Volume 4 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Eun Minseon was a girl who had both blinding talent and a stunning appearance She was born in a household that had been wealthy for generations and, as expected, her parents were also renowned for being talented in their own respective fields of work It wasn’t strange for her to have received the nickna Princess’ You couldn’t say that it would be weird for this young princess to grow up into a princess and eventually become a queen

Of all people, Joo Chan princess

There was a Goddess who didn’t even consider a decent life of going to a first-class university which everyone yearns for and entering a foreign-affiliated business to be as significant as a pebble on the road Because that person’s back was in an unreachable place and clearly existed within her line of sight noprincess started to feel as if her own tiara was just a piece of junk

Stars that witness the sun were destined to realize how poor their gloere

People like Joo Chans at them Eun Minseon wasn’t oblivious to this fact She ainst Chanmi because she are of this However, like clothes that had been wrinkled, that emotion undoubtedly remained within her heart at all times

An ember that burned in a s princess had called out to irl who used to sit behind me

I shall help you

As she began to talk as if she were bestowing uponbullied ItIt must be painful You most likely have nowhere to complain to and wish to sis

She then declared

Die!

After saying that without any hesitation whatsoever, she crossed her legs and sat down The suh the dust-covered s and created a bizarre atmosphere

Die End your life That is all you have to do Then things will be blown out of proportion No one will be able to cover things up anymore An infirm person’s life has that much value Of course, you are currently an insect You are not a human But do not worry I am here

I will avenge you

Your heart feels as if it is burning up, right? Are you not roused due to your burning desire for vengeance? Die I will carry out your desire

All you have to do is die Only then will I be able to make you into a human

I will do this for your sake

The Water Dragon City could be largely divided into 8 sections The northeast section was an area that could be referred to as a special tourist zone With the arena acting as the main attraction, there were various facilities meant for entertainment located in this section

Within the waiting room of that very arena, Zia welcomed me with a surprised expression on her face

“Yujin What is the occasion? For you to be outside of the castle, did Her Excellency the Earl allow you to go out?”

“That is so, Dananimous Her Excellency the Earl had accepted my request to see the city which she rules”

“Is that so That is a relief So is that why you had coht away, Yujin?”

“Yes Although I also wanted to visit the kiosks on the street in front of the castle and the industrial district, there will most likely be another opportunity to do so Daht and my sword, I simply could not suppress my desire to see you”

“I arateful”

“It is I who ?”

“Please, go ahead I shall listen attentively with the intention to accept the thirteenth”

(TL note: I can’t remember if this was mentioned before, but ‘accept the thirteenth’ is basically a saying in this world that /attentive’ The nu in a thirteenth means that much)

“Let’s stop talking like this and just use Korean”

“All right What brings you here?”

“I thought I ht as well visit the arena since I was already outside Have you been doing well? It’s really hard to see your face”

Zia smiled bitterly

“I’ve been busy”

I glanced at the desk There was a BLpropped open and a sheet of paper next to it with a drawing that looked like it was copying the coa

“I’et some time off But I really was busy My teacher always stays here around this tiers co up the corpses or fighting against the people who choose not to fight to the death”

“You didn’t have to give me an excuse At any rate, it’s a relief since it see well”

Zia sain

Shortly after, she looked at me quizzically

“Did you come here just to say that?”

“Yeah” I adjusted the collar of aze “See your face a bit······and stuff”

“This isn’t like you Did so happen?”

“Not really More than that, you should greet these two as well I’ve been in their care a lot as well”

Roroa and Ariya both bowed their heads politely

“Wan, hello”

“hello, Miss Zia”

Zia bowed her head respectfully as well

“It’s a pleasure, Roroa And Ariya Are you two currently acco Yujin?”

“Wan! That’s right I’ at the same time, wan”

“I’ my very best to assist Fair Grace”

Zia opened her hand and smiled as she pressed down on my head

“I’ll be leaving hiifted with a virtuous disposition, he is also my dear friend”

Roroa and Ariya didn’tthat that virtuous disposition was dead Roroa shtly while Ariya nodded sternly Zia’s expression became softer

“Zia, it hurts, so can you stop?”

