Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 297

# 298

Clash! Sepia vs. Porse 2

Marquis Porse was dreaming.

It was a very vivid dream.

He prided himself on having lived diligently for 43 years, always looking only to the sky as he ran forward.

One day, when he was young, a passing monk had said this:

“If you only look ahead and run, you will tire easily, and if you tire easily, you will collapse quickly. Look back and move slowly. That way, you can get up even if you fall.”

Bullshit. Nonsense.

Keep that to yourselves.

I’ll look back after I reach the stars.

But…

It was as he said.

He had reached the position of Marquis.

He had come to a place where he could reach the stars.

But once he fell, he didn’t know how to get up. Or rather, he didn’t know how.

It felt like his sandcastle-like life had been swept away by a small wave.

Now he had gone as far as he could go.

He had even fought an ogre, risking his life.

To think he would fall to such a strange village and end up brawling with an ogre. It truly felt like a bird without wings plummeting endlessly.

He was furious that he had lost a part of his body and was struggling like a bug in this hellish pit.

Fine! Do whatever you want. I will never die.

It seemed that God was testing him, taking everything away from him. Now, he was trying to break his spirit.

For what?

Was he curious to see how far a man like him could fall if he collapsed?

Fine, good. I’ll show you.

He would abandon the name of Marquis now.

He was Porse. Just Porse. His subordinates were all gone, and now he would abandon his territory.

He would abandon his castle.

After all, he was alone. He had been alone ever since his parents died when he was young and his relatives took all his property.

Yes, he was Porse. No title.

He would return to those days… and survive with all his might.

The first hurdle was Sepia, the ogre.

He was truly an incredibly skilled ogre.

Even though he had lost an arm, he still possessed the skills of a 7-star user [a ranking system for powerful individuals].

One of the kingdom’s seven strongest!

A Sword Master!

Who would dare doubt his skills just because he was missing an arm? He was the strongest!

He could pick up a fallen leaf and turn it into a deadly weapon.

If he held a twig, it would become an unparalleled masterpiece.

But… surprisingly… it didn’t work at all against the ogre named Sepia.

Yes, he admitted that ogres were the strongest monsters on earth.

But that only applied to ordinary humans, not to him.

Just one ogre.

Just as skilled hunters could easily hunt lions or tigers, so could he.

But…

Porse’s aura didn’t work on Sepia. Sepia laughed and shattered his aura. He even punched through his aura.

He was so dumbfounded that he took the incoming fist head-on. Porse’s strong body rolled and tumbled into a corner.

People around him sighed, as if to say, “That’s what I expected.”

“Sigh, he must have had no one else to challenge, so he challenged Sepia-nim [a Korean honorific suffix].”

“I know, right? It’s so pitiful it brings tears to my eyes. We won’t clean up the corpse, but… another madman has joined the ranks.”

“It will take a long time for him to come to his senses.”

“What can we do? Once you get sucked into that hell candy, no one can withstand it.”

Hell candy or whatever.

Porse lost it for the first time in a long time.

He was a calculating type! He had always calculated every move in a fight. What he would gain and what he would lose. If the opponent had a lot, he would let it slide, and if the opponent had nothing, he would crush them.

But now he knew. That was over. He was sick of that polite demeanor, and he would throw it away now.

He was just Porse!

Porse, who had 벌떡 [beoljjeok – Korean word for ‘springing up’], risen, charged with even greater vigor.

“Haaap!”

-Kuaaaang!

Porse, one of the kingdom’s seven strongest, and Sepia, a monstrous ogre with overwhelming physical abilities that surpassed knights, began their battle of the century.

The battle ended almost at dawn.

The victor was Porse.

His dantian [energy center in the body] was completely empty. If the fight had lasted even 30 minutes longer, he wouldn’t have been able to hold on.

Sepia, who had collapsed unconscious, lost the fight because of his arrogance.

The arrogance that a one-armed man could not defeat him!

Porse had won, but he knew that it was as good as a loss. If he had fought that monster Sepia with weapons, he would have been the one to lose.

“Haa…”

Porse woke up from his dream. He didn’t know if it was a nightmare, but his whole body was soaked.

He panted and looked around.

The sun had risen, and sunlight was streaming through the gaps in the tent. He was very thirsty and looked for water. As he was looking for water…

He saw Jonas lying next to him.

Her bare back was exposed.

Hic, hic.

Porse was so surprised that he hiccuped. He felt like he couldn’t breathe.

Wha, what? What happened?

His mind went blank. He couldn’t remember what had happened in the early morning. It was just dark, as if he had crossed a vast ocean. He had no idea why Jonas was lying naked next to him.

With a hopeful thought, he carefully lifted the blanket.

Oh my!

He was naked too.

What? What’s going on?

“Honey, are you awake?”

Jonas’s sweet voice was heard. She reached out and found Porse’s arm.

“Did you have a bad dream? Aww, poor thing!”

Jonas raised her upper body.

Ugh. Everything is visible.

