The Lazy Genius of the Duke - Chapter 54



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The Lazy Genius of the Duke’s Family (54)

In the name of Benio Kepler (4)

“I didn’t know it would be this simple.”

Benio pretended to look dejected. There were many anxious and precarious moments when he got out, but it wasn’t difficult at all to get back into the academy.

“I’m done here.”

Through the person sent by Chris, Benio, Giovanni, and Severus were able to enter the Academy with great ease.

How?

It was very simple.

All you have to do is get in via the food transport cart that comes into the academy every morning.

Of course, if it weren’t for Chris, it would have been something he couldn’t even think of. Since it was food that was supplied to the professors and students of the Academy, as well as the countless people who supported them and maintained the Academy, the management of it was very strict.

But in this world, no matter how strict it is, eventually, as the scale grows, a gap will appear somewhere.

And Chris was fully aware of this loophole. Being the owner of a black market meant a great deal of trust in the underworld.

So, through that food transport cart, Benio was able to easily enter the academy.

“It’s a token of appreciation.”

“Thank you, Nari.”

Benio handed the gold to the porter who had brought them safely inside. The porter accepted the gold with aplomb and put it in his pocket.

‘It looks like you’ve received it a lot.’

For a laborer like that, gold would be a daily wage. But the sight of him receiving and collecting gold was so familiar. That means that it wasn’t just one or two days since he had been sending people in like this.

“Thank goodness I don’t have to use sleeping pills on such a sad day when all my fortune has been lost.”

Giovanni looked at Benio with resentful eyes, holding the only remaining bottle of sleeping perfume he had.

Benio, who had become immune to the constant nagging and grumbling that he had done over and over again, looked at Severus.

“Are you planning to go back to the dorm?”

“It’s about time for dawn to break.”

“okay.”

Benio chuckled and patted Severus on the waist. Severus’ face brightened.

“Good idea.”

“I usually have good thoughts. Don’t you think so, Giovanni?”

Benio asked that on purpose to tease Giovanni. Then Giovanni got up and disappeared towards the dormitory, giving off a look of annoyance.

Benio scratched his cheek as he looked at Giovanni like that.

“Was it too much?”

“No, even if you do that, he’ll come back tomorrow, laughing. Even though he’s sensitive to money, he’s not stupid. He’ll probably be hurt by your tricks.”

This means that he is acting like this not because all the assets in his account became 0 gold, but because his pride was hurt by falling for Benio’s trick.

It was Severus’ words, who had been watching Giovanni since he was little, but Benio shrugged his shoulders.

“But why are you so obsessed with money? Even though you’re a baron, if your family is related by marriage, you don’t seem like an ordinary baron.”

It is true that the higher the rank, the larger the territory and the greater the influence, and thus the more money one earns. However, even if a Turkish baron is not a single-ranking noble, he will be incomparably wealthy compared to ordinary people, even if he is a baron.

Benio was curious as to why Giovanni, who came from such a family, was so obsessed with merchants.

“I don’t think it’s right for me to tell you that story. You should hear it from yourself. But let me give you a hint.”

Severus was tight-lipped about Giovanni’s personal story.

“He’s doing that because he lost something because of money.”

Benio thought for a moment and nodded. In fact, Benio did not know the sorrow of poverty. Even when he was a Yukhang, his family was a well-known Yuk family in Yeogang, so he had never starved.

Although he was a prisoner of the Emperor of Heavenly Demon and was treated like a pig for ten years, it was not because he was poor, so Benio could not understand the sorrow of poverty.

‘They say there is no ronin without a story.’

However, during the time when he was a vassal of the Six Seas, he had an exchange with the so-called King of Ronin, the pinnacle of the Central Plains Ronin. Ronin were wanderers who had mastered martial arts and were said to move around upon request or commission, so they were looked down upon as a bunch of wolves.

The Ronin King said to Yuk Hang.

There is no ronin without a story among them, and yet they take up a sword to make a living and risk their lives for a few pennies. That is just how money is.

People’s lives are at stake for just a few coins. That’s what the Ronin King meant by poverty and the power of money.

