Chapter 103 – Before the Storm on the Floating Island

Hate.
I really hate it.
Accommodation built near the academy.
The room reserved for the dormitory, which was not open yet, was luxurious, if not as luxurious as the dormitory.
Ashita buried her face in the soft bed and pursed her lips.

‘What did I do wrong… ?’

Why was Dre acting so cold today?
Because of the woman next to you… ?
What the hell is that girl Who could have made Dre act that way toward him?
And… And what does Dre think of herself?
She was a red woman who didn’t like that.

Amplification of power.
Is that why you approached that woman?
I don’t know what magical power amplification is, but isn’t it a story that I approached with a plan.

‘I can’t do that. No…’

Because, she said, it was by chance that Dre met her.
Fateful enough to be unexplained otherwise…

Really?
The voice of suspicion rises.
In the first place, can a stranger who has just arrived in this country fight and defeat an old dragon in just over a month?
Didn’t Dre, in fact, hide her skills thoroughly?
Could she have pretended to be a fateful encounter?
So, what am I to Dre?
…Usage?

‘Well then, let’s go. You said you would make me comfortable for the rest of my life?’

The words of the caught woman come to mind.

‘…Why am I thinking of this…’

Repeat yourself
I have a boyfriend.
That boyfriend goes on his own to meet other women, and even though he is obsessed with a subject he considers only accessories, he is trash, but he still has a boyfriend.
There is only one reason why I dated such trash.
Because his family is strong.

He himself is a lousy person, but his family, who has the status of a marquis and even the top, has a lot of influence because they have many personal connections.

Excluding the military power, if you look only at the influence in Ntiair, it is comparable to the top three families of the teenage families.
Of course, Ashita herself didn’t start dating him because she wanted to be comfortable.
It was for his father, Afiz.
Ashita’s overly beautiful appearance used to bring her troubles from a young age.
So, due to a certain trouble, Apiz, who had risen to the highest position in the kingdom, fell endlessly…

Her father encouraged her that it was not your fault and that she had many enemies in the first place, but Ashita, who had lost her mother early and had only her father, couldn’t help but feel guilty.

In order for his father to rise again, he needed wealth and power commensurate with his military might.
So he chose his current boyfriend.
The disgusting man I don’t want to name or even remember.

Apiz, of course, objected.
He said it was because of himself.
Even though I felt the pain of my heart being burned by such a father, I feigned laughter and calmness, and after persuasion and begging, I was allowed to go out…

‘It’s annoying…’

The child who wants to see his face today.
Dog trash with a flat face who can’t help but covet Ashita’s body.

Do you think I will give up my body to someone like you?
If you want, make your father the best.

Of course, even if my father became the best, he did not want to allow the body.
There is no such thing as guilt.
It’s a relationship where Ashita uses him just as the child uses Ashita.

Originally, it would have been such a use relationship with Dre.
Dre was strong, promising, and above all good.
A man may change when he sees Ashita’s appearance, but it’s worth getting close to…

‘Dreeng is different.’

Ashita thought so involuntarily.
He would never covet or covet himself.
Something different from other men…

I don’t know since when I thought so.
But he was a trustworthy person, and I thought I was friendly.
I thought there would be trust like a friend of the same sex, not a relationship.
But… Why, those cold, bitter eyes?
Wasn’t Dre the one who said you were friends?
After becoming a lecturer, did you have a sense of authority? But when we met half a day ago and worked out together, it was normal, right?

Ashita knew at least that Dre’s attitude was strange or that there were circumstances.
However, the resentment and doubt did not disappear easily. Suddenly, a tear fell from her eye again.

“Uh, huh?”

Why do the tears that I had been holding back for some time come out now?
Ashita clenched her teeth.
I’m strong. You have to be strong.
I will never cry until I stand on my own, until I have my own abilities and weapons.
So, you don’t need to make me cry.

You don’t even need a dre.

And the next day.

“Miss Ashita!”

