Reincarnation of the Sword Master

"Are you his disciple?"

Asher nodded to the sudden question.

"Temporary, but yes."

"I see…."

Arna's eyes were shaking from nowhere, looking at Asher. It wasn't Asher who would miss the tremor.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

It contained more complex emotions, not just the eyes of Swordmaster's disciples. Rebelok smiled and approached between the two as if to warm up the atmosphere.

"He's a very bright kid. It's no exaggeration to say that it's all thanks to him that our land can survive.”

"I can't believe you're going against Goblin at that age. There's a reason for him to take it as a disciple."

Arna said with a stark face. Asher was used to it. Her expression has changed little since she was young. But Rebekh had a very awkward face that he couldn't.

"Mr. Leberrock."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Can you excuse me for a moment? I'd like to talk to him alone.”

"Well... I get it. I'll come back when we're done."

Reveloc stepped outside. There was only one elf and one human in the training camp. Each other just looked at each other without saying a word.

"Why the Captain of Guards?"

Asher thought.

Arena is a species of forest destroyed by man. He is the last survivor. Therefore, he lived as little as possible without human contact. Since I retired, I didn't make any special year with the Empire. But suddenly, the captain of the guard.

"And the first person to find my body was this kid."

Unlike other children, he was a child who had spent his later years together, but the child did not have much affection for him. Whatever it was, he was a man who destroyed his own people.

Originally brusque, Arna probably hated him. I thought he just followed it because he didn't want to die.

'You didn't look good.’

No. He might have thought it was a good idea. He thought he was close to the people who destroyed the race. Arna opened her mouth with a blank face.

"You must be embarrassed."

"I won't deny it."

Arnai is the captain of the guard. It is a seat on top of all the guards, and there is a lot of work on. It was not an idle place to visit because they defeated Goblin without much damage.

Then there must be another reason. Arna said with a sigh in a somewhat reluctant voice.

"I'll tell you. I came here because of Hiban's request. You can't come in person, so you've left me to act."

"Is that so?"

His request. Heiban said at parting. I'll explain everything next time I see you.

That's what you mean. But why the guard.

"And he said something strange."

“…….”

It smells bad.

Asher murmured inwardly. It was obvious what he would have left behind.

"Then let's get down to business."

At that moment, Arna's spirits changed. The eyes containing complex emotions disappeared and glared at Asher with the eyes of a cool, drawn-out man.

"Let me tell you one thing first. The Empire doesn't trust you."

"Is that so?"

I could understand. Even though Hiban is a sodmaster, he disappeared 20 years ago. It would have been confusing for the Empire if someone like him suddenly came to his feet and asked for confidential information.

He noticed the identity of the doppelganger, but the empire did not see it in person.

A boy who knows about the beast that disappeared 50 years ago? It was strange not to distrust.

"All we have to tell you is a few secrets within the Empire. Even if there is an order from Hiban, I can't say it carelessly. The reason I came is for him. To judge you by the eyes of the elf."

Elves are a race of Libras. be unbiased in one's emotions and judge right from wrong

"The reason Hai Van judged you to be a human being... Your sword."

Arna's eyes shook slightly when she spoke of swordsmanship.

"Show me the sword. That is the request of the Empire."

"Okay."

There was no reason to refuse. It was a sword stroke with half of my life. Lift the sword. Arna quietly bit her lips when she saw him.

Arna was surprised to see Hiban back. about the return of the man who had disappeared for twenty years, and what he had brought.

But I was even more surprised to hear what he said.

'The one I took as a disciple. You look like your father. No swordsmanship, no speech.

Arna grabbed the sword roughly. His eyes were distorted uncharacteristically.

'Someone who looks like him. It can't exist in the world.’

After his death, she accepted the fact in despair. Therefore, he became the captain of the guard as if he were on the run. But out of nowhere, a totally unrelated boy looks like him.

'Don't be ridiculous.'

It was a sort of inferiority complex. Arna glared at Asher, who was shaking her sword with her eyes. I'll see for now. And if not.

"I work as a security guard."

A fierce look was directed, and the sword moved.

At the same time, Arna's pupils expanded.

***

The swordsmanship is over. In fact, there was no such thing as swordsmanship. The Imperial sword contains only simple straight and curved movements.

I don't know what I can tell from this.

It just looks to the eyes of the elf. I put the sword in and turned to Arna.

"Did you confirm?"

Arna was silent. My mouth opened and closed repeatedly, and I managed to speak.

"You."

She was looking at Asher as if she were just bewitched. His eyes shook from side to side.

"…what do you have to do with the test?"

"Check?"

A mysterious look was directed at her at an English word. There was no test nicknamed Asher's memory test.

"No, I'm not."

