Sieghart 5 training ground.
The sandboard of blood and sweat, which had been empty for a year, began to become crowded again with returning practitioners.
As the years went by and the trainees turned 17, their height grew by more than a hand, their appearance matured, and their standing posture exuded confidence and pride.
The highlight of them all is the eyes. The accomplishments he had achieved and the achievements he had accumulated became a mirror, giving off a momentum that was different from before.
However, the complexions of the trainees who passed the one-year survival test and were recognized by the instructors, confirming their qualifications as prosecutors, were not so bright. Her face was frowning as if there was something she didn’t like.
In particular, the expressions of Buren, Runaan, and Marta were more wrinkled than those of the other trainees.
“You bastard. “Where are you going and what are you doing that’s why you haven’t come yet?”
Burren, whose physique was better than that of a strong man, was frowning so much that his eyebrows were lowered so much that they met his eyes.
“What on earth are you doing that you don’t even show your nose until the day before graduation?”
He walked around the training ground constantly, biting his nails nervously.
“Raon… .”
Runaan, with her snow-like silver hair tied back, looked up blankly at the clear sky and muttered Raon’s name. It was so small that you couldn’t hear it even if you were right next to it, but that made it even scarier.
“Raon, why aren’t you coming? Where is Raon? Let’s eat ice cream together… .”
I got goosebumps when I saw them running around the training ground with a bucket of beaded ice cream in their arms.
“joy. “I might not be able to come because I got beat up for being a little stronger.”
Marta, whose ebony hair contrasted sharply with her white skin and now exuded the scent of a woman, snorted. Even as she speaks, she rolls her eyes as if she is anxious about something.
“It would be better if you didn’t come. “I just need to be the representative instead of that little guy.”
The corner of his mouth curled up as if he were mocking, but perhaps because he was forcing it, his mouth trembled slightly.
“You frustrating bastard. “Why aren’t you coming?”
She mumbled without anyone noticing and clenched her fists.
“Raon is coming.”
Runan approached Marta, who was smiling awkwardly, and pouted her mouth. There was faith in her fierce eyes.
“what?”
“Raon is coming.”
“If you were going to come, you would have come long ago. “It’s already too late.”
Martha tilted her chin. She said she was afraid that her words would be misunderstood and she didn’t say anything harsh anymore.
“I’m embarrassed to have lost, so I’m probably stuck somewhere.”
“I didn’t lose! “Come soon!”
“I’m not coming!”
“and!”
“I’m not coming!”
“and!”
Silver hair and black hair. As Runaan and Marta, who had contrasting hair colors, looked at each other and growled, dark green sparks began to explode around them.
The trainees in the training hall did not think to stop the two people. That kind of confrontation has been going on for almost a month.
“Why aren’t Raon and Dorian coming?”
“Didn’t it really happen that there was an accident on the way there?”
“I met Eden…” .”
“Don’t be so lucky.”
Trainees constantly thought about Raon while practicing or talking.
He looks completely different from when we first gathered here and laughed at him. Even though a year had passed, they still sincerely followed Raon, who saved their lives.
Quaaaang!
When everyone was unable to concentrate on training and was swinging their swords clumsily, the door to the training room opened as if it were breaking open, and Rimmer, with hair like flames, came in. I stood in front of the trainees, feeling more relaxed than before.
“Why are everyone’s eyes open? “Did you not sleep?”
Rimmer looked around at the trainees with his characteristic light gaze.
“Instructor. “You don’t open a door with your foot.”
“huh. “It’s mine.”
He waved his finger at Buren, who frowned.
“Ugh… .”
It wasn’t wrong, Buren just gritted his teeth and couldn’t say anything. Even after a year, their relationship did not change.
“Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony. All the high-ranking people in your family will come out to see you, so are you going to show such foolish behavior? “Everyone, come to your senses.”
Rimmer clicked his tongue as he looked at the trainees who were unable to concentrate.
“Raon isn’t coming.”
Runan lowered her shoulders and sighed as she looked at the box of beaded ice cream in her hand.
