in advance that such a guy existed. Thank you. If it wasn’t for you, I would have been in big trouble.”

“no. It’s not like I didn’t mean to be nice. Those who went with me suffered more than that. I haven’t done much.”

“I already heard everything through reports.”

“ha ha ha… .”

The Marquis of Easton and the Earl of Warrug chatted while holding glasses of milk, not alcohol.

Easton was in a state of war 365 days a year, so I couldn’t drink alcohol recklessly.

So, just to cheer up, I poured hot milk into a glass and drank it.

It was not a bad feeling to enjoy a feast with a pig’s hind leg in one hand and milk in the other.

And having lived in the South for several months, he knew how extravagant his actions were.

“By the way, are you okay? It’s obviously powerful, but I know it has adverse effects on your body.”

“Well… ”

At Marquis Easton’s words, Count Warrug smiled bitterly.

His right hand, which had just thrown away a pork bone, was shaking.

He hid it so that the Marquis of Easton could not see it.

“I have no regrets, though. Because I was able to show it to the people I needed to show it to.”

Count Warrug looks to one side.

Surrounded by rangers, for some reason, before leaving the mission, I saw Raymond waiting on Lanos, who had turned on the lights and was about to rush in.

Rangers approached him and asked him to share their experiences.

Lanos wrapped Raymond away from the rangers and turned around.

In the midst of that noisy commotion, Raymond alone was very quiet.

He was resting his chin while eating and drinking, as if he was worried about something.

Count Warrug looked at him and remembered what happened last night.

I thought I would never be able to stop it.

I just begged you to stay alive.

‘It was really… .’

When the aura-filled halberd aimed at Raymond, he had all kinds of thoughts.

You can’t stop that.

Should I just watch him die?

Was I so helpless?

How am I supposed to tell Gerard about this?

All sorts of random thoughts gave him a headache.

My heart sank.

All I could think of was that Raymond was going to die.

He was at a loss for an instant as to what to do.

It was the first time ever like this.

It was common for people to die in war.

Even if it was a strong knight, it was the same.

It was common in war to die from a blind arrow.

He was the one who had wandered around the battlefield for over ten years.

He was reacting sensitively to Raymond’s death.

‘But I really didn’t know how to stop it.’

Raymond’s Aura management was unexpected.

The aura of obscurity allowed me to block the commander’s halberd for a while.

“Kuh… .”

How many times have you moved your heart this far?

It was the first time since I met my now wife.

I hope you stop that attack.

It was an attack that was difficult even for a high-level sword expert to block.

‘It was more talented than I thought.’

His eyes shone sharply as he looked at Raymond.

“… ?”

Sensing his gaze, Raymond lifted his head and looked around.

Earl Warrug looked at him from a distance with satisfaction.

‘Since my hands are all healed, I can just roll them.’

Any broken hand can be healed.

Even if the bones become powder, it is possible.

His father is a great wizard who can use the highest level of recovery magic, so why worry?

The Archmage was also able to restore a severed arm.

Even if it rots and a long period of time passes.

However, the ransom is expensive, and if you use the magic, the magician who used the magic becomes sick for several days, so there is a disadvantage that you cannot use the magic unless you are a great wizard.

You have to pay several million gold to receive treatment once, but it is impossible to receive treatment unless you are a decent loaner.

“Where are you looking?”

While looking at Raymond for a long time, Marquis Easton looked at what he was looking at and said.

“Oh, nothing.”

“Singy… By the way, is he really that good?”

The Marquis of Easton shook his head helplessly, then grabbed Raymond and bit him.

At that question, Earl Warrug made a strange expression.

“Skill, should I call it skill… If talent is skill, that’s it.”

“Aren’t you too clumsy, unlike you?”

“I can’t help it. Anyone who has seen him will have no choice but to give me the same answer.”

“Hmm… Talent, talent.”

After looking at Count Warrug for a moment, Marquis Easton turned to Raymond.

His eyes reached his son, who was pacing by Raymond’s.

“He hated talented people more than dying.”

“You mean Lanos?”

Marquis Easton nodded.

“To be honest, Lanos is not without talent. belong to the normal axis. Well, if that body is also a talent, then it must be a talent.”

“Certainly, that body surpasses those Kairos.”

“Yes, but oddly enough, I have no talent for swords. The reason he was able to come this far was because of his natural body, not because he had a talent for the sword. Kairos guys always compete head-to-head, so there’s no way he’s going to lose.”

