Chapter 79 – Turning Point

Episode 79 – Turning Point

“Luan! “It’s been a while!”

“Where are you going in such a hurry, friend?”

After the shocking school opening ceremony, Abel and Yas caught me as I headed to the cafeteria at lunch time.

I turned my back and frowned at Yasu.

“What is that?”

What my finger pointed at was the shaggy fur that covered Yas’ chin and nose. It is so complicated and messy that it must have been poorly maintained.

However, despite my negative reaction, Yas instead stroked his beard proudly.

“How is it? Is it manly?”

“To you, being manly is dirty? Go and cut it right now. Because I don’t want to see it.”

“Uh-huh! What do you not know? “Women also secretly like wild men!”

“Okay. But you are wild. “You look like you’ve been lying around on a deserted island for about a year.”

I feel like I’m exactly 66% uglier than I was before the vacation. If we were to compare, would we say it is the difference between Abel and the original Yas?

Yasu’s face became a little glum, as if my cruel verbal attack had any effect.

“Is it that bad? “I heard Abel, Uni, and Alyssa are strange too.”

“That’s true of all people with sharp eyes.”

“Hmm… Should I cut it?”

At that time when Yasu was worried, I looked at his stable spirit.

‘You have gained enlightenment.’

I promised myself that I would be able to use sword skills before vacation, but I ended up achieving my goal.

It’s ridiculous that he left this behind and went on boasting about his beard.

As I was shaking my head, Abel greeted me.

“Luan, it’s been a while. How have you been?”

“I’ve been fine. What about you? “Nothing happened?”

“Me? Ahaha! Actually, something happened on the way there. Shall we talk about it first?”

Abel hurried her steps and began her explanation.

This is the story of how, while protecting a child he met by chance, he came into conflict with the slave hunters who were pursuing him, and was eventually chased by Viscount Scotty, who was behind it. In the end, the slaves were liberated with the help of passing paladins and the visiting crown prince.

I feel sorry for Abel who is trying so hard to explain, but she was an incident I knew everything about.

‘Because I saw it in person.’

Just a few days ago, I went directly to Viscount Scotty to check on Abel and Yuni.

And unlike in the game, I witnessed a scene where I received help from a paladin.

It is of course a lie to say that he was just passing by by chance, and he must have been secretly escorting him in an unseen place, just as he had expected on the school vacation day.

Well, it’s a good story since the incident was resolved without any problems.

It was that moment.

“There. Stop.”

Professor Serlin Madres, who was passing by, suddenly stopped us.

“Yes? What’s going on?”

Abel asked curiously.

However, Professor Serlin did not pay any attention to Abel and came right in front of Yas.

I frown when I see the beard.

Yasu quickly came up with an excuse to see that clearly disapproving expression.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I came here without shaving by mistake. “I’ll shave it right now—”

“Why?”

“Yes?”

When Yas, who had stopped speaking, asked in a daze, Professor Serlin stretched out his pretty hand, played with his messy beard, and gave an order.

“Don’t cut it.”

“… Yes?”

“Don’t cut it. Never. He looks much more manly and handsome now than before. See you later. Yass.”

Professor Serlin smiled brightly and disappeared.

Yas said one thing after a long silence.

“Did you see it?”

That proud expression is so disgusting.

*

“Then I’m going.”

“Friend! Come visit me sometime! It’s room 302. “Understand, right?”

“Yes, yes. See you later.”

As the second semester began, a new dormitory was allocated and I had to say goodbye to Yasu.

After saying hello to him, I left the room carrying only my subspace pouch.

‘I feel a little strange.’

It feels a little awkward to leave the place we’ve been together for almost half a year. Sometimes I think I’ll miss Yas’ bullshit.

Of course, it’s just a different room, but it doesn’t mean you can’t meet him forever.

‘Who is this roommate?’

I hope you’re not the annoying type.

Soon, I arrived at the assigned room, knocked lightly and went inside.

The inside was empty.

“Are you there yet?”

It seems like it takes a lot of time to organize my luggage.

I can just randomly throw them into the subspace pocket, but unless you are a noble, you can’t easily acquire such magic tools.

In other words, there is a high possibility that this roommate is a commoner.

“Not bad.”

If you’re a commoner, unless your liver is overboard, you won’t bother a noble or even a marquis.

Feeling better, I headed to the right bed and started unpacking.

When it was about halfway done, the door opened and my roommate appeared.

“…”

“…”

Only glances are exchanged without words.

The roommate was a raven-haired man with blood-red hair and eyes.

The name tag says ‘Kenneth.’

Kenneth nodded his head in greeting, then went to the bed on his left and unpacked. His luggage was quite simple.

I naturally squinted at his face so as not to notice.

‘It’s becoming a nuisance.’

I know that face and name.

That’s because Kenneth is the possessed bald prosecutor.

After getting a clue from what happened at the retreat, I asked the information guild to dig up his information during vacation.

The name is Kenneth. 20 years old.

A case of a war orphan who was taken in by a mercenary, grew up, and entered the academy.

The mercenary who raised him, named Grant, is currently running an inn in the capital.

There is information that, unlike the Berserker-like fighting style shown at the training retreat, he is quite a virtuous person.

‘It was unexpected.’

Seeing as how he was possessed, he must have been a criminal who was one of the worst criminals on Earth, but he is being so kind to someone who is not his biological parent.

Because of this, I am still hesitating whether I should kill Kenneth.

Well, in the first place, because of what happened this morning, it’s a seller that needs to be bought for the time being.

‘I never thought I would reveal everything about the possessed person.’

After her initial remarks her, the saint explained the identity of the possessed person and the reason why they must be hunted down.

The church did not know everything about the possessed person, but that was more of a problem. Because he said that the possessed person is a being who knows the future and may cooperate with the Dark Church.

