68. I dreamed of hugging a woman (1)
Swish.
The world spins.
When I fell to the floor from my back with a thud, my breath caught in my throat.
“If you hit it a little harder, your ribs and internal organs will be damaged.”
As I was suppressing the pain and frowning, the company commander’s musical instrument-like voice rang out from above.
“stop?”
“Once more.”
Encred just wanted to repeat it if he could, even if it meant getting his head cut off at an older age.
I knew I wouldn’t be a match for him.
Rem glanced at the fairy company commander and said something.
“That gentleman is also a male monster.”
Afterwards, Ragnar’s evaluation.
“Of all the company commanders, you are the best.”
There was also an addition from Audin.
“Your body is well built.”
Knowing that he is no match for his opponent doesn’t change anything, so Encred held his sword with both hands.
“egg plant.”
The fairy company commander was as usual. With a grave and emotionless voice. Age creeps in.
The sword made by the fairies is a sword that cuts as if it is curved and at some point turns into a point and stabs.
A little while ago, I was trying to avoid being stabbed, but I gave myself some distance.
This time, he stepped back and struck with his long sword.
In terms of strength, this side clearly had the upper hand.
If you lift it from the bottom up and blow away the age, a gap will form.
Picture the direction of the fight in your head.
It is a battle prediction that has arisen naturally thanks to countless battles, even battles that risk one’s life.
Anticipate the other person’s reaction and prepare accordingly.
For those who are inherently talented, or who have perfected their martial arts through actual combat, it is as natural as breathing, but Encrid was also a weapon obtained only after losing countless lives.
Wow.
Just before the company commander’s sword collided with Encrud and the long sword, the sword gently bent.
True to its nickname, the Leaf Sword, it really looked like a leaf.
The blade became soft and bent.
It was a feat performed by the company commander’s wrists. Break and shake. Even though he saw the blade bending, Encred used more force to finally hit it with his sword.
In the end, the blade fell off without even touching it. Encred punched the air.
It is a swordsmanship that can only be called a stunt.
Afterwards, the fairy narrowed the distance again.
I snuggle into your arms closely. Encrid, prepared, brought up his knees.
widely.
The company commander did not avoid. He instead folded his hands and pressed them to his knees.
The pressure shook Encred’s balance before the power was properly applied.
Even though I know, I suffer. Encred thought so.
Even though I knew they would definitely try to engage in close combat like this.
When he attempted to headbutt as soon as possible, the company commander bent his head and hit Encred’s forehead with his shoulder.
Afterwards, the situation was similar to before. Only the hitting technique was different.
The company commander clasped his hands together, covering his knees, and hit Encred near the heart.
puck!
For a moment, I was out of breath again and my limbs lost all strength.
If this was a life-or-death fight, I would have bitten my tongue to fight, but it was a sparring match.
At this point, it was already defeat.
“Whoop, whoop, whoop.”
Encred took a few steps back, knelt on the floor, held on, and took a deep breath.
As I raised my head, I saw the green eyes of the company commander.
“more?”
she asked.
“Whoa.”
Encred’s heart ached, but he smiled.
I was really happy. Because the opponent doesn’t stop even if they win.
So I attacked again and again countless times.
I was hit again and again and fell to pieces.
* * *
“Did you get beaten up for not shoveling snow? “Something like that?”
Upon returning to the dorm, Rem, wrapped in heated leather, reacted first.
“what?”
“Why does your face look like that? “Who did it?”
The horse looks like it’s going to run away right now, but my hands tighten the heated leather even more.
Yeah, that’s pretty warm. Encred also knew.
Today was also an unusually cold day.
“What is it?”
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Ragna also asks.
For some reason, Saxony, who is in the dorm today, is also looking at Encred closely. It seemed like his eyes were asking what was going on.
Audin thought quietly.
“Why are you going around getting beaten up, brother?”
‘When you say that, it seems like I have a very weak constitution.’
Doesn’t he seem like a childish child who gets beaten up every now and then?
Encred thought and answered.
“We sparred.”
“Who did you do it with?”
“Company commander.”
“Our company commander?”
Nod.
“Why did you do that? “If you want to be hit, I will hit you.”
That bastard speaks so obnoxiously.
Encred refused to even answer. He had just washed himself with superhuman will a little while ago.
Fortunately, there is a bathhouse in the barracks that provides hot water for a fee of krona.
If it weren’t for that, I might have given up on washing.
My whole body was throbbing. She didn’t even have the strength to lift a finger. Still, it was okay. Because I can rest.
A good rest for a day or two will do.
There was no work or training, so there was plenty of time to rest.
“In fact, I have worked hard to keep the city safe, and in recognition of my achievements, I will be given four days of vacation. “There is no reward.”
