Sword Master Who Leapt Through Time - Chapter 15



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A person I thought I would never see again appeared as a senior.

Is this a coincidence or an arrangement prepared by the Book of Fate?

My mind became complicated for a moment, but since worrying about it wouldn’t help anything anyway, I decided to accept it as it was.

That person is a senior.

I plan to learn ancient swordsmanship from that person in the future.

‘I’ve got good news and bad news all at once.’

The good news is… … that article has eased some of my anxiety.

The last time I saw her, she was a knight who was righteous and true to her beliefs. I also began to trust her teacher, Archduke Lightena, a little more.

The bad news is that you can’t learn swordsmanship directly from the Archduke.

It’s a shame, but it’s not all disappointing. After all, that woman is also a disciple of Archduke Lightena. She will be able to experience his educational methods indirectly.

‘By the way… … .’

I narrowed my eyes at the woman standing there awkwardly.

‘… …Is that fashion?’

Blonde hair and blue eyes.

A neatly ironed uniform.

Shiny boots.

A posture that is exactly at an angle like a sword.

Everything is perfect… …

‘What’s wrong with your hair?’

She had her bangs gathered and tied up. Her blonde hair sticking out. Even though it was tied up roughly, the remaining hair sticking out looked comfortable and cute… …. When you look at it together with her outfit that was tailored to her,

‘It’s kind of funny, isn’t it?’

It looked like she had been lazing around at home reading a book with her hair tied up, and then rushed out dressed in a hurry.

But the Archduke passed by her without saying a word about her hairstyle.

“Then, go say hello to your junior. I have work to do with the wizards here.”

The Archduke gave me a nod and disappeared into the castle.

The woman and I were left together in front of the gate, staring blankly at each other.

The woman looked bewildered for a moment, but then remembered what she had to do and straightened up.

The once stern gaze instantly becomes sharp.

“What are you doing now? What should I do when I see you, senior?!”

A sudden reprimand that rings out loud.

It was sudden, but I wasn’t unaware of it.

Yeah, now that my junior is here, I’ll try to establish some discipline, right?

Well, there’s no reason why we can’t get along.

Okay.

He first showed his respect by placing both hands on the hilt of the sword.

Okay.

Then the woman also looked back with a serious face and bowed.

After exchanging greetings like that, I opened my mouth.

“See you here again?”

It was an expression of pure joy.

But the woman wiggled her eyebrows and frowned.

“See you again? Is that the right way to speak to a senior?!”

Well, there’s something really wrong with that tone.

Having lived half my life in the lawless land of Roberland, my body began to rebel, but I held back for now.

That woman is the one who will teach me.

It means that he is a person who has to look good.

“sorry.”

I quickly changed my stance and corrected my tone, but that was when my senior’s nagging began.

“I don’t know what kind of life you’ve been living so far, junior! But from now on, you and I are the only two disciples of the Master. Isn’t that right?!”

“……you’re right.”

“We must always be careful about our every action so as not to displease our teacher. Always be neat and tidy! Behave properly!”

Wow… … .

This wasn’t a skill that had been learned once or twice.

He stood with his sword sharp and his voice boomed, and his momentum was considerable.

‘Hmm… … Contrary to his looks, he’s not as easy as he looks, is he?’

Last time when I fought against the cultists, I was basically in the upper hand, so I thought they were easygoing… … But now that I’ve met them as my senior, I have a strong feeling that they’re not easygoing people.

“Especially your appearance! Don’t you know how important first impressions are?! When on earth did you polish those boots?! Why is your cloak hanging crookedly?! Your hair is disheveled! Do you even have any sense of your own status?! If you go around like that, you’re no different from a bandit!”

A senior who scolds me in a heated manner.

I straightened my posture and accepted the reprimand well.

Because I had to look good.

But it’s really picky. It’s like even if you bite it, not a single tooth will go in.

‘That’s… I guess it’s just a hairstyle of this era.’

Glance. I saw the ponytail sticking up above my senior’s head.

I kept getting distracted by the swaying and messy hair, but I tried to ignore it.

If that’s the fashion of this era, shouldn’t we accept it?

There’s no way such a strict, true soldier wouldn’t care about his own hair.

But it seemed like my senior saw my fleeting gaze again.

“What is it? Why do you keep looking at my head?”

“no.”

“It’s a really bad habit to glance like that! Seriousness comes from the gaze… …!”

The senior who kept nagging me as if he had asked me for a favor.

however……

“Hey, Iodine… … .”

One of the knights who had been watching from the side cautiously called out to his senior.

“yes?”

The knight who had called her kept pointing to the top of his head to make a sign.

“Yes? Why?”

