120 < Chapter 22, Don't touch me (11) >

Hina smiles.

I smiled as if I'd never seen a sea bass before, but I thought it was an insult.

When I asked him what he meant, he avoided Kalian's eyes. That's why Kalian remembered the shape of Hina's hand.

'You should ask Demirea.'

Demirea will tell you what it means, insult or no insult.

Anyway, it must mean something very bad.

It wasn't a very nice thing for Callian to say to himself.

After keeping him alive, he went out in five days with his whole body unhealed. I thought Alan was gonna be okay with us going together, but he moved on his own. So I vomited blood again and fell down. While taking a break from repairing it again, I went to the fourth floor on my own accord and forgot all the tangerines while they were not all better.

I'm glad it's over there.

- Your cat, better than Prince, listens to you.

Kalian goes to the training ground in fear of finishing his conversation with Plants. Even if I lie down for a whole week, I won't do anything about it.

Finally, Hina noticed that she was in the training ground and was scolded. I can't fill it with blood that lacks the power of blessing or Hina's healing.

- You're bad. You should have stopped him.

Kyrie's in trouble, too.

I was in the training ground side by side, even though I had to stop Khalian for Jan, who went to Maine for a while, so my soul met me.

"Don't worry. I won't be too hard on you this time. I'll show you how to train in Kiri, and then I'll go up there."

- If you get hurt again, they won't fix you. Just watch, do it.

Hina said with a stern face that did not fit well.

Eventually, Kalian bursts into laughter. After a few injuries, they all turn into yarns. Not to mention Lemaine and Alan and Hina.

"Thank you, Hina. Jan's got enough to worry about. So stop worrying and go inside. I'm going to catch a cold."

Who's worried about who now.

Kalian thinks if Hina only comes out, she'll catch a cold.

Hina nods, looking at Calian, who cares about himself, helplessly looking back. Kyrie quietly asked as she watched Hina drift away.

"Are you sure you're okay with this? This appears to be difficult to move."

It's definitely the Kalian who said not to worry about Hina, but someone who will stay calm. Then you wouldn't have come to the training ground in the first place.

As if Kyrie was right, Calian's hand was holding a sword, smiling at Kyrie.

"I don't think I can handle one of you."

Then I provoked Kyrie with this pretty messy word.

Kiri smiles slightly, and picks up the sword of silence and throws it at Calian as it is. Kalian quickly raises his arm and stops it.

- Ka-ang!

It doesn't offend me to hear you stare down because you know that Kiri who is worried about Kalian's condition is afraid that he won't fight properly. So Kiri did his best to move the sword.

Calian takes care not to show his surprised face as he takes the sword with his relaxed face.

'You're stronger than I thought.'

I haven't seen Kiri for a long time because I've been preoccupied with my sword, magic, and surroundings. And Kiri was growing at an incredible rate in between.

- Kang, Kang! Ka-ang!

Kalian's sword, defending the battlefield, reaches out to Kiri's heart. Kyrie, who prevented it from being difficult, attacked again.

I like it.

Obviously, Kiri is a genius who works hard.

'Maybe I didn't need to worry.'

On the day of the Great Desert Warriors' raid, it was the sword in Kiri that I wanted to see after meeting Euria and returning to the palace. It was because I felt Kyrie facing the wall the day I sat in front of the training ground with Plants.

Just as the wizard gains insight and completes the next circle, there are times when a sword can cross its limits and grow to the next level. That's exactly what Kyrie was going through.

You sat down with your sword in the middle of the training ground, and you fell into a deep thought, so you grabbed Plants, who was about to enter the training ground.

However, until now, if you had practiced the sword that Kalian taught you, you thought it was time to enlighten yourself, so you just watched. Then the car seemed to need a little help, so I thought I'd have to see Kiri when I came into the palace.

Ka-ang!

A sharp iron screech continues to shake the entire training ground. Most of the attacks were by Kiri, and Kalian occasionally counters and looks at Kiri's reactions.

"Slow."

And I kept pushing Kiri with words to figure out the limits.

Kyrie's movements are endless and swift.

Each time, Kalian picks it up with a seemingly unimaginable face.

At this rate, you won't be able to see victory or defeat against the Knights of Slayman's spawn. Suddenly, when I thought about it, Kiri's sword shot out at Calian's glabella.

It wasn't the attack Kalian showed me.

Kalian's mouth draws a long wire.

- Ka-ang!

Kalian's appearance that prevented it disappeared from Kiri's sight. Kyrie, who immediately recovered her extended sword, bows with instinctive movement.

- Shhh!

