I Became a Munchkin Who Hides His Academy Powers

43 – Bad brother, bad friend (2)

“Harasin. Unless they all suddenly join hands and commit suicide one day, the day will come when our Rebringers collide with them. At that time. Harasin and us, which one will have the advantage?”

It must be Harasin

Harassin knows about swordsmanship, and Rebringer doesn’t know about assassination.

“…I don’t understand the intent of your question.”

I pretended not to be involved in this story as much as possible and turned my head away.

“Which of the two is more powerful, of course, Harasin has the advantage. Why? They have free access to swordsmanship, but assassination is taboo among us. That’s why I need you.”

“Are you saying you’re raising me… as a means of fighting Harashin?”

“If you know your enemy and know yourself, you can win a hundred times in a hundred battles. It is most efficient to remove poison with poison. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. How important it is, we are trying to put into practice the teachings that our ancestors have repeatedly emphasized.”

“If I encounter assassination and turn away, then what are you going to do-…”

Ledar held out his right fist and once again showed us the artifact that summoned us here, the ring.

“As you may know, our family has a very long history. So, we have quite a few of these treasures, and among them is a ring called Promised Possession. Do you know what the effect of this ring is?”

Legendary Artifact, Promised Possession.

I haven’t seen it in the game, but I know the effect because it’s a staple material that community Hitomi addicts often mention.

Maybe the promise was absolutely forced.

“Force the Promise.”

“Are you forced to promise…?”

I asked pretending not to know.

“Yes. This ring is a pair of rings. If two people each wear this ring on their left hand and make a promise related to each other, that promise must be kept. No, it must be kept. It is impossible to break that promise in the first place. It will become an impossible body.”

Ledar raised his right little finger and twitched.

“It’s a promise with your pinky finger. If you promise me that you’ll never turn against me with the ring you promise, you’ll forever be the dark knight who fights against God Hara on the side of Yangji?”

Then, the little finger of the left hand was raised and wiggled.

“Then, I swear to protect you no matter what. How about it, isn’t that an attractive proposal? You become the eldest son of the Rebringer family, and you become an equal contract relationship with me, who is being mentioned as the next successor.”

It was certainly an attractive proposition.

nine out of ten.

Goo out of a hundred.

A proposition that a thousand out of nine would accept.

But I was one of those absolute exceptions.

You haven’t seen all the endings of the game, and you haven’t progressed even half of the story, so you want to get out of the quest line?

‘Is there anything wrong with character training?’

Even if character development is ruined, it belongs to the lucky side.

What if the quest failed, and that leads to a bad end?

‘Come to think of it, what happens if the real quest fails?’

Surely, the bad ending screen will appear and the world will not perish as the credits roll down, right?

‘Oh no way.’

okay.

No matter how much there is no affection in this world, it will not be that much affection.

But just in case, the quest must be completed no matter what.

Even for that, he couldn’t leave the academy and Arien, the main stages of the quest at this point.

And most of all, when you go to Daima-kyung, you can’t see all three of us, Aidrin and Miz, right?

“how is it?’

therefore-

“Um… well, I really appreciate the offer, but I’ll politely decline.”

After thinking about it for a long time, I gave the answer that had been decided from the beginning.

“why?”

“Why, that’s-“

I lowered my voice meaningfully and paused before speaking.

“No, because it’s scary!”

“…what?”

Ledar, who was concentrating on me wondering what kind of answer would come out, became bewildered.

“Dae, the great devil…! I’m really grateful for the high rating, but I’m not bold enough to go to a place like that and take a risk…”

ha ha ha.

I laughed servilely and scratched the back of my head.

“Above all, I’m very much looking forward to living with Arien and the academy – so, I really appreciate the offer, but I’ll politely decline.”

Ledar, who looked at me for a while, smiled softly.

“Ceylon.”

He smiled softly, but Ledar’s mood suddenly changed.

As if the flirtatious appearance before had been nothing more than a mirage, now only the strange sense of heterogeneity created by those four hundred eyes came to me.

“Actually, I’m not very interested in your abilities.”

“Yeah…? What’s that-“

Pretending to be frightened by Ledar’s sudden change of mood, I blurted out my words with a shrinking posture.

“Is it you? The one who introduced those friends to Drin today.”

As if he already knew the answer, Ledar continued talking without waiting for my answer.

“The reason I’m trying to keep you by my side is because you’re my sister’s friend. Ceylon, let me tell you an easy answer.”

Ledar took a step closer.

Following the signal to be scared, I took a step back while getting even more scared.

“You are my brother’s dear friend. I don’t want to kill my sister’s dear friend. So, accept my offer.”

Apparently, this was Ledar’s sincerity.

It was just an excuse to talk about Harasin’s rival.

Looking back, it seems that Ledar was originally like this.

[No, f*ck Ledar, I entrusted you with escorting this bastard aristocrat. Where did you go?]

[Cannot be controlled unless the bastard is restricted by the promise]

[Now that there is a ray of light I want to see]

[A streak of light~ Where are you going~]

He was not one to sacrifice himself to prepare for the threats of an opaque world.

