A Stuffed Cheonma in my Head - Chapter 81



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Episode 081. A Knightly Knight

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“Ooh.”

I couldn’t hold back my admiration.

Is this what it means to give and receive in return?

Shushuruta tilted his head as if he didn’t understand.

“Ashvan. What does it mean that your parents are siblings?”

“You don’t have to know. Just continue living purely.”

I watched the standoff while munching on popcorn in a spirited manner.

While Hugo looked calm, Rickman and his gang looked dumbfounded.

Rickman’s expression was particularly impressive. His face seemed to change color dozens of times per second.

Rickman, awakened from his trance, asked.

“What did you just say?”

Hugo raised one corner of his mouth.

“It seems like you’re slowly losing your hearing. Is that a side effect?”

Rickman looked at Hugo blankly, then burst out laughing.

“Hahahaha!”

Rickman turned around and looked around at his group.

“Guys, Hugo seems to be really crazy. What should we do about this?”

At this moment, Hugo’s eyes sparkled.

“Never let your guard down!”

Hugo’s sword cut through the air.

Wedge!

“Rickman! Behind me!”

The gang glared at him with wide eyes and warned him.

Rickman threw himself forward without looking back.

Hugo’s sword cut through the air.

“oh.”

I was impressed.

Although most of them reflexively look back, he was born with a natural sense of battle.

Rickman, who had rolled forward to avoid the attack, jumped up and glared at Hugo as if he was going to kill him.

There was dirt on his back and arms and legs.

“You little punk… … .”

Rickman’s face turned pale. His eyes lit up with rage.

The feelings of humiliation for hastily avoiding Hugo’s attack by throwing one’s body at him, as well as anger, contempt, and shame towards Hugo for cowardly daring to aim at her back, were reflected.

“That guy called Knight Cadet attacked you from behind? Are you crazy?”

Hugo responded calmly.

“Then it’s okay for a knight candidate to badmouth his parents?”

“what?”

“What about coming in and harassing someone? Is it acceptable for a cadet to sneak alcohol into the dorm and drink it?”

The gang was furious.

“뭐라는 거야, 개새끼가!”

“Kill that thing!”

“What did that kid eat wrong today?”

People usually swear when they have nothing to say.

The knight candidates who had been watching the fight rushed in, swearing and trying to punish Hugo for saying every word of the right thing.

“This is getting interesting.”

Crunch crunch.

There was no popcorn left.

At this point, Rickman shouted.

“stop!”

He bit the gang and then stood there alone, squatting, saying:

“This kid is going to be the only one who can do it. You guys can just watch.”

Rickman lifted his sword.

In any case, his posture was as neat as any other article.

“Was your wish to die? Yes, I will kill you as you wish.”

Hugo taunted Rickman, who snorted and made a poop pose.

“Now you’re acting like a knight. Where did your gangster nature go then?”

“Shut up.”

“You said you were of noble blood, but you’re not that noble, are you? You’re the illegitimate child of a baron from a small town whose name I’ve never heard of.”

“shut up!”

This time I couldn’t help but be amazed.

“Oh, shit.”

It was a great provocation.

Rickman, furious to the core, lost his temper and lunged at Hugo.

The rush was so fast you could hear the wind.

As expected, genius is a genius.

Even though Hugo trained so hard and got beaten to the point of passing out, he still had a long way to go before he caught up.

But it wasn’t that far.

Hugo stared at Rickman, who was rushing towards him, without blinking, then took a step forward and put his sword behind his back.

The spine of the wooden sword was pressed against the guy’s back.

The guy’s posture was taut, like a bow with its bow fully drawn.

It was a pretty balanced pose.

I smiled happily.

“Pass.”

Hmph!

Hugo’s downward slash split the air.

Rickman, who was charging forward, seemed momentarily taken aback by the stronger momentum than he had expected, but then he quickly raised his sword and took a defensive stance, sensing that Hugo’s downward slash would land before his own attack.

However, the defensive stance taken in haste was bound to be sloppy.

Taaak!

Rickman’s wooden sword bounces off.

Bam!

Hugo’s heavy sword strike struck Rickman on the shoulder.

“Ahh!”

Rickman screamed and collapsed.

Hugo paid no attention and raised his sword above his head again.

Hmph!

A fierce sword strike landed on Rickman’s shoulder once again.

Bam!

“Ahhhh!”

Rickman dropped his sword.

In effect, the fight was over.

