Tale of the Fake Hero - Chapter 218



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Season 3: Episode 26

“In short, oppa, your magic is amazing?”

Camilla.

I just felt uncomfortable when you laughed like that.

When I was young, I didn’t know the name of that feeling, I just thought it was a feeling of discomfort.

– Sister, are you okay? Does it hurt?

Even after being beaten with a wooden sword and a bamboo sword by your grandfather all day long, you still smiled at us.

Why are you laughing?

No, how can you laugh?

When I saw you smiling while being punished like that just because you failed once, just because you showed one lack, it was so unpleasant that I couldn’t stand it.

“You took my magic power… … .”

Balkan straightened up, spitting out the bloody phlegm that had been stuck in his throat.

“Hey, can’t you see the remnants of your magic dissipating from the scabbard?”

The guy was smiling broadly.

A cold sensation, as if every blood vessel from head to toe was being pierced by needles… … .

Is this emotion that I am feeling after a long time anger?

“What on earth is so funny… … .”

6, 7 years ago… … that is, before Camilla left the mansion, this feeling was always present in my daily life.

A night when four moons formed a full moon.

On nights when the moonlight illuminated the world as brightly as day, we would gather in the garden of the mansion, avoiding our parents’ eyes.

“What on earth is so funny… … .”

The body of Camilla that I met there was not a single holy corner.

It’s always been like that.

It was difficult to find a part of the body that wasn’t covered in bandages while holding and swinging the sword.

– Sister, are you okay? Does it hurt?

Balkan, feeling sorry for the boy’s miserable and shabby appearance, gave him swordsmanship lessons at Kanniya’s request.

– Are you saying that your grandfather didn’t teach you things like this? That can’t be true.

One day, as I taught him the basic theories and movements that he had learned from his father, he shed a tear and laughed.

– What Balkan Oppa tells me is, well, he’s kind and nice…

The voice of the guy who said that cracked and the pitch of his voice wavered strangely.

– Ah, sister… … .

No matter what your parents said to you when you came to this mansion or what your grandfather did to you, you just smiled like an idiot.

That’s when I shed tears.

Looking at that, something welled up somewhere in my heart, even though they were half-blood relatives, and I knew that they were still blood relatives.

– Why are you crying over something like this? Come here from now on. I’ll teach you the basics.

I realized that my grandfather’s education, which he taught until he realized it with his body without saying a word, was actually too much for him.

No one just knew.

Without anyone knowing, that guy just hid it with a smile. Balkan himself was embarrassed by that fact, and he was also embarrassed by that fact.

‘Ever since I was little, I couldn’t stand that about you because it was so unpleasant.’

The swords of the Brain Sword and the Sword of the Cross Sword clash, scattering particles of lightning magic power and sparks from iron.

That dreamy… … .

Why is it that in the midst of the sight of pollen fluttering about, scenes from the past keep appearing over reality?

– The basic technique of our family’s swordsmanship is to raise your heels slightly and bend your knees slightly. That puts tension in your body and allows you to react quickly.

Why, why is it so clear?

The voice that lifted the magpie’s leg and exclaimed, “Wow,” and laughed out loud with Kanniya.

– Brother, tell me more! There’s a lot you learned from your father!

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t teaching you swordsmanship back then because I thought of you as my blood relative.

– Let me tell you one more thing.

“Shall I tell you one good thing?”

It’s just sympathy.

A handful of good deeds done to those less fortunate than oneself.

“Well, I guess I won’t need it!”

That’s what it was.

But that’s how it was.

“You are not my father’s blood.”

Why are those useless memories still so vivid… … .

“Well, that’s what it looks like to that damn human!”

Bringing reality into that memory is also a clash of swords.

“This is not a provocation. This is a fact. Camilla, I will tell you the secret of your disgusting birth.”

It was also the clash of swords that broke that fleeting scenery of thought.

“You are not my father’s bloodline, but my deceased grandfather’s bloodline.”

Earth Sword Festival, A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step (10)

When I was nine, I realized what the cold, stirring feeling inside me was when I saw my half-brother.

It was jealousy.

I hated you for having the privilege of having your grandfather teach you swordsmanship, something even your father rarely received.

“Don’t you think you know now why he treated you so special?”

What’s so special about it? What’s so special about it that you’re only teaching it to that guy?

Even his talent lags behind mine.

Even though I taught you and guided you in the basics, I was always annoyed when I saw you getting beaten up like an idiot.

“Don’t make me laugh.”

What made me even more miserable was always your smile.

