Academy’s Genius Swordsman

10. Towards the system

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changgang. Something fell at Marya’s feet. Two blades that had been cut were lying around under their feet.

“uh···?”

Ronan just turned the corner and disappeared. Marya stared blankly at the two knives cut in half. There was no incontinence on the clean cut surface.

‘When was it cut off ?’

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Marya clearly saw that Ronan’s sword strike cut through the pitiful air. Even if he had touched it at that time, it was impossible for his sword to be cut off. Didn’t he use the old old sword, not the black iron sword?

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Marya stood there for a long time. Asher, who had been watching all the time, slowly approached me. He smiled awkwardly and greeted each other.

“There… you did a good job.”

Asher followed Ronan and disappeared. She was the only one left standing in the empty vacant lot. After a while, Marya threw down her sword and grinned.

“…that’s funny, that one.”

****

“Come on, take it.”

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Marya kept her promise. Back in the evening, she handed over a few books along with a sack containing exactly three times the amount.

“What is all this?”

“I really liked you. I have to go to the islands tonight.”

It was a book covering all of Phileon’s past written exam questions. The thick leather cover was usually not expensive. Among them were notes that Marya had organized herself.

“Stick tight. If both fall, I will kill you.”

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Marya said, pulling the nape of the two of them tightly. Asher gasped for breath, and Ronan nodded with a smirk.

“Don’t be late for exam day.”

The farewell that promised a reunion was neat. Marya waved her hand exactly three times on the roof and lay down. The top of the caravelle left Marvas with the boys seeing them off.

They stood there even after the top disappeared from view. Ronan said.

“Wasn’t she a really selfish girl? You can’t believe the rumors that a woman with big breasts is kind.”

“yes? Uh… I was fine…”

“right. He was a good kid.”

A cigarette stick was in Ronan’s mouth. He blew smoke towards the night view of Marbas and turned around. Merchants at the just-opened night market were soliciting customers.

“Let’s go back soon.”

“yes.”

Ronan and Asher headed straight for Nimburton. Although I had a lot of luggage, I was able to go home comfortably thanks to the purchase of a mule.

They arrived in Nimburton the next morning. Iril, who was digging potatoes, threw her hoe and ran.

“Ronan!”

“I went.”

“Where have you been this time? aren’t you hurt? What else does this mean?”

Anxiety was evident in the friendly voice. It was because of his previous record of having an accident while wandering around all kinds of foreign places.

“It’s not a horse, it’s a mule. And this is a gift.”

“gift?”

Ronan took Iril’s hand and brought him into the house. And put a box on the table. It was a wooden box with the carabel trade mark on the lid.

“Open it.”

“Child, I don’t have to give you something like this… Where, what did my brother prepare?”

Iril, who opened the box in anticipation of flowers or food, froze as it was. Inside the box were rows of gold and silver coins, like well-trained soldiers. Pretending to be, it was enough money to buy a house.

“Lororo, Ro, Ronan…? What the hell is this… what is this…?”

“It’s the remaining money after the tuition fee. Me and Asher earned it.”

“Asher…? That pretty boy? He said you stole it from him?”

“It wasn’t stolen, it was earned. I will earn more in the future.”

There was confusion in Ronan’s tone of voice. Iril’s worn-out clothes were stained with wet soil or fine roots. It’s always been like this. It was a waste to buy a cheap pair of clothes while collecting the money that I gave to my bad brother so frugally.

Ronan said, gently scraping the dirt off the back of her sister’s nose.

“So, sister, stop digging potatoes now.”

Ronan left the house with those words. It was best to avoid it before the barrage of questions started pouring in. Even if I tell you the source of the money honestly, I don’t think you’ll believe it.

He returned and headed up the hill where he had opened his eyes. The black iron sword obtained this time was hanging from the waist. A landscape that could not be preserved caught my eye.

“It’s technology…Nimi, there really isn’t anything like that.”

