Ryuu Kusari no Ori -Kokoro no Uchi no “Kokoro”--Chapter 1.2

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Chapter


1 Part 2


Academic


City Alcazar


The


city where the Solminati Academy was founded and is well known on the


continent as a city of education. The


school is located in the center of the city, and a spiderweb-like road is


built around it. In the northern part of the city, there are


political institutions such as the administrative agency that controls the


politics of the city. Those political institutions are managed by


aristocrats from each country.


The


eastern part is a civic area, where many students' dormitories and ordinary


citizens live, and the southern part is a commercial area where goods from


various countries are gathered, making it the economic center of this


city. There are also


adventurer guilds where students can get jobs depending on


their rank.


The western


part is a craftsman district where many craftsmen gather, and craftsmen


who utilize each country's techniques such as blacksmiths, doctors, etc


compete on a daily basis.


The


road stretched north, south, east, and west outside the city, and dense forest


spread out beyond the road, blocking the entry of people. Various monsters appear in


this forest, ranging from monsters that even ordinary people can win to


those that veteran adventurers have trouble with.


However,


powerful monsters live in the depths of the forest and do not appear


around towns and highways.


A hut


was built in such a forest to keep an eye on it. A boy and an


old woman exchanging blows in the yard of the hut. One of them is


Nozomu Bountis, a school dropout. The old woman's name is Shino. The match


is overwhelmingly won by the old woman. It is not comparable to the


match with Mars at the school. He was


able to outperform Mars's slash, but the match with the old


woman is even more one-sided, and Nozomu is


like the old woman's toy.


During


the 3 times the exchange occurred, his posture was lost and he


was hit. The old woman immediately pursued the rolling


Nozomu and swung her katana without hesitation.


Nozomu


focused his attention on his feet and exploded. One of the


Qi techniques, "Instant Move". He accelerates in


an instant, but the old woman immediately used the same


technique to accelerate and deliver a slash. Going


around behind the retreating Nozomu and slashes with a sword technique. He


can't stop because of the momentum, so he turns his body around with one


leg to counter the slash, but his posture collapses greatly.


The pursuit by the


old woman approached there. Against the old


woman's Power, Nozomu slanting his katana, deliberately relaxing his


legs, and dropping his body. The old woman's pursuit does not hit his


body, she slips and turns over with her laid katana. However, at the


same time, the old woman's kick struck.


Nozomu


judges that it is impossible to avoid it when his body is dropped. He puts


power into his legs, flies back, simultaneously tries to repel it


with katana's handle, but his body gets blown away. Nozomu, who was


lying on the ground, didn't have time to regain his posture, and the old


woman chased him and thrust her katana into his neck.


"……I


give up"


"Hmm,


there's still a long way to go.


The old


woman said so and put down the katana.


This


old woman, Shino, is Nozomu's swords technique mentor. She met


him when Nozomu was training in the forest. At that time, he


was abandoned by Lisa and desperate for not being able to


fulfill his vows, and he trained hard.


It was


not training but escape. He tried not to think of his


lover by training until his body was ragged. It all started


when the old woman called out because she couldn't stand the


harshness and meaninglessness.


"It's about


time for dinner, Nozomu, prepare it."


"Yes,


Shishō"


Nozomu


answered the old woman's voice. Although his voice seems tired,


he prepares for dinner with a clear expression.


(It’s still


dragging, but he is growing.)


She looked


at him and muttered to herself.


When she


met him, he was practicing in the forest, but he was in a very


bad condition. His


muscles were thin and his cheeks were burning from the repetitive


exercises that didn't give him time to recover from the accumulated


fatigue. The skin of the hand holding the sword was peeled off, its


joints were inflamed, and his body was in tatters. It was so


terrible that she tried to interfere, but there were no signs of


stopping it. His


face at that time was as lifeless as it looked, and behind his eyes were


negative emotions that were even darker than he


looked. When she saw herself


in his eyes, she was very disgusted and immediately left


the place. She decided


to ignore him at one point, but over time she worried


about him.


Karma


flashed through her head, even if she tried not to think


about it, and when she went to see the situation, he was


attacked by a demon beast.


It was


a Wild Dog that was attacking. It is a demon beast that lives all


over the continent and usually acts in groups. The rank as a demon


beast is low and could be subdued by ordinary adventurers, but it was


a threat equal to a dragon to him who had reached the limit of exhaustion.


Nozomu's


consciousness was stunned, his body was injured and bleed all over. He had


no one around him to help. An ordinary person would give up in that


desperate situation, but he did not. He fought the stray dog,


even though he lost enough blood that he could have died of blood loss.


