I Became the Villain of a Romance Fantasy

31 – Unexpected guests (5)

A gymnasium located in Winter Castle.

It was still early in the morning, but I was quietly swinging my sword in an empty gym.

Although the Edelweiss family is one of the continent’s leading magical families, their strength was not solely focused on wizards.

Of course, when you think of Edelweiss, you tend to think of a magic corps composed of all members of the 4th tier or higher, but even within Edelweiss, a knight corps composed of pure knights using Auras existed, even though it was not so well known.

It’s true that it seems relatively lacking compared to the Magic Troops, but befitting the only three dukes in the empire, it was composed of superior knights than ordinary knights from noble families.

“Ah, Gongja-nim! You’re the first to come out today!! If it wasn’t for Herbert’s drool talk, I could have woken up earlier too.”

“Good morning. Confucius. And it’s okay to just ignore what that bastard said. I wonder who’s talking about it. Tsk.”

Compared to the other knights of the same age, even those two people running towards the gymnasium where I am now had a fairly high level of skill.

If you ask me why I can know such a fact since I have just arrived in Winter Castle and why I am close to them, it is because even after I arrived in Winter Castle, I did not give up the habit I had at the count’s house and continued to train.

The day I arrived here.

Joachim summoned me and introduced me to the key figures in the castle, including the commander of the Knights of Edelweiss.

His name is Wilhelm Hartman.

The old knight, who had reached the level of an aura night, had scars on his face enough to tell what kind of life he had led. was being informed

Even before my name came out of Joachim’s mouth, he was looking at me, with fire gushing out of his eyes.

And as expected, I had to be held by Wilhelm for a while as soon as Joachim’s introduction was over. Having met my father on the battlefield, he told me a story about him, saying he resembled him a lot, and it was a really painful time for me.

I never thought that the day would come when I could hear from others the stories of martial arts I had heard hundreds of times from my father and knights.

Can you feel bad about hearing the compliments of your father? It’s just that the story Wilhelm told me was a story I’d heard so often that since I was a child, scabs sat on my ears, so it just felt a bit boring.

Joachim frowned as if he didn’t like Wilhelm’s appearance, but he couldn’t bear to tell him to stop. He was giving his son compliments on his father, and he knew it wouldn’t look good to stop him.

Honestly, regardless of that, I was hoping that Joachim would stop talking to Wilhelm like he usually treats his father.

Anyway, no matter what the first meeting was, thanks to Wilhelm, I was easily introduced to the Knights of Edelweiss and the gymnasium. This is the reason I was able to know the skill of the knights.

As soon as the knights belonging to the knights heard my name from Wilhelm, they all sent envy to me, and because of that, I was able to know once again what the name Krauss meant to the knights.

If there were to be people who would be most delighted with Elena’s engagement from the Winter Castle, it would be the Knights of Wilhelm and Edelweiss. Indeed, as soon as they heard from Wilhelm that I was getting engaged to Elena, they all cheered and rejoiced.

But I didn’t feel like I had to live up to their expectations.

This kind of stare is what I’ve been through most of my life in the South, so I’m too used to feeling the pressure of their stare.

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More than anything, it may be because I already know that even if I don’t try to do something more here and now, I’m standing above what they think.

I moved my body as I usually do in the Count’s family, and after that, under the leadership of Wilhelm, who had been watching it quietly, I had a few simple matches with them, and within a day I succeeded in melting into them.

The two knights in front of me right now. Herbert and Gilead were the ones who lost in the sparring with me at that time. No matter how much he was, he wondered if he would be resentful of losing to a boy younger than himself, but after seeing me getting up early in the morning to train, he started training with me at some point.

“Confucius. When do you plan to return to Sarham?”

“Well. I haven’t really thought about it, but I don’t think it will last more than a week.”

“In that case, let’s do one more sparring with me the day before you leave.”

“Hey, Arthur. What is sparring after only 5 days of training? It’s obvious without looking at the results. Gongja-nim, I’m asking you to be next to this guy.”

It’s a bummer not to be angry. After all, they were both knights and warriors, so they were obsessed with winning and losing.

The sun was shining brightly in the dark sky.

Illuminated by the sunlight, they glistened with their own sweat, and so did I. The cold wind of Merohim cooled his sweat in an instant, but the knight’s body tempered with an aura called a superman was not weak enough to shiver in the cold in this kind of weather.

When the training was over to some extent, Herbert spoke to me while wiping the sweat on his sleeve.

“Come to think of it, how was the banquet yesterday? Jeop, I wanted to participate as well, but I was hired to guard the outer fortress.”

“I didn’t really have anything to say about it.”

I replied as if nothing was wrong with Herbert’s words, then left my seat to return the sword I was holding in my hand.

banquet.

Herbert seems to regret not being able to go to that place, but for me it was just a little noisy place where people gathered. If there was anything good about last night’s banquet, it would be that we were able to see Elena in her dress.

If you think about it, there were many things.