This was what the company commander said as the sun was setting, ending the sparring.
This means there is no work.
Although they said there was no reward, Encred thought that sparring was the reward. Above all, there is wealth obtained from criminal guilds.
‘I think it happened more than ten times.’
This is the number of times I was sprawled out on the frozen dirt floor. Although my body suffered, I learned something.
‘What I lack right now.’
Instead of opening his mouth to speak, the company commander spoke with his sword and fists.
It was natural to hone swordsmanship, single-point concentration, the heart of the beast, and the sense of the blade. That’s basic.
However, before that, Encred realized that he needed to fill it inside himself.
“You’re dull. you.”
The company commander’s last words came as a dagger, but they didn’t even hurt that much.
In the meantime, the teacher who taught him used even harsher words.
“Do I really have to learn it?”
“Quit and go back to your hometown and start farming.”
“You can’t teach someone who will die by becoming a third-rate swordsman.”
The more proper the person was, the harsher the words were.
The company commander called Encred dull, but Encred got what he wanted despite his dullness.
‘Lack of technology.’
To be precise, it is a lack of skill in handling the body.
The fairy company commander continued to throw himself around in the same way. She taught with her body, and Encrid also accepted the teaching with her body.
Like a hawk stalking its prey, I did not miss the opportunity to learn.
‘What I need.’
It is a fighting technique called wrestling, fighting, martial arts, and box fighting.
Swinging a sword does not mean you only fight with a sword.
This includes using your hands, feet, and torso.
This is a tactic that Encred has also used quite a bit so far.
‘It was clearly revealed that I had never learned it properly.’
The company commander’s skills were outstanding. In particular, there was no way I could resist him letting go of his sword, running towards him as if he was crawling on the floor, immediately breaking his balance, and then grabbing his knee and breaking it.
What if you pull out a dagger and strike it down?
No, a company commander would be able to pull out the knee joint, break it, and pull the body out before drawing the dagger and inserting it.
‘It is not easy.’
The point is the difference in technology. There was a difference in skill level, but what they learned and possessed in the first place was different.
‘It was fun.’
My whole body is throbbing and I still feel like I have a bone disease, but I have learned something.
Moreover, Encred was happy because the learning opened up a new path.
As I was about to lie down on the bed, the leopard stuck its head out and looked at me with its blue eyes.
‘I said I would give you a name.’
It’s difficult not to have a proper name to call it.
As I lay down on the bed, the leopard snuggles into my arms. I felt a warm feeling.
Somehow, the warmth makes my bone-sick body feel a little better.
“Should we name it ‘Stove’ because it’s warm?”
“Is that what you named it?”
Rem joined in from the side. There’s no way this bastard won’t get involved.
“Is it strange?”
“Are you saying it’s a horse?”
It’s the bed on the other side. Ragna answered. The bed is lying down. I lived on a topic that was too bothersome to get up from.
“Brother, you don’t like leopards?”
Even Audin is like this.
“no?”
When Encred asked the leopard, the leopard slapped Encred in the face with its front paw.
“I guess I really hate it.”
Encred muttered, held the leopard in his arms, and then fell into thought.
What should I name it?
I didn’t know you would worry about something like this.
coon?
No, it sounds like a dog’s name.
Since my eyes are blue and like a lake, I would say I have blue eyes.
I think this is pretty good.
When the leopard was in my arms and patted my chest, it was as if it was reading my thoughts and saying it disliked everything.
Do you hate blue eyes too?
So, what should I say?
Should I call it a black mark? I think it would be convenient then.
Hold.
The leopard pressed its paw to its chest. Looking at her pressing and rubbing it, she seemed to really dislike it.
‘But are you reading my thoughts?’
I went on an external operation and spent the night with the colleagues of those I killed.
In such a situation, it was strange to see Rem sleeping while snoring or Ragna sleeping like he was dead.
Some tension was necessary.
Thanks to this, I couldn’t sleep soundly in the thief’s home base. I fell into a light sleep and could barely close my eyes for a moment.
Afterwards, as soon as I returned, I reported and immediately went to sparring.
It was a sparring exercise that involved overworking the body by rolling around on the frozen floor several times.
Thanks to this, my body has become tired. After washing my body in hot water, I came back and wrapped myself in a heated leather jacket and a blanket on top of it, and the warmth seeped into my body.
The warmth provided by the leopard also played a role.
The fact that he was tapping his foot to the beat made me fall asleep.
Encred was half asleep like that.
‘What’s your name?’
A state in which one’s mind is half in a dream and half in reality can be called half-asleep.
The moment he asked in that state, Encred had a dream.
In my dream, a beautiful woman with silver blonde hair and blue eyes appeared.