Seeing Dre calling Ashita with a bright smile, Ashita unknowingly says yes!! I almost responded brightly.
However, I forced my mouth shut, turned my head, and walked away wearing my glasses.

“Ashita-san?”

Dre calls out to him, chasing after him with quick steps.
I heard from Mayal.
The gold knight told me that he came into Heart Street late last night.

…What were you doing with her until late at night?
Upon thinking about it, Ashita glared at Dre with sharp eyes.

“…”

Looking at Dre, who had stopped with a bewildered face, Ashita barely said a word.

“Don’t talk… Don’t talk.”
“…”

That’s how Ashita regretted her words, but walked away…

***

Stop feeling like a bed ending!!
It’s so embarrassing.

“Why are you doing that?”
“Uh… Drett. That word. Are you serious?”
“I’m serious.”

We sat side by side with Mayal on a secluded bench where no one would come, and started counseling.

“Do you know why Ashita is doing this to me?”
“…Dreat, why did you do that yesterday?”
“Yesterday? What?”
“That, you acted very scary. How scared I was…”

The pouting of the lips was really cute… Not all.
Actually. Guess it goes
It must have been a misunderstanding with yesterday’s acting like a double-headed person.
It was said that it was unavoidable considering Frostia-sama’s danger, but even thinking about it now, it looked like a two-headed man.
I took Alfred as my image, but should I use someone else as my image…?

Ashita is quite bold, so I thought she would take care of that…

“Dret?”

May Yal glared at her cutely, and in a daze she replied.

“That’s the instructor function.”
“Instructor function?”
“So what is that? Compared to other instructors, I lack experience or anything like that. Should I say acting?”

I shouldn’t have said it originally, but Mayal is my friend.
After I finished my rough explanation, my friend put on an ambiguous expression.

“Uh…Um? Is that Dre’s idea?”
“No, actually Queen Eniris…”

As he tells her of her advice, her May Yal expression grows grotesque.

“…I wonder if the queen told me to choose the time and place to act.”
“Is it?”
“Yeah. At times like this, Dre looks like a hard stone head.”
“That’s harsh…”

I didn’t just follow the queen’s advice.
Yesterday Frostia was with her, so she was blocking dangerous things in advance… I can’t explain this frustrated.

“I have to be harsh! Yesen Dret did a very bad thing!”
“Ummm…”

There is no excuse because there is self-awareness.

“I wouldn’t have had to act so calmly…”
“I’m sorry. Hmm… Will Ashita forgive me if I pray?”
“Umm…~~ There’s a dessert shop on Floating Island that’s so delicious but can’t get it because of the line? Why don’t you buy some dessert there? Me too!”
“Oh. That’s nice.”

Fortunately, I was able to talk amicably with Mayal.

“Then, is today’s training just the two of us?”
“Huh? Will that happen? Ashita will definitely not come…”

It’s dangerous.
If it’s just the two of us with Mayal in that thin tracksuit… She has the confidence to control herself, but not the confidence to hide her erection.
Let’s look around.

“Mayyal. I’ve committed sins, and today I’m alone…”

That moment.
Something was falling from the air.
We stood up at the same time, probably feeling Mayal too, and we prepared.

Bang!

Then someone jumped out.
After clearing the dust cloud, he…

“Mr. Yapleno?”
“…”

For some reason, he looked at Me and May Yal alternately, then opened his narrow eyes slightly.

“You guys… What were you doing?”
“We chatted for a while.”
“Hello. Instructor~”

Mayal greeted me kindly, but no answer came back.
Why are you staring at me

“Dre.”
“Yes.”
“Shall we do sparring?”
“Dalian?”
“Okay.”

Why all of a sudden?
What did I do wrong
Or did this kid do something wrong?

Let’s summarize what I did today.
I was going to die of pain because of Frostia’s work, so I immediately went to the Heart family to sleep.
The next day, when I went to work at Prunar Academy, I was consulting with a friend, and then I received a sparring request from Yapleno out of the blue.

