Star-Embracing Swordmaster Chapter 26: The stars watch the boy (1)

Chapter 26: The stars watch the boy (1)

“They must be in the midst of a duel.”

Fether, walking through the mansion, shook his head upon hearing the sounds from below.

“That’s what I think.”

“Squires.”

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Fether had often seen knights and squires training like this in secret.

Fether Bayezid, not only the head of the family but also one of the prominent knights of the North. august The fact that such a prestigious and, for some, aspirational figure could be seen anytime, anywhere, was a great motivation for the servants of this place.

There, under the guidance of their instructor, the squires were gathered, engaging in duels with wooden swords.

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Moreover, those who excelled in training were rewarded for their efforts, so the knights and squires of House Bayezid always trained with a warrior’s mindset.

“Yes.”

“Let’s watch for a while.”

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“I heard he had blonde hair.”

“It’s also the first time I see him, so it must be him.”

Everything was as Fether had anticipated.

“It’s him.”

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A blonde squire who stood out even from afar.

Fether usually glanced at the training, but today, he had his eye on a particular squire.

“He looks promising.”

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Ragmus the Advisor whispered to Fether, who was focused on watching Vlad.

“Sir. antique Over there.”

There he was, the boy brought by his second son, the one who always had sore fingers.

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“It’s Jager.”

“I guess he’s watching too.”

“As with everything, the first time is nerve-wracking.”

Where Ragmus pointed, there was Jager, the squint-eyed knight, looking at the blonde boy with a serious expression on his face.

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“…”

The one Joseph had brought, what mattered to Jager.

Knowing that Jager was the first of his class, Fether could only smile silently.

“Let’s watch.”

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“Clumsy.”

Now he was down there, fiercely wielding his sword against a squire a head taller than him.

“He looks fierce.”

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“But he has a spark. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com afford I’m sure he’ll captivate.”

It might not be visible to Advisor Ragmus’s eyes, but Fether had recognized Vlad’s skill level with just one swing of his sword.

“Certainly, there’s something in him that makes him stand out from the crowd.”

“Is he?”

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And unwavering.

Fast.

Fierce.

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“What do you mean?”

But even more than those things, like the talent he had since birth, Fether held in higher esteem another aspect of Vlad.

“That’s cool.”

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Trying and challenging.

Even in the midst of the fierce battle, the blonde boy remained composed, moving back and forth, trying to anticipate his opponent’s movements.

“The way he tries to use what he’s learned, even if clumsily.”

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“It’s a mess.”

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The boy underneath was trying to improve.

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It was the kind of movement that made you cheer.

“Good.”

The movement, resembling someone’s stumbling feet, was so clumsy that it made Fether laugh, but he liked how he tried to make it work.

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“It’s over.”

It was a final move, but it was all the doing of the blonde boy.

The grand squire’s wooden sword rose in the air.

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He made him make a big move and then quickly punched him in the stomach.

“Is it okay to hit him like that in training?”

True to Fether’s words, the blonde boy was now sitting on top of his opponent, punching him in the face.

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Fether moved from his halted steps and stared at the knight in the distance.

The squint-eyed knight, looking at his squire from afar, smiled in silence.

“Leave him be. amateur If he’s going to be a knight, he needs to have that determination.”

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Vlad was always the first to move.

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He had to detect and move faster than anyone else to secure food for the day.

“Stop! riddle Stop!”

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The instructor’s call didn’t prevent Vlad from stopping his punches in a mock duel.

So this time, I decided to make the first move.

“That’s enough…”

“Once again, if you do that in front of me…”

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Sooner or later there would be a beating disguised as training.

It would have been suicidal to stand idly by as the threat approached.

“Answer me, you bastard.”

Vlad decided it was better to break the momentum than to be surrounded and beaten.

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Vlad’s unruly behavior left the man with no choice but to say yes, with a frightened look in his eyes.

“Okay, okay.”

The one being beaten now was the one who had been laughing heartily with Sovanin when he spat in the dining hall that day.

