The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79 32. This Man Is Not Easy (2)

Bumer wore a gloomy expression.

He wanted to argue back if he could.

That he could do it too if he put his mind to it. It’s just that his standards were a bit higher than others, and lately he’d been focused on swordsmanship, that’s all.

But his opponent was Cal Krone.

The Academy’s most popular man, someone with such brilliant presence that people came from outside just to see him.

‘If only it were about swordsmanship, I could compete…’

The gap between them when it came to women was much larger than that.

It was a sad reality.

Even the cold Teoro felt sorry for Bumer.

‘What a real bastard, this guy.’

Fortunately, Cal Krone’s attack stopped there.

He offered comfort to Lumian, who was as dejected as Bumer, or even more so.

“It’s okay. These things happen.”

“Sigh…”

“It’s a common saying, but there’s not just one woman in the world. And it’s not like you lack ability, right? You can meet someone better.”

“Right.”

Teoro also expressed his agreement.

He had disliked Leiton Wino from the beginning.

She had a face beautiful enough to be one of the few on the continent, and a sensual figure… but she was twisted somewhere. That’s what the rumors said.

And now, having heard Lumian’s story, Teoro was convinced the rumors were true.

He spoke with a resolute expression.

“It’s actually better this way. No matter how I think about it, that woman isn’t right. You’re worth much more.”

“…”

“I’m not just saying empty words. If it were simply a matter of bad personality, I wouldn’t know, but if what you say is true, that woman is quite strange. It’s better to keep your distance from now on.”

“…”

“…Of course, you’ll keep thinking about her and it’ll be hard. Hmm, mm.”

Teoro, who had been speaking, glanced at Lumian.

Having finally spoken what he’d been holding back, his words had come out strongly. Realizing this belatedly, he made an apologetic expression.

He had plenty of dating experience. Despite his young age, he had met various women, been dumped, and done the dumping. Through this, he had built up some resistance to breakups or unrequited love.

But Lumian was different.

Everything was a first for him.

Having an intimate relationship with someone, feeling heart-bursting happiness because of it, being in a situation like this.

‘Of course, it won’t go well. He won’t listen to what I say either.’

In the end, time was needed. That was the answer.

Letting out a small sigh, he said to everyone.

“Let’s go eat.”

“Huh? It’s still a bit early…”

“Just eat now.”

Cal Krone cut off Bumer’s words. Bumer made a displeased expression.

But he belatedly read the atmosphere and quietly followed behind the three.

And one person who had been secretly watching them.

Tania Eloise lowered the sword she had been swinging.

From the moment Lumian came to the training grounds until now, she had kept her ears wide open and had been closing the distance without being noticed.

As a result, she was able to eavesdrop on most of what the four men had said. She had also registered in her mind that things had gone wrong between Lumian and Leiton Wino.

However, Tania’s expression wasn’t very good.

It was strange. She clearly disliked Leiton Wino and disliked even more that Lumian was associating with her.

So she should be blooming with smiles all over her face upon hearing this news, but she couldn’t.

Instead, she was letting out a heavy sigh.

Whoosh-

Swish-

“…”

Tania swung her sword again. It was to blow away her stray thoughts.

But it was futile. Eventually, she frowned, shook her head, and left the Scholarship Student Training Ground.

All the way walking to the dormitory, Lumian’s words kept circling in her head.

‘How could he do that in that situation?’

She was a woman.

But she could roughly guess how tremendous the sexual desire of men her age was.

It would probably be greater than, or at least equal to, her own ambition for success and advancement.

‘In the situation Lumian was in yesterday, there would be no comparison.’

Being in one place with the woman he so desired.

On a bed, lying together.

It would be normal to think of nothing but sex.

Telling a brief lie for a purpose – no one would think that strange.

‘Nevertheless… Lumian didn’t nod at Leiton’s words.’

“Hehe.”

Tania, having thought this far, let out a low laugh.

It was absurd.

To maintain his beliefs, to uphold knightly virtues… even in that situation, he inflexibly said no to what wasn’t right?

It was unbelievable. It was something foolish that even real knights wouldn’t do.

What was so important about one trivial word that he would act like that in such a situation? She couldn’t understand.

But that’s why he seemed amazing.

Tania stopped walking.

‘If it were me… if I could achieve what I wanted by whispering one lie.’

Then what choice would she make?

Could she act as stubbornly as Lumian, and therefore more brilliantly?

She couldn’t give a definitive answer.

Despite being too young to be corrupted.

“…Really, what am I thinking right now.”

She shook her head.

Secretly eavesdropping on such unseemly stories, then being moved and self-reproaching based on them. What was she doing?

Let’s stop thinking about this. Tania finally escaped from her worries.

But immediately, another worry bloomed in her mind.

This time it was a slightly softer topic.

