58. The wall. (1)

“…… Whoa.”

Suddenly.

A knight let out a sigh.

A sigh that seemed to have been vomited at the end of trouble.

“Sir Dagnes. Why are you sighing?”

It was an unusual sigh, so let’s ask why.

Dagnes stares blankly at me, as if it’s all for granted.

“Yes. Because the next match is a duel with Gongja-nim.”

Time passes quickly. The progress of the Mutujae was also made quickly.

Already, the next match is the quarterfinals.

And the quarterfinals, just like Hestia said earlier.

Me and Dagnes were scheduled to duel.

“I’m the one who sticks with the upper level experts. Shouldn’t I be disturbed?”

“…… Are you serious?”

After saying that, Dagnes stared at me with hard eyes.

I tried to make jokes, but I couldn’t even make it, so I kept coughing.

Now it’s time for the quarterfinals.

Of course, there were only outstanding opponents left in the finals of Mutuje.

Because the least of them was at the level of an advanced expert.

Except for me, of course.

“Come to think of it, I think Rin was a pretty formidable opponent. No?”

I hurriedly changed the topic and looked at the white-haired girl who was quietly sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed.

Like meditating.

Lin is calm and maintains a stable state of mind and body.

If it wasn’t for the soft sofa in the background, I would have thought I was training while being hit by a waterfall.

Ahead of the match called Mutuje.

Looks like he’s getting his mind and body in order.

…… To say the least

“Lin?”

“… ….”

Let’s call your name.

Then, Rin opened her lightly closed eyes and looked at me.

No. It was never lightly rolled up.

As expected of that blunt face, I couldn’t easily read the expression at first glance.

I have been attached to Rin for over a month.

It’s not possible to know all the facial expressions. Compared to before the regression, the emotional expression is richer.

Now I could guess what that expression meant.

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That.

“Did you sleep?”

It’s not a meditation, it’s a face waking up from a hundred percent doze.

I asked with confidence.

“…… No?”

Lynn just held out her flippers in a timid voice.

Even with a locked voice, I can’t believe it.

“…… Wipe the saliva from your mouth and speak?”

“Hot.”

After saying that, Rin flinched and wiped her mouth with the sleeve of her dress.

There was no way that saliva would come out even if I rubbed it with one stretch.

That’s right.

“…… Is it fake?”

Saying that, she was belatedly beaten——Rin put on an expression.

She was caught in the so-called judo newspaper in a good way.

Seeing Rin’s betrayed look on her face, I returned the topic.

“Anyway. Next opponent. Do you know who it is, Rin?”

“…… Huh.”

If you ask me like that.

After a subtle silence, Rin answered like that.

“…… You know that right?”

“… ….”

Again, I tried to lie.

Do you think I’ll find out again if I say that? This time, Rin is silent and avoids her eyes.

You have to say that it has grown, or you have to say that it has regressed.

“Yes, next opponent. It’s ‘that person’.”

“That person?”

That person.

She said that, but of course she assumed that Rin didn’t understand.

If I were to tell her name, even if it was Rin, she would know.

Among the knights of the empire, he is one of the ten most famous.

“Pascal Oswell.”

“…… ??”

“…… I don’t know?”

But even though she said her name, Rin still tilted her head and looked at me.

She’s in those eyes. So, who was that?, Emotions were reflected.

Oh my God. I really don’t know…… ?

“No. Don’t you know the knight of the blue flame, Pascal Oswell?”

“…… Ah?”

Ji, who seems to remember, frowns and ponders for a while to recall her… ….

A few seconds later, Lynn looked at me with her wide eyes as if she gave up neatly.

“…… No. Have you ever met About a month ago, after sparring with Sir Dagnes, Ciela and I went out.”

“…… Ah.”

Let’s say that.

Rin puts on an expression that she remembers belatedly.

This is astonishing as it is. No matter how much you are not interested, how can you not be like this?

“First of all, among the swordsmen officially confirmed in the tournament right now, is it the only expert swordsman of the highest level?”

A knight of the Blue Flame.

The reason he got that nickname is because of his aura.

The biggest condition to separate the advanced level from the advanced level of expert.

Attribute aura.

Blue flame. Blue flame.

That was Pascal’s attribute aura.

Blue Flame is a very aggressive and powerful aura.

There is a big difference between the advanced level and the superlative level.

And the opponent was not a knight who had just risen to the top rank, but a knight who had been at the top rank of Expert for almost three years.

For Rin, who is a senior expert, it is a very difficult opponent.

She said so.

Rin, who held her hand, shrugged her shoulders as if it was nothing.

“…… I win.”

As if telling a very obvious story.

As if I couldn’t be defeated.

Rin, who was confident of her victory against the top level expert, was just saying that calmly.

* * *

“…… sh*t. What do I do?”

Meanwhile.

There was a middle-aged man who was swearing at the match table.

I wonder if just spitting out curse words won’t get rid of anger.

A man who drinks from the bottle in his hand.

The man’s name is Pascal Oswell.

If I were to say that name, it was quite a famous name, as few people in the capital had not heard of it.

The vice-captain of the Royal Knights.