“Your feelings?”

“Physically I feel like et shoved into my body if you press down any more than that”

Zia removed her hand with an embarrassed look on her face I fixed lasses

“I did coards, but I cauide me to your teacher?”

“Mm, that’s not a difficult task, but ht end up seeing so horrible, but is that okay?”

“It’s fine I have to live in this world for a while anyway”

“······All right Follow me”

Arenas, soccer fields, and theatres all have the saoals To make the contents that are displayed within the confines of their walls enjoyable to as many people as possible Thus it was obvious that these sorts of places would have similar structures

In other words, the arena in this world was sie in the center and spectator seats were forree circle around it

A e

He was a young man with red, majestic hair that reached all the way down to his waist I could see that his green eyes with gold cracks etched in them were filled with determination

“My naeneration disciple of the Oceanic Spear Arts!”

His voice cut through the sunlight and resonated throughout the clear sky

“Exactly 23 years ago! My ancestor, ‘Wave Spear’ assel, had fallen in battle against you! However, right now! I shall challenge you! And avenge that lost!”

He held up his spear and pointed it at Yudia

“I challenge you, Royal Courier of the Martial Origin, Yudia Batsand!”

Yudia, as standing on the opposite side of the stage, let out his unique ‘Guhuhu’ laugh and embraced his own shoulders

“23 years, was it? Has it already been that long? Will you be fighting to the death?”

“Of course!”

“Then come I shall concede the first attack to you”

“I’ll take that offer!”

Shaben shot forward The dirt on the ground scattered and Shaben’s spear, which was rising up into the sky, swayed around in a co it resemble a venomous snake

Yudia took a single step forward His hand was dyed in a purple glow before shi+fting into the shape of an arrowhead

In the next instant, it was fired

The violet arrow ripped through the air and penetrated Shaben’s face Bang······! As if he had been punched in the face by a giant’s fist, Shaben’s head was torn off

Shaben’s body came to a stop and kneeled before Yudia His head was sent flying even further and ended up bursting into pieces the instant it came in contact with the wall of the arena

“Next!”

Yudia spoke

A s, but it wasn’t the sael’s wings consisted of feathers, but this e He was nearly 3 e physique looked like a fortress that had used muscles for bricks

“Third heir of the Mordent Arts, Grakan Mor! I’d like to request a bout!”

“Fight to the death?”

Grakan Mor snorted

“A normal duel!”

“Hht Come”

Grakan Mor took out a weapon that looked like a bow It was probably a bow

It was a strong bow

The arrow that had left the string reached Yudia before sound itself could Thuck······! Yudia’s left shoulder burst into pieces the instant it was hit

Grakan Mor began to fire a barrage of arrows He wasn’t firing the his body slightly into the air, he pulled the string of his bow by using theat speeds that couldn’t be understood with the laws of physics rained down on Yudia Thuck······! Thuuck······! In a flash, Yudia’s body was covered in fist-sized holes

Despite having become like that, Yudia continued to sloalk forward He was acting as if there was no need for him to rush and that was probably true The parts of his body that were injured by the arrows changed into a purple liquid before slowly restoring itself It looked as if his entire body was a swamp

Grakan Mor beat his wings powerfully and flew up into the sky the instant Yudia got fairly close to him Yudia raised his spear and ai it at hi an arrow at it The arrohich traveled faster than the speed of sound, i spear

And melted

The spear completely erased the arrow and penetrated Grakan Mor’s shoulder

“Guah······!!”

The large archer started to fall head first towards the ground Since he was at a height that could easily break his neck if he were to fall straight down, I heard soasp

Yudia’s body turned into a blob of violet liquid before stretching out into the shape of a circle and receiving Grakan Mor’s body like a large cushi+on Grakan Mor’s body convulsed for a while before he eventually stopped

“You were paralyzed You will not die”

Yudia returned his body back to normal and picked up his spear

“Next!”