The senior, with his eyes wide open and a puzzled expression, groped around and touched my forehead before his hand reached my tied hair that was sticking up.

‘oh…….’

It’s the first time in my life that I’ve seen a face lose its color in real time like that.

“I’ve been like this the whole time? Even in front of the teacher… … ?”

The knight nodded with a miserable face at his senior’s question.

Kick kick kick.

She was frozen solid, and only turned her eyes to glance at me.

Ahh… … . Isn’t that the ‘glimpse’ that you had been warning me not to do just a moment ago… … .

The senior’s face slowly turned red as our eyes met,

“Kwaaaaak!”

Eventually, he ran inside the front door, covering his hair with his hand.

“Poohahahahaha!”

“Oh my… … . What should I do? I was acting all formal because my junior came… … .”

“Phehe. He can’t fix that no matter what. He always misses one.”

The knights burst into laughter as they watched their seniors running away.

I also stared at her back and nodded slowly.

Now I know for sure.

‘Our senior. Was he really an easy guy?’

It was the moment when that important first impression was made.

* * *

My senior was a strong-minded person.

He ran away just now, but then came back in the evening with an indifferent look on his face.

Of course, the hair was neatly combed.

“Is your name Lansen Banroa?”

“yes.”

“I guess I should make my official statement now. I am Iodin Serom. His Highness the Grand Duke’s one and only… no, one and only disciple. I am also a member of the Horizon Knights, His Highness the Grand Duke’s personal guard.”

After calmly introducing herself, she looked at me blankly and said.

“I came to ask the Master. In fact, Junior Lansen may be stronger than me, so is there anything I can teach him? But the Master said that Junior Lansen doesn’t handle the sword properly?”

“Yes. If it’s something like that… I think it’s beginner level.”

“Indeed… … That colorful sword aura you showed back then was possible because of your special constitution?”

Idiosyncratic constitution.

It was something I heard while coming here with Archduke Lightena.

So, in the era I live in, the basics of swordsmanship was to inhale mana from the air through your breath and skin, and form a core below your navel.

But people of this era seem to think that is impossible.

I didn’t quite understand it.

Even leaving aside the fundamental question of why we can’t do what we already know how to do in our time,

It’s impossible to move mana directly?

But you guys have auras too, right? What are they?

Iodine explained that part clearly.

“We deal with mana indirectly through the power we usually call ‘spiritual power’ or ‘will.’”

“Spiritual power? Will? Is that different from handling it directly?”

“It’s different. First of all, it starts with awakening the soul of the sword.”

“The soul of the sword… … .”

“Yes. It’s called the Sword Spirit. The Sword Spirit has only one will. It’s ‘to cut.’ If you communicate with the Sword Spirit and realize that will to cut in reality, that becomes the Sword Spirit.”

“ah…….”

Certainly, the aura-like energy used by the ancient inspectors was strange. The amount of aura was thin, but it had an absurd cutting power compared to that thin amount.

“Mana simply gathers according to its will. We do not move it ourselves. If we first establish the sword energy with spiritual power, mana attaches to it and strengthens the sword energy. Mana simply assists.”

More and more,

The pounding inside my chest grew louder.

‘Completely new… … .’

A new swordsmanship built on a completely different foundation: soul and will, rather than mana and aura.

Did such a power exist in this world?

A completely new, infinite world is slowly revealing itself to me.

“A constitution that can directly handle mana will be extremely advantageous. Just by condensing mana and putting it into a sword, you can display destructive power that can shatter any sword energy. Just like you did back then at the cult’s chapel.”

For a moment, a look of envy appeared in Iodine’s eyes.

But that deduction was soon replaced by a strong will and self-esteem.

“However, what you must not forget is that spiritual power is the pillar and mana is the roof. If you build only the roof of mana without setting up the pillars properly, the castle will not last long and will collapse. Junior Lansen is strong now, but you must keep in mind that if you set up the foundation properly, you can become much stronger than you are now.”

Iodine gave a stern look.

Now, unlike during the day, he had a perfectly neat appearance, so he looked quite stylish.

“As the Master said during the day, I will be in charge of teaching Junior Lansen. The Master has been very busy lately and has gone out again. It looks like he will be gone for another month. I will do my best to convey the Master’s teachings, so don’t let the Junior feel too disappointed.”

“All right.”

No, Grand Duke, when did that gentleman come and why did he leave already?

I had hoped that I could learn at least a little from the Grand Duke… … but it was disappointing.

I can only hope that Iodine teaches me well.

“Now, before we begin the actual training, let’s evaluate junior Lansen’s current skills. Just draw your sword and generate sword energy. Sword, draw!”

With a loud shout, I pulled out the banroa.

