Chapter 5
Episode 5 – Dina Polaris (1)
It was stuffy inside the house.
Although meeting and dealing with people was awkward.
It was far better than Pennheim, who occasionally came home to experiment with her magic.
Because each of her experiments he performed on her was too painful.
When her father, Gilrod, said that Pennheim would stop by her house a few days later, Dinah couldn’t stop her body from shaking.
She said that soon she would be admitted to the academy, and then Pennheim would not be able to touch Dina for a while.
She couldn’t calm her trembling body even when she repeated it to herself.
‘I should go out to get some fresh air… ….’
Looking at the stars in the night sky or people going about their busy lives often made me feel at ease.
She
She makes up her mind to go outside, but if she tells the maid, surely the maid will show off her nuisance and force her to follow.
She didn’t want a maid to accompany her because all Dina wanted was to get some fresh air and she had some time to herself.
She groaned for a while before choosing to sneak out without telling the maid.
Dina, who had lived under surveillance and control all her life, decided to break away for the first time.
She sat on her window sill with her robe wrapped around her body and her mask in her hand.
Dina’s silver hair shines beautifully in the moonlight.
Looking up at her moon with her low, sunken purple eyes, she covered her face with her mask and pulled the cap of her robe over.
‘If I do this, no one will recognize me.’
They were also artifacts that boasted her best performance, so even if she was attacked unexpectedly, they would protect her from a tolerable shock.
Dina’s body fell powerlessly over the window sill, and her figure, which was supposed to fall, disappeared.
*
“Haa… ….”
Thanks to her robe that conceals her presence, people roaming the streets do not recognize her.
Dina roamed her sidewalks and looked at the streets, which were lively even though it was late.
Dina felt envious of the people who did not lose their smiles while busily going their own way.
She couldn’t remember when was the last time she laughed heartily.
Looking at them with her low, sunken eyes, Dina turned her steps and began walking slowly down her deserted path.
When she looked at the sky, she didn’t feel bad because it was different from the sky she usually only looked through her window.
How many hours did it take? She walked quite a distance.
Because her stamina is not very good, she started to get short of breath.
‘Shall we go back soon…… While she was thinking, she heard a sound cutting through the air from somewhere, and now and then a dull sound like something being punched.
Dina reflexively turned her head to look in the direction of her voice.
The sound was coming from not far away.
The undetermined sound aroused her curiosity.
Even if she was in a dangerous situation, it wouldn’t be a big problem since she had two of the best Art Facts on her body and she was also an Awakener.
‘I don’t really like using magic… ….’
His small fists were tightly clenched to fit the tension, perhaps because he was nervous.
No matter how much it is an artifact, it is not perfect.
Her large park greeted her as she quieted her footsteps as much as she could and walked slowly in the direction of the sound to clear the grass that was blocking her.
The flat land with only grass without any special structures looked more like a wide open space for children to play than a park.
Then, in the middle of the clearing, I saw a man wielding a wooden sword.
A man with jet-black black hair, blue eyes and a sharp impression.
Dina was shocked to see him.
Dina is a wizard, but she is an Awakener before that.
She has received various gifted education since she was a child, and she is also good at swordsmanship.
To be honest, it is difficult to say that she has a great talent in swordsmanship, but she has been learning for a long time and can confidently say that she can do as well as others.
To her, it was the sword of a man wielding a wooden sword in an empty lot.
It was so lame that I doubted if he had ever held a sword.
Because the center of gravity was a mess, I was confused whether the man was swinging the sword or the sword was swinging the man every time I swung it.
The sword that lost its balance scratched the ground once in a while. It seemed that was the identity of the dull sound I had been hearing earlier.
Even the way he wielded his sword was a mess.
Originally, when you wield a sword, you have to swing it with confidence, but because you can’t be sure, the direction of the blade changes back and forth even while you’re swinging it once.
“Haa….”
He looked so pitiful that I let out a sigh without realizing it.
