Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

The winners and losers of the battlefield were becoming clearer.

The Gilfin Demonic Mercenary Corps once caught the raid of the Black Wolf Cavalry Corps, led by the Black Wolf Gels.

The infantry commanded by the Hundred Formations' Mahad, while ravaged by heavy cavalry raids, maintained their lines in a controlled movement and did not allow them to break through.

However, the powerful magic that would change the state of war once and for all would not be unleashed from behind them.

Mahad ran his eyes backwards and saw the leader of the regiment, Gilfin, being slashed by Raise's right arm, disappearing with a gust of wind as he danced with blood and smoke.

At that point, Mahad's retreat from this battle was quick.

After putting in all the remaining battle force and pushing back the Black Wolf Cavalry for a moment, I immediately withdrew from the battlefield.

Of course, it wasn't the black wolves who could easily forgive it, but Gerus, who saw the damage at the forefront, stopped the pursuit halfway.

Gerus said to the disgruntled Gador.

"If Gilfin falls, that mercenary group will be finished."Mahad doesn't feel like he's going to fight again, and he doesn't have the equipment. "

Gerus ordered Gador to rescue the wounded and drove his horse towards Reyes, who stood in front of Gilfin's vanished blood.

The battle is over.

Fighting between mercenaries without employers was often triggered by emotional reasons, such as personal resentment, and the damage suffered by the losers was harsh.

Although there was no emotion involved in this battle, the Gilfin Magic Mercenary Corps lost half of its strength, most of its core magic troops, and its leader, Gilfin, who changed the status of the battle, and disappeared from the battlefield in the north.

But the victor, the Black Wolf Cavalry, was by no means unharmed.

How's Morgard doing?

Gerus asks Reyes when he comes back from the carriage behind him.

"Oh, it's twitching."

Raise replied.

"Except for the legs."

I see.

Gerus nodded.

Lieutenant Morgard of the Black Wolf Cavalry was wounded in the leg when he fell as a result of the light magic accompanying Gilfin's second shock wave.

Even if I couldn't move from there, I didn't want to attract enemies wielding swords. However, since I couldn't ride a horse, I couldn't fight on the battlefield for the time being.

From now on, when I'm about to kill a snake, it's going to hurt.

Yeah.

Raise also nodded.

"I heard that you can manage the military post as before."I'll give you two extra messages to assist you. "

"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be around."

Gerus smiles bitterly.

"He's always the only one who can fight."

It's not a dialogue you can say, is it?

Raise frowned.

You're the one who wants to fight the most, aren't you?

Gerus shrugged his shoulders at the words.

Is everything okay except for Morgard?

Later, Gay Zach's son of a bitch got a little hurt.

"He's just gotten hurt and grew old."

That's what Gerus says and laughs.

You said you'd fight next time anyway.

"In the way you imagined it."

Raise replied.

"I'm telling you exactly as I imagined."

"Heh," said Gels, laughing.

Then, looking back, he calls out to the boy standing there.

“Galva, how was the first real sorcerer?”

"... I was scared."

Galva answered in a small voice.

I lost my sight and felt scared for the first time on the battlefield.

I see.

Gerus narrowed his eyes.

"Well, that's good, Raise."

Yeah.

Raise nodded.

"You're approaching a public place."

Then I patted Galba on the shoulder gently.

"Galva, once you're done fighting the Snakebone Mercenaries, you don't have to stand behind anyone anymore."Try to move on your own. "

In those words, Galba would have expressed his innocent joy.

But Galba nodded with a complicated expression.

Aren't you happy?

Galba shook his head at the question from Gelus.

"I'm glad, but I'm more scared."

Having said that, Galba looked up at Jellus.

"In front of my blind eyes, Morgard attracted my enemies."So I survived. That's what Gador told me. "

I see.

"When the battle started, I thought I might be able to take down Gilfin."But it's not very nice, but I didn't want to be the opponent right now. "

Galva takes a breath.

It was not the same order of magnitude as the enemy before.

But you survived.

Raise sandwiched her mouth quietly.

"You win, Galba."

