My Ex-Girlfriend Was Appointed As the Knights Commander

21. 3 years ago (4)

“…really, it healed incredibly neatly.”

In the academy’s infirmary, Maxim was receiving medical treatment with his shirt off.

The effect of the potion poured by Theodora was very clear. I could see the blood stopping and the wound healing right there. It made me wonder where the hell they got those things from.

“It’s a potion that greatly enhances natural healing power and supports it, so you should consider leaving scars.”

The medical officer in the infirmary said while touching Maxim’s scars.

“I can take the bandage off now. I want to tell you to say it when you feel pain, and not to do training… but I don’t think it’s okay to do it lightly.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Be careful as there may be hallucinations in the wound.”

Maxim let out a sigh of relief. It would have been best to call the instructor, but it wasn’t that he couldn’t understand Theodora’s heart. Although Maxim is injured, the score will not be very good. The instructor seemed very surprised that Maxim was injured in the dungeon.

‘That Living Armor was never a guy worthy of appearing in the Academy’s final exam.’

Maxim remembered the armor in which he wielded the sword. Its formidable force and swordsmanship were in no way inferior to those of a formal knight. Not to mention it wasn’t easy to deal with with a limited Aura. Maxim lowered the shirt he had lifted up and groped his chest and abdomen. I didn’t feel any pain.

“The treatment is over. You don’t have to come regularly. If you feel anything wrong, visit us.”

He banged the table as if a medical officer was giving a verdict. Maxim walked out of the hospital room with his hand on the scarred area. Outside the room, Theodora was waiting for Maxim with a worried expression. As soon as the door to the hospital room opened, Theodora sprinted toward Maxim.

“What do you think? Maxi. Are there any abnormalities?”

“yes. The potion poured by Theo must have worked. They said everything was fine.”

Theodora dropped her expression and looked at Maxim. Maxim thought that gloomy expression was like that of a dog that had done something wrong to its owner. Maxim carefully stroked the hair, but Theodora’s expression did not change much.

“It’s okay, it’s not Theo’s fault.”

“I should have been a little more careful. It might not have happened if I had cut it with a blade from the beginning.”

Maxim shook his head at Theodora’s self-reproach.

“No, Theo. Who knew that armor would only target you relentlessly? You were right to approach carefully. And if I had fought with Auras from the beginning, the dungeon would not have been safe.”

“Maxi…”

Theodora leaned against Maxim with her head bowed. Perhaps because of the fact that he was injured, he moved more cautiously and lightly than usual.

Suddenly, Theodora’s head touched Maxim’s chest. Maxim pulled Theodora into his arms and stroked her hair.

“Do not hurt.”

Theodora’s voice became moist again. Maxim thought that he was happy, but smiled bitterly at her appearance.

“yes.”

“Don’t even leave me.”

“Of course.”

Theodora’s hair felt so soft in Maxim’s hand. Maxim brushed his silky hair without hesitation.

—

A sea made of blood and a clear blue sky without a single cloud. The red seawater was washing the sand of the sandy beach.

It took a long time for Maxim to realize that the scenery was a dream. Maxim was sitting on the sandy beach. The sand particles were not fine, but coarse. Maxim raised his hand, grabbed a handful of sand, and let it flow. The sand fell with a rustling sound and mixed with the white sand again.

The sandy beach was straight, without any curves, as if drawn with a ruler. Maxim turned his head left and right. The horizon and horizon were visible at the same time.

“Maxi.”

Maxim turned his head towards the sound. The place where Maxim’s eyes reach is the middle of the Red Sea. Theodora, submerged to her knees, stood there. Theodora was standing there wearing a pure white dress that she had only seen once before.

“Theo?”

A sword was held in Theodora’s right hand. With a clicking sound, Theodora approached Maxim. Maxim tried to get up from his seat, but he couldn’t move as if his body was still fixed to the ground.

