Raon withdrew his arms and walked into Sloth’s barrier. A feeling of diving into water. I didn’t feel any interference at all.
“It’s a free pass.”
When I looked back with a smile, I saw Lars with his jaw wide open so that it was touching the floor.
“Just say, ‘Welcome.’ to do?”
-Why is this open?
Lars’ lips trembled and he pounded the barrier with his fist.
-I shouldn’t do this? Is there a barrier that can be opened so easily?
The guy must have been so embarrassed that he lost his usual dignified tone and started whining.
-You! What kind of fraud have you done again? Why isn’t the barrier working?
“Why would you do that?”
Raon pointed to the black flower bracelet she was wearing on her wrist.
“Because the feeling of ‘sloth’ is embedded in this bracelet and in my soul. “It’s open.”
A little while ago, I felt that the black flower bracelet and the in my soul were responding to Sloth’s barrier.
The one who created this barrier was Sloth, and the black flower bracelet and within the soul were also his powers, so it was natural that the barrier did not push away.
-uh… .
Ra’s trembled with his thick hands and looked closely at the barrier. The guy’s narrowed eyes widened like a full moon.
-You stupid sleepy bastard! What kind of barrier are you creating like this?
“why? “You made it well.”
Raon waved his finger at Lars, whose face was as red as strawberry-flavored cotton candy.
“You know very well who you reject and who you accept.”
I touched the barrier again. There is not even the slightest rejection.
Considering that Sloth, who was bothered by everything in the world, created this barrier, it seemed like he liked the Goblin King’s magic stone that he had given him before, so he should come back as often as he wants.
-Keuuugh… .
Lars’ face turned even redder, as if he didn’t like that.
-If King Bon only finds your body, he will make it impossible for Sloth to sleep for the rest of his life! He will never forgive!
“You can do whatever you want later… .”
Raon held out his palm to Lars.
“You have to give what you have to give.”
-Hmph!
As soon as Lars saw the hand, he closed his eyes tightly.
“The saying is, if you’re not sure, don’t bet. “Haven’t you heard of it?”
-I haven’t heard of it! You damn cheater!
The guy was even more upset than usual, probably because he thought it was a winning bet but then lost.
“Then it’s okay because I learned it today. Think of it as tuition and pay it faithfully.”
-Wed, tuition… .
“Not with unnecessary characteristics, but with the right ones.”
-The king will not make the decision like before, so don’t worry.
Lars muttered that if he made his own decision, there would be problems with the fairness of the bet, so he would leave it up to the system to choose.
‘I heard he’s an amazing guy.’
He says he is the devil, but he does not lie or deceive. Aside from the occasional violent outburst of anger, he was a better guy than most people.
“I’ll be happy to wait.”
I waved at Lars, who was shaking with anger, and climbed the remaining mountain.
There were no monsters or wild animals within the Sloth barrier, so I was able to climb to the top comfortably.
Raon stood on the top of Mount Stelin and whistled.
“Is this the summit of Mount Stelin?”
The summit was a slightly sloping flat area, and the entire floor was stained white.
It wasn’t covered in snow, but the water was frozen like a lake in the middle of winter.
The frozen ground was so transparent that the interior could be seen through and the sunlight shining lightly created a mysterious atmosphere that seemed out of this world.
“Where is Sloth…?” “It’s over there.”
Raon laughed as he looked at the center of the frozen ground.
‘He’s clearly sleeping.’
In the center of the ice, a small cotton ball was lying hugging a red stone. There was nothing to see and it was a slush.
-That stupid guy!
Lars seemed to have not let go of his anger yet and hit Sloth with his round ham fist. Naturally, nothing happened.
-Because of you, the original king was ripped off again! You helpless sleeper!
Raon approached Sloth while listening to Ras’s cries of anger.
“Baby white bear?”
The sight of him holding the Goblin King’s magic stone with his short arms and legs was clearly a baby bear.
However, it was a little different from a typical white bear, with two candy-sized horns growing out of its head and a black star engraved on its chest.
