The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 349

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 348

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 348

For Peace (4)

“Me, Veronica? What are you talking about?”

Even Veronica, who was usually good at acting, couldn’t help but be flustered. She tried her best to appear composed, but her face stiffened at Yoo Seong-woo’s words.

“You know that everyone’s aura manifests differently, right? Mine is red, and Veronica’s is purple—a clearer, more saturated purple than just purple.”

“…….”

“Even if you train in the same aura cultivation method, you won’t have the exact same color. At first, I ignored it, but…”

Yoo Seong-woo’s gaze narrowed.

A cold gaze fell on Veronica, as if he couldn’t let it go any longer.

“The aura extracted during the battle with Adoras… I could feel it clearly, even from a distance. The aura’s formation and operation were completely the same as Veronica’s.”

Yoo Seong-woo could feel the flow of aura more sensitively than others.

The auras that Swordmasters extract each have their own unique characteristics.

Because a Swordmaster’s aura is completed by overlapping their own enlightenment with their mental image, the characteristics are bound to be different for each person.

Since aura is completed by twisting one’s magic power into a specific pattern, the aura’s formation method is also bound to be different for each person.

However, Yoo Seong-woo felt that the aura formation methods of Veronica and ‘Ollett’ were completely identical.

It was impossible.

Yoo Seong-woo’s intuition, which grasped even the most subtle flows that others wouldn’t notice, led his thoughts to one conclusion.

The absurd conclusion that Ollett *was* Veronica.

“I know it sounds ridiculous, even as I say it. First Squad Captain Veronica and your appearance are so different, and your voice is different too. And your swordsmanship is better than hers. But the aura pattern is the most reliable form of identification.”

‘He read the aura pattern?’

Veronica couldn’t believe it.

A swordsman who reads aura patterns? Yoo Seong-woo had never mentioned it until now.

‘No, he didn’t need to.’

Reading aura patterns must be a unique skill that only Yoo Seong-woo possessed.

Since everyone has different patterns anyway, he probably didn’t pay much attention to it and may have only used it to remember someone.

But Yoo Seong-woo’s constitution caught Veronica off guard.

Even though this isn’t reality, how should she get through this situation?

Veronica’s mind raced, but she couldn’t come up with an answer right away because it was so unexpected.

Yoo Seong-woo bent one knee to meet her gaze, exuding a thick sense of pressure.

As if he would cut her throat immediately if she uttered any nonsense.

“You’re not a doppelganger, either. They can’t surpass the original. Who the hell are you?”

This kind of pressure from the wild, past Yoo Seong-woo gave her a tingling sensation all over her body, which wasn’t entirely unpleasant, but on the contrary, her brain felt like it was burning out.

In the end, she had no choice but to play her last card.

“C-Captain! Captain! What should I do?!”

When she shouted loudly, Yoo Seong-woo in front of her seemed taken aback for a moment, but then he drew his sword as if he had made up his mind.

At that moment, the sound of clapping echoed, and the world stopped.

The illusion they were experiencing had stopped.

“I didn’t expect you to notice,” Yoo Seong-woo said, who had somehow come to her side, sighed as he looked at his past self in the stopped world.

Then, he looked at Veronica and opened his mouth.

“You gave too many hints. You know that, right?”

“…Yeah.”

Veronica secretly hoped that the past Yoo Seong-woo would recognize her.

It would be a lie to say that she didn’t miss those days.

Because the Yoo Seong-woo of that time and the current Yoo Seong-woo had different charms.

Yoo Seong-woo was subtly surprised by his past self’s insight.

He was an existence formed based on his memories, but he didn’t think he could go this far.

That simple memories would lead to the deduction that Ollett was Veronica.

Yoo Seong-woo took out a smartphone from his pocket and started manipulating it.

“I’m going to reset it. From now on, you’re out. You’ll disappear from people’s memories, and only those four will remain to continue the memories. No complaints, right? It’s your own fault.”

“Hmph.”

Veronica pouted. She wanted to enjoy it a little more, but it was a shame. This wasn’t an experience she could have many times.

“Don’t make that face. You must have learned something this time, right? While the others continue, you should organize it. I can see that something is still boiling inside you.”

Yoo Seong-woo said that and poked her forehead with his finger.

Veronica nodded as if she couldn’t help it, and Yoo Seong-woo tapped his smartphone several times as if he had finished resetting.

Then, the world began to move again, and Yoo Seong-woo tilted his head and muttered.

“…I must have seen it wrong.”

***

“From now on, we have to do it ourselves. It seems Veronica was caught being herself.”

“…Does that even make sense? So what happens?”

“They reset the memories. From the beginning, only the four of us came to this camp, and Oppa [term for older brother or close male friend] caught the monster yesterday. Seriously, what’s going on?”

“…It’s not that bad. We can’t always be in the shadow of others.”

“Shadow or not, what’s going to change?”