Theodora was standing in front of Maxim before he knew it. Maxim raised his head and saw Theodora’s expressionless face. Theodora was still looking at Maxim with her sword hanging down.

“Now what…”

Before Maxim could finish speaking, Theodora raised her sword high. Maxim’s pupils widened and he put the tip of the knife into his eyes.

“Theo?”

squeak.

“Huh!”

It was a dormitory.

Maxim breathed heavily and broke out in a cold sweat. The sound of his heart pounding echoed through Maxim’s head. Maxim crouched down as the burning pain felt in his stomach and chest. I’m glad I don’t have a roommate right now. A moan of pain broke out between Maxim’s clenched teeth.

“This crazy…”

Maxim swears and takes off his shirt. In the lowered gaze, I saw a stab wound that should have healed. The stabbing was scattering something like a faint shadow. Maxim twisted his body and bit his lip and tongue wildly, unable to overcome the lingering pain.

“Keahhhhh”

As time passed, the pain slowly subsided. Maxim could feel the fishy taste and smell in his bloody mouth.

Maxim staggered, lit a lantern, and looked for a mirror.

“what’s this…”

Black fissures were irregularly created along the abdomen. Maxim groped for the reluctant wound. Doesn’t this look like being cursed?

When Maxim touched the scar, the crack began to be sucked into the scar. It was like a snake going into its nest. Maxim just stared blankly at the scene.

It must be an illusion.

Maxim recalled the medical officer’s advice that he might have hallucinations. Although the type of pain seemed to be completely different from the hallucinations he knew. Maxim decided to believe it, even if it was forced. What I saw was a hallucination, and this pain was not real. Maxim gathered his body and mind and looked out the window as the dawn approached.

Is it already time for the sun to rise?

It was almost 8 o’clock. It was the weekend, but I didn’t sleep. While sweating, Maxim decided to head to the gymnasium.

It seemed that the first cold wave of winter had arrived. Every time Maxim exhaled through his mouth, steam bloomed. Maxim grabbed a sword and reached the outdoor private gymnasium. Several eager cadets were already practicing their swordsmanship with swords or spears. Maxim silently watched the enthusiastic figure alone. It reminded me of myself when I was a freshman.

“You have to step out! You stupid bastard!”

“You pushed your shoulders too far!”

“Use your waist flexibly!”

And, beside them, there was also a bald instructor who, for some reason, was longing for the cadets who were training hard without leaving work. Maxim watched the instructor’s lips twitch with joy, and deep down he had the impression that he was fortunate to be in the senior class.

Theodora has left the academy after being called by her father, Count Benning, who is staying at a villa in the royal capital. It’s been quite a while since I practiced without a sparring opponent. Before training with Theodora, Maxim decided to use the training method he had always practiced.

First of all, it is meditation.

Maxim immediately sat down on the stone floor of the gymnasium. Quietly, without raising mana, the head is blanked as white as a sheet of paper. Maxim, pacing his breathing, felt the nerves extending to every corner of his body. I just felt everything my body was accepting. The cold and clear winter air, the subtle smell of soil, and the chirping of birds.

great. It’s smooth.

Maxim, who seemed to have assimilated himself with the world, slowly rose from his seat. I grabbed the hilt and drew my sword. The series of processes proceeded very naturally, like flowing water. Maxim reenacted the sword ceremony. Just as the world and Maxim assimilated, the sword Maxim held also became one with Maxim and moved smoothly.

Maxim’s sword did not go against the wind and cut it. As if passing by, the wind cut at the tip of Maxim’s sword made wheeing, wheeing, and whining sounds. Maxim continued the inspection. The sword held with both hands felt light today.

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Now let’s get back to mana.

Maxim, conscious of the beating of his heart, raised mana.

‘…What?’

It felt like something was stuck. As if a river was blocked by a bank, the flow of mana started from the heart, but it was not spreading properly. Maxim forcibly accelerated the circulation of mana in order to pierce the blocked flow.

‘It’s strange.’