Her straight-open eyes were large and clear, and the straight nose bridge seemed to show her personality.
I thought she was an arrogant beauty who was straight and undisturbed.
The middle of a flower meadow with white, red, yellow, and blue flowers in full bloom.
She was like a star shining alone among the flowers.
A star that gives light to all flowers.
“You look pretty.”
Encred said. His voice crossed the plains and reached the other person. You can know it because it is a dream.
and.
“My name is Esther.”
She said.
That voice also reached Encred across distance and space.
The meadow disappears again and she disappears too. Encred, half-asleep, spit out sleep.
“Ester, let’s call it Esther.”
“… … “Dreaming?”
Rem answered from next to him, but Encred, who was already asleep, did not reply.
Rem tilted her head when she saw the sleeping squad leader.
No matter how tired I am, I’m not the kind of person who falls asleep to the point of losing my mind.
“You seem tired.”
Rem muttered. It seemed like the company commander made a decision and ordered the squad leader.
I didn’t like it that much.
The company commander, a fairy woman, was the type of person whose true feelings were unknown.
Moreover, why do I treat my squad leader like that?
Who gets permission?
“Grrr.”
As if reacting to the word “Ester,” the leopard let out a happy cry in the squad leader’s arms.
“Yes, do it Esther. you.”
Rem joked and closed his eyes.
I was satisfied with the current warmth.
I don’t like being cold. Absolutely terrible.
Did you say there was no work for three days?
Rem had no intention of leaving the heated leather, except to eat and drink.
* * *
Lake Panther, Esther smelled a familiar scent from a man named Encred.
It is a scent associated with spells, mystery, and esotericism.
If you actually dig into it, it’s close to a curse.
‘It only stayed on the outside.’
The mystery called the curse exerted no power around Encred and only left traces.
From her experience, it seems like a spell trap someone had made was triggered.
I activated it, but it didn’t work.
I had a guess as to why the curse stayed.
Of course, this is just a guess. I can’t prove anything with my current body.
I wanted to know more, I wanted to dig deeper, but I couldn’t pursue it right now.
To be precise, it wasn’t something to be discussed.
As I took in the scent of the spell, I was unable to have any effect on the man named Encred, and only absorbed the remaining energy on the surface.
The intention and will that could be called a curse have already disappeared, so only pure energy and mana remain.
Esther savored it to the fullest.
It was a sweet scent. It was truly a part of the world of order that I had tasted for the first time in a long time.
In the meantime, he projected himself into the dream of a man who wanted to make up his own name.
“My name is Esther.”
He said his name correctly. He couldn’t just leave it alone.
Because names have a special meaning in the world of spells.
Moreover, his current condition is not so good.
If you receive a new name for your current form, the curse becomes deeper.
So, the original name had to be known.
This is why it appeared in the man’s dream because it was unreasonable.
Was it because of the remaining mana in the body of a man named Encred and his reflection in his dreams?
Esther returned to her original form, albeit briefly.
Naked in the arms of the man she chose.
“hmm.”
A man hugs himself. Esther’s face quickly turned red because she had never allowed the opposite sex into her arms.
But no one saw it.
The man’s strong chest muscles were right in front of me.
Esther did not move, just letting out a soft sigh. She was in no position to make a fuss.
It was only for a moment that his true self returned.
The man’s eyelids slowly rise. His eyes were sleepy. The eyes are not clear. The moment she met those eyes, Esther was so shocked that she forgot to breathe.
“huh?”
The man looked blankly, slowly closed his eyes, and then opened them again. He still had sleepy eyes.
Meanwhile, Esther returned to her leopard form. It was a magical mystery.
The man who opened his eyes again closed them and fell asleep.
“Ester, Esther.”
The man was talking in his sleep in my name.
You won’t remember, right?
She was glad she turned into a street leopard. I am seeing this man for the first time, and strictly speaking, I am not seeing him for the first time, but it is like being naked in the arms of a man.
I don’t even want to imagine it.
Then Esther regretted it.
‘Thank goodness the curse is there.’
I don’t plan on doing it by mistake.
But it was my first time being held in a man’s arms like this.
The leopard tried to push the man away but stayed still.
The scent of Mana still lingered in the man’s arms, tempting her.
She thought it was because of Mana and snuggled into his arms.
Just as Encred feels the warmth of a leopard.
The leopard also felt Encred’s warmth.
I gained strength enough to see myself again, even if just for a moment.
Now, even if he looked like a leopard, he could still be active to some extent.
I still need time to find myself.
‘soon.’
It was literally just a matter of time.
That could have happened with the human Encred by his side. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have come looking for this guy in the first place.
‘I like the face.’
Even in her eyes, Encred was an unusually handsome man.
Of course, Esther didn’t think that was important.
fantasy,
