A Red Knight Does Not Blindly Follow Money

xed up … melt down like snow.

What kind of life would she have if she hadn’t held the sword?

Imagination always ends with imagination.
There are limits.

One thing that never changes, either in the past or now.

For Judith, only the sword was the tool that made her forget reality.

Only when swinging the sword did other thoughts not intervene.
Even worries about living.

“I feel like I’m just going to focus on it in a good way.”

Giryu moved a couple of steps away from her.

All the atmosphere in the area was concentrated on one point.

‘I’m getting goosebumps, this.’

Even though he knew it’s not directed at him, his skin was getting colder.

Judith’s target was a mannequin on one side of the gymnasium.

Judith’s aether, which she had gathered to the limit, formed at the tip of the blade.
Before long, the sword burst as a flash of light exploded dazzlingly.
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The whole gymnasium shook with one blow.

It was like an earthquake.

The aether she produced was not enough to break the model into pieces, but the whole area was turned into a devastated field.

The two people’s hair fluttered at the same time with the etheric shock wave.

The rough atmosphere and the rumbling of mana were felt.

The aether, which was scattered like stardust, was visible to the naked eye.

The hazy aether was like dirty dust.

Probably because it didn’t have a physical form, it didn’t hurt that much when it touched the skin.

Judith laughed lightly.

“It’s still this much.”

“…still?”

Giryu stopped laughing.

She doesn’t seem to know.

What Judith just broke is no ordinary model.
It is a thinly smelted dragon scale attached to the surface, and the blade of any sword is instantly damaged as soon as it strikes the model.

It’s not something with normal hardness…

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“Are you confident that you will become stronger?”

Instead of answering, Judith just smiled strangely.

What about it.

Giryu looked at the side of the gymnasium with a perplexed smile.

Even if Judith did something like that, he doesn’t think they’ll believe it.

‘Isn’t that supposed to be treated as something only I can break?’

Deschamps was on the verge of getting nervous, but Giryu couldn’t blame him.
Because Judith was smiling gracefully.

“Was it okay?”

Giryu didn’t want to break that smile.
So, he decided to put aside all the small talk.

“There’s nothing more I can ask for.”

“You can be honest with me.”

“…Honestly?”

Giryu smiled and said.

“Dame, do you want to become the vice-commander?”

“…..”

Judith’s expression was strangely distorted.

“…..that…….”

“That?”

“That’s foul.”

“Isn’t it great?”

“Don’t make fun of me.”

Giryu was immediately startled.
Because Judith looked away with a rigid body and shook her head violently.

‘Why is she reacting like this?’

Judith did not avert her gaze for anything.

A rookie knight who looks straight ahead and says everything she has to say.
That was Judith.

But what is this reaction?

Giryu wrinkled his eyes.

It felt like a nail was stuck to the end with a single hammer.

It’s good to be neatly embedded, but wait, it’s not a good thing.

How do I take this out?

“Do I look like I’m joking? Even though I’m serious?”

“Stop it.”

“No really.
Who said I was kidding you? Do I look like someone to joke around with?”

“I can see it.”

For a moment, Giryu wondered how Judith was evaluating him.

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Had he not shown Judith a solid, reliable and serious knight commander for the past week?

“It’s a little unfair? I’m saying this from the bottom of my heart.
Are you making fun of me?”

“……”

Judith’s reaction was still vague.

Giryu couldn’t imagine what kind of face Judith, who he could only see the top of her head, was making.

So he decided to change his attitude.

He dropped his playful tone and spoke seriously.

“Dame Judith, if you have the skills, you will go up the ranks.
There may be tough times, but you have to overcome them.
Dame’s skills are that outstanding.”

“……”

“Listen seriously.
I’m ready for the dame to have my back in the battlefield if you have the ability.”

Did the term vice-commander sound like such a joke?

From the new knight test, he knew how sharp Judith’s sword was.
Seeing her aether in person only made him more certain.

She has a weapon to protect her confidence and self-esteem.
It’s talent.

Did a confident voice barely knock on the door of my heart?

Maybe his conviction knocked on the door of her heart.

Judith raised her head and met her gaze.

‘Now I can see you.’

Giryu was a little relieved.

But before he could even relax, a cold but bitter voice reached his ears.

“You shouldn’t trust people so easily…”

Judith said.

“I know what kind of person you are.”

“…what kind of person am I?”

Giryu stared at her.

“Good skills, strong pride, and a little bit strong.”

“…..”

“Unlike a normal rookie, you are very detailed about the circumstances of the Imperial Palace, and sometimes it is strangely pessimistic, but you’re a talented knight who is flawless no matter where you’re put.”

“I’m not that kind of person.”

It was the first time she had refuted Giryu’s words upfront.

Judith realized it, but it was already too late.

She had no intention of taking it back, or affirming it.

“I am grateful that the commander appreciates me.
But I am not that kind of person.
I first killed a man when I was 16, I’m not flawless.”

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TL notes ( ´ ▿ ` )

manhwa chapter 12

tendon confused me.
죽이는 것보다 힘줄 끊는 게 쉽 단 걸 알게 된 날. idk? 특유의 나른해 보이는 얼굴을 하 고서 이리저리 목을 풀며 다가오 는 모습이, 기사단장이라기보다는 시간 많은 한량이었다.