When I forcibly released the flow of mana and began to circulate it, I felt a pain like being stabbed with a needle below my heart, below my left chest. It was uncomfortable, but it didn’t cause much difficulty in circulating mana. Maxim thinks that the aftermath of his past wounds is stronger than he thought, and has entered the next step.

Mana circulated vigorously along Maxim’s body. Maxim swung the sword and continued the sword ceremony. However, the pain felt from the wound, instead of subsiding, was getting worse.

Should I skip today’s training?

Maxim paused the sword he was wielding for a while and thought that. Officers can also be trained. He told me not to be too aggressive, and asked me to come to him if he felt any pain. Maxim decided to finish the routine and go straight to the infirmary, fixing the knife.

‘Let’s activate only the Aura.’

Maxim cycled mana again. Mana flowed through Maxim’s body and passed to the hilt of Maxim’s sword, and the sword that consumed Maxim’s mana began to turn golden from the root of the blade.

‘Okay, it’s uncomfortable, but…’

pounding.

Maxim’s heart beat loudly.

‘uh?’

The world suddenly slowed down. Maxim felt the pain as if someone had stabbed him in the chest with a knife. Maxim lost his sword and fell to the floor of the arena before he had time to scream at the pain that turned his eyes white. At the last shout of someone watching him, Maxim’s consciousness was cut off.

hairy.

—

“…I don’t know why…”

“…to collapse suddenly…!”

In my hazy consciousness, I heard someone’s conversation. Maxim quickly regained his senses, as if someone had pulled him out of the water.

“A cadet who was training fine suddenly collapsed, and you don’t know what happened?”

“I don’t know either… In order to find out the symptoms in more detail, I have no choice but to call a healing wizard and do a detailed examination…”

Maxim blinked his eyes. The place where he lies is the infirmary, not anywhere else. In front of his hospital bed, a bald instructor and medical officer were eagerly sharing their bed. As Maxim raised his head and made a rustling sound, the bald instructor approached Maxim with his eyes wide open.

“You came to your senses!”

“Instructor… I…”

Maxim tried to force his upper body up, but he looked down at his sweatshirt and froze.

Dark bloodstains dripped down from the neck and stained the entire sweatshirt with blood.

“You were training fine, and suddenly you collapsed vomiting blood. What the hell happened?”

The bald instructor asked Maxim cautiously.

“Me too… how did this happen…”

Maxim turned his head to the medical officer. Maxim’s voice was weak and trembled.

“Is it because of the wound?”

The medical officer, hearing Maxim’s words, frowned and shook his head as if he didn’t understand.

“I do not know either. Maxim, can you tell me in detail where and how it hurts?”

sick?

Maxim suddenly felt his own scar. Oddly enough, I didn’t feel any pain at all. Also, he couldn’t feel his own fingers touching the wound. I feel like that part is not my body. Maxim hesitated to speak out because of the foreboding that was coming over him.

“It doesn’t hurt at all…”

The medical officer nodded as if he was listening to Maxim.

“Anyway from the wounds…”

blank.

Cutting off Maxim’s words, the door to the infirmary opened. The bald instructor and medical officer hardened their expressions at the same time and turned their heads toward the open door of the infirmary.

“I’m treating an urgent patient right now, so unless it’s urgent…”

The medical officer’s words stopped halfway. Maxim opened the door and looked at the person who came in with eyes full of bewildered emotions.

“Maxim, is there a cadet named Maxim Appart here?”

The bald instructor’s expression twisted horribly.

“How is the head of the Benning family looking for our students?”

Upon hearing those words, Count Leon Benning’s face showed an inorganic smile, as if carved out of crystal. Behind him stood a knight guarding the head of the Bening family, and a blue-eyed man wearing a monocle.

“I’m sorry. I have something to see him for a while, so,”

Maxim’s eyes met Leon Bening’s. Maxim was looking at those cold eyes that showed no emotion.

“Could you make room for me for a minute?”