A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 77



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Episode 077. I often fell asleep.

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The Knight of the Cold is back.

Completely bruised and empty-handed.

He knelt down on one knee before the king and reported to him.

That the mission was failed.

The royal family was turned upside down.

The royal family quickly tried to cover up this fact, but they could not stop the word from spreading.

The cold has returned defeated!

The red-eyed demon has defeated the cold!

The rumor spread like wildfire.

“What? The cold has been defeated?”

The cold is the king’s knight.

The greatest knight of the undefeated king.

He was a flawless knight who had never failed a single mission.

It’s almost impossible to imagine him being defeated.

People regarded him as a being far beyond human beings.

There was even a public rumor going around that if you pricked it, no blood would come out.

But he came back defeated.

1The prince asked.

“Really?”

“Yes! I saw it with my own two eyes. The armor was torn and ripped, just like rags, and blood-red ice was frozen all over his body.”

“… … !”

“As you know, the Knight of the Cold was sent by the King to eliminate the Red-Eyed Devil who killed the Baron of Barranquilla. Now that he has returned, it is obvious who he was treated this way by.”

1The prince’s eyes widened.

He gave a hasty order.

“Find the devil in the enemy’s eyes. Bring him to me by any means necessary. Offer him money, title, or whatever he wants. Bring him to me by any means necessary!”

“yes!”

The second prince also jumped up from his seat when he heard the news.

“The Red-Eyed Demon… … defeated the Cold?”

“Yes!”

“… … This is hard to believe.”

“But it’s true.”

“Then, we must find him right now! If we can recruit him, we can push out my brother! We can use as much money and manpower as we want. Find him and bring him back, by any means necessary!”

“yes!”

The serious crime of killing a nobleman was no longer a concern.

Everything becomes useless in the face of outstanding ability.

The First and Second Princes immediately released their men and began to pursue the Red-Eyed Demon.

Meanwhile, the Black Prince received a letter from Count Stavanger.

The content was shocking.

The Black Prince read the letter over and over again, wondering if he had read it wrong.

“… … You’re bringing the Red-Eyed Demon with you?”

The Black Prince immediately left his seat.

“Prepare your speech!”

“yes!”

Although it was a long distance, the Black Prince did not hesitate for a moment.

He headed straight for Count Stavanger’s estate with his knights.

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“Haam… … .”

He yawned and scratched his ear.

“Who is talking about me? Why does it itch so much?”

Shushuruta, who had been watching, clicked his tongue and said.

“Wash up a bit.”

“I washed it.”

I had a leisurely rest for the first time in a while.

I ate a lot and slept well.

All of my scattered internal energy was restored.

The pain that used to sting like muscle pain whenever I moved is no longer there.

It had been so long since I had been able to relax and do nothing, it was almost awkward.

It wouldn’t be strange if the Count and his knights burst into the room right now and pointed their swords at me, saying, “Haha, I’m kidding!”

“… … Ugh.”

When I think about it, it was such a stupid imagination.

Have you been chased for so long?

I decided to go find the magic sword as soon as my arm recovered.

I still had a splint on my left arm.

The gray-haired doctor from Starvanger’s house said as he changed the bandage.

“Your recovery is quite fast. If everything goes well, I don’t think it will take more than a month.”

A month? That’s too long.

I asked our pleasant-looking middle-aged doctor.

“Can’t it be any faster?”

“Even a month goes by incredibly quickly.”

“I have an urgent matter. Is there any way to get better faster?”

The doctor looked at me blankly.

“If you want to get better quickly, don’t swing your sword.”

I averted my eyes.

It was because I borrowed Lord Walpole’s sword and swung it a few times, but the doctor caught me and scolded me.

Even Lord Walpole, who lent me his sword for no reason, got in trouble with me.

When you’re injured, the doctor’s word is law.

This will be no exception even in severe cold.

I couldn’t help but focus on the breakfast.

Since I couldn’t swing a sword, this was the only training I could do.

Ever since the wall that stood in the way of the Moonlight Realm collapsed, I often had a dream of looking at the surface of a lake illuminated by moonlight whenever I had breakfast.

I couldn’t figure out why I was having that dream.

I often fell asleep.

