“That book… .”
Raon looked at the burning book and swallowed dry saliva. The book was so old that it seemed as if it would crumble at any moment, but it gave off a magnificent golden light and illuminated the throne room.
Ugh!
The book that fell like a flower petal signaling the end of summer reached my fingertips. Even though it was burning with fire, it was not hot, but warm, like body temperature.
‘Cartoon ball?’
The words written on the cover of the book caught my eye. When I tried to turn the cover, the page turned by itself, causing an even bigger fire.
Sssss.
The book, which reached the last page in an instant, turned into ashes and scattered like dead firewood.
“uh?”
Raon tried to grab the dying book, but it was no use. The paper turned into powder, and the flame turned into smoke.
‘What is this… .’
While I was standing there in a daze, unable to understand the situation, a message came to mind.
[Manhwagong (萬火功): I faced the flames of aeons.]
[I remember the cartoon ball.]
As soon as the message ended, a pain as if a lightning bolt struck my brain arose.
‘Sigh!’
It feels like someone is sticking a huge needle into my brain. His knees buckled from the pain that was worse than Ra’s’ mental attack.
“Huh… .”
Fortunately, the pain ended in a split second and I was able to avoid falling.
“young master!”
Roen, who was right next to me, came over and helped me.
“Gwae, it’s okay.”
I thanked him and gave strength to my shaking legs.
-What did you just do?
‘I don’t know either. however… .’
I remember. The content of the cartoon ball that turned into powder and disappeared was pictured in my mind.
“Raon Sieghardt.”
I raised my head when I heard a voice with a slight tremor. She noticed that Glenn was looking at her with eyes the size of her lantern, unlike usual.
He seemed angry or embarrassed.
“What did you just do?”
“I don’t know either. However, I remember the contents of the practice that disappeared from my hands.”
“What is the name of the book?”
“I’m a cartoonist.”
“… … .”
Glenn closed his eyes after hearing Raon’s answer. He remained still for a long time, as if he were a statue, and then slowly opened his eyes. There was no more panic.
“Did you say you remember the contents?”
“That’s right.”
“Then it’s done.”
Glenn waved his hand with his usual indifferent expression.
“The bronze-colored plaque has been rewarded. “Just go out now.”
“hmm… .”
Raon glanced at Loen. He stood there with a dazed look on his face, then quickly put on his usual smile.
“… All right.”
Raon nodded. He walked backwards and left his throne room. Until then, Glenn and Roen had not moved.
“after.”
I don’t know what happened.
‘Is it the ability of the system that the contents of Comic Ball are stuck in my memory?’
-The system improves your memory and thinking skills, but it does not have the ability to force it into your brain.
Lars’ voice also contained doubt.
‘hmm… .’
As Raon walked down the hallway of Gajujeon, he looked through the information on the cartoon ball in his head.
You can tell just by looking at it.
Manhwagong was a very subtle and sincere practice that could not be compared to the Shadow Auror practice.
‘There… .’
The manga ball contained not only Auror exercises, but also a sword technique and information about the old world.
If you properly learn the manga ball that is engraved in your head, you will be able to reach a level that is completely different from your previous life.
‘But why did you hand this over?’
Mangagong is not an Auror practice that can be obtained through bronze medals or something like that.
Silver plaque. No, it’s something I wouldn’t exchange even if I were given a gold plate, so I don’t know why I handed it over.
-You already received it, so why are you so worried?
‘but.’
There was no way I would take something given to me by someone like Glenn. Even if you ask for it, I can’t give it to you because it’s already flown away.
‘Let’s go back.’
Since I only have memories now and have not acquired anything, I wanted to go back and practice right away.
As soon as Raon left the Gaju match, he ran to the annex. His eyes were full of anticipation as he ran with all his might.
* * *
The throne room where Raon left was filled with silence like night.
“Go, matriarch. The exercises that Master Raon brought with him could not have been… .”
“okay. It’s His.”
Glenn nodded, looking at the empty space in the first section of the bookshelf.
‘You’re taking a comic ball…’ .’
In Sieghardt’s history, the first family’s practice method, which no one could bring out or read, was the cartoon technique passed on to Raon.
I took out the first bookshelf to hand over the exercises at the level of a silver medal, not a bronze medal, but I never even imagined that I would take a manga ball.
gulp.
Roen swallowed his dry saliva as he looked at the fragment of the scroll that had been reduced to ashes.
“If this gets known, Raon and Sylvia could be in danger!”
“No need to worry. “Because no one knows anything about comics.”
