The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 65

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 65

Elf (5)

“This is the Elven treasury.”

Fortunately, this time I didn’t commit the blunder of destroying the core.

If I had, I would have had to get out of here quickly, treasure or no treasure.

‘It was small for its size.’

The Abyss core I got from killing it was slightly larger than my index finger.

But despite its small size, the power contained within was terrifying.

Poison and negativity, and divinity permeated it, becoming an artifact.

“Hmm.”

Yuseongwu was guided to the treasury by Epinel.

The Elven treasury was inside the Giant Sephirot [a mystical tree in Kabbalah, representing the structure of the universe].

The heart where Schuel was located was up, but the treasury was down.

Descending the spiral staircase in the basement of the Great Sephirot, there was a place where hundreds of layers of barrier magic were superimposed.

A space only allowed to a very few, where Princess Epinel had to directly release the security to enter.

“You mean I can take whatever I want from here…….”

The first impression of the treasury was modest.

The security was thorough for a warehouse, but there wasn’t much for a treasury.

“I feel like I’ve been scammed.”

Yuseongwu, who muttered that, twitched his eyebrows and said.

“Open the inner part too?”

“……I understand.”

His manners were terrible to the end.

He said he would open the treasury, but he only opened the first treasury, which didn’t have much, and didn’t open the second one inside, which looked important.

“Did you think I wouldn’t notice that? I saved you, but you’re just trying to freeload. Open it quickly.”

“Epinel, it seems like your teachings are still lacking. I think I’ve told you many times to treat benefactors with utmost care, haven’t I?”

“……But, for the reconstruction.”

“That’s an excuse. If it weren’t for this human…… reconstruction would have been impossible in the first place.”

Schuel showed a subtle, dignified air when talking to herself.

Epinel lowered her head at her words.

If she had done well from the beginning, she wouldn’t have been scolded.

Epinel opened the hidden second door of the treasury.

The second door was filled with even more barriers than the first door.

When the second door opened and he stepped inside, the air changed.

The Elven treasury.

All sorts of treasures worthy of the name were on display here and there.

Yuseongwu approached the most central, small display case, where a luscious fruit was floating.

The round fruit, emitting a subtle golden light, contained tremendous energy at first glance.

“Is this the fruit of Sephirot…….”

Yuseongwu reached out and grabbed the fruit.

The fruit, which seemed like it would crumble if he put force into it, had a slightly soft texture.

‘I see why you didn’t want to give it to me.’

This was a fruit with infinite potential.

It was definitely in the same category as the peaches of immortality that appear in myths.

Yuseongwu quickly stuffed the fruit into his pocket and wandered around the treasury, picking up things that looked good.

He wasn’t an expert, but he had an eye for picking out good-looking items.

Unusual objects rather attracted him, or rather, he felt drawn to them here and there, so he picked out the best ones.

Starting with a pocket with space expansion magic, he filled the inner space of the pocket with treasures until it was full.

“Good.”

“Good!”

Schuel put her hands on her hips and repeated Yuseongwu’s words, even though her treasury had been robbed.

And before entering the Abyss, it had already been agreed that everything the elves had built, which Epinel had promised, would be transferred through a lawyer.

If the elves suddenly disappeared, all rights would fall into Yuseongwu’s hands.

So, now he had received all the rewards.

Now all that was left was to leave the Abyss with a happy heart.

‘……There are many useful things.’

Some of them were good enough to give to Yujiu.

This time, she wouldn’t whine about why there wasn’t anything for her.

And now that he was about to return home, one of the biggest obstacles remained.

“Are you really going to follow me?”

“Yes. I’ll follow you.”

Schuel, who was holding onto his sleeve and following him, was the biggest obstacle.

Two freeloaders at home are enough.

When he frowned and looked at her, Schuel blinked her blue eyes and looked at him with a face that said, ‘Can’t I?’

That face felt like he had seen it somewhere…….

“No.”

But that didn’t mean it was difficult to refuse.

A man who knows how to distinguish between public and private matters, that was Yuseongwu.

“Eek.”

“How old are you?”

“Not a thousand years old.”

Then she was nine hundred years old.

Yuseongwu looked at Epinel, who was seeing him off, as if asking if this was okay.

She said.

“We cannot go against the will of the highest branch.”

“Are you crazy…… you’re not even trying to stop your leader from leaving?”

“It must be her will to take that step.”

They were still an insane race.

Instead of forcibly separating her, Yuseongwu tried to talk to her like an intellectual.

“If you follow me, it means you will never see the other elves again for the rest of your life. Is that okay?”

“It’s okay. I’ve seen them enough.”

“……I told you. Lady Schuel is…….”

Epinel couldn’t finish her sentence.

A nine-hundred-year-old spoiled child.

Yuseongwu couldn’t believe it. He didn’t know if such a setting could exist in the world.

Epinel sighed and said.

“Then, please take good care of Lady Schuel.”

“What the hell…….”

* * *

On the way to see him off.

Before boarding the elves’ private plane, Schuel called Epinel.

“Epinel, from now on, you are the highest branch. After I leave, let everyone know that and raise your authority high.”

