Solo Swordmaster

Episode #223. I will kill you!

Yuna-kyung swallowed the exclamation.

It was because he saw a translucent girl’s head protruding from the dark violin that had been lying quietly.

‘It’s out!’

Like a frog with only its eyes sticking out of the water.

Or like a child looking outside through a slightly open door after seeing a questionable cake placed in front of the front door.

It was only for a while that I nearly cheered while watching the ghost of a girl listening to a performance with her nose slightly sticking out of her body while hiding herself in a deep-black violin.

Yuna-kyung tried to shut her beak.

Just by looking at her appearance, I could tell that the girl’s ghost was still on full alert.

‘Not yet yet.’

Yuna-kyung resisted wanting to talk right away.

And with the feeling of a hawk aiming for prey, I looked at the girl’s ghost’s behavior.

Fortunately, the girl’s ghost didn’t pay any attention to Yuna-kyung’s gaze.

I was busy spying on Limon with alert eyes.

But that’s only the first time.

As Limon played and Ainsha sang, the ghost of the girl gradually appeared on the violin.

At first only above the nose.

Then over the shoulder.

Then all the way up to the chest.

Where did you throw away your initial vigilance?

Looking at the ghost, who was engrossed in watching the performance with her entire upper body exposed, Na-kyung Yun clicked her tongue inwardly.

‘Somehow, the team leader said that whenever he performed, it felt like someone was watching him…’

Maybe we should admire the senses of the sword master who even sensed the ghost’s gaze.

Or should I admire the ghost of the girl who eavesdropped on the performance to avoid Limon’s intuition?

Confused inside, but feeling that the time has come, Na-gyeong secretly approached the ghost of the girl.

And after a short thought, I carefully opened the beak.

[Um… How are you?]

Excited!

[No wait! Don’t run away! Look, is that baby bird? It’s very weak and harmless, right?]

The ghost tried to get back into the violin, startled to the point where it was colorless to worry about whether the flame item would work on the ghost.

In order to catch such a ghost, Yuna-kyung hurriedly called out.

Fortunately, that persuasion worked.

Because the ghost of the girl who hurriedly ran away stuck out her head and looked at Yuna-kyung.

[Uh, so I’m Yu

.

It was the first time she had ever tried to talk to a ghost, even though she was accustomed to talking enough even to admit it.

Did you feel that agitation?

It was Yuna-kyung’s hastily uttered a word that raised her guard again and caught the ghost sneaking into the violin like a submarine.

[Ugh music!]

Flinch.

[This performance! Really great, right? In fact, I’m acquainted with the violin player there right now…]

Her strategy of approaching the other person’s field of interest as a topic worked.

This is because when a topic related to music came up, the girl’s ghost gradually softened her guard and began to pay attention to Yuna-kyung’s words.

And Yuna-kyung made a strange expression.

It was because the more I talked to the ghost, the more familiar it felt.

Children who had just entered the orphanage, whom she sometimes saw when she went to volunteer work.

The appearances of several children who were soaked in human distrust as if they had been abandoned by the whole world overlapped with the images of ghosts full of vigilance.

‘…Come to think of it, weren’t my kids like this at first too?’

after remembering that fact.

Yuna-kyung forgot the purpose of conversing with the girl’s ghost before she knew it.

He just focused on telling the girl his story as much as possible and listening to the girl’s story, just like he did when dealing with the children at the nursery school.

Could it be because he was so relaxed and approached with sincerity?

In the end, the girl’s ghost began to speak little by little, just as Yuna-kyung wanted.

[Aha, you said our team leader was scared? That’s right, our team leader has a temper, right? He also has a very bloody look.]

[You must have been surprised because I screamed before. sorry. I was surprised at that time too.]

[That’s right, the completion of art is muscles.]

[Um um um…]

And.

A long time passed.

* * *

Limon opened his mouth as calmly as possible.

“…blue.”

[Yes.]

Yuna-kyung answered seriously.