‘Is he Sloth?’
I could feel the energy of , but it looked so different from what I had seen before that I was doubtful whether it was really Sloth.
-You can’t even see this stupid expression! It’s a sleepover!
Lars frowned, pointing at Sloth, who was happily licking his lips.
Raon smiled and nodded.
‘There is a feeling.’
As I listened to Lars’ words and looked closely at his face, I saw that it overlapped with the expression on Sloth’s face that I had met in front of the castle wall.
“Slos.”
I called out his name to his round ears, but Sloth didn’t move at all.
“Slos! “Wake up!”
Even though I kept shouting his name, he didn’t even move, not even talking in his sleep.
‘Isn’t he dead?’
-This guy won’t wake up for a while.
Lars took his hand away from Sloth and took a deep breath.
‘why?’
-Originally, there are two types of sleep: light sleep and deep sleep. When a living thing sleeps, it repeats these two stages of sleep, but this one is currently in a state of deep sleep.
‘Then we just have to wait until shallow water comes. It won’t be that long.’
-Ordinary humans and demons will repeat every 90 minutes, but this one… .
The guy looked down at Sloth with a pitiful expression.
-That’s on a yearly basis.
“uh… ?”
Raon opened his mouth. I was so embarrassed that I spoke out loud.
‘Woman, by year?’
-That’s right. Looking at it roughly, it will be resolved sometime next year.
Lars shook his head, saying he would never wake up in this state.
-I entered the barrier, but my efforts were in vain in the end.
The guy raised his mouth as if he was glad.
‘Is that true?’
-If you don’t believe it, shake it or hit it. No matter how much you scream, it will be useless because your ears are covered.
‘And what if he wakes up and causes a ruckus?’
-You can never wake Sloth up with your poor force. Because that guy’s recovery is faster than your attack.
Lars laughed at Sloth, saying that he would not be able to wake him up, saying that it was when he was attacked and his life was in danger.
‘this… .’
Lars does not lie under any circumstances. If you say it out loud like that, it means it’s true.
-If heavenly luck happens and wakes up Sloth now, it’s a problem. When it wakes up from a deep sleep, it will not recognize you and will run away and trample you.
‘Then is there no way?’
-Now all I can do is wait.
‘Why are you sleeping like this?’
It was absurd that the time spent sleeping was not a year, but the interval between deep sleep and light sleep was a year.
-So, it is . For Sloth, the only thing that matters is sleep. As long as that dumbass can sleep well, he doesn’t care if other demons sell his name.
Lars was talking about how in the past there were many low-level demons selling Sloth’s name in the demon world.
“ha… .”
Raon grabbed Sloth’s shoulder and shook him.
“wake up!”
“… … .”
However, Sloth maintained a happy expression and did not make the slightest movement.
‘Shall I take this away?’
I tried to take the Goblin King’s magic stone, but it did not come out as if it was stuck in the ground.
‘Even if it looks like this, is the Demon King still the Demon King?’
Even though he uses all his inhuman strength, he is unable to steal the magic stone from the baby bear, so it seems he didn’t become the Demon King for nothing.
“ha… .”
Raon sighed and put down the sloth.
‘I really can’t hit him.’
Lars said it was okay, but coming to ask for a favor and slashing his sword was crazy no matter how I thought about it.
-Unlike the previous barrier, this is impossible. Why don’t we go back and eat some pineapple pizza?
‘Pizza… .’
When I heard the words pizza and a barrier, one remaining solution came to mind.
‘just in case.’
I decided to use Sloth just as I had broken through Sloth’s barrier a little while ago.
Gooooo!
It raised the energy of sloth clinging to the bottom of my soul, as if arousing the anger I had received from Lars.
As the feeling of rises through the soul, the whole body becomes drowsy.
When I closed my eyes, I had a faint feeling that I would fall asleep right away, and I had a helpless feeling of not wanting to do anything. This felt like the pure power of sloth.
