How to Live as a Half-Dragon

058. Special training (1).

Xian had the experience of waking up after passing out on the cold dirt floor last night.

however…

‘Something feels strange today… ?’

It wasn’t long after Stein left that Xian came to his senses.

As soon as he opened his eyes, what Cian saw was Cecily’s face.

‘Knee pillow… .’

It’s similar to Hughes’ time before, but the texture is different.

It must have been because Cecily, like herself, was a child.

“Is Stein gone?”

Cecily nodded.

If Ji knocked it out, I’ll wait and go, just like yesterday…

I really wanted to.

“I was asking you to tell me.”

“which?”

As Cian stood up and was touching his greasy hair, Cecily said,

“See you at the gymnasium every day at the same time as today. I think it has been recognized.”

Well, considering that stubborn guy’s personality…

‘Has it been acknowledged?’

I should be happy, but for some reason I’m not very happy.

I guess it was because I lost.

In the end, what is needed is victory, not recognition.

It was because he was thirsty for victory.

‘Damn Dae Jin-woon… .’

Why are there so many strong guys in the world?

It seems like I’m constantly getting stronger, but somehow it seems like I’m losing every time.

Of course, Xian has also won.

He had won all the monsters, bandits, or adventurers he encountered along the way.

But it could not be seen as a victory.

Considering that the place to live in the future is the gap between the Slayers, it was the reason why he needed the strength to overcome even such an absurd Daejinun.

At least it was something that could be said to have won only after defeating the Slayer.

“under… .”

As I exhaled, unable to hold back the sigh that was about to come out, something came to my mind.

Well, the bitter reality is real…

“Right Cecily! Did you have a good look?”

Having lost, it was time to recover.

Cecily nodded at Xian’s question.

“yes.”

“okay? can you show me once? What did I hit?”

Yesterday was the same, but today as well, I didn’t see any of Stain’s attacks.

The fact that I was able to escape the first attack.

It was because of his intuition that if he was underestimating himself, he might attack the same place, but there was a difference between seeing and responding.

Of course, even as he asked Cecily, Xian didn’t think she would have seen it.

‘Even I couldn’t see it, how could Cecily have seen it~’

But for some reason, Cecily went to the cradle without saying a word and came up with a wooden sword and said,

“I will.”

“eww… huh.”

did you really see it?

Cyan was Stain’s attack, which he couldn’t even follow with his eyes, but Cecily followed it as if it were natural.

‘what? This sense of deprivation?’

He wondered if Cecily’s talent was more outstanding.

And I’ve had thoughts like this before.

In fact, even though he didn’t see anything, he doubted that he was doing whatever he could in moderation.

‘But if it’s something like that, is there any reason to do it so clumsily?’

Again, somehow similar.

Although it was slow and powerless, the trajectory did not seem like a lie.

“Anyway, this was it… .”

It seemed that I had no choice but to admit it.

Though resentful, Xian, whose secret was solved thanks to her, praised Cecily.

“But isn’t Cecily great? This is what it really looks like… .”

It was just amazing.

Seeing himself right in front of his nose, he couldn’t even imagine how he had been beaten.

“That’s because you were the person involved.”

Hearing a familiar voice, he turned around and saw two people appearing from a bush in the corner.

It was Drake and Leah.

Anyway really…

Is it Kannon again…

“What are you talking about? Because you’re a party?”

I wondered if that was what I was spying on, and when I asked the main point, Leah said.

“People usually have limits on the amount of information they can hold in their eyes. And the closer you get, the less information you can contain. Because the object looks so large, it is impossible to capture it all at a glance.”

Leia took the sword from Cecily and swung it around proudly.

The attack, which was clearly visible, was invisible the next moment when it dug in and swung at once.

Seeing the wooden sword stopped at the end of his neck, he had no choice but to understand.

“It was like that… .”

“That’s right, it’s not because Xian’s dynamical eyesight is worse than Cecily’s.”

“Then do you have any workaround?”

Leah shook her head.

“No, you just have to get used to it.”

Sian is about to be disappointed, but Drake interrupts her conversation with Leah.

“Well, there are expedients.”

“A shortcut? What is it?”

He said as he looked at Drake with eyes full of anticipation.

“Learn that from Leah.”

“Are you Leah? Can you just tell me directly? He says he doesn’t know.”

It’s not like you can’t learn from someone you don’t know.

“Did you leave it to me? This body is busy.”

“What are you busy doing?”

“You don’t know that.”

Drake looked intently at Cecily.

It was a big thing to have deep eyes.

“No matter how much there is no age difference in love, it’s a bit aesthetically pleasing… .”

The top of my head got hot.

It’s not wrong, but it’s a honey night…

Such an absurd Dae Jin-woon…

“It’s not like that.”

“sure?”

When I asked while holding my head to soothe the pain, he said.

“I did it because I thought it would be fun. Because you have two rare talents.”

A rare talent?

Of course, one was a rough guess.

It was because Drake was the one who was always praised.

“Then who is the other one?”

