Chapter 47. I’m pretty good at setting traps (5)


    It didn’t matter.


    The reason Calian went out of the elf city and broke the intact rock was probably to check how strong the sword was to withstand the aurors. I also fully understood that he would have found out as a bonus that his aura color had changed.


    But it didn’t matter.


    It didn’t matter how good the sword was in my hand right now. It didn’t matter.


    “Sinastar…”


    A sword of light that is neitherpletely silver norpletely blue.


    – Don’t leave it anywhere. this time.


    It was not the familiar muted color.


    Nevertheless, I could tell.


    A world where mes rise from the tips of the wizard’s fingers and swords sharpen from the fingertips of the knight.


    Turn back time, erase the existence of someone who was alive and breathing well, and transfer their soul to another ce. It’s a world that prevents that name from being passed down.


    It might be possible.


    The appearance of a shooting star before it falls.


    This is what it looked like before it waspletely charred on the outside and inside.


    “It must really be my sword.”


    A real piece of star.


    I looked into it, but what does it have to do with it?


    “As expected, my brother.”


    Calian expressed his affirmation in short words and added his answer with a small smile.


    “Yes. This is the sword that my brother carried.”


    nz looked at Calian for a long time.


    Calian just kept smiling without saying anything.


    “…… you.”


    Calian had never called the old nz like that before. In any case, I tried to see him as someone different from the current ntz and called him that.


    But not now.


    Smart ntz figured that out too.


    Even if they caused a fuss on the beach, it was ultimately Kalian and ntz’s business now. Even if I came to regard ntz as my real brother because of that, it has nothing to do with ntz in the past. However, Kalian sang the past nz the same way as he does now. He brought me a sword of starlight with a name engraved on it, simr to the name nz at that time.


    ntz also understood the reason.


    “You held up well.”


    I would have seen it.


    Seeing the nightmare of that day right before your eyes, facing the n of that day, and deciding how to deal with that day’s n. One more thing, he took the sword that nz would have been carrying at the time and personally took it with his own hands and returned it to him like this.


    That’s why I’m smiling like that again.


    If you saw nz that day, you would have also seen Wangje that day.


    “Yes. He said hello to me.”


    To Bern.


    To old Calian.


    A long sigh escaped from ntz’s mouth as he looked at Calian, who was shivering.


    “So, if someday in the future, my brother…”


    “I understand.”


    “yes.”


    From the beginning, ntz did not see himself as any different from that day he could not remember.


    It was Kalian who took the trouble to distinguish between the two.


    Because I couldn’t me the current nts for that. Because you shouldn’tin.


    But now Kalian told ntz that he has changed his mind a little. Even if one day, ntz finds the memories of that time, I won’t look at it any differently than I do now, so if that dayes, please tell me without hiding anything.


    ntz, who understood that he was going to reveal what he had experienced inside to say such a thing, cut off Calian’s words. Isn’t this a story that doesn’t need to be said or heard?


    “It would have been fine if you had just burned it down like you wanted to, but you held back really well, my brother.”


    “Even though I listened to Lord Tesman exin it, I didn’t know how to light the crystal, so I didn’t do anything. My main servant is the wind.”


    “The blue-haired wizard’s main servant is ice.”


    A smallugh came out of Calian’s mouth.


    Calian nodded and opened his mouth in a quiet voice.


    “It was a method I didn’t like, so even though I couldn’t understand it, I knew why it was done that way. I was d and d to see it that way. So I just quietly left.”


    There are many teas that have a good scent and taste, but there are also cases where you are given medicine that has no scent and is only useful.


    Kalian did that to ntz.


    Just as ntz did to Calian.


    “…… okay.”


    I thought of a Sispanian who offeredfort to a person who was afraid of being forgotten while praying for his death.


    ntz, unable to decide whether to criticize or praise the mother tree for teaching him how to say goodbye to thest remaining core, simply nodded.


    “I won’t leave it behind. This time.”


    Instead, he made a promise.


    “yes.”


    Calianughed again.


    I knew full well that this ce, with birds chirping, the wind blowing, and clouds floating in the sky, was better than the familiar path in my heart where there was no one under my feet and a red star was floating above my head.


    * * *


    First time.


    A life opened its eyes.


    The pure life that bloomed alone helped the first green light take root in thisnd.


    A tree that shared life grew, sprouted branches, and sprouted leaves. It has be the source of all life.


    The tree becamerger, stronger, and possessed a will of its own. I learned about what was happening on thisnd.


    – I saw you.


    I left everything to the passage of time and watched.


    – And I just observed.


    I remembered time turning back.


    I saw a lot and didn’t forget anything.


    I didn’t even go against it. I watched as it flowed.


    – But you…….


    * * *


    “So.”


    It was a long timeter that ntz opened his mouth.


    “Why did you call me?”


    The writing engraved on the sword resting on one’sp. ntz, whose hand was still ced on the ck letters that must have been decided by the person who did not even give a name to his words, asked:


    “I didn’t say anything about why Mother Tree called me, nor did we have any special conversations.”


