30. Coming-of-age Ceremony (6)
Two sacred objects clashing.
Agan’s granite sword.
The pupil of the moon possessed by Judas.
Red and ivory clashed and sparks flew.
At that moment, one side was cut off.
Granite sword.
The sword body, which boasts unique hardness, breaks and flies through the sky.
As much as Achan was surprised, Judah was also embarrassed.
She just didn’t show it outwardly.
‘What is this?’
I was confident of winning.
I calculated several flows in my head in advance.
There was no such thing as a broken sword in that case.
Judas instinctively noticed.
‘It’s the power of the broken moon.’
Originally, the pupil of the moon is not strong enough to cut a granite sword.
I was taken aback, but I didn’t stop the offensive.
Don’t miss this opportunity.
The moment the granite sword breaks.
After making all judgments, Judas moved.
I took a step closer to the hesitant Achan and raised my sword to cut it.
The neat trajectory cuts through only the armor.
Kiik-!
Achan’s breastplate was torn with the sound of iron rubbing.
‘I thought I would cut that armor…. It’s much stronger than the pupils of the moon I used to know?’
The armor was horribly torn apart, as if someone had torn it off with their hands.
“Keuu-!”
Achan did not back down.
I ran to Judas again.
‘Are you trying to fight with your bare hands?’
If you stab something that’s running into it, you can definitely kill it.
Achan seemed convinced that he would not kill him.
Judah just laughed.
‘Rather, it went well.’
Judah’s goal is not simple victory.
Humiliating overwhelm.
I decided to respond to Agan’s number.
Throws away the sword.
Grab Achan’s hand as he ran.
Pang!
As the two collided, a light wave spread like a burst of wind.
It seems like they are fighting for strength like cows competing for horns, but their balance is quickly tipped over.
“aaah-!”
Achan started screaming.
Judas and his interlaced hands bent at an unusual angle.
Now Judah was overpowering Achan with only physical strength.
No skills required.
Just pure power difference.
“Ah, evil… ! Aww… !”
Agan twisted around like a squid on fire.
I struggled to get out.
The more you do, the bigger your grip will only tighten.
His hands were suppressed, and his knees gradually folded.
Compared to Achan who knelt on the floor, Judah was calm.
While standing upright, press her hand gently.
Kung.
Finally her knees touched the floor.
A great aristocrat kneeling in front of an escort knight.
It was humiliating enough to put shame on the viewer.
People let out a low scream.
It was a sight no one expected.
Everyone fought moderately, and I thought Judas would lose.
That was the custom and courtesy of aristocratic society.
But Judah’s momentum was not like that at all.
Even his owner, Elijah, doesn’t seem to want to dissuade him.
“Kuh… !”
Achan gritted his teeth and raised his eyes.
He didn’t even have time to feel like looking up at the escort knight, who had looked down on him, while on his knees.
The pressure he felt in his hand was like being crushed by a rock.
However, Judas expression was very calm.
He seemed to be giving no strength at all.
“Keuk… !”
I tried to force myself to escape, but Judas’ hand didn’t even move.
Simply overpowering himself, Judas said nothing.
No provocation, no ridicule.
I just look down.
The reaction is that it is not worth dealing with with your mouth.
On the other hand, the onlookers were a little puzzled.
Only the hands were subdued.
The legs look like they can stand up or do anything.
But you won’t know until you get hit.
If I made a wrong move here, I felt like my wrist would be crushed.
Achan instinctively felt that way, so he couldn’t move.
‘Is this the power of a person… ?’
It was embarrassing and embarrassing.
That emotion quickly turns to fear.
It’s too much for an individual to possess.
It even felt unreasonable.
What’s more, the opponent wasn’t even doing their best right now.
‘Why could this be… ?’
In the face of an incomprehensible force, the will was helpless.
Achan gave up rebelling.
I lost strength in my body.
I surrendered to Judah.
I won’t be able to hold a sword for a while.
If you keep letting it bend, you might lose the use of his hand for the rest of your life.
I was afraid, but I couldn’t dare to resist.
It felt like his arm would be pulled out if he dared to fight.
I felt that, as a nobleman, I dared to face the escort knight.
I couldn’t bring myself to say the word surrender.
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It is the last remaining pride.
The sight of him being silent to protect even that pitiful pride was rather pitiful and miserable.
Judah servilely looked down at the crown of Achan’s head.
In his opinion, overpowering the nobility wasn’t just a victory.
Anything that breaks his noble pride and self-esteem.
