264. Moonlight Sword Technique (1)

After returning to the academy from China.

I dismissed the party members and headed straight to the training grounds.

The training ground has become so familiar that it has become tiresome.

Despite the device being installed to automatically restore itself once training is over.

Footprints that have been dented by stepping on the same spot over and over again.

The scars from repeated sword swings remained in many places and had not fully healed.

‘hmm.’

I stared blankly at the training ground.

It felt strange because it was my first time coming into the training ground and just looking around without doing anything.

at that time.

Jeokbuk─

I heard a single footstep behind me.

The delicate consideration of always keeping his voice quiet in general, but deliberately making noises in front of me.

Yes, that’s my teacher.

It was Baek Seol-hee.

“Master.”

I turn my head and look at her.

The teacher appeared with his usual expressionless face.

“······.”

Ppaan─

Shudder.

Shudder.

The teacher looked at me with narrowed eyes, then furrowed his eyebrows twice.

“Disciple, you have mastered the sword.”

I deliberately did not draw my sword in order to see the Master’s surprised face.

It seems my plan was doomed from the start.

‘Well, still······. If you flinch twice, it’s a double hit.’

Because it’s an exclamation that you don’t see often, even if your eyebrows flutter twice in a row.

I nodded and smiled.

“Yes, that’s right. I learned it during my recent mission to China.”

“Wow, that was quick. I expected it to take at least a few months······.”

The teacher let out a hollow laugh, but then said, as if he wasn’t surprised anymore.

‘Not only did the star level go up to 3 stars, but the swordsmanship specialization also went up to SS rank.’

The combination of these two synergies also increased the ability to learn swordsmanship.

Still, I felt proud when I received my teacher’s recognition.

Of course, it was worth it to come see the Master right after the mission was over.

Of course, that wasn’t why I came.

‘But since we’ve brought it up, should I ask?’

“Master, what happened? I was surprised too. When did you teach me this swordsmanship?”

I’m saying this now, though.

When I was first given the vague idea of ​​’contain multiple sword strikes in one swing’ and was told to figure out the rest on my own, I honestly felt lost.

But now I know.

The instructor has already taught me everything through training so far.

If you synthesize and unravel what you have learned so far, it becomes swordsmanship.

The teacher, who had been staring at me blankly, slowly opened his mouth.

“······The name of that swordsmanship is Wolyeong Sword Technique.”

“Wolyeong Sword Technique······.”

“Yes, that is the swordsmanship that contains my essence. It is my everything. Also, it is a swordsmanship that is still unfinished.”

I looked startled at her words.

“This, this is unfinished?”

Because I couldn’t believe it.

Speed ​​and direction, destructive power, and attack and defense.

How can this swordsmanship, which is infinitely free and yet at the same time connected, be incomplete?

Honestly, when I first used this sword, I felt an almighty sense that I could defeat anyone who wielded a sword.

‘So how strong will it be when it’s finished······?’

It feels like I’ve climbed a mountain, but now there’s a higher wall blocking my way.

I was thinking about it for a while.

The master opened his mouth again.

“I asked since when you started teaching.”

“yes yes.”

“Well, from the moment I accepted you as my disciple.”

“······.”

“In the first place, I can’t use anything other than this swordsmanship. However, I am a failure who was unable to perfect it.”

“Failure? How can you say such a thing······.”

“Well, as you know, I’m not really good at explaining things with words. So, I’ll explain the rest with my sword.”

Srrrrung─

As he said this, the master pulled out a black sword from his waistband.

To him, I also calmed my expression and pulled out the moonlight.

“Yes, please do me a favor.”

* * *

visor!

visor!

Chae-ae-aeng!!

A duel between master and disciple that took place after a long time.

The sword dance of the two people seen from afar was neither flashy nor dazzling.

However, if you look a little closer, you will see.

How ridiculous are they sparring right now?

It seemed to stay suspended in the black void for a moment.

It accelerates for a moment and shoots in the blink of an eye towards the opponent’s vital point.

Rather, the urgency deceives the eye and creates a fierce battle of wits between the two.

Oh my god!

Whirlirik!

Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng! Chaeng!

Swords clash with each other without stopping, and the sound of swords striking each other resonates continuously.

Sweat beads formed on Jin Yu-ha’s forehead,

Baek Seol-hee, who was dealing with this, also had a lot of strength in her entire body.

Chae-ae-aeng!

As Baek Seol-hee blocked the sword swung by Jin Yu-ha, overwhelming emotions rose within her heart.

‘······Amazing.’

Swords surged in from all directions like a tidal wave.

Every moment, illusions mix together and blur our eyes.

Everything was an illusion, but at the same time it became real.

‘You really learned the Moonlight Sword Technique.’

To be honest, when I first started teaching Jin Yuha, I wasn’t really sure if my disciple would be able to reach this point.

However, it only took one year for the disciple to reach this realm.

Even I, who had been hearing the monster’s voice, was not like this.

It was a growth rate that made me laugh out loud.

But he was a disciple who showed such a monstrous growth rate.

Baek Seol-hee still didn’t understand Jin Yu-ha.

If people like Kang Do-hee, Sophia, and Im Ga-eul from Utopia had shown this kind of growth rate, I would have acknowledged it, but it wouldn’t have been this amazing.