Yudia spoke A group of two young athered on the other side of the stage walked forward They were a group that had unified their appearance by wearingtheir hair to the right They were holding peculiar-looking dual blades with scythes attached to the ends of their blades

“A Executioner Blade’ Oren Garun”

“Aeneration disciple, Kartan Garun Hazaren”

“Aeneration disciple, Harma Garun Ascenbase······ At the same tie Flame Master Vein who is affiliated with the 8th branch of the Mage Tower······”

Yudia whistled

“Will this be a duel to the death?”

Oren Garun closed his eyes for athem

“A duel to the death for me A normal duel for Kartan and Harma”

“Brother!”

Kartan shouted but Oren grinned at him

“We have to avenge our deceased ht? Wouldn’t it be hard for Harma to do it on her own?”

“Then it would be better if I fought to the death! Aren’t you more talented, brother!?”

“That’s why I have to fight”

“But······”

“It’s fine Let’s begin”

Oren immediately dashed forward from his position He was in a weird posture with his back lowered that looked as if he werethe floor Kartan swore out loud and followed after hi after them, Harma took a step back and shouted as she crossed her two blades, which were supposedly called executioner blades, in a complex manner

“Blazing fire, straight!”

Ee flaripped the shaft of his spear and spun it around in front of hie ray of fire collided with his spear and vanished

Oren arrived in front of Yudia in that athered around the top portions of his executioner blades It was the sa skill

The blazing flashes intersected and left behind ruptures in the air

Yudia backed away and avoided that attack Kartan, as following behind Oren, shot forith executioner swords that also had white glorapped around theed that as well Whether it was because they were more proficient at it than Zia or there was a difference in the way they utilized it, but Oren and Kartan closed in on Yudia while using their skills in rotation with shorter cooldown tiic support to the mix, Yudia appeared to be at his wit’s end

That wasn’t the case

The retreating Yudia had at some point switched up his steps and penetrated Oren’s abdomen with his hand Splat······! Oren’s intestines, bones, and flesh burst out from the hole that had formed on his back

Kartan shouted as if he were screa

“Brother!!”

Oren coughed up blood

His body then started to melt

He looked like a sandcastle that was falling apart Starting froh, a pitch-back aura spread throughout Oren’s entire body and began to liquefy him Once even his bones dissolved into a lye-like h-spirited htly puddle of chunky liquid

Kartan cried out as if he were vo blood

“A duel to the death!!”

Yudia laughed as if he had been waiting for this

“Very well then”

Yudia’s body transforrily as he swung his swords at Yudia who had spread his body out like a curtain His weapons rapped in a white glow, but Yudia split his body in half as if he had predicted the trajectory of Kartan’s attack Kartan’s executioner swords slashed through e into the violet, stretched out curtains

The curtains closed

“Huaaaak······!!”

A horrible scream resonated

The outline of Kartan’s body could be seen outside the violet curtains He was struggling He was flailing his li Each tirew s out some butter

Eventually, his final death throes came to an end and Yudia returned back to his human form At his feet, a brown liquid flowed out from the soles of his shoes and formed a round puddle underneath hi around in a puddle of rin

“Do you wish to continue?”

Harape······ she then looked down at the reritted her teeth

“10 years later”

Yudia shtly

“10 years froeneration disciple, Haret”

Harma walked forward and collected the corpses Yudia tied his spear to his back and turned around

“Next”

Yudia Batsand spoke

It was like that Yudia continued to take on challenger after challenger The battles consisted of norle person who requested a duel to the death ended upa terrible fate without any exception whatsoever

I, who had witnessed those dreadful sights, had to do a SAN check I must have been able to successfully readybecause I was able to pass the check

“Ah, Yujin It’s nice to meet you”

Yudia, who had just finished carrying out what appeared to be hter rather than a bunch offace I returned his wave and turned to Zia

“This isn’t against the law?”

