Chapter 64 – 19. Invitations and Uninvited Guests (3)
Awesome profit…
Hyerin and I, who visited the ‘Palace of Transcendence’ at the call of Her Highness the 1st Princess, were quite taken aback by the space beyond the door that slowly opened on both sides.
So far, I have visited 3rd Princess Amer’s ‘Palace of Stars’, His Majesty’s ‘Palace of the Sun’, and 2nd Princess Soniel’s ‘Palace of Heaven’.
The Palace of Shenghui has the beauty of being a work of art rather than a building. Lighting like the twinkling light of stars, paintings decorating the walls, elegantly curved stairs and harmonious arrangement of rooms show off a restrained beauty and catch the eyes of visitors.
The Palace of the Sun is described as huge and splendid enough. As befits the palace where the apex of the empire resides, it is more magnificent and splendid than any other castle.
On the other hand, the Palace of the Heavenly Emperor is relatively monotonous. It was built high, like a Tower or a shrine rather than a castle. According to Soniel, this is to maximize the shamanic function by being as close to the sky as possible.
Likewise, the Palace of Transcendence, which I visited for the first time today, also has unique features.
Contrary to the softly curved Palace of the Holy Spirit, the body is straight as if it would stiffen itself.
Unlike the colorfully shining Palace of the Sun, it is so achromatic that the imperial flag fluttering in the wind is the only color.
Unlike the heavenly palace that rises vertically, it is a low and wide spread horizontally.
There are far more armored knights roaming around here than in other castles.
It seems that the rumor that the military service of the empire begins with the mouth of the first princess and ends with the hands of her first princess is true.
The princess who virtually seized the military authority of the empire,
Jennifer D. Kairos.
Her dolls are dimly reflected in the opaque curtain in the form of shadows.
“Meet the mighty sword of the Empire.”
“······.”
In line with Hyerin’s greeting, we approached the curtain and prostrated ourselves.
As agreed beforehand, I remained silent. It was because I was worried that my voice might offend her due to the open fact that Princess 1 hated men.
At the same time, I quickly scanned my surroundings. This space is something special. It is not a typical audience room where the visitor prostrates himself in front of the stairs and the host sits on a low platform.
A white curtain stretches across the center of the space, which is too huge for a room and wider than the central plaza of the academy, and the shadow of a woman sitting cross-legged on the thin fabric sways.
“Yes… Welcome to my palace. Min Hye-rin and Jung Ji-hoo, right?”
“I am Min Hye-rin, an academy first year student with the [Earth] Attribute.”
“I am a freshman at the academy, Jung Ji-hoo with the [Heaven] Attribute.”
“This is 1st Princess Jennifer di Cairos. Nice to meet you. First of all, I’m sorry for suddenly calling you here without saying anything.”
In a flat tone that didn’t feel her sorry at all, Hyerin lowered her head even more and opened her mouth.
“No. Rather, thank you for giving us the opportunity to meet the princess.”
“Thank you for thinking that way. The reason I had no choice but to call you all of a sudden today is also because I only have an empty schedule right now… I couldn’t stand it any longer.”
Princess Jennifer’s voice had the dignity and confidence of a soldier. A restrained voice with little change in height resonated loudly in the empty space past us.
“I actually wanted to meet you as soon as I returned to the ecliptic, but for now, I put up with it because Amer, the person in charge of the summoners, noticed. But… You said that you were ranked 2nd and 3rd in the whole school this time? Press.”
Her sentences, which were calm at first, gradually began to contain several emotions.
It was interest, curiosity, and excitement.
“How on earth is the mythological level attribute so great that the kids who have spent their whole lives here are trampled on like weeds? I want to see it with my own two eyes.”
As the woman on the other side of her stretched out her arms and snapped her fingers, the curtains that were covering each other opened gently to her left and right.
“Raise your head.”
We raised our heads slowly. While a woman in dark clothes was looking at us with an expressionless expression in the distance, the object in front of her eyes kept pulling my gaze.
Two black longswords half-hollowed in scabbards.
“It’s my gift.”
Judging by the glare of light reflected from the slightly exposed sharp blade, it is a sword as if even a rock could be cut like tofu.
