The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 186

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Chapter 186 71. The Final Opponent (2)

 

“Hah…”

 

Lumian let out a sigh with an exasperated expression.

 

He had completely forgotten. The fact that he was connected to Goddess Allia, and that she could observe his surroundings whenever she wanted.

 

‘But even if she can do that, wouldn’t she normally respect privacy? She’s a goddess after all?’

 

It was absurd.

 

Using divine power to peek at someone’s first experience. She was on the same level as the demons.

 

Lumian shook his head and said.

 

“What on earth was there to be curious about? First time seeing sex? No, of course it would be your first time seeing others do it.”

 

– That’s not true. I’ve seen it a few times.

 

“Ha, do you do this often normally?”

 

– Of course I don’t normally do this. It’s just that when I look down at the Lower Realm, sometimes I see things I don’t want to see.

 

“Obviously in my case it wasn’t accidental, right? You watched intentionally?”

 

– Yeah. So I said I’m sorry. I was too curious.

 

“So what was…”

 

– Of course I was curious. What kind of behavior would an old knight who couldn’t do it for decades show, what would he say. And other things too…”

 

“Stop!”

 

– …Ahem. Sorry. I absolutely won’t do it again in the future.

 

Really, really won’t peek again. Allia emphasized once more.

 

It seemed she also knew that this wasn’t something a god should do. This was the first time he’d received such a serious apology from the goddess.

 

Lumian nodded. He still felt uncomfortable, but what could he do when it had already happened and he’d received an apology.

 

He sighed and was about to close his eyes and lie down as if he didn’t want to care anymore. Then the goddess’s voice rang out again.

 

– You were good at it. For a first time?

 

“…”

 

– Strength and stamina aside, your technique was quite usable too? Like you learned it somewhere. How did that happen? Did your friends give you special lessons? No, no matter what, that seems unlikely…”

 

“Hoo, Lady Allia.”

 

Lumian made a serious expression.

 

The atmosphere became heavy along with his settled voice. Allia was flustered by his suddenly changed appearance.

 

– Why, why?

 

To her, Lumian spoke as if telling her to engrave it in her memory.

 

“I couldn’t do it until now only because misfortune piled upon misfortune, but I’m originally good at it.”

 

– …

 

“Should I say I have a god-given talent in this field? Ah, come to think of it, shouldn’t you naturally know this? How could you not know about my shining talent when you’re the goddess?”

 

– …Crazy bastard. You’re really a crazy bastard.

 

“Yes, I’m crazy. I escaped from this damn virginity after a whole 66 years, how could I not be crazy?”

 

– Hmm. That sounds reasonable?

 

Hearing it, it made sense. Allia no longer felt like arguing. And she sincerely left words blessing Lumian’s future.

 

– Good. To commemorate becoming a real man, I’ll bestow a blessing upon you. Even when you become an old bent grandfather with all your teeth fallen out and looking unsightly, I gift you excellent virility that can make your thing stand stiff whenever you want.

 

“Thank you, thank you!”

 

Lumian got up from the bed and bowed toward where the Divine Realm was.

 

This was the most necessary blessing for him right now.

 

Actually, he didn’t know until he had his first experience. How important virility was. When he had given the virility medicine to Morghen in the succubus’s dungeon before, it was because he was ignorant about sex. He would never do such a thing now.

 

But that past choice no longer mattered at all.

 

This was grace directly bestowed by the goddess who ruled the Human Realm. It would surely be incomparable to some succubus’s virility medicine.

 

Wooooooong!

 

“Ooooh!”

 

Shortly after, blue light descended from the sky and poured toward Lumian’s body. The light that briefly stayed on his skin was eventually absorbed into his body, providing a cool and refreshing sensation.

 

Especially the area between his legs felt refreshing. Accordingly, the slight fatigue that remained disappeared as if washed away, and he felt his member more solid and erect than before.

 

He knelt down. And spoke to the sky.

 

“My great, noble, and beautiful master whose magnificence is so tremendous that my humble vocabulary cannot express it, Goddess Allia. Thank you. I will never forget this grace for my entire life. No, I won’t forget it even after death.”

 

– Good.

 

Allia answered in a solemn voice.

 

Actually, this wasn’t something that deserved such gratitude. Like when she enlarged Tania’s chest as payment for killing the Demon King, the current grace was also just payment for defeating Sekaros, the son of the Demon God, and saving the Human Realm.

 

But there seemed no need to say that now. Allia smiled with satisfaction watching the hero who had become obedient and was praising her after a long time.

 

– You look good, boy. Keep saying such pleasant things from now on too.

 

“I will do as you command.”

 

– Good. Then I’ll be going now.

 

The goddess who finished speaking gave a farewell greeting. And she was about to turn her attention away from Lumian and look back at the Divine Realm.

 

But Lumian’s voice was heard again.

 

“But, Lady Allia.”

 

– What?

 

“I’m asking just in case.”

 

– What. Speak quickly. I have things to do.

 

“When Lady Allia was watching me, was Lord Armion perhaps there beside you too?”

 

– …

 

Allia couldn’t open her mouth for a long time.

 

Lumian was the same. A long and heavy silence circulated between the two.

 

– …I’m sorry, Hero.

 

And after a moment, a third party’s voice that seemed to creep in interrupted.

 

It was the voice of Archangel Armion.

 

Lumian Calard, who shook his head, thought to himself.

 

‘Lady Allia and Lord Armion are just the same.’

 

Tania was the best after all.

 

He who was looking at his lover’s face went back to bed with a happy smile.

 

* * *

 

A month had passed since returning from the terrible Demon Realm.

 

During that time, Lumian truly spent happy times. As if releasing decades of pent-up resentment, he spent frenzied nights with Tania, and during the day he visited acquaintances he had neglected to catch up.

