The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 108
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Whoa! hooked!
A blade that cuts right into the vital spot.
Even in the midst of fluttering flesh and bodily fluids, Laurea calmly swung her sword..
her sword was normal.
I couldn't create a new swordsmanship to suit the situation like Ibella, and I couldn't unfold a kaleidoscopic swordsmanship like Ian Marcus..
‘I still have talent.’
Even though it was his first battle with the monster, it is proof that he won the victory only with the defensive sword skill he learned in self-defense..
Of course, I often made mistakes..
“oh……!”
Suddenly, a panicked voice was heard..
It's because of the spider monster popping out of a blind spot she wasn't aware of..
Too late to stop with a sword.
Laurea had no choice but to use divine spells. but he didn't have to.
Kwajik! oh oh oh!
A spider monster that suddenly splits in half.
It was thanks to Ulan's ax that flew in before I knew it..
After that, he swung his ax furiously out of reach of Laurea's sword..
‘It's a strange feeling.’
Today is my first time fighting with Ulan..
We've never worked together separately, and we've never discussed combat. Still, it was very familiar and comfortable. as if we've been together for a long time.
‘Even when I worked with Ian, it didn't match this well..’
That's why I felt strange throughout the swinging of the sword. Of course, I guessed the reason..
According to the story, my future self seems to have been on the battlefield like that for ten years..
In other words, this would only be possible if he adjusted it to his own battle. When he felt so strange again and again.
hooked! iron fist!
The stomach of the last remaining spider is pierced..
“woo woo.”
The sight of all the monsters dying.
Looking at the completely chaotic battlefield, Laurea calmed her rough breathing..
Ulan, on the other hand, was fine..
Even though he must have moved quite vigorously, his breathing was not disrupted. Rather, he looked around the corpse of the spider monster indifferently..
“this would be appropriate.”
The one he picked was a relatively unharmed corpse..
This is the guy who will be dissected by Professor Stella later. It must be quite heavy, but Ulan carried the spider monster on his back with a nonchalant face..
“The business is over. let's go back.”
After fixing it with a vine so that it does not fall.
Ulan turned to the outside of the forest..
That was then.
“You know, Ulan..”
Laurea suddenly spoke to me.
She asked with a curious look on her face, tilting her head..
“What kind of person was the future me?”
“why do you ask that all of a sudden?”
“just curious.”
What will I look like in the future?
It's a subject everyone is interested in..
Especially if you're a colleague who's been with your future self for a long time, you're sure to know a lot.
“do you really want to hear?”
“yeah let me hear it.”
“really?”
“really!”
Sparkling eyes with lively answers.
Ulan nodded with a serious face while facing the strange anticipation in his eyes..
“well, once…….”
“first?”
“I had a much worse personality than I do now..”
“what's up?!”
Glabellar crumpled at once.
If you were moderately sensible, you would have stopped answering here. No, I wouldn't have said anything bad in the first place..
But unfortunately, Ulan was not good at it. She was even told by her colleagues in her past life that she had sunk her eyes into the abyss..
“Nervous, with a bad drinking habit.”
“…….”
“Especially when I see them hysterical or complaining that they can't be remedied, sometimes I have the urge to throw them away by the roadside..”
So, she talked about all the atrocities and shortcomings of the future girl. Without knowing that Laurea's face in front of her was crumpling..
increasingly distorted expression.
However, it wasn't just because Ulan spit out bad words that made her feel uncomfortable..
everything he says―.
because it was true.
‘……it's annoying.’
If I knew this would happen, I'd rather not ask.
I just said I was curious, but it only made me feel bad.
how long has it been like that?
When Laurea's complexion hardened completely like a rock, Ulan finally felt a sense of incongruity. I don't know if that's why, but I added another explanation..
“but you were a good guy.”
“heh, that's it I don't need to comfort you.”