Perhaps Giovanni had a similar experience, Benio told Severus.

“Let’s go to the swordsmanship hall. It’ll be quite fun today.”

“Is it fun? Why?”

“I know when I see a mask.”

* * *

Benio has blossomed into Aura, but has never missed a single morning practice since.

Lumen, who was stimulated by seeing such a Benio, became an Aura user, but Lumen also started going to the swordfighting arena every morning, moving from the evening.

And today, four people gathered at the swordsmanship hall.

Benio and Lumen, Radlish, and even Severus.

“ruler.”

Benio pointed at Radritsch and Severus.

“You two practice.”

“With Senior Severus?”

“With Cadet Radritsch?”

The two looked at each other. The two of them had similar temperaments, whether they knew it or not. In addition, Radlish was skilled at swordsmanship beyond his age, but was slightly inferior to Severus.

There was little that Radlish or Severus could gain from sparring with Benio or Lumen, who had become Auror users.

At that age, it was more effective to spar with opponents of similar skill level.

“I think I’ll learn a lot.”

Radritsch nodded without hesitation. Their first meeting was an ill-fated one, but Benio Kepler soon became an object of Radritsch’s admiration.

It didn’t matter what his previous notoriety was.

What was more important was that Benio, who was called the worst dullard, surpassed Lumen, who was called the best talent among his classmates, and became the first Auror user in the thousand-year history of the Academy.

After rising to prominence in the Dudek Viscountry, he even garnered the attention of the Sun Inquisitor.

Radritsch, who grew up in the Geomgongryung, had little preconceptions about social norms, so he evaluated people solely based on their abilities.

In that respect, Benio was a skilled player who had proven his skills enough to be the object of Radritsh’s admiration.

“You fight me. Oh, before we fight, I’ll ask you a favor like before.”

Lumen’s face frowned.

“What? That again?”

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“You’ve reached the Aura user. So, put the Aura in.”

The training of the Iron God. When Benio reached the level of an Aura user, his muscles and bones did not grow by simply hitting him. However, when Lumen became an Aura user, the path was opened again.

‘In order to learn the swordsmanship of Seombo and Sailgeom, and other swordsmanship techniques, the growth of the bones and muscles must also occur simultaneously.’

With his current physical level, his body couldn’t withstand the backlash of the rising martial arts. And since Benio was planning to use not only martial arts but also magic and divine powers, the stronger his body, the better.

‘Combines the strengths of magic and divine power with a focus on martial arts.’

Although it was a mix of martial arts, magic, and sorcery, Benio wasn’t too worried. After all, the basis of all three was the Guyang Shingong.

‘If the energy is completely different, then it might be different. If it is limited to the Guyangshinkong, then there is definitely a way to contain it all at once.’

Benio was determined to follow the new path he had discovered, even if it took ten years. That was the only way he could take revenge on the Emperor of Heavenly Demons when he returned to the Central Plains.

‘And martial arts too.’

Benio gained enlightenment while using the Sail Sword. In that situation, Benio used the Sail Sword, which was the first form and the entirety of the Sail Sword technique, based on the Guyang Shingong and mixed in magic.

Because the fastest and most powerful stabbing weapon Benio knew was contained in the Sail Sword.

‘Then wouldn’t it be enough to just collect the strongest martial arts recipes?’

Almost all martial arts were divided into beginner styles. These beginner styles can be connected and used, but the fact that they were divided means that they can be used separately.

then.

‘The strongest martial art for stabbing. The strongest martial art for cutting. If you just pull out the martial art you need at the right time and place like this.’

Benio’s head was filled with all the martial arts that he had studied for ten years. They were all martial arts from the righteous and evil factions that had been sealed or destroyed by the Heavenly Demon Emperor.

You can’t possibly master them all, but what if you could just pick out the strongest ones and group them together?

‘New martial arts.’

Enthusiasm flashed in Benio’s eyes.

‘A new martial art created in the name of Benio Kepler.’