“Didn’t I tell you to listen to the Seven Arcs by convincing the ghost of the saint?”

[You said so.]

“And you chatted with that ghost all day while I was playing.”

[Ah, all day is an exaggeration. It was only a few hours at least.]

Looking at Yuna-gyeong, who was making fun of herself, Limon stopped talking in circles.

And he asked straight forward.

“So what have you found out so far?”

[I found out a lot. My name was Shera when I was alive, and I think I liked something with honey, or I like pretty things…]

“What about Seven Arcs?”

[He said he didn’t know.]

Limon almost blew honey chestnuts reflexively.

If Ainsha, who foresaw the future, had not held his wrist, Yuna-kyung would have splendidly spun 5 times like a dove hit by a slingshot and then collapsed.

As a bonus, the girl’s ghost must have been frightened and ran away with the violin again.

Maybe it’s because he saw his eyebrows furrowed instead.

Seeing Shera, the ghost of a girl hiding behind her, startled and frightened, Yuna-kyung exclaimed in a huff.

[No, why are you killing my baby! You might not know that he’s been asleep almost the whole time since being locked up here!]

“…Since when did he become your child?”

[From now on!]

“Are you saying you’d like to adopt a ghost that’s less than a year old now and is hundreds of years old?”

[There’s nothing I can’t do.]

At this point, it should be said that being shameless is admirable.

Anyway, it was Ainsha who calmed down Limon, who clicked his tongue at the sight of a pet that would get out of his mind when he saw a child, whether it was a previous life or a present life.

“Let’s not get excited. It is within the expected range.”

“I know.”

[You can’t do that if you know!]

Limon clicked his tongue.

It was already the result of the resolution.

Whether you went crazy and became a demon or a spirit. The possibility of getting a proper answer from a ghost who was obviously not in a normal state was low.

However, the news that nothing was expected was not welcome.

Especially after hours of playing to placate an unknown ghost.

[yes? What?]

Seeing Limon frowning and Yuna-kyung arguing, Shera, at a loss for what to do, whispered something to her at that time.

Yuna-kyung looked back at She-ra, puzzled.

Limon narrowed his eyes as he saw her eyes grow wider.

“What did you hear?”

[Uh… I don’t know what Seven Arcs is. Instead, there is something very memorable.]

“Remember? A spirit?”

Limon made a strange expression.

A soul is an entity that loses the mental ‘white’ among the spirits that make up the soul and only the spiritual ‘soul’ remains.

As a result, their ability to think is low, and in most cases, they repeat meaningless actions according to their previous habits.

That is, it means a lost soul.

Even severe amnesia patients.

The fact that such a spirit remembers something clearly means that it is such a deep regret for the spirit or such a shocking event.

“What kind of memory is it?”

[I don’t know if I understood correctly…]

Yuna-kyung looked back at She-ra as if to confirm.

Then, seeing the nodding ghost, he continued with a very shy expression.

[I heard you were hit by a star?]

“…what do you do?”

[When I was sleeping here with my violin, a meteor shower suddenly rained down from the sky, and one of them fell on the violin

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As he spoke, he looked at Limon’s eyes.

If you’ve ever been hit directly by a meteor, there’s no way the deep-dark violin would remain intact, no matter how divine a magic tool it is.

Even thinking to myself, it was a word that could only be heard as the nonsense of a really crazy ghost.

“You saw meteors pouring down like rain?”

[Yes.]

“In this underground labyrinth?”

[…]

The more I listen to it, the more absurd it sounds to Yuna-Kyung.

However, instead of snorting, Limon put on a strange expression.

“When?”

[Yes?]

“How many years ago did you see that?”

[Uh… I heard that it hasn’t been a hundred years?]

Yuna-gyeong, who gave She-ra’s absurd answer, put on an even more intimidated expression, fearing that someone might not be a spirit that has been there for hundreds of years.

Limon, on the other hand, crossed his arms.

Then, after making an expression of contemplating something for a long time, he nodded his head.

“…was it really like that?”