Judging by the high-quality imperial pattern on the hilt and the pristine condition, it is one of the few famous swords in the world…
… Is just a sudden thought. Actually, I don’t know much about swords. It looks good at a glance, and I can only guess that it is a great work as it is a gift from the princess.
“Let’s fight with it.”
“·······.”
Princess Jennifer threw us a proposal as sudden as an invitation to the palace, then quietly shut her mouth.
She had expected that she would be this type of human being, hearing nicknames praising her 1st princess, such as ‘Mujae sent from the sky’ and ‘The youngest Transcendant’. From the first meeting with her, she didn’t know that she would come out to see her skills.
Looking at it now, this space is not an audience room, but a performance hall.
The difference between the realm between the princess and us is overwhelming. Her odds of us winning against her are zero.
Originally, fighting with a real sword is dangerous and requires special attention, but at her level, she won’t have to worry about it.
We have no veto.
And there is no reason to reject the offer.
Fighting with the 1st princess is an opportunity to experience the movement of the transcendent up close. You will definitely learn a lot. What’s more, there’s no risk of injury or death, and there’s no price to pay if you lose…
Rather good
I met Hyerin’s eyes and nodded her head.
“It’s an honor. I ask for a few lessons.”
The corner of her mouth went up a little in response to our response.
* * *
Dalian is conducted one-on-one. I retreated to a corner of the gymnasium and looked alternately at Princess 1 and Hyerin, who stood at either end of the spacious room.
The two seem to have many similarities in many ways.
Both of them chose knighthood as their career path, and based on their overwhelming talent, they boast superior skills than their peers. The appearance of the two also has something in common: long legs, long hair that goes down to the waist, and a relaxed chest and hips.
I carefully examined the appearance of Princess Jennifer, whom I saw for the first time today.
She is in her mid-twenties, slightly shorter than me, and is on the tall side for her woman. Her body is better than average, above Soniel and below Amer, and her appearance is exquisite, befitting the probability of being a noble royalty.
Her cold and mysterious atmosphere exudes the feeling of a Moorim female high school student who has undergone a complete transformation. Seeing her relaxed clothes that look like martial arts, she has the illusion that this is not fantasy, but martial arts.
On the one hand, it seems to be dealing with an absolute empress. From her status as a princess, her huge palace, and her attitude of trying to accomplish everything she wants, you can feel the spirit of bringing other trivial things to their knees.
Overall… She is a very hot woman.
The high status of a princess, who dared not even look at her. A power that is said to be a transcendental person, far above me. There is even male hatred that dislikes and distances men.
If that kind of girl lay down under me and let out her strange eccentricity.
If you smirk while sucking my stuff like it’s delicious.
If you can’t stop teasing my waist on top of me.
If you are full with my child.
Then you’d be in a bad mood
I turned my gaze to Hyerin. Because if Princess Jennifer noticed my shadyness, it would not end with her limbs being cut off.
Ah, our eyes met with Hyerin. When I clenched her fists to tell her to fight, she responded with the same hand gesture.
Both Hyerin and 1st Princess finished all preparations for the match.
“I’ll yield to the first gong. Come in whenever it’s convenient.”
“Yes.”
Hye-rin started to focus all her attention on the sword and the other person with the last short answer. Holding her long sword with both hands, in her kendo stance, she advances little by little in front of her.
Even with Hye-rin, who was gradually closing the gap, in front of her, her first princess did not raise her dangling sword. It’s a negligent attitude without tension or vigilance, but I and Hyerin know it.
The fact that there were no gaps in the princess in front of her eyes.
Chaeng-!
Contrary to the sluggish gait, Jennifer blocked the sharp sword attack with the sword in her hand. Two swords fixed at eye level with a clear sound.
Hye-rin expected this, of course, and drew her strength from her sword and aimed for her empty legs, but ㅡ
Ching…
Again, it was easily blocked.
Hye-rin attacks, and Princess Jennifer blocks it. The sword was swung in perfect order from top to bottom, bottom to side, diagonally, and top to bottom again.
That smooth movement is the ‘Imperial Beginner Swordsmanship’ that I also learned at the Imperial Palace before entering school.
Hyerin, who mastered this in just two months, was amazing, but the face of the first princess was disappointed.
“I hope this isn’t all.”
