Episode 218. Layubia Brion (1)
The moment Rubin struck down the hammer in front of others.
Rayubia was still fast asleep somewhere else in the forest.
‘Is this a dream?’
At first he thought he was dreaming, for he saw the blacksmith’s shop, and the blacksmith, Rubin, Blaine, and the old man with white hair.
‘It’s not a dream.’
It took me a while to realize that, although it seemed like a dream, these were all real scenes seen through Elkio’s eyes.
‘Elkio once told me that sometimes, the divine being and the ‘chosen one’ share experiences and sensations.’
Even though she was asleep, Rayubia was in the same space as them. It was just a shame that she couldn’t speak directly or prove that she was here.
In the ensuing conversation, Rayubia confronted the truth about her lineage and Brion Auror.
And that the old man with white hair standing there solemnly was his dead great-grandfather.
‘That guy… is my father’s grandfather?’
Wooooow.
Haneke unleashes Brion Aura. It is so strong that it feels like even the faint illusion of Rayubia’s Aura is ringing.
Was it because of the 7-star auror? I had a feeling that I would soon wake up from this dream. As soon as I regained consciousness, I wanted to run to the blacksmith shop.
And finally, the moment came when Rubin brought down the Shadow Hammer.
Doooooooooo.
A huge sound that spread throughout the forest. The world shook. At the same time, the indirect vision of Rayubia, who was there through Elkio’s eyes, also ended.
‘Are you waking up now?’
But before she regained consciousness, there was another scene prepared for Rayubia to go through.
This time, it wasn’t the blacksmith world of the same time zone. It was 13 years ago, when Rayubia was a newborn.
‘… … ?’
A man, a woman, and a baby less than a month old. The three are surrounded by a soft light. The man and woman are immersed in sorrow as they face separation.
‘It’s Mom!’
The first thing Rayubia noticed was the woman. A Tuhun woman holding a child, Nublar.
Nublar stared into space with sad eyes for a moment, and coincidentally, that was where Rayubia was. For a moment, Rayubia couldn’t help but be surprised, thinking that her mother recognized her.
“…There’s no need to lie. I know what it means when you say you’re going to the capital of the empire.”
But Nublar looked out of the cave, out into the rugged plains, and muttered to himself.
Only then did I realize what was going on. This scene was about Felkyon Brion leaving Rayubia and Nublar.
This scene had been told to my mother dozens of times. She said it was a rare night when it rained in the Tuhun Plains. She said they had their last farewell in a cave on one side of the Tuhun Plains. Just as my mother said, it was really raining lightly in the plains.
Pelkyon sobbed.
“If I don’t go, the Emperor’s men will come to the grassland. It won’t end with just capturing me. All the fighting holes, the fighting grassland will be in danger.”
“The person the Emperor hates is your grandfather. So why are you trying to kill him too?”
“That’s his way. He’ll even step on the smallest spark to put it out. If I don’t die here, the Emperor will definitely find my child.”
Pelkion lightly touched the tip of the nose of the baby in Nublar’s arms. The baby laughed without knowing anything. Rayubia, who was looking down at it, also burst into laughter out of a strange emotion.
Pelchion continued.
“But this child will be fine. The Empire doesn’t know I have a daughter. Layubia will grow up to be a child of the Tooth, not Brion’s blood.”
Now that I think about it, the Brion sword pattern wasn’t engraved on the child’s body yet. Rayubia approached the two a little closer.
“no.”
Nublar’s voice became more powerful.
In fact, Rayubia was more familiar with such a powerful voice. Before she died of the plague, Nublar was the strongest woman in the Clavicle Tribe.
“Pelchion. Leave your name on Rayubia’s body.”
“My name?”
“It means to engrave the swordsmanship of your family.”
“what?”
Pelkyon’s eyes widened.
“Are you trying to get revenge on this child? You don’t know what kind of person the Emperor is. Revenge is impossible.”
“It’s not about revenge. It’s about not forgetting what your father was trying to protect.”
This was the first time Rayubia had learned of this fact. Until now, she had thought that the ‘Path of the Sword’ was engraved on her body according to the will of Felkyon, not Nublar.
“The ‘Way of the Sword’ you left behind will make the child strong. Whether he seeks revenge or not, that is the child’s choice.”
“… … .”
Nublar reached out and grabbed a pen-like tool, handing it to Felcyon. Instead of the various tattoos that all the other Tohuns bore, the child would be secretly inscribed with the Path of the Sword.
“The child chooses… Okay.”
Felkyon nodded slowly as if he agreed. Then he picked up the nib of the pen. The hand holding the pen was shaking.
Before carving the ‘Way of the Sword’ on the child’s body, Felkyon shed tears. It was the mournful cry of one facing death and separation. He gently kissed the child’s forehead.
