Solo Swordmaster

#228. I’ll go with you.

* * *

Li Qingyu smiled.

As always, relaxed and calm.

That’s why she asked repeatedly with her signature calm smile that didn’t reveal her true intentions.

“In short, are you saying that the only sculptor who has the potential to unseal the second Seven Arcs is ill and unable to sculpt?”

“okay.”

“That’s why you agreed to heal him and get cooperation in breaking the seal of the Seven Arcs.”

“That’s how it is.”

“I see… that’s the best way.”

It seems I understand now.

Li Qingyu shook his head.

Whether it was to stop the Liberation Brigade or to find out the secrets of the Constellation. It was absolutely necessary to break the seal of the Seven Arcs.

In that sense, treating Hermann’s disease was obviously close to the best.

Maybe if you’re a player whose skills only increase when you level up.

Originally, masters in one field, especially artists, did not spring out of nowhere.

It is a much quicker and surer way to rewrite those whose skills have already been proven than to wait for a new master who is not known when they will be born.

“It’s a question of who you ask for treatment.”

Li Qingyu smiled and turned to Ainsha, who was sitting next to him.

It’s like you didn’t dry it, what did you do?

Ainsha averted her eyes with an expressionless face at her gaze, which felt strangely pressured even though she was clearly smiling.

“…I dried it. it’s not my fault I claim innocence.”

It’s been a while since I looked at Ainsha, who was bluntly muttering to herself.

Li Qingyu turned to Li Mon and asked calmly.

“Is that the only way?”

“I heard that you tried to get treatment from the divine lord, but it was of no use.”

“But if it had the effect of alleviating the disease, it wouldn’t be absolutely impossible to cure it with the skill.”

“Well, maybe it’s possible if a big-supply healer is dedicated to it and puts in a lot of effort for several years.”

“…As expected, you’re saying that players aren’t allowed.”

“Regardless of whether it’s possible or not, you can’t entrust the fish to the cat, can you?”

It’s too risky to drag players into things related to Seven Arks.

Like Prince Edward and Claire, we don’t know how far the roots of the Liberation Brigade reach.

Even if they had nothing to do with the Liberation Brigade, they didn’t know what would happen if the Constellation intervened.

“Can’t it be cured with magic?”

“I’ve already checked with Shirg hag, but he said that the sculptor nobleman’s disease is close to its lifespan, so it can’t be done with ordinary magic.”

“Then, magical treatment itself would be an act of violating a divine taboo.”

“okay.”

Originally, magic was handed down by God.

Therefore, magic must be used only within the range permitted by God, and even the Archwitch could not cross the taboo at all, even though she would stay on the edge.

There is only one way that can be done.

“You can’t use black magic to catch a living person and offer it as a living sacrifice to cure a disease.”

“That is a fair statement.”

‘After all, there was no choice from the beginning.’

Li Qingyu smiled bitterly.

I knew there was no other answer.

Even though I knew there was no chance of winning, I just struggled until the end as if there were times when I had to fight.

However, since even that resistance had become meaningless, Li Qingyu had no choice but to admit that Limon’s proposal was the best decision in the end.

“…If it was a disease that could be cured by the elders, it would have been easy.”

Limon shrugged at her regretful self-talk.

“I’m not disrespecting their skills, but you know that even the holy lord is the only one who can treat a patient who hasn’t been cured.”

“Yes, I know.”

Li Qingyu nodded.

And he added a bittersweet word.

“Including how dangerous it is to meet ‘her’.”

“do not worry. That’s why I’m going myself.”

‘That’s why it’s more dangerous.’

Anyone else can get lost, so it’s best for you to go yourself.

Seeing Li Mon speak calmly and weakly, Li Qingyu calmly continued, hiding his embarrassment with a smile.

“There’s no way that ‘she’ will readily meet you even if the swordsman reveals his identity and leaves. Rather, I would rather hide.”

“I guess so.”

“Do you have any other ideas in mind?”

“What can you do? Even if you hide your identity, you should go and ask for it.”

If I get kicked out of the door, I will go and think about it then.

Seeing Li Mon speak naturally, Li Qingyu couldn’t help but sigh.

In the first place, the princess of the Seven Dragons is the richest man in the world.

It was like that when it was a criminal organization, but after being reborn as a Seven Dragon corporation, it was not an existence that ordinary people could easily meet.

It was even more so when it was ‘her’ and not another princess.

But Li Qingyu sighed not because Li Mon’s method was too absurd.

Rather, it was the opposite.

‘If this was chosen by intuition, it’s really scary.’

If someone else goes to ‘her’ to ask for treatment, the outcome will be one of three things.

or be ignored

die horribly

or become as good as dead.

But what if the person making the request is Limon?

Li Qingyu had no foresight, but he could be sure that things would not turn out that way.

