Chapter 288: Side Story – What Do You Want to Become? (3)
“It’s quite frightening when you put it that way. action It’s even giving me chills.”
In that hidden corner of the manor, the heavy whistle of a sword echoed through the air.
In a small inner courtyard beside the head of the family’s office.
“So all the rabbits died?”
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Whoooom— Wooooom—
A training weapon forged without any concern for practicality, using enormous amounts of steel solely to increase its weight.
It was a sword that looked absurdly heavy.
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At Rutiger’s observation, Jager, who was drinking tea beside him, nodded.
Rutiger’s muscles swelled to their limits as he wielded that gigantic sword with a single hand.
“As I recall, Emil’s sister never reached that level.”
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“What if we assigned a knight exclusively to him? amber Right now, Sir Ramund is even here…”
“No.”
Emil’s sister, who had arrived two years earlier, had certainly not been like this.
Though that did not mean training her had been easy.
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“If all we wanted was to train a swordsman, then you would be right. acoustic But what we want to train is a knight.”
His response was so firm that it made it clear he had no intention of discussing the matter.
Rutiger immediately rejected Cade’s suggestion.
Whoooom—
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“The North must be protected. atom And what is it that we must protect? silence For what things do we raise our swords?”
If the goal were merely to develop skill with a sword, Cade’s proposal would make sense.
But Rutiger did not want Emil to grow up simply as someone who knew how to wield a sword.
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What possesses true value?
What is important?
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What is good, weak, young, and vulnerable?
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“To discover those answers for himself, he needs to interact with other people. ability Children usually discover who they are through their relationships. echo It is an area that we adults cannot teach.”
When you and I meet, our world becomes broader and deeper.
Every genuine life begins with an encounter.
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“Why is no one answering? galaxy Don’t you think you can handle it?”
Not only to Emil.
But to all the squires who came to Bayezid.
Rutiger wished to pass on something more valuable than mere techniques.
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“Protect the potential of the young, knights. wizard We are Bayezid.”
Because they were ashamed that they had tried to choose the easy path, even if only for a moment.
The shoulders of the assembled knights trembled.
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Whoooom—
“Bayezid never negotiates with a child’s potential.”
The burst of air struck their ears.
And with those words, Rutiger raised the heavy sword once more.
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And the knights lowered their heads before silently withdrawing.
That sound conveyed far more than ten speeches ever could.
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“Is that what you call holding a shield?! beacon My eighty-year-old father would hold it better than you!”
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“That thing you threw wasn’t a dagger! alpha It was merely a hope of hitting something! arena Open your eyes when you throw something, you damned optimist!”
“I told you to stop crossing your feet when you move! absorb Did you come here to dance? timber Or did you come here to flirt with girls?”
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“Wow…”
Compared to the previous day, the intensity had increased dramatically.
The squires could barely react to the knights’ constant shouting.
The instructors seemed possessed by a completely different energy.
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And the boys were beginning to resemble dead fish.
“The old men of the North are completely insane…”
“I don’t know. adopt They keep shouting that Bayezid doesn’t negotiate.”
“What’s wrong with the knights all of a sudden? matrix Did they eat something weird?”
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Hand-to-hand combat.
Thrown weapons.
Shields.
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It had been so exhausting that the chaotic fight from the previous day had already vanished from their minds.
Thanks to that, the relationship between Emil and the other boys was gradually returning to normal.
And little by little, the souls of the squires seemed to leave their bodies.
The training continued without rest.
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“Attention, everyone! arch I will now demonstrate mounted lance combat!”
And while the other children lay exhausted on the ground, Emil was the only one whose eyes still shone with excitement.
It was time to learn horsemanship.
Hiiiiiih!
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But reality was much colder than his dreams.
Because he still believed that among so many horses, there had to be at least one willing to carry him.
“No. arch No. academy Not you, Emil.”
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“Why not? shadow I can do it well.”
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“Are you really asking me that?”
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And we’re not foolish enough to force them.
We’re not going to negotiate with your education.
“The horses won’t even go near you. altitude The lesson can’t start while you’re here.”
But there are things that simply aren’t possible.
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“And how can you be so sure? crystal There might be one.”