As the corners of her raised mouth returned to their original positions, the defense-oriented sword drew from top to bottom for the first attack.
Visor!!
Hyerin blocked an honest and obvious slash from the front. Her body couldn’t stand the strong force and was slightly pushed behind her. But she didn’t fall or fall.
She straightened her posture and approached her princess as she did before.
Before long, the battle was repeated again.
“Are you just good at studying?”
Amid the sound of clashing swords, the sigh of the first princess reached my ears. Certainly, there would be no point in going on like this. Hye-rin’s attacks continue to be easily blocked, and in the end, Princess Jennifer will get a simple victory.
But I felt something different.
My innate intuition warns me.
Something is coming
At that time,
“Huh…!”
The moment I blinked, the reversal was already over in an instant.
The 1st princess unnaturally put her head aside, and the sharp blade shot right where her head used to be.
And Hye-rin, who gazes at her opponent with her eyes and skin glowing in light brown.
“Hooh…”
In Dalian, I couldn’t catch up with Hyerin, who started using the [Earth] Attribute as if from now on.
Princess Jennifer raised the corner of her mouth again, and I blew elemental mana into both eyes.
* * *
‘The condition is so good.’
Even as Min Hye-rin exchanged swords with the princess at a much faster tempo than before, she did not stop her thinking.
The opponent was not at a level that could be dealt with only with basic swordsmanship, so she began to actively use the [Earth] Attribute. As her attribute mana traveled through her blood and spread throughout her body, her strength, stamina, visual acuity, sixth sense, and speed were greatly enhanced.
Nevertheless, it cannot reach the realm of Princess Jennifer.
Of course. Because transcendence is not so easy.
Min Hye-rin reminded her of a huge wall whenever she collided with her opponent’s sword. The summit certainly exists, but the cliff is so high that even if you bend your head vertically, you can’t see the end.
She felt like climbing the rock face alone. She just smeared rosin powder, which is said to be a mythical class attribute, on her palm.
Will surely fail Whether she’s running out of stamina, or choosing the wrong stone to hold by extending her arm… Sooner or later she’ll crash down.
But it’s okay. Because her princess will prevent her own injury. She said that she only benefited from gaining valuable know-how through this opportunity.
“It’s fine. Very good.”
Visor! Ching-Chang-Chang!!
Princess Jennifer’s attacks are fast, fierce, yet heavy and sharp. She must be considerate of her opponent and moderately adjust her strength, but Min Hye-rin, who blocked it, was tingling deep in her bones at her shock transmitted even though she defended her properly.
1 The princess has not yet activated her attributes, but she still overwhelms herself.
‘Then… This should be no problem!’
The condition is so good that it is strange. It is impossible to compare it to morning training. Suddenly, the property seems to have grown even more. The things that happened in the meantime were classes as usual, checking the midterm exam report card, and… All I could do was masturbate…
As of now, it seems possible.
I’m sure.
It didn’t work until I trained this morning, but I have a bizarre certainty that I’ll try now.
Min Hye-rin waited for the perfect timing.
The princess thrust her sword upward while blocking her own slash. Min Hye-rin ducked diagonally below her to avoid her stab, which flew toward her own center, where her guard had emptied.
And at that moment, seeing the princess’ outstretched arms and her defenseless lower body, her eyes shone.
‘It’s now!’
As if it were coating on her skin, the thinly covered properties began to shine brightly as if they were about to explode. Despite the dazzling intensity of her light and the frenzied nature of her body, Min Hye-rin did not close her eyes.
The time that was only a fleeting moment.
After a short but intense twinkle,
Her body disappeared in an instant.
It’s not the concept that you don’t know where you went because it’s so fast. It literally vanished into thin air like being sucked into a black hole.
Immediately after, she appeared without warning from the square on the other side of the princess and swung her sword.
[Earth] Is an attribute that governs space.
Although Min Hye-rin is at close range, she [Teleportation] Came into contact with a piece of her power.
A mythical power that has never appeared before in the recorded history of mankind was embodied in this world through her will and efforts.
Pajijijik-
The purple light bursting out as if she were going blind, and the tingling sensation that her whole body trembled.
The above sense of sight and touch were the only senses Min Hye-rin felt right before she passed out.
