The Only Swordsman of the Magic Academy

30 – I’ll protect you

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She thought about whether it would be okay to stay like this for a second, and then stopped her from trying to take off her top.

“…Okay. I’ll take it off.”

I thought there would be something to show off my body anyway, and that was just today.

It’s not easy not to show your body even once until the Huron training method reaches level 7.

If I were to go to the swimming pool in the summer right now, even if I wore a rash guard, all the scars would be exposed the moment I got wet.

It might be much better to talk about it now than to talk about it then.

With that thought in mind, she takes off her coat and top, and her expression begins to change.

If you felt surprised when your arms were exposed, did you feel more than astonished when the entire upper body was exposed?

It’s to the point where I wonder if a person would have to be surprised to see such an expression for a year.

“No… You said you didn’t get hurt…? There’s not a single healthy place on my body!”

Astonishment turned to anger, and that anger quickly turned to pity.

The scars that filled the entire body were the body of a warrior who had crossed the line countless times. Of course, these are all wounds caused by training.

These are the scars caused by the training method of the Huron tribe and the master’s practice sparring, and I just changed the scars to a different form so that they don’t look like wounds caused by self-injury.

However, the work I did to avoid being seen as a self-injuring person has now become rather poisonous.

The scars that filled my body looked like scars from a dungeon.

‘I don’t know what to say…’

If you tell me that the school of unique magic I learned trains like this, they will always try to monitor whether I harm myself or not, asking if I have to go this far to become a wizard.

‘Honestly… I’d try to stop Sun-a from harming herself because of her training.’

No matter how strong you can become, do you repeat self-injury to the extent that these scars remain on your body? A friend who sees it is even more strange.

I’d rather find another way together. If you can be strong, you should do it. In the future, I will try harder to cut myself.’ Where would anyone come out like this?

However, it is unreasonable to say that he harmed himself for purposes other than training.

Because I will be the one who repeatedly harmed myself while struggling with the sense of loss even though Suna was by my side.

Even though she was always by her side, Suna would struggle with guilt for thinking that her friend couldn’t stop her from harming herself until her body got to this point.

If Sun-ah is righteous enough to risk her life for the sake of her friends she hasn’t met for less than 2 months to stop the irregulars, then she can’t help but feel guilty for her closest friend’s act of self-injury.

‘In the end, all that remains is the wounds received in the dungeon…?’

Of course, even in this case, for the sake of the artifact she was going to use, she would think that her friend had rolled her body to such an extent, but it was much better than the previous two situations.

“…Sorry.”

Actually, it would be best if I could tell her memories from her past life. I know the future of this world, and I’m moving to prevent the events to come.

‘I’m afraid.’

But I was afraid.

I was afraid to even think about whether she would believe what I said, but most of all I feared that she might feel awkward with me.

I’m afraid that Seon-ah won’t accept me as two Choi Ha-joon mixed and become one, and I’m afraid that she won’t understand how ordinary people work their bodies and minds to an impossible extent in order to become strong.

I was so afraid of breaking our relationship.

She fills and supports her lingering attachment to her former world and the vacancy left by her parents. If her relationship with Sun-ah was cut off, it wouldn’t be strange if I hesitated at any time.

Because the name Baek Seon-ah occupies too much share in a person named Choi Ha-joon.

“…Tell me if you’re sorry. Why did you enter the dungeon?”

It is impossible to say that it is a military fund for the upcoming future, but it is also impossible to say that Suna went in to obtain an artifact for her use.

Because Suna might think that I became like this because of her.

“I entered because I wanted to become stronger… Is there any other reason to enter the dungeon?”

I made it look as if I acted without thinking as much as I could and said it so that Sun-ah would not be hurt.

“…A lie.”

“Huh..?”

‘How did you know?’

“In order to obtain an artifact like this, you have to enter a dungeon related to the wind spirit, or a dungeon with many artifacts of this class.”

Sunah knew the dungeon structure better than she thought. True to her word, she needs to enter the dungeon she said in order to obtain an artifact like the Necklace of Storms.