…You didn’t do anything wrong?
No matter how hard I tried, nothing happened.
Is it the purpose of pure martial arts exchange?

I was going to lock myself in the training room from now on, but it’s annoying.
There are many things to do besides training.

Even if I said hello in the morning, I had to persistently talk to Ashita, and I had to go visit Ashita again and beg her that I was wrong.

I can only think of Ashita.
That much, her gloomy expression remained deeply in my heart.

“I’m sorry…”
“You won’t refuse? Or are you scared?”
“…”

Why are you provocative
Did you do anything worth living?

“Can’t we do it next time? I’m really busy today.”
“Yeah. I can’t.”
“…All right.”

I think this was meant to be a fight.
I raised my hand and reassured Mayal, who was looking at me with worried eyes, that it was okay.
But for some reason, Yapleno’s eyes seem to have gotten stronger.

“Let’s spat lightly.”

I moved to the arena for Dalian.

But I said lightly…?
What are all these people doing?
I came to a place like a gym following Yapleno’s back to follow me, but why is there a crowd of dozens?
It’s such a burden.

***

Jealousy.

It was jealousy that engulfed Yapleno.
It was because of Dre’s strong skills, but the reason he was wary of Dre in the first place… It was because of only one girl.

‘Mayal…!’

One of the students who come to listen to his lectures.
One of the heirs of a teenage family and a very beautiful and charming girl.
That voluptuous body was by no means something of that age group.
Every time I see it, I get excited, but at the same time I dream.
One day I will grow and grow to become a top ranked martial artist. At the very least, he who has reached the level of ‘Gyeogho’ has a dream of being with her…

However.

‘That son of a bitch…!’

A stranger who doesn’t know where he came out of nowhere dares to be with Mayal?
Besides, I hear you trained together for a day, maybe more?
Of course, there were several circumstances in the story.

Did Ashita train with Dre, and Dre was the only one who trained for more than one day?
The deliberately short-circuited information was by hearsay.
And it was a girl in the crowd who spread the rumor.

Layette looked at Dre with cold eyes.

‘I have investigated. Its offensive power is abnormally strong, but it was said that the other parts were unknown. The Yapleno instructor is a martial artist. He must be familiar with martial arts to deal with opponents with only strong attack power.’

If it goes well, it can be embarrassing, and if it fails, there is no harm.
Layette thought so.

“Who will win?”
“You know that Yapleno instructor is brutal with punches, right?”
“Still, will the one who disassembled the dragon lose?”

‘…Not good.’

There are already some kids who seem to worship Eodere.
That’s it. You can’t help it when you see such a sight.
Didn’t he have a sense of crisis himself without having to go far?

We need to break this illusion.

At that time.
Tumble.
The sound of clean heels.
Even in the middle of the whispers, everyone looked in that direction at the clear sound, and they stood up and cheered.

“This is Instructor Alfred.”
“Is that watch the limited edition that was sold last time?”

Alfred walked out according to the students’ murmur.
When he snapped his fingers, the ceiling of the gymnasium opened, and soon the interior walls disappeared, revealing the outdoors.

Alfred opened his mouth as Dre chuckled at the sight.

“I am the judge. Objection?”
“No.”
“I’m helping you.”

Alfred said nothing more in response to Yapleno and Dre’s concise answers.
Just declare

“Let’s start when it’s mutual.”

Glancing at Alfred with his arms folded, Yapleno growled ferociously like a beast.

“Then Gandei.”
“Ah. Wait…”

When I was about to back down on the rules about how far Dre was allowed, Yapleno quickly closed the distance.

“Keah!”

Pew!!

The sound of exploding air echoes.

Tutatatata

The repeated hits filled the spacious gym with noise.
The martial arts students marveled at its invisible speed and power.
Students other than Mutupa shrank from the bloody sound as the attack was invisible.

