Academy’s Genius Swordmaster Chapter 449

2-118. In the name of the Father (6) (Revised)

#118

“It’s nice to meet you, son. Sincerely.”

“me too.”

Cain laughed. His sad smile made his vision slightly blurry.

Strictly speaking, this man was not my father, but I missed him all the same.

I looked him up and down and furrowed my eyebrows.

“But why do you look so healthy?”

It wasn’t an empty promise. Cain’s health was incomparably better than when he was on life support. His skinny limbs had grown thicker, and his hunched shoulders had broadened. Except for his bleached skin, he looked almost as healthy as I did.

“The giant blood you saved for me worked really well. I feel like I’ve almost gone back to my prime.”

Cain playfully flexed his arm. His biceps were as sharp as a sculpture. He was on a completely different level from the old man I had seen in the world, who was almost dying. I did it because I thought it would work to some extent, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad.

“That’s good. But wouldn’t it be better to be sure?”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

I took a vial out of my coat pocket. Abel’s blood, which I had prepared in advance, was sloshing inside the vial.

“That’s… ah. I see.”

Cain, who understood the meaning, raised his eyebrows. He seemed to hesitate for a moment, perhaps because it was his brother’s blood, but he eventually accepted the bottle and took a refreshing sip.

One sip. Two sips. Three sips and the bottle was empty.

Cain wiped his lips and slowly nodded.

“This is… it could get better from here.”

“Wow.”

I rounded my mouth in admiration. Steam was rising over Cain’s skin. Even I could feel the vitality growing.

As it was a fundamental treatment, Abel’s blood seemed to have a definite effect. His pale skin was slowly regaining its original color.

‘That’s amazing. Well, this is what it takes to be a savior.’

Pure admiration welled up in me. I felt a strength that was completely different from that of the Bald King or Abel who had absorbed the source. It seemed as if the internal energy that had been overlapping since the distant past had once again reached its golden age.

Cain said.

“There are so many things I want to ask you. I know a little bit about it from what I heard from Elsia, but it’s a story that’s hard to believe without hearing it from the person involved.”

“Me too.”

I too had many questions.

Even if it was true that Elsia had sent me to a place I originally knew, I couldn’t figure out how Akasha’s bottomless pit had been destroyed.

It seemed like the story would be long. In the distance, Alicia was sobbing as she reunited with her baby birds. I was about to ask the question first.

A bewildered voice was heard from not far away.

“Cain… how did you….”

We turned our heads almost simultaneously. Abel was staring at Cain, barely able to raise his upper body. Fear, shock, and joy were all tangled and fluctuating in his cloudy eyes.

Cain, who had been looking at his younger brother for a long time, opened his mouth.

“Abel. It’s been a while.”

“Surely… you would have died.”

“You look like you got trampled by a pack of hippos. How have you been?”

Abel couldn’t answer. Cain slowly approached him and helped him up. He looked back and asked for my understanding.

“Ronan. Excuse me, but can I talk to your brother first? No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think this is the place for us to talk.”

“Make yourself comfortable. There are definitely too many people here.”

“Thank you. I don’t think it will take long.”

Cain smiled. He was gently brushing away the weeds and mud from Abel’s body. Abel was frozen, unable to say anything.

Cain, who had pulled out a twig from his hair, spoke first.

“You are indeed my brother. Why are your pants like that?”

“······how.”

“If you don’t want to answer, then fine. I still have work to do with you. Let’s get this straight, just like how my son cured me.”

“You just passed it over, what the heck···”

Abel was about to say something.

Boom! Cain clenched his fist and drove a short knife into his stomach.

Abel’s body bent forward.

“Ugh!”

It happened in an instant. If I didn’t hear correctly, I could clearly hear the sound of ribs breaking. Finally, Abel lost his balance and fell, putting both hands on the ground.

“Cough! Cough! What the hell…! What the hell am I doing!”

“Well, what do you think he’s doing?”

As Cain said this, he kicked Abel in the stomach. With a dull sound, the body flew away and crashed into the water. Normally, it would have ended here, but Cain didn’t care about his clothes getting wet. He splashed into the lake and dragged his brother, who was floating like a drowned body, to the shore.

“Huh? Didn’t I ask you what you thought you were doing?”

“Wait a minute… Wait a minute… Worry!”

Abel, who was still talking, was punched in the face. Cain, who saw that the broken nose was instantly regenerated, began to beat him without any worries. Abel was bombarded with merciless punches and kicks.

“This guy. The worst guy in the world.”

“Ugh! Ugh!”

“No matter how much you don’t like the situation, stabbing your only blood relative from behind… Are you still human after doing that? Do you think Cain was that easy?”

“Hey, wait a minute! Huhu!”

