[CHE] 027. BLACK PROPHETS (2)

“Actually, I also recently went to Lieutenant Dimross to learn how to practice.”

Amelia said as she tore the pre-dinner bread.

Recently, at the recommendation of the Holy Emperor, she started studying this and that, and she learned it at the same time.

Sir Dimross is the Lieutenant of the 1st Knights of the Imperial Guard. A mature knight with extensive battlefield experience, he is famous within the imperial palace as a master of spearmanship and the Wirose technique.

If asked who was the strongest swordsman in Delcross except the Holy Emperor, everyone would undoubtedly pick Balthazar, the commander of the 1st Knight of the Imperial Guards.

When he was in full swing on the battlefield, his insolence in breaking through a siege alone on the southern front and wiping out a large army of pagans is still talked about like a legend.

However, it was clear that even Balthazar still was at the level where Dimrose gave him a hand when it came to spearmanship, at least he was at the level of being the strongest on the continent in terms of pure spearmanship.

“But why is Wirose? Sir Marthain said that it is a practice that is a bit burdensome for beginners to learn, right?”

Seongjin stopped chewing the bread and tilted his head.

There is a reason why most of the knights are initiated through the Banahas seniority method. This is because the flow of swordsmanship and the flow of Aura are consistent and intuitive without conflicting parts.

Even if you don’t, if you adjust the Aura separately, use your swordsmanship properly, and go back to the direction of the Aura in a hectic state, the introductory difficulty will go up exponentially.

On the other hand, Wirose is different.

-I’m going to say this about the standard martial arts of the Holy Empire, but Wirose is a bit of a sinister martial arts.

Marthain gave such an evaluation with a chewed face.

With one of the most basic thrusting movements, the Aura is sequentially divided into two directions to maximize break-through.

Here, the process of overlaying the Aura on the weapon also basically goes in two directions. When it came to the final movement of spearmanship, only the weapon had to be rotated by overlaying four-direction Aura on it, it was truly a monstrous technique.

This is why it is so rare to find an knight that touches the extreme of Wirose.

Amelia replied in a dejected voice.

“Did I know that beforehand? I just answered spearmanship when Father asked what I want to learn.”

Ah, so that’s why he attached the strongest spearman.

Since that guy is in the state of turning Aura ‘as he pleases’, he probably wouldn’t have cared too much whether it was in four or ten directions. Do you understand what the difficulties of beginners are in the first place?

“But why are you suddenly using spears? Aren’t you usually more familiar with the sword?”

“Umm……”

She looked at Seongjin with strange eyes and smiled.

“Someone I know is good at throwing spears. It was pretty cool, so I wanted to try it too.”

With just one flick of the hand, the castle wall crumbles.

The soldiers of the enemy army could only gasp.

As Amelia starts to explain by patting her hands, the escort driver standing behind as well as Edith, who is in the middle of serving meals, look at her with red cheeks. She is just as lovely as her face, they’re about to die.

Hey, everyone. Your cute princess is making a radical statement that she wants to blow up the enemy’s castle with her own hands. Yes?

“So, I started spearmanship, but even though I practiced it, I had no idea what I was doing. I can’t understand Lord Dimrose’s explanation at all.”

Seongjin was also well aware of how vague the explanation of the martial arts sounded to a beginner who had no knowledge of martial arts and was just beginning to feel his aura.

Even though he said his Aura was depleted, didn’t even he, who was a monster hunter with a lot of bones, get lost in Marthain’s explanation for a while?

“But seeing you practice today, I thought I discovered something. Ah, I also think that this is training……”

The girl’s white cheeks are rosy, and her clear eyes twinkle like stars.

“Somehow, I get the feeling that seniority is going to become more and more fun.”

It is the face of someone who is fascinated by something. No matter what this kind of person is passionate about, it is bound to produce results quickly.

Seongjin smiled heartily, thinking that sooner or later Amelia might make a leap forward in seniority. Until he heard the next words that followed.

“I never thought all things for revenge would make life so much fun.”

No, Older Sister. Do you really want to learn spearmanship to get revenge?

You say you’re going to hit people with the power to break down castles?