I grabbed Sloth’s shoulder with the hand that lifted Sloth up.
Hwaaaah!
The energy of sloth and sloth met and a small movement occurred in Sloth.
“uh… ?”
However, that was not the direction Raon wanted.
“swimming… .”
Sloth smiled a little brighter and fell into a deeper sleep. It was a happy expression.
-Hehehehe!
Lars held his plump belly and burst into laughter.
-If you add more sloth to sloth, it just becomes more sloth.
The guy snorted, saying that not everything in the world goes your way.
‘I don’t know.’
Raon lay down on the transparent ice, chewing his molars.
‘I’m going to sleep until this guy wakes up!’
-You idiot. Waiting here for a year… .
Lars was about to laugh again when a message occurred to him.
[You have won the bet with .]
Raon looked at the message and lifted his chin.
‘I guess I’ll just have to wait and watch this.’
-Holy shit! Why give it to me now!
* * *
The Sword Demon placed his hand on Muston’s forehead and closed his eyes.
‘I’ll wake up soon.’
Muston still hasn’t woken up, probably from the psychological shock of being one-sidedly beaten by Raon.
However, because he was given a high-level elixir and the energy of the elixir was released using an auror, his body recovered greatly and it seemed that he would soon come to his senses.
‘Fortunately, there will be no aftereffects.’
There were no aftereffects left on Muston’s body, as if caring for him for two days was worthwhile.
If you wake up thanks to the energy of the elixir, you will be able to move right away.
‘You hit me really well.’
It’s easier to kill. To beat a person to this degree and not leave any aftereffects was not enough to say that it was amazing.
‘I guess this guy has come to his senses now.’
Muston must have grown up a bit since he was beaten so much by Raon, who was so young.
“Wake up quickly.”
As the Sword Demon used his aura to free Muston’s body once again, a small groan was heard.
“Uhm… .”
It’s Muston. He opened his eyes slowly like a turtle.
“W-this place… .”
“It’s a hospital room.”
“Master?”
“Are you okay?”
The sword demon removed his hand from Muston’s forehead and looked into his eyes. Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any mental problems.
“Sir, there is no serious pain anywhere.”
It hurt a little to hear Muston’s cracked voice, but there was something I had to say now.
“Do you remember what you did?”
“ah… .”
Muston opened his mouth as if he remembered losing to Raon.
“S-sorry. I lost again… .”
He bit his dry lips and held his head.
“I am truly sorry for tarnishing your name… .”
“That’s not it.”
The Sword Demon shook his head.
“Do you consider me your teacher?”
“Of course!”
“Just as you cherish me, Rimmer will also be precious to Raon. If your teacher is precious, the teachers of others are also precious. “You said something you shouldn’t have said.”
“ah… .”
Muston’s eyes fluttered like a sailboat hit by a wave.
“You were as important to me as they were, but it seems you are leading in the wrong direction. “I should have taken care of humanity first, not force, but it was my mistake.”
“S-Master… .”
“Your body has recovered a lot and you have come to your senses, so the first thing you do when you wake up is to apologize to Raon and Rimmer. “I will come with you as a teacher.”
The Sword Demon patted Muston on the shoulder and then stood up.
“This is the medicine for internal injuries that Raon left behind. “Your internal injuries have not fully healed yet, so please eat after your meal.”
He placed the wooden armor Raon had left behind on the bedside.
“Please be grateful for Raon’s consideration. “Because you really could have died this time.”
“… … .”
Muston bit his lip as he looked at the Sword Demon without any response.
“Rest.”
The Sword Demon left the hospital room after telling me to take good care of myself.
“Whoa… .”
He leaned back against the wall in front of the hospital room and sighed.
‘I’m sorry, but I had to say it.’
Muston would have hoped to just worry about Raon and not bring up his words, but if he did that, he would end up in the same situation again.
In order to awaken the spirit of the disciple, the wedge must be firmly driven in now.
‘Raising disciples is difficult.’