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“Sorry. artist Got a bit carried away.”

Vlad stepped back only after his instructor shouted at him, but the fallen one didn’t get up easily.

“Stop, what do you think you’re doing!”

In street language, he was Sovanin’s favorite pupil.

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“What a look!”

Even if he closed his eyes, he could still see those piercing eyes in front of him, and the fallen squire couldn’t easily get up.

It was something that shouldn’t have come out in a duel, and it was also a raw feeling he had never encountered before.

There was definitely life in Vlad’s eyes as he grumbled to himself.

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Just like in the dining hall that day.

“…”

And he was being watched by everyone here.

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“Damn madman.”

“Tell him I’m sorry. wizard Once I start this, I can’t control myself.”

Vlad, shaking off his seat, approached Sovanin’s side and spoke quietly.

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Sovanin looked at Vlad with a furrowed brow.

“And I apologize to you in advance.”

Vlad was smiling as he spoke, so at first glance, it seemed like they were having a lighthearted joke, but it looked more like the words of a killer.

Although his face was smiling, Vlad’s eyes gleamed eerily.

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There had never been a case like this.

Sovanin was tense.

“What?”

“It won’t end with just that.”

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“You can expect it.”

But this bastard was…

He wasn’t a noble, but Sovanin, whose father ran a fairly large business, was known to bow down even before having the chance to intimidate them.

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Sovanin thought sincerely as he looked at Vlad, who was smiling.

Joseph brought in a stray dog from the alley.

This damn guy.

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The stray dog laughed in Sovanin’s eyes.

Sovanin swallowed hard at Vlad’s smile.

“I’ll call you when I get bored of liver soup, and I want you to come and spit on him.”

Stray dogs don’t hesitate to bite people.

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“I’m doing fine these days, and I’ve been using the bathroom to avoid the snow.”

“Captain, are you okay? galaxy Did any of the other guys do anything to you?”

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“After all, I’ve been beating up the squires.”

Vlad could only shrug at Goethe’s comment.

“…Doesn’t sound like something good, right?”

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“It’s a survival rule that if you’re going to fight, it’s better to strike first.”

Goethe looked at Vlad and shook his head.

“I’ve hit three on the first day, and the others keep their distance…”

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Vlad had befriended Sovanin among the squires, had picked out those being disrespectful, and then, like a wolf to a lamb, had gone after them one by one and crushed them.

In the restrooms, in the bathrooms, in the dim hallways of the mansion.

Shortly after the incident in the dining hall, Vlad had shown an action speed that surprised Goethe.

Anyone left alone just had to face Vlad’s piercing gaze.

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If you beat him enough, he’ll crawl.

Jorge had said.

“That’s a crime.”

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“Oh, you did.”

“I’m a criminal by nature. echo I’m actually quite good at assaulting people, and I don’t mind hitting people in the face.”

Goethe nodded, listening to Vlad’s words.

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“You have to hit them until they feel like they’re going to die.”

He had briefly mistaken Vlad for a normal guy, as he had been mingling with a group of guys his age, but Vlad wasn’t older than seventeen, and he had gone through the toughest environment of mercenaries.

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There sat the squires, pretending not to see Vlad, and the servants, who had already been beaten and dared not look at him.

Before I knew it, they were inside the dining hall.

“That’s what they do.”

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And as he walked away, smiling, there was someone who watched him closely.

Happy to see meat, Vlad hummed and picked up his plate.

“…Sausages for today’s lunch.”

“Look at him. alien It’s nice not to be touched.”

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“He can’t?”

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“So the person behind you can’t eat.”

It was Vlad who had smiled and asked for more sausages at the table, but the maid in front of him was a middle-aged servant with strong bones from the Bayezid family.

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“If it weren’t for Joseph, I would have collapsed.”

“No…”

Seeing the middle-aged maid refusing with a firm look, Vlad was forced to step down from the table.