Laurea crossed her arms and turned her sullen face away. A completely gutted reaction. Ulan, on the other hand, didn't care and went on with her..
“Although I may be annoyed with my colleagues, I have never said anything bad in front of people who really need help..”
“consolation…….”
“I never ignored a helping hand, but rather, you tended to go first and help me..”
Ulan speaks calmly.
Laurea closed her mouth at the answer that followed calmly. 'Cause this too is true.
“And among us, she had the most tears.”
Regardless of the reason, Laurea would often shed tears in secret whenever someone was unable to be saved..
If there were dying soldiers, I always stood by them until the end, and I often cried and mourned their end..
She cried so bitterly that the dying soldiers often comforted her on the contrary..
“The future you I remember, was always on the side of the powerless and weak, listening to their voices and protecting them..”
And for this, he did not mind fighting monsters stronger than himself..
Realizing her true nature, Ulan in his previous life was able to resolve misunderstandings and close the distance with Laurea..
“That is, if I organize what I want to say.”
“greatness! Big! Hmmm!”
“You from the future deserve to be called a saint.”
“kheuheum!”
When Ulan continued to speak.
Suddenly, Laurea cleared her throat loudly..
with slightly flushed cheeks.
It was a signal to stop talking roughly, but Ulan didn't stop talking..
“Besides, even as a warrior…….”
“oh stop now!”
His words finally stopped when Laurea intervened. Shaking her hand, she shouted with a slightly flushed face..
“Enough. I can't say any more.”
“there's still a lot left.”
“it's okay! I don't want to listen because it feels strange.”
It was true that I felt strange.
This is Laurea from the future that Ulan experienced..
In other words, it is a virtue that one has not yet practiced. Hearing it as if he was complimenting me for something like that made me feel embarrassed and strange..
So I turned around.
As if I won't mix words anymore.
Meanwhile, Ulan stared at Laurea's back. She kept her gaze fixed on the side where the nape of her neck was..
‘What a shame.’
Ulan immediately sensed Laurea's mood..
The reason this was possible was simple..
Because she always dyed the nape of her neck red when her emotions changed, such as embarrassment or embarrassment..
By the time it calms down.
Laurea spoke again..
“Big! It's about me now, so let's move on. Then how was it with the other warriors??”
“how was it?”
“The relationship between me and my other co-workers. Being close with someone in particular!”
I know what you're talking about.
Ulan nodded and answered her question without hesitation..
“You were best friends with Ian.”
“Well, somehow it seemed.”
Laurea nodded..
That would be natural.
Even now, as the next saintess, she always sticks around like an exclusive escort.?
Also, before talking to Ulan, Ian was the only one she was comfortable with..
So it was quite predictable that Ian and I would live without hesitation in the future..
“Next, I was close with Perticia..”
“The bard I mentioned earlier?”
“Yes, it was awkward at first, but after about 2 years, we suddenly became close as if our hearts were right..”
To the extent that anyone can believe that they are real sisters.
Meanwhile, after Ulan's explanation is over,.
“Ugh, I'm just curious.”
Laurea's bright yellow eyes twinkled..
eyes shining with curiosity.
I'll do just that.
Everyone would have the same reaction when they heard that they were close like sisters to someone they didn't know their face or voice, only their names..
But the excitement didn't last long.
It wasn't like I could meet right away because I was curious anyway. Instead, Laurea uttered a new question..
“by the way.”
“……?”
“To say that I picked a hero I was close with meant that there were also colleagues I wasn't close with.?”
keen guess.
Ulan grinned..
“is the correct answer.”
“who? Oh, maybe Dillia?”
“grow.”
“……what?”
Is it because the answer was unexpected??
Laurea put on a blank expression for a moment..
After a while, she shook off her embarrassment and asked again..
“That I didn't get along with you?”
“Yeah, you hated me so openly.”
“why?”
“because i am a savage.”
simple reason.