Glenn shook his head. What is known about Manhwagong is after he became the head of the family. You won’t know unless you comb through your family’s history.
“Hmm, then how is it that seniority has completely disappeared…?” .”
“That’s okay too. Wasn’t it passed down to people?”
He said he remembered the contents of Raon’s seniority book. I don’t know what caused such a phenomenon, but if it was passed along, that’s enough.
“Still, manga-gong is a practice passed down to the head of Sieghart’s family… .”
“It was a practice that I couldn’t use anyway. “If it weren’t for that kid, it would have rotted away there.”
It is true that I was surprised.
No, it’s true that I was shocked. However, since it was Raon who created the golden flame at the identification ceremony, I thought that it had found its owner.
“Now that you have obtained the first head of the family’s practice, Master Raon will become stronger than anyone else.”
“no.”
Glenn shook his head slowly.
“To become strong, talent and lack of education are important, but the most important thing is what kind of person you are. “No matter how strong a martial arts person is, he cannot overcome a strong human being.”
The reason Glenn continued the identification ceremony even after overcoming the demon wall was to give appropriate advice to children who showed talent.
Today, he does not view children’s future as simply based on talent.
“sorry. “I saw something so surprising that I didn’t even know it.”
Roen put his hand on his chest and lowered his head. Glenn, who has reached new heights, has said that people are more important than talent.
Of course, the family members still only focused on outstanding martial arts and talent.
“It seems like something will change in the future.”
Glenn sunk his body deeply into the backrest of the throne.
A cartoonist who did not allow anyone to touch him. A golden flame that only came out once in the family. Raon took it all.
‘Raon Sieghardt.’
Even though he was his grandson, it seemed like a lot of changes would come within and outside the family because of that child, whom he could not give love to openly.
“It will be fun to watch.”
If time allows. Glenn swallowed those words and closed her eyes.
* * *
As soon as Raon returned, he went into the room. He told everyone not to come in, but he even locked the door just in case.
-It’s grandiose.
‘You would know. If you are interrupted while practicing Auror, you could die.’
Once you reach a certain level, if someone touches your practice before it gets on track, a big problem will arise.
That was the reason why I did not create the Ring of Fire until I slept in my own bed.
“Don’t disturb me either.”
-Hmm!
“You can’t believe it… .”
-Just once.
A radiant smile bloomed between the blue flames.
“once?”
-The King will only interrupt you once while you are doing the exercise or something.
“But what if I become a wreck before you take my body?”
-Does not matter.
A sneer like the roar of an animal was heard from Lars.
-You may not be able to overcome it, but the King can save you even if your limbs are cut off and your dantian explodes.
An eerie feeling emanating from the strange voice ran down my spine.
-When you become a useless person and give up everything, it will be an opportunity for the king.
‘This guy is… .’
I realize it again.
Lars is not an ally. He was a demon of the demon world who would eat his body and soul at any time, if given the chance, and he was the embodiment of anger.
“Did you say once?”
-You know that King Bon never tells lies. He will only intervene once until he masters the practice.
“I guess it can’t be helped.”
Raon rubbed his wrist. He’s not the kind of guy who will listen to you tell him not to do something. Even if he didn’t want to accept it, he had no choice but to accept it.
-Live with anxiety every day. Because you never know when the King will pierce your spirit.
Lars’ voice contained intense excitement. She was enjoying herself because it was her first chance to tease.
‘A guy called the king only has something like this.’
It was funny to think that a guy who always used childish titles like ‘Bon King’ and called him the Lord of the Demon World and the King of Anger liked such trivial things.
‘but… .’
It is true that even if Lars interferes even once, it is dangerous.
Manhwagong is a practice that absorbs natural mana and builds up aura in the Danjeon. If you are interrupted at a critical moment, your mana circuit or Danjeon may be damaged and you may become a person.
especially. It is even more dangerous for oneself to have cold embedded in the mana circuit.
‘But I can’t be pushed away.’
Lars is the type of person who pushes harder when he appears weak. No matter what the outcome is, we must go strong.
“okay. try.”
Raon hid his true feelings and smiled leisurely.
-Let’s see how long that cocky expression can last.
“Then I’ll just have to watch for the rest of my life.”
-… I want to break your mind right now.
“try. “I just need to stay still and receive the ability points.”
-A bug with no blood on its head doesn’t say a word.
“Because the door to this burrow is always open. “Knock anytime.”
-Ugh!
I waved my hands and sat down under the bed. Lars screamed as if he was going crazy, but she coolly ignored him.
‘If he had any ideas, he wouldn’t touch me now.’