“If it was the former, it wouldn’t make sense that you were entering a dungeon to become stronger, and if it was the latter, you would have chosen an item that would help me out of the many artifacts you could choose as a reward… You can’t talk about that.”

Sunah immediately pointed out the loopholes in my words and gave an answer. She couldn’t argue with anything. Because everything she said was right.

“Tell me properly. Why did you enter the dungeon?”

If you exclude the story of the future, you can’t talk about Yu Yi-seol, so there is only one thing left.

“…I went in to get an artifact for you.”

There was no particular reason other than this. She went into the dungeon to find useful artifacts for Sun-ah while earning funds for her future.

“Why…? You could have died. I wouldn’t say I didn’t know that dungeons were dangerous.”

‘It wasn’t really dangerous, but…’

The dungeon progressed just as I had imagined. There was no crisis whatsoever.

However, I couldn’t say such a thing in a state where the scars on my body had already been obtained from the dungeon.

“I thought it might help you.”

“What..?”

“So far I’ve only received a lot of help from you, and I haven’t done anything special for you. I did it because I wanted to do something for you. I’m really sorry for worrying you.”

She bowed her head with sincerity for her concern for her. Having been together for so long, she never thought that Sun-ah would be worried.

It is true that I was busy and had a hard time, but that is not a reason to neglect the people around me. I was very sorry for not being considerate of her while only thinking of her and my situation.

“Ha Joon-ah.”

Sunah approaches me. Reaching out her hand and bowing her head, she grabbed my head and pulled me into her arms.

Her back naturally bent and it looked like she was being held in her arms. She was so soft and cozy that I wanted to lie down and sleep in her arms.

“Thank you. For working hard for me.”

She strokes my hair slowly.

“But Jun Ha. I value you more than these artifacts. I don’t want you to get hurt because of me.”

She removes her hand from stroking her hair and touches my scar.

“How painful it must have been… A scar like this would never have been a small wound. Right..?”

“It hurts a lot…”

It hurt. It really hurt terribly.

Putting a knife through the body almost to the bone was so painful that the tears wouldn’t stop, and it was an excruciatingly painful task.

I don’t want to be like this, I don’t want to get sick, but it was so hard that I thought that if I gave up one thing, I could go on more comfortably.

If you give up on saving Suna, you can go a little more loosely.

If I gave up on training the Hurons after deciding that the Irregular was an unstoppable enemy, like when I played the game, it would have been easier.

Growth may have slowed down a bit, but since there are 3 talents of 11 anyway, I had enough confidence to meet the proper specs before the demon king descended.

‘But how could I give up on Suna…’

I could have given up if it was someone I didn’t know.

I will try to save people I can save, but I had no intention of wanting to save others until I was in pain.

But dying is good. The most important person to me who lost my family. Someone who can’t be without

If it is to prevent Sunah’s death, she can endure the pain of cutting off her flesh and the mental agony of being destroyed.

I promised to protect it at all costs, so I will protect it at all costs.

Even if that’s the way I’m broken. I couldn’t go back to the past me.

“I’d rather just be by your side than risk your life for me. It’s fun just to be with you, so I hope you don’t overdo it.”

I can’t protect you if I don’t overdo it.

“But since I got it, I’ll take this necklace. Will you wear it?”

“Yes.”

She untied her hand and handed me her necklace. I went behind her and put her necklace on.

“How is it? Does it look good on you?”

“Oh. It suits you perfectly.”

She smiles as she looks at her necklace. I’m glad she seemed to like it.

Of course, there must be a meaning of gratitude towards me for obtaining this artifact through hard work rather than simply laughing because I am happy.

Her

I looked at her and smiled at her.

“So, don’t get hurt or hurt because of me from now on, okay?”

“Yes. I will.”

‘I’m sorry.’

It’s a lie. After I go back today, I will train the Hurons right away. Once again, the flesh will be torn, the muscles cut, and the body abused.

But if it can keep her smile on me, if she can live by showing me her smile, that’s fine.

I swore to her once again while stroking her hair while smiling at me.

‘You will never die.’

I’ll protect you.