A moment ago, Kalian's sword passed by where Kiri's head had been. Kyrie's ears twist around as she feels it, and she hears the sound of Kalian's feet touching the ground very slightly.

He didn't hesitate.

Immediately, you draw your sword toward the sound.

"I told you."

Then the voice of Kalian comes from another place.

"Slow."

Truly an enormous speed of movement.

I wonder if it was the person who walked to this place as if he was going to fall soon.

Kyrie pulls out her extended sword again and crashes into the ground. Along with him, Kyrie's new brother disappeared.

Kang! Ka 'ang!

The blurry shadows intertwine and meet again. Kiri handles the sword with all her might, confident that she will never be attacked by her own attacks.

When dozens and dozens of workshops came back.

- Peeing!

Kyrie's eyes sank deeper.

I felt like I was entering a space that only existed in Kalian and Kiri, not the training ground. He was deeply immersed in the strange feeling that he had never had before.

And at the same time, there was a huge change.

Calian's movements begin to become visible to you. You hear a loud sound of footsteps. You can predict where Kalian will move.

I didn't know why, I just found out.

- Yuck!

I didn't have time to hesitate.

All right, we attack.

A sharp wave splits the atmosphere. Kyrie's sword could pierce Calian's heart at any moment.

And Kalian...

[Shield]

It was very humiliating.

* * *

The shield made of error itself is intimidating.

Kalian's shield is ready to carve Kiri's sword right now. Of course, that didn't happen because Calian's will didn't want it to.

A shield of sheer force to carve anything.

What a contradictory power.

Kalyan grins, in a shield shaped like a piece of broken glass put back together again.

"I'm sorry. I'm dying."

Then he made excuses.

Kyrie is puzzled by the tip of her sword that stopped in front of Khalian's heart, precisely blocked by the shield. It was because I didn't fully understand what was happening. When Calian saw it, he smiled softly as if he had seen a peculiar grandchild.

"I lost."

After hearing that, Kiri stood still for a while.

It wasn't until a long time later that I realized.

- Win.

I won.

You defeated Kalian.

There were no miracles at all, realizing the reason for the sword or releasing errors. It's literally just a miracle. He was not a believer in such things.

Now Kiri realized how to expand his senses.

It was different from fighting with great hearing. The user senses and assimilates the energy of others, and is able to share the sword only with the target in my presence.

"Thank you."

She doesn't sound too happy, but Calian smiles at Kiri's face. I can't believe I can't read the inspiring smile hidden in that face.

'Maybe in this life, Kiri can also take the sword's path.'

I suddenly thought of that.

Calian takes a step forward in a joyful moment.

Kalian smiles at Kiri, who is shocked.

"I'm hungry."

Kiri sighs low.

Ever since Chase got here, I've been rotting away inside of Yan, taking off the burden of Plants, worrying about Hina, and worrying about Kiri. I feel resentful to see how I can overcome that stubbornness when I took out my sword and joined the duel, but I can't even walk right now.

They do not say that they will suffer even if they die.

I don't know why, but maybe you can tell me once.

It's too hard right now, so just hold off a little longer.

If you come and help me like this, will you be thankful? Rather sorry, aren't you?

Instead of saying that, Kiri just looks down. If you'll excuse me for a moment, I meant understand.

"I'll take you there."

It wouldn't work if I asked if I could walk, so Kiri just said this with a kind tone. Then he reaches out to Callian and picks her up. It wasn't like I could walk like that anyway.

Unexpectedly, Calian rests steadily on Kiri's back. Then he leaned his head against his back and gave a laughable voice.

"Ah, it's been a long time."

I'm sure he's smiling, but it hurts.

Kyrie, who understood what it was about, asked briefly.

"Have I ever carried you?"

"Yes."

Kalian nods. A story that should not come out of a 15-year-old's mouth continued.

"When I was drunk. A lot."

Kirrier.

Maybe Calian's the only rope in the past he can hold on to.

"You liked drinking."

"You liked him more than I did."

It feels so strange.

It's in the past, but it's not in the past. How can I accept this?

I'm thinking about it, and Calian opens his mouth with a locked voice.

"I'm actually not all better. I don't feel like moving."

"I know."

"So work harder. Next time, don't lose."

"Yes."

Kyrie smiles like that.

Whatever happened in the past, Kiri just needs to hear it. Why is it so hard for me to just nod whenever I hear something so weak?

Thanks to Siegfried, Randall will remain calm for a while, and Tensyl will not be foolish enough to send a knight as a punishment for Randall. And Brycen is okay with Plants standing in his way. The raiders have retreated.

"Don't worry. Get some rest."

"Yes."

So put it all down and get some rest.

That's what I said, and that's what I understood.