Solo Swordmaster

#694. me? Really?

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A lantern in front of the wind.

on a hundred-foot pole.

Black magicians before swordsmiths, etc.

There are many words that describe a precarious and dangerous situation.

from that point of view.

This was a situation where such words were absolutely necessary.

However, looking at it differently, it was also a situation that didn’t suit me at all.

…If you add up all the precarious situations in the world, it will feel peaceful compared to the atmosphere flowing in this quiet mountain.

Tak Tak.

Sparks fly in the bonfire.

The darkness in the mountains burns.

But also the silver-haired beauty who was sitting with her sword on her lap and holding the hilt.

Even the black-haired girl who quietly smiled while still standing in the deep shadow.

I didn’t care one bit about the campfire.

just like that attitude.

without even moving.

I just kept silent.

―Because I knew what would happen if I lost my mind to the other person for just one moment.

And no matter how much time passes.

That stillness did not go away.

Rather, it got deeper and deeper, and the air flowing between them only grew cooler.

Like a snowy mountain just before an avalanche.

The moment when the silence, which was so heavy and dangerous, yet terrifying enough to be broken by the sound of falling leaves, was about to reach its apex.

[Hey, princess sister?]

A sound that is not a single sound.

broke that silence

[Really? me? Really?]

How long have you been in there?

A blue bird peeked out of the girl’s arms.

The moment Nagyeong Yun asked with a face that she wished she would deny it.

Li Qingyu broke the silence and opened his mouth with a smile.

“Yes, please.”

[…I’ll just return this ring,

so can’t the princess do it herself?]

[I know that too…]

Yuna-kyung regretted it.

when you said you had a request.

I had to decline right away.

It was a mistake to go overboard when he said he would give scholarships and other benefits to the children at the orphanage.

But what can I do?

As long as you have already stamped your feet on the contract, you can’t take it back now.

[…If I ever die, please write on my grave that I’m a fool who jumped into the fire after falling

all over the feed.] “With your help, I’ll publish a book and pass it on to my younger siblings as well.”

[Are you going to kill me three times?!]

What crime did you commit in your previous life to have to listen to such threats?

Even while swallowing tears.

Yuna-kyung quietly came out.

And even if you can’t see it.

Now he spoke cautiously to Anastasia, who was apparently turning that face to him instead of Li Qingyu.

[Hello, how are you? My name is Blue.]

“…The girl is called Anastasia.”

Like seeing an unknown monster.

Or as if this is also a conspiracy.

Yuna-gyeong nodded her head kindly to her as she greeted her politely while still holding the sword.

[I know. I’ve heard a lot about you from the team leader.]

“Did you say you were the team leader?”

[Ah, the Limon team leader. Even if I look like this, I’m my sister’s teacher’s pet.]

“….”

[I have something to tell you in that sense.]

The moment I heard the word ‘teacher’.

Anastasia hesitated.

also spoke.

who acted differently.

Even without a glance.

Still, for some reason, with that one word as an opportunity, she felt Anastasia’s concentration towards herself increased to a frightening extent.

Yuna-kyung gulped and opened her beak with a dry saliva.

[Can I act as an interpreter for a moment?]

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Bubbling.

Not too long ago, there was only cold air, like an ice forest full of knives.

But now, Anastasia felt it in the stillness that had grown to the level of a cushion of thorns, rather subtle than sharp.

A bonfire that was gradually extinguished.

Put new firewood in it.

After making the fire hot.

A girl with an iron kettle on it.

Warm the tea with enough boiled water.

Put the tea leaves in the teapot, lightly brew the first tea, and then remove the foam from the tea again until pouring.

Sober and still.

I can vividly feel the black-haired girl opening her lips as she holds out a teacup to herself after all these actions are flowing.

[Uh hmm. How about a cup of tea?]

Where is this place?

Who am I?

As for the interpreter of the blue bird, who conveys the girl’s words to herself while making a face of ….

“I will decline.”

[Ah, do you hate tea?]

“If I had to say it, I like it.”

Anastasia spoke frankly.

Losing everything in a revolution.

Reaped by Limon.

until you go back.

To her, who had spent her youth in the Sword Tower, Oriental tea was never unfamiliar to her.

“Hao, I’ve been taught not to touch what the Black Dragon Clan gives me, even if I eat the poison of the Green Dragon Clan.”

…Learn the tea ceremony directly from the teacher you respect.

Especially in that there was always a longing for the time we spent together when we drank tea.

So it was.

It’s like I don’t know what to do.

The reason she spoke to Li Qingyu, who was drinking tea alone, as if she knew that, of course, unlike the blue bird, who rolled her eyes.

“Honestly, it was unexpected.”

[yes? What is it?]

“The fact that you showed up like this without attacking the girl.”

[Oh no way. Gongju sister is not a killer, she did such a thing…]

[…Yes?]

[Ah, is that so?]

While she was flapping her wings.

It sounds like you’ve heard something great.

A blue bird looking at Li Qingyu with a bizarre face.

Anastasia, who could have guessed what the conversation had just happened through that reaction, nodded.

“Did you think so too?”