“Isn’t it obvious? It is this child.”

“Cecily? Is that so great?”

Well, just like it was just a moment ago, Xian knew that Cecily’s talent was amazing.

But it was true that he and Cecily were just watching and copying what was so great about it.

“It’s usually not a big deal to watch and copy.”

Seeing that it had something to do with him, Xian asked.

“In what way is it great?”

“When you imitate someone’s movements, do you follow everything after seeing everything?”

“no… Joe?”

Of course, there were things I learned by seeing everything with my own eyes.

However, those were low-quality movements, and it is correct to say that most of them were read as mana flows.

It was the same with the mana operation method that led to the creation of the mana heart, and the non-yeongyeong and non-yeongranmu, etc. before.

“A sense that allows you to feel mana several times more sensitively than a normal person, without which it would be absolutely impossible.”

Drake looked at Cecily again with interest.

“But in that respect, this child is half. So it has to be fun.”

“Is it half?”

“You can see, feel, and understand with your eyes, but there is no delicacy to implement.”

“yes?”

“Did you not feel anything strange? This child is different from you.”

what the heck is that

* * *

Still, as I pondered for a moment, something flashed through my mind.

The other day, when he was confirming that he was testing Cecily.

Even though they had obviously seen the same thing, there was a subtle difference between what he was copying and what Cecily was copying.

To be precise, there was a difference in power.

“I think I know. I thought something was clumsy, but that was it?”

“Yes, the power must have been a mess because it couldn’t contain mana properly. It must have been over-motivated or weak due to lack of confidence, or something like that.”

Recalling Cecily’s magic and spirit art that she had seen before, Xian nodded his head.

“uh? So, is there any way to improve?”

“Not right now.”

“Then what about later?”

Drake grinned.

“What is it? It’s just fine.”

“yes?”

“I’ll answer this later, anyway, rather than that, try doing a lot of mock sparring using that child. That will help too… .”

Drake waved his hand and left.

I couldn’t be so mean to just say what I had to say.

“Rather Leah.”

“huh.”

“What is that method?”

How to see a sword you can’t follow with your eyes.

It was clear that there was some sort of solution.

Leah said she didn’t know, but it was clear that she knew differently from what she said when she saw Drake doing everything she wanted to say.

“maybe… I think you are talking about this.”

“What?”

“It’s contained in the conversation I had with my grandfather a little while ago… .”

“Just now?”

Xian, who was reliving his conversation with Drake, quickly noticed.

“ah… ! Are you chasing with mana?”

Leah nodded.

“You’re talented in that way, so it won’t be difficult.”

“oh… Then how long will it take to get used to it?”

“well… three months?”

“uh?”

3 months, what a terrible thing…

It was embarrassing for Xian, who had to defeat Stein within a month.

“Isn’t that too long?”

“Still, I think it will take about a month to get used to it… .”

Not to the extent of it.

Of course, it should be near-perfect. I had to do whatever I could to block his sword and reach a level where a counterattack could be established.

“Isn’t there a way to adapt faster?”

After thinking for a moment, Leah said.

“then… How about this?”

* * *

Leah’s method was simple.

It was just blindfolded.

“People rely more on sight than you think. You, who are already accustomed to reading the flow of mana, could not follow it because you relied too much on your eyes unnecessarily.”

“So you want to cover your eyes?”

It was Leah who nodded instead of answering the question.

‘surely… I hear it makes sense… .’

But the problem was that I couldn’t see anything because I covered my eyes with the handkerchief Leah gave me.

How to fight in this state…

I actually had a fight with a slayer in a similar environment, but this is definitely different from that time.

Not only was he careless and conserved his strength, but at the time, Kane had made monotonous attacks.

It was embarrassing because the current practice sparring would be an ever-changing attack like Stain.

“If you don’t like this, the only way is to slowly get used to it.”

“Then I have to do it, is there anything special… .”

“Are you ready? young master?”

Cecily’s voice was heard.

Xian gripped the sword tightly.

“huh! Wow!”

“I am this way… .”

A voice came from a similar direction, so I made a mistake.

Even Leah, who uses a sleep spell, always confuses her senses.

“Really come!”

Xian turned to Cecily.

“I’ll go. young master.”

He nodded at Cecily’s words and thought.

‘Yes, let’s not be scared.’

As seen earlier, Cecily’s attack was extremely slow.

At most, it was the level of a C-class adventurer.

As Drake said, he lacks the ability to handle mana delicately, so his power is poor.

As long as you stay calm…

“Ugh!”

A sharp blow turned his cheek.

I thought I would be able to react if I stayed calm, but it wasn’t okay at all.

He obviously followed the mana and reacted with a sword, but it wasn’t easy even to properly block it.

“Bocchan, are you okay?”

“Did you use that twisted thing?”

“No, I didn’t write it because I thought it would be blocked.”

“that… okay.”

It was said that he was literally hit by a simple attack that he swung with all his might.

Sian said with enthusiasm.

“Let’s do it one more time.”