To make oneself give up the game.
And that humiliation is completed with the next action.
Judas slowly untied his hand.
If I wanted to, I could have disabled the use of my arm for the rest of my life.
I didn’t.
This was a consideration.
Originally, consideration flows from top to bottom.
It is an act of a higher person giving to a lower person.
Now Judah was generous to Achan, who was placed under him.
Agan, who was freed, knew that this situation was a consideration.
It was a very humiliating and contemptuous consideration.
“… ….”
All the nobility onlookers kept their mouths shut.
The great aristocrat who went out personally was defeated by the escort knight.
Hateful, overwhelming.
No one declared the results.
Judah and Achan. Neither of the two opposing parties dared to mention the victory or defeat.
The results were clear without saying anything.
After Judas brushed off his hand, he approached Elijah.
She greeted me with a smile.
“Good job. More than I expected.”
Achan looked at it with dead eyes.
Elijah and Judas are whispering in the middle of a crowd so that only each other can hear them.
Elijah’s smiling face.
It’s rare.
A genuine smile, not a mask.
Achan could tell.
The expression that only Judas shows is Elijah’s bare face.
He knew her better than anyone else, having teased her since childhood and forced her to laugh.
A dirty illegitimate child who has grown into a full-fledged and beautiful woman before she knew it.
Gone are the days of teasing her to cry and bullying her to stare at her.
Now….
“Agan oppa-!”
Sarah hurriedly came running.
Jezebel also stood beside him and glared at Elijah.
“Is your brother okay?”
“Ellie, what are you doing? Dare to the great nobility….”
“Enough.”
Elijah cut her off.
“If you lose the match, do you have to pay the price?”
“What, what?”
Achan is defeated.
It was a very humiliating defeat.
The nobles considered that alone as the price of a confrontation.
It was harsh to ask for more than that.
However, Elijah didn’t think so.
“This, this… ! It’s Achan and Judah’s problem! Why are you dragging me in?”
“Sister. That’s really great.”
“What….”
“It shows that there are so many different ways to show off ignorance. It is difficult for me to even imagine.”
“… ….”
“A simple confrontation between Achan and Judah? You really don’t believe that, do you? Agan personally went out of his way for his sister and Sarah. And he can’t throw the glove at me, so he hit Judas instead. Therefore, I will be in charge of the duel… , Were you stupid enough to point out this obvious fact?”
It was Elijah who insulted Sarah and Jezebel, not Judas.
He just fought for his master.
Elijah’s point was valid.
Actually, the reason why Achan quarreled with Judah was to ultimately hold Elijah accountable and humiliate him.
With no excuses, Jezebel turned around.
“Yes, do you still say that after seeing your brother like that?”
“Don’t appeal to meaningless relationships. Brothers mean nothing other than that they have the same father. You never thought of me as a brother in the first place, did you?”
“You… !”
“Get down on your knees.”
“… ….”
“Get down on your knees and apologize to me and my escort. Sarah’s sister too.”
“… ….”
The bodies of the two young ladies trembled.
Anxious eyes scan the crowd.
I tried to find her Valak.
The person who will mediate this situation.
But I can’t see it.
I found a workaround.
The eldest son, Cain.
And the second son, Levi.
I desperately begged for help with a wink, but the two seemed unwilling to intervene.
The damn eldest son and second son.
When they were young, they teased and bullied Elijah together. Are you going to take off the pretense now?
Jezebel put away her anger and stood before Elijah.
Her body trembled.
Other nobles did not dare to intervene.
Although Elijah’s treatment was overkill, she didn’t want to get involved.
Furthermore, it is a quarrel within the family.
Do not interfere unnecessarily from the outside.
“Couldn’t you be honorable enough to refuse the victor’s legitimate request?”
“If… it works….”
Jezebel gritted her teeth and grabbed her long skirt.
Slowly lower your posture.
My trembling knees touched the cold floor.
Sarah, stunned by the sight, looked at her, then, weeping, followed Jezebel to her knees.
“I… Jezebel and D. Bebel…. As the loser of a just and sacred confrontation… I kneel before the winner, Elijah di Bebel, and apologize….”
Sarah did the same thing, but her pronunciation was muffled from her weeping.
Elijah spat out nonchalantly, looking at her fingernails.
“Achan must have died? I can’t even see it.”
“… ….”
Achan, who had fallen far away, crawled over.
I couldn’t get his hands strong, so I couldn’t stand up.
Elijah returned her sigh to them who apologized equally.