“Like you said, tomorrow is graduation day, so where on earth is that Raon guy doing? “Didn’t you really get kidnapped?”
Buren approached the podium as if he was going to bite it and frowned. Her blue eyes were filled with worry.
“If you don’t come, it’s okay. What are you looking for? “It’s convenient because I don’t have it.”
Marta crossed her arms and smiled coldly. Her hand, hidden under her armpit, trembled.
“Ha, that’s pathetic.”
Rimmer shook his head.
“You’ve been living with Raon for so many years and you still don’t know him. “Where do you think he’s going to get beaten up or kidnapped?”
“Even if Raon is strong, isn’t it strong at our level? No, I’m not particularly worried. There is no need to see it that way. Just as motivation, Raon and Dorian… .”
Buren blushed, as if he was embarrassed just thinking about Raon.
“He is strong among his peers… .”
Rimmer shrugged his shoulders with a sly smile.
“uh? “You look like you know something?”
“Instructor! “Do you know where Raon is?”
“Why isn’t that guy coming!”
“Dorian is with us too!”
“Instructor!”
The trainees rushed to Rimmer like a swarm of ants who had seen candy. In the middle was Runan holding a box of ice cream. He was almost ready to grab Rimmer by the collar.
“How would I know where Raon and Dorian are? But they will definitely come back unharmed.”
Rimmer smiled slightly and waved his hand.
“You can relax and prepare for the graduation ceremony tomorrow.”
He calmed down the trainees with his calm eyes and then left the training hall again.
“That is correct.”
“Raon has a good head. He’ll be fine.”
“Dorian will be hiding no matter what happens.”
“okay. “There must be circumstances.”
“Because you say things like that. “The instructor looks pretty cool too.”
The trainees began training again, thinking that Rimmer’s words were right. As I began to focus on whether the one-year survival test was in vain, a sharp energy soared throughout the training hall.
* * *
“Help me! Roen!”
With a tearful expression on his face, Rimmer grabbed Roen’s sleeve halfway up Bukmangsan Mountain.
“Why aren’t Raon and Dorian coming? Where is it stuck? “Tomorrow is graduation day!”
He shook Roen’s shoulder with eyes filled with impatience, unlike the calm demeanor he showed in the training hall.
“I can’t even enter the non-banquet because the Heavenly Blade is guarding it! “They even put thorns in the ceiling!”
“thorn… .”
“Even if he was the last to leave, he should have arrived a month ago, so I don’t know why he’s not coming!”
“Whoa.”
Roen let out a light sigh as he looked at Rimmer hanging on. A few months ago, he broke through the ceiling of the non-banquet office and stole Raon’s information, and was beaten to death by Glenn. From that day on, Cheongeomdae prosecutors began to reside at the banquet.
“Because of Mr. Rimmer, I am not receiving any information about Master Raon.”
“yes? “Still?”
“yes. “The head of the family is giving Raon’s information higher than the express level.”
“Oh, if your grandson is so precious, take care of it first. “It’s not like I’m some kind of stalker, but I’m always watching you from behind.”
Rimmer grunted and kicked a stone on the floor.
Even when Raon was a baby and learning how to draw comics, Glenn was always by Raon’s side and did not show any signs of interest. They say she only gets more stubborn as she gets older, and she is as stubborn as an iron tendon.
“I agree with that.”
Roen nodded with a bitter expression. Like Rimmer, he also hoped that Glenn, Raon, and Sylvia would become like family.
“Fortunately, I have one piece of information.”
“Information?”
“yes. “A week after the report came that Raon was returning, the Cheongeomdae swordsmen moved in the direction of Habun Castle.”
“Oh, that’s it!”
“yes. This is probably a measure to protect the girl who was threatened by Master Raon and Eden. If you see that there is no other movement from the head of the family or the Heavenly Swordsman after that, it probably means that there is no problem.”
“Ohh!”
Rimmer’s sunken expression instantly brightened as if a magic light had been turned on.
“Then I guess I’ll have to find out properly.”
“yes?”