    “So, no special conversation. What is it?”


    “It’s really an insignificant conversation.”


    The corners of nz’s mouth rose as he looked at Calian, who was trying to hide something again.


    “… No matter how busy the Crown Prince of Secretia is, he can probably teach me at least one word in the oldnguage.”


    Oh really.


    He’s like a big brother who is as green as ever like a basil sprout.


    Calian had a veryplicated look on his face as he looked at ntz, who had fixed his weakened heart and was now threatening to ask Chase to tell him the meaning of his name instead of his heart.


    “I’m not telling you that because I care about you.”


    “Anything.”


    “And why do you only get longer when you say things like that?”


    “Because I need it.”


    “Why are you usually so short?”


    “Because I understand. You.”


    I put it in wrong.


    I picked up the habitpletely wrong.


    “So. What is it?”


    My brother, I raised him like that, so I can’t me anyone, and the only person who would listen to myints like this is my love-hate brother sitting over there, so I can’t say anything else, and I just keep rotting inside, but in the end, it’s because of me, so what should I do about this?


    “Should I call it a favor or advice? I heard something like that.”


    I have to tell you, what should I do?


    “What?”


    Calian, who did not answer right away, opened his mouth again, recalling the words of Mother Tree that he heard the moment he took the sword he had given to ntz.


    – But you. this time. No matter what you find out.


    “No matter what you learn… you don’t have to conform.”


    It means you don’t have to conform.


    ntz spoke in a calm voice to Calian, who was trying to hide it again out of concern that Mother Tree would have to say such a thing.


    “I’m not worried.”


    “…Why aren’t you doing it?”


    “They say you may notply. Isn’t that okay?”


    Calianughed at ntz’s answer, saying he was now really good at not listening.


    “I see.”


    “Anything else.”


    “There wasn’t much else to say, other than opening the forest path on Bridget’s side in a timely manner.”


    “okay.”


    After finishing his story, Calian nodded.


    Then he pointed at nz’s sword and said something else.


    “Dmirea is keeping Evan’s sword. I think it would be a good idea to change the sword your brother uses a little like that sword. What do you think?”


    The question was whether it would be possible to change the shape of nz’s two swords so that they could be used as one sword in normal times, but could be used as two vertically divided swords when necessary.


    It may not be easy to carve an alreadypleted sword, but since I already know someone who can do it, it wasn’t a big problem.


    “There is no need to hide the use of two swords, but in any case, Brisen’s swordsmanship is tailored to that type of sword. It would be better to carry it around on a daily basis.”


    At those words, nz looked down at his sword for a moment.


    “I want to leave it behind.”


    Although we don’t know exactly what nz was thinking in the past, we can guess the name of the sword. Isn’t that written on the sword body?


    Because if you sharpen the sword, half of the letters disappear.


    For that reason, I wasn’t very reluctant.


    “You write well. I’ll re-engrave the erased part.”


    Calian smiled and said:


    I will transfer the part that needs to be erased from the bluish-silver sword to the ink-colored sword and write it down.


    After hearing those words, ntz, who was quietly looking at the writing, quickly nodded.


    “okay.”


    Half of this name will belong to Calian anyway.


    * * *


    The wind blew.


    It was filled with the scent of des of grass, and there was the sound of two horses stepping on the ground.


    The wind has changed.


    I could smell the salt of the sea, and the sound of two horses stepping on the ground was still there.


    Returned to the city of elves.


    “You should give it a name.”


    Calian took a look at the giant mother tree visible again in the distance and opened his mouth like this. He then spoke while pointing to the bluish-silver sword he had decided to keep instead of nz for the time being.


    “Your sword has a name, your cat has a name, and your horse has a name, but only your horse has no name.”


    ntz closed his eyes slightly.


    I want to say something, but I am holding back.


    If anything, Hina’s words have the meaning that Hina desires the most out of all the names she can call. I was wondering why the guy who gave that amazing horse a name that means ck or big crow would say something like that.


    Raven purred.


    I don’t know if he liked the name or not, but he seemed to be roughly responding to Calian’s words.


    “I probably wouldn’t have built it anyway. Even then.”


    “Do you think so?”


    “I don’t think I would have lived with such meaning in mind.”


    I thought I would have definitely ridden that Raven if it were in the past due to my personality. However, I thought they didn’t give him a name until the end. Because he knew best himself that he was not the kind of person who would have lived with such things.


    “But it’s different now than it was then. Since we’re going to travel far away together, shouldn’t we have a name?”


    “…Somewhere far away.”


    In the past, I would have thought that he was going to take me to the tower, but not anymore. So this time, I just looked at Calian as if he had some n in mind.


    But instead of answering, Calian said something unexpected again.


    “Brother, have you ever seen me put an Auror on a real sword? Other than the sword I make.”


    “doesn’t exist.”


    “Then, brother, have you ever seen me destroy a rock with my Aura?”


