How the Shadow of the Marquis Lives

Episode 8

Even at the restaurant, she was still alone.

Ergé, who has a ring of 300th, received the menu from Set C and started eating alone at a table in the corner.

Because of her innate magical disposition, she is the one that others do not approach first.

Even her personality was passive, so she couldn’t dare to speak to others first.

‘Well, it’s still the first day!’

As she ate the mushroom soup, she consoled herself like that.

It’s still the first day. Soon you will be out of this lonely life!

She put away all the dishes she had eaten and left the restaurant.

However, there was a commotion around the restaurant.

“what?”

She is at an age when she is in the prime of her curiosity.

With careful steps, we headed towards the epicenter of the uproar.

―Uhhhhh! I’m number 2 in the rankings!

-Hey you! Float with me next time!

-Don’t cut in line! It’s my turn to challenge!

She hid in the bushes and opened her eyes wide.

Several cadets were scattered around the clearing, covered in dust.

And in the middle, there were still lively people raising their hands high and talking.

in that hand.

‘2nd place? Isn’t that the number my classmates had?’

The number that Ran lost was engraved.

In fact, rather than losing it, it was abandoned by itself, but no one was present who knew the circumstances.

‘Envy you… … .’

2nd place. In other words, second seat.

how sweet

There was a difference between the number 300 on his hand and the difference between heaven and earth.

You have to have 150 2s to make 300.

‘Should I try it too?’

Suddenly, such a thought came to me.

To be honest, I wasn’t confident, but wouldn’t it be okay to try it once?

In the meantime.

“… … Do it with me next.”

One person stepped forward.

Brilliant white hair reflecting the sunlight.

Her elaborate features were as straight as if someone had designed them, and her white skin looked as if it hadn’t been exposed to sunlight.

Her eyes slightly raised, not too harshly, and the purple jewel contained in them stared at the child with the second-place ring.

The slightly see-through white cloth over the uniform and the fan in her hand made her look even more delicate.

“You, you?”

The second-ranked child stuttered at the sudden appearance of a beautiful woman who seemed to be far from the world.

she answered.

“Class 4 rumors. 121st.”

rumor.

That short and concise name and pale white skin. And a beautiful appearance that doesn’t seem like a person.

Glacier Baengnyeong, a fairy palace located in the northern part of the continent.

It means a half-fairy from that place.

According to records, pure-blooded fairies have ears that are about a span long, but as a half-fairy, this was not the case.

However, just because your ears are normal doesn’t mean that the unique atmosphere is covered.

The boy, who gulped for a moment while watching her, raised his lips at the word 121st.

“Will that work? I’m lucky to have second place now, but I was 57th before?”

“… … I am weak in writing.”

“Oh yeah?”

The boy nodded and spoke again.

Other than that, he said he wanted to look cool, but it didn’t seem to have much effect.

The eyes of Yu Seol looking at the boy were always cold.

“good. let’s do it.”

The boy coolly accepted.

The students who were waiting for the challenger who appeared out of nowhere protested, but there was nothing they could do.

Isn’t it the champion’s right to decide who will challenge him?

Eventually, when the two shook hands, the ‘Colosseum’ magic unfolded.

The boy laughed and stomped on the ground.

coo coo coo-

Then something began to rise from the ground beneath his feet.

It was the root of a tree.

“There is a barrier that covers the skin, but it doesn’t absorb all shocks, so be careful.”

It was said that the other person was the first beauty he had ever seen, but he had no intention of looking at it.

Rather, it was intended to be beaten without forgiveness. Because I thought it would appeal to my manliness more.

He was right.

In this duel, Yuseol never wanted the other side to look after him.

“… … .”

Several thick roots rose from the ground and attacked her.

An omnidirectional attack that strikes from all sides, both in the air and on the floor.

His ability to put countless students on the floor. It was a magic learned directly from the Natural Magic Tower.

towards it

Yoo Seol raised a fan and cut the air.

Damn-!

Then everything stopped.

The root of the dynamism that was about to attack her at any moment froze to pure white.

She tapped the roots of trees suspended in the air with her fan, and then walked leisurely between them.

“… … surrender?”

The voice of Yu Seol reached him.

In an instant, the white snow fell in the Colosseum, and the boy stood blankly, then gritted his teeth.

“yet… … !”

he stepped up again.

Are all the roots frozen? Then, shouldn’t we call up new roots?

With that thought in mind, he tried to roll on the ground again.

“uh?”

I was embarrassed once more by my motionless feet.

His feet, like the other roots, were completely frozen to the ground.

No, it would be more accurate to say that he stuck to the ground with the barrier covering his feet.

After checking the condition of his feet, he looked up and saw cold eyes looking down at him.

The boy’s chest shrank in an instant.

“Ha, surrender.”

So the duel was over.

With unquestionably overwhelming results.