Iodine let out a gasp as the pure white blade was revealed under the sunlight.

“What a great sword… …!”

She broke down the posture she had been standing in while holding the sword and looked around Banroa as if licking every nook and cranny.

“Wow… … . What, what is it?”

“What material is this?”

It wasn’t just her.

The knights who had been pretending not to notice and just watching also flocked in.

Are you a little proud?

Because Ban Roa, the symbol of our royal family, is recognized in this way.

I felt a great sense of pride and released my dark energy.

Communicate with the soul of the sword, the sword spirit, and manifest its will into the world.

Woohoo-

A half-moon that trembles slightly and emits a distinct haze.

I felt a little proud.

Even though I only learned it from over the shoulder, the swordsmanship I created was clearer than the swordsmanship Iodine showed in the chapel of the cult.

“Hmm… … ?”

“Hmm… … . As expected… … .”

But the reaction of the onlookers was a bit strange.

Is it a bit lukewarm?

It was the same with Iodine.

“Good job. Then this time, I will try to use this sword to create a sword energy.”

What Iodin handed over was an ordinary iron sword.

I was a little puzzled, but I did as I was told anyway.

“Pull out your sword!”

At Iodine’s command, he pulled out an ordinary iron sword.

I tried to communicate with the sword spirit.

however…….

Uh… … Uh… … Yeah

Wait, what is it?

Why is it like this?

The black ink was not extracted.

The sword responded to my call by crying slightly, but it didn’t cry at all. It only cried once or twice and then never cried again…

I was confused. Everything was going well, so why did it suddenly stop?

“I see.”

Iodine nodded as if he had known this would happen.

When I asked her with my eyes, she answered calmly.

“The sword is the manifestation of the soul power of the sword.”

She stretched out her long fingers and pointed at Banroa and the iron sword in my hand once each.

“In other words, the better the sword, the longer its history, the stronger the soul power it possesses. The reason that Junior Lansen was able to easily draw out the sword energy is because the sword was such a great sword. In other words… … .”

She trailed off for a moment before finally concluding her speech firmly.

“Even with such a great sword, the current skill of junior Lansen is only that much sword energy.”

ah……?

If you have a good sword, your sword skills will also become stronger… …?

It was a very different concept from modern auras, which are not particularly picky about weapons, except for differences in aura conductivity and durability.

‘… So that’s why?’

A memory that suddenly flashed through my mind was the red aura of Ksias being torn to pieces in front of Banroa.

I thought that combining the ancient sword and modern aura would amplify its power to an absurd degree… … but that wasn’t all.

‘Since Banroa itself was a sword with the power to destroy evil, the sword energy was also imbued with the power of destruction. That’s why it was so easy… … .’

While he was surprised by the new fact, Iodine said, “Okay!” and took a proper posture.

“Then I will give you an evaluation. The junior’s current skill level is below expert. Even among them, he is barely at the beginner level.”

“Lower… … Initiation… … .”

“Yes. The lower level is the level of sword reading. It refers to the state where you can read the mind of the sword, extract the sword energy, and swing the sword according to the path the sword tells you.”

It seemed to refer to the exact same feeling I had when I fought Ksias while holding Banroa.

“By the way, this is difficult.”

Iodine frowned.

“It just so happens to be the exchange period… … . At the current level, it’s very difficult.”

What is that?

“I’ll explain the details later. For now, just remember that this is an important event. Anyway, by the last day of the exchange conference, which is two weeks away, you’ll be intermediate. That means you have to reach the level of physical swordsmanship. … … This is starting to be a headache.”

Iodine frowned.

But I was more curious about something else than the exchange meeting.

“What is the realm of physical swordsmanship?”

“Expert Intermediate. This is the level where you can receive the sword’s energy into your body. You gain various physical abilities and can read and utilize the sword’s will more quickly.”

It was exciting

Ancient swordsmanship.

Isn’t it infinite?

“Then what is your realm, senior?”

In response to my question, Iodine puffed out his chest and answered.

“I recently reached the level of Sword Expert, or Geomtak (劍托).”

The realm of swordsmanship?

“It is a realm where the sword moves on its own. It can cut faster than the speed of thought.”

for a moment,

The sword comes out before you can even think?!

then,

The reaction speed is completely 0?

For the inspector, that is… … .

‘It’s a scam, isn’t it?’

Heart pounding.

I was so… so greedy.

It’s been a day and a half since we moved to the ancient times.

I have a goal.

The realm of swordsmanship!

Kuk.

He gripped the sword in his hand tightly.

‘Yeah. Tonight is special training!’

First, let’s start by extracting sword energy with this ordinary iron sword… …!