The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 379

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 378

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 378

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Time passed once more.

A little over a month since the war. Yoo Seong-woo was quietly training himself.

More than fifteen hours a day.

He slowly swung his sword, analyzing his swordsmanship and pondering how to improve it.

There was no end for him. He swung and swung, honing his sword and raising the level of others as well.

In Yoo Seong-woo’s eyes, everyone was on the verge of completing their unique world, so he planned to help them complete it at least before the veil was lifted.

Others might wonder if there was still room for more training, but he was getting stronger little by little every day.

Even if it was just a little, he was getting stronger.

To fight without regrets in the upcoming war.

“Yoo Seong-woo.”

One person approached him as he was swinging his sword, shirtless.

Shua-nel, who surprisingly wasn’t holding a game console, approached Yoo Seong-woo.

She was in her pajamas and barefoot. Had she teleported from home to the guild tower?

She trudged towards Yoo Seong-woo, grabbed his pants, and said,

“…I can’t sleep.”

“…So what do you want me to do?”

“Can I stay here for a bit?”

“Suit yourself.”

Shua-nel then walked away again, sat down, and watched Yoo Seong-woo.

Yoo Seong-woo glanced at Shua-nel while swinging his sword. She was hugging her knees and looking at him.

Come to think of it, he hadn’t paid much attention to Shua-nel lately. He hadn’t been home much due to training… He couldn’t even remember the last time he saw her.

Shua-nel had been training in her own way, exuding a different aura than before, but she looked gloomy now.

Reluctantly, Yoo Seong-woo put down his sword and sat down next to Shua-nel.

Shua-nel leaned against Yoo Seong-woo, resting her weight on him, and opened her mouth.

“…Am I being helpful to you? I suddenly wondered.”

“Why are you suddenly wondering that?”

“Just… Answer me.”

“…You’re being helpful enough. From the first time I met you until now, always.”

“I see……”

Having heard the answer, Shua-nel rolled over and lay on Yoo Seong-woo’s lap, looking up at him.

A drop of sweat from his hair fell on Shua-nel’s cheek. She frowned, wiped her cheek, and continued,

“You know that there isn’t much time left, right?”

“Looks like you heard the story. Yeah, it’s soon. But… you look worried.”

Yoo Seong-woo covered Shua-nel’s face with his palm. Shua-nel mumbled.

“I suddenly had this thought. About the things you’re carrying. About what’s coming… I don’t know anything.”

“Why did you think that?”

“I clearly came out of the forest to help you… but lately, I feel like I haven’t done anything.”

“So you’re aware of that, huh?”

Yoo Seong-woo chuckled.

Shua-nel had been indulging in entertainment since coming to Earth. But she had done her job well, so he didn’t have much to complain about…….

“Did you finally grow up? Looks like puberty is finally over.”

This damn low elf finally came to her senses. Yoo Seong-woo felt strangely moved.

It was like seeing a child who had been addicted to games finally come to their senses and shout, ‘I’ll get a job!’

“Don’t do that.”

She pushed away Yoo Seong-woo’s hand, which had started rubbing her face, and pouted.

“I’ll help you more diligently from now on. This world is fun… and Seong-woo, Seong-woo, I don’t want you to die.”

Yoo Seong-woo couldn’t help but laugh again at her seemingly more comfortable tone.

He stroked her forehead and lowered his head slightly to meet her gaze.

“Shua-nel, I’ll say it again, I’m grateful to you. You’re a powerful force in our Sword Society, and one of the people I trust most.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah, really. And you need to step up this time. Have you completed your unique world?”

“…Yeah.”

Shua-nel nodded.

Yoo Seong-woo, hearing that she had completed what she could only partially unfold before, lifted Shua-nel from his lap and said,

“Then use it. Let’s take a look.”

“…No.”

“Don’t be like that. Why does everyone refuse to show me their unique world? Just do it. I’ll tell you what it feels like.”

As Yoo Seong-woo urged her, she pouted as if she couldn’t help it, and went to the center of the training ground and stood there. Yoo Seong-woo sat in the corner and watched Shua-nel.

Standing in the center, she closed her eyes and slowly raised her magic power. The magic power overflowing from her small body was clear.

It was refreshing and invigorating.

The most noble of the elves, and stronger than anyone else. Magic power that seemed to contain phytoncides [airborne chemicals emitted by plants] covered the room.

Yoo Seong-woo covered the room with his divinity to prevent her magic power from leaking out, and leisurely watched the unique world that Shua-nel was unfolding.

“Hoo……”

Shua-nel took a long breath and spread her arms. Then, the structure of the flowing magic power changed and seeped into the floor, creating grass and flowers on the ground where there was no soil.

It was a strange sight. Shua-nel stood among the sprouting vegetation and slowly took a step.