 

An ordinary person’s stamina or virility should have been depleted long ago, but Lumian didn’t need to worry about such things.

 

His stamina had already surpassed human limits long ago, and his virility had also become so excellent thanks to Allia’s grace that there was no one on the continent to compare with. If his sworn brother Morghen or his friends Teoro, Bumer, and Cal Krone had known, they wouldn’t have been able to hide their envious expressions.

 

“Me, the goddess enhanced my virility.”

 

“This crazy, is that really true? Huh!”

 

Actually, he really confessed to Morghen. He showed a tremendous reaction as if meeting the most enviable person in the world, and this made Lumian feel very good.

 

And when his sworn brother’s next words followed, his joy grew even more.

 

“I’m going to get married.”

 

“What, perhaps with Irene Curtis?”

 

“Yes, that’s how it turned out.”

 

“You said you’d never marry?”

 

“Well… I did say that, but somehow it turned out this way. It’s not because of pregnancy, I just changed my mind. I thought it would be good to live with this woman.”

 

“I see. Congratulations, really.”

 

Lumian spoke with sincerity.

 

Actually, he had been secretly worried about his younger brother’s future, living like drifting duckweed. No matter how much one pursues a free-spirited life, a life alone in old age would surely be lonely. He knew this better because he had already experienced it once in his previous life.

 

“Really, really congratulations. So, when’s the date?”

 

“Probably soon? I think it’ll be in spring. You’ll come, right?”

 

“Of course. If I don’t go, who will?”

 

“Hahaha. I’ll definitely go to your wedding too, brother. Come to think of it, shouldn’t you also hold a ceremony soon?”

 

“Hmm. I’m actually scheduled to meet my father-in-law next week.”

 

Lumian spoke with a stiff face.

 

He was clearly nervous. Seeing him like that, Morghen smiled slightly.

 

‘Even a hero who defeated Demon Kings multiple times finds fathers-in-law burdensome.’

 

It was perfectly understandable. It was also somewhat comforting.

 

Though he was renowned as the Mercenary King, Irene Curtis’s family, who would become his wife, was an influential family even in Rhodesia. He couldn’t help but feel nervous.

 

Thinking that there was one more person in a similar situation as himself put his mind at ease. It felt like getting beaten together.

 

He said.

 

“Let’s cheer each other on.”

 

“Yeah, let’s do that.”

 

The two sworn brothers exchanged glances and clinked their glasses together with a sharp sound.

 

That night, the two shared stories of the past, present, and future, blooming with laughter until dawn broke into morning.

 

* * *

 

Another month passed.

 

Though the weather was still winter, his heart was always in a warm state.

 

It was natural. For him who had overcome all obstacles, his future life could only be warm and bright. With an incredibly happy face, he announced the news of his marriage to Tania to his acquaintances.

 

“This bastard, it feels like just yesterday you and Bumer were looking at dirty books.”

 

“Congratulations. But if it’s your wedding, lots of pretty ladies will come, right?”

 

“…Don’t think about hitting on women at someone else’s wedding.”

 

He received congratulations from Teoro Shutgarn and Cal Krone.

 

“Finally you’re coming too! Into the world of married men!”

 

“What? Why is your expression like that? Are you congratulating me or consoling me?”

 

“Both!”

 

He received Bumer Simpson’s slightly unsettling congratulations.

 

“Congratulations, Sir Lumian!”

 

“Congratulations!”

 

“I also congratulate you!”

 

“Wow! Wow! Lumian is getting married! Congratulations!”

 

He received congratulations from Knight King Philip III, Bercal Garcia, Archbishop Abram Russo, and the young dragon Semu. Besides them, he heard heartwarming words from many others including Sinsieo Ainsworth, Lili Calaran, and Academy classmates.

 

“Phew. It’s hectic.”

 

As a result, time really flew by quickly. It seemed like there was plenty of time left until the wedding, but when he came to his senses, only 3 months remained. The problem was that even though he had been moving this busily, there was still a mountain of things to do.

 

‘That Boomer must have suffered tremendously. He would have prepared much more urgently than me.’

 

Thinking of his life senior who already had a child approaching their first birthday, Lumian let out a chuckle. Right, even that troublemaker did well. There’s nothing I can’t do.

 

Thinking this, Lumian quietly rose from his seat. And he looked at Tania Eloise.

 

His lover who was beautiful whenever he saw her, whom he couldn’t help but love. And the person who would soon become his wife.

 

Lumian, who had been quietly watching her sleeping form, soon nodded as if he had made up his mind. And he moved at a speed that transcended human cognitive ability.

 

Whoosh!

 

The destination was incredibly far. Even farther than the ice region at the northern end of the continent, or the jungle region at the southern end. Even farther than the endless ocean beyond the continent. It had to be, because the place he was heading to was not in the Human Realm but in the Demon Realm.

 

Swoosh!

 

Lumian, who arrived at the crack in the plain, the passage leading to the Demon Realm, in an instant, threw his body in without hesitation.

 

Then the landscape of the Demon Realm that he had seen to the point of boredom a few months ago came into view. Nodding his head, Lumian immediately operated his aura to float into the air, continuing to rise up into the sky.

 

Higher than the unknown birds flying around. Higher than the clouds floating in the sky. Lumian, who had been advancing at a terrifying speed, eventually encountered a barrier dyed completely black, and broke through it. And he stood confidently on the cloud ground that was similar to yet different from that of the Divine Realm.

 

“You came.”

 

A voice as low and deep as an abyss was heard. Lumian turned his head with an expressionless face.

 

Then he saw the massive bodied entity without a right arm sitting there.

 

He opened his mouth again.

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