The highest level of sword expert, a knight of blue flame.

A righteous knight who single-handedly wiped out the ‘Red Society’, an organization that even nobles have been hiding lately.

An enemy society.

Yes. Perhaps, that’s where it went wrong. Clearly, the problem started there.

The Young master of the Duke of Reinhardt. Cale von Reinhardt.

Because of that guy, I had to disrupt the enemy society secretly supported by the imperial family with my own hands.

For that reason, the captain of the Royal Knights. Because I had to listen to what Lucanov said.

One month probation.

And at the end of that probation, another order came down to him.

‘Participate in the martial arts festival.’

‘…… Yes?’

‘No, I misunderstood. You’ve come to participate in the martial arts festival.’

Unsurprisingly, Pascal had never participated in martial arts.

Mutuje is a competition in which you have to fill out the participation documents long in advance to participate.

However, for the ‘Imperial Family’, that was only a minor problem.

‘I took a break for a month. Did you even harden your head? You said you would be participating in the martial arts festival. This is an order from His Highness, the First Prince.’

Mutuje.

That name is a little different from the name of the martial demon.

It was not an event where the true powerhouses participated.

This chapter does not involve the elders of knight families or the leader and vice-captain of knights.

That’s right, the basic meaning of the martial arts festival is not to cover the strongest person in the world.

Cultivating younger students and discovering outstanding talents.

And if the captains of the famous knights of the empire or the elder swordsmen of the swordsmanship families came out…….

Mutuje must have become a battle of wits between the knight families of the empire.

It’s not very pleasant.

In the worst case, something unfunny could happen that the elder or head of a famous swordsman family would be defeated by an unknown commoner.

Actually, five years ago, last year’s Mutu Festival…….

Breaking through all the outstanding knight candidates, one mercenary won the title.

In order to prevent such a catastrophe.

Reputed swordsmen do not participate in martial arts.

It’s not even an official rule. A rule that exists implicitly in martial arts.

However.

He was Pascal, the vice-captain of the Royal Knights, not another knight’s order.

Even his age is in his mid-fifties.

…… There was no way that participating in the martial arts festival would receive good attention.

A person who got old and jumped into the mercenary world belatedly. If it was someone who picked up the sword late, I wouldn’t know.

He was a swordsman and knight who had already made a name for himself.

Perhaps it is a level of work that will go beyond Pascal himself and even lower the awareness of the entire Royal Knights.

Especially, Pascal’s perception will go completely down the abyss.

Mutu Festival was the number one festival in the empire.

And to the extent that I can’t even consider that.

Evan, the first prince, is not a stupid man.

Consumables.

If you use it once, just throw it away and refill it. Just that much stuff.

And using yourself as such a consumable…….

…… It was as if he had no intention of using himself as a hand.

Because he failed neatly without being able to follow the orders of the first prince.

The price of not meeting his expectations was bitter.

However, even if it is consumable, no one takes it without intending to get anything.

At least I guess.

‘…… Cale von Reinhardt. Are you trying to find out his level?’

I don’t know if it was a coincidence or something else, but he noticed his tailing.

Within Pascal, the enemy society was half-rooted.

The appearance was definitely different from the last time I saw it.

I live with alcohol. The idiot of the Reinhard family who did stupid things.

If it was all acting.

And if, for some reason, you recently put down that act.

We need to find out why.

And finding out his true ability is probably the last ‘chance’ left to him.

Of course, there is a condition that you have to fight Cale in order to find out.

If you beat your opponent, you will eventually meet.

What if I lose?

I am an expert superlative.

Even if you try, it’s too much to participate in a martial arts contest that only advanced experts might come out of.

A level that only appeared in competitions for children who did not fit.

The successor of the northern Nlang tribe…… A knight of the White Lion Knights.

There is no one who can defeat himself.

Actually. The next opponent, Rin, hadn’t she already seen her about a month ago?

Befitting the title of the successor of the Silver Lang tribe. He was definitely outstanding for his age.

If only a few years pass…… I don’t know if I can get ahead of myself. Although she was such a talent.

In other words, at that level.

He was not yet at the level of a seasoned and mature knight.

“Kale…… I’ll find out what you’re hiding.”

Muttering that, Pascal quietly took a sip of his drink.

* * *

Time passed.

The morning of the quarterfinals of Mutuje was bright.

The first to stand at the venue were Dagnes and I.

I saw Dagnes with his sword drawn and said with a light smile.

“Sir Dagnes. Compared to yesterday, you seem to have become quite sincere.”

Unlike yesterday, I let out a deep sigh.

In the eyes of Dagnes as he entered the arena. There was a fairly ideal light.

Let me ask.

Dagness, who was silent for a moment, answered briefly.

“…… You will win. By any means.”

“Okay… …. It should be fun.”

Sense of defeat. Not giving up.

The eyes of a knight with a strong fighting spirit who won’t even think about losing before fighting.

Usually, a knight with such unblinking eyes.

Because he dares to create miracles beyond his limits.

“Come, Sir Dagnes.”

I don’t know what kind of change of heart there was.

I wonder if the miracle he created will be able to reach me.

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I’ll check that out.

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