And a handful of students, including Layette, silently watched Dre.
At that speed, Dre still hadn’t been hit.

“…I’m messing around!”

Unlike before, it was a high kick that was properly positioned.

But the results have been staggering.
The ceiling of the gym was blown open, and the mountain beyond was hollowed out.

“…!”

Dre’s eyes flashed with surprise.
The remnants of the partially collapsed ceiling were roughly cleared by the darkness emitted by Alfred.

“Do all you can! Don’t…Nuh…”

Suddenly, the sword touched Yapleno’s arm.
Dre stared at him in silence… And…

“The sparring is over.”

At the sudden declaration, the students looked at him with bewildered faces. Who won?
And…

“The winner is Instructor Dre.”

Alfred said.

“What?! I’m still…!”
“Your fist and Instructor Dre’s sword. If you want to test which one is stronger, you can continue.”
“…”

Yapleno, who gritted his teeth, turned his back.
Jealousy and misery filled his mind.

‘Damn… Damn!’

I couldn’t help but admit it.
Had the battle continued, one of Yapleno’s arms or legs would have been cut off.

‘Good. Let’s see.’

If it goes like this. That’s the only way.
I was stabbed by my conscience, but I couldn’t help it.
I have no choice but to use the mothers!

The yaffle oar kicked off the seat and disappeared, and cheers soon boiled over from his quiet students.

“Whoa!”
“Did you beat the Yapleno instructor?!”
“Isn’t that a biased judgment?”
“Instructor Alfred is biased. Are you insane?”

Layette sighed and placed her hand on her forehead.
Rather, it only resulted in growing enemies.

‘Rather than breaking the illusion, it went deeper.’

She thought she had misunderstood Dre’s powers.
And Dre… Was staring at Ashita’s back as she trudged away from the crowd.

***

After a casual greeting, I chased Ashita’s back.
And then, he calmed her bewildered heart.
I was so fucking surprised.
That’s the instructor level.
Collapsing a mountain with one kick…?

I desperately feel that my power is still infinitely weak compared to the world’s level.
It has strong attack power, but its defense and mobility are so…

The reason I won was simply because Yapleno’s martial arts were poor.

Okay. It’s lame.
Surprisingly, his martial arts were poor.

Needless to say, its power is amazing, but it doesn’t even know how to shed defense.
That’s why my side, which has stronger attack power and fights with a sword that is not even my body, has the upper hand.

He might have been able to win even without swordsmanship.
However, if Yapleno comes after more training, it might become annoying.
After all, training is the only answer.

Before entering training, let’s start with persuasion and reconciliation.
Because I don’t want to practice feeling uncomfortable.

“Miss Ashita!”

Ashita seemed to stop… Then slowly disappear.

Invisibility.

“…!”

I could feel the flow of magical power.
Only at the beginning
I have no idea where I am right now.
Unbelievably, her invisibility has become stronger.
Could it be that the assimilation with Ryunar is in progress?

“I’ll ask you one thing, Dre.”

Voices spread from all sides, I don’t know where they are.
…
No, thinking about this year makes me angry?
Ji misunderstood and why are you so soggy? What’s up with my girlfriend?
Even thinking so, I spoke cautiously.

“What is it?”
“What is magic amplification?”
“…”

That conversation. Did you remember
Frostia-sama is really suffering because of this child…
Look pretty and noble
I was in the middle of thinking about what to explain without answering.
As if thinking of my troubles, Ashita said with tears in her eyes.

“Bad boy.”
“Uh. No, you know…”

It got quiet
It seems to have gone.

“…Why are you so twisted…”

I sighed and walked to Witch Emily’s laboratory.
Because Ashita might be there.

***

Dre walks away.
Why he is still here
If it was his feeling, she would be able to find herself sooner or later.
Due to his special constitution, Ashita, who is unaware of his own stealth, which is so powerful that anyone is astonished when it comes to his stealth, has misunderstood again.
Ashita, freed from invisibility, wept again.

