The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 128

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Chapter 128 49. The Hero’s Secret Inner Thoughts (2)

“That’s… Phew, no. It’s absolutely not normal.”

Baku answered with a sigh.

Seks added a few more words to that.

“I was like, really wondering, could that bastard actually be impotent? Is that why he has such thoughts due to his inferiority complex in front of women? With that thought, I carefully observed around his lower region. But that’s not it either. It’s there. And for a human, it’s quite an impressive size, something that stands up vigorously every morning.”

“Hmm…”

“And yet despite that, he thinks such thoughts? It doesn’t make sense. That damn bastard. Thinking about it makes me angry. No matter if it’s for mental defense purposes, for someone who’s not impotent to use impotence as a shield.”

He vented his indignation.

Whether human or demon, mocking and attacking those who are uncomfortable in that area is something that should never happen.

But that guy violated such an unwritten rule.

He was an extremely cruel bastard. A cold-blooded one who didn’t deserve the title of hero.

‘He’s more demon-like than me.’

The Demon King, grinding his teeth without realizing it, said to his subordinate.

“Anyway, I’m going. To read that bastard’s true thoughts, this is the only way. There are limits with the flying insects.”

“…Please be careful, big brother.”

Baku bowed his head.

His big brother usually has a gentle personality unlike a demon, and lacks fighting spirit to the point of being reluctant to even start conflicts.

However, now that he’s fixated on something and his stubbornness has been triggered, stopping him would be impossible.

‘I hope nothing bad happens.’

Zzziiiing!

A black portal leading up to the Human Realm opened. Though not an easy task, Demon King Seks, with his exceptional magical skills, had that capability.

He threw himself into it without hesitation.

Shortly after, with slight dizziness, an unfamiliar scenery came into view.

‘Fortunately, the coordinates weren’t too far off. I came out where I wanted.’

A winter landscape mountain with bare trees scattered here and there.

It was the location that Lumian Calard bastard had set as his destination. Since he had heard him talking with the woman beside him, it was probably certain.

The Demon King nodded and quickly spread his demonic energy. Several life forms were felt by his senses.

“One hibernating bear, and a few snakes… This isn’t enough… Oh!”

Fortunately. There was a goblin lair nearby.

‘About 20 of them… Right. This number should be sufficient for reading thoughts.’

To read the hero bastard’s mind, he needed to make large-bodied creatures into familiars.

Actually, medium to large monsters like ogres or trolls would be more useful than small monsters like goblins, but this would be sufficient. At least he could get much better results than with flying insects.

‘Let’s finish the work quickly and stay far away.’

No matter how much of a Demon King he was, he couldn’t face a hero without declaring territory.

Moreover, was that guy an ordinary hero?

He was a monster-like bastard who had defeated the Previous Demon King one-on-one, even though the former had completed his territory declaration in an incomplete vessel.

He absolutely couldn’t give any chance for his tail to be caught.

Wooooong…!

Delicately manipulated demonic energy extended outward.

The bear exposed to the aura filled with enchantment, several snakes, and the goblin horde had their eyes turn black as they gathered toward where Seks was.

The eyes of him conducting the work were filled with hostility toward Lumian Calard.

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“We’re getting quite close now.”

“That’s right. I think we can arrive before lunch?”

Looking at the mountain located not far away, Lumian and Tania had a conversation. The two were now walking arm in arm, having progressed beyond just holding hands.

Maintaining such a posture for a long time was quite uncomfortable and stuffy, but neither of them thought to unlink their arms.

That’s how it was in the early stages of romance. Minor obstacles could all be overcome with excitement and thrill.

‘Long live travel!’

Lumian glanced at Tania’s profile and roared inwardly.

Though he was acting like it was nothing on the outside, right now he was in a floating state as if walking on clouds every minute and second.

How much had he worried during the journey here.

Fortunately, thanks to the special situation called travel, Tania also accepted the physical contact with a smiling face, but if it had been inside the Academy, it would have been impossible.

‘She’s quite shy and pays a lot of attention to others’ gazes.’

Sniff, Lumian inhaled through his nose.

He could smell Tania’s fragrance. Despite the environment being worse than the Academy, her body gave off a pleasant scent.

The sensation felt through his arm was also incredibly soft. Even though it should be a body trained just like his own. It couldn’t help but be mysterious.

However, he had to admit that he felt a slight emptiness.

He thought while recalling Leiton Wino’s face.

‘…She did have large breasts.’

Back then was different from now.

Somehow, so quickly that he didn’t even know how, they had closed the distance, held hands, and linked arms. It was probably because he had fallen for her schemes.

Anyway, that wasn’t the important thing.

What was important was that when he had linked arms with Leiton Wino, unlike now, he had felt a heavy pressure on his arm side.

‘No, what am I thinking!’

Lumian shook his head.

This wouldn’t do.

Not only thinking about past relationships, but even comparing with Tania.

He felt pathetic about himself. Feeling ashamed, he squeezed his eyes shut.

“Lumian? What’s wrong?”

“Ah, no. Bugs keep buzzing around. It’s strange, why in the middle of winter? I’m worried it might get worse in the mountains.”

Lumian relatively skillfully changed the subject.

Thinking of how he used to tremble in front of women before, this was truly remarkable progress. The current him was showing a much more excellent appearance than even Teoro and Cal Krone had expected.

‘Good. Let’s keep going like this.’

Slowly, without being hasty. But when it’s time to make a move, decisively.

If he continued step by step like this, someday the day to achieve great things would come. Definitely.

‘Though that might not be right now, it’s okay. I’m doing well enough.’

“Since we also have time to climb the mountain, shall we go a bit faster?”

“Shall we?”

Tania nodded, and the two moved their bodies more swiftly.