– Don’t laugh and look. This is something that Grandpa taught me today. Wouldn’t you be able to use it better, Oppa?

So, in the midst of the pain of bruises all over his body, he taught me the swordsmanship he had barely learned one or two things about, so nonchalantly… … .

What the hell are you?

Every time you acted like that, I honestly felt like every blood vessel in my body was twisted.

“The truth is not funny.”

If it were me, I would have monopolized it.

If he had that knowledge and that swordsmanship all to himself, he would have widened the gap.

“He must have been afraid that his talent would end up in the hands of his untalented father, so he spread his seeds here and there. And you are the result.”

“Huh, is that so? That quirky old man is strong too. How good it would be if he could enjoy all that good stuff all by himself!”

I still remember it vividly.

It was a night when dandelions were dancing whitely in the night breeze that caressed the spring fields.

With an excited expression, you asked what your grandfather said he would teach you how to use the Brain Sword.

– The Brain Sword is a further development of the Brain Spirit Sword that my grandfather developed. I didn’t even teach it to my father.

The moment you explained it like that, I hated you even more. I hated you so much that I wanted to kill you even as you answered me in detail.

With a sense of defeat and humiliation that made my head burn black, I immediately told my father about it.

– I heard that your grandfather said he would teach Camilla how to use the brain sword.

So Camilla never learned the brain sword. That morning, her father poisoned her grandfather.

The lineage of the Brain Sword has been broken.

This isn’t what I wanted, it wasn’t what I wanted… … As I stammered, not understanding the situation, my father also told me the secret of Camilla’s birth.

– That woman is a disrespectful and lowly woman from the beginning. I couldn’t tarnish the prestige of my father, who led the family to its heyday, so I put her in my genealogy, but from now on, you must never get close to her.

When her grandfather, who had been like a guardian to her, disappeared, Camilla’s blatant persecution began.

if…….

If… … .

If I hadn’t told you that back then, wouldn’t the lineage of the Brain Sword have continued? That feeling of regret, almost like humiliation, dominated the darkness of my childhood.

‘You have to be the best.’

He is the strongest, surpassing even his grandfather, who was said to be the second most outstanding person in the history of the family after the founder.

‘So, I must perfect a swordsmanship that is better than the Brain Sword.’

I promised myself like that.

That is why he devoted himself only to self-cultivation and ignored his younger siblings. No matter what happened or what kind of life he lived.

No, should I say I ignored it?

“… … I didn’t know the showdown between the Ship Character Sword and the Brain Sword was this interesting!”

“… … Isn’t it because it’s a sibling rivalry?”

“… … I thought the Belchester era ended with the death of Black Knight Belchester, but it’s been a great harvest.”

Also, is the ten-letter character a circle?

Every single movement, from blocking magic with the dull (?) to blocking the sword with the circle (?), is extremely irritating.

– Father, is it true that you said you would teach that bitch how to use the brain sword?

No, your very existence is irritating.

When I look at you, the unforgivable darkness of ‘kin murder’ that has taken hold of my family wraps itself around my ankles.

– Have my words ever fallen to the ground?

– Are you kidding me? Why on earth did you teach me that to some bastard girl? Even Balkan is several times more talented!

– The lineage of the sword is not passed down through the body, but through the mind. Your mind is too dark to inherit my sword.

Go away.

Disappear from my sight.

“… … Wow, the speed of the Brain Sword increases there?”

“… …Laminea, what will be the outcome of this match?”

“… … The two-year age gap is bound to be big. Especially during the growth period. The absolute amount of physical strength and magical power comes first.”

Your very existence is a curse.

That curse is completely broken today.

“… … But something is strange.”

“… … Even though it’s so intense, why do those two look so happy?”

To rise one step further to the top and start anew the lineage of the Brain Sword with my own hands.

– My goal is to become the strongest prosecutor. What about you? No. I want you to become the strongest too!

however.

– The strongest is the strongest because there is only one.

– That’s right, Kanniya. Don’t you even know what the strongest means?

That’s how it should be.

– No. My brother and sister are of different genders. So my brother becomes the strongest man, and my sister becomes the strongest woman. Then, they can both become the strongest!

That’s how it should be.

Why… … .

In the days when I cut off my heart as a human being, cut off the degree of ties I had built up with my blood relatives, and devoted myself only to receiving.

“… … What the heck? The Belchester successor’s offensive has faltered!”

“… … Isn’t that side also reaching a limit in terms of magical power and physical strength?”

“… … Master, what happened? Vulcan’s breathing and magical power are stable, so why did he make such a mistake?”

Do you always remember it?

