Nam Dayun (2)
Nam Dayun (2)
Tak. Tak.
I blocked the sword striking from the left. Nam Da-yoon didn't feel relieved just because she blocked the wooden sword.
She had lowered her physical abilities to spar with Siwoo.
If one cannot properly control their own body, they cannot even become a High Rank hero. Nam Da-yoon was a hero who belonged to the category of having exceptional senses, even among them. She had no trouble lowering her own physical stats.
Sword met sword. I was careful not to get swept away by the flow. Siwoo's technique was one that didn't fit his age. It was the kind of technique possessed by geniuses who threw their bodies into martial arts and went crazy for it for 10 years, or mediocre people who swung swords their entire lives.
'Is this possible?'
Nam Da-yoon thought as she deflected the sword. He practiced by watching videos. He practiced with sword techniques written in martial arts manuals. Yet, he possessed techniques comparable to a High Rank hero.
The former two were understandable. But having techniques comparable to a High Rank hero made no sense.
'However.'
Nam Da-yoon shook off her thoughts. Her younger brother Siwoo was not an opponent easy enough to fight while distracted.
Siwoo moved, stepping with footwork. He approached my blind spot and swung his sword.
Tak!
I blocked it lightly. However, the sword shook. He was using a parry right away. Nam Da-yoon clicked her tongue softly and shifted her center of gravity.
'He's become more proficient.'
It had only been a week, but he was more proficient than last week. It was proof that he had already gotten used to his strengthened body, which had seen a rapid increase in stats after obtaining the Yin-Yang Body trait.
Tak! Tak! Tak!
The wooden swords collided. Nam Da-yoon was taken aback while parrying in place. Just a tiny bit, though.
His swordsmanship had become subtly more solid.
Occasionally, there are such beings. The type who ascends in an instant after experiencing a few real battles based on their fundamentals. Beings who cannot be understood from the perspective of an ordinary person.
'Genius.'
And Nam Da-yoon also appeared that way in the eyes of others. An incomprehensible kid. It was something she heard often at the Academy when she was still young. An incomprehensible being among the high-flying students.
And that incomprehensible being met another incomprehensible being.
The sparring ended. Nam Da-yoon looked at me with a subtle expression.
"By any chance."
She said, hesitating.
"Did you learn spear techniques by watching videos too?"
"Yes, I referred to them and refined them a bit while sparring with the kids, but......."
Her expression became even more peculiar. Like the expression of someone looking at a type called a genius. But I wasn't a genius. It was just thanks to my traits.
"Then, shall we see your dagger skills?"
She said, throwing a wooden dagger at me. After sparring with her for about 10 minutes, she stopped.
"Do you have any intention of trying other weapons?"
"I'm just planning to try everything if it's a weapon for now."
"......Finding a weapon that suits you better would be fine, too."
She said that and toyed with the bracelet on her wrist. Then, when she made a motion like putting her hand into the air, the wrist part disappeared. A subspace bag. It's an item that costs at least a billion won. You can get it in a dungeon while playing the game, but I complained that it was ridiculously expensive when buying it. Seeing it like this felt a bit strange.
She rummaged through the air a few times and pulled out a black sphere.
"It's an item called Cheonbyeon. Want to try using it once?"
She threw the black sphere at me. I checked the weapon's information with Knowledge Browsing.
[Cheonbyeon]
It is a sphere that can transform into a thousand weapons.
-It changes according to what the user thinks.
I thought of a whip. The black sphere elongated and turned into a whip.
'Lighter than I thought.'
Well, it was all leather. It was natural for it to be lighter than iron.
"Can I try using it?"
"Yeah. I gave it to you for that."
I swung the whip once in the empty space. The whip stretched out at once and hit a little further than where I had aimed.
It doesn't move as I think.
I swung the whip continuously. After swinging the whip a few times, I got the hang of it. The key was to use the snap of the wrist to swing the handle rather than swinging it widely. This was good for long-reach weapons. It was useful for striking opponents with little movement. Although it gets difficult if the opponent gets inside.......
"It's a really good weapon."
I said after changing Cheonbyeon a few times. Even if I change it to an axe, spear, or polearm, the length, weight, and form are captured just as I think. This is a really good weapon, why don't you use it? When I looked at her with that expression, she smiled bitterly.
"Cheonbyeon isn't that good of a weapon. Its durability is poor. And once it breaks, it's hard to repair."
"Aha."
"So I was just leaving it in subspace, but seeing Siwoo today, it came to mind. It's hard to use in the Academy due to regulations, but you can still practice, right? Do you want to take it if you need it?"
"Huk, thank you."
I accepted it right away. Koreans say they refuse once out of courtesy, but if I refuse such a good weapon and miss it, it's a huge loss.
'Nam Da-yoon doesn't seem like she would do that.'
Nam Da-yoon smiled very contentedly at my reaction.
"Do you happen to know how to use a scythe?"
"A scythe?"
I had never used or seen a great scythe before.
"No."
"Then I'll teach you."
I changed Cheonbyeon into a scythe. It changed into a great scythe with a blade length of about 1m on a black rod.
Nam Da-yoon came in front of me and taught me how to hold the scythe. The sweet scent of rosemary brushed against the tip of my nose.
"The distance between your hands like this......."
Nam Da-yoon's hands overlapped with mine and set the posture. I could feel her soft skin.
"Like this?"
"Yeah, that......"
When I asked while getting closer to her, Nam Da-yoon looked at me with a surprised expression.