He can see the way the escort driver and Edith send support from the bottom of their hearts towards the beautiful girl who is full of enthusiasm.

Without asking, ‘Our princess, fighting! I don’t know who that person is, but just end them!’ You must be thinking about something like that.

All of a sudden, Seongjin felt really sorry for the person who was going to be avenged.

* * *

Sir Masain, who said he would return for the afternoon class, never showed up at the gymnasium after that.

Well, let’s review swordsmanship. Seongjin performed a sword dance in order from movement 1 to movement 5 by himself.

But then a strange thing happened. He was excitedly swinging his wooden sword, but unlike before, he felt that something was breaking.

“… Hmm?”

Seongjin tilted his head and tried the 1st and 2nd movements again. He was the hardest to learn and the most confident. Swish swish. Hook.

“… Hmm?”

It was the same anyway. The tempo he had been accustomed to before was subtly twisted, which hindered his successive development of his movements. Why is this happening all of a sudden?

Hmm? Uh? What?

He lost his way and was wielding one expression over and over again, when someone cautiously spoke to him from the side.

“… That, Prince Morres. You shouldn’t weave Aura together like that. If you don’t develop the basics of seniority first, the connection between the layers will go wrong.”

Seongjin turned his head.

The one who spoke to him was the resident knight with whom he was quite acquainted. He remember thinking that his small body and slightly protruding front teeth gave him the impression that he would be shy.

He suddenly pointed it out, but he was even more startled and hurriedly shut his mouth. He stopped the training that the other knights were doing and focused his gaze here.

“Ah, I am very sorry! I don’t know, I will stop… interfering with your training……”

“Oh, no, it’s not like that. But what about you?”

“Yes, Your Highness! I am Haven from the 3rd Knights of the Imperial Guard!”

The knight quickly put his hand on his chest and lowered his head. However, what Seongjin paid attention to was something else.

“So, that… Did you say weave Aura?”

Seongjin stood next to him and slowly went through the movement 1. He tilts his head and unfold it once more.

The knight who introduced himself as Haven reflexively trembled whenever Seongjin swung his wooden sword. It was as if he thought he would strike him down with a wooden sword at any moment.

“… Seriously?”

Seongjin understood the knight’s words only after repeating the first movement three times.

After haphazardly forming the 4th layer during morning meditation, the Aura flow was now strong enough to have a tangible effect on the movement. That’s why Marthain said that the section where the introductory training for seniority begins is from the 3rd layer.

Unbeknownst to him, he was pouring it into his muscles at will in a way that used the spirit of the old monsters. So the movements get awkward and the beat gets twisted.

Seongjin smiled broadly at the knight who was still cowering nervously.

“Did you say Sir Haven? Aren’t you amazing? I didn’t even know that I was leaking Aura, how did you find out?”

Haven blinked his eyes involuntarily at the feeling that the gymnasium suddenly brightened.

The Third Prince, who always looked fat, was a boy who laughed quite a lot.

“That, there are often people who neglect the basics of seniority and get over it, but later their movements get twisted. It goes wrong starting with movements 1 and 2. You can see it in action. This is a common mistake made by inexperienced squires.”

Haven was diligently explaining to Seongjin without even realizing it. The appearance of being nervous about being hit by one was already gone.

“Ah, that’s why you knew I was shedding freely! I went to Aura again and I could see it.”

“How do you see the Aura flowing through your body when it’s not external air? If you just move the Aura correctly, the motion will change a little, so everyone sees it and corrects it.”

“Right. Do you know how to shed your Aura just by looking at your movements……”

Seongjin nodded.

“That means you have a high understanding of each movements, right? As expected, people who are at the level of imperial palace knights are amazing.”

He was genuinely in admiration.

To be honest, until now, he had been ignoring the resident knights because they were mediocre. He thought it would be worth trying to some extent without an Aura as long as his physical strength recovered a little.

However, even these low-level knights had very specialized knowledge about Aura training and swordsmanship. It is the moment when the resident knights are seen again.

A proud look passed across Haven’s face for a moment, as if he had heard the quiet admiration, like talking to himself.