Leaving aside the fact that Limon couldn’t die gracefully, ‘she’ would also be willing to meet him if she had received information from London.

What if you noticed Limon’s secret in the process?

It will never go beyond the way Ainsha and Rose did.

‘…It’s really difficult.’

Ainsha’s foreknowledge is not helpful and Rose is too busy to attend at all.

It would have been better if I could have talked openly with Limon, but I never could.

Just as you can’t drink seawater just because you’re thirsty, you had to avoid telling Limon the truth right now.

‘If I can’t stop it anyway…’

What to do with this difficulty.

Li Qingyu, who was alone in his thoughts, nodded and opened his mouth after a while.

“there’s nothing we can do. If so, I will arrange a way to meet ‘her’.”

“Is there any way?”

“If the swordsman would listen to my request instead of you.”

“huh? What do you want?”

Limon made a puzzled expression at the unexpected words.

Seeing him like that, with a smile, Li Qingyu revealed the best solution he had found to resolve this dilemma.

“I will go with you.”

* * *

“Mmm.”

A river with clear water.

With a fishing rod draped there, Hermann was immersed in agony.

‘No matter how much I think about it, it’s impossible.’

It was only yesterday that he inadvertently accepted the offer, swept away by Limon’s boast that he would heal his illness.

Up until then, everything was puzzling, but I couldn’t help but feel that I had been duped after sleeping through the night and thinking about it coldly.

I’m glad I didn’t have any special requests.

If he had been asked to give up all his possessions in exchange for treatment, he would have accepted it without hesitation yesterday.

‘Of course, there’s no way that the young man who goes with President Ainsha is a swindler…’

Herman smiled bitterly.

In fact, I knew that this kind of thinking was the perfect mindset to be scammed.

Even so, the reason I didn’t regret accepting the offer was because of the strange atmosphere of the young man.

Even though he was a young man, not even the size of his own son, his harsh tone of voice was natural, far from intrusive.

A cheeky yet dignified attitude that seemed like it could make even the most absurd statement come true.

Above all, those eyes that were deep and calm.

It made Hermann think, ‘It can’t be like that’ in his head, but on the other hand, he had the expectation of ‘Maybe?’

‘It’s anticipation.’

After placing the pieces, I gave up hope.

Realizing that he still had such absurd feelings, he let out a blank laugh.

‘It’s not bad though.’

Finally, Herman smiled.

Whether that young man really finds a cure for his disease or not.

It will take at least a few years for results to come out.

If he could wait with this expectation until then, that alone was worth accepting his offer.

At least it was much better than when I was just waiting for the day I would die dryly.

wii yi.

“huh?”

It was then that a strange noise was heard from somewhere.

In this forest, as well as living in the mundane world, I have never heard of an unfamiliar sound for a while.

Herman’s eyes widened.

the source of the sound.

In other words, it was because it was late to discover a flying object that appeared from the far side of the sky.

The reason why he had no choice but to call it a flying object, which should normally be called an airplane, was simple.

It was the first time in his life that he had seen an airplane that was not a helicopter and descended vertically.

Chi Shuung.

While Hermann watched with a dumbfounded face, the flying object landed in an empty lot by the river with a strong wind.

The moment the door opened.

Seeing the opponent who walked out of the room, Herman made an absurd expression without realizing it.

“Hey, sculptor man. How have you been?”

“…you saw us just yesterday, right? But why do you ask about my regards?”

“Half of them say hello and the other half ask if they are ready to go on a trip.”

“A trip?”

Do you think this is ridiculous?

Would you say you don’t know English?

Herman blinked in a daze at Limon’s mysterious words that appeared on a mysterious flying object out of nowhere.

Limon grinned at him.

“Even if you’re not ready for anything, just get on. You have a long way to go before you find someone who can heal you.”

* * *

Since he almost kidnapped the bewildered Hermann and put him in the room.

Limon murmured admiringly inside the SDW X-17 vertical take-off and landing plane, which rose vertically again and began to fly westward.

“That performance is good.”

“The Silver Dragon clan would be happy to know that the swordsmith gave such an evaluation.”

“…was this made in Russia? Isn’t it American?”

It’s like when you admired it.

Limon looks around the plane with suspicious eyes.

Li Qingyu smiled as he looked at him, whose face was blatantly suspicious that the plane might fall at any moment.

“Take it easy. The silver dragon clan remodeled it into a special plane, but the plane itself was imported from EK of the United States of America.”

“Oh is that so?”

Only then did Limon put his back on the seat as if relieved.

Li Qingyu laughed again when he saw that blatant action.

Rather, it was Yuna-gyeong who was sitting on top of a violin case and chatting about something with She-ra’s ghost.

[…Team leader, there is a princess sister of the Chilryonghoe with the same name

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Limon snorted.

“You don’t even know about the Chernobyl accident? Did they blow up a whole city while researching a new power source, nuclear power or elemental power?”