“How I was educated in the Bevel family…. Her words do not guarantee her actions. Saying you’re sorry doesn’t mean you’re sorry. Shouldn’t you be more sincere and show it through your actions?”
“What else can I do….”
“Wouldn’t it be good enough to stomp her head on the floor?”
“… ….”
The complexion of the three turned blue.
As if she had ordered the high nobleman to slash her head, Elijah looked down at them indifferently.
The onlookers gasped in surprise, but were unable to intervene.
If Balak had been present, he would have stopped it, but he was not here.
Elijah glanced at Cain and Levi.
The two of them could have intervened, but for some reason, I quietly watched the situation.
What kind of plan is this?
However, Elijah himself was just making a show of himself.
What is the reality of the Bevel family?
And what kind of punishment she would get if she touched herself and her escort knights.
Finally, the three of them hit their foreheads on the floor.
As if it was unfair, Sarah clenched her teeth and sobbed.
Elijah crossed her arms and looked down.
Her nonchalant eyes scan the backs of the three heads.
Stay with Aghan a little longer.
A loser.
Her heart is broken. No. A nobleman who broke his heart out of helplessness.
It’s insignificant.
She was so shabby that she couldn’t find the look she once feared so much.
Did he just pray in front of this much human?
Just that level of inspiration.
There was no exhilarating joy or pleasure.
I can’t even laugh.
Still, it was a sight worth seeing.
The sight of her three brothers of her own, helplessly on her knees and slamming her head on the floor.
‘Well, that’s not bad.’
We will continue to see it in the future.
A scumbag who abused herself, covered up her mother’s death, and later used and ridiculed it.
There are two remaining characters.
Lewi, Cain.
And Balak, the head of the household and his biological father.
Ah, in the end, even Narcissus.
Elijah lost interest in the three of them.
But her nasty loser will do anything to escape her own shame.
You can’t be careless, so you have to keep an eye on it.
Elijah said with a refreshing smile.
“Then, I hope you will be careful in the future. Everyone.”
I wasn’t talking only to the three losers.
Lewi and Cain are watching.
And maybe your own enemy.
It was a warning to all of them.
If you touch it, it won’t end normally.
Turning around, Elijah faced Judas right behind her.
He was worried that he was being treated a little too much.
But Elijah didn’t care.
She was just watching her brothers.
Filths that are unpleasant in their very existence.
These are people who make you feel sick just by looking at them, and make you feel as if you are entering a stinking alleyway.
But as soon as I looked back, a completely different world unfolded.
It wasn’t even that the surroundings had actually changed.
Just to see if Judas is in sight. That was the only difference.
I felt a sense of security and satisfaction, as if I had fallen into a dirty swamp and then lay down on a clean, dry bed.
‘If only this child would stay by my side….’
She was confident that she could overcome anything. She
She was not alone.
Actually, it didn’t matter whether I was alone or not.
It has been like that since long ago.
Anyway, life is something you have to handle alone.
As soon as I saw Judas, a warm smile appeared on my face like a lie.
The unpleasant feelings that had been sharpened went down as if they had been washed away.
Thinking that this was not a dependency, but a frequent use, Elijah gently held his fingertips.
As I was enjoying the cold air flowing in, I suddenly thought about it.
‘… Agan.’
Achan and Judah intertwined her hands when fighting.
And she never held her hand with him.
Only once in my childhood.
Elijah wiggled Judas’ hand with Judas’ serious expression.
Should I wear a pod? Should I not
Looking at Elijah, who was troubled with a cold face, Judas asked anxiously.
“Oh, miss? Why are you… ?”
Elijah regained her sanity.
Why the hell did she want to wear a pod?
Knowing that there was no point in her actions.
“… No. Nothing.”
She forced herself out of her thoughts, which were difficult to understand and analyze.
Actually.
At some point, I was afraid to even try to understand that idea.
She pretended not to know that fear.
She just laughs.
“I had a hard time. Judah.”
Judas scratched her neck shyly.
“No, no words….”
Contrary to her thick and sharp appearance, she looks a bit dazed in front of herself.
She is invisible to others.
She can only see herself.
For the rest of my life, I want to keep it hidden or locked up so that no one can see it….
Evaluating the external aesthetics of Judas was dismissed as an aristocratic habit of evaluating and judging others.
She never once cared about anything like that.
For now, just having Judas in front of me was fine with other issues.
The necklace around her neck also looks good.
So, she wouldn’t mind covering her eyes for a while.
Elijah thought so.