‘I should comfort Lumian… when would be good?’

She wanted to approach him right away if she could.

But the timing didn’t seem right.

Right now, whatever she said wouldn’t be heard. Lumian needed time to collect himself.

‘…I should think of something that might cheer him up. For my precious junior.’

Tania had become more honest with her emotions than before, but she still had a long way to go. She still thought she was caring for Lumian from a networking perspective.

If she were being a bit more generous, it would be the heart of a senior who couldn’t just watch her precious junior suffer.

But unlike her heart, her expression couldn’t be deceived. Her footsteps couldn’t be deceived either.

Unlike just before, she headed to the dormitory with light steps.

It was natural that a smile hung on her lips.

However, a few days later.

The situation was reversed.

Leiton Wino appeared again before Lumian, who had not yet recovered from the pain of unrequited love.

* * *

“Let’s follow them.”

“What? You want to tail them?”

Bumer asked in a surprised voice after hearing Teoro’s words.

The nuance was that it might be too excessive.

Cal Krone also showed a negative reaction.

“Of course, I don’t think things will go well if he gets involved with that woman again…”

He recalled the situation from just before.

The four of them were having lunch together when Leiton Wino suddenly showed up.

Naturally, Lumian welcomed her with a bright expression. He understood her excuse that she had made a mistake in a moment of excitement. And they made dinner plans.

‘It’s not a normal situation.’

But still, not advice but following them?

That was crossing the line. Cal Krone said to Teoro.

“No, that’s not right. Let’s comfort him later when he gets rejected again.”

“…”

Cold bastard, Bumer muttered quietly.

But he agreed with that sentiment too. Getting more deeply involved between the two wasn’t desirable.

However, Teoro thought differently.

He spoke with a stronger tone.

“The feeling is too strange to just let it pass.”

“Hmm…”

“I told you before. Leiton Wino has terrible rumors. It’s not just at the level of switching between this man and that man. If we leave it like this, something will definitely happen to Lumian.”

Teoro really thought so.

Even the question she asked last time was like that.

Back then, he was focused on the fact that Lumian got rejected and just let it pass, but thinking about it carefully, it was a bit creepy. It wasn’t something an ordinary woman would say.

‘She definitely has malicious intent.’

Teoro explained his thoughts logically to the two.

“Even if that might be the case, what are you going to do by following them? If something happens, will you run over and cause trouble?”

“I don’t know. Let’s go first. If you won’t go, I’ll go alone.”

“What a reckless guy. Haha.”

Cal Krone burst into laughter.

It felt strange to see Teoro, who was usually indifferent to others, showing this kind of behavior.

“Alright, let’s go together.”

“Huh, what? You’re going too?”

“It seems like it’ll be interesting. If something really happens, well, that would be something too.”

Cal Krone recalled what happened during the first semester.

That guy Lumian helped me when I was deeply discouraged. Despite that, he couldn’t even properly thank him.

‘Let’s consider this repaying that debt.’

Of course, it would be best if nothing happened, but anyway.

“Bumer, you don’t have anything to do, right? Just come with us.”

“Yeah. Let’s go together. It should be fun at least.”

“…Fine.”

Bumer reluctantly nodded his head.

Actually, he didn’t really relate to the current situation.

He didn’t think one girl could do anything to a guy as strong as a formal knight, and above all, he didn’t want to act together with these two guys when it came to matters involving women.

When he held a sword, confidence would surge as if to cover the sky, but not now.

‘I hope that guy Lumian just gets rejected and it ends there!’

He was sincere.

Of course, he didn’t say this out loud. That would look too pathetic.

‘Damn, I can’t even have my own romance, but I have to follow around and watch someone else’s romance.’

“Good. Then let’s go to the meeting place in advance.”

“We won’t get caught, right?”

“Well… normally Lumian might notice, but since he’s in front of a woman, it’ll probably be fine?”

“That’s true.”

‘Bad guys. They said let’s go together but they’re only talking among themselves.’

Bumer grumbled inwardly again. The two still paid no attention to him.

And after a short time passed.

Finally, the following began.

* * *

“Hmm. It’s definitely strange.”

“I thought they’d go to her house or go eat dinner, but this place…”

Cal Krone and Teoro wore serious expressions.

Even Bumer did the same.

He scratched his cheek while looking at the gray building in the corner of the alley that Lumian Calard and Leiton Wino had entered.

‘It looks like a really shabby building.’

When he first set out on the following, he had been extremely dissatisfied.

The still beautiful Leiton Wino and Lumian standing next to her with a happy face.

Every time they whispered sweet nothings and had physical contact, it felt like his internal organs were twisting. He wanted to abandon the following and everything else and just scream.

However, such thoughts gradually changed as time passed.

The number of passersby decreased, the roads became complicated, and the location moved away from the center.