Ronan looked over the village and pulled the hilt. The black sword had a heavy black color like the night sky on a rainy day.

To be honest, he couldn’t understand Phileon’s practical exam. All you have to do is kill the swordsman well, what kind of bullshit is it to show you your own skills.

‘It must have its own meaning, though.’

However, I did not dismiss it as useless. Marya’s swordsmanship using mana came as a fairly fresh shock. Even if he knew how to deal with mana that much, he would have been able to become much stronger than he is now.

Besides, it’s the school I’ve always wanted to go to. Ronan quietly raised his sword. The tip of the sword that rose above the crown fell in a straight line.

‘If you do, what will come out?’

He started swinging his sword vertically. After swinging three thousand times, it was planned to swing three thousand horizontally and then three thousand diagonally. It was simple and uncivilized, but the effect was a sure punitive force training method.

Ronan realized the seriousness of catching the Luna Goblin. It was absurd to suffer from muscle pain the next day after only swinging a knife 14 times.

The first homework to be solved was to force this young body to ripen. After I finished cutting, I planned to do basic physical training such as running and push-ups.

“Good. Black iron.”

Even without paying much attention, the sword was drawn accurately. It was definitely a good sword that there was no miscellaneous shaking. Ronan returned home only in the evening. Iril, who was cooking the stew, shouted in amazement.

“Ronan, come on… Sa, a deer?!”

A plump deer was hung on the sweaty shoulders of his younger brother. He cut his throat with a single knife and there was almost no scar on the skin.

Ronan skillfully separated the meat and hides, this time starting to make a brazier. The brazier, which was built in less than an hour, looked quite plausible.

“Hey, when did you learn all this?”

“What… let’s eat together.”

It was a skill I learned while traveling through the wandering path and the punishment unit. He started roasting the stripped meat. The intestines and blood were not thrown away and cooked separately. After tasting her brother’s food for the first time in her life, Illyl was startled.

“This is really delicious…!”

“Is not it? Eat a lot.”

She said, forgetting that the food was in her mouth. Although the appearance was crude, it seemed that the very deep flavor was not the skill of making it once or twice. Ronan was almost swiping the meat in his mouth.

“Row, Ronan… Eat slowly. Then do it.”

“I’m okay. You should eat well too.”

This was also part of the training. His theory was that even a skeleton could become an ogre by hitting it with high-intensity exercise and a nutritious meal.

After the violent meal, Ronan went into the room and opened the book. The content itself was not difficult, but the scope of the questions was incredibly wide.

“Chip. Why do I need to know about northern dining etiquette?”

Studying for the first time in my life was boring and drowsy. Nevertheless, Ronan continued to read the book. Traces of an unknown effort, such as a ragged bookshelf or dried nosebleeds, kept him from tearing the book apart with a scream.

‘Come to think of it···.’

Suddenly, Ronan realized that for the first time in her life, she was doing something called effort.

It didn’t feel very bad. Investing time and acting to achieve something.

That night, Ronan replaced the candles in the room for the first time. After studying, he fell asleep the moment his head touched the bed. After the day was bright, he picked up his sword again and headed up the hill.

A month passed like that.

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“Oh, Asher.”

“Ronan, long time no see.”

The ripe wind smelled of acacia. Two boys who met at the mouth of the village exchanged greetings. They met after a month and said the same thing as if they had planned it beforehand.

“Baby, are you different?”

“Your body has changed a lot.”

Asher looked much better than before. It seemed to work for me to encourage them to exercise even a little every day. The back, which had always been crouched, was stretched out, and the skinny limbs were slightly fattened.

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Many of the gloomy shadows that had always cast on his face had disappeared. She still looked like a sissy.

“Did you study a lot?”

“Just…how are you? Marya did a good job.”

“Hey, you unlucky bastard.”

“By the way, Ronan… you have some kind of disease, don’t you?”

Asher asked anxiously. Ronan was also healthier than before, but it was worse. Still, the boyish body was stronger than any other adult.

