chapter 2
The road to the academy (1)
I just watched the feathers fluttering and falling alone in the blue sky.
After about 15 years of training in baldancing, when I saw the falling feathers, I first wondered if I could cut it down rather than what kind of bird it belonged to.
can you ring
The answer to that question will soon be known.
With one hand towards the scabbard and the other towards the hilt, I took a deep breath and took a stance.
Feathers falling to the ground slowly rustled in front of my eyes without being caught in the strong wind and going somewhere far away.
As soon as the feather came within range, I drew my sword without missing the moment.
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My sword, which was pulled out at the speed of a flash, and straightened towards the feather without any twisting.
“after… .”
After a while, I looked at the ground and smiled contentedly when I saw the feather that had been cut in two as neatly as it had been from the beginning.
“Huhuhuhuh!!”
After several attempts, I finally succeeded!!
What is harder to cut than steel is a feather that is easily blown away by even the slightest wind.
This is because the slightest wind generated by swinging the sword before it even touches it can be easily blown away.
After repeated attempts to cut this feather, I finally succeeded today.
As if to bless my success, a message announcing the birth of a new trait appeared.
[Attribute swordsman has been added.]
[Swordsman] [Rank: A+]
[This attribute is only given to those who have reached a higher level among warriors. I would have gotten it sooner if I hadn’t done stupid things like poking.]
Ignoring the words in the second sentence, it wasn’t exactly what I was aiming for, but thanks to my training in foot swordsmanship, I got some pretty good traits.
Attribute Swordsman, this attribute is a very useful attribute that not only the main character of the original work, but also a famous swordsman in the work.
From the moment he learned the swordsmanship, the proficiency of all sword-related skills increased to an incomparably higher degree than before.
It is said that if the opponent is a swordsman or lower swordsman, he can see through his opponent’s movements as if he had read the future even in the description of the novel.
It is not an exaggeration to say that there is an overwhelming difference between a general swordsman and a swordsman as much as Baldosul and other swordsmanships.
‘By the way, I didn’t expect it, but I’m already getting the swordsman character… .’
It is also footwork.
If it were any other swordsmanship, wouldn’t he have already reached the level he would have only reached at around 30?
When I returned the sword to its sheath and was satisfied with the swordsman’s characteristics, I could feel someone’s presence in the distance.
“ha… ! Do, Master!!”
When he turned his head to the familiar voice, there was the butler, the butler Paul.
“What’s up? My knees must be bad, but I’m jumping like that.”
“that is… The madam found the master in a hurry… .”
“mother? All right, I’ll be right there.”
When I hurried back to the mansion to do something, my mother came out to the front door and waited for me, probably because she couldn’t wait for me to come.
“Mother, I heard you were looking for me urgently. What’s going on?”
“What’s going on… Ian!! Is it true that you applied to the Royal Academy?!”
Saying that, my mother waved a letter, presumably from the academy, from her arms in front of her.
“yes? Yes, yes, but why?”
Come to think of it, it was before I told my mother that I had applied for admission.
I remember it wasn’t long after I put in the application, but it seems that the reply has already arrived.
“Then you should have spoken to this mother first! Since the Count’s daughter is entering the school this year, do you know how much work you have to say to the Count?!”
“Ahh… It’s about politics. I wasn’t really interested in that, so I didn’t care.”
There was a political part in the original novel, but it wasn’t interesting, so I looked at it as a fluke.
But what kind of incongruent political game is a nobleman who is not a baron or a baron-like aristocrat?
This Youngjido is a rural corner with about two or three small villages.
“It’s annoying to say hello, can’t we just do it? He wouldn’t even be able to remember anything like a semi-baron anyway.”
“no! And what if you even get out of the snow!”
“Then let me send you a letter or something. They don’t even want to give time to a baron like that.”
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My mother seemed to be worried about flying outside the Count’s house, but frankly, they probably wouldn’t care about us from the beginning.
Above all else, if I’ve been doing nonsensical things, I’ll just have to do something with diplomacy.
“The academy is not just a place to study, it is also a place to socialize! It’s important to make a lot of connections there that will help you in the future! Do you know that?!”
“Yes… .”
I couldn’t understand why I had to cringe at a woman who couldn’t even use foot swordsmanship, but I nodded my head first because I thought the story would be long if I said no.
But where did the countess come from?
Obviously, I heard the name from my mother, but I forgot it because it wasn’t a very important family in the novel.
“Mother, what was the countess’s name?”