But Laurea didn't understand. She tilted her head with a raised eyebrow and a puzzled face..
“oh wow, that's weird Of course I don't like savages, but not to the point of hating them.…….”
“I guess now.”
“huh? now?”
her eyes widened a little.
As if he understood the hidden meaning of Ulan's words.
“That means that in the future there will be an incident that will make me hate barbarians.?”
“Accurate.”
In a past life Laurea said.
When he was young, the teacher who took care of him and raised him was killed by barbarians..
That's not the only reason.
I heard that there was an incident in which one of the saintess candidates who would succeed her in the future was killed in an unexpected attack by barbarians..
Of course, the uhlan had nothing to do with the barbarians. At that time, Ulan was about to fight the battlefield against the monster of the abyss..
However, shortly after the incident, Laurea joined Ulan. Maybe that's why he couldn't control his emotions..
When I was reminiscing about the past.
Laurea suddenly laughed..
“are you okay.”
“hmm?”
“it will be different this time.”
“what are you talking about?”
“I already met you like this before the barbarian hatred incident occurred.?”
with a bright smile.
Laurea smiled brightly..
“In other words, even if that incident happened, I wouldn't hate you. so don't worry.”
Well, that's what I heard.
It was the first time I met Laurea in my previous life right after the incident..
On the other hand, this time it was different.
She met the uhlans much earlier than she came to hate them, so you know uhlans have nothing to do with them..
‘Of course this time…….’
We have to prevent the situation itself from happening. Ulan, his eyes flashing fiercely, nodded her head in her silence..
“Glad then.”
“yes, glad.”
After looking at each other and bursting into laughter.
The two immediately turned around..
My business is over, so I go to the mountain to get out of the forest.
In the meantime, Ulan suddenly spoke..
“laurea.”
“why again?”
“What would you say to Ian??”
Laurea has a close relationship with Ian..
So today, I will also share the secret that Ulan confessed..
Ulan guessed so.
But the answer that came back was unexpected.
“I won't tell you?”
“what? why?”
“Did you forget what we promised earlier? You said we'd keep the story a secret between the two of us.”
Laurea's eyes narrowed..
Turning around, she stretched out her finger. Then she cocked and stabbed Ulan in the chest..
“this is your story.”
A relationship that only Ulan knows.
It is only your precious memory.
That's why the only one who deserves to tell this story to others is Ulan..
“So, when the time comes, you tell everyone yourself. Because I think it will be better for you and for everyone..”
Until then, I'll keep it a secret.
Laurea said so. Meanwhile, Ulan just looked her in the eyes..
“what are you looking at?”
“Also you are a good boy.”
“……!”
Eyes swaying in bewilderment.
But even that was short-lived, Laurea turned her head and pushed Ulan's back..
“Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and take the lead!”
“i get it.”
Ulan moved his stopped foot again.
A face with a faint smile.
For some reason, I had the feeling that I would get to know Laurea much faster this time..
Ulan walked in step with the present Laurea, while recalling her as if recalling her in his past life..
and at that moment.
tall!
Suddenly Ulan stopped walking..
At the same time, his expression hardened. As if recalling a bad memory.
“Ulan?”
Is it because of the sudden stop??
Laurea looked this way..
At the same time, Ulan strode forward. Then, at once, she grabbed her shoulders and pushed her face..
“……laurea.”
“What, what? suddenly!?”
unexpected sudden action.
Seeing their faces so close that they could feel their breath, Laurea shouted in bewilderment..
On the other hand, Ulan's expression was very serious..
“I remembered what I must say to you.”
“……?”
“If one day the moment comes when the voices of the stars cannot be heard, if the time comes when the hands of God cannot be reached, then do not hesitate to call me..”
Advice out of nowhere.
Ulan said repeatedly as if asking.
“don't forget If you can't use the divine power, call my name as soon as you perceive the change.”
Ulan giving advice over and over again.