“Because I’m not sure yet. “Let’s take a look at the matriarch.”
“Now, wait a minute! If so… .”
“Hey, it’s okay. Do you really have to kill me? “I go first!”
Before Roen could stop him, Rimer stood up with a grin on his face and ran down to the Gaju Hall using the energy of the wind.
Rimer arrived at the entrance of the Gaju Hall and entered inside with a smile.
“Uhm… .”
Roen let out a low groan. The future of a red-haired elf who entered the family hall was pictured in her mind.
After a while, as expected, the house was shaken, and thunder was heard from inside.
Roen closed his eyes, praying for Rimmer’s peace.
* * *
Sieghard Annex.
The warm space, which had remained bright even after Raon left, had a deep chill as if it had been hit directly by the winter wind.
“ha… .”
“Why aren’t you coming?”
“Everyone else has returned… .”
“Master Raon… .”
The maids who were tidying up the flower beds sighed heavily as if the ground was falling apart. 5 Among the training camp trainees, Raon did not return alone, so the atmosphere in the annex was like a funeral home itself.
“Stop sighing and let’s finish this quickly.”
Unlike the subdued voices of the maids, the calm voice soothes the cold air.
“There’s not much left.”
It’s Sylvia. She smiled faintly as she trimmed her flower beds with her garden shears, her voluminous blonde hair falling over her left shoulder.
“lady… .”
“S-sorry.”
The maids pursed their lips as they looked at Sylvia smiling. I felt like crying even more because the person who was having a harder time than anyone else right now showed the brightest side.
“Yes, that’s right. Well, the master will be here soon. “Don’t worry too much.”
Helen squatted down next to Sylvia and shook her head. Unlike Sylvia, her face was pale and she was unable to hide her emotions.
“Raon promised. I will come back healthy. “We just have to wait here so that he can rest comfortably when he comes back.”
Sylvia made eye contact with each of the maids and smiled.
“Ah yes!”
“All right!”
“Well, I’m going to prepare dinner!”
The maids looked thrilled and started moving around looking for something to do.
‘That’s amazing.’
Judiel, who was standing at the end of the maids, narrowed her eyes at Sylvia.
‘It must be so hard that I can’t even sleep.’
The other maids also cherish Raon, but not as much as Sylvia. She was a great person when news of her only son was lost, but she was not perturbed and instead consoled her maids.
‘Actually, there’s no need to worry.’
Raon is a person with the scariest temperament of anyone I have ever met. There were many people who were stronger than him, but there was no one who was more cold-hearted and fearful than him.
“Let’s finish quickly and go to dinner…” hmm?”
As Sylvia was finishing arranging the flower bed, a tall man approached her from the direction of the main building. Red hair and pointy ears. 5 It was Rimer, the chief instructor at the training hall.
“Rimer?”
However, there was something a little strange. Her red hair was burnt black, her eyes were black and bruised, and she had red-stained cloths in her nostrils.
“Gwae, are you okay?”
Sylvia gaped and approached Rimmer.
“Ah, it’s okay.”
“It doesn’t look okay… .”
“I said it’s no big deal. “On the way, I met a bull who was stubborn and had a bad temper.”
Rimmer waved his hand as if it was no big deal.
“bull… .”
It wasn’t a monster, and I was curious as to what kind of cow I had encountered to end up like that.
“Actually, it’s not that big of a deal.”
Rimmer scratched the back of his head and chewed his appetite.
“I mean Raon. “You don’t have to worry too much.”
“yes? “Have you heard about Raon?”
“I wasn’t hurt or anything. “The graduation ceremony may be a little late, but I’ll be back soon.”
“ah… .”
The scissors fell from Sylvia’s hand at Rimmer’s sweet voice. Her legs shook as if the emotions she had been holding in had exploded.
“Your son and my student are on their way. “Just relax and wait.”
He patted Sylvia on the shoulder and smiled.
“Then let’s go.”
“Why don’t you at least have dinner…” .”
“Ah, a big gambling table has opened up.”