Hong Seo-hwa said that with a grin, and then she picked up her sword and tried to go out of the tent.

Yoo Ji-woo looked at her and asked.

“Where are you going?”

“To have a match with Griff. It’s an infinite sparring until I win perfectly.”

As she ran out of the tent, Yoo Ji-woo muttered to herself.

“I’m so jealous that she doesn’t have many thoughts. I should live like that too. Anyway, it’s certain that something more will happen in the future. Oppa’s expression was evil when he told me.”

“Then we don’t have time to be doing this.”

Baek Woo-hyun also picked up his sword and stood up.

Then, he bowed to the two of them and left the tent. He also went to find a sparring partner for training.

Following him, Choi Ah-yeon also took her daggers and stood up. She bowed her head and left the tent for training, and Yoo Ji-woo, who was left alone, sighed deeply.

‘I know it’s a good opportunity, but…’

She couldn’t help but worry.

This world is an illusion based on Yoo Seong-woo’s memories. Do other people know what that means?

Showing your memories to others is not something you can easily do. Even showing the memories of another world to improve their capabilities means that Yoo Seong-woo has also made a firm decision.

‘And.’

Yoo Seong-woo told them the ending of the expedition. Although it’s an illusion, it meant that everyone who lived and breathed like real people would die. There would be nothing more painful for Yoo Seong-woo than seeing their faces.

Nevertheless, he decided to face the old faces for their sake.

Yoo Ji-woo wiggled her fingers and pondered, then messed up her hair and sighed deeply.

Long deliberation leads to bad moves.

No matter how long she thought about it, it would only lead to bad things.

She, who always had too many things to think about, stared at the ceiling of the tent for a while, then picked up her beloved weapon, Banmyeong, which Yoo Seong-woo had made for her.

In times like these, it was best to sweat without thinking deeply.

She also left the tent for training, and only their warmth remained in the empty tent.

***

Another day has passed since the four joined the expedition.

They each found their own teachers.

Perhaps due to Yoo Seong-woo’s influence, the expedition members were not reluctant to teach their swordsmanship to others.

Since everyone had learned unique esoteric swordsmanship, most of them were swordsmanship that could not be learned unless they had the right constitution.

And since everyone had a great sense of mission to defeat the demons, they were not stingy in giving away their own knowledge.

The Sword Soul Expedition was also a place of exchange where those who put their souls into a single sword gathered.

How can someone who is stingy in showing their sword be said to have put their soul into it?

Choi Ah-yeon joined the small group ‘Emperor Assassination Squad’ within the expedition.

It was a gathering of dagger wielders and assassins.

Tian, a former assassin belonging to the Empire, was the leader.

The assassin seniors generously taught Choi Ah-yeon efficient assassination techniques—things that could not be learned in modern society.

“There are many vital points on a person, but it is difficult to distinguish the vital points of a monster. Roughly aiming for the head will kill it, but sometimes there are guys who wander around even after their heads are cut off.”

“Then how should I deal with it…”

“Just chop it up into small pieces. That will solve most of the problems.”

“Is that so…”

“Honey, Tian is an assassin, but he’s terribly ignorant, you know? Don’t deal with that kind of thing; I’ll teach you well. Do you like wire? I really enjoyed hanging people with it, but these days I’m satisfied with hanging demons instead.”

“I-Is that so.”

Choi Ah-yeon unconsciously touched her neck.

She glanced to see if there was a wire wrapped around it, but fortunately, there was nothing on her neck yet.

Next, Hong Seo-hwa continued to spar with Griff.

As the things that Veronica had done were undone and Griff’s greatsword returned to its original state, the two clashed swords, creating sparks all day long.

As a result, swordsmen who handled fire (火氣) [fire energy] and were interested in their sparring participated in the sparring.

Swordsmanship that uses fire is unique, so the number was small, but most of the frameworks of swordsmanship were similar, so they extracted only the advantages of each other’s swordsmanship to improve their own.

“What do we need? More hot fire! Firepower! Crimson flames that will burn everything away!”

“Yeah! With higher firepower, we can burn anything! That’s a great idea!”

“Hmph, are you going to be satisfied with crimson? The fate of us fire swordsmen is to conquer even higher realms: blue flames, black flames, and even white flames!”

“I see! I’m learning a lot today, senior!”

Everyone had similar tendencies, so they quickly became friends. If you were to put a name on it, wouldn’t it be something like ‘a group that wants to burn everything’?

Baek Woo-hyun continued to spar with Carlton, who had been his opponent. He wanted to learn even a little of Carlton’s sophisticated swordsmanship, which seemed to anticipate several moves ahead.

And finally, Yoo Ji-woo.

“…Do I really have to spar with you?”

“I’m the only one who knows about Hae Wol Sword and Magic Swordsman.”

She was facing the past Yoo Seong-woo, holding a sword filled with energy.

She felt complicated.