When Yuna-kyung tilts her head at the unexpected reaction.

As if realizing something after a while, Ainsha nodded along with Limon and said expressionlessly.

“A bad sword master and a good sword master. It’s a great role distribution. It is also Lee.”

“It wasn’t really my intention.”

“Anyway, I got the answer. It is a great newspaper.”

[hey? I’m sorry, but can I know what it was like and what the answer was?]

Yuna-kyung, feeling left out by the two people sharing a story that only they know, intervenes with a sullen expression.

Looking at her, Limon made a puzzled expression.

“Are you asking because you don’t know that now? Did you listen to all the clues?”

[A clue, what is that…?]

I wonder for a moment.

As if realizing something belatedly, Yuna-gyeong, who closed her beak, rolled her eyes and opened them roundly.

[Ah!]

“Did you notice now?”

Limon clicked his tongue as he looked at her.

And Shera’s ghost, who was behind Yuna-kyung, continued talking quietly as she saw the half-hidden violin in deep darkness.

“Now I know when and how Seven Arcs came into being.”

* * *

A passageway covered in thick darkness.

Labyrinth, the specter of the Liberation Brigade’s 4th rank, murmured disapprovingly as she walked leisurely along the place where there was no light.

“Anyway, pretending to be proud.”

One reason he’s offended.

In the end, it was because I had to receive orders from the magician until today’s discussion was over.

Of course, it was only natural that the Liberation Brigade, which operated strictly according to the hierarchical order, had to listen to his instructions from a higher rank.

But that’s it and this is this.

It was disapproving of Labyrinth, who regarded Magician as a competitor among the 12 specters.

Especially now that I know that the magician is recruiting a new specter to occupy the vacant upper rank.

“Let’s wait and see. After all, your place will be mine.”

Labyrinth grabbed the bloody jewel.

Although it stayed in the 4th place in the ranking, it was because of the weakness of the unique skill.

To make up for that shortcoming, Labyrinth prepared a toy.

If only that toy is completed as planned, whoever is recruited as a new specter will be ranked third in the hierarchy.

If you’re lucky, even more than that.

‘Up to number one… It’s impossible.’

Labyrinth trembled.

Labyrinth was confident enough to deal with even the monarch, but she couldn’t have confidence against ‘him’.

In the first place, the reason why the 12 ghosts, all of whom were all different, thoroughly kept the hierarchy, was because they feared ‘him’ more than the power of the stars.

‘But if it’s up to second place!’

“Come, my toys.”

That’s why Labyrinth sang a toy, igniting his ambition to rise even more.

In order to strengthen the toy using the power of the jewel in advance, so that it can gain stronger power when it is completed later.

“…?”

But after a while.

Labyrinth couldn’t help but be puzzled.

Originally, the cute toys, which should have come running as soon as he called them, didn’t appear even after waiting for a long time.

“…what is this?”

Labyrinth, who was confused and activated her own skill, hardened her face without realizing it.

and the next moment.

His body was no longer in the aisle.

Instead, he appeared in the middle of a common area full of traces of battle, looking down at some remnants scattered on the floor.

A mutilated goat’s head and a blade.

Burnt feathers and snake scales.

Broken dolls and fragments of chains, etc.

Looking at the remains of toys that don’t remain intact at all, let’s harden for a while.

Labyrinth shuddered at the thought of the many years of time and enormous wealth it took to find, subjugate, and raise these six toys.

Then, he clenched his fists so much that blood gushed out and shouted with bloodshot eyes.

“Aaaaaagh! kill! If I find anyone, I will definitely kill them!”

* * *

“Hmm, somehow my ears feel itchy.”

“You lie on your knees. I’ll break your ears. Then it’s a lap pillow. It’s a good impression.”

“Are you talking about having the experience of digging someone else’s ear?”

“it’s okay. Anything is an experience. And I heard that Tata is the only one who gets sick in a relationship between a man and a woman.”

“…Don’t tell your nanny. Next time, talk to me about education.”