But Hugo went on the offensive again.

Hmph! Bam!

“Eww!”

Rickman rolled around in his bed, screaming in agony.

He was hit in the same spot three times, so it was understandable that he would scream.

Hugo, that guy is really bad. He’s so obsessed with just one place.

But even so, Hugo had no intention of stopping. He raised his sword once more.

“What a crazy kid!”

puck!

One of the Rickman gang members who had been watching kicked Hugo in the chest.

They left Hugo away from Rickman and examined his wounds.

“Rickman, are you okay?”

“My arm… … I, I think it’s broken… … .”

Rickman’s voice trembled thinly.

“Are you crazy?”

“This commoner bastard!”

Rickman’s goons glared at Hugo with angry expressions.

Hugo, on the other hand, still held his sword up in front of his eyes and glared at them.

“next.”

Hugo had the air of a knight as solid as a rock.

The kids hesitated at Hugo’s firm momentum, then hurriedly left, supporting Rickman.

“You little punk. Just wait and see.”

Hugo watched them run away after saying those words.

Cheonma said with a low smile.

[Disciple. You are quite the master.]

“What is Sasson?”

I checked that the kids were gone and came down from the tree. Shushuruta also came down after me.

Hugo kept watching the place where the guys had disappeared, so I walked up to him and asked.

“What are you looking at?”

“……just.”

“just?”

“It’s nice to see the back of someone running away.”

The wind blew and ruffled Hugo’s hair.

Hugo smiled into the wind.

… … It seemed like it was the first time I saw that guy smiling.

As expected, it’s nice to see little kids smile.

“Is it good?”

“Yes, I like it.”

I said, tapping the guy on the shoulder.

“See? Am I right? I said you’ve gotten stronger.”

“That’s right.”

“But you mustn’t let your guard down. That clever guy lost just now because he let his guard down. You still have a long way to go before you can catch up. Even if the knights are busy, you must somehow bother them and ask them to teach you.”

Hugo looked at me.

“Can’t you keep teaching me, sir?”

“No. I’m busy. My arm is almost healed, so I’m leaving now.”

“ah…….”

“What are you talking about? I said I’d let you watch until I beat up that Rickman.”

“That’s true, sir. There was something like crumbs on your mouth.”

I said, brushing the popcorn crumbs off the corner of my mouth.

“There are two kinds of knights in the world.”

“What is that?”

“An un-knightly knight and a knightly knight. What will you become?”

“A knight worthy of the name.”

Hugo answered without hesitation.

“Yes. Be a knight like Bok-sil Kyung. Help people who are being bullied like you, and beat up bad guys like that Rickman guy.”

“yes.”

“If it’s the other way around, I’ll come back later and kill you. Do you understand?”

“Yes, Mr. Ashvan.”

I opened my eyes slightly wide.

“What? How did you know my name?”

Hugo glanced at Shushuruta, who was crunching popcorn next to him.

“I overheard you talking to your colleague.”

“… … Okay. Don’t tell those other guys that you met me.”

“yes.”

Even after I finished talking, this guy was still looking at me with his sparkling eyes, so I scratched my cheek and imitated what Cheonma had said.

“Enlightenment comes suddenly like a thief. Keep moving forward with yourself as a light.”

Hugo blinked.

“What the hell are you talking about?”

He clicked his tongue and ate a chestnut.

“I understand it properly.”

I guess I don’t have the talent to teach.

Shushuruta, who was eating popcorn next to me, perked up his ears and spoke to me.

“Ashvan. People are coming.”

“The little guys? Those guys. They get their revenge fast.”

“No, it comes from the other side.”

“From the annex?”

Shushuruta nodded.

“They are knights. They are looking for you.”

“Hey.”

I gave a hasty request to Hugo.

“Tell them you didn’t see me. Okay?”

I left Hugo, who was just nodding blankly, and climbed up the tree with Shushuruta to hide my presence.

“What’s going on all of a sudden?”

“I don’t know. It seems like something quite urgent.”

“Wipe your mouth. There’s a lot of crumbs on the corners of your mouth.”

“Are you talking about here?”

“No, not there. Just stay still.”

I grumbled as I brushed away the crumbs that had accumulated around Shushuruta’s mouth.

“Oh, I’m going to hear another scolding from the doctor.”

“Shhh… here we come.”

After a while, the knights in the annex appeared in the empty lot, calling out to me anxiously.

“Your Majesty Ashvan! Are you here?”