Since both had transcended the student level by far, stamina wasn’t a problem. They soon arrived at the mountain and moved their steps to find the place marked on the map.

‘Training in the mountains… not bad.’

Feeling the unique atmosphere of the mountain, Lumian smiled gently.

Though the intention had changed quite a bit, anyway, the theme of this trip was ‘training.’

Therefore, Morghen had included a schedule to stay in the mountains for several days during the journey to train body and mind.

Sleeping wasn’t a worry. He said there was a cabin that guy usually used, so they could stay there.

Lumian’s smile deepened.

‘Without anyone’s interference, training alone together in an unfamiliar environment…’

It was a different kind of stimulation.

Even though it was nothing special, the excitement wouldn’t stop. He once again felt grateful to his subordinate who had planned the schedule.

He was already looking forward to the three days they would spend here.

But then, a thought suddenly flashed through Lumian’s mind.

‘…But there’s only one cabin, right?’

It probably would be.

There would obviously be only one room too. There would be no need to divide a place where a man lives alone into multiple spaces.

That meant.

‘With Tania… sleeping in the same room?’

Thump!

Throb!

A great resonance occurred in Lumian’s heart.

At the same time, his body flinched. Mainly in the lower body.

Tania, who had stopped walking, asked with a puzzled expression.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, huh? Ah! It’s nothing.”

“Another bug?”

“No. Let’s, let’s just go.”

Unlike his earlier composed handling, he was now incredibly awkward.

But it couldn’t be helped.

Right now, countless complex and varied fantasies were rapidly flooding Lumian’s mind.

And each one contained a level of progression that was difficult for the current him to handle.

It felt like the curriculum had been accelerated much faster than he had anticipated.

Lumian took a deep breath.

‘No, calm down! It might not be like that!’

Right, it was still too early to get excited.

There could be two cabins, or there could be two rooms.

In fact, even if there was only one room, it was unlikely that anything particularly special would happen.

They could manage by having one person sleep on the bed and one in a sleeping bag. Though it was unusual for men and women, such situations were certainly possible.

However.

‘Just the thought of simply sharing the same room…!’

Just thinking about it made it hard to contain his excitement.

Sweat began trickling down his back.

‘What about Tania? How will Tania react?’

Lumian gulped and tried to guess Tania’s thoughts.

Did she know about the current situation? The fact that they might share the same room?

She probably doesn’t know, right? She’s probably not thinking much about it?

No, maybe she had reached a similar conclusion through a similar train of thought as his, but was just acting nonchalant about it?

Or not? Was that too presumptuous? No matter what, she wouldn’t be thinking the exact same thing as him…

“…”

“What? Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Hmm, it’s nothing. You’re just pretty.”

“Pfft… This guy, really. Lately whenever you have nothing to say, you say that. Keep it up and you’ll get in trouble.”

Tania clicked her tongue but smiled shyly, seeming pleased.

Her reaction was very natural.

‘So it’s not like that after all? My thoughts went too far, didn’t they?’

Lumian examined Tania’s expression once more.

However, he couldn’t sense any unnaturalness in her face. It seemed she hadn’t given much deep thought to the dormitory situation at all.

In that case.

What should he do?

Should he take her to the cabin without any mental preparation on her part, then guide the situation toward sharing a room?

Or should he reveal the possibility of there being only one room even now, and gentlemanly devise countermeasures?

‘…Obviously the former!’

Clench!

Lumian tightened his fist. Intense light poured from his eyes.

He couldn’t run away.

If it weren’t for this flow of events, it would be different, but if he made a habit of fleeing even in situations like this, he would never achieve what he desired!

“Phew.”

Having steeled his resolve, he exhaled slightly. Then he managed his expression, acting as if nothing was wrong.

Tania glanced at him sideways.

Just slightly, but her hands were also sweating. It didn’t match the weather.

That’s when the incident occurred.

Kuwooooooo-!

Srrrrrrk…

Kirik, kiririk, kkikikikik!

Various cries led by a massive roar. And the sound of something approaching.

The atmosphere instantly became serious. Tania hardened her expression and spoke.

“This is…”

“We need to prepare for battle.”

Srrring-

Lumian drew his sword from his subspace backpack. His expression was much more serious than Tania’s.

Ziiiiing-!

An Aura Sword, the mark of an Expert, burst forth. Along with it, considerable momentum spread out, reaching the pack of wild animals and monsters that had somehow approached nearby.

Surprisingly, it had little effect.

The creatures that should have fled for their lives instead showed even stronger killing intent as they glared at the two. It was definitely not normal behavior.

“I can feel demonic energy.”

“This feeling… it was demonic energy. So that’s why I’m feeling…”

“Calm down. It’s nothing serious, Senior.”

“…”

“Calmly draw up your aura and look again. There’s nothing to be afraid of with these guys.”

Lumian’s words were both true and not true.

Strictly speaking, their combat power was inferior compared to Tania, who was an Expert.

But for someone encountering beings transformed into demons for the first time, it was normal to have difficulty displaying their full power.

‘Besides, Senior Tania has almost no real combat experience, so it’ll be even harder for her. Damn, why are demons suddenly appearing?’

Anger appeared on Lumian’s face.

Of course, there was nothing to worry about.

Even if it wasn’t demons but a horde of High Demons rushing at them, he had plenty of leeway. Tania’s safety would never be threatened.

But the opportunity to share a room with Tania.

That precious opportunity had flown away, and there was nothing he could do about it. It would be impossible to continue the training as planned in a place like this.

He ground his teeth.

‘Just three days later… no, even just one day later!’

You bastards!

You damn bastards!

Lumian, who had cried out inwardly, drew up his aura even more powerfully.

The hero’s rage, comparable to when he had slain the Demon King, bloomed through his sword.

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