＜The duel has ended.＞

＜’121′ win＞

＜The ranking changes with the challenger’s victory.＞

On Yu Seol’s hand, the ring of second place was shining brightly.

But unlike before, no one challenged her.

What kind of courage would you have to challenge yourself when you witnessed the majesty of the world frozen in front of your eyes?

“Whoa.”

She let out a small sigh.

Then he suddenly narrowed his eyes and turned his head away.

“… … who is this.”

She created a small icicle and tossed it into the bush.

There was a crunching sound and the bushes were being torn apart.

But there was nothing in it.

“… … Is it because of your mood?”

Yu Seol tilted his head.

Then, he left immediately.

With the second-place ring, there was no reason to stay any longer.

The thicket that spilled over, right under it.

‘Everyone, they’re monsters! What’s number 2 on my topic! Never challenge! Black!’

Ergé was trembling while holding her head.

* * *

that time.

Xian was right in front of the training ground where the artifacts of the ancient ruins were said to be located.

But I couldn’t get right in.

It was because of the students wriggling all around him.

“sh*t… … sh*t… … .”

Even with the ring of the second place, who had been missing for a while, the mess in the restaurant vacant lot took place.

Xian, who was openly in first place, had nothing to do with it.

From the front of the restaurant to the training ground, he had numerous challengers, and he made his way through all of them to arrive here.

“A monster… … .”

“Damn that bastard… … .”

“After all, they are all bloodlines! That’s why they are famous. Wow!”

The devastated students frowned and poured out their dissatisfaction.

Unlike the students, who were just in awe when Yu Seol won second place with an overwhelming result, those who lost to Xian were full of dissatisfaction.

Unlike Yu Seol, who showed a very unhumane majesty, there is a reason that Xian beat each other with a wooden sword.

A bigger reason was his prejudice.

headsman.

The shame of the marquis.

I thought that even a member of the Agrid family could defeat such a bully. but lost

that’s what pissed me off

Xian let out a small sigh.

“I’ll go when work is over. You guys didn’t faint, so go to the infirmary on your own.”

They are bloodlines, so they say that it is because they have learned arcane swordsmanship, but they are outraged, but it was ridiculous.

He was not the son of Marquis Agrid, and he had never even looked at arcane swordsmanship.

Even these guys didn’t even use the upper sky sword.

Because no student was as strong as Ran.

Thanks to this, there were no students who fainted due to improper power control. There are only grunts.

“If only I had learned better swordsmanship!”

“I’m sure he grew up eating elixirs from a young age.”

“To a guy who only believes in blood and doesn’t make any effort… … .”

The students murmured with indignation.

I didn’t feel like responding.

Even if he had really grown up eating elixirs and learned the highest level of vision, even if that was the case.

If you only resent it and don’t think about making an effort on your own, it means that you’ve reached that point.

Ignoring the disgruntled students, Xian entered the training room.

It was a truly bizarre sight for a training ground.

confined space. Beds were set up appropriately along the walls, and a jewel the size of a fist was visible floating in the air in the middle of the room.

Shian, tilting her head at the strange sight, went to the middle of the room and inspected the jewelry.

‘Is this the ancient artifact?’

Xian moved closer to it.

A jewel that emits a small light in a dark space.

Next to it, I saw a sign written by the academy.

＜Heart of the Dreamer: The Trial of a Dream＞

Xian read the explanation written below it.

dream ordeal.

A relic that embodies the trainee’s image world in a dream and grants trials.

In fact, it is for a kind of mental attack, but it is not powerful enough to be called an attack, so it is used for training.

‘What kind of ordeal is different for each person?’

It is said that each mental world is different, so the contents of the trials that are implemented based on it are all different.

Xian, who had read all the explanations, smiled bitterly as he looked at the beds around him.

‘This bed was made for real sleepers.’

He smiled bitterly and stroked the jewel with his enchanted hand.

The jewel that received his magical power began to glow lightly, and soon the light began to surround Xian.

He went to lie down on the bed in the corner, feeling the soma rising slowly.

right after.

“Here… … ?”

The scene unfolding before his eyes was unexpected.

No, it’s not exactly different.

No sight unfolded.

pitch black darkness.

I waited until my eyes got used to the darkness, but I still couldn’t see anything.

‘Is this an ordeal based on my mental world?’

He looked around with eyes full of curiosity – he couldn’t see anything – but then he raised his head.

“It’s not that there is no light at all.”

In this space where the floor, walls, and ceiling were all black, there was only one place up there.

I saw a light shining like a star.

‘I guess they said to go up there.’

I started to feel cold.

Other than that, there seems to be nothing you can do in this darkness.

He pounded his fist on a nearby wall.

Xian’s fingertips were extremely sensitive in this space where he could see nothing but the light of a small star.

In lieu of that sensation, he started climbing the wall.