The doctor said that when your body is injured, it uses a lot of energy to recover, and that can cause you to fall asleep often.

This is a positive sign, as it means that recovery will be rapid.

Hmm… … I guess that’s true.

I repeated the cycle of eating breakfast and then naturally falling asleep.

I slept for almost half the day.

When I woke up to the sound of laughter, I saw Shushuruta and Joy scribbling something on the bandages covering the splint.

The graffiti mostly consisted of useless content such as, “Ashban’s colleague, the shadowless bandit Shushuruta, has arrived,” “Mister, you’re a sleepyhead,” “They say sleepyheads are pretty, but why are you, sir…?”, “I’ll officiate the wedding.” This was the reason why the doctor had to hold back laughter every time he changed the bandage.

… … I don’t know when those two became so close.

When I thought about it, it wasn’t that strange since the two had similar mental ages.

“… … I can’t stand it anymore.”

But I couldn’t stand it because my body was shaking so much that I couldn’t move my body.

Even if I tried to swing my sword secretly, the knights who followed me every time I went outside were all loyal subordinates who had received orders from the doctor, so they would never let me swing my sword.

I was going crazy and jumping for joy so I made a decision.

I said in a very serious tone.

“Shushuruta.”

Shushuruta, who was sitting by the window with her legs out, turned her head and looked at me.

“It’s an operation.”

“Operation?”

“Let’s escape while avoiding the knights’ eyes. It’s so frustrating to just sit still. Let’s go to the nearby forest and swing our swords a bit.”

Shushuruta was delighted.

“Oh, that sounds fun.”

“Go hang a sign on the doorknob.”

“i get it.”

While I was gathering my sword, Shushuruta hung a sign outside the door and locked it.

It was a sign I often put up whenever I had a meditation breakfast. It was basically a sign that said, “I’m meditating, so don’t come in.”

It’s perfect.

You can just sneak out like this and sneak back in.

There is no chance of the doctor finding out.

I raised my internal energy and ran freely along the path of the wind.

Phew!

In an instant, a wind blew through my entire body and my hair swayed slightly.

Kyung-gong had improved his skills considerably thanks to the hard training he had been doing while running around.

However, the level of the knights here is on a different level from the knights I saw in Barranquilla.

I thought it would be difficult to fool the eyes of the knights who were watching the four pillars of destiny with such keen eyes, so I closed my eyes tightly and then opened them.

The world was dyed blood red, and the screams of all kinds of ghosts rang in my ears.

A man who uses his ultimate skill to sneak up on others. That’s me.

[no…….]

Cheonma sighed in disbelief and immediately scolded me.

[You crazy bastard. Didn’t I tell you to hold back on that? You still have an incredibly unstable power. Are you planning on getting in my mouth?]

“Don’t worry, Master. I’m just going to use my lightness for a bit. That’s fine. I’ll practice too.”

[Ah… … . Even if I speak to you, you won’t listen. How did I end up trapped in this kind of mindset?]

“Oh, really. Why are you being so rigid? You need to live more flexibly.”

Shushuruta flinched when he saw me.

“Ashvan. Your eyes are scary.”

I replied with a grin.

“Is it just the gaze that’s scary?”

“Ugh.”

Shushuruta eventually turned his gaze away.

I said with a snicker.

“Shushuruta. Take the lead.”

“i get it.”

We became two free gusts of wind and kicked open the window.

Of course, the knights never found out.

If you use your ultimate skill and get caught, that would be truly unfair.

As soon as I left the annex, I drove away the bloody world and wandered around feeling a refreshing sense of liberation.

The grounds surrounding the Count of Starvanger’s mansion were quite large.

There are forests, hills, and streams.

To begin with, the annex where I live is located on the outskirts behind the main building, and it is quite far away, so people never come here… … .

Just in case, I went into the forest a little further away.

Then he found a suitable open space to swing his sword and got down there.

widely.

I muttered, smiling proudly.

“Escape successful.”

I began to stretch my body here and there, basking in the warm sunlight.

Shushuruta asked.

“Are you going to practice?”

“uh.”

“Be careful not to move your left arm.”

“of course.”

