The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 8. Ryan Fromhart’s Anger

“That bastard’s really lost it.”

Large Boy muttered after hearing Lumian’s words.

Normally, someone should have been keeping watch for anyone approaching, but that was impossible now.

Not only had he dared to talk back to Bumer, but he had even interrupted him.

Had his guts jumped out of his belly?

‘Well, this actually works out better!’

He had been worried since Bumer was only showing interest in Teoro, but if Lumian was going to provoke him like this, there was no need to worry.

That guy would soon be beaten to a pulp. He might even need to spend about a month in the infirmary.

However, the situation flowed slightly differently than he had expected.

“Hey, everyone come over here.”

“Huh? Come over?”

“Yeah. Come and get rid of that bastard. He’s annoying.”

“But… then we can’t keep watch…”

“Ah, you know people don’t come around here much anyway! Don’t make me say it twice, just come over. I don’t want to waste energy on some weird bastard.”

Bumer said in an angry voice.

Of course, that Lumian bastard was irritating.

Seeing the guy who couldn’t even make eye contact until last year now talking back so clearly made him want to smash his mouth right away.

But.

‘It would look bad if I personally stepped in to deal with trash like that.’

You don’t use a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken.

Bumer Simpson watched the Large Boy and his crew approach Lumian, then turned his gaze to Teoro.

Just as he thought there would be no more interruptions and was about to make a threatening expression.

“Aren’t you going to answer me?”

“…Ha, that bastard.”

Seeing Lumian picking a fight with him again, Bumer Simpson shook his head.

Now he was more angry at Large Boy and his crew than at Lumian.

Why were they just standing there watching that guy act up?

If they had surrounded him, shouldn’t they do what comes next?

“Fuck, what are you really doing! If you don’t want to die after this is over, shut that bastard up!”

“Ugh, uugh!”

“Uaaaah!”

Having heard Bumer’s threat, they couldn’t just keep standing around awkwardly.

Freckled Boy and the other two boys charged forward screaming. The metal knuckles attached to their flying fists glinted in the moonlight. Only then did Bumer smile with satisfaction.

However, there was something he didn’t know.

The reason Large Boy had asked him to deal with Lumian wasn’t just because he was afraid of Teoro. It was also because Lumian had already beaten up Large Boy’s crew once before.

And the difference was that Lumian’s attitude toward fighting was completely different now compared to back then.

Thwack!

Thwack!

Thwack!

“Huh?”

“What!”

Uuuugh!”

The three boys who had thrown punches at Lumian looked surprised. They had no choice but to step back, clutching their throbbing hands.

They had definitely hit him. Lumian seemed completely uninterested in their attacks, and the three boys including Freckled Boy had each struck his face, solar plexus, and back with all their might.

But Lumian was fine. Rather, it was their fists that hurt.

The boys were terrified by this unbelievable sight.

Large Boy, who had been watching them with anxious eyes, stepped forward himself.

“Damn it, move aside!”

Large Boy wasn’t unafraid either. Though he made various excuses to himself, he already knew that Lumian was stronger than him.

But Bumer was still more frightening. He threw a hook with all his might toward Lumian’s defenseless jaw. If it wasn’t blocked, he intended to turn his jawbone to powder.

Craaack-!

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

But this time was the same.

Lumian was fine, and Large Boy was injured. The degree of injury was much more severe than the other boys.

Because he had put all his strength into that one punch, the rebound force was much stronger.

But how could there be rebound force?

Teoro Shutgarn’s eyes widened greatly in confusion.

He said to Lumian in a trembling voice.

“Lu, Lumian. Are you okay?”

“I’m not okay.”

Lumian answered immediately.

He wasn’t talking about his physical condition.

There was no reason for his body to hurt. Lumian’s bones and flesh, strengthened through aura, were much harder than those guys’ fists. Those at the Aura Beginner level could never harm him.

But his heart ached. His soul hurt.

Decades of memories of having to live unwillingly as a eunuch knight combined with Bumer Simpson’s words to become thorns that pierced his chest.

A single tear flowed from Lumian’s eyes.

It ran down his cheek and gathered at his chin, then fell toward the ground. Hiss, there was an illusion that the ground was burning.

His tears were hot like lava, filled with sadness and pain.

Lumian glared at Bumer Simpson and said.

“You… said something that should never be said.”

“What, what? About keeping your mouth shut? Or maybe about you probably not having a dick?”

“That’s right. You know it well. From now on, I’ll carve into your precious parts the fact that words come with consequences.”

“Crazy bastard. What are you talking about. Hehe.”

Bumer Simpson responded with a deliberately calm face. He even let out a slight laugh.

But Teoro could tell. Right now that guy was extremely tense from the aura Lumian was emanating.

Well, even he, who wasn’t the target, was sweating in his palms, so how much more so for that guy.

Teoro swallowed dryly as he watched Lumian approach Bumer.

‘Sure, those were harsh words, but is it worth getting this angry over?’

No, before that, had Lumian always been this strong?

There were more than one or two confusing things.

If not for Lumian’s expression that looked both angry and sad, he would have wanted to stop the fight for a moment and ask about the things he was curious about.

“On behalf of the countless eunuchs who are still living in suffering, I will punish you.”

“No, this bastard is really…”

But it wasn’t that kind of atmosphere at all.

Teoro quietly stepped back so as not to get on Lumian’s nerves.