Isn’t the twilight tower pillar suddenly protruding from behind? In addition to that, I met candidate Nam-joo, whom I thought I would only see in a year. It was only a brief meeting by name only, but meeting the main character of the original work was enough to leave a strong impression on me.

“But since the banquet is over, we won’t be meeting for a while.”

It is inevitable that we will meet at the academy a year later, but we will not see Richard’s face until then. There was no reason for me to go to the Tower of Twilight, and since Elena would be staying in Sarham after leaving Merohim, there was no reason for Richard to come to Sarham without the Mage Tower.

It is still too early to judge that he has given up on his feelings for Elena based on his meek withdrawal from last night’s banquet. So, for the time being, I was relieved that the point of contact between Elena and Richard had completely disappeared.

In any case, the anxiety factor should not be left behind.

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My body feels lighter when my worries are alleviated. I put the sword in the storage box and took a small deep breath.

Exercising in the morning also makes a person’s mind and body healthy.

Compared to Sarham’s morning, although it is a bit cold, the refreshing morning air pierces the lungs. It feels like ice is being pushed into your chest. Anyway, it made me come to my senses, so that’s okay.

“Now let’s go back…”

“…..”

As I was about to turn my head to return to my room, I met someone’s eyes. As soon as I saw him, I couldn’t help but freeze on the spot in amazement and bewilderment.

As soon as the person I made eye contact with saw me, he stopped and started staring blankly at me. Perhaps he hadn’t slept, his eyes were covered in darkness, and he cautiously greeted me with a shy face.

“Oh, hello.”

Richard Ertuwen.

He hadn’t left the winter castle yet.

***

After leaving the banquet hall, Richard was quietly walking towards the white tower located at the back of the castle.

The news of Elena’s engagement suddenly reached his ears. When Richard heard the news, he felt like he had been hit in the head with a hammer.

Richard met Elena at the spot where his father forcibly took him and fell in love at first sight. It wasn’t just because of her inhuman beauty. Her knowledgeable intelligence, the only one with whom she could speak, made Richard’s heart beat.

Afterwards, using the friendship between his fathers, Richard began to visit the winter castle often to meet Elena.

At first, she was just blunt, but as she continued to talk to her, she began to respond to some extent. It was a question and answer that was insufficient to be called a conversation, but anyway, Richard was satisfied with that alone.

Friendship between fathers. It was a story known to everyone who knew that Franz and Joachim had a good relationship. Richard knew that too, so he was looking forward to talking about his engagement to Elena. No, I had no doubt that it would happen.

That is, until he heard the news of Elena’s engagement.

Somehow, a few days ago, his father looked at him with pity in his eyes. Was this the reason?

But Richard couldn’t give up his mind simply with the fact that Elena was engaged.

Arranged marriages between aristocrats are common, so Elena thought that was the case and believed it.

Richard couldn’t bear the thought of losing the person he loved just because of an arranged marriage. So, I decided to check it out with my own eyes.

It was as if an invisible string of hope was being held in his clenched hands.

“thank god…”

There was nothing in Richard’s hand as he headed towards the tower.

The sight of Elena smiling as she stood with her fiancé in the banquet hall was enough to break Richard’s heart. The man standing next to her also showed affection for her in his eyes, so all his assumptions were wrong.

There was nothing in my mouth, but I felt only the bitterness of the saliva going down my throat.

It makes his head dizzy that he is sad that he can’t stand there, but also happy to see her smiling.

Even though it was a dark night, the inside of the tower was still bright. There was no distinction between day and night for scholars who were constantly seeking knowledge.

Richard was a wizard belonging to the Tower of Twilight, not Dawn, but as long as it was a basic magic book, he could read it regardless of his affiliation, so the Tower readily let him in. However, will a magic book, which is literally just the basics, help a wizard who has risen to the 5th tier?

Richard wasn’t ignorant of that fact, but everything was fine now. Richard took out books not for learning, but for oblivion, and began to cover his head with the letters that filled the books.

How many hours have passed like that? As Richard read all the books available for reading, the morning sunlight coming in through the windows of the tower welcomed him.

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My head was no longer dizzy.

Receiving the warm morning sunlight made me want to write a poem instead. Richard had never looked at poetry in his life, but his heart was like that anyway.

Richard was aware that he was not normal right now.

Humming a song, Richard left the tower. Today, the bright sunlight seemed to bless her future.

yes, forget it It’s starting a new life

Do you still have a lot left in your life? There is nothing to waste your life more than holding on to these troubles at only sixteen.

Thinking about it like that, it seemed that strength was gradually returning to his body, and Richard couldn’t control himself and started running toward Winter Castle. A cold wind stung my lungs, but it was good anyway. Richard wanted to run.

The white castle glistening in the morning sunlight was so pretty that Richard ran while taking in the surrounding scenery.

“Eh..”

However, Richard’s running, which seemed to continue like that, stopped soon after.

When the figure of the person who had been fused into the landscape but was strongly imprinted in his memory was reflected, Richard seemed to have lost all the vitality that had been spinning his body until just now.

He was looking at him and he was looking at him too.

“Oh, hello.”

Richard’s side was sold.