Well, they were a bundle of natural talent from the moment I first saw them.

On the other hand, Jin Yu-ha is like, what should I say?

If I had to describe Jin Yu-ha’s sword in one word.

‘The sword that lashes out.’

Although he was born with heavy chains attached to his sword,

The struggle to break them apart one by one is vivid.

And yet, he moves forward faster than anyone else.

‘I guess we can expect the completion of the Wolyeong Sword because he is that kind of child.’

The essence of the sword that he has trained for his entire life.

Jin Yu-ha succeeded in sprouting that seed.

Even though her disciple was making clear progress, Baek Seol-hee could not smile happily at all.

That also meant, in other words, that there was nothing left for him to teach.

He himself is a person who has already failed to complete the Moonlight Sword.

If he intervenes any further, Jin-yu will end up on the same path to failure that he had walked.

From now on, you have to complete it on your own without anyone’s help.

Yes, now this relationship was coming to an end.

‘It’s a shame······.’

Buck! Buck! Buck!

Of course, not teaching her won’t mean that my relationship with Jin Yu-ha will end.

But I still think I can no longer be a teacher.

I felt a complex and subtle feeling of regret and disappointment.

‘Is this why teachers with excellent students end up ugly······.’

Sigh.

Chaeaeaeaaeng─

Baek Seol-hee’s sword blocks Jin Yu-ha’s outstretched sword.

The two men stopped with their swords facing each other.

The tip of Baek Seol-hee’s sword was touching Jin Yu-ha’s neck, and Jin Yu-ha’s sword was a hand’s length away from Baek Seol-hee.

“Ugh. Ugh. Ugh─. I lost, I lost.······”

Jin Yu-ha, covered in sweat all over his body, put away his sword and bowed his head.

Baek Seol-hee stared blankly at Jin Yu-ha.

Now is the time to really talk about the end of the priesthood.

I didn’t know the end would come so quickly, so I couldn’t decide what to say or anything.

‘First of all, it’s praise.’

Praise for a disciple who has blossomed so brilliantly under this incompetent teacher.

“Really, really great, disciple.”

Baek Seol-hee felt awkward, but she suppressed her true feelings and told Jin Yu-ha.

Then, Jin Yu-ha smiled broadly as if she was truly happy.

“Thank you. It’s all thanks to you, Master.”

“······.”

In front of Jin Yu-ha, who was smiling so brightly, Baek Seol-hee’s lips wouldn’t part.

‘······The more you hesitate, the more you will hold back Jin Yu-ha. I have to say it. This is the end.’

Baek Seol-hee steeled herself again.

okay.

Now let’s talk.

That was when.

“Master.”

Before Baek Seol-hee could open her mouth, Jin Yu-ha called her first.

“what.”

“Excuse me, but could you close your eyes for a moment?”

“eye?”

“yes.”

“Okay, I got it.”

Baek Seol-hee closed her eyes.

“Well then, can you open your mouth for a moment?”

“······mouth?”

At first he asked me to close my eyes, but this time he asked me to close my mouth.

Baek Seol-hee became even more unable to understand her disciple’s intentions.

However, since it was Jin Yu-ha’s request, there was no way I could not grant it.

ah.

Baek Seol-hee opened her mouth with her eyes closed.

“······.”

Maybe it’s because it’s a body part that isn’t usually shown so openly.

Opening my mouth in front of my disciples was more embarrassing than I thought.

After a while.

Jin Yu-ha felt something she had picked up approaching her mouth.

‘What is this, a stone······? No, it has magical powers. Is it a magic stone?······Hmm, was it just a joke?’

It felt like all the tension had gone away.

The disciple would sometimes play such a silly prank on himself.

‘Well, it’s not that I don’t like it because you think of me as an intimate person······. But I have to talk about something serious today······.’

Even as she thought that in her head, Baek Seol-hee quietly closed her eyes and opened her mouth as Jin Yu-ha had told her.

The magic stone that Jin Yu-ha was holding touched my tongue.

and.

A strange sensation that suddenly occurred in an instant.

Hot─

‘What? Your tongue is hot······?’

Your own tongue must have lost its sensation a long time ago?

In that time of confusion.

Something else entering the mouth again.

Baek Seol-hee opened her eyes wide.

A sweetness so ecstatic that it makes your head spin for a moment.

It was the first taste I had felt since I was little.

In front of my eyes, Jin Yu-ha was holding a pure white magic stone and smiling bashfully.

“It’s Tanghulu. I bought it at the most famous place in China. I thought it would be better to have something sweet at first taste.”

Baek Seol-hee stared at Jin Yu-ha with her cheeks bulging out from the tang-hoo-ru.

“How do you like the sweetness you haven’t tasted in a long time?”

“weigh.”

Baek Seol-hee answered in a dull voice with the tteokbokki in her mouth.

Baek Seol-hee staring intently at Jin Yu-ha.

‘After all, I want to remain as your teacher a little longer······.’

okay.

Then shouldn’t I jump over the wall first?

‘If you don’t have a sword to teach, then all you have to do is create something to teach. If you are unfinished, then all you have to do is find the beginning of completion.’

Baek Seol-hee’s eyes sank low.