“Bad guy… Son of a bitch.”

Then he knelt down and buried his face and sobbed.

“Tell me no, even if it’s a lie, Dren…”

What is magic power amplification?
What am I?
Thinking of that, Ashita burst into tears.

***

[What is the purpose of Almiraj?]
[Well, I guess he’s going to kill Kang Gum.]
[What kind of bullshit hahaKiller is an asshole hahaSo far, the clumsy bastard who went hunting while avoiding the top rankers is going to kill the talented swordsmith?]
[You’re talking bullshit because you can’t see the boss Almiraj.
[But why did they really go to Floating Island?]
[Looks like there’s a special quest there…]
[No, wasn’t he a bastard who couldn’t receive quests anymore?]

“You’re shallow.”

Gald frowned and put down the reported papers.
The contents of the conversation in this document are the ‘community’, a means of communication between strangers.
I don’t know what kind of mechanism it was, but they were able to contact each other and share information, and they recruited a few strangers to Heart and stole the contents of the community.
However, it seems that there are limitations on important information, so most of them are trivial, or they only know what the strangers’ current interests are.

“Restrictions on the world tree… It’s really annoying haha.”

These days, the target that I am independently investigating is Almiraz.
The reason is that teenage families are not irrelevant.

Boyd. Or grize.
I thought one of them was involved.

Gald, who was contemplating tapping her on the head, picked up her key.
And when she energized her, a yellow flash came to mind.

Chi support…

There was a noise, and at some point a face came to mind in the flash.

“Leor.”
[Gald. Is there a problem.]
“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

Gald sighed and narrowed her eyes.

“You weren’t the one who tricked Almiraj. Maybe Boyd could have helped. Oh. Did she have a bad relationship with him?”
[…
“You won’t even deny it?”
[It is useless to make excuses to those who have already been convinced.]
“The reason is because of him… The stranger, Dre?”
[Well.]

Gald thought for a moment, chose his words, and then opened his mouth.

“…I’ll give you one piece of advice. No, it might be presumptuous to give you advice on my subject.”
[It can’t be. Mr. Gald’s intuition can be trusted.]
“I’m glad you said that. Then I’ll warn you… My guess is that Almiraj is a much bigger threat than the mother or demon king the hero said. You shouldn’t drag him in to kill a Dre.”
[Is that so?]
“…In the first place. Didn’t you hear about the power of the stranger, Dre, who was the reason you brought in Almiraz? No, you saw it.”

Gald clearly remembers what happened at the test site.
The unidentified monster who disassembled the corpse of the Plague Dragon, Malacia, and gave a ghastly laugh.

“You and I are iron dragons, but haven’t we faced dragons? So you can guess the strength of Dre.”
[Hmm.]
“What if even Almiraj can’t deal with it? If by any chance we find out that you were the one who helped Almiraj invade…? That knife point could be pointed at us. And now that Frostia’s control has also failed…”
[Do not worry. Mr. Gald.]

Leo smiled.

[I am confident.]
“Hey…!”

And the contact was lost.
Gald sighed deeply.

“I just hope you don’t have any more headaches…”

But already his son sincerely follows Dre as his big brother.
Can never be irrelevant.
Just be prepared for any unforeseen circumstances.

“…”

When I pressed the switch on the table, the butler who was waiting outside walked in.
Gald ordered him.

“When stranger Dre returns, send him to me right away. I have something urgent to tell you.”
“All right.”

Gald hoped that his intuition would be wrong this time.

***

Around that time, Dre visited Ashita in her witch Emily’s room.
And.

“…Does this make you feel good?”
“…!!”

His face was flushed, and he was clinging to Emily.
Her knees were rubbing against Dre’s groin…

“Hey. Did you hear me?”
“Uh, hey… What did you say…?”

Emily whispered in an alluring voice in response to Dre’s excited voice.

“Wouldn’t it be mine?”