Rimmer grinned and turned his back. ‘Ah, it hurts so badly,’ I muttered as I trudged on.
Sylvia bowed her head towards Rimmer with her hands clasped together.
* * *
next day.
The door to the main hall, which was no different in size from the castle gate, was wide open. Rank-and-file prosecutors and administrative officers, who usually had difficulty entering the main training hall, sat one after another on chairs placed on the outskirts.
Sylvia and Helen, who had brightened up a little thanks to Rimmer, and the maids from the annex also sat in a corner. I looked at the entrance to the training ground with my hands clasped together as if I was hoping for something.
Just before the sun stands at the center of the sky.
Trainees from all five training halls, dressed in colorful attire, entered one after another and stood in a row in the center of the training hall. Although he still has a youthful face, his subtle blooming energy is not at all inferior to regular prosecutors.
“shit… .”
“Still not coming?”
“The guy who is usually so punctual… .”
“Raon, Dorian. “Please come quickly.”
Their eyes showed more than just nervousness, they were constantly glancing back as if they were waiting for someone.
As time passes, the temporary stands begin to fill up. Even the great lords, lord-level executives, and heads of lineal and vassal families, whose faces it was difficult to see each other, sat in their assigned seats.
“Ugh.”
Rimmer stood next to the trainees, yawning as if his mouth would tear. It was a graduation ceremony and all, and he looked like his usual self.
While the people gathered in the training hall were looking at the trainees with eyes showing excitement, anticipation, tension, and worry, the prosecutors standing in front of the door struck the ground with the flagpole they were holding.
Coooooo!
The prosecutors drew people’s attention with a heavy sound and then unfurled the flags on both sides.
“The true master of the North. “Matriarch Glenn Sieghart enters!”
“Meet the matriarch!”
At that solemn cry, the prosecutors in the training hall stood up and kneeled down.
Glenn Sieghardt, with his faded blonde hair slicked back and wearing a dark red coat, crosses the training ground.
People broke into a cold sweat without even thinking about raising their heads at the overwhelming majesty of the martial god who had reached transcendence.
Gooooo!
Until he sat down on the throne, everyone in the gym had forgotten that they had to breathe and just hoped that this time would pass quickly.
“Everyone stand up.”
“yes!”
When told to stand up, everyone stood up at the same time as if they had promised. This also wasn’t something I thought of on my own. The body moved on its own due to the intimidation created by Glenn.
“Chief instructor. “Get started.”
“Matriarch. Two have not arrived yet. Could you please wait a little longer… .”
“Even if you haven’t decided on an exact return period, there’s no way you wouldn’t know that the graduation ceremony will be held in February. “If you haven’t made it this far, you’re disqualified.”
“But Raon is the chief and Dorian…” town! All right.”
Rimmer rubbed his fingers, wanting to take a little more time, but turned around immediately after seeing Glenn’s cold eyes. She got hit just yesterday and couldn’t resist.
“Then, from now on, we will proceed with the graduation ceremony of the 5th training hall. A total of 43 members. Currently 41 people. The current 41 people, including 2 excluded… hmm?”
It was time for him to first talk about the current personnel. The sound of low footsteps could be heard through the arched doors of the Great Hall as they began to close.
Step by step.
Although they shouldn’t have been heard over the noise made by so many people, the sound of footsteps penetrated everyone’s ears so clearly.
The sound was majestic like Glenn Sieghardt, had the lightness of Rimmer, and had the heaviness of Milland.
As the sound of footsteps that focused their hearing got closer, everyone’s eyes in the training hall turned back.
Black shoes coming over the door. The appearance of a man wearing more nobility than flashy robes is revealed. Her blonde hair shined brilliantly in the sunlight, and her sunken red eyes seemed to absorb all attention.
Now, it is no exaggeration to call him peerless, and a smile appears on his lips as he sweeps the gymnasium with a beauty that is no exaggeration.
“There is no need for a welcome ceremony like this.”
Raon Sieghardt. He, who achieved more remarkable growth than anyone else, returned to Sieghardt’s heart.