Galva shook his head nonetheless.

"Be strong."

Galba said.

"I'm just like my dad and Raise. More and more."

Reyes narrowed his eyes and nodded to the words.

Morgan's body began to wobble, and Norish and Selaha, sitting behind him, giggled as they looked at each other.

Lecture hall of the elementary department of the Nork Academy of Magic.

Eurog lectures were becoming abstract content.

If we were to take up a specific magic and explain it, it would suddenly be a complicated concept.

"It's difficult, dean."

Nelson gently tapped his right neighbor, Almark.

"I don't know what that means."

That's right.

Wendy, Almark's right neighbour, nodded tinyly.

"It's not what we do to our children."

That's right.

Almark also whispered in a small voice.

"But it's funny. I thought the academy was going to have such a hard story until I got here.No matter how many times I ask you, I don't know what you're talking about. "

Almark looks straight up at the Eurogue on the podium.

That's why I'm always excited when I hear from the head teacher.

I still don't know what the story is, but Almark smiled.

Wendy and Nelson look at each other, then follow Almark and look up at the Eurograph on the stage.

The sorcerer sees it as it is.

said Eurog.

I wonder who just said that to me.

This is Almark.

A group of clever class members sitting in the front seat answered without putting their hair in.

"That's right." Thank you, Ein. "

The Eurolog nods.

"It's really hard to see things as they are. I wonder why."

Saying that, I looked around at the students.

"Ficke"

Eh, is that me?

Ficke stands up in a hurry.

"Well, that's it."

Saying that, I scratch my head.

"I know it's very difficult to see it as it is, but I can't say what it is."

Hmmm.

The Eurolog nods.

"It's very difficult to put into words the indefinite shape of a thing."Your answer also contains certain truths. "

"We did it."

Ficke makes a grip.

"You got it right."

"That's not the right answer."

Ein frowns.

"Sit down already."

Why is that?

"Don't be ashamed of me anymore."

After watching the two of them and smiling, Eurogue turned to the two pairs of students.

Well then, let me ask you something, Leila.

Yes.

Layla stood up in spite of a sudden nomination.The long black hair swayed.

"It's hard to see things as they are."

That's what Layla said, turning her eyes to Eurog.

"I think that's because it's unconscious."As soon as I realized that I was seeing things as they were, my subjectivity began to enter into them. "

I see.

The Eurolog nods.

"The more you try to see it as it is, the less you can see it as it is.It's paradoxical, but it's an interesting answer. "

Then she asked Layla with a smile in her eyes.

"So, what do I do to see it as it is?"I don't know how you think about that. "

How do you do that?

Layla looked back. When Almark's gaze meets that of his dull face, he narrows his eyes.

“Ask Almark.He's the best person in my class who can see things as they are. ”

Huh?

Almark unexpectedly raised his voice.

"Is that me?"

You've been nominated, Almark.

Eurogue smiled.

"Tell me."to see things as they are. "

“I don't really feel like I'm seeing it as it is.”

Almark, who stood up on Layla's behalf, did so in advance.

But, yeah.

Find the words in yourself.

I was able to see it somewhat as it is, when I felt it.

Almark was looking back.

A bitter battle. A frontier between life and death.

When he abandoned his curiosity and thought only of surviving, Almark's mind turned quickly and without waste.

A sword.

Almark remembers his father's long sword.

The sword always carries a simple and tough circuit of thought to Almark.

“It was when the purpose was clear.”

Almark replied.

“What it means to be there.Dos and don 'ts, and I felt like I was getting rid of the extra stuff by making it clear. ”

"That's a good answer."

The Eurolog nodded.

"Clarify the purpose"

Eurog sits Almark down with a hand gesture and looks around at the students.

"The graduation exam will give you a simple question once again.The meaning of having spent three years at this college.Reasons to go up to the middle. As Almark said, when you skip the superfluous and look back at the question, you will find the answer to each one of you. ”

said Eurog.

"There is no right answer to that question."But do your best, little sorcerers. "

The blue eyes captured the faces of each student and gently twinkled.

"I pray that you will reach the answers you seek."