“Then, how should I practice from now on? The layers suddenly increased today, so I haven’t learned how to weave them properly from Sir Marthain yet.”

Before he had a sense of Aura, he had heard how to weave a couple of shapes for a while, but there was no way he could hold a proper movement with it. Should he wait for Marthain……

Haven flinched at Seongjin’s question, but someone else’s voice interrupted from behind.

“Binding the Aura to the core is itself a training. Your Highness.”

“You’re……?”

She was a knight with a slightly unfamiliar face. Her long, wheat-colored hair was tied up casually, and her hair was sticking out here and there, but her facial expression was very solemn and looked quite old.

As her face hardened slightly at the careless question, Seongjin quickly apologized.

“I’m sorry if I’ve met you before. I don’t know if you know, but my memory is hazy after I got sick……”

“Oh no, Your Highness! I am Maria of the 1st Knights of the Imperial Guard. It hasn’t been long since I was dispatched to the Pearl Palace. My greetings are late.”

Judging from how she was waving her hands, it seemed that she was the type whose expression hardened when she was nervous rather than angry.

“So, you bind the Aura?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

Seeing that her voice cracked high as she answered, Seongjin thought that she must be someone who is more nervous than she looks like she has a lot of experience.

Of course, he didn’t realize that most of the tension was because of himself, who was rumored to be trash.

“Well, there is no one who teaches introductory practice as solidly as Sir Marthain. Even if we explain it, it’s easy to make strange habits anyway, so I thought it would be better to practice tying the Aura to the core instead……”

According to her explanation, even skilled knights sometimes deliberately train with their Aura tied to the core.

It is a process of clearly recalling before and after weaving Aura to remind them of proper Aura operation, and correcting the basics of swordsmanship, which tends to go wrong depending on the habit of weaving Aura.

In addition, detaining and turning the Aura that tries to circulate throughout the body is itself a training that makes aura management skillful.

“That… Isn’t that a great idea?”

Seongjin’s eyes shone. If the Aura flows uncontrollably and the movements are twisted, wouldn’t it be a natural solution if he deliberately practiced not spilling it as she said?

He stood for a while and contemplated the core. The Aura is spinning well in the lower abdomen.

He lowered the wooden sword a couple of times, trying to keep it there. The Aura that was habitually flowing down his arm was pulled back to the core.

“This……”

It’s a bit tricky, but he guessed it will work?

“Thank you, Sir Maria! I will give it a try!”

Seongjin shook her hand brightly and soon immersed himself in a new practice.

Pull with a single pole. The Aura that was habitually spilled all over the body is captured in the core.

The movements that had been cut off began to regain their flow little by little.

Not only the Aura flowing from the core, but even the Aura absorbed through breathing did not spill on his limbs. All Aura that interfere with movement are excluded from swordsmanship.

It was a very new experience. The energies that he had habitually used before came back with a clear form.

In what form and in what order, it was only after completely blocking the Aura that it was more clearly recognized.

Little by little, the layers finally connect completely, and the movement begin to soften like water. Seongjin started to dance with the sword in the rhythm again, in a trance.

All of the resident knights at the gymnasium stopped training and were watching the Third Prince frantically wielding a wooden sword.

“Senior, let’s be honest. Were you embarrassed to throw your words away?”

A red-nosed knight asked Maria teasingly.

“I didn’t know he could really do that……”

Maria shook her head. She said it in a daze, but she said it was because tying her Aura was never a difficulty that beginners would try.

There were many people who struggled for a long time to release the Aura from the core in a distinct form to their limbs. It is not for nothing that introductory practice is called the realm of talent.

However, as soon as that young prince built more than three layers, he was circulating it naturally through his limbs without knowing that he was spilling it.

In addition, the Aura that has already flowed smoothly is completely tied back to the core?

It was an Aura operation in a higher level than pouring out with a form.

Prince Morres must be a real genius.

Among the resident knights looking at him as if possessed, one young knight with a gloomy face turned around and quietly left the arena.

T/N:
Amelia picking up spearmanship because that was how Morres rescued her in her past future is just so precious *cries*
Anyway, we’ll be getting some plot progression next chapter!