Episode 106
“… … .”
After the young man who called himself Calzac shouted loudly, silence fell in the hall for a moment.
I said looking at the brown haired young man.
“The Carlzak I knew had a bit more beard… … .”
“That was when I was stuck in the mountains! “Once we return to civilized society, of course we have to take care of our appearance again!”
“hmm. great. “I admit that your voice is similar to Carl Jacques, and that you have such a smooth face hidden under that beard.”
He looks at least 20 years younger than I thought, but my father was the king of youth, so there’s nothing I can’t understand.
However, there is still something I cannot understand.
“Lord Walter, could you please leave for a moment?”
“yes? but… … .”
“All right.”
Walter winked at his fellow knight and left the room.
Seeing that, the young man whistled.
“what? “I thought I would be treated like a cold shoulder by the family, but it turns out that I am treated with a lot of respect.”
“It’s a meritocratic family, right?”
“Ohh. “It means you have been recognized in your own way.”
I sat in front of the self-proclaimed Calzac.
And then I slowly looked at its face.
Looking closely, the hair and eye colors are similar, and the facial features are in the right positions.
It’s strange that he’s so excessively young, but… … . I asked something much more important than that.
“What are those arms?”
I asked, pointing to the self-proclaimed right hand man of Calzac.
The Calzak I saw in the mountains was one-armed. This is because he lost one of his arms in a battle with Sapphire Snake.
“this? Tsk tsk… … .”
Instead of being embarrassed by my words, Calzac burst out in a happy laugh.
“To sum it up, Luan. “It’s thanks to you.”
“yes?”
“So what happened… … .”
Calzac explained the situation.
After Arjan and I were sent first, the collapse of the cave gradually accelerated.
It is said that a rock that fell at the right time split the gap between the priest and the priest.
Calzac also had no more strength to fight, so he stretched out on the spot, but when he came back to his senses, he found himself blocked on all sides by rocks.
“I don’t know how many days it’s been like that. Anyway, halfway through, she was so hungry that it seemed like her head was spinning. So I ate it.”
“What.”
“Jewel Water.”
I blinked and then asked.
“You ate a sapphire snake?”
“huh.”
“… “Can you eat that?”
“I don’t think so? All my teeth almost fell out. But what can I do? “You have to eat to live.”
Anyway, while he was surviving by eating the corpse of the jeweler, he realized that there was a change in his body.
The moment when I finally ate the core of the sapphire snake in the deepest part… … .
“I felt so cold that I thought I was going to die, but when I opened my eyes, this was what happened.”
“aha… … .”
“Originally, I was a bit young, but now I’m 20 years younger, and look at this.”
Calzac was seen waving his right hand.
“Even my severed right arm grew back, right?”
I narrowed my eyes slightly.
If you just listen to the words, Calzac experienced what is commonly referred to as a metamorphosis of the female body… … .
I don’t think I’ve reached that high of a level.
Could it be that the body was reorganized by consuming the meat and core of the jewel beast?
In that case, having a new arm doesn’t make sense at all.
It was hard to believe, but with the living witness standing right in front of us, it was difficult to deny it out loud.
“The problem is that this handsome face makes no one believe it’s me. They treated me like a crazy person at the entrance? Honestly, I was disappointed. “How can there be even one person who remembers my past?”
Was Calzac this talkative?
Originally it seemed like he was talking a bit too much, but now it’s starting to hurt my ears.
It seems that he suffered greatly from being detained here for several days.
“… “I don’t know if there was anyone who knew me, but not only Delac but also the big criminals were all gone.”
“There was a retreat.”
“okay. The timing was f*cking perfect. Anyway, after being held captive at home for a few days, I was finally released and tried to go into the forest, but these bastards didn’t even share information properly, so I was caught again.”
“Is that why you ended up in this situation?”
Calzac nodded.
“that’s right. But since they were Badniker knights, I couldn’t make a fuss… … . “I almost collapsed because I was so frustrated.”
When I realized the truth of what had happened, I was devastated.
This is the only reason why Calzak could not join the camp?
It was a combination of several small things that led to the incident unfolding in such a way.
‘Things are really going to go wrong… … .’
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Even if only Carlzak had been around before the regression, the overall picture would have been completely different.
I felt sad inside, but I decided not to think too much about it since it was already in the past.
“Anyway, now I have more power than my prime, Luan. I couldn’t catch the Sapphire Snake without you. “I have taken over all of his by-products, so I have a debt that will have to be repaid for the rest of my life.”
Calzac said, smiling confidently.
“From now on, I will be your back. If someone is harassing you, tell them. “I will give you everything.”
“Ohh.”
That’s a nice thing to hear.
“great. Then, please risk your life with me.”
“What do you mean by that?”
And I roughly explained to Calzac what I had found out.
Every time he heard the story, Calzac’s expression changed moment by moment, and when he heard the words “Demon King’s Descent Ritual,” it took on a bizarre turn.
“… “In the land of Badniker, the ceremony of the devil’s descent?”