    “doesn’t exist.”


    Calian made a dagger with smiling eyes. Then he threw it at a rock the size of a wagon wheel that was visible a little distance away from the road.


    “I hate making noise.”


    – Crispy.


    A sound quieter than a raven purring.


    It made a sound simr to the crunching of dry sand.


    Instead, the rock broke into pieces and scattered on the floor, just like the one seen in the valley a moment ago. There was no loud noise like before.


    “I noticed that my aura color had changed a long time ago when I looked around for a new sword, but I couldn’t tell how strong the sword I received from Mother Tree was. But I couldn’t swing the sword as I wanted inside the elven city, so I went out to cut down some trees. “When I went out, there was someone waiting for me.”


    “Is it Secretia’s bird?”


    “Yes. But whether that bird really caught me or did it on purpose? I’m not sure yet. Anyway, I immediately hid it so I pretended not to notice. But as I was thinking about it as I went, there was something I wanted to show the bird.”


    It was only after hearing these words that it came to mind again.


    That my brother is a terrible guy who doesn’t get one thing at a time.


    Instead of waiting for nz, who was obviously going toe out to look for Calian, oring back to pick him up, I just called him to where Calian was. I also tried to attract the attention of a bird that was waiting outside the elven city for Kalyan toe out.


    This means breaking a rock in a grand manner.


    “I was trying to show you something.”


    “A way to fool Den.”


    Calian turned his head towards the mother tree, which was getting closer little by little, and opened his mouth.


    ntz nodded slightly as if to continue talking.


    “It suddenly urred to me that the color of my aura that changed this time seems to resemble Zeon’s. Although the color of the power used there is more dull, I think it might look somewhat simr on a bright day like this. If that’s the case, then I’m thinking of Den as being rted to Zeon. “I wondered if I could fake it.”


    What Calian brought out in front of nz in the valley.


    A transparent red aura that could be considered very simr to the one they used.


    “Why bother?”


    “I want to divert Den’s attention for a moment. Toward Xeon.”


    ntz did not answer, and Calian continued.


    “As long as Den knows that I came here, he will nevere here. He called me and Hina under the pretext of an agreement with the elves because there was a letter from His Highness, so he could note to this ce where it was obvious that it was not safe. No. In the meantime, Brother Chase will try to announce Den’s illness in front of the nobles. For now, Brother Chase’s position will be safe if he does so.”


    “I guess so.”


    Although he noticed that the title to Chase had changed, ntz didn’t say anything.


    “But the Den I know can’t handle it to that level. If he’s cornered like that, he’ll definitely do the same thing he did to me.”


    Because these words came out right away, it would be more correct to say that there was no reaction, rather than that there was no reaction.


    “Are you saying they will try to exploit our weak points?”


    Weakness.


    Bern had never once said why he had lived such a life, but ntz already knew. Calian smiled quietly and nodded.


    “Yes. If I were there, I would have definitely thought that way. I am also a snake cub. And I think Den would think the same way.”


    They think the same thing, but Kalyan doesn’t put it into practice.


    And Den runs.


    “Whether it’s Arianne or Concubine Louise… my mother. She’s the type of person who will use anything to keep Brother Chase in prison.”


    Therefore, it was said that they were trying to divert Den’s attention for a while.


    Den knows that Calian is here anyway. This is an obvious fact since we found out that even the bird was following along. In such a situation, Den would have realized that inviting the elves to offer treatment was a very dangerous invitation.


    “So, I’m going to divert attention for a moment. I seem to be on good terms with the elves, but if it appears that I have even gained the power that Zeon uses, they will already be suspicious of me enough and will want to find out about Zeon as well. Den and Zeon are holding hands. “It doesn’t matter if you catch it or not.”


    “You won’t be able to hide it for long.”


    “Yes. That said, there will be a period of time to gather information, so I think it will be hidden for a month or two. That will be enough. In the meantime, I just have to do one thing that Den will never think of.”


    “What happened.”


    Calian paused for a moment and patted Raven’s saddle. Calian, who had organized his thoughts like a habit, came out of his mouth something that ntz had not thought of.


    “At first, my brother said he would go to Secretia, but I stopped him.”


    ntz nodded.


    Kalian’s lips drew a long line.


    “I don’t know if you know, but… I’m actually quite good at setting traps.”


    Could it be that I don’t know that?


    While ntz was thinking this, the following words kepting to his ears.


    “But you can’t catch a snake with the trap I set.”


    As I said, Kalian was the offspring of a snake.


    “Instead, Den can’t think of anything that I haven’t thought of.”


    “…… so.”


    “Brother, do you really want to try grilled cod?”


    nz didn’t answer for a moment.


    This time, when I return to the pce, I don’t know how to ‘persuade’ Lemain, who will never let me go out. This time, I need to pack some other clothes, but I’m worried about what kind of clothes I should pack and how much, and whether I should leave Lucy and Anne behind again. It was.


    And one more thing.


    About what to name a white horse that will go a long way with you.