Why is it that of all my memories, this one comes to mind so clearly?

That night, the night when the dandelions were fluttering white, the smile you gave me right before everything changed as I told my father.

– Really? Are you saying that the Brain Sword is that great?

Whenever I think of that smile, I hate it.

So miserable, so pathetic.

I hate you so much that I want to kill you.

– Then I can study hard and secretly tell you everything. Right? Hehe.

Not you.

It wasn’t you who used to smile and laugh so brightly and purely.

“… … I don’t know English, but either way, this is an opportunity!”

“… … Yes, Camilla also has time to write the ten-character in-depth introduction!”

“… … Then now the match will be decided by each person’s decisive first attack!”

With a vulgar, twisted, and terrible jealousy… … .

You destroyed your family’s vision, made your father murder his own family, and furthermore, you took the smile out of your life… .

Myself.

——Oh my god!

Physical strength, muscle power, magical power, spirit… … in short, a vortex of power generated by the collision of blades imbued with will.

“… … What, what happened!”

“… …Who is the winner?”

“… … Try to catch some of that magical energy!”

The identity of the pitch-black shadow standing in the midst of the swirling magical power was soon revealed.

Camilla Flower.

He was in a posture where he had finished the sudden attack that started from the beginning, but he had a dumbfounded expression on his face.

“What about the Balkans?”

“Where is Belchester’s successor?”

The Balkan Belchester was spread out in the square… … that is, outside the stadium.

The referee blinked.

Then he quickly came to his senses and raised his hand towards Camilla.

“Balkan Belchester, off the field! Round of 4, first match, winner-”

As if to cut off the conversation, Camilla made a sudden move.

He ran out. He climbed on top of Balkan, who had fallen outside, and grabbed him by the collar.

John, who had been watching, stood up in embarrassment and spoke to Laminea.

“La, Laminea! We have to stop you!”

“No, we have to tie it here, Delfred!”

Laminea, sensing that the atmosphere was not good, looked at Delfred.

Delfred immediately created a silence barrier around his half-siblings.

Camilla was then shaking Balkan madly by the collar and shouting:

“What are you doing, what did you do, are you kidding me? Why didn’t you use your power!”

In an instant, I sensed defeat.

Unlike Camilla, Vulcan had intact breathing and magical power. That means that the maximum amount of power he could draw out was higher.

But… … why?

“It’s not like this. It’s weird to end it like this!”

The referee was running.

It could have been a forfeit for failing to honor the loser.

Camilla didn’t have the luxury of thinking about such an outcome, but Balkan did. Balkan said.

“If you become a payquerier and have the desire to take revenge on your family… … Do as you wish with me and my father, but spare Kanniya. It was only because of my mother that I could not get close to you. I always thought of you and worried about you.”

“What? What are you talking about now?”

“And your grandfather truly loved your mother, but he could not go see you because he had difficulty moving and my parents were very opposed to it. It was written in the diary.”

“shut up…….”

“My story is over. I have nothing more to say, so please go down. If this continues, I may lose the game.”

“Shut up, shut up! What the hell are you talking about!”

Finally, when I faced the truth that had been rotting away in my heart.

When I took it out.

The warmth of tears dripping down my face and into my soul… …like when I go from a dark room to a sunny outdoor space.

“Those humans… … I still really, really, really hate them… … but why on earth would I kill my brother… … .”

Please, don’t do this.

Don’t make me any more miserable than this.

“At that time… … my brother always helped me kindly… … even though it was really hard… … I was able to smile… … .”

Your smile was so painful, so how should I live with these tears from now on?

“No, don’t, no, don’t fight, brother, sister, don’t fight each other… … !”

My grandfather said that my father and I had dark hearts and could not bear his sword.

That’s right.

That’s why I’ve had this ugly dream a few times in secret.

“Kanniya, how… … .”

If I, at that moment… … .

If only I could suppress this rotten jealousy even a little bit… … .

What do you and we look like now…?

– Then I can study hard and secretly tell you everything. Right? Hehe.

I don’t know.

Probably, I will never know.

Because I am the one who gave up on standing in the same world as you.

– My brother will become the strongest man, and my sister will become the strongest woman!

You, who your grandfather said had the heart to bear his sword, were chosen as a disciple by the warrior to prove it, so how will history record you in the future?

And I.

How will the record go for me, who was not even worthy of holding such a sword, but instead stole that opportunity from you and trampled it?

“… … Step back! This is a major rule violation. The judges will decide whether or not it will be a forfeit, so follow me!”

Shit…….

Oh my god… … .