I Became a Time-Limited Swordsmanship Genius at the Academy

29. Heaven and Earth

Leatis’ momentum has completely changed.

She seems to have abandoned the idea of countering, and she uses her swordsmanship only for attack.

Kang, Kang Kang!

The sword cut her hair.

Cutting flesh and making it bleed.

Aim for her vital points.

Each attack was like the blow of a lion aiming at her back neck.

But El didn’t run away.

‘I’ll accept everything.’

The sword is a sword wielded by a person with the qualities of a king.

The king does not run away. He dies in front of the bar to show his back.

Kang!!!

Sparks fly on her wooden sword.

Kang!!

No one backs down.

Kang!

However, the tumultuous sound gradually diminished.

“Heo-eok, hee…”

Leahtis’s eyes widened and she continued to let out weary breaths through her mouth.

His whole body is painted with blood.

He aimed for L while avoiding vital points within a line where his body was easy to move.

It was one of Leatis’ weapons that he seemed to be about to collapse, but was barely able to hold on.

‘Is this the limit too?’

I glanced at her arm.

Leatis allowed several attacks, so the arm wielding the sword was tattered.

Perhaps if I continued sparring, I would be unable to fight.

‘That’s not the only problem. Her vocal chords are running amok.’

The yin energy that increased in size within its body was overwhelming the Earth Dragon before he knew it.

A situation where you might die if you keep going like this.

I decided to do my best.

“Huh!”

I jump in with a full breath of cold air.

Leiatis also rushed at him biting his lip, as if he had no intention of avoiding it.

Kang!!!

The sound of wooden swords colliding spread widely in the white cube filled with the sound of breathing.

“Kuh…”

A distance where you can feel Leatis’ breath.

The sword twists and catches up, finally.

Damn it!

The wooden sword reached its limit and broke.

“……”

Leatis looked at the broken wooden sword with a blank face.

The winner was El.

***

As soon as Leatis realized that the sparring was over, he lay down on the floor.

It was a dishonorable act for a nobleman, but his exhausted body couldn’t stand up.

‘I was lucky.’

I saw the wooden sword in her hand.

There was ice on the wooden sword, and only the ice part was cracked.

‘If it wasn’t for this, I would have lost a long time ago.’

She realizes that she still needs to grow up.

I approached Leatis, who was staring blankly at the ceiling.

“It was a good sparring.”

“…It was a good sparring.”

Leatis greeted her with only her pupils rolling.

We usually end it by holding hands, but I stopped doing that because my body is very cold.

‘Sorry. If you persevere a little longer, you will gain more experience.’

There are things that Leatis couldn’t stand, but my body couldn’t stand it either.

The palatal artery, which causes more pain the more tired it gets, easily ran amok thanks to its low stamina.

I looked around and saw Leatis trembling in a frozen cube.

There was a ‘recovery’ function added to the white cube’s options, so she pressed it hard.

“Whoa…”

The warm temperature came in an instant. It was so cold that the average temperature felt warm.

“L. Is that really your natural constitution? It’s said that I didn’t wear an aura, but it was non-ideal.”

Leatis, who regained his composure once, asked.

“I really like my constitution. Next time, should we use sparring while using aura? Then it would be more fair.”

“……”

Leatis could not open his mouth easily.

Will it be fair?

‘…What I said is just an excuse.’

Inwardly, Leatis cursed at his own ugliness.

It was true that El’s ice was annoying, but she had plenty of chances to finish it before then.

She had a physical advantage over El, and she had a huge experience difference, but the fact that she couldn’t win because of one piece of ice was a ridiculous excuse.

“At least cover this. Is it still cold?”

I handed a towel to Leatis. Originally, she brought it for wiping off sweat, but her lowered temperature prevented the sweat from coming out.

It’s a bit harsh to call it a substitute for a blanket, but it’s better than nothing.

“…Thank you.”

Leatis accepted with a bit of embarrassment.

This is also from El’s room, right?

As soon as I gently sniffed her face, the smell of a strong man came out.

Does this addictive smell come from all men or just one L?

“Leatis?”

“Uh, uh?! Why, why are you calling me?!”

As if writing her thesis, L immediately awakened her thoughts.

“No, if you’re thirsty, drink this at least.”

I handed Leatis an open water bottle.

She could see that El had drank some, and her portion had decreased.

“……”

She took one look at the mouth of the water bottle and saw El’s lips.

‘I’m sure he didn’t say anything?’

I wanted to ask, but I couldn’t open my mouth easily.

Underneath her messy hair, an unexpectedly attractive subordinate is accompanied by L.

Occasionally, her rumors about El were popular with her female students.

– It’s clear. Elle, would he look fine if he just cut her hair?

– Hmm… It makes sense. Do I have a really good sense? Look at El’s chin. Manly jawline and smooth skin. There is no crack in her lips as well.

– Hey. Wait for a sec. What are you, you know so well. Is she even interested in Elle?

– Huh, Radia?

Unfortunately, I didn’t hear the story behind it, but that was all I heard in the hallway.

