2nd Rank Has Returned

Regression-2

“But there are things I don’t understand.”

[What?]

The sage who flew around the inn asked the question.

“Why did I go back to the past?”

Actually, I had to ask that first.

It was because a wise man became a teacher and returning to the past was a completely different matter.

[It’s probably because the magic in the wise man’s stone reacts.]

“Did the magic respond?”

[A kind of miracle happened because your mind reacted to the aggregation of pure magic and magical powers.]

“…is that possible?”

I honestly can’t quite believe it. No matter how miraculous it may be, time travel will not be such a simple magic.

[Most of the time, their mental power is just magic, and they get chewed on by magic and go crazy.]

“…Yes?”

This guy…?

[Hey, think of blowing a giant air balloon into a little balloon. No matter how tough it is, it pops and explodes in less than a second.]

“So you did that crazy thing to me?”

[That’s it. Of course, I was thinking of making some adjustments based on my thoughts. Not crazy enough, but traumatized enough to have nightmares every day.]

I don’t know if this is a sage or a devil.

[But you don’t have to.]

“yes?”

[There was no need for that. Your mental strength has already withstood my wise man’s stone.]

That’s why I said I didn’t know about giving up earlier.

“Then what happened in the past…”

[I told you. If you endure, miracles will happen.]

“…is that this regression?”

[right. Perhaps the intense obsession he had before he died was manifested in the form of a miracle.]

Obsession… that’s…

“Fighting with Ariaspil…”

[He’s a very consistent kid. Did you get so upset that you couldn’t win the girl earlier?]

“…Yes. It was an opponent I wanted to win somehow.”

As Ariaspil said, it was Leo’s goal and aspiration. He forged himself as a sword to break her.

[But you won in the end.]

Winning was right. However…

“I hate winning like this.”

[okay?]

“The one who won now is Ariasviel, who has not grown properly. On the other hand, my mind is the same as when I was an adult.”

[It is not. It’s like building up your self-esteem just because you’ve won.]

“And because I was vigilant, it’s hard to say that it was a complete victory.”

It’s not just a matter of talent.

The situation now was a foul, and Leo himself had used a shortcut.

“Although Ariaspil is talented, he has higher potential than me. When I barely broke the auror, I was already hitting the auror in a row.”

To defeat her who had not fully grown, that was different from Leo’s own wish.

[Then what? Wait until you grow up? You will have to wait 10 years.]

“Then wait for a while.”

[…What?]

Ten years was not the weight of time to answer casually.

Is it only 10 years or more?

[Are you serious? Is it something to be so insistent on?]

I could wait though.

“At least for me.”

There was a moment’s silence in the wise man’s soul at that answer. Then the sage spoke again.

[…Do you have a heart for him?]

“yes? no.”

[Why is it an immediate answer?]

“Because there is none. I have been living as a member of his family for over 5 years, and I don’t really think of it that way.”

Clearly, Ariaspil was a beautiful woman. Even if only men who were courting her had lined up, the kingdom campaign would have been possible.

But to Leo, she was a rival.

It felt more efficient to study the martial arts that would defeat her in the time to love her.

[…I’m so… I’m crazy about it.]

“Because I want to win. then…”

Now that was the most important issue.

“Now what?”

Now that history has changed, it’s time to think about what to do about it.

***

Ariaspil Reinhardt

She is a warrior praised as having the most natural talent under the warrior family.

At the age of 10, he caught the orc, the killer of a beginner adventurer, and at the age of 13, he was a cub, but even a wyvern was a genius.

No warrior was helpless under her sword.

However

“…I lost. For the first time.”

It wasn’t like today.

“Why…?”

Obviously, it was an ordinary mercenary who came to fight her.

‘You say you’re such a great knight? There’s nothing to drag Let’s stick together.’

It was an informal duel proposal, but she accepted it without hesitation. This was because fighters of that kind would be broken by the weeds once they lost.

In order to give him complete abandonment, he tried to deal with the boy with a dagger rather than a long sword.

but

‘But that’s it. If you fight with that kind of fruit knife, you lose.’

In just a few seconds, the boy’s airflow changed.

And that was followed by his own defeat.

…No, not even that.

‘I lost. If you hadn’t been vigilant, you wouldn’t have known the match.’

Contrary to the burning sense of victory, he admitted his defeat with strange logic, and then arbitrarily.

She didn’t want a victory like this either.

nevertheless

‘whatever. It doesn’t matter whether you choose or not. I will not be convinced of my victory.’

Saying so, the boy leisurely went on his way. It was so leisurely that I couldn’t hold on to it any longer.

“Lady, are you okay?”

The knight in charge of her escort and guidance, Jehard, looked at her complexion.

“…it’s okay.”

Although expressionless, there was a shadow on her face.

“Lady, don’t worry too much. It’s not a formal duel, it’s a cowardly…”

“I am not cowardly. And that kid won’t admit his victory.

At the time, Jehad left Ariaspil alone for a while to find an inn to stay. Although he was an escort knight, in the first place, Ariaspil was a knight with power comparable to Jehad.