“I know, right······? Isn’t it truly terrifying, Yujin?”

Seeing as how I had chosen the wrong person to ask that question to, it seems I actually failed that SAN check earlier

“Roroa, does this not go against any laws?”

“Wan! These are proper duels where both parties have consented There aren’t any legal issues in duels to the death if both parties have agreed to them, wan”

“So duels are acknowledged”

“To be more exact, it depends on the territory laan The Silver Lion Palatinate doesn’t have a crireement with other territories Moreover, all of these people are not a part of the Silver Lion Palatinate, wan Therefore, as long as they do not cause any direct harm to the people of this city, theseto those laws,duels are alloan”

Now that I think about it, back during the Fedchant incident, I think I heard so to the world laws, so I can’t sentence them to jail’ Let’s keep this in mind

At any rate, Yudia pushed up his monocle and walked towards me

“I did not expect to see you outside of the castle Did you coht that you had piled up a lot of hatred”

“Of course not All you did was follow the Earl’s order I don’t feel anything towards you”

“A lie, I see”

It was obviously a lie

Yudia laughed with his unique ‘guhuhu’

“So, what brings you here? I heard that you have not been on good teret ard to that?”

Mm

These words were⎯⎯⎯so I should keep a mental note of

“I’ll be handling that on my own Can we talk with just the two of us for a moment?”

My request le brow The others as well, starting from Zia, they were all surprised

I bowedas I brought Yudia to another side of the arena Once I confirmed that ere out of earshot, I spoke

“You said that you were looking for a disciple, right?”

Yudia appeared genuinely surprised now

“I did, but why do you ask?”

“I ondering if you perhaps took recommendations”

“Hoh”

A smile appeared on Yudia’s lips His s sulfur Yudia rubbed his chin as he glanced around at the people I had brought with aze at Roroa

“Expired A broken ges, anow, her sense of identity is too strong Worst of all, she isher instinct of self-preservation So like when that maid, whom I had severed the arm of, had suppressed her hatred with her fear This seems to be a characteristic which she was born with, but in any case, she does not match ith me She will simply become a failure worse than Zia”

Next was Ariya

“Her build is not bad She is also talented However, her will is weak This seeh she will probably be able to reach Zia’s level with ease, she will be incapable of reaching a peak higher than that due to a similar problem which Zia has That is it”

Finally, it was me

“If I were to pick someone here, then it would be you”

“There’s no one further away from hatred than me”

“Embers hide within ashes”

“I’ out as well”

“Kuk Detestably, that seems to be the truth No matter how impressive your sneak attacks may be, if there is a martial artist who is taken down by you, then that sort of piece of trash must naturally despise themself”

This guy really dislikes Zia, doesn’t he?

In any case, I shook my head

“In summary You’re not interested in anyone”

“Yes Well, it was a good attempt However⎯⎯⎯”

I raised my hand and stopped Yudia mid-sentence Yudia blinked and looked at me

“Yudia”

And then

“Do you want to make a bet with me?”

I spoke the words that were similar to what I had once said to his disciple

Yudia folded his arms

“What sort of bet?”

“If I succeed in conquering the Silver Lion Castle within this month, then you have to accept the people who I recommend as your disciples”

There was a moment of silence

I added one

“Taking them in as your disciple for only a short period of time is fine as well”

Yudia shook his head immediately

“No, that is fine Detestably, 50 years have already passed since I no longer had to explain to other people about what I do It does not matter who I take in as a disciple, why I take thes are simply nuisances that I can easily handle on my own So that is fine, but, hmm⎯⎯⎯conquer, was it? Do you understand what sort of situation you are in right now?”

“I know”

“Aha, you most likely do That is why you had added the condition ‘within thisto what happens after······ How interesting”

Yudia rubbed his chin and tapped his lips

“Interesting”

Eventually, he nodded Guhuhuhu, he let out his unique laugh and looked up at me with a pleased expression on his face, in other words, an expression that looked like he was looking down at the child of histheir limbs as they suffocated to death in a swamp

“All right⎯⎯⎯I accept that bet However, only one person”

“Don’t kill or break them on purpose”

“Tsk, very well If you lose, then I will be taking your iPhone, iPad, and your generator Is that all right?”