‘…What am I thinking. You don’t have to make a fuss about just drinking a glass of water.’

She thought so in her mind, but her hand that held her water bottle trembled as if it were not her body.

‘Ah, I don’t know!’

It doesn’t matter if you touched her lips or not!

I gulped down her water while kissing her in the mouth.

“Are you that thirsty?”

“……Yes.”

The water bottle was empty before I knew it. Her entrance was glistening with someone’s saliva.

‘If you think about it, you can just take her mouth off and drink it, right?’

Why did she make that choice? Shame rises.

Take the water that cools your tongue and savor the taste. It was ordinary water, nothing special, but it feels sweet to think that I kissed someone.

I vividly remember the slowly returning stamina and the sparring a while ago.

‘I really lost.’

I really bumped into it.

No matter how uninterested in swords, he devoted decades.

I had quite a bit of pride in my sword.

“Leatis. How did you feel about sparring today?”

Just in time, L asked.

She hesitated to answer.

“Aren’t you angry about losing to me?”

“No. I don’t feel that way.”

She didn’t snort or boil her heart like Gallihad did.

She rather poured out all of herself and she was very lighthearted.

“Really? That’s amazing. Swordsmen usually disassemble the ground.”

“I see. Then L. What emotions did you feel while sparring with me?”

Are you glad you won?

Or is it difficult? She asked about those things.

“Me?”

But she didn’t answer anything and smiled brightly.

“Of course it was fun.”

“…Was it fun?”

“Yes. That’s what it means to wield a sword, right?”

Leiatis tilted his head, not understanding.

Is it fun to swing a sword?

There was no such emotion to be found in her own memory.

The time to hold the sword was hell for every minute and every second, and when I stood in front of the head of state to be examined, my heart felt like it would burst with tension.

It was stupid to find fun in such an experience.

“You don’t understand.”

“…To be honest. Fun. A sword is not something to be wielded for fun.”

L smiled lightly and approached.

She asked, putting her wooden sword back in Leiatis’ hand.

“I told you before the sparring. You don’t know too much about your swordsmanship.”

“…Surely.”

“Grab the sword. I’ll teach you the right swordsmanship.”

Is the swordsmanship right for me?

I don’t know the meaning, but I did as I was told.

“Iron-Blooded Swordsmen have one thing they are particularly obsessed with. That is cool-headedness.”

“…Cold.”

“I was told to always put coldness and heaviness in the sword whenever I practiced, right?”

“Indeed it is.”

How did you find out? She’s Elle. She never lived in my house.

“Put your heart into the sword. That means there is a swordsmanship that suits each person. Speed is important when handling quick swords, but depending on your mindset, you can capture the weight.”

“Is that possible?”

“Of course it is possible. Fast and heavy is not impossible if you have a good understanding of swordsmanship. A person who has attained the level can put a variety of emotions into one swordsmanship. Fast, heavy, soft and strong…. There is no end.”

Every word from El, every word from her resonates in her heart.

I keep it in her memory so that I don’t want to miss even one of her heads.

“Leatis. You have to put softness into your sword. Sometimes you put lightness into it and it flies like a butterfly.”

“That, that goes against the will of the Iron Blood Swordsman. It’s impossible.”

“Ah. Don’t be so rigid. Give it a try.”

“……”

If I had won in sparring, I wouldn’t have listened to El.

But she pointed out her swordsmanship to herself from the start, so she dared not try.

Empty your mind.

Leave the heaviness and lighten it up.

Abandon the heaviness and gently.

“…!”

Suddenly…

She cut the sword, imagining something invisible.

The sound of cutting is different.

The swinging speed is different.

In reality there was no difference, but it felt that way.

It means that my mindset has changed.

“Is this…?”

“How is it? Do you see anything?”

Leatis couldn’t keep his mouth shut.

Suddenly.

Once again.

Suddenly.

Once again.

I lowered my sword.

I upload it again to feel the feeling I just felt.

As she repeated the action over and over again, she became dozens and hundreds of times.

‘I realized.’

Leiatis had her eyes closed before she knew it.

She entered a state of trance.

‘I should move too.’

Based on the sparring with Leatis, I traced her memory.

I move her body one turn later and copy myself in my memory.

Which part was wrong and which part was right.

Starts sparring with the imaginary Leatis.

“”……””

In the silence inside the white cube, only the sound of a sword swing could be heard.

***

There was someone watching inside the cube.

No, not anyone.

– Meow.

Because it wasn’t human.

The cat looked at the two with its purple eyes lit.

Leatis immediately yawned and lost interest, but it wasn’t El.

Kang!!

As the two crossed their swords and spread the chill in all directions, the cat walked lightly on the ice and enjoyed the cold energy.

– Meow.

I cried as if I was satisfied with something.

I looked up after the sparring.

[Are you sure you want to leave?]

– Meow.

As if answering the artifact’s question, the cat’s body disappeared as it cried.

Even during that time, no one noticed that the cat was there.