The Failed Swordmaster - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84 34. Giving Illness and Medicine (1)

The golden parrot that had followed Lumian from the Calard Estate.

It had been repeating a pattern of sleeping in the dormitory from evening until dawn, then going out through the window during the day.

He had no idea what it did outside, but Lumian didn’t mind. In fact, he thought it was convenient not having to feed it or clean up after it every day.

Smart, entertaining to watch, and didn’t bother its owner – the perfect pet!

That’s what he had thought.

Until just moments ago.

‘What the hell, why is it suddenly acting like this?’

But now the situation had changed.

The creature had broken their agreement.

The word ‘sex’ was definitely supposed to only be said when they were alone. Being generous, it was a word that was only allowed when Morghen was present at most.

However, the person currently in the room was Tania Eloise.

Lumian glared at the parrot with narrowed eyes.

-Sex! Sex!

The parrot avoided his gaze.

Lumian was certain. That creature was doing this on purpose.

He wanted to grab its neck right now and shut its mouth.

But dealing with the situation came first. Lumian glanced at Tania, wondering how to make excuses.

But then.

“What? This bird… do you keep it as a pet?”

“Huh? Oh, yes… um, this is…”

“Hahaha, that’s funny. What’s with this thing, it talks so well.”

Once again, Tania’s reaction wasn’t bad.

She reached out her hand toward the parrot and said to Lumian.

“But of all the words it could say, it says things like this. What a perverted little thing… could it be because its owner is a pervert?”

“No, this is just… friends fooling around as a joke.”

“Its voice sounds exactly like yours though? You’re not selling out your friends, are you?”

“Of course I participated too…”

-Sex! Sex!

“Pffft! Oh, seriously what is this. It’s like a mini Lumian.”

Words that sounded condemning at first glance. But judging by her laughter-filled tone, it seemed to be a joke.

Lumian let out a sigh of relief internally.

Once again, he felt grateful toward her.

‘She’s letting this slide too. She’s really a good senior.’

For a moment he wondered if perhaps she too had an interest in such things, but he quickly shook his head.

Just like before, the current situation had nothing to do with that. Just the fact that she didn’t put on airs and get serious was enough reason to bow to Tania several times over.

But this wasn’t the end.

Just when Lumian had completely relaxed.

The parrot, which had been watching the situation unfold, launched another attack.

-Ahhh! A robust man’s XX is entering my @@ !

“…”

“…”

Silence fell.

At the same time, the atmosphere grew heavy.

This time the situation was different. Tania’s expression also hardened stiffly.

Sensing this, Lumian glared at the parrot as if he wanted to kill it.

‘No, why does it keep doing this!’

Had that thing lost its mind?

He couldn’t understand it.

This time he couldn’t tolerate it. Lumian was about to reach out to twist the Golden Parrot’s neck.

However, Tania’s words came a step faster.

She looked at Lumian and muttered.

“Lumian? This is…”

“No, that’s… this is also just joking around with friends…”

“…But, it’s a woman’s voice?”

Tania’s voice trembled. Her eyes were also shaking as if an earthquake had struck.

Of course, the same was true for Lumian.

But he felt so wronged.

He desperately began making excuses.

“There’s a friend, I mean a friend-like mister back at the estate… that mister’s specialty is imitating women’s voices… so he ended up filling this creature’s head with all sorts of strange words… oh, really… I’m not lying…”

‘Morghen, that bastard!’

Lumian looked like he was about to cry.

He hated Eujae as much as the parrot. If he were here right now, he’d want to hit him hard on the back of the head.

But the one with him wasn’t him, but Tania Eloise.

She nodded with a heavy expression.

“R-right. I’ll believe you. Lumian isn’t the type of person to do that… with another woman…”

“Yes. I’m not that kind of guy.”

“Right? Really…?”

“Yes! Really.”

“…”

“…”

‘Damn it!’

The conversation cut off and silence returned again.

It was uncomfortable. He felt like he couldn’t breathe.

Clearly, just moments before, they had been continuing their conversation in a very pleasant and enjoyable atmosphere.

It was completely ruined. Because of that damn Golden Parrot.

“W-well. I can’t skip any more classes… so I’ll be going!”

“Oh, yes…”

“See you next time! Bye!”

Thud.

Bang!