A new martial art will be born that combines not only the martial arts of the Central Plains but also magic and divine powers.

Benio’s shoulders shook. At that moment, Benio instinctively realized that the path he had to walk had taken full shape in his mind.

The will is right.

Instead of wandering around without finding a way to go, I now have a firm determination. It’s not just a goal that I’ve set, but now I’ve visualized the method to reach that goal.

“good.”

A ray of light radiated from Benio’s eyes. Lumen, who was faced with it, unconsciously shook her shoulders.

It wasn’t something like a feeling of pressure or fear. The moment Benio’s will was revealed, Lumen instinctively felt a sense of awe, as if she were facing a vast nature.

Perhaps Lumen will never understand the awe of it until he reaches the realm.

Benio handed Lumen a wooden sword.

“Take it.”

As Lumen accepted the wooden sword, Benio sat cross-legged on the spot. Then, he nodded toward Lumen while wrapping his entire body in a solid energy using the Iron God.

“Let’s get started.”

Lumen caught the wooden sword in his hand without thinking. When he came to his senses, he found himself holding the wooden sword in his hand. Before he could even think about what he felt from Benio, Lumen had to swing the wooden sword.

Bam!

The wooden sword was lodged in Benio’s back.

* * *

“Gasp, gasp, ugh.”

Benio watched quietly as Tony swung his wooden sword, sweat dripping down his face. He had ordered Tony to do basic training, so Tony couldn’t come to the swordsmanship hall in the morning.

And Benio looked surprised.

‘It looks like you’ve been doing it consistently.’

I thought Tony, who had never done anything like this before because he had never paid attention to it before, would give up quickly.

But now that I see Tony swinging his sword, it seems like he’s got the basics down, as his swordsmanship is stable.

Tony kept his promise to Benio.

‘If you keep your promise, you should be rewarded.’

Benio examined Tony’s bones. As a commoner, Tony did not receive sufficient nutrition from a young age, so his bones were not large or strong.

‘Instead, the arms are long and the legs are long.’

He had a thin body but long arms and legs. So Tony had a swordsmanship that suited him.

‘Taegeuk sword.’

The essence of Taegeuk sword, the basic sword of the shamanist faction, is a circle.

As can be seen from the Taegeuk, the Taegeuk sword draws a circle in the air with a sword. Since the martial arts of the Mudang faction are based on the second strike, the essence of this is also contained in the Taegeuk sword, which is the basic sword technique.

‘Besides, the sword of the non-partisan faction is thin and soft. It is similar to the rapier here.’

Since the rapier is often used as a ceremonial sword, it wouldn’t look strange if Tony, the servant, carried it around.

“Tony.”

“Hot, Master! You’re here.”

Tony lowered his sword and bowed his head in surprise at Benio’s arrival. Then he quickly ran over and took the wooden sword from Benio, but was surprised.

“Eek! Master! There’s a bruise on your arm… Are you really going to start that training again?”

Benio’s entire body except his face was covered in bruises. This was due to the wooden sword imbued with aura. They say it was due to the growth of the Iron God and the changes in his bones and muscles, but it couldn’t be helped that it was ugly.

“Would you like to do it too?”

“Oh, no. Your Majesty, I will prepare water for you to wash in right away.”

“No, before that.”

Benio smiled and looked at Tony’s hands. They were calloused. It meant that he hadn’t been slacking off on what Benio had told him to do.

“You kept your promise. So today I’m going to give you a reward.”

“What’s the prize?”

Benio nodded.

“I will teach you the basics of swordsmanship and aura.”

Tony’s eyes widened. This was much faster than Tony had expected. It is said that if you go to a famous knight and claim to be his squire and receive instruction in the old-fashioned way, rather than going to the Academy, it will take at least five years.

But for Tony, that opportunity came much earlier.

“Do, Do-ryunni….”

Tony’s eyes were filled with emotion. But Benio smiled as he looked at Tony.

“Yeah, I think you can do it.”

“That’s it!”

“You promised?”

“yes!”

Benio laughed evilly as Tony, completely unaware of his own future, answered loudly.

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