Still, judging from his movements, he seemed to be an Awakener, even though he was weak.
The weaker you are, the stronger you are.
‘Shouldn’t I just go back?’
Just when you’re about to snap your hand to teleport home.
Booung!
His posture is still messed up, and although it was only once, he swung it in a way that was acceptable.
After that, he swung his sword in a mess again.
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Dina looked at the man for a while longer, but as expected, the man’s swordsmanship was a mess.
‘I wonder if it was just a coincidence.’
As I was about to turn around, the man gave me another look at the sword.
Boom!
“!”
I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but the cycle of swinging it decently has gotten shorter and shorter.
At first, once every 200 swings, then once every 120 swings.
Then once in 50 times, once in 30 times, once in 20 times, once in 10 times.
And finally, the whole thing changed to be watchable.
Growing in real time
It was the same that his swordsmanship was still a mess, but that was a natural fact for a beginner who had picked up a sword for the first time.
The man who had been wielding his sword with concentration for a long time suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky that was turning red before he knew it.
He stayed up all night staring blankly at his training.
‘… ! It’s not the time to be like this!’
The morning of the rich girl is early.
If you don’t go back soon, the servants may find out that she has disappeared from her mansion.
Dina, who was about to return to her mansion with her hands thrown back, looked at the man again.
The man was also trudging somewhere, as if he was going to go back and rest.
‘Can I see you again?’
To be honest, it was quite fun to watch him grow so fast even though no one ever taught him.
At first, she thought she was a poor, pathetic man, but she thought she would have to change her mind a bit.
Dina snapped her fingers, leaving behind her regret.
In an instant, Dina’s vision was covered in darkness, then disappeared, and she turned over.
When she opened her eyes again she was back in her own room.
As I hurriedly pushed the robe and her mask under the bed, the maid opened the door and entered at just the right time.
“Oh. You are already up.”
The maid who came to wake her up tilted her head.
Dina replied with a shy smile.
“It happened that way.”
Her day started a little too early.
*
It’s an era where there is no such thing as nobility, but Dina’s family has been famous since long ago.
Every generation produced outstanding talents and contributed to the country.
Since she doesn’t want to be exposed to the media, there may be people who don’t know her existence, but there will be no one who doesn’t know her family name, the Polaris family.
According to her father’s order that she will someday be of help to her family, Dina is dragged around and receives various education and training.
And, like today, on the day Pennheim, her older brother and second son of the Polaris family, returns, Pennheim’s ‘experiment’ begins.
A sharp needle pierced Dina’s skin.
Her blood follows the needle.
Fortunately, it seemed that only blood was drawn today.
In severe cases, I injected unknown drugs and watched the reaction.
There is always something self-justifying about Pennheim doing this to Dina.
‘Because you have the power of the demon king. You have to sacrifice.’
The power that Dina awakened was magic.
However, the difference from others is that, unlike ordinary wizards who deal with wind, water, earth, and fire, most of the magic she can use is dark magic.
Yeah, like the devil.
Certainly, he was much stronger than others, but it was nothing compared to the Demon King.
She was just a power similar to her demon lord, but for that reason alone, many people shunned her.
His family was originally indifferent to her, but only Pennheim took her interest in her.
Pennheim forcibly forced her to experiment, thinking that by examining her Dina’s power and experimenting with her, he would be able to find out her power to fight against the demon lord.
Dina refused, but Pennheim didn’t care and continued her experiment.
She
She wanted to resist by using magic, but her magic was so powerful that she could easily kill people.
She knew that if she killed Pennheim, she would really become her Demon King.
Such an irresistible experiment had already been going on for several years.
As her head drew a dizzying amount of blood, Dinah remembered a man she had seen yesterday.
A man who has never learned how to wield a sword foolishly.
To Dina, who has lived her entire life under a lot of surveillance and control, the man’s existence was completely different.
The figure of the man wielding the sword made me feel desperate.
‘Can I see that man tonight?’
…… I wish I could see it.