[Yeah… Everyone can make a mistake at least once while researching a new technology, right?]

“What kind of new technology is a new technology? Even so, it’s a fake made by copying everything.”

[In the world, only the team leader can say that about Bahamut’s products.]

Yuna-kyung puts on a shocked expression.

What made her even more embarrassed was Li Qingyu’s action as she nodded as if she was right.

“Well, the Silver Dragon clan and the Russian Khanate stole a lot of technology from the United States.”

[…Can the princess say that?]

“Because it’s true. In the past, there were frequent accidents due to incorrect technology duplication.”

Li Qingyu chuckled.

It is now called the Seven Dragons Group, but in the past, the Seven Dragons were a criminal organization called the Demonic Cult.

At that time, if it was a product of the Silver Dragon clan, it was synonymous with counterfeiting made by stealing and copying all kinds of technology.

“Thanks to such continuous attempts to replicate technology, Bahamut is now the world’s most advanced technology company.”

“The best in the world lags far behind the United States at any rate.”

“Because it’s on a different level.”

Comparing it to aid is too much.

Limon only snorted at what Li Qingyu said with a chuckle, but did not object.

Even though they dismissed it as fake, it was true that only the Silver Dragon clan could imitate the technology of the United States of America.

So, Limon turned the conversation around.

“By the way, princess, are you really okay?”

“If it’s a safety issue, don’t worry. There is also an escape parachute and a lifeboat just in case.”

“…putting aside the question that I didn’t ask in that sense, didn’t you say that the technology of the silver dragon clan was reliable a while ago?”

“It’s called Yubimuhwan.”

He believes in the technology of the Silver Dragon clan, but he has no intention of entrusting his life to a clan planting a spy chip as an additional option for remodeling a special aircraft.

It was a while to look at Li Qingyu, who spoke with a smile, with a strange face.

In the end, Limon laughed.

“You are very wise.”

“As a princess of the Seven Dragons, it’s a prudence you should have.”

“Yes, of course.”

Limon shook his head.

Even the other princesses of the Seven Dragons would naturally prepare for this level.

The seven clans of the Seven Dragons originally had such a relationship.

…There may be at least one princess who has forgotten that, but that’s a clan where foresight is everything.

“Actually, that is what I want to ask.”

“What are you talking about?”

“That’s why you’d risk going with me.”

Li Qingyu smiled at Li Mon, who didn’t understand at all.

“It’s not a very good reason. We just chose the best way.”

“Are you saying it’s best for you to go yourself?”

“yes. At least, there is a better chance of persuading her if I go than if someone I don’t know visits and asks for treatment.”

“Is that really the whole reason?”

“Do I really need another reason?”

Limon put on a very doubtful expression.

Even though it made sense, it was because I felt strangely reluctant.

It’s not a lie, but it’s not the truth.

What is the real reason for hiding it?

Li Mon’s gaze, which was staring at him with open questions, was being met by Li Qingyu with a single smile, without wavering.

[Uh… Chief. I’m just confused about one thing.]

Should I say I’m not aware of this?

Conversely, should I say that my eyesight is too good?

Limon reluctantly looked away from Li Qingyu and looked back at Yuna-kyung at the question of Yuna-kyung, who felt the unusual atmosphere and exquisitely intervened.

“What?”

[Weren’t we on our way to meet the princess of the Seven Dragons?]

“Are you asking about something obvious?”

[Then why are you talking about taking risks? I’m not even going to a battlefield.]

Yuna-kyung was puzzled.

I’d rather just be an ordinary girl.

Li Qingyu, the Black Dragon Princess, was the strongest master of the Black Dragon clan who could protect herself wherever she went.

Not to mention, he wasn’t attacking a dangerous place, he was just going to meet a princess from another clan, and he couldn’t figure out why he was doing this.

Seeing Yuna-kyung like that, Li Mon and Li Qingyu made strange faces.

“…You mean you’ve been with the Black Dragon Clan for several months, and you still don’t know why?”

[What are those eyes that look like chickens? As a bird lives, you may not know it!]

“Oh, I’m sorry. I thought you would understand, so I never explained it to you.”

[Eek! Is it weird that I don’t know?]

Yuna-kyung got angry at Limon who clicked her tongue.

Li Qingyu smiled bitterly when she saw that she only showed embarrassment after hearing his words.

“No, to be honest, you don’t have to know. Maybe the Seven Dragons you’ve met so far have been a bit biased.”

[It’s biased?]

It seems like he doesn’t understand the meaning.

Looking at Yuna-kyung, who tilted her head, Li Qingyu smiled.

“If you think that all the clans of the Seven Dragons will be ‘normal’ and ‘innocent’ like the Blue Dragon Clan or the White Dragon Clan, you’ll be in big trouble.”