"I


don't want to die"


"Don't


give up"


Swordsmanship


and tactics were still immature. However, his eyes, which had


dark emotions, glowed with a clear and strong desire to "live" before


he knew it. When She saw


him, she was cutting up the Wild Dog that


was attacking him. A week


later, in front of her hut, she saw a boy holding


a katana, not a sword.


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Nozomu’s


POV


After


dinner and cleaning up, I sit on the opposite of Shishō who is drinking tea


after meals, and I also drink the tea.


I met


Shishō and studied swordsmanship, and I learned various things until this


day. I felt like I could see the light while struggling in the darkness.


Dumped


by Lisa, I couldn't fulfill the vow, and no one around me. Escaping by


continue doing absurd training every day, attacked by Wild Dog


until tattered. In the border between life and death, I felt that "I


didn't want to die" rather than the feeling that "I wanted to


die" anymore. The feeling of "I don't want to die" became


the feeling of "I want to live", and it became the feeling of


"I will not give up".


I was


saved by Shishō, became her disciple, and continued to practice.


It


hurts to remember Lisa anyway. But now I feel lighter than before.


It may


be because there is Shishō now.


With


that in mind, I see Shishō chewing on confectioneries with a


big smile. I feel like smiling to see the appearance of Shishō who


has demonic power, which is unsuitable for her age.


"Why looking at


people's face. Are you in love with me now?"


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Immediately, I counterattack


the cheerful Shishō.


"Please


think about your age first before speaking. No matter how old I


am, Shishō's age range is a bit too much!"


A shock


ran down my spine when I said something like


that. Shishō clenched her fist like a punch and fired a


shockwave. What's more, this is the first time that the


confectionery on the table didn't even blown away.


"Nozomu, What


did you just say!?"


Shishō


looked at me with an expression of a hidden dragon. I run for


self-protection called apology, reflexively.


"No, It’s


Nothing, I just fascinated by Shishō "


Shishō


unnecessarily shows off advanced techniques even though she is only


Tsukkomi. She retires in a place like this, but her ability is


undoubtedly one of the best on the continent. I


remember when Shishō saying, "Line up with the best


swordsman in school."


By the


way, the best swordfighter in the school is Jihad Roundel. He is an


S-ranked knight and a well-known swordsman on the continent. Such


a person who is the same rank as Shishō. I wonder


what kind of person is he.


While


immersed in such a sea of thoughts, it is time to finish drinking


tea and eventually, return to the dormitory.


"Then,


Shishō. I will return to the dormitory.”


"Um,


see you tomorrow."


"Yes,


good night Shishō"


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Shino’s


POV


I


looked at Nozomu's back and returned to the hut.


He


became stronger. He is unaware of it because his physical


abilities were suppressed by his ability suppression, and his


sword skills have not yet reached my level, but he is quite close. Truly,


it seems an unreachable place.


It is


abnormal considering the growth in the past year.


From


the start, he was more suited to using a curved sword than the straight


sword used on this continent.


Rather


than smashing with the power of his arm, he used his entire body to cut.


It was


the efforts that made him stronger than anything else. Even if it comes


from an escape from reality. In the beginning, He only did simple swings


all day long and ran through the forest earnestly.


Naturally,


he was attacked by a demon beast, but he managed to do it on his


own. As expected, I took care of the leftover opponents so that He


would not notice it.


is


mock battle. Naturally,


I devote all my skills on him to the point of not dying. He was knocked down


without any help, and fractures, vomiting, and fainting were


common. Now He can handle it, and it is unlikely


that He will have a serious injury such as a broken bone. He has


endured the training I imposed. An average guy would quit in less than a


week.


With


his current skills and without his ability suppression, there is


no doubt that he will be able to beat me. Even so, the fact that she


couldn't win mock fights and his grades at school didn't improve was


largely due to his ability suppression. Limited in strength and energy, almost


no magical power that even beginner magic couldn't be used. Strengthening with Qi and items


has almost no effect, and enhancement magic was unusable.


In


order to fill these flaws, He refined his skill and Qi control, but the skill


He uses is inevitably one-point concentrated high power, and the killing


ability is extremely high, so He can't use them in school


simulation battles.


Muscular


strength, which requires instantaneous power, is severely restricted by


ability suppression, but fortunately, the person's basic abilities such as


motor nerves and endurance do not seem to be suppressed, so He was able to


train.


However,


since the effect of strengthening such as Qi is so low, the effect will


not be visible, and if the opponent strengthens, the opponent will surpass


even his unsuppressed ability.


It


doesn't work very well.


Another thing


to worry about is that his future goals have not been set.


It is


"for life", might be good, but it may not be like that


in the future.


If you


say "what makes you stronger", you need a "core in your


heart". If you using power without the "core of your


heart", you will eventually be swayed by that power.


His


core has already broken once.


I don't


know what he will do in the future, but I will teach him everything.


Don't


let him regret it, like me.