Nublar endured this sadness steadfastly. Holding back tears, she hugged the sobbing Pelchion.
Paat.
And so the scene for Rayubia ended.
As if sucked into a small hole, Rayubia was carried out of the cave. Pitch-black darkness came.
“… … .”
When I opened my eyes, I was back in the blacksmith’s world.
She looked up at the three moons in the sky. They were vivid. In particular, the red aura of the moon connected to her seemed to have become even darker.
“it’s okay.”
Now I was ready to roam around the world of blacksmithing at ease.
Tsk tsk tsk.
Just then, a loud cracking sound reached her. She knew what it was. It was the sound of Rubin breaking a part of the anvil with his shadow hammer.
Rayubia quickly got up from her seat and started running towards the blacksmith shop.
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Tsk tsk tsk.
Of the hammer and the anvil, it was the anvil that finally broke with a loud crash. One corner was split into pieces the size of a thumb. With a bang, the pieces of iron rolled onto the floor.
Rubin held the piece of iron with the hand that was not holding the hammer. He must not let go of the hammer. The moment he let go of the hammer, Haneke would disappear.
“Here you go, Kamnuit.”
A piece of anvil, or rather a ‘piece of God’, was placed on Kamnuit’s hand. The blacksmith had witnessed something he had never imagined in 200 years. He held it carefully.
“You really broke it.”
“As soon as the production of the first sword is finished, please make this second sword.”
“… That’s right. It must be a dagger, right?”
“After all, the shape of the sword is… … .”
Splash splash!
Rubin’s words were cut off midway. Rayubia, who had been sleeping until now, appeared noisily. She quickly approached, splashing through the dry lake.
“Rayubia… … .”
“joy!”
Rayubia passed by Blane, who pretended to know her. Then she spoke to Elkio.
“I saw it all! What happened here.”
“… … .”
“And now I know that grandfather is my ancestor.”
Rayubia pointed at Haneke with her finger.
Even though Haneke had the long-awaited reunion with his great-granddaughter, he did not approach her warmly, but simply stroked her beard.
“You saw everything. I guess you became one with me while I was sleeping.”
“I don’t know that, but I know everything now. That you’re not Luhan, but Rubin. That you’re trying to kill the emperor with your great-grandfather.”
“… … .”
Rubin looked down at Rayubia quietly. He could see the child’s bare skin that had been covered by bandages. And through the gap, he could see the Brion sword.
As I observed Rayubia side by side with Haneke, I began to notice similarities that I had not noticed before. Their eyebrows, lips, and even their personalities.
“Okay, I should introduce myself properly. My name is Rubin Roinen. I am a member of the Dark Clan and the ‘Chosen One.’”
Rayubia also introduced me. Her greeting was very different from when we first met at the Tuhun Grassland.
“I am the daughter of Nublar, a member of the Tohunt Clavicle Tribe. Rayubia… Brion.”
Although she is only thirteen years old, Rayubia finished her introduction with a brave and smart attitude.
“…you are Rayubia Brion.”
Haneke bent down to meet Rayubia’s eye level. He silently traced the Brion sword pattern engraved on the child’s body with his fingertips, and eventually lost his sense of reason.
“… … .”
The image of Pelchion that remains in the painting in the ‘Tower of Light and Rebellion’ comes to mind. It is a gruesome painting, with only the severed head left behind, used as a toy for the market dogs.
“… … .”
Haneke’s head dropped. Then came a small sob. It was a low, long cry.
“grandfather.”
Rayubia placed her hand on top of the old man’s. It was heartbreaking. The old man’s sobbing reminded me of my father’s appearance in my dream just now.
After a while.
Rayubia turned her gaze to Rubin.
“…Rubin. I have a favor to ask.”
“say.”
“… Help me learn Brion Auror. Please.”
Rubin didn’t answer readily. Instead, he asked back:
“Why should I do that?”
“…huh?”
Perhaps it was an unexpected reaction, but Rayubia’s eyelids fluttered slightly. However, Rubin remained indifferent.
“I don’t know anything about you. This is only my second time meeting you. So why should I help you?”
“Well… … .”
“Just because you’re Haneke’s great-granddaughter?”
The atmosphere had become cold. But Rubin also had his own calculations.
As I had told Haneke before, since Rayubia was of Brion bloodline, I was of course willing to help the child continue the Brion Auror.
However, it did not mean that he would help without any compensation. Rubin, at the moment, did not have enough time even if he devoted himself to achieving his revenge.
“If that’s all you want, then I’ll decline.”
“… … .”
Rayubia biting her lower lip.
In fact, there was no room for refutation since there was nothing wrong with what she said. She also knew very well that asking for something without any reward meant being prepared to be rejected without any reason.