Tania grabbed the sandwich basket and quickly left as if fleeing.

Lumian stared blankly at the spot where she had disappeared.

It felt like his soul was flowing out of his gaping mouth.

‘Did the excuse… work?’

He didn’t know. He couldn’t be sure.

The one fortunate thing was that Tania had said ‘see you next time.’

Of course, that couldn’t be much comfort.

Lumian roared like a wounded beast.

“Graaahhhhh! You come here!”

A game of tag between Lumian and the parrot began.

And at that moment, Tania was quickly escaping from the male dormitory, calming her startled heart.

‘What do I do, I ran away like I was fleeing!’

It was fine when the parrot that suddenly appeared said ‘sex.’ Playing perverted pranks on a parrot was something she could understand well enough.

Originally, she liked Lumian even knowing he was a pervert.

Unlike other women who only knew Lumian as the Swordsmanship Competition winner and model student, she liked even Lumian’s true nature. In crude terms, she was completely smitten.

But even for such a Tania, that last line was hard to endure.

Most of all, the shock was that the line came out in a woman’s voice.

‘Does Lumian have another woman besides Leiton Wino?’

That was the most worrying part. Honestly, she didn’t really care about anything else.

She took a deep breath, then closed her eyes. And she racked her brain to figure out whether what Lumian had said was true or false.

Fortunately, the scales tipped toward the former.

It wasn’t because she believed Lumian’s words.

It was because she believed what his friends had said.

‘They said he had never dated a woman before meeting Leiton Wino.’

That was definitely what they said. Those words had come from Teoro Shutgarn’s mouth.

If it had been Bumer Simpson’s words, she wouldn’t have trusted them, but if it was Teoro, he was trustworthy.

Having thought this far, Tania was finally able to recover her comfortable expression.

“Phew, thank goodness…”

Her heart had sunk at the thought that Lumian might have been stolen away again, but that wasn’t the case.

Opening her eyes, she smiled faintly and began to walk.

‘Still, for a while… I won’t be able to see his face.’

Tania’s face turned red.

Even if it was just a joke, the parrot’s lines were a bit strong.

Right now, she didn’t have confidence in managing her expression in front of Lumian. She needed a little time.

For now, let’s focus on the classes she had been neglecting. And when her heart calmed down, she would go see him again.

With that decision, Tania moved quickly to return to class.

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“…”

“…”

While Tania had returned to outdoor class and was diligently swinging her sword.

Lumian and the Golden Parrot were staring at each other in silence.

No, to be precise, it wasn’t the Golden Parrot.

The moment Lumian grabbed the parrot and applied pressure with his hand.

The creature transformed into a completely different being with a pop sound.

It had the form of a lizard with bat wings, yet despite that, its round face gave it a cute appearance.

Looking at the creature about the size of a foal, Lumian recalled something.

‘Dragon!’

A legendary animal that only appeared in novels.

He knew it as a spirit among spirits that loved nature, so massive that when it spread its wings, even broad daylight would feel like night.

‘This one isn’t very big.’

At most, it was just big enough for him alone to barely ride.

Of course, size wasn’t what mattered.

Whether the creature was really a dragon or not.

Whether it could speak or not.

And why on earth it had done what it did just now.

These things were important.

Lumian decided to ask one by one.

“Are you a dragon?”

“…Yeah.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

At least it could speak.

But he still couldn’t be certain if it was really a dragon.

Lumian asked an additional question.

“But why is your body so small? You’re not lying, are you?”

“I’m not lying! It’s because I was born not long ago!”

“How old are you?”

“Ten years old.”

“Hah, a creature that’s only ten years old spouting such lewd words constantly… Do your parents know you’re going around doing this?”

“I don’t have parents.”

“Uh…”

Lumian showed a flustered expression.

He had unintentionally hurt the young dragon.

He offered comfort with an apologetic face.

“Uh… I’m sorry. I didn’t know they had passed away.”

“It’s not like that. I never had any to begin with.”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Dragons don’t have that.”

Lumian looked at the creature with eyes seeking explanation. The dragon rolled its eyes around and opened its mouth.

“Dragons just come into being. Will is born from the mana flowing through the world, a vessel is formed, and it’s reborn as flesh.”

The creature had been speaking in a childlike manner all along, but when explaining its essence, it felt scholarly.

However, Lumian didn’t focus on such things.