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Despite his slim appearance, Vlad had a voracious appetite.

Vlad and Goethe sat at the table, disappointment on their faces after the negotiation failed.

It was like a natural instinct, engraved in him by the place where he was born.

“But it’s better here.”

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“Oh, H-hi.”

“Better than when we were mercenaries. amber Don’t you think, Captain?”

They picked up their utensils and were about to bring the food to their mouths.

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“What are you…”

Short stature, chubby cheeks, and eyes buried in the flesh and hard to see.

Someone said awkwardly in Vlad’s direction.

Vlad slightly frowned, wondering if this time he was going to get into a fight, but the guy sitting in front of him didn’t seem like the type to do that.

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“I’m Portly, Portly Kannor.”

“Alright. advance What can I do for you, Portly?”

Sorry to think about it, but it seemed like you could roll him if you pushed him.

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“That…”

The way the man hesitated with the plate in front of him didn’t look good, and by the way he fidgeted, it seemed like it would take him a while to pronounce the words.

Vlad slightly frowned.

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“Don’t stand in front of me with your stomach in a knot.”

“Huh?”

“Sit or get lost.”

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“…”

“Thanks for telling me to sit.”

Those were harsh words, but Portly’s face lit up as if he had taken Vlad’s words as an invitation to sit.

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“Right now, you’re eating in…”

“I’ve been eating alone all the time. portal In fact, I’ve been eating alone in the bathroom.”

Vlad looked at Portly with a “What the hell!” expression, but he smiled shyly and decided to focus on his lunch for the moment, as he didn’t want to kick the guy out of his seat.

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“Good sausage, huh?”

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From this dialogue, Vlad realized that the bully had been this guy before him.

“Shut up and eat it.”

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Watching Vlad disappointedly scream as he put in his mouth the only sausage he had, Portly carefully slid his own into Vlad’s plate.

“Eat this too.”

Still, there was no reason to worry.

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But even under Vlad’s piercing gaze, Portly continued cautiously.

It was like an employee dealing with a challenging customer.

“What are you doing?”

Vlad longed for anything within his reach, except for vain pity and dubious favors.

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“You don’t think I’m…”

Portly’s behavior had been gruff since the bullying, but when he talked about his father, he sounded confident.

“These sausages… my father is the distributor.”

“…What?”

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“You know what, sausage is a preservative, so it’s as good a commodity as jerky, if not better, for mercenaries with money.”

“The last I heard, he wanted more sausages.”

“Yeah, he wanted.”

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Vlad was starting to get annoyed with the unfocused dialogue.

Portly laughed, saying that he had a lot of sausages and cured meats in his room from his father.

“So my father sends me a bunch of things to eat.”

“And?”

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“…”

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Vlad thought.

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I can’t help the ones I’ve already pretended to be, but if I get to know some people here, it might help me later in life.

I’ll never be as good as Priest Andreas, but I’ve come this far, so I might make some connections.

The son of a butcher from a family large enough to supply the Count’s family must have some usefulness.

“Yes.”

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In front of Portly’s room, Vlad and Goethe were left dumbfounded.

Not necessarily for the sausages, Vlad thought.

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“To become a squire.”

“Why is this here?”

“You’re not even a knight, just a squire?”

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The room was filled with sausages and cured meats.

Portly smiled shyly, as if that hadn’t worked out, but Vlad and Goethe saw none of that in his eyes.

“Yes. amateur I’m not going to be a knight, and my father didn’t expect much from me. apron He just wanted me to come here and make some connections.”

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“Really? arrow Are you going to do that?”

This guy shouldn’t be here.

Vlad smirked ironically at the room, devoid of someone aspiring to be a squire.

“Do you want to eat with me tomorrow…?”

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Vlad’s eyes lit up as he looked at the sausages hanging like decorations.

Portly’s sausages weren’t the kind of thing that would make you sick.

If so, there’s no need to condemn them to ostracism.

“Bring me the sausages instead.”

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In more than one sense.