Bumer was the opposite. He could no longer handle the aura of Lumian, who was angry for unknown reasons.

Drawing up his aura with full power, he stomped hard and shot forward.

Crash!

Force like a flying boulder.

This was Bumer Simpson’s specialty. He further strengthened his trained body, which boasted the strongest in his grade, through aura. The leg strength that came from this made him like a catapult’s boulder.

Whiiiiing-!

That wasn’t the end. Bumer Simpson’s roughly swinging right fist glistened as if oiled.

It was the same technique Lumian had shown just before. By increasing the surface strength of the body through aura, it was an advanced technique that Aura Beginners could never imitate.

Among the second-years at Tarasan Academy, only five people could do this.

“Die!”

Confidence bloomed on Bumer’s face.

Lumian Calard was spreading his palm to block his fist. The moment he saw that, he believed without doubt that he would be the winner of this fight.

‘Except for Cal Krone, there’s no one who can take my reinforced fist head-on!’

Even that Teoro Shutgarn guy standing there like a sack of barley! He couldn’t block this fist!

Having finished his thoughts, he swung his fist with enough force to pierce through Lumian’s palm.

However, the result was completely different from what he had expected.

Thwack!

“…!”

Beyond anything else, it far transcended the realm of what could be anticipated.

Lumian had caught his fist without even moving.

It wasn’t ‘blocked’ or ‘deflected.’ He had simply caught it.

As if casually catching a lightly thrown ball.

At that unbelievable sight, Bumer Simpson showed a dazed expression, forgetting even the pain flowing through his fist.

“Caught it.”

“….”

“I told you, didn’t I? Words come with responsibility, and I’d carve that directly into your precious place.”

“Wh-what…!”

Bumer Simpson looked at Lumian with trembling eyes.

But Lumian was no longer looking at his eyes.

Where Lumian was looking was much lower, at the area where his precious appendage was located.

Bumer felt his spine chill as if cold water had been poured on him.

“N-no!”

“What’s no?”

“What you’re thinking of… No! I was wrong! I won’t say such things again!”

“What won’t you do? Tell me clearly so I can hear properly.”

“Wh-what I said about you being so weak that you probably don’t even have one down there, I’m really sorry. I won’t do it again. Really!”

“You shouldn’t just apologize to me. You should apologize to all the impotent people on the continent too.”

‘This crazy bastard! Why is he doing this!’

He couldn’t guess the reason at all, but for now he had to do as told.

Otherwise, that guy’s fist would come crashing down toward his groin. It wasn’t a bluff. Looking at his eyes, it seemed like he would definitely do it and more.

He slowly recited an apology with precise pronunciation.

“To all the impotent people… on the continent… I’m sorry. I won’t say such things again….”

It was essentially a declaration of surrender.

Teoro, Freckled Boy, and Large Boy, who had belatedly come to his senses and was watching their fight, all clearly heard Bumer Simpson’s words.

And they were shocked.

That timid, cowardly outcast Lumian Calard had overwhelmingly defeated Bumer Simpson, who competed for second place in their grade!

But this wasn’t everything. An even more surprising event awaited them.

Lumian chuckled and nodded as he spoke.

“Right. Well done.”

“R-right. So now please let go of my hand….”

“But spilled water can’t be gathered back up.”

“Huh?”

“Farewell.”

Whirrrr-!

Lumian’s fist began to gleam. Seeing this, everyone covered their mouths with both hands as if anticipating something terrible.

Bumer Simpson moved his left hand with a shocked expression. It was a desperate attempt to cover his precious parts, but when Lumian casually kicked it away with his foot, his defense crumbled instantly.

Bumer screamed.

“No!”

“Yes.”

Lumian threw his punch with a cold expression.

Crash!

“Ugh!”

“Ooh!”

“No!”

“…!”

The boys around them let out low groans.

Though they weren’t the ones being hit, they couldn’t help it. United in heart and mind, they looked toward Bumer’s groin area and Lumian’s fist with mournful expressions.

And then they let out bright exclamations of “Ah!”

Because they confirmed that Lumian’s fist had struck the ground between Bumer Simpson’s legs, not his groin.

Then, a low voice flowed from Lumian’s mouth.

“Don’t mock others.”

“….”

“Don’t bully the weak, and don’t tease others about their weaknesses. Always keep in your heart that there are people who suffer their entire lives because they don’t have what you take for granted.”

“Y-yes.”

Bumer nodded frantically.

He had fallen into the crisis of losing his manhood and barely survived. In such a situation, defying Lumian’s words was impossible.

“The same goes for you guys.”

The Large Boy Family also quickly nodded their heads.

If they didn’t, it felt like their own things would burst right away.

“Yeah, we will!”

“There will absolutely, absolutely never be anything like this again!”

“We’re sorry for everything until now! We won’t do it again!”

Hearing the children’s responses, Lumian’s face brightened considerably.

He walked step by step. It was in the direction of Tarasan Academy.

Teoro Shutgarn followed behind him with a bewildered expression.

After a while, Lumian suddenly stopped walking and turned around to add one more thing.

“By the way, my thing is perfectly fine.”

“….”

“It’s sturdy too. And quite big.”

“….”

With those words, Lumian and Teoro disappeared.

Much later, Bumer Simpson muttered with a dazed expression.

“Let’s never mock the impotent again….”

And let’s always live with gratitude that mine is safely attached.

It was a precious conclusion gained after a harrowing battle.

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