Still, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
‘You also learned from your great-grandfather… …!’
When I first met Luhan Melas, I thought he was just a handsome imperial man. But when I saw his true self, I saw that he was no different from Blane, who had attacked me.
Rubin was so cold and callous. His pride was hurt by being rejected outright.
‘Still… I have to learn.’
Rayubia quickly found a reasonable excuse.
“You have to raise your Aura level to summon ‘Red Cloud’.”
“so?”
“The red clouds are the ‘castle in the sky.’ I am the master of that place.”
A castle in the sky. It’s hard to imagine what that concept is without seeing it with your own eyes. I don’t even know if that’s true.
‘Is it an island in the sky like Americmana? Or a giant creature like Grandbird?’
First, Rubin looked at her new friend, Elkio, to confirm the facts.
“Elkio, is it true?”
“It’s true.”
“Okay. Then, Rayubia, what do I get if you become the full ‘Lord of the Red Clouds’?”
“Elkio said. ‘The Lord of the Red Cloud’ and ‘The Guardian of the Red Cloud’ are the natural enemies of Grandbird.”
Rubin held back a smile that was about to burst out. He didn’t know what had triggered Rayubia, but she was gradually becoming the person he wanted to be.
You can tell by looking at his eyes. What Layubia feels now is revenge. Revenge is an emotion that is all too familiar to Rubin and Haneke.
“Granbird’s natural enemy. Kamnuit, I have to ask you this time. Is it true?”
“That’s right. When the red clouds appear and the lord and sentinel take on their original forms, even the Grand Bird won’t be able to come near them.”
“hmm…….”
Rubin looked at Rayubia as if he was worried. He was waiting. Because she hadn’t said what she wanted to say yet.
But soon-
“I will kill the Emperor. For the sake of Tohun, for Brion, for my mother and father.”
The words I was waiting for came out. The determination to kill the emperor. That was what was needed.
“It won’t be easy. And that old man next to you, you better brace yourself. I won’t show any mercy just because you’re my great-granddaughter.”
Haneke chuckled at Rubin’s expression, but gave Rubin a look of gratitude.
Elkio also bowed his head to the ground and lowered his eyes to express his gratitude.
With this, Rubin has won over the ‘chosen ones’ of Mana and Auror, including Oscar, the ‘wizard of the waves’, Rayubia, the ‘lord of the red cloud castle’, and the two divine beasts, Selok and Elkio.
“Kamnuit, I asked you earlier if you were going to change the sword’s form to a dagger?”
Rubin approached Kamnuit again. It was now time to finish the request for the weapon production.
“Please make it slightly shorter than the standard for a longsword.”
“Not a dagger? Wasn’t that supposed to be yours?”
Instead of answering, Rubin took something out of his pocket and placed it in Kamnuit’s hand.
“And please use this when making it.”
“What is this?”
There was someone who noticed it before Kamnuit. Haneke approached Rubin. He grabbed Rubin’s shoulder with a surprised look on his face.
“Isn’t this a piece of a sword blade?”
It was a piece of the sword blade that contained Haneke’s sword spirit.
When they first met, Rubin could only communicate with his inner Haneke by holding a piece of the blade. Although Haneke was in Rubin’s body, he needed a medium to communicate.
However, after Rubin raised the level of Auror and gained control over the inner world, the medium called the blade fragment was no longer necessary.
Kamnuit also asked in confusion, perhaps realizing the purpose of the blade fragment.
“Rubin. Isn’t this a medium that contains the spirit of the Great General’s sword? Are you asking me to do this knowing what will happen if you use it as material for a sword?”
“Yes, I know”
The blade fragment is a medium that allows interaction with Haneke. If this is melted into the sword, whoever holds it will be able to communicate with Haneke, just like Rubin did in the past.
“Then what happens to me?”
Haneke asked. But even he who asked that question actually knew the answer.
“I will move on to the one who holds the sword. You can think of it as me leaving my inner world and going on a temporary mission.”
“What?”
Haneke’s expression became complicated. It was a strange face that seemed to be a mixture of disappointment and excitement.
To reassure him, Rubin added:
“Haneke. Once this mission is over, I have to carry out another mission for the former emperor. However, Rayubia must continue to grow to become the ‘Lord of the Red Cloud Castle.’”
“… … .”
“This sword, which has a piece of the Great General’s blade melted into it, will become Rayubia’s sword. Whenever Rayubia picks up the sword, fight alongside her. The ‘piece of God’ melted into the sword will incarnate the Great General. And when you put down the sword, you can return to my inner world.”
It wasn’t just for Rayubia’s growth. It was also a matter of communication and personal confirmation.
Even if Rubin isn’t by Rayubia’s side, we can always gauge her growth through Haneke.
“Then Kamnuit, please.”