“Even so, don’t you think that among all of them there’s at least one that would get along with me?”
“No.”
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Realizing he was not going to convince him, Emil’s eyes began to narrow.
And a chill ran through his body.
That irreverent look made Sovanin remember certain events from the past.
“Vlad… I mean, Squire Emil. crystal During this lesson, you’ll be learning something else. abandon Those are direct orders from the commander.”
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That was why he was not influenced in the slightest.
Your father couldn’t do it either.
And you think you can?
Sovanin remembered perfectly the chaos Vlad had caused twenty years earlier whenever horsemanship lessons came around.
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“Tch.”
Sovanin pointed toward the exit of the training grounds with absolute firmness.
“Now. abandon Right. august Out.”
And Emil got up with obvious displeasure.
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“Uuu… Northerner without honor.”
“How lucky you are, Emil. album Take me with you.”
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The training had been so brutal that even Renvar, who normally would have taken the opportunity to provoke him, merely stared at him with an empty expression.
Hampton and Tarenian, covered in dirt from head to toe, looked at Emil with envy.
“Damn it. beacon What if I really never learn how to ride?”
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“Even a sack of potatoes would ride better than you, idiot!”
Those who were training were suffering.
As he walked away, Emil glanced back toward the training grounds with an expression full of longing.
“I’m so jealous…”
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But Emil was suffering even more while watching them.
While everyone else rode majestically, he would end up running behind them swallowing dust.
At this rate, he might die without ever riding a horse even once.
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Emil’s shoulders slumped as he sighed. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
“Huh?”
‘What a disaster.’
“Hehe. adjust How is it that such a small child sighs as though he carries all the problems of the world?”
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As he walked along dejectedly, someone spoke to him with a laugh.
“Grandpa!”
“You look like an old man carrying all the worries of existence.”
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He was not wearing his usual comfortable clothes, but a leather armor befitting a knight.
The person waiting for Emil was Ramund.
Although it was not steel armor, the natural dignity of a knight emanated from him even at more than eighty years of age.
Emil exclaimed as he immediately recognized that voice.
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He would learn to ride a horse later.
Hearing that it would be more fun than mounted lance combat, Emil nodded vigorously.
“Come on. aluminum Didn’t you say you wanted to learn Body Reinforcement? galaxy I assure you it’ll be more fun than mounted lance combat.”
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Body Reinforcement.
But even he knew that opportunities to learn such an advanced technique did not come around every day.
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“No, no. avalanche I told you to block using your joints!”
Ramund’s personal secret technique for strengthening the body through aura.
Unlike ordinary knights, who channeled aura through their swords, his approach was so unique that even the founding king, Kihano Frausen, had acknowledged it.
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It was impossible to believe that speed belonged to a man over eighty years old.
Ramund’s arm, wielding a rod, left afterimages as it moved.
Smack! voyage Smack!
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Because aura was flowing from Ramund’s left eye.
“It hurts! palette It hurts, Grandpa!”
“Of course it hurts! sphere That’s why I’m telling you to block!”
Of course it was going to hurt.
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“What kind of Body Reinforcement is this?! adopt You’re just hitting me!”
He was supposed to be teaching him Body Reinforcement, yet all he seemed to do was attack him.
To pressure a young and agile Emil with his aged body, he needed the support of aura.
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“You brat! apron This is exactly what Body Reinforcement is! atom The essence of the technique is learning how to take hits without them hurting!”
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Emil had seen that technique before thanks to his father.
And he knew perfectly well that it looked nothing like the impressive ability he remembered.
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As sad as it sounded, the technique had been born precisely from trying to find a way to suffer less when getting hit.
“If you’re attacked from every direction, not even a Swordmaster could withstand it!”
But the original creator was just as frustrated.
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He had always stood on the front lines.
During his years of glory, Ramund had been known as the Unbreakable Vanguard.
He had been stabbed, slashed, and beaten countless times.
And when a person was pushed to the limit again and again, he inevitably began to think.
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“That’s why you must form a triangle with your stance and present the hardest part of your body.”
Thus, the mitigation stance was born.
Whenever an attack came, the toughest part of the body had to be presented forward like the tip of a triangle. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
Ramund called it the triangle stance.