On the other hand, Laurea's reaction was absurd. After a while, she frowned and retorted..
“Do you know how many blasphemy words you have spoken now? That too in front of the next saintess?”
“This is just in case.”
“If it's Nabal, and the Holy Spirit exists everywhere?! How does it change when I call your name in the first place??”
Even if you give up a hundred steps and it really happens, finding uhlans won't change anything..
Because there is no way that a mere human could solve a problem that even the power of a god could not solve. So Laurea asked questioningly..
and at that moment.
Ulan answered without hesitation..
“i help you.”
With a very sad face.
continued to speak.
“i remember the future So, if you ever encounter the situation I mentioned earlier, don't even think about going through it alone this time and call me..”
Talk full of sincerity.
Laurea closed her mouth at the momentum that even felt strangely powerful. Ulan whispered without taking her eyes off her eyes..
“i will definitely save you.”
Finally, a brief resolution.
Ulan fell from Laurea.
Then, after patting her on the shoulder, he pointed outside the forest and said,.
“I'm done talking. let's go back.”
Hunting time will soon be over..
Ulan immediately turned around..
On the other hand, Laurea looked at Ulan's back with a slightly dazed expression..
“…….”
Leaving aside the level of blasphemy,.
His expression and voice, so sincere, did not leave Laurea's mind..
「i help you.」
A word of sincere truth.
Even if something happens, I was determined to help you unconditionally..
and one more.
There were words that shook Laurea's heart..
「i will definitely save you.」
I will never give up on you even if an extreme situation arises beyond the reach of even the power of God..
It sounded like it to Laurea..
So, on the one hand, I was happy.
I felt like I was being promised protection by a reliable older man. Maybe that's why the corners of my mouth were twitching unknowingly.
“……really cheeky.”
The pride that barely remained, the corner of the mouth that was trying to turn upward was put back. she muttered, pouting her willful lips..
“what is it really.”
Subject younger than me.
Why does a 17-year-old look so grown-up now??
The moment I thought of such a thought.
“what?”
There was something that suddenly crossed my mind.
After a while, she narrowed her eyes..
“wait a minute.”
Ulan clearly said.
He said he came from 30 years in the future. And when I woke up, it was summer about a year ago.
“that is…….”
1Now, a year later, twenty-nine plus his current age is Ulan's true age..
Calculations were done in an instant.
“……forty six years old.”
Before returning to the past, Ulan's real age.
It makes sense now that I was oddly common sense and grown-up for a 17-year-old savage..
And the reason why your eyes were so deep.
The reason why she felt reliable and reassuring also hit her brain again..
then.
“laurea?”
Ulan's voice was heard.
She must have been puzzled by her refusal to follow even though the distance had widened..
Meanwhile, Laurea was startled..
‘what voice…….’
It's different from what I've heard so far.
A deep, deep voice.
Perhaps it was because he realized Ulan's true age. Also, the eyes looking this way seemed somehow profound..
“what are you doing there?”
“……uh?”
“did you have any problem?”
A series of questions.
Laurea unconsciously grabbed the hem of her skirt. It was because I felt like I was tickling her breasts with a soft feather..
‘what does this feel like?’
The moment I was taken aback by the incomprehensible feeling.
Suddenly, Ulan turned around..
like it's about to come this way. Seeing this, Laurea shouted with a startled face..
“It's okay, it's okay! i'll go there!”
She walks hurriedly.
After a while, after joining Ulan.
Unlike before, Laurea walked with a little distance from him. The closer I got to him, the more I felt his heart tickle..
An unfamiliar feeling that I can't understand at all.
But it's not a strange feeling. Maybe that's why a bright smile bloomed on Laurea's lips..
“Hi-Hi.”
Right after bursting out with a short laugh.
The nape of her neck, out of the woods, was reddish. I don't know if it's because of the hot sun or some other reason..
some time after that.
The two returned to where they were..
27page. friendly mock battle
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