I exhaled calmly and closed my eyes. His breath contained the mana of nature. He fills his whole body with refreshment, and then exhales again. The turbid energy contained in the mana circuit was spit out.
‘It overlaps a bit.’
As the name suggests, the flow of the cartoon ball and the flow of the ring of fire were similar in some ways.
Thinking it was a good idea, I sank the received mana into the mana circuit.
The flow of the cartoon ball begins from the right wrist. The energy was as extreme as fire and as proud as water.
Gooooo!
Hot mana races through the entire body. The cold air stuck in the mana circuit was swept away by the solemn flow.
‘I can’t miss this either.’
It was a waste to throw away that pure coldness. He led the way to Danjeon with the energy of a cartoonist.
Phew.
In an instant, the energy of the cartoonist who ran all the way to Danjeon was dissipated in vain.
‘Of course.’
It would be even more strange if you learned Manga Gong through one practice.
Once you become accustomed to the flow of Mangagong like breathing, the energy will naturally settle into your Danjeon.
‘There it is.’
Since you are absorbing not only the manga ball’s energy but also the cold of the mana circuit, your cold resistance will grow quickly.
“after… .”
After completing one cycle, Raon opened his eyes, letting out a hot breath.
-Is it a fire attribute?
“It takes a bit to have a single attribute, but the practice itself is very excellent.”
-For someone like you, you sound stupid.
“what?”
-The problem is those who have learned the attributes clumsily. A single attribute that is properly learned is not at all lacking compared to an all-rounder. The story of how King Bon froze a castle with cold while he was in the demon world remains in history… .
“hmm.”
As Raon listened to Lars begin to brag about himself, he paid attention to what he had said before.
‘It’s a single attribute that has been learned properly.’
He’s right.
Those who have mastered one attribute poorly are treated as half-penny, but those who have surpassed the level are treated as absolutes.
You can tell with just one practice.
Cartoon Ball is special. It was nothing short of the legendary ring of fire.
‘I need to learn it properly.’
I stood up determined to give my all to comics for a while.
“Previously.”
-Are you going to deal with it now?
“okay. “It’s not a coincidence that he comes every night.”
Raon’s red eyes were as shiny as those of a grim reaper.
I’d like to go back to work after a long time.
* * *
Judiel is a new maid who joined the annex a month ago.
Thanks to my good impression, bright personality, and clean work, I gained the trust of the people in the annex not long after I came in.
However, she said she was going to take a rest after finishing her work for the day, but she was hiding under a tree in the garden and peeking into Raon’s room.
‘Are you talking to yourself again?’
Judiel narrowed his eyes when he saw Raon muttering in the room. It wasn’t a lot, but sometimes I found myself looking into space and talking to myself.
It is said that he has not been in good health since he was young, so this may have been his influence.
When Raon, who had been talking to the sky, sat down with his eyes closed, the flow of mana around him suddenly changed.
I’ve fallen into meditation like that many times, but this was the first time I felt a surge of mana.
‘As expected, I went to Gajujeon and learned Auror exercises.’
Raon seemed to have acquired the Auror practice using the same-colored tile. The flow of mana was very violent. It was a stronger practice than I thought.
‘There’s more to report.’
Judiel came down from the tree only after Raon opened his eyes again and the lights in the room were turned off.
She went to the small lake at the end of the garden and took out the paper and pencil she had hidden in the ground. On that piece of paper, she wrote down everything Raon had done since returning to her annex and everything she had learned.
Strangely enough, as soon as the words were written on the paper, it disappeared immediately and when viewed from the side, it looked as if nothing had been written on it.
“I can’t even do this.”
Judiel sighed. In order to survive, he was reporting information that could be a child’s weakness, and suddenly a sense of futility came over him.
“But I still have to do it.”
The bitterness was short-lived. She filled her empty heart with the excuse that there was nothing she could do as she had something to protect.
Tuk.
Judiel folded the paper into the size of a thumbnail and floated it on the lake. That paper will be in Karun Sieghardt’s hands tomorrow morning.
“Then go back… ah!”
I stood up and suddenly stopped. Her heart tightened as she felt the cool blade touching the back of her neck.
“If you open your mouth, you will die.”
As I rolled my eyes, not knowing what to do, a cold voice came from behind me.
“Even if you move, you die.”
A voice that sounded like it contained death made a lot of downy hair stand up.
“Lower your eyes and look at the lake.”
Following the voice’s instructions, I opened my eyes and looked at the lake.
“ah… .”
On a dark lake with the night sky. Raon Sieghardt’s red eyes were open.