She had a perfect figure without any лишний [lishniy – Russian word for ‘extra’] fat.

What on earth happened? A little memory is coming back.

After the desperate fight with Sepia, he grabbed a bottle of orc-made alcohol and gulped it down. He remembered choking because it was too strong.

Normally, he would never drink it like water. But he couldn’t be in his right mind.

He drank all of that strong alcohol.

One bottle.

Another bottle.

Another bottle…

And then he blacked out. How much did he drink?

“Why are you here…”

Even as he spoke, he realized he shouldn’t have said that. It felt like something he shouldn’t have said.

As expected.

Jonas’s beautiful brow twitched.

“Honey, don’t you remember?”

“…”

“What? Honey. Are you trying to play dumb right now?”

“N, no. That’s…”

“My mom told me never to trust men… and it’s true. How could you do this? Yesterday, you kept begging me to marry you.”

Marriage?

Me?

“You said you would do everything for me. You said you would settle down here and work hard for your family.”

Porse’s hair turned white.

He was going to settle down in an orc village and marry an orc woman? Me? Really?

“Was everything you said before going to bed a lie? Did you just want to sleep with a young girl like me?”

“N, no. That’s… I, I can’t remember.”

“Ah, so you can’t remember because you drank too much? Sniffle. What should I do, babies?”

Jonas grabbed her lower abdomen and shed tears.

Crazy. What babies?

How can a baby be born in one day?

As if reading Porse’s mind, Jonas cried out sadly.

“I know. I can tell. Our orcs can feel it right away when we’re pregnant. It’s a little different from humans.”

I’m going crazy.

I don’t know what’s going on, but suddenly I’m a baby’s father? I don’t remember anything?

“I, I…”

“That’s enough. I was a fool to trust you. Get out. I will never let this go.”

Porse’s head was spinning.

Whether it was an apology or whatever, he wanted to get out of here now. He needed to sort things out first. Otherwise, he felt like he would regret it immensely.

Porse hastily put on his pants and came out of the tent.

And…

He couldn’t have any time to think.

-Grrr (Brother, that bastard. That bastard made me like this).

The monstrous ogre and the dark emperor, Count Legion, were standing right in front of him.

* * *

Jonas smiled and put on her clothes.

Porse was almost half out of his mind. Seeing him staggering out, she felt a little sorry for him.

She was a little sorry, but… she couldn’t help it.

Yesterday, or rather a few hours ago.

In the duel with Sepia, that one-armed man had won. It was a result that no one had expected.

Of course, Sepia wasn’t fully armed.

If Sepia was fully armed with magical artifacts, he would unleash power beyond imagination.

But that man hadn’t fully demonstrated his skills either.

He hadn’t even drawn his sword. For a knight not to draw his sword was like giving up half of his power.

Moreover, hadn’t that man lost his left arm?

His original skills must have been much higher. In that state, the one-armed man defeated Sepia.

If both of them were fully armed, she thought the one-armed man would have a slight advantage.

The atmosphere was heavy.

Everyone was so surprised that they couldn’t close their mouths.

-Wow! Sepia lost. I didn’t know there was such a strong person here besides President Le, Mamon, and Dreiser.

Even the Sky Emperor, Nubyunubyeo, was tongue-tied.

Porse looked around with sharp eyes. The embarrassed orcs, goblins, humans, and wyverns cleared their throats and said, “I had a good time today. See you next time,” and went their separate ways.

It was time for the festival to end anyway.

Except for the cleaners who were in charge of cleaning up today, all the many demihumans and humans had disappeared.

Porse staggered and gulped down the alcohol on the table.

Even orcs who liked alcohol didn’t drink that fast.

How strong was the orcs’ alcohol?

Porse poured down five bottles at once and soon lost consciousness and collapsed.

“Honey, honey. Wake up!”

Jonas ran to Porse, who had collapsed.

She shook him, but he didn’t move, as if he had completely passed out.

“My beloved daughter.”

Amadeus approached Jonas, holding her younger sibling, who had just started walking.

“Huh?”

“I think the time has come.”

“What time?”

“Although he is one-armed… he is an incredibly strong man.”

Jonas nodded slightly.

Even she, who had a strong competitive spirit, admitted it. Porse was one step above her.

“Where else would you find a man like this?”

That was true, but… so what?

“I’m doing everything for my daughter, so I hope you understand my heart. Or should I connect you with my other unmarried sisters? Aren’t you tired of eating alone?”

“Stop it.”

“Okay, I’ll stop, so please follow my wishes this time.”

Amadeus winked at the orc female warriors.

The female warriors immediately understood what she meant by that look.

In fact, Jonas was born this way.

The orc female warriors moved the unconscious Porse to Jonas’s tent.

They took off all his clothes. Even his underwear.

And they pushed Jonas into the tent.

“You know what I mean, right?”

Sharon unnie [Korean word for ‘older sister’], who was close to Jonas, winked one eye.

“If you don’t know, I’ll go in. That man is my style.”

With that, the tent door closed.