It was very difficult to raise disciples, whether to swing a sword with an old enemy or not.
I almost admired Rimmer and Sylvia Sieghardt, who had raised the younger Raon so well.
The Sword Demon left the medical unit and touched his forehead.
‘I’m tired.’
I felt a little dizzy, perhaps because I had been using the Auror to treat Muston for two days, or because I had spoken bitterly to my student.
‘I need to get some rest.’
He looked around Muston’s hospital room and then headed to his dorm.
* * *
After the Sword Demon left the hospital room, Muston stared blankly at the ceiling for over an hour.
Meals and medicine were brought in, but I just changed my mind without even paying attention.
‘Raon. Raon again. As soon as I wake up, do I have to hear that guy’s name from my teacher?’
The first thing the Sword Demon said was ‘Are you okay?’, but he forgot his worries and only thought about Raon and the scolding.
Crackling.
Muston ground his teeth until it made a sound like twisting iron.
‘why… .’
Why are you saying that!
If you are a teacher, you should worry about your student who wakes up after being beaten one-sidedly. I don’t know why discipline and beatings come first. It was an incomprehensible treatment.
‘You changed because of that guy.’
Originally, the teacher did not care about others and only looked at himself.
Seeing the teacher who cared for his student more than anyone else take care of Raon first, my fists naturally gained strength.
“Do you really like Raon Sieghardt that much?”
The feelings of jealousy that had been hidden under the pressure of Raon’s violence and fear revive again. It started a bigger fire than before and burned fiercely.
‘I am the one chosen!’
I was recognized as the second talent in training and was able to become the Sword Demon’s disciple, but now that I thought that he didn’t see me, I felt so stuffy inside that I felt like I was going to die.
“Damn it!”
Muston stood up. He had pain all over his body, but it wasn’t unbearable. After changing his clothes, he went out through the window.
It was still early in the morning, so there weren’t many people on the streets. I stumbled and climbed onto the castle wall.
Unlike the inner heart, which seems to be stained black, the snowy field appears as white as a blank sheet of paper.
“Ugh!”
I gritted my teeth and jumped down into the snowy field. He walked through the snowy field without paying any attention, although the scouts and knights called behind him.
“Damn it. Damn it. Damn it!”
I feel jealous.
I was more jealous of Raon Sieghardt than anyone else in the world.
From being famous throughout the continent, to being nicknamed the Little Sword Demon and the White Sword Dragon, to receiving the sincere attention of the teacher. I was jealous of everything and couldn’t stand it.
Muston couldn’t hold back his growing jealousy and kicked the ground violently.
My legs, which were as thin as dry tree branches, gained strength, and my withered lungs filled with breath.
As the green flame blooming in my chest grows, strength surges throughout my body.
Just like before fighting Raon. No, it seemed like even more energy was rushing out.
Coo coo coo coo!
I couldn’t control the emotions and power surging inside me. I felt like my body would explode if I left it like this, so I focused on running.
I don’t even know how much I ran. Even though Ha Bunseong was running almost out of sight, it was still not enough to calm my stomach.
“shit!”
I am jealous of Raon Sieghardt.
I wanted to take everything from him, his name, his reputation, his power, and even his teacher’s attention.
“I’m jealous of you. Raon Sieghardt!”
Mouston said the word jealousy for the first time.
“I will use all the means in the world to take what you have! “Never let go!”
The moment I shouted those words, the energy that had built up to the top of my throat exploded.
Coooooo!
An enormous, uncontrollable force began to radiate outward.
“uh… ?”
But this was not his power.
‘what?’
A green blade-like thing protruded in front of my eyes and twisted the space open.
Jjijijijijik!
In a dimension where green light and black light come together, a presence that could not exist in this world arose.
A sinister presence that I had never felt even from my teacher. It was a magnificent wave of soul that could only be experienced from Lianju.
Coo coo coo coo!
When Muston stopped trembling, dark green eye lights flashed in the space that had been torn away.
“I quite like .”