“I am still a very lacking branch…….”

“I am now a leaf traveling. Someday, when fate allows, I will return to the arms of the great mother…… I will entrust the children to you.”

“……I will follow your words. Highest branch of the Great Sephirot.”

“I wish you prosperity and good luck.”

“Thank you. I hope that only infinite glory fills your path.”

After a short conversation, Schuel boarded the plane with Yuseongwu.

Thus, Yuseongwu returned to Korea with a load of baggage.

Leaving the core to Epinel.

If the core is taken out or destroyed, the entrance to the Abyss will be closed.

Originally, it was scheduled to be closed immediately, but Schuel said she would follow Yuseongwu, so a new task was created.

“This is Korea……!”

Schuel, who got off the plane, spread her arms wide and took a pose, then frowned and muttered.

“Dirty air…….”

“You’re starting to regret following me, aren’t you? You can withdraw for a few days, so think carefully.”

“This is bearable.”

“What stubbornness…….”

Anyway, Yuseongwu returned to Korea in less than a week.

Unlike the Towel Tribe, the situation was urgent and the processing was quick.

Even so, it felt like he was returning home after a long time.

Yuseongwu took the card he had in his smartphone case and opened the front door.

“Take off your shoes and go in.”

“Wow.”

Schuel took off her shoes and threw them inside.

It was like a different world to her, who had always lived in the forest.

There were sparkling decorations everywhere, and the city’s forest could be seen through the windows.

“The air is good here.”

“It’s the power of great science.”

There were five or six air purifiers running in the house…….

It had no choice but to be good.

Yuseongwu checked that there was no one else in the house, took out his smartphone, and contacted Yujiu.

He had forgotten to report his return. And he had to tell her about Schuel.

‘I wonder what she’ll say.’

It took Yujiu quite a while to answer the phone.

-Oh, Oppa, why? I was in a meeting. Did you arrive in Korea now?

“I finished work and came home. That’s why I called.”

-Good job. Really. I’ll be home soon, so wait for me.

“Where’s Knox? Where did he go? I can’t see him. Did he go to school?”

-At this time…… he’s probably just coming home? Yuwol went somewhere on business.

“I didn’t ask about her.”

-I thought you might be curious.

“I’m not curious.”

Beep, beep.

While he was talking, he heard the front door opening.

“Knox must be here. I’m hanging up.”

-Okay. See you later.

He hung up the phone and put his smartphone in his pocket, then headed to the front door. Knox was closing the front door and coming in.

As soon as Knox saw Yuseongwu, his eyes widened, and he took off his shoes and ran to him.

“Uncle!”

Unable to contain his joy, horns popped out of his head and a tail popped out of his butt.

That’s how happy he was.

Yuseongwu put his hands under Knox’s armpits, caught him, and gently threw him on the sofa.

“Kyaa!”

“Kuek!”

And a bizarre scream was heard.

Knox jumped up from the sofa at the strange noise and looked down, where he found Schuel.

“W-Who are you?!”

“Me, what I want to ask…… Oh, my back…….”

Schuel patted her back like a grandmother, got up from the sofa, looked at Knox, sniffed her nose, and approached him.

“This smell…… the scent of deep night…… it’s my favorite scent.”

“Heeik?!”

“Born in the deep night. Young dragon…….”

“U-Uncle! Who is she?!”

“A high elf who is over nine hundred years old with an ageless body that doesn’t age.”

“Not immortal, but ageless. My growth stopped at seventy.”

“That’s something to be proud of…… Anyway, she’s going to live with us from today. Say hello.”

With that, Yuseongwu slipped into his room.

Only Knox and Schuel were left in the living room.

Knox looked at Schuel, who was about his height, and tilted his head.

“M-My name is Knox……?”

“High elf Schuel, born in the great Sephirot. Nice to meet you.”

Schuel held out her hand, and Knox took it.

Then Knox felt a strange sense of stability.

It was as if he was surrounded by a huge forest with sunshine pouring down…….

Knox half-closed his eyes, then opened his eyes wide with a strange noise and let go of his hand.

If he kept holding on, he felt like he would fall asleep.

“Hot!”

“Good sensitivity. A feeling that spirits would like.”

“S-Spirits?”

“Yes. Spirit. There will be a chance to talk in depth later…… maybe.”

Schuel muttered and flopped back down on the sofa.

Fluffy.

A fluffy feeling that cannot be felt in nature…… artificial fluffiness.

It was the kind of feeling that made you want to lie here forever.

As Schuel lay still on the sofa, Knox, who was watching her, said.

“If it’s fluffy…… Uncle’s bed is the fluffiest.”

“Really?”

At Knox’s words, she got up from the sofa and walked into the house with quick steps.

The direction Yuseongwu walked in.

“Yu~seong~wu~ Give me the bed~!”

“Uncle! I want Uncle’s bed too!”

Knox followed Schuel.

Thus, two people, a little devil…… no, a dragon and a high elf, went to attack Yuseongwu’s bed.

And there, they found Yuseongwu, who was dead, with no heartbeat.