“Why are you so surprised? “Didn’t you hear everything from Mr. Assad?”
“no. “I didn’t hear anything.”
Calzak said with a puzzled expression.
“Assad just told me to hurry up and join since the retreat has started. So I thought I was going to act as a great criminal.”
“… hmm.”
You didn’t tell Calzac everything either.
‘but.’
If he had known that the Demon King’s Descent Ritual was taking place, Calzac would have gone out of his way to go here.
Wasn’t even Calzac completely innocent to the family bastards?
It’s not strange, seeing as he hid it from Junian as well.
“So do you know who the priest is?”
“yes.”
“who.”
“A martial arts teacher.”
“… … .”
Calzac seemed speechless for a moment.
“… Juan guy? really?”
For some reason, he seemed more shocked than I expected.
“I’m almost sure.”
“Right.”
I looked at Calzac’s face and asked.
“Why are you doing this?”
“… never mind. okay. Anyway, if it happened that way, of course I would have to help. What are you going to do from now on?”
“For now, let’s move together with me. Of course, I think Calzak should not join the camp right away and spend some time hiding in the forest.”
I want to hide Calzac’s existence as much as possible.
Just as Luke surprised the unsuspecting priest, this time he wants to entrust that role to Calzac.
But unexpectedly, Calzac expressed an opinion.
“no. “If Juan is a priest, it would be better for me to just join the camp.”
“Why?”
“That alone will change his behavior.”
“… … .”
Change… … .
As someone who knows the future, this is not something I am particularly happy about.
However, Calzac spoke with a somewhat confident expression.
“Luan, trust me just once. “I can’t explain it very well, but things won’t turn out badly.”
“hmm… … .”
Calzak is a former mercenary.
And veteran mercenaries have one thing in common.
Sometimes you feel a certain feeling that cannot be explained in words.
I too have had a few experiences.
It seemed like a request to eat raw, but it smelled bad so I declined it and all the mercenaries who participated were wiped out, or something like that.
“great.”
I nodded.
“Let’s go to camp together. Instead, hide the fact that you met me.”
* * *
Back to the retreat camp.
As I was running through the forest alongside Calzak, this man suddenly spoke.
“I’ve wanted to tell you since I first saw you.”
“what.”
“Did you have something too?”
What are you talking about?
I tilted my head and looked at Calzac.
“I gained an unexpected talent, and I even ate the core of the Jewel Beast, so it’s natural for me to become stronger in a short period of time, but it seems like you’ve made as much progress as me.”
“… … .”
“no. It’s not about progress… Honestly, you seem like a completely different person than that kid back then. Even back then, he was an ordinary guy.”
Should I call him a sword teacher?
He has a unique perspective.
I said with a grin.
“There was this and that. I behaved like a dog just like you. “I also received elixir from the head of the family along the way.”
“Elixir?”
“this.”
I took out the spirit jade that I always carry in my pocket and showed it to him.
Calzac was slightly impressed.
“It’s Youngok. Looking at its size, it seems to be of the highest quality.”
“Do you want it?”
“It’s a coveted piece of shit.”
Calzak shrugged his shoulders at my joke.
“Because I ate Sapphire Snake’s core, I am no longer familiar with fire energy. “You should eat as much as you can.”
“aha.”
“By the way, that Delak guy… I guess you really liked it. If it were an elixir of that magnitude, there would have been many other ways to use it… … .”
After chatting about various things, we returned to camp.
“Wouldn’t it be awkward if we went in together?”
“Maybe.”
“Then I’ll take a walk around the area, so you go first.”
“okay. “See you later.”
I parted ways with Calzak and returned to the infirmary.
Junian, who was sitting on a chair and writing something, looked back at me.
“You’re here. “Have you achieved your goal?”
“yes. “I have a reliable helper.”
“okay? “Then now I can finally tell you who that helper is.”
I hid from Junian that the person I was going to meet was Carl Jacques.
Because you might fail.
Now it doesn’t matter if I tell you, so I answered.
“This is Calzac.”
Junian’s head tilted slightly.
“… Sword teacher?”
“yes.”
“When did you return home?”
“I guess it’s been about a week?”
“okay?”
Junian thought about it carefully and spoke with a much better expression.
“If you are a sword teacher… There is nothing lacking as a helper. Even if the opponent is a priest, it will be a fight worth fighting.”
I rolled my eyes briefly and checked the time.
Perhaps because we moved early in the morning, there is still plenty of time.
The Yeongdo guys are probably taking morning classes.
I remember it was probably a martial arts teacher’s class… … .
‘wait for a sec.’
I looked at Junian and said, as a thought suddenly occurred to me.
“Instructor, do the instructors here also share a double room?”
“Basically, it’s one room per person. “Why is that?”
“One more thing, there are no communication crystals installed inside the instructor building, right?”
Junian looked at me with suspicious eyes and nodded.
“Except for the control room. “In the first place, the purpose of modifying communications was to monitor Yeongdo.”
“okay.”
I looked at Junian and asked.
“Where is Instructor Juan’s room?”
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