“Ian is really… . This is the vongrind family. Young-ae’s name is Jessica, it’s rude if you don’t know her name, so please remember it!”
Jessica vongrind, a name I’ve never heard of in the original.
Listening again, there is nothing to point out.
It’s not closely related to the original, and it’ll be fine if I just say hello and leave it alone.
“But Ian… .”
“Something, mother.”
“Why does Ian want to enter the academy? To be honest, this mother didn’t think that Ian had much interest in learning.”
“Ah, that’s it. It’s because I have a mission that can only be accomplished by going to the academy.”
“mission?”
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My mother seemed surprised when suddenly the grand words of my mission came out of my mouth.
“Yes, we have an important mission to introduce the martial art of the academy to the world, to introduce the best swordsmanship to the world.”
After 15 years of honing my feet without missing a single day, I realized it.
Is it okay to monopolize such a strong and beautiful swordsmanship alone?
No, there is no way for such heinous evil to be forgiven.
The good thing is that everyone should use it together.
‘… Defeat the main character and the sword castle in order to spread the martial arts!”
The next swordsman who was born in the family of swordsmen and at the time of completion proves that he has the strongest swordsmanship by defeating the protagonist who becomes the world’s strongest swordsman.
If necessary, he will also knock down the main character’s sister, the prince, and the next knight commander who escorts the prince in addition to the main character.
Even so, I sincerely thought that spreading the greatness of the martial arts to this world was the reason I was given life in this world.
“Even for that, I must go to the academy!!”
“… … her.”
*****
A few days later, the day that Ian, whom I had hoped for the rest of my life would never come, came to go to the academy.
I left the room to see off Ian, who was waiting in front of the front door.
But what the hell is this ominous buzz that builds up in my heart every time I take a step towards the front door?
Was it the sadness and loneliness that came from falling for the first time with the son whom I had been with for the rest of my life after giving birth to my belly?
No, it’s a bit different from that feeling, to put it bluntly, this is anxiety.
It’s like a child who accidentally breaks his father’s cherished craft and is anxious because he doesn’t know when he will be scolded.
If you ask me why my son is going to the academy and why he feels so anxious, if there is any point to point out, it is not without it.
‘Not a bad kid, but a little… No, he’s a very weird kid.’
I don’t know about magic, but I’m completely ignorant of swords, so I don’t know exactly what level of swordsmanship Ian has.
If I knew anything, I was just saying that Ian might one day become a swordsman with a happy face when he got drunk.
But honestly, he couldn’t be said to be that strong compared to the real strong ones, so I don’t know how much credibility he said.
‘If the… .’
What if Ian’s skills aren’t that good, so he gets frustrated?
Conversely, if Ian’s skills are so good that he falls out of the eyes of the high-ranking nobles and furthermore, his family is trampled on… .
Ian didn’t know his sword skills, but he couldn’t even say that he was good at politics or sociability.
Besides, he has a strange obsession with foot swordsmanship, so if he values chivalry, he might get into a fight with a nobleman.
‘I’m even making strange noises about my mission and other things to announce the art of foot swords… .’
Ominous fantasies kept popping up in my head, thinking that I didn’t know if it was another child or Ian.
Any way to stop Ian now… .
“mother?”
“Yes?”
When I woke up, I was not standing on the stairs, but in front of the front door waiting for Ian.
How immersed in my thoughts… I woke up and looked at Ian who was waiting for me.
“What were you thinking that way?”
“Ian… .”
ah… ! What else should I say?
Shall we cry and beg him not to go while holding on to the crotch of his pants?
No, if it’s something related to the martial arts, it would be meaningless to do anything like that because of Ian’s stubborn personality.
“ha… Ian.”
“Yes, mother.”
“When you enter the academy, first buy a present and go say hello to Jessica Young-ae. A small dessert like a piece of cake is a good gift.”
“Isn’t it enough to send you a letter?”
“Not enough! When I go to the neighboring estate to say hello to Confucius, I sent a letter asking Ian to accompany me, so I’m going with him! Do you know?!”
“I know… .”
Seeing Ian nodding his head as if annoyed, I could barely hold back the feeling that I was about to burst out of breath.
Now all that’s left is to pray.
All I can do is hope and pray that Ian did at least some crazy things that I could understand with my common sense.
From tomorrow… No, starting today, let’s pray as desperately as Ian did.
If there was a god, it was clear that he would take care of me and take care of Ian so that he didn’t act foolishly.
‘Let’s pray, pray… .’