“That would be it.”

I have known Lanos since I was little.

At first, it was like seeing the young mercenary king.

“That guy is saying he uses swordsmanship with his mouth, in reality he just presses down with force. You can tell just by looking at the greatsword he uses.”

“Yes.”

“Well, you know very well that you have no talent for swordsmanship. The other day, I had a sparring with a knight from the supply corps from the royal family. At that time, I pushed only with my strength, and I completely lost. It couldn’t even be seen as sparring. I was almost fooled.”

Marquis Easton’s eyes frowned as if he remembered that time.

“then… it was the worst There were other things, but since then I’ve come to despise talented people. Well, in a way, it makes sense. Because I had my first defeat against him.”

“Well… .”

“By the way, it’s surprising that someone who hates talent so much takes care of talented people like that.”

At that, Count Warrug glanced at Lanos and Raymond.

One is annoying, and the other is trying to stick to it somehow. It was a funny sight.

***

It was a strange sensation.

It’s my aura, but it feels like it’s not my aura.

The feeling of the time when the aura that was outside became my aura and pushed the halberd away was still clear.

For a moment, I was creating sword steel.

Not the fake sword sword I used to imitate other knights, but the real sword sword.

There was nothing that could not be cut, and the destructive power that could destroy anything was still clear.

let’s recall

If I can make the sense of that time my own, I will be stronger than I am now.

“I said my name is Raymond. It is good for wounds.”

“You need to recover your physical strength, so eat a lot of meat!”

“Not even Sans! hey! Go get some more meat!”

I’m trying to revive the sense of that time somehow, but the side keeps interrupting me.

“I will take care of it.”

It’s good to have his attention, but I don’t want too much attention.

Although it was better than when he despised me and showed hostility for no reason.

‘Because I keep talking, my concentration is disturbed.’

As soon as I came back, I spent time learning this sense.

I thought I could do just a little bit more, but it was frustrating because I couldn’t catch it.

I don’t want to be disturbed here.

If I had known this was going to happen, I would not have attended the party.

I didn’t know that coming out because I had to participate would bother me so much.

‘Why are they doing that again?’

It was too much to do with just Lanos, but all the Rangers in the Marquis’ Territory came.

It wasn’t just Rangers.

I don’t know what Count Warrug reported, but even knights, including rangers, gathered to talk with me.

It was quite annoying because I felt like I became an idol unexpectedly.

“You know what! I am still not eating!”

“Right! It doesn’t make sense for someone who did that to barely eat that much!”

“Come on, drink! Because it’s goat’s milk! It is very precious!”

The rangers joined in Lanos’ words.

The knights stood behind the rangers and looked at me with oddly excited faces.

“Raymond… .”

Then one of them spoke to me with an impatient face.

“I heard your performance well. I received the blow of the warrior commander.”

“… .”

What the hell are you trying to say?

I looked up at him, and he bowed his head toward me.

“I request sparring. Please teach me a lesson.”

“Oh, that’s gross! I was going to tell you first!”

“Me too, I want to! Please spat with me too!”

Starting with that article, even the rangers ask me to engage in sparring.

“These! I’m first!”

Ranos didn’t think to stop them, and instead intervened himself.

It’s not such a good thing to sparring with someone who had a hard time just last night.

Most of the time, when they hate the other person or bully them, they act like that a lot.

Like, please take care of yourself.

However, looking at their atmosphere, that was not the case again.

From bowing their heads to me, I could tell that they were very serious and pleasant.

Even though he wasn’t drinking, his face was stained red.

If you want to try sparring, you will be excited.

‘I’m a Southerner… .’

It is the people of the South who start with battle and end with battle.

For them, fighting against the strong is a valuable experience to survive the war.

Furthermore, they knew how strong the warrior commanders were.

I went through them every day, so I couldn’t help but know.

That’s why they rated me highly.

Being hit by a warrior commander meant that I was similar to or stronger than Lanos.

‘Dalian… .’

I looked around.

Seeing this, they wanted to share swords with me rather than listen to me.

This was another reaction.

It didn’t feel that bad.

Rather, it felt good that I was recognized.

“what… Because I was itchy too.”

Fighting with them wasn’t all that bad.

To regain my senses, it was better to move my body than to sit still and struggle.

If you swing the sword, you’ll be able to get a better grip.

“great. Do it.”

“It’s sparring!”

At my answer, the rangers shouted for the entire Marquis to leave.