‘…So I left him alone for a while… In the meantime…’

Meanwhile, Ariaspil was defeated in a duel. Even if it wasn’t a formal duel, it could be a huge disgrace to her and her family.

“…Jehard.”

“Yes, lady.”

“Come to him.”

“…yes?”

At the sudden request, Jehad asked.

“Go find him.”

Ariaspil, today, for the first time, she felt humiliated and competitive.

***

[Hey, kid.]

“…”

[Hey, Leonardo.]

“…”

[Hey, are you deaf?]

“Oh shut up.”

I’m meditating to collect mana, and I’ve been talking to you since before.

[Can you think of my optic nerve, which only has to look at the male cub who has been sitting quietly for 4 hours?]

“Then go outside. Someone who can fly.”

[can not. Because you have a wise man’s stone in your heart, and you can’t get it far.]

Wait a minute.

“Then do I have to live with the wise man for the rest of my life?”

[So that’s it. Anyway, we have to go together.]

“Ugh… that’s the worst.”

[What dude?]

“Then we have to be together when we go to the bathroom and shower…!”

[Wow… just thinking about Toga…]

The victim is Leo himself, and I don’t know why he’s nauseous. It must have been a ghost in the first place, so it wouldn’t have eaten anything.

“Okay, I’ll do it for another 30 minutes and then I’ll leave.”

[What did you do without making mana cores until you were that old? that’s my time Every time I eat, I make a mana core…]

“After my mother died and I was an orphan, there was no time for that. I didn’t know how.”

[…ah… well… yes.]

Perhaps the answer was too early, the sage ended the discipline without saying anything.

[Then can you tell me a better way?]

“A better way? is there?”

The mana breathing method that Leo was using was the best polishing technique in the Empire developed by the Reinhardt family.

It’s a skill that can’t be surpassed by any breathing technique.

‘But is there anything beyond that?’

[Leonardo, I am a wise man.]

“Yes.”

[I am a sage.]

“Yes.”

[Because I am a wise man!]

“ah! That’s right! Yes!”

What answer do you want? Are you really tired of becoming a ghost?

[Because I am a wise man, I have already developed a new mana training method! Do you understand?]

“Then say so!”

What an old old man say while spinning around.

[Then why don’t you tell me?]

“Ha… please tell me.”

[Properly, respectfully.]

Yes, even if I was that old, I saved my life.

“Oh, great sage, please give this humble mercenary a supreme teaching.”

[OK. You crazy mercenary. Please don’t tell me.]

I’m just a teacher, and I’m going to get the stone out of my heart.

[Suck…!]

Suddenly, the air around you began to tremble.

“uh…?”

The mana around Leo began to swirl. And at the same time, it slowly adhered to the respiratory tract and skin.

[Huh… it’s hard to be in a spirit state.]

“…what…what did you do?”

[Guess. It is a test given as a teacher.]

The general method of mana training is to breathe in through the nose and mouth to inject mana particles from the air into the body.

It activates the mana in the lungs, attracting mana particles to the body like a magnet.

“But this is…”

This mana particle itself is absorbed into the body and skin. Originally, it would cling to the skin and fall off, but these mana particles permeated the body like fine cosmetic powder.

[Can’t you feel what it is?]

“Did you break up more mana particles and absorb them into my body?”

[This is a super-efficient mana training method that I developed. What you’ve been struggling with for 4 hours can be condensed into 1 hour.]

To be honest, I can only say that this idea is… awesome.

The theory alone was amazing, and even putting it into practice was incredible.

It was just like the principle that humans do not breathe through the lungs, but breathe only through the skin.

“Is it possible?”

[I only do what I can.]

It was well worth a try.

I started to try a new mana breathing method while sitting cross-legged again.

‘…I don’t focus on attaching the particles to the skin.’

The important thing is to grind it fine enough to absorb the mana particles.

“…I can’t.”

After about 30 minutes, Leo got up.

[what? Have you already given up?]

“no.”

Leo raised his sword on the floor.

[Why are you wearing black? What do you do?]

“I’ll do it my way.”

Having said that, he went out of the inn.

[By the way, you can’t cut mana particles with a knife…]

“I know there isn’t. I know.”

[Sometimes I say shit like that.]

Leo took off his jacket and started wielding his sword.

[…Well?]

The mana particles that had been clinging to each other began to be properly absorbed into the skin this time.

[…are the mana particles split more?]

Looking back, it wasn’t. Although the mana particles themselves were split, they were very thick.

[Right…!]

After looking at it three times, the principle of the method was understood.

What Leo is doing now is not reducing the units of mana particles.

[I was dilating the pores of the skin. With swordsmanship.]

Expanding the narrow pore by activating the body by swinging the sword, it was a new application method that the sage, a wizard, could not use.

[…Baby, you’re not a genius by this?]

It was not only the wise men who were astonished.

“…that… what is that? miss?”

“……?”

The two knights of Reinhardt who visited Leo could not shut their mouths in astonishment.