Episode 372
He twitched, and the muscles in Blackman’s right shoulder also moved.
The collarbone also moved.
My waist also moved.
The legs dig into the ground. The body stretches forward.
All-out power.
Then the first sound of the air being torn apart resounds.
Like an island.
A single-hit, fatal blow that tears the air apart.
but.
Thud-!
Paaaaang-!!
The attack fell so easily into Jack’s hands.
Jack says.
“I told you to aim for the bottom. I may be smaller than you, but that’s a different story. Why do you keep aiming for the top? If you keep getting blocked, that means you’ve been read.”
“… … .”
“Then what should we do? First, we have to exploit the opponent’s weakness. What could be in that weakness? Is there anything else besides balance?”
It’s a bit odd, but the fight between masters is a fight of numbers.
A fight with a difference of one point where you aim for a move that no one would expect, and if it hits, you win.
Who would use a move that would make a relatively small opponent lose his balance?
Obvious, yet not obvious.
A literal emptiness.
“That’s why you should aim downwards. You should make him lose his balance. Instead of just kicking him with your foot, you should have whipped him downwards.”
Jack, who was holding Blackman’s hand tightly with his right hand, tapped Blackman’s hand with his left.
“Two, aren’t you swinging this too simply? Even if fists aren’t your main weapon, this is a bit much.”
Blackman’s forehead twitches.
This human.
It certainly doesn’t seem like an ordinary human being as rumored.
“More than that, he beat up our kid so good.”
“… … .”
“So let’s just get three.”
Just as Blackman’s mouth was about to open.
Mana is stored in Jack’s feet.
at the same time.
Phew-!
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Kwajik-!!
“Keukkuk-!”
Blackman’s back jerked violently and he fell to one knee.
That wasn’t the end.
Once again, Jack’s feet rise from below.
The target is Blackman’s abdomen.
Kwaaaaang-!!
Blackman’s body shook violently once more.
Cool!
More blood than before bursts out of his mouth.
One last room.
Jack raised his right hand, curled his middle finger, and slapped Blackman’s forehead with it.
Taak-!
I ended up feeding him honey.
The harpies were standing still as if they were about to barge in, and the elves and Menama, Benedict, and Ken were watching from a distance.
Everyone looks dumbfounded.
Jack squatted down in his seat without paying any attention.
Blackman also looks up blankly and looks at Jack.
What just happened?
He had that kind of expression on his face, but Jack couldn’t possibly care less.
“It’s amazing to see it this way. It seems like that habit of gritting my teeth and trying to fix it is still there.”
“……what?”
“Does your head hurt when you raise your speculation? That’s because the two blood vessels leading to the cerebrum are closed. One is on the cerebrum side and one is on the cerebellum side. You didn’t know where they were, did you? Fix that quickly. If you can’t fix that, you’ll never be able to become a Red Master.”
Blackman had a look on his face like he didn’t know English.
I was embarrassed.
It was also absurd.
What the heck is this guy?
But a natural smile formed on Jack’s lips.
The only man who did something for the dead Jack when he died after all his revenge was done.
The man who fought them off, protecting Jack’s head while the constables collected the body fragments.
The only friend Jack had from his previous life.
It comes to Jack’s mind.
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That time when I had a drink on a day when the full moon was out.
‘I wish I had met you a little earlier.’
‘Why are you saying that?’
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‘I just had that thought.’
Jack laughed at that moment. He laughed and said this.
‘If you had met me earlier, how would you have acted?’
Blackman burst into laughter as if to ask why he was asking such a thing. The answer was really simple.
‘They must have fought at least once.’
‘and?’
‘You must have been beaten like a dog.’
‘and?’
Blackman turns his head. He looks at Jack. He holds out his glass. And.
‘We must have become friends.’
Jack in reality opened his eyes.
A smile appears on my lips, just like when we were drinking together under the full moon.
Jack said.
“Nice to meet you. Tone Greenhill.”
The smile etched across Jack’s lips was the kind you’d make when meeting a long-lost comrade.
“I really missed you.”
Chapter 6
I slowly raised my head.
From those who are just blankly staring, to those who look perplexed.
One of them had an expression on his face like he just couldn’t understand what was happening.
A rather young-looking orc with tan skin caught my eye.
I saw it somewhere.
That thought lasted only a moment.
“Your name was Kaiser, wasn’t it?”
Flinching, the little orc takes a step back.
He snickered and approached the guy.
“Hey, if you look closely, you wouldn’t recognize me.”
I wasn’t joking, I was serious.
Kaiser.
The little orc I rescued from the slave market in Ishmael.
At that time, he was clearly only about my waist? That’s about it, but now, after only a few months, he’s as tall as my shoulders.
Even if we consider this to be a period of growth, it’s a bit severe.
“It’s definitely an okra. It’s probably about 30cm bigger. It’s scary.”
I patted the guy’s head.
The guy who was looking at me with a mixture of fear and awe eventually shed small tears.
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I don’t know why it’s flowing.
It’s not like there was a bond between Charlotte, Cell, and Thanos.
That thought lasted only a moment, then the guy spoke.
