I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

Episode 61. Flag

The aftermath of the battle with Kali is by no means small.

Wide forests are still burned and left as empty plains.

As the remains of numerous elves were returned, there was a sea of tears.

In order to find a new place to serve as the eye of the World Tree, elves climb the World Tree on a false day.

But I can’t waste any more time in Elvengarde.

Julia will soon come rushing in, so she must leave before then.

I did everything I could here.

Let’s leave the remaining problems to the elves to solve on their own.

“I’m sorry that it seems like I’m leaving in a mess.”

A training ground that was indebted to me.

In the middle of it, a large dead tree can be seen broken and falling down.

I broke it for no reason.

I think I’m going to have a hard time cleaning it up.

“It’s late! The carriage is leaving soon… Ah! Eugene, I left my sword!”

Even though Alicia is showing her frustration, she is surprised when she sees my waist.

Definitely.

I can’t see the sword sheath that always hangs on my waist.

But the sheath is definitely here.

What kind of nonsense is this?

“I brought it properly.”

“Ugh?!”

Zech.

When you touch the small bag fixed to the belt, its appearance changes in an instant.

In no time, the bag has become a long leather sheath and is hanging down.

A new trait acquired by capturing Kali.

It is ‘camouflage’.

“What is it? Non-attribute magic? Did you discover something new?”

“Okay. Let’s do something like that.”

“This is my first time seeing magic. What level is this? Eugene. Would you like to go to the Magic Tower with me? If you let me study that magic for a while, I will give you a small salary…”

“I’ll never go.”

When she flatly refused, Alicia became visibly depressed and her rabbit ears sank.

When I go to the Magic Tower, I will quickly emerge as a Tier 1 research subject.

That’s right, there is no other person in the world other than me who can’t use 1st level attribute magic at all, but can learn 5th level non-attribute magic by headbutting.

Unless I’m crazy, I won’t go to the Magic Tower to be dissected.

“Are you leaving now?”

The way out of Elvengarde.

The crowd waiting for us to see us off is standing on the street corner.

Of course, the only crowds are high elf elders and priestesses.

“I’m leaving at the height of chaos.”

“You put in a lot of hard work. It was an achievement that should have been recorded as a great man and left to future generations… But I am so sad and sorry that I was unable to do so due to special circumstances.”

“Oh, no. It’s okay.”

You recorded him as a great man and taught him from generation to generation.

It sounds like a big problem.

He waved his hand and said that it was really okay, but the elders looked touched, as if they thought this was just humility.

This is going crazy.

“It was a transaction made with mutual consent.”

“Still, I am grateful to be thankful. If we do not show courtesy, our Elvengarde honor will not remain. Please accept the gift. Due to the difficult circumstances, we have prepared only meager things… ··.”

An elder bows his head and holds a wooden box towards me.

Because it’s the size of my palm, it feels like I’m getting a ring proposal.

I felt strange, so I quickly grabbed it and opened it.

“This is…”

“This is a magic stone that Elvengarde’s best craftsman worked hard to create for 10 years. Its performance will be one level, or even three levels, different from the magic stones traded on the market. Please accept it as a sign of sincerity.”

A magic stone that emits brilliant light.

This is definitely beyond the level of a premium product.

I guess that’s because it wasn’t originally made for sale.

I think it was probably made to be used in ancestral rites.

This is no longer an item whose value can be placed on the fact that it took 10 years to craft.

‘This is hahahaha backwards compatible with the magic stone I’m currently using…’

But is it because my eyes have become too high?

I don’t know if it was before I met Tei.

Nowadays, these magic stones no longer attract attention.

“Thank you so much. I will put it to good use.”

“Thank you for accepting me! Thank you!”

Only then did the elders become happy with their faces brightening.

As they say, it’s really insignificant, but it’s still a useful gift.

‘It would be perfect for gift giving.’

Until now, I have paid a huge amount of credit with the checks that Cornelia gave me.

Next time I go to Cologne, I will give it to Cornelia as a gift.

While I was there, I received about 100 more checks.

The Briam family’s certified checks are highly reliable and are useful in many places.

“Madam. Is there anything else you want to say?”

“Ah, uh… Uh…”

Mia came forward, almost being pushed on her back by the elders.

He can’t make eye contact with me, his eyes keep wandering around the ground, and his wiggling fingers don’t know how to rest.

It looks like the afterglow from last night hasn’t gone away yet.

‘Last night, I was greatly misunderstood…’

Just imagining it makes me laugh out loud.

A chance to become friends with a hidden NPC you’ve never spoken to before?

I couldn’t stand this so I ran away after a month.

I never imagined that the NPC’s head would be full of dirty thoughts.

So why didn’t you do it?

Are you a eunuch?

‘Mia is 76 years old, so in human years…’

This is simple division.

The adult age of an elf is 100 years.

The age of adulthood for humans is 20 years old.

So, if you divide 76 by 5, you get Mia’s human age…

‘Wow. ‘It’s dizzying.’

Just imagining it makes her feel distant.

There is a reason why Mia looks young.

She didn’t want to suddenly see her achievements broken and a system window pop up saying something like ‘You have acquired the trait, Early Adopter’.

“Well, yesterday!”

“I enjoyed the meal, Lady.”