Right now, this guy was the one who abandoned everything and locked himself in the demonic realm just to see the beam of light.

A guy like that threw everything away from the Devil’s Nest and came to Arien.

To congratulate our dear Yang on her admission to the academy.

[Uncontrollable? What are you talking about? At that time, I asked for help with the quest, so he helped me f*cking well?]

[If you have the title of Drin’s friend or Rebringer’s benefactor, then yes]

[A warm bastard to my person… So a thicker bastard…]

If there was anything he prioritized over himself, it wasn’t the threat of an opaque world.

family. younger sister. It was a re-bringer.

As Ledar’s series of actions awakened my pitiful memory, the encyclopedia of the character Ledar was completed to some extent.

‘He’s a nice guy.’

The reason Ledar wanted to keep me on a leash without killing me, who had the talent of an assassin, wasn’t because he coveted my talent.

“I’ll explain it well to Drin.”

It was because I didn’t want to make Drin sad.

Right now at this moment.

I had the same thoughts as this guy.

No matter what, I didn’t want to harm this guy.

He ate well, but it was obvious that if this guy, who was a good brother, was hurt, the sheep we gave him would be sad.

“I know this situation feels unfair, but you should know. Ceylon. I could have just killed you. But I didn’t. I respect you as my sister’s friend. So, you owe me one life. Now that The time has come to pay off the debt. Ceylon. I’ll offer you one more time. Let’s go to the Devil’s Nest with me.”

Just in time, Ledar came up with a crazy-no, good logic that could resolve the situation amicably without anyone complaining.

“It’s a debt of life… It must be repaid, right?”

***

“hahahaha, Ceylon. Now I can understand the language-… Huh?”

Ledar’s expression, which was trying to draw a satisfied smile, hardened into an awkward shape.

The man in front of him, the ray of light surrounding Ceylon began to shimmer unnaturally.

“Sir Ledar?”

At the same time as Ceylon called Ledar, the rays of light surrounding him increased.

“I must have a reason to stay in Arien.”

One more layer there.

“By the way, there are people who are trying to drag me out of Arien-to the Great Magician.”

And one more layer from there.

“…”

While Ledar was speechless at the absurd sight, Ceylon continued talking without hesitation.

“What’s the easiest way for me to deal with that undesirable situation? Yes, you know how. Cleanly, get rid of the subject. But, I’m not going to do that. Why!?”

He held out his hand with his index finger raised in an exaggerated motion in front of his face and gave a playful smile.

“That person is my precious friend’s precious older brother. So, I’m going to accept the inconvenience and choose the way back.”

A ray of light that suddenly increased to seven layers.

It wasn’t just the layers of light beams that had changed.

The shape of the beam of light has changed.

There was no doubt.

Its form matched the form of the assassination technique possessed by Harasin’s direct heirs and masters, which Ledar had seen in person in the Great Magician.

no.

no.

Upon closer inspection, it was subtly different.

The form of that assassination technique was too far-what should I say, to be considered an assassination technique used by Harasin’s direct descendants.

okay.

It was so perfect.

That was circular.

Compared to that, the assassination techniques of Harasin’s direct assassins are nothing but imitations.

The goal that Harassin’s assassins, who are currently only imitations, are ultimately trying to reach.

That was it.

beautiful.

Ledar had such an impression without even realizing it.

If he had been an assassin, just seeing that beam of light would have given him a great realization.

It was a shock that I had not received even after seeing any beam of light.

“Ledar? I will suggest. From now on, we will become irreplaceable ‘friends’. Trust each other completely and never betray each other. In other words, yes. Could it be the same relationship?”

The owner of that beam of light smiled mischievously and mischievously.

“As a token of friendship, let’s see- ah! That ring of promise would be perfect. It’s a precious treasure to you and your family, but I’m sure you’d be willing to give it up for our friendship. That would be it too. crab-“

The will to refute raised its head within Ledar.

That moment.

Two cracks in Ceylon’s face opened.

Golden eyes with sharp pupils like those of snakes that had been hidden inside the narrowed eyes appeared.

“You owe me a life, don’t you?”

At the same time, his rays of light, which had already reached seven layers, added one more layer to reach eight layers.

tight.

Ledar closed his eyes.

I fear that such an absurd thing will happen that Ceylon’s light will grow one more layer there.

Ceylon looked at him with the clear eyes of Ledar before.

Ledar said in a trembling voice, closing his eyes tightly like the previously squinting Ceylon.

“You, what the hell are you-…!”

what the hell is the identity

I didn’t expect to hear an answer.

but after a while

Ceylon’s answer came to Ledar.

Whisper.

“…!”

A whisper accompanied by an unpleasant mouth was heard right near Ledar’s left ear.

Ledar opened his eyes at the same time he stepped back in shock.

In his eyes, the image of Ceylon whispered in his ear just before came into view.

that’s a secret

Ceylon, who had whispered so, suddenly returned to his usual stupid and stupid appearance, holding his index finger out in front of his face.