Chapter 8

 

What is a swordmaster?

About 1500 years ago, the first swordmaster appeared on the continent.

It was more than 900 years ago when the Iassa Empire emerged after the continent was unified.

The first swordmaster was Eliot von Hood.

He was a representative of the kingdom, which is now the Barthang of the Iassa Empire.

The investigation found out that he was a distant ancestor of the Duke of Reinhardt.

Even before Eliot von Hood, there was someone who showed the characteristics of a swordmaster.

However, it was he who had all the characteristics of the current swordmaster.

First, he had the ability to sense mana.

If he sensed that a sword had mana, he could replace it visually.

It was a basic ability.

Nobody could tell who would win the fight between the two swordmasters.

 

For they were already skilled in swordsmanship.

 

The second qualification of the swordmaster was the ability to ‘move the body’s energy’.

 

Energy was the beauty of mana.

 

While there were people who could feel the magic of the sword and handle the body’s airway by itself, there were others who had to train more.

 

Ian’s case was the former.

 

Being able to move the body’s energy meant that they could have control over it.

 

This physical ability helped in improving the five senses and in healing wounds faster.

 

 

If a sword was made of a dragon’s bones, teeth, and nails, the swordmaster who owned it was a blessed child.

 

That would mean…

 

Ian was also……

 

***

 

“What food shall we try today?”

 

A week after Ian collapsed.

In the kitchen of the villa.

 

Laritte kept on thinking about whether the food ingredients she had stored had any discrepancies.

 

Ian’s fever has decreased for some time now.

 

It is now clear that he was beginning to recover.

 

She decided to make soft food as Ian isn’t fully recovered yet.

 

“Well, I will make some vegetable soup.”

 

She decided to cook and move on.

 

Returning through the snow-covered path, her hands contained a range of vegetables, including potatoes, onions, carrots, and kidney beans.

 

Everything that was needed to make vegetable soup.

 

It was just a touch for the soup.

 

First, she chopped the washed onions and carrots into small pieces.

 

A hand, that was not clumsy but neither as skillful as a cook, moved the knife.

 

“I wish there were radishes here….”

 

her habit of speaking

 

It was winter now.

 

village during the

 

she could

 

 

was because she could not stop by the village since Ian came and stayed with her. She could not

 

hasn’t piled up yet. I

 

chopped onions and carrots in a sack. Instead of radishes, more whole pepper and

 

put the sack in a pre-loaded

 

half an hour and

 

another

 

 

more vegetables into bigger

 

in oil and added the cooking wine, broth, and spices for

 

he eat one serving

 

muttered, recalling Ian lying in the room, while she poured the soup into the

 

rang in

 

“I will try.”

 

looked at where

 

against the wall

 

he arrived at the villa. This was the first time he acted like

 

her eyes wide

 

up on

 

a very

 

quite satisfied with the change

 

was because he wanted to surprise

 

woke up and

 

of them had to make a fuss because he was the one fighting a life-threatening battle

 

about joy. Even now, Ian’s condition was more important than

 

had

 

made by the

 

it was nothing special to recall her quiet response when Ian

 

“…..What is this smell?”

 

and focused on his sense of

 

so far, I don’t think it’s meat again,

 

 

she stir-fried the vegetables and

 

will not be any problem with your

 

I can help you

 

he had only received Laritte’s kindness

 

Laritte to pick

 

to refuse his

 

up,

 

poked his abdomen with her finger without any

 

part of a

 

“Argh.”

 

he was fine, the wound did not

 

painfully sighed and grabbed

 

to help someone out in

 

case unless

 

bowl away from his hand, which made Ian stare at

 

He was in agony.

 

did I

 

could have thought for it to be an illusion, but his eyesight was

 

“Did you just laugh?”

 

hurriedly following

 

was expressionless most of

 

behind Laritte when she

 

he wanted to see

 

also wanted to get rid of

 

she

 

“Yes. I laughed.”

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