At the same time, the surrounding scenery changed in an instant. A huge tree soared from the floor of the barren training room.

The ceiling disappeared, and the tree grew endlessly.

Hundreds of such trees.

Beneath them were lush grass and colorful flowers. Standing among them, Shua-nel was showing off the beauty of a high elf after a long time.

Her hair was loose, and her pajamas had become a pure white dress.

Shua-nel spun around among the flowers and looked at Yoo Seong-woo with her hands behind her back.

She narrowed her eyes and smiled brightly.

Yoo Seong-woo got up and looked around the forest. It was a familiar forest.

It was an elven forest where freshness and mystery coexisted. In the elven forest full of giant trees that easily exceeded hundreds of meters, she approached Yoo Seong-woo with a leisurely pace.

“…This is my unique world.”

[Unique World]

[The Fairy Forest Memorandum]

After seeing Shua-nel’s unique world, Yoo Seong-woo knew what her world was made of.

It was something she couldn’t let go of. The elven forest that still remained in her heart.

Her longing, which she could no longer see, had manifested as a unique world.

So, he understood why Shua-nel had initially refused to show her unique world. A unique world was a world created by accumulating a person’s values or their entire life.

Even though time had passed since she came to Earth and the Abyss had closed, Shua-nel still longed for the elven forest in a corner of her heart.

Perhaps her immersion in games was…….

To forget the elven forest.

Shua-nel looked at him and asked,

“How is it? Are you satisfied now?”

“…I’m asking just in case, but do you want to go back to the elven forest?”

Shua-nel is the only remaining high elf.

Her lifespan is so long that it is almost eternal, so while countless lives die and are reborn on Earth, she will continue to live.

She was an existence living the elven time alone on Earth. So, it was inevitable that she would have such worries when thinking about the future.

What was born from such longing and worry was her unique world, the memorandum.

At Yoo Seong-woo’s question, Shua-nel turned and walked through the forest. Yoo Seong-woo followed her.

The two walked through the forest in silence for a while. Shua-nel’s forest, completed as a unique world, seemed to be able to walk endlessly.

With the refreshing scent of grass stinging the nose with every step…….

“Do I want to go back to the forest? That’s not it. I’m living happily on this Earth……”

“But.”

“Doesn’t this world represent my longing? You’re not wrong. Seong-woo, Seong-woo… I will long for the forest no matter how much time passes. The forest I can’t return to. I can’t help it. Elves born in the forest are beings who long for the forest for the rest of their lives once they leave it.”

Shua-nel, who had stopped abruptly, turned to look at him.

Her eyes, shining in the sunlight, stared at him intently.

“I will long for the forest. But this was my choice, and I can’t go back to that time. But if I live… maybe someday I’ll be able to return there.”

“Shua-nel.”

“High elves are beings who live eternally. They will spend a different time than humans. The relationships I have made will eventually disappear, but still, you…….”

You, at least.

“You will be by my side forever, right? So, even though I miss it, I’m not afraid. Because you, at least, will live the same time as me…….”

Shua-nel murmured and hugged Yoo Seong-woo.

He knew the story well. Yoo Seong-woo had seen through Samjeong’s story what the life of an elf who had a relationship with humans was like.

The elf adopted a daughter and established a family, but humans live a different time than elves.

Until the elf’s life ended, the lineage of the humans she had taken in could not continue…….

The difference between that elf and Shua-nel was that there was no one living the same time as her. That’s why the elf had no choice but to taste the pain of constantly losing.

If she had a partner living the same time by her side, her life might have changed greatly.

Shua-nel chose Yoo Seong-woo as such a partner. She was now telling him to be with her for the rest of her life.

Of course… it was closer to affection than a proposal or a declaration of love, but Yoo Seong-woo had a duty to take responsibility.

She had chosen him and come to Earth, but he couldn’t just abandon her because she was already like family.

Yoo Seong-woo bent his knees to meet her eye level. Shua-nel looked at him with questioning eyes and smiled brightly.

Yoo Seong-woo unknowingly relaxed and chuckled at the refreshing smile he had never seen before.

Then, he reached out and picked up Shua-nel and said,

“Since you told me first, I should tell you too. Of course, I intend to. Until your time ends, I will be by your side. That’s what it means to be a responsible adult.”

“Even though I’ve lived several times longer than Seong-woo.”

“What’s the point of living long? Your mind hasn’t grown up.”

At his words, Shua-nel pouted and hugged Yoo Seong-woo’s head.

Then, she opened her mouth wide and bit the top of his head.

“You crazy…!”

“Eugeugeugeugeugeuk.”

Yoo Seong-woo tried to pull Shua-nel away, but she didn’t let go until she was satisfied.

Her face was full of smiles.