“… … There’s something I haven’t told you before.”
“What is it?”
“Before I met you, I was just an orc who had given up on life.”
You say I’m an old man? I know I’m taller and more handsome than my peers, but I’m not an old man.
I didn’t really say it out loud. I just thought it was time to listen.
I’m not that oblivious.
I looked at the guy like that without saying anything.
“I met you, saw a world I could never have dreamed of, and got a great teacher. I want to tell you what I couldn’t tell you at the slave market.”
“say it.”
The Kaiser slowly bows his head.
A respectful greeting.
The tears that had been running down the boy’s chin now fell vertically to the floor.
“Thank you so much. I will never forget your kindness.”
I looked at the guy for a moment.
I guess I was mistaken.
The first moment I met my Master was the best moment of my life, and just as the moment Charlotte, Cell, and Thanos first met me was the best moment of their lives, the moment Kaiser met me was also the best moment of his life.
Whether we built a bond or not after that was meaningless.
This is about me being meaningful to someone, and someone who considers someone meaningful.
I squatted down lightly in my seat and placed my right hand on the guy’s head, resting my chin on his head.
Let’s stroke it slowly, and the guy will raise his head.
My face reflected in that guy’s eyes.
How will my smile be perceived by him?
“You said orcs cry three times.”
It didn’t matter how it looked.
Because that wasn’t what was important right now.
I learned that if you want to be meaningful to someone, you have to stand alone as a meaningful person.
That’s how I lived.
“See you often from now on, kid.”
The guy smiles and nods.
But kid, are you okay?
The orcs looking this way don’t look kind.
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Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Milos and Dean of the Department of Information at Milos Academy.
And, the anonymous manager.
That was Aveiro’s current title.
It’s been three hours since Jack and Valentine left for the Forest of the Demons.
Aveiro was looking through documents in the office of the Dean of the Faculty of Information.
Jack gave me a vacation, but I couldn’t rest.
The Eastern Continent is shrouded in mystery, and there exists something that the young Jack of today cannot defeat.
Honestly, I couldn’t even imagine it.
Because in Aveiro’s eyes, Jack was the absolute being itself.
It wasn’t clear whether it was meant to scare or to make people more alert, but this much was certain.
There definitely exists an ‘enemy’ comparable to Jack.
This one thing explains everything. So how can I rest?
Aveiro was focused.
Scary concentration.
But soon the door to the dean’s office opened with a bang and an intruder barged in.
It was at that time that Aveiro’s concentration was broken.
Aveiro could see, slowly raising his head.
A man with a red face.
He said.
“They say they’re going to change the name of the kingdom and build a ‘railway’ in the kingdom. Is this rumor true?”
Aveiro stared blankly at the man.
Joris Leopold.
A few months ago, Jack had cleared out the kingdom of Teslan.
And there was a time when the nobles were gathered together, among them were the nobles who did not cooperate with the Tulcan Empire and who kept a check on the Magyar Teslan and the committee from a neutral camp.
They survived, and Marquis Léopold Joris was one of them.
Why did Marquis Leopold, who was the central figure of more than a dozen people and was in charge of several countships, baronial estates, and two countships, come here?
Anybody who wasn’t an idiot could figure it out.
The Marquis is angry now.
“Okay. Let’s say you’re going to build a railroad. You’re going to supplement that manpower with mercenaries? And you’re going to have to go through each territory, so how do you choose the site? And where’s the money? You’re going to need at least a few hundred tons of steel, but where do you get that?”
It looks like I picked up more than I thought.
Mercenaries are more talkative than you might think.
Than that.
“Do you think you can’t get it?”
“That’s not it.”
“Then?”
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“… … We ‘nobles’ cannot understand why such a matter would be brought forward so suddenly.”
Aveiro thought for a moment and then hit the table with his hand.
“It’s sudden… … I don’t understand ‘our nobles’… … I think you came as a representative, okay. Then I will ask you. Marquis Leopold.”
“Yes. Go ahead.”
“When my lord or I do something, do we have to report everything to the Marquis and proceed?”
“… … But this is a huge undertaking that affects the entire kingdom, and we are doing this without consulting the lord… … .”
“therefore.”
Only then could the Marquis see.
Aveiro’s expression was cold and icy.
But that wasn’t all.
The subtle anger contained within that expression.
“I’m asking if it’s necessary to ask the Marquis’s opinion every time we proceed with a very large project that will affect the entire kingdom, and at the same time, to keep an eye on the other nobles’ opinions and convince them all before proceeding with the project.”
Marquis Leopold remained silent.
Was this guy originally like this?
I felt like he was a very quiet man who stayed by Jack’s side, like some kind of interpreter, but he wasn’t.
It was a snake.
A snake that carries deadly poison.
Leopold steeled himself as if he couldn’t give up.
We haven’t even properly discussed the requirements yet.
“You should have at least informed the nobles. It seems that General Rommel and Margrave Cierran didn’t know about it either. The name of the country has changed, and such an important matter affecting the entire country is suddenly… … .”
“ha…….”
The Marquis was left speechless by the heartfelt sigh that escaped Aveiro’s lips.