[Eek! oh no It’s not that the princess had any bad intentions, that’s why…]

“You don’t have to worry about it. It is only natural that the princess of the Seven Dragons is hostile to the girl.”

[…]

“I would like to ask.”

face is not visible

I can’t even hear your voice

Is that why?

To the girl who gave off an ambiguous feeling as if she was facing a fog even though they were clearly sitting opposite each other.

Anastasia asked quietly.

“Is it because the girl broke down the Manma Gate that made her appear like this, even giving up that golden opportunity?”

In a head-to-head confrontation, he may be called the weakest member of the Seven Dragons.

Instead, the Black Dragon clan is more dangerous than anyone else when it comes to plotting behind the scenes and secret ambush.

In particular, the Black Dragon Princess was the opposite for her now, who was injured and her senses were dulled as her sight and hearing were blocked.

What if Li Qingyu was hiding?

If you thoroughly pursued your life.

To the point where I don’t know how it would have turned out.

…Including the fact that she’s not the only presence felt around here.

Why did you give up that golden opportunity?

Li Qingyu gave an answer with a grin.

Yuna-kyung said while scratching her head with her wings.

[That’s the reason, but they say there are three other reasons.]

“What three words do you mean?”

[Well, one is because he obtained information that there might be a sword master who escaped from the World Federation.] ”

…I do understand what Master said that secrets are meaningless in front of the Black Dragon clan.”

Anastasia murmured briefly.

Her escape is a top secret of the World Federation.

It is a secret so thoroughly hidden that even the Heavenly Demon misunderstood her as a trickster sent by Wanderer until the very end.

But Li Qingyu knew something that even the monarch did not know.

It was truly phenomenal.

[The other one is because she wanted to talk to her at least once.]

“You mean talk?”

[Because you said that you have a lot of questions about your sister. As the princess of the Seven Dragons…]

Yuna-kyung hesitated for a moment.

can i say this

Should I tell you otherwise?

However, when Li Qingyu looked at her with a smile on her face, Yu Naqing finally continued her conversation while avoiding her eyes.

[…As the team leader’s fiancé.]

And.

A long silence passed.

As if I didn’t hear anything.

Anastasia, who kept the same appearance as before, was still silent.

Nevertheless…

or rather, because of that, when Yuna-kyung swallows dry saliva in the air that makes it even more suffocating.

A calm voice was heard.

“What is the last reason?”

[Oh, the last reason? That’s… Huh?]

Yu Na-kyung looked back at Li Qing-yu, delighted at the fact that she was finally able to change the mood, but hardened.

Anastasia calmly asked the blue bird, who was more stiff than when she told her that she was married a moment ago.

“What did the Black Dragon Princess say?”

[Uh hmm. That’s it.]

“Please deliver it as it is.”

Li Qingyu smiled behind him.

Anastasia without retreat in front.

After breaking out in a cold sweat under the pressure of a dilemma that even the princess of the Seven Dragons and the god of the sword master would want to kneel.

Yuna-kyung finally closed her eyes tightly.

[…They said it was because he could kill her sister without having to attack.]

“…”

[Ahaha, of course he didn’t mean it. I’m just saying.]

“You don’t have to worry about it.”

calmly indeed.

Anastasia agreed.

If Princess Gold Dragon had said such a thing, it would have been considered arrogance.

But Li Qingyu is the Black Dragon Princess.

It was clear that this girl, who was the most cunning in the Seven Dragons, was hiding something.

whether that’s the truth

Whether it’s a hidden load.

Or something else.

And that number must have been threatening enough for her now.

Even so, there is one reason why Anastasia is not shaken.

“I am also having the confidence to kill you at any time, so I am having this conversation.”

―That you are a sword master.

For that one reason alone, Anastasia was able to face Li Qingyu calmly.

whether or not the body is intact.

whatever pitfalls there are.

An existence that can cut through all hardships and win with just one sword.

It was because he was a true absolute sword master who had no choice but to kill the same sword master other than the seven dragons so far in history.

“Honestly, if I hadn’t heard that Master was helping the Seven Dragons, I would have cut you long ago.”

[…]

“Hey, I’d like to ask.”

That’s why it’s never arrogant.

Just an objective judgement.

Without provocation or ridicule.

Calmly tell the truth.

Anastasia asked.

“What scheme are you plotting using the girl’s teacher?”

depending on the answer.

It’s like he’s about to draw his sword.

Li Qingyu did not erase his smile even while watching Anastasia exuding a cool spirit in the silence.

I just licked my lips.

[That’s what the princess unnie wants to say…]

“…”

[I wonder if you’ve come back from the underworld because you’ve got some regrets, you said you wouldn’t let it go unless you put your sword on the line and tell me honestly?

] harmless

There are chlorinated items.

Besides being Limon’s pet.

Above all, Anastasia, who is deaf, accepts the interpreter job because she cannot open her mind to Li Qingyu.

Li Qingyu with cold eyes.

in the middle of a quiet sword.

trembling like a baby bird.

Yuna-kyung thought sincerely.

It was honey that baited the monster lord Gula, and it was a hundred times easier to fight the resurrected sword king or sword spirit.