His shoulders were wide enough that he thought it was possible to sleep on his side, and he seemed to be a span taller.

“It’s a disease, man, you still have a long way to go before you grow up. This is not even close to the chin of our general.”

“I think it’s okay to stop growing up… General?”

“There is such a thing. Are you ready?”

“yes.”

The two boys had large backpacks on their backs. It was surprisingly light compared to the seemingly heavy exterior, because it was filled with only the things needed on the way to the islands.

“Then I’ll go, sister.”

“Yeah, be careful!”

Ronan turned around. Lee Ril, who came out to see him off, was standing there smiling brightly. Her white silver hair was shining brightly in the spring sun.

“oh! Wait Ronan. Your collar is broken here.”

“You can’t just wear that.”

“no! I’m going to the island, so I have to make sure!”

She lifted her wig and organized her sister’s outfit. Ronan thought he had to get his sister out of Nimburton quickly. Wearing new clothes, Iril was so beautiful that she didn’t even look human.

‘If you touch any bastard, you have to throw it in pieces.’

Ronan removed all the elements that could be harmful to his sister, who was training hard. A prime example was the Hans gang. Ronan attacked the bad guys whose wounds were slowly healing, gave them all again, and set fire to the hideout.

The boys who were begging in the spring rain on the ground were caught by the men who suddenly came. It was a mercenary group that Ronan provided information in advance.

‘Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooing.’

‘What happen? I think I can help.’

‘ok? What are you?’

The mercenary commander I met by chance at the bar was struggling because there were not enough people. After a while, they have to go down to the battlefield in the south, and all the men who were hired to use them as arrowheads have fled.

Ronan told him that he always knew bloodthirsty boys. By adding that they are all from orphans, so even if they disappear, there is nothing behind them.

‘Sa, save me!’

‘Hey, release this! Ronan! Ronaaaan!’

The mercenary commander gave him a coin he did not expect. Hearing the cries of the orphans crying while clutching the iron bars of the carriage, Ronan thought that the stew he ate for breakfast was delicious.

After tidying up, Iril turned her head toward Asher.

“Asher, do well on your exams too!”

“Yes, yes! I will do my best!”

A reply came out of Asher’s mouth like a new recruit. Seeing Iril’s face up close for the first time, Asher seemed to understand why this idiot became a gentleman to her sister. There must have been a reason why he was sad even when he saw Marya.

Illyl said.

“Look at it! If we fall apart, I can live here with my sister for the rest of my life!”

“It’s not bad either. I will be back.”

Ronan kissed her sister’s cheek lightly and left Nimburton. Iril waved her hand until the two of them became dots and disappeared.

“To Marbas. Two.”

“Seven silver coins.”

“Would you like to call the original price after hitting seven?”

“I’m sorry. Five.”

They rode a wagon to Marbas. It was a long way to take the mule, and there was no place to leave it when it arrived.

The travel wagon was quite comfortable. Ronan smoked a cigarette with his head sticking out the half-open window. Come to think of it, it was a complete break I took after almost a month. The weary spring breeze tickled the back of his nose.

“Hah… that’s good.”

As I smelled the sweet scent of flowers, it seemed to relieve my fatigue. He turned his head and looked at the seat across from him. Asher was seen wiping her staff with a cloth.

“Oh, how about that wand? Are you sure you like it?”

“yes. I don’t think it sold well. My power has improved, my concentration has improved…”

“It looks good…I like it so much that I secretly put it in my ass and try it, isn’t it? eww.”

“Gee, what are you talking about now!”

“Hey, can you scream now?”

Ronan giggled and grabbed the wand. He said, ‘For example, something like this.’ With these words, he began to do vulgar movements. Asher screamed.

“Hey, stop it! Don’t put it in that place! Give it back!”

“Hehehehe! Shout louder!”

Ronan laughed. It was a journey with a heavy duty, but it was enjoyable anyway. The driver, who looked back with a sideways glance, burst into laughter and almost had an accident.