Shushuruta climbed up a nearby tree and watched me while eating some dried fruit.

I pulled out the sword I had kept at my waist.

It was the second sword that Bok-sil had given to Gyeong-i, and it was terribly broken.

It was a work of extreme cold.

“… … I don’t have the face to face with Bok-sil.”

I slowly poured my internal energy into the sword.

An aura as red as my eyes seeped into the sword that was cut in two, and it cried briefly.

Eing―

Maybe it was because the sword was broken, but the sound of the sword was a bit strange.

I didn’t care and just poured more energy into it.

The black energy continued to extend over the broken part of the sword.

I didn’t stop until it reached the original length of the sword.

[Stop. Now concentrate.]

I concentrated my mind and manipulated the sword energy.

The aura surrounding the sword swayed back and forth according to my will.

I imagined the sword I had drawn up as a whole and moved it in that shape.

The crimson aura coalesced into a shape that seemed to completely repair the broken sword.

Next, I sharpened the tip until it was as sharp and hard as a real sword.

It was an extremely difficult task that required tremendous concentration.

“… … .”

A moment later, I had a complete sword in my hand.

Although about half of it is slightly rippling like a red river.

“Let’s go somewhere.”

I swung my sword experimentally at the tree where Shushuruta was sitting.

wickedness!

Even though it was a fairly thick tree, it was cut down in an instant, like cutting paper.

Woozikkun!

“Ugh!”

Shushuruta, who was eating a snack on top, was startled and fled to the tree next to him.

I chuckled at the sight.

Shushuruta threw the snack he was holding at me.

“Of all the trees out there, why are you cutting down the tree I’m on?”

I took the dried fruit that Shushuruta threw and ate it, then nodded in satisfaction.

“This is it.”

While I wasn’t swinging my sword, I would practice this in my room during my free time after eating breakfast.

This was a training method recommended by Cheonma, who said that his sword energy was not yet strong enough, and he was quite satisfied with it.

It was a sight to behold, and a power no less powerful than the aura wrapped around a sharp blade.

[Practice until you can swing the sword with all your might without the sword energy rippling. This requires a high level of concentration.]

“hmm.”

[Even when your mind is relaxed, make sure that you can maintain your sword energy without any wavering. If you practice to the limit, you will eventually be able to fight even with just a single branch.]

“That sounds good.”

I held the red-glowing sword and swung it around.

“Whoa! Hot! Huh!”

The red sword drew a sword path, leaving behind a red afterimage.

Although the blade rippled like water every time I swung it with all my might because I was still inexperienced at handling it, it was still a wonderful sight, like dancing flames.

Is this what it feels like to become a swordsman?

I looked at Shushuruta as if I were an acrobat who had just finished performing.

“clap.”

Then Shushuruta put the snack he was holding in his mouth and clapped his hands with a displeased expression.

I scratched my neck and pretended to be humble.

“Oh, really. It’s nothing special, so why are you clapping and all? It’s embarrassing.”

“… … .”

[… … .]

You’ve swung the red sword, now it’s time to try forging a sword that sparkles with starlight… … .

Shushuruta told me.

“Ashvan. Someone is coming.”

“who?”

“I don’t know about that. It would be better to climb up a tree and hide yourself.”

I clicked my tongue, jumped into the air, and landed next to Shushuruta.

The branches were only slightly shaking as if a bird had landed on them.

“What kind of worthless guy comes all the way here?”

“I don’t know about that. Didn’t you say that there was a dormitory where the seeds lived on the other side?”

“I don’t know. Even so, it would be quite a distance.”

“Shh. We entered the forest.”

“Oh, I got here first. Oh, I want to swing my sword more.”

“Stop whining.”

After a while, a boy appeared in the empty lot, dragging a wooden sword.

No, looking closely, he was a bit old to be called a kid.

He was a boy who looked to be in his mid-teens.

But I decided to just call him Kid.

Because a kid is a kid.

The little boy entered the vacant lot, looked around, and found the tree I had cut down.

The little boy, with a slightly surprised expression, approached the tree and carefully examined the cut cross-section.

The little boy, who had been fiddling with the cross-section for a while, muttered quietly.

“… …Come?”

Then he suddenly raised his head.