Arna shook her body and shook her head as if she had come to her senses. He seemed to be embarrassed as if he were saying something that should not be heard.

"…I'm sorry. I need to take a break. I'll see you in a few minutes."

Arna bowed down and left the training camp. The figure disappeared after a staggering movement.

"What is it?"

Asher muttered.

***

Asher sat in an open space in the middle of the town, looking at a house.

That was his house. The house where he was born, grew up, and his family lived. But now the bakery was there.

'What is the flow of time?’

I felt that time had passed in one part or another. I wonder what the family is doing by now. Your sister must be dead. The sons and daughters must be at a dangerous age, too. What about grandchildren? I heard footsteps in the back of the sound of footsteps.

"Are you all right?"

"Yes. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Arna stood there as she turned around. Her apologetic pupils were still shaking. Asher woke up shaking.

"Then let's talk.”

Asher went back to the castle. Rebelock seemed curious, but he did not solve the question and arrived at the training camp again.

“…….”

Silence came again. But it was a different silence than before.

Arna was restless and unable to stand still. He glanced at Asher, and his lips glued together. It was repeatedly closed.

The move was apparently aimed at talking to him, but he could not talk to him carelessly.

'I didn't think a sword would make such a difference.'

If this was the case, the story would not proceed. Finally, Asher opened her mouth first.

"May I ask you a question?"

"Yes? Oh, yes."

Arna's expression relaxed as if she was glad to talk to her. Asher asked with a sigh.

"Why did you become Captain of Guards? You're an elf. It wouldn't mean anything."

Arna's face hardened as if Asher's question was unexpected. It was a natural question for Asher. He had expected Arna to leave after his death to look for another elf.

"It was where he was."

"If it's him."

"He's my father. Of course, he is my stepfather. My father was a human being."

Originally, it was a secret, but it seemed like it could be revealed to the boy in front of him. Arna continued with a longing face.

"He was the captain of the guard. He was a proud man. That's why I'm walking along his path."

"…are you close?"

Asher asked with a slightly stiff face. I never imagined that Arna had such feelings. Arna shook her head slightly at the horse.

"No, I don't know. I couldn't express it to him. Besides, he raised me simply because of compassion. I'm sure you didn't have any affection.”

"I wouldn't have."

Arena, who answered immediately, looked a little surprised. Soon she smiled softly.

"Thank you."

It's just a simple consolation, but the boy in front of her looks like her father. It felt as if it really was.

"Hmm. Sorry. I was mistaken because you looked so much like him."

"Did you respect him?"

"Yes."

Arena, who nodded firmly, complicated Asher's feelings.

Respect.

It wasn't that he didn't get any respect. A man who does not give in to his poor talent and is steadfast in his path. In itself, there were people who respected him.

But their respect is due respect. It was an expression to those who walked along the thorny path.

But Arna's feelings were different. It was a clear feeling of yearning. It was the eye of a man who wanted to walk the same path.

'How come?'

He is a man of no talent. He was not a man to be respected.

Come to think of it, Reyka was like Arna. Why? Why do I show such respect to him?

He breathed quietly. Truth that was not known in the past was simply an unacceptable.

"Well, let's get down to business.”

"Yes."

Arna's expression became serious. He opened his mouth with the face of the captain of the guard, who had already passed through all the guards.

"Let me give you a message from Hiban."

***

"Let me tell you first. This is an unknown secret within the Empire. If it were known outside, Asher would have spoken and sent a tracer from the Empire."

"Okay."

To be cruel, Asher nodded silently. He used to say that a lot, too. I didn't expect you to be in a listening position.

"You know, the warrior is gone. He abandoned his lands and his people and disappeared without leaving a trace. At first, there was confusion only on the land. But something strange happened gradually."

a man who has lost his shadow

The same nightmare that spreads throughout the village.

a man who died in his sleep

It was a clear anomaly.

"The Empire has sent out a search party. In the process of getting more and more outlined, Mr. Hiban came back. And he actually said one thing."

"Maybe the devil is back."

"Oh, you know."

"I've found out about it in my own way.”

Arena, who was embarrassed, said briefly. It was strange that I couldn't guess at this point.

Umpert and Artolia, plus the circus. What a mess.

Arna continued with a stiff face.

"But that's not the biggest problem."

"If it's a problem."

"Since 20 years ago, heroes have disappeared.”

"I know that."

heard from Motorola's assassin. Since his death, nearly half of the heroes have disappeared.

It would be natural for people like Leica to live in the present, but I was surprised that he didn't.

"They're back again. That wasn't a problem. But the problem didn't go away, and it happened to heroes like heroes who kept their places."

Arna said with a sad face.

"This time they're gone."