“Ah…”

The face of the hesitant priest turns white.

It looks like he was in despair because he thought I was drawing a line.

I have already forgotten all the little mistakes I made yesterday.

Mia trembled for a moment, then she lowered her head, crying.

“Uh, yes… Bye…”

“See you next time then.”

“Yes?”

“I will be visiting regularly to listen to the World Tree’s prophecies. We can’t exchange such important confidential information through letters, right?”

“That’s right! That’s right!”

Only then did Mia raise her head and smile brightly.

Crying faces are good in their own way, but smiling faces are the prettiest.

“I’ll be looking forward to our next meeting.”

“Yes! I will wait! I will keep the World Tree’s prophecy in my heart!”

It starts with friends.

From friends.

After saying hello to Mia, I was about to leave.

“Goodbye, Cheon Michael Jackson.”

“Please take a close look at the daughter of Evgenia.”

“Brother! Brother! Yeung-eung!”

“······?”

Someone’s urgent voice is heard from behind.

When I look back, I see a boy running this way and being stopped by soldiers.

That guy…

Who was it?

“Let me go of this! I need the hat back!”

Ah. It was the kid who gave me my baseball cap.

When he gestured to the soldiers that it was okay, the window blocking the path was removed.

Then the boy runs up to me and gives me a hat.

“Well written! To be honest, it looks a bit crappy, but I felt like I had become stronger like my brother when I was wearing it!”

“Who says I’m strong?”

“Father! My brother is in the dungeon… It’s a secret…”

The boy covers his mouth with a look of contemplation on his face.

It looks like they heard about me from a dungeon survivor.

He took a deep breath and got down on one knee to be eye level with the boy.

“You do this yourself.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Okay. Instead, just keep one promise. You can’t tell anyone else about me. Do you understand?”

“I’ll keep this in mind! I’m going to learn the sword! I want to become strong like my brother!”

An elf learning to use a sword.

He is a valuable talent.

There are always very few elves willing to do physical work.

It was so special that I wanted to give him some advice.

Even though I haven’t reached the Five Art of Swordsmanship, I am probably the only person who has trained the three schools of swordsmanship to the point where I realized the Five Art of Swordsmanship.

“Really? Then, even if you get a chance later, don’t learn Merida style swordsmanship.”

“Why? That’s an advanced sword technique that only selected elf warriors learn…”

“If you don’t want to learn, just don’t learn, Mr. Lee.”

“Yes…”

Merida style of traditional swordsmanship handed down from generation to generation in Elvengarde.

f*ck it.

There is only one advantage that the Merida style has, and that is its unexpectedness.

It’s so bad that no one uses it, so everyone doesn’t expect it.

Of course, this is a story about other sword techniques that have been trained to the limit.

The Merida style alone boasts such poor performance that it would be better to compare it with a martial artist whose intelligence is even less than that of an ape.

‘The balance level is like that of a real head.’

I think it’s a miserable game that didn’t have any balance adjustments as soon as it was released.

I think it was clear which swordsmanship was good in the beginning and which swordsmanship was Wanggui type and blah blah blah.

After digging through all 12 episodes, it turned out that it was all nonsense.

After realizing the five secrets later, I guess it’s not like the Merida style suddenly became stronger.

‘Oh no way.’

Probably not.

Even if that is true, there is no way it will reach that level in this 13th episode.

In the end, all I did was force my sword skills into a body without any talent.

Characteristic level 11, that is, understanding the five secrets of swordsmanship, is a state that is only allowed to super-humans in some worldviews.

“Then what sword technique would you recommend…?”

“I’ve learned all sorts of things, right? Elves are chosen warriors, and even if I tried, I would still be far behind the human sword masters.”

Elders making a fuss behind the scenes.

I’m sorry, but that’s reality.

Even if the elves decided to create their own swordsmanship, the number of students would probably reach 100 at best.

But the scale of the human race is on a different level.

One school can have anywhere from 500 to 10,000 students.

In terms of total number of people, at least 100,000.

The swordsmanship that develops with so many people competing is bound to be excellent.

This is not racial discrimination; this is an unavoidable limitation.

“Enter the swordsmanship academy. I will write a letter of recommendation for you. When you become old enough to become independent, take this with you.”

“Belfast Academy…?”

When I wrote down a sound academy on a piece of paper and handed it to the boy, he accepted it carefully and bowed his head.

So what do I have to do with the academy to write a letter of recommendation?

There is no connection whatsoever.

Not yet.

‘I’ll have to stop by later anyway.’

This is a place you must visit someday.

There is a small problem with your sword master.

I’ll tell you this when I go to solve it.

An elf boy will come visit me later.

There is plenty of time.

He still has about 20 years left before he becomes independent.

“Thank you, brother! For saving my father and for everything…”

“Wear your hat properly.”

It seems like he doesn’t know how to wear a hat, so he’s wearing it at an angle.

He takes off the hat, unfolds the folded part, puts it on the boy’s head, and stands up.

“······Eujin. Coachman. He’s angry. Stay.”

“Then let’s go.”

“Goodbye. I hope your journey will be filled with the blessings of the World Tree. And I hope you return here safely…”

The carriage is waiting.

I think we need to hurry.

He waved Mia’s hand once and turned around.

And then she never looked back.