It was information that was too biased to be said to be true.

After thinking about the morning’s events for a moment, I finished packing my luggage and stood up.

When I looked behind me, Kenneth had already finished packing his luggage and was changing into his gym clothes.

‘It looks like you’re trying to train.’

He is quite sincere.

Is he doing this to get revenge on the fire wizard who made him bald?

When I saw that, I couldn’t stay still.

After Kenneth left the room, I changed into my gym clothes and immediately ran to the cafeteria.

“Cain, I’m here!”

As I announce my visit and go inside, an empty counter catches my eye.

“There is none. Are you there today too?”

After guessing where Cain would be, I crossed the space and headed toward the clearing.

Cain is standing in the middle of a wide open space. She had a sword stuck in front of him. That was the weapon Yuliana used.

Cain, who had barely recovered the sword, erected Yuliana’s tomb here.

“Cain was here.”

“…”

I approached him intentionally, pretending to be popular, but Cain’s eyes didn’t move at all.

I just quietly look down at Yuliana’s grave.

Still, she waited leisurely without urging, and it wasn’t until five minutes later that Cain opened her mouth.

“Luan. “You said you were possessed too.”

“Yes. Yes. Do you have any questions?”

Only then did his eyes turn to me.

“Then you also know the future?”

“Roughly speaking.”

“… “What happened to me in the future?”

Everyone envisions their future in their head at least once.

So, no matter how Cain you are, it is difficult to turn your eyes away from that.

I calmly revealed the truth.

“I don’t know.”

“What? “Didn’t you say you know the future?”

“I know everything except about Cain.”

“… That means I probably died during the last attack.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“…”

Cain was silent for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, I changed the subject of the conversation.

“Then do you know the location of Huscular’s ​​vessel or the identity of the masked guy you saw there?”

“Yes. “I know.”

“Where is it?”

As if this was a real business, Cain pressed his face against her, her eyes bloodshot.

I took a step back and continued speaking.

“But it won’t be meaningful.”

“Why?”

“The guy wearing that mask is a possessor like me. “Huscular’s ​​vessel has probably already been moved to a different location.”

“Okay? Then we can catch the guy wearing that mask.”

I thought you would say this.

I hurriedly stopped Cain when he seemed ready to catch me if I told him his identity.

“Calm down. It’s better to just leave it alone.”

“Why do you think that?”

“He must have prepared everything. If we just rush in now, only we will suffer losses. You said you were curious about the identity of the guy wearing the mask, right? “That guy is Ethan Gloucester.”

“… “Gloucester?”

“Yes. The Duke of Gloucester. How could he accuse such a bastard of being an apostle of the Dark Church without any clear evidence?”

The Duke of Gloucester is credited with founding the country. This is a family that contributed greatly to sealing the immortal demon beast Levios thousands of years ago.

Even though it has now been reduced to the main body of the Dark Church, its position is very solid.

Even as Cain, who is crazy about revenge, he let out a small sigh as if he was convinced by my explanation.

“Ha… Then let’s just watch first.”

“Well thought out. Rather, I’m here to practice. Can you help me? “I have to adapt to Hwahwahwa as soon as possible.”

“… I get it. Follow me.”

Cain stroked the handle of his sword once before turning his back and leading the way into the basement.

He stood facing me in the center.

“Try the skills you learned yesterday.”

“Yes!”

I slowly regained my concentration.

The name of the technology to be deployed now is penetrator.

It is a technique that penetrates my magic into the enemy’s interior and rips up the path through which mana flows.

Not only does it become difficult to handle magical power when you are hit by a penetrator, but in severe cases, the mana itself may reflux and cause death.

It is a difficult skill to develop, but if you can learn it, it will be of great help.

‘I need to get used to magical power.’

In order to escape the threat of these coiled flames, we must develop magic control techniques as soon as possible.

In other words, the merit to me is very great.

Of course, as the merit is great, the risk is also great, so if you open the penetrator carelessly, you can suffer internal injuries, but that’s a problem that can be solved by going to the temple and getting treatment, or by using Avatar Flower to recover with super regeneration ability.

There is nothing particularly difficult.

‘Let’s focus. Concentration.’

I pushed away the distracting thoughts and threw out a fist filled with the power of a penetrator.

Paaang!

My fist and Cain’s palm collided.

I infiltrated magical energy into Cain’s interior through the parts we touched.

However, the magic that flowed in was surrounded by the magic of Cain who came out to meet him and was extinguished so easily that it seemed like nothing.

Instead of stopping there, Cain’s magic went against its path and penetrated my body.

“Ugh!”

Unlike when he was learning the Taegeukhwasin technique, Cain’s magical power was rushed to him roughly without any consideration.

As I groaned softly, he gave me advice.

“Don’t just think about holding on. Find the weak spot and attack there.”

Normally, it is taboo to open your mouth when you interfere with each other’s bodies through magical power. This is because the mana in the air that permeates through breathing interferes with the flow.

However, the reason why Cain can speak is because her magic control skills are so excellent and the level difference between her and mine is extreme.

I focused all my attention on analyzing Cain’s magic and trying to destroy it.

It took a whopping 30 minutes before I was barely able to push away the magic that had penetrated.

“Huh… “Wow!”

Just when I was about to sit down and breathe heavily.

“What are you doing?”

Cain forcibly held onto her fist and straightened her bent knees.

As I looked at her curiously, magical power penetrated through her fist again.

‘This crazy guy!’

Cain had no intention of letting me rest.

The plan is to really push it to its limits and bring out all its potential.

I was afraid of internal injuries, so I couldn’t even protest and had no choice but to desperately focus on driving out the magical power.

It was three hours later that I regained my freedom.