“Yup”

“Good Was that all you wished to discuss with me?”

“There’s oneI wanted to confirm”

“What is it?”

I gripped the beads that were inside htly

“Were you the one who killed theshi+k members that had entered the city”

“Yes”

Yudia Batsand answered in a bafflingly candid manner

He then asked back

“How did you figure that out?”

In response to that question which he had asked purely to alleviate his curiosity, I answered after rolling a single bead

“Because no one knoho did it”

I explained

“The city guard are clueless and the Black Dragon Street don’t knoho did it either There isn’t a single person who knows Not even the tiniest bit of information about this incident was leaked fros: First, the person who had done this was skilled enough to kill theht behind Second, it was a single person and not a group Roroa gave on City and I went through it, but you’re the only one who met both of these conditions”

“It is a sure it out when it was this simple”

Of course, some people probably had their suspicions They just didn’t have any definitive proof Moreover, there was no one brave enough to cast their suspicion on you It was a trivial issue I didn’t tell him that

“Why did you kill them?”

The response that Yudia gave was to audibly murmur to himself

“Mm, it is not particularly related to you”

“I know, I’m an otherworlder But⎯⎯⎯”

“No, that is not the issue It is sincerely unrelated to both you and the Silver Lion Earl How should I say it······ I killed theshi+k and I have some past ties”

As my current self, I couldn’t understand what sort of ties he could have possibly had that could make him kill two people just because they stuck out I hoped that my future-self continued to not understand

Yudia also see into any further details

“Guhuhu, let us leave it at that Everyone is waiting”

“Okay Thanks for the good conversation”

“That is also a lie”

It was obviously a lie

30 ht next to me as alked

“Wan That was an interesting conversation”

“You could hear us?”

Roroa flapped her ears Ears I see It seeinally thought

This was htedness

But at the same time

“You didn’t have to tell me that you overheard our conversation”

“You’re right Wan But, well, I told you anyan”

“Thanks”

“H rather docile, wan? You could have justme that you let me eavesdrop on purpose”

“It wasn’t souys I only put some distance between us so that Zia couldn’t hear our conversation”

Once Ariya heard those words, she caht up to my side as well

“What did the two of you discuss?”

“I asked hiht to recoain control of the castle within this month”

Ariya looked panicked

“Why did you ask for such a thing······?”

“You aren’t interested?”

Ariya twitched I gave her a sidelong glance

“I know that there’s a problem with your personality That’s why I added the condition that he can’t kill or injure the person I recommend The Earl probably added similar conditions when she sent Zia to be his disciple In any case, he’s one of the strongest people in this world, right? It’s an opportunity to be a disciple of a person like that Are you not interested?”

“For my sake······?”

“As long as so major doesn’t happen”

The girl frohts looked at me without a word I noticed this the first tile of her gaze was also exactly 180 degree

“Fair Grace, you truly are a generous and good person”

That’s not right

“This is nothing ent The main point is after that”

Roroa flapped her ears

“Wan I did have my suspicions, wan I didn’t expect hih”

“It’s probably because I’m the one who asked, which h it’s a little upsetting, it’s most likely the truth”

Yudia Batsand The Royal Courier of the Martial Origin which was one of the twelve factions of the world

Not only did he have that much power, but he had a decent status and most likely a sizeable wealth as well He had that much freedom of movement

Roroa took note of that fact as well

“We won’t be able to threaten him or make a trade with him, wan”

“It’ll be less That’s why I told you ······Albeit, even if we could trade with hiainst him”

“Is it because he can’t be controlled, wan?”

“Yup We can’t tell where he’ll run off to The best option is to not et involved with him, then we have to do so as a third party Someone he can trade or make bets with”

“Since he’ll play with fire the ive him the opportunity to do so?”