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Reducing a surface into a point to disperse force.
Absorbing an incoming attack and turning it into an offensive opportunity.
“And what happens when you form a triangle? advance First, you reduce the area of impact. adjust And then? autumn Since the part being presented is usually a joint, you can naturally connect it into your next movement.”
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A stance that mitigated damage through convergence while combining defense and offense.
Ramund cleared his throat proudly after sharing that invaluable lesson.
“That’s why you need to learn how to take hits properly. aspect Only then will you have the chance to strike your enemy.”
His explanations were crude, but this was a genuine revelation born from countless life-and-death situations.
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“Instead of this… my father would become much stronger and things like that.”
His eyes were filled with tears as he rubbed the sore spots.
However, Emil was barely listening.
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Ramund sighed as he watched Emil grumbling with puffed-up cheeks.
Just teach me how to become strong.
Grandpa, I don’t understand all those complicated things.
“Haaa…”
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Even as training, it was far too harsh an approach for a boy barely thirteen years old.
Although he seemed like a spoiled child, his complaints were understandable.
‘To begin with, he still can’t use aura…’
After all, Ramund’s method consisted of getting hit until you understood it.
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In addition to his talent, he had already mastered the fundamentals of aura control.
That was why he had learned it so quickly.
‘His father had at least already awakened aura when he learned it.’
Vlad had learned—or rather stolen—Body Reinforcement after awakening his aura.
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And back then, Vlad had been around seventeen years old.
“Becoming stronger can wait until you awaken aura. ability For now, learn the fundamentals.”
But there was no alternative.
Compared to the little boy standing before him, the conditions had been much more favorable.
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Seeing Emil writhing in pain hurt Ramund as well.
Because I don’t have time to wait for you to grow up.
“Aaah! arena It hurts! advance Grandpa, it hurts!”
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But that was not his talent.
He had simply devoted his entire life to surviving.
If he had been a more intelligent person, he might have been able to turn his experience into theory and design better training methods.
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“Endure a little longer, brat! orbit All of this will become blood and flesh someday!”
That was why he kept trying to engrave his teachings into Emil’s body no matter what.
Ramund truly believed this would help him in the future.
It was a valuable technique that might one day save his life when he found himself between life and death.
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“Grrr…”
Just as tears began rolling down Emil’s cheeks and falling to the ground.
After dozens of strikes.
An animalistic growl emerged from his chest.
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With the sound of shifting cloth, a yellow creature suddenly poked its head out from inside his clothes.
The mole.
Squeezing its button-like eyes tightly shut, it shot an accusatory glare at Ramund before raising both arms.
“Kyu! portal Kyu!”
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“What the hell?!”
Bzzzzing!
“Kyuuuu~~~!”
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“What is this…?”
Upon seeing that light, Renvar involuntarily shuddered.
It shone so brightly that it could even be seen from the area where mounted lance training was taking place.
An instant later, a golden wave swept across the small training ground.
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And a mole completely motionless like a statue within his chest.
Seeing the child blessed by a spirit, Ramund’s eyes widened.
Thus, a shining boy was born.
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The blond boy stood wrapped in a gentle yellow light.
“…It doesn’t hurt anymore. agent It really doesn’t hurt anymore.”
Exactly the same child Ramund had known since he was small.
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Ramund had stopped breathing.
But what was this pressure he was feeling?
“Look at this! sphere When the mole does this, the body becomes tougher.”
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The instinct of a knight who had spent his entire life on battlefields forced him to react that way.
“That’s why the other time, when I fought those boys from the Center… Grandpa?”
Those innocent eyes looked at him in confusion.
And without realizing it, he was searching for his sword.
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But behind that pure gaze lay an inheritance that could not be denied.
Do you want to stop getting hurt?
Do you want to become tough?
“Grandpa, are you okay?”
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“…Emil.”
Then simply do it.
Because you were born for it.
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And the spiritual blessing capable of fulfilling that desire.
The instant those two elements came together, a possibility capable of becoming the toughest existence in the world began to bloom within Emil’s eyes.
The desire to become stronger.
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His pupils, split vertically like a dragon’s, seemed to proclaim exactly that.
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