Chapter 129 Siegel's Heart
Chapter 129 Siegel's Heart
"Akiur, come here. I will give you some instructions." Cham held up the sword he had picked up, indicating that he was going to give instructions for the battle.
"OK!"
“So is Ye Kai.”
“Yeah, I’ll go too.”
They needed a spacious place. The three stood up and prepared to go out.
"Fino, please."
"Understood."
Fino said, with a delighted Pierce on his lap. Fino knew there was more to this statement than that.
After a while, children of the same age from the village came to invite Pierce to play. Although this was a common occurrence, she looked at Fino with some confusion, but finally left with a smile.
The room fell silent again. This silence was within Fino's expectations, and she did not feel uneasy.
“Did you hear that?”
"Yes, Chaim told me."
The unbearable pain prompted Tulio to speak.
"Isn't this a little funny? How could I become so incomprehensible?"
“To have a firm self, you need to go through so much to understand. Fino has also been hesitant.”
“Is she like this?”
“…Mr. Tulio, do you want to see Mr. Ye Kai become a hero? That’s what Fino thinks. Isn’t that right?”
She thought for a moment and began to change the subject.
“…ah, maybe.”
"Chamu said. "Ye Kai is not a brave man or a hero as everyone says. He is just the embodiment of his own justice." But his firm belief attracts everyone and forms a direction that makes people see only this side. "
"Is that so?" Ye Kai probably didn't think much about how he wanted to appear. He just lived his life faithfully.
But it's certainly not easy to live like that. It would be considered willful. Human society is not so tolerant.
Maybe it was a strong belief that supported him, or a deep-rooted emotion?
Tulio raised his head, stared at Fino and continued, "Do you know, Fino, that you have strong emotions too?"
"Yes... Fino also knows despair. The despair of not being accepted by anyone except his family, of not feeling like an orc enough."
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The sound of blades colliding echoed. In just eighteen minutes, Akiuer was covered in mud.
The blade couldn't touch Cham. It couldn't even get into his effective range. This was a surprising fact. Akiul had also learned some fighting skills from Siegel. He should have improved. However, his attack was just swinging the knife in the air, not even scratching the skin.
She didn't use a sword with a long range. She used the same knife that Ye Kai gave her. However, she could easily avoid the attacks of the two hands holding the knife. She even rarely used the shield in her left hand.
Akiuer had never thought that he would be shown such a big gap among humans, especially women. There was no doubt that Cham was completely beyond his reach. The unreachable wall made him feel desperate.
He was completely out of breath and bent over, and she patted him on the back.
“Is that too much? Is that okay?”
"…It's okay…I can still…"
"Don't force yourself. Ye Kai, give me some water."
The cold water Ye Kai handed over made her feel cooler and her breathing became a little smoother.
"That's amazing. I thought you were a bit confident."
"I am a professional fighter. However, your attack is also very sharp for someone your age. You have worked hard, not just with words."
At first, Chaim thought she could use a knife to fight her. But after a few times, she had to give up. So she took out the shield to fight her.
Akiuer was very happy to be praised. He was patted on the head, which tickled him and he smiled shyly. Ye Kai, on the other hand, just smiled and watched him as usual.
“Do you want to continue?”
"OK!"
There weren't many such opportunities. Akiuer stood up seriously and tried to learn from the experience. However, his efforts were thwarted several times.
"What are you doing? Stop feeding Akiuur unnecessary information!"
"Siegel..."
The young man who had come to the door last night interrupted again.
"Hey, you, you are too stubborn, aren't you?"
Cham was also somewhat dissatisfied with his rude words, but he stopped talking after being stopped by Ye Kai.
"What's wrong with you, Siegel?"
"All of them! After listening to Akiu's situation, you instilled some strange things into him, right? What's the point of teaching him how to fight? What if this kid goes into the jungle because of his extra self-confidence?"
“Won’t you protect him?”
"That's not the problem! That's right! You guys, are you planning to make Akiuur your ally and use him as the front line of the battle? I will never allow that to happen!"
Although Siegel wanted to insist that Ye Kai and the others were taking advantage of Akiul, it was too late.
"Even if Akiuur grows up and becomes strong, you don't plan to let him go to the jungle, do you?"
“Is this true, Siegel!?”
"Ah! ... That kind of thing ... doesn't exist."
Too shaken. It was impossible for the young orc to hide his feelings.
"You were too close to Mruk. Didn't you hear her distress? The pain of losing her parents? And yet you let her die without protecting her."
Maybe they were even engaged, Ye Kai thought, but to point that out would be pushing him too far.
“I started to get scared. If I couldn’t protect Akiuur and I lost her, I didn’t know what would happen. I was worried that I would become weird, and that might happen.”
“No! …No!”
"Although I wouldn't say it's to protect myself, but if I can't protect her, I'd rather die. You think so too, right?"
Siegel had covered his ears and kept shaking his head. For Akiul, this was the first time he had seen Siegel like this.
He had always treated her gently yet strictly like a father, and she had never thought that he would hide such thoughts deep in his heart.
"What's wrong? You think the pain of death around you is natural! It's natural to be afraid of it!"
He began to assert his own legitimacy.
"Well, if it's just in your heart, it's fine. But you imposed this idea on Akiuur. You made him feel constrained and made him so miserable. Siegel, don't you think this is a sin?"
"What do you want me to do? Tell Siegel! Do you want me to protect everything? That's impossible!"
"Use more combat spells."
Ye Kai pointed his heavy gauntlet at Siegel and said, "So I chose this path. Let me show you."
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