“This is an emergency!”

“I won’t tell the doctor, so come out!”

I was a little surprised.

It seems like most of the knights in the annex have come.

‘… … What’s going on?’

The knights found Hugo standing in the empty lot in confusion and immediately surrounded him and began interrogating him.

“Have you seen Ashvana Ball?”

“He has black hair and blood-red eyes.”

“You have a bandage wrapped tightly around one arm.”

“You have a cold expression on your face—no, you have a cold expression on your face.”

“Have you ever seen it?”

Hugo was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the knights and answered.

“No, I haven’t seen it.”

But the experienced knights quickly saw the lie in Hugo’s eyes.

“You are here.”

“Your Majesty Ashvan! I know everything that is here!”

“Come out quickly!”

At this time, another knight appeared in the empty lot.

It was Sir Curtis.

‘No, why is the deputy chief of staff here again?’

As he watched with a bewildered face, Sir Curtis asked the knights.

“Did you find it?”

“I think you’re nearby.”

“okay?”

One of the knights who was searching around the tree where I was shouted.

“There are cookie crumbs here!”

“Hey, man.”

I had no choice but to get down from the tree.

“What’s going on and why is there such a fuss?”

Then he looked at Lord Walpole and said:

“I promised myself not to tell the doctor.”

“Oh, yes.”

Sir Curtis came up to me and spoke politely.

“Your Majesty, an important guest has arrived.”

“Important guest? Who is it?”

“The Black Prince… … .”

“Ahem.”

Walpole nodded to Hugo, who was standing blankly to one side, and cleared his throat.

Curtis, who discovered Hugo late, was careful with his words and pulled me aside.

“I’ll tell you as we go. Mr. Muyeonggoe, please come with me. Joy is looking for you.”

“Yeah.”

Curtis said to Walpole.

“Lord Walpole, take Hugo.”

“yes!”

Hugo’s eyes widened in surprise at the fact that the Vice-Captain remembered his name.

“Take care, kid.”

I said goodbye to Hugo and followed Curtis back to the annex.

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On the way to the seeds’ quarters.

Hugo was with Walpole.

“How did you end up here?”

“It’s just… …I like practicing here.”

Hugo glanced at Walpole and replied.

It’s amazing to see Lord Walpole, the rising star of the Knights of Starvanger, up close like this.

That’s not all.

I also saw the elite knights of the Starvanger Knights, who are well-known by name alone.

These were knights who were always busy carrying out important missions, so it was very difficult to see their faces.

Moreover, Sir Curtis, the former commander of the Knights and the current vice-commander of the Knights, who had recently returned, remembered his name!

It was touching and also amazing.

But more than anything, I was curious.

Who on earth is that old man that has these star-studded knights struggling so much?

Even Vice-Captain Curtis used extremely honorific terms toward him.

On the other hand, the old man used informal speech without any hesitation.

“That… …Lord Walpole.”

“huh?”

“What kind of person is that old man… … .”

Walpole, who was walking alongside Hugo, put a hand on his shoulder.

“Hugo.”

“yes yes.”

“Has anyone else met him besides you?”

“As far as I know, there isn’t any.”

Walpole nodded.

“That’s fortunate. Did you tell anyone you saw him?”

“No. The old man said he would kill me if I told him.”

“……hmm.”

Walpole swallowed a groan and asked Hugo.

“What did you do when you met him?”

“Thank you for looking at the sword.”

Walpole looked at Hugo in surprise.

“You looked at the sword?”

“yes.”

“how?”

“I beat him until he passed out. I told him that if he didn’t want to die, I would find a way.”

“… … You are a bit of a radical person.”

Walpole shook his head and said to Hugo.

“You are incredibly lucky. You have met a destiny. Take his teachings to heart. Then no one will dare to ignore you.”

“Who is that person?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

Walpole stopped walking, lowered himself, and looked into Hugo’s eyes.

“Hugo.”

“yes.”

“You must not tell anyone about him. Literally, no one. Do you understand?”

Hugo nodded slowly.

Then he asked cautiously in a voice that still had some regret.

“Who is this person… … .”

“I can’t tell you.”

“……yes.”

Hugo answered sullenly at her firm tone.

Walpole glanced at Hugo and added:

“However, he is so strong that someone like me is no match for him. I can’t guarantee that he will win even if the entire Knights charge at him.”

“… … !”

Hugo’s eyes widened in surprise.