However, it wasn't a reaction of dislike. I secretly wrapped my arm around her shoulder and asked. They were delicate arms that I couldn't feel had pushed me around until earlier. They were also soft. I secretly moved my hand and held Nam Da-yoon's hand. I could feel her flinch and tremble.
She lowered her head. But that didn't change the fact that her ears were red to the tips. Cute. I could feel that she had no immunity to men. Although she is the Sword Mistress who received everyone's admiration at the Academy, it is said that she hasn't even held a man's hand until now, excluding her younger brother. Because she was busy raising her own skills at the Academy, and after graduating, she was busy eradicating the villains who killed her brother.
"L, l, like this, swing it."
"Like this?"
Because Nam Da-yoon was cute, I activated Thousand-Hand a little.
"Oh, Noona, you have something here."
When I secretly stroked her earlobe, her body flinched. I pretended to ask her various things and poked her with Thousand-Hand. Her snow-white skin turned red.
"Oh?"
My feet got tangled. No, rather than tangled, when I stepped forward, Nam Da-yoon exquisitely tripped me. No, why on earth?
I was flustered by that fact and reflexively flipped my body. Then, a strange posture was created. A situation occurred where it looked like I was pinning Nam Da-yoon down.
"......."
"......."
The atmosphere was strange. I could see Nam Da-yoon's face up close. Although she is over 30 years old, she had a young face that looked like she was in her early 20s. I could see blue eyes that resembled the sea. Her snow-white cheeks were flushed red with shyness.
"Siwoo-ya......."
She looked at me with a dreamy expression. I approached her lips little by little. Nam Da-yoon squeezed her eyes shut. I was about to laugh because that action was cute, so I held it in, and it was the moment I was about to kiss her lips.
Ding-dong-.
The bell rang.
And it was loud enough not to be ignored. Since it's a basement, it seems it was designed to ring loudly separately when the bell rings.
"......."
"......."
The atmosphere became awkward. Nam Da-yoon's expression turned cold for a moment, then returned. She made a shy expression again, with a flush on her cheeks. She closed her eyes again.
She seems to be trying to pretend she didn't hear it. I also pretended not to hear it and went to her lips.......
Ding-dong-.
The bell rang once more. This time, perhaps because she couldn't stand it, her expression turned cold.
"...Damn. What the......?"
She muttered quietly, so I couldn't hear it in my ears, but it seemed to be a very harsh curse. I pretended not to know and followed her.
I grabbed my gym clothes in the middle to cover my body, then opened the front door. A familiar face was visible.
"Hello, Sword Mistress-nim."
A mysterious woman wearing a black cheongsam that clearly revealed her slender legs. I could see her bowing her head. Beside her, the boy who had picked a fight earlier, Tao, was also bowing his head. I didn't want to get annoyed if I revealed myself, so I secretly moved to a place where I couldn't be seen from the entrance.
"Who are you?"
Nam Da-yoon opened her mouth. A chilling voice echoed around. I could feel Xiao-mei and Tao flinch.
"We are from the Li family, who were indebted to you when the Sword Empress subjugated the villain, White Snake, last time. And here, although it is humble, it is a gift we give in return for that time. Please accept it."
Tao opened his mouth and offered a box decorated with a black golden dragon to the Sword Empress. Even the wrapping paper was high-class. However, the Sword Empress didn't even glance at the gift and opened her mouth.
"So?"
"......Th, th, that."
"I am sorry. We were in a hurry, so we visited the Sword Mistress-nim's mansion without notice. It is our mistake. I am sorry."
As Tao stammered in embarrassment, Xiao-mei stepped forward.
As Xiao-mei bowed her head once more, I could feel the Sword Empress's atmosphere recede a little. There was that much sincerity in her apology.
It was said that the Sword Empress didn't have a secretary, so people who didn't know her number had to come directly to visit her house.
The reason was simple. It was because she was at the forefront of eradicating villains. The Sword Mistress is very, very, very difficult to catch, and even if you kill her, it's hard to handle the aftermath, but a secretary isn't.
"So what did you visit for?"
"We visited to make a request to the Sword Mistress-nim."
At Xiao-mei's words, Tao took something like a scroll from his bosom. What era is it that they are using a scroll. I looked at Tao with an absurd expression.
Whether or not, Tao politely handed the scroll to Nam Da-yoon.
"......So you're asking me to catch a villain?"
"Yes, that is correct."
I could feel Nam Da-yoon in deep thought.
"I'll think about it."
"By any chance, may I know when you will give us an answer?"
"When do you have to go to China...... No, I'll let you know by lunch tomorrow at the latest. You have a cell phone number, right?"
"Yes, here it is."
Xiao-mei handed a business card to Nam Da-yoon. Nam Da-yoon, who saw the business card, nodded and said.
"Then, goodbye."
Saying that, Nam Da-yoon closed the door.
"......."
I thought it was too rude no matter what, but I could see Nam Da-yoon breathing roughly. It seems the effect of Thousand-Hand was too certain, even though she said she did it lightly.
Nam Da-yoon looked at me. I could see eyes mixed with longing.
"Co, come to think of it, Siwoo-ya."
"Yes?"
"You haven't eaten yet, right?"
I secretly checked the clock. 3 PM. It was too late for lunch and too early for dinner. However, I nodded.
"Yes, I haven't eaten yet."
Nam Da-yoon said with a shy expression.
"Do you want to eat ramen and go?"