It felt like they were gradually entering a place that felt secretive and dangerous.

Lumian, who was floundering in Leiton’s smile, didn’t seem to notice, but the three including Bumer definitely felt something strange.

Cal Krone said.

“…What are we going to do. Are we going in?”

“We have to go in.”

“It might be dangerous.”

“Then we have to go in even more.”

There was no hesitation in Teoro Shutgarn’s expression.

Seeing this, Cal Krone let out a chuckle.

He felt envious. He hadn’t built up that much friendship yet.

“Alright, let’s go. They wouldn’t dare do anything foolish to the eldest son of a marquis family, would they?”

Cal Krone walked toward the building entrance with a confident expression. Bumer and Teoro also followed behind him.

But there was also a completely unexpected person with them.

“I, I’m coming too.”

“Senior Tania? Since when…”

“Is that important right now? Quickly, let’s go in quickly!”

Tania urged the three.

For the past few days, she had been looking for the right timing to comfort Lumian.

Because of that, she could immediately tell when Leiton Wino approached him again.

‘That bitch!’

This time she couldn’t stand it.

She had no intention of returning to the dormitory lonely like last time.

Let’s follow them first!

She didn’t know what might happen, she didn’t know how she should act in such a situation, but let’s follow them for now!

With such thoughts, she had been tailing Lumian. And she had just discovered Teoro’s group.

“You followed because you’re worried about Lumian, right?”

“Y-yes, that’s right.”

“Then we need to go in quickly!”

“That’s right. Let’s go!”

“Hey, what are you doing there!”

Was it because their voices were loud?

The guard who was watching the front of the building walked over with a menacing expression.

It was the complete opposite of the attitude he had shown to Leiton Wino. He spat out threatening words again.

“From what I can see, you guys don’t even have tickets, so stop loitering around and get lost!”

“…What should we do?”

“If we say we just want to see someone we know and come out, that won’t work, will it?”

Teoro shook his head.

There was no way they would allow that. In the end, to get inside, they would have to knock down the guard.

Of course, he was already prepared for that much.

He exchanged glances with Cal Krone. The two nodded and strode forward boldly.

They had drawn up their aura to the fullest.

“Y-you bastards!”

The guard flinched.

He had shouted at them thinking they looked like kids much younger than himself, but they didn’t seem to be ordinary. It looked like he would need to call his colleagues from inside.

He stepped back and quickly grabbed the whistle hanging around his neck.

Seeing this, Cal Krone put strength into his feet to charge forward.

However, he couldn’t achieve his objective.

Because a beautiful woman who suddenly appeared knocked out the guard one step ahead of him.

Thwack!

“Gurrgle…”

“Hello?”

“…Professor? How are you here?”

Bumer asked with a surprised expression.

Irene Curtis answered with a bright smile.

“I came to guide students who are wandering around inappropriate places.”

She didn’t look like that at all.

It felt much more like she had come to play, wondering if there was anything interesting happening.

Teoro quickly spoke up.

“Do you happen to know anything about this place?”

“No, I don’t know. But it’s probably obvious, right? Isn’t it a place where perverts play? It reeks of illegality.”

“P-perverts!”

“…”

Bumer exclaimed in surprise, and Tania made a contemptuous expression.

Regardless, Teoro didn’t care.

He said.

“Are you going to go in with us?”

“Of course. I said I came to guide them, didn’t I?”

“If you’re talking about Lumian, he just followed along without knowing anything…”

“I was just joking, Teoro. It’s no fun when you respond so seriously.”

Having finished speaking, Irene Curtis boldly went inside.

Her figure looked quite reassuring. The four followed behind her with much more relaxed hearts.

If an Academy dispatch professor, and moreover a formal knight from the powerful nation of Rhodesia, was with them, nothing major would happen.

The problem was Lumian.

‘The professor says that, but if Lumian has been swept up in the atmosphere inside…’

Teoro made a worried expression.

Of course, there was nothing he could do in his current situation.

He could only hope that nothing would happen to Lumian.

‘I’d rather you be frozen stiff. Just stand there blankly, unable to adapt to the atmosphere!’

His worry deepened, and time passed. Accordingly, their location changed as well.

Finally, the stairs ended and a door came into view.

Another guard was also visible, but when Airin made her move, he couldn’t even open his mouth and collapsed with a thud. She dusted off her hands and put strength into them. The door opened with a creak.

And immediately after.

Thwack!

“…!”

“…!”

The sight of Lumian flicking Leiton Wino on the forehead entered everyone’s eyes.

Bumer’s eyes widened as he thought.

‘Lumian of all people hit a woman?’

It wasn’t even a weak hit either.

Seeing how her head snapped back, it seemed quite a bit of force had been put into it.

It couldn’t help but be a shocking sight.

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