He only cared about the fact that dragons had no reproductive process.

‘So basically, it’s saying it’s sterile.’

Lumian looked at the creature with pitying eyes.

Sensing such signs, the Young Dragon made a pouty expression.

“What, why!”

“Nothing. I’m just curious.”

It was true.

Dragons were beings that only appeared in history books from a thousand years ago, and even whether that was true or false hadn’t been proven.

For such a precious being to reveal itself before him.

However, it wasn’t incomprehensible.

‘The Golden Parrot that could handle mana was already an impossible existence to begin with.’

Rather, now it made sense.

Since it was a creature on the level of a dragon, such things were possible.

‘Wait, this isn’t what’s important right now.’

Lumian’s face hardened.

Somehow it had become a friendly question-and-answer session, but that shouldn’t happen. This should be a confrontational meeting.

He had to interrogate, scold, and receive an apology! That’s what had to happen. He couldn’t let his heart soften because of its cute and round appearance.

Having made his resolution, he showed an even angrier expression.

“Enough. Why did you do it.”

“Wh-what.”

“You know what I’m asking! Why did you suddenly come in and say strange things!”

“They weren’t strange things! They were words Lumian taught me!”

“Is that what’s important now? We promised last time. Not to say sex except when we’re alone together!”

“…”

The Dragon closed its mouth.

Well, it had no choice. It must know that it was unilaterally in the wrong.

Lumian became even more assertive and pressured the dragon.

“Speak. Why did you do it.”

“…”

“There must be a reason. Don’t just keep your mouth shut, tell me honestly.”

“…”

The creature didn’t speak for quite a while.

But that wouldn’t let it escape the situation.

The current Lumian was in a state with no peace of mind due to extreme stress. The discomfort from that became a sharp spear blade that stabbed at the dragon.

Finally unable to endure, the creature spoke with tears welling up.

“…Lumian was so distracted playing with women that he wasn’t training.”

“Huh?”

What is this supposed to mean? Lumian wore a bewildered expression.

The reason he broke the mood was because he hadn’t been training?

What on earth was he talking about?

He was too flustered to think of what to say, but the dragon’s words continued.

“Lumian, Lumian needs to get stronger quickly… But he keeps not working hard and playing around with women… So he doesn’t train because of that… That’s why…”

“No, no. Wait.”

Lumian cut off the dragon’s words. Then he took a moment to organize his thoughts.

The first thought that came to mind was ‘Why is he trying to make me stronger?’

The dragon and he had no relationship whatsoever. Despite that, the creature had been helping with his training consistently from their first meeting until now.

As if it were his own business. He was very curious about the reason.

But the feeling of injustice that followed covered up his curiosity.

He asked accusingly.

“What business is it of yours whether I play around or not? And how much did I even play around? I did everything I was supposed to!”

It was true.

Even recently when he’d skipped classes with the excuse of being sick, he never missed his aura training.

Even when he was completely infatuated with Leiton Wino, he did the same. Even though he was in love, he was still a knight, so he had no intention of neglecting the basics.

“You know it too. I trained faithfully for hours every dawn.”

Lumian spoke with a confident attitude.

It was natural since he had nothing to feel guilty about.

However, the young dragon thought differently.

The creature muttered with a sulky expression.

“But, but… when human men and women stick together, they end up in that kind of relationship… and when they’re in that kind of relationship, when that happens…”

“When what?”

“They say you become a body that can’t think about anything other than sex…”

“…”

Lumian froze like a statue.

It was absurd. The shock was so great that it felt like crackling sounds were coming from his body.

The dragon didn’t stop. It continued speaking.

“When that happens… you won’t train and will only have sex all day… Then, you can’t train… and can’t get stronger either… Then… that won’t do… So…”

“Wait.”

Lumian interrupted.

He was starting to get an idea. He asked a question.

“Where did you hear such ridiculous talk… Could it be…”

“Mm-hmm, the books Lumian usually reads. It was written like that in there?”

After finishing his words, the young dragon let out a “Yap!” battle cry.

Then with a pop sound, his body shrank.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh.

The creature went under the bed and came out with something.

It was an erotic book. The cover with two naked men and women entangled was quite impressive.

Like an explorer who discovered treasure, the dragon held up the book and cheered, shouting loudly.

“The people in here said so!”

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