Abel screamed and writhed. He tried to resist in his own way, but Cain, who had regained his prime strength, was not strong enough for a man who had lost his dreams.

Of course, even the archbishops, including Letancier, were unable to take their eyes off this unexpected development.

“The, the leader of the church···! I, I’m going to die if I keep doing this!”

“I won’t die. Probably.”

“That···! Who on earth is that person? Why is he suddenly···”

“Our father. It seems like there’s a lot of things piled up, so let’s just leave it alone.”

I tried to stop the flying squirrel from interfering.

No one could stop him from being beaten so brutally. Even Kailash, the leader’s most loyal dog, was frozen in place like a stuffed animal, watching the situation unfold.

Cain, who had been beating Abel for about five minutes, turned to me.

“Hoo… hoo… That’s good. Son, give me the sheath.”

“Huh? A scabbard?”

“Yes. I must correct my mistakes. It feels refreshing and good to sweat for the first time in a while.”

I handed over the scabbard as if I was possessed by something. Cain spat on his palm. He who held the scabbard let out an exclamation.

“As expected, it’s great. It’s the right weight and very solid. It’s one of the best clubs I’ve ever handled in thousands of years.”

“Hey, stop it, Cain. Stop it…!”

“And yet you still call me by my brother’s name… Phew, it seems my strength has weakened while I was locked in the cylinder. It’s just a shame.”

Cain sighed. He swung his sword at a nearby rock. With a terrible sound, the rock split in two.

Cain opened his mouth, aiming his sword at his younger brother.

“My dear little brother. Today is the day I will make you human.”

“Go, don’t come any closer! Stop!”

“You probably remember the stories of the creatures who tried to become human. They all sacrificed something precious. Their voices… their memories… But you can become human without sacrificing anything. Don’t you think that’s reasonable?”

“Such nonsense…! Ah, someone stop this madman! Please!”

Abel screamed. But there was no one to help him. The moment the sword sheath fell in a cruel arc and struck Abel’s shin, the words Cain had been longing to hear came out as if by magic.

“Kuaaaaah! Brother! It was my fault!”

“I think so too.”

Cain smiled. He didn’t stop his sermon until twenty minutes later when the Imperial Forest Rescue Team arrived. I thought the scabbard would break, but the best craftsman in the system held on until all of Abel’s bones were broken. Abel’s screams were starting to die down.

Woohoo!

A giant portal opened on the lakeside and a bearded old man walked out.

The old man raised his eyebrows at the sight of the blood-stained lake.

“Oh my god. What the heck is this···!”

“It’s been a while, Lorhorn.”

“···Does the young man know me?”

I waved happily. It was Lorhorn, who had been dispatched in response to an emergency call.

In this world, there were no problems yet, and he did not show any signs of dementia.

“You’re the Archmage. Did you hear the briefing?”

“Well, that may be true, but… do I just need to escort everyone here?”

“Except for one person.”

He extended his index finger and pointed at Cain. He was sitting on his brother’s back, who was lying on the gravel, and was giving him some advice. Abel was sweating profusely all over his body, and he was just repeating that everything his brother said was right.

‘I think I know who I resemble.’

It was a blessing that my older sister took after my mother.

The mysterious image of the savior that had been built up in the world was being destroyed in real time, but it wasn’t bad in its own way. Abel and the archbishops obediently cooperated with Lorhon, who had come to take them away. There was also my performance in the Pale Castle, but it seemed that I also felt something from Cain, who was beating up his younger brother.

Just before being taken away, Archbishop Alicia bowed her head.

“I owe you something. Thanks for saving my girls.”

“It’s okay. They were innocent girls to begin with.”

“You managed to figure it out. Blow that son of a bitch up with that weird technique. I don’t think I could handle it… but somehow I think you can.”

She slapped my shoulder, giggling. It was an indescribably strange feeling to be encouraged by someone whose limbs you had cut off in the previous parallel universe. Lorhorn magically restrained and teleported all the criminals.

I muttered to myself as I looked at the empty lakeside.

“Let’s live well. Just a little.”

It was a long and short journey. Anyway, this was the end of the Nebula Clazie issue. All that was left were Cain and Akasha.

“It’s a good place to have a conversation…”

I muttered as I looked at the blue sky. There was a suitable place at the time. Three days had passed, so perhaps the matter I had asked for had been resolved.

I didn’t know we would meet again so soon.

****

That evening.

Acalucia Mansion.

“Good evening, Ronan. I didn’t expect to see you again so soon.”

“I think so too. Good evening, my lord.”

Adrian smiled. She, the head of the Akalusia family, was still beautiful. She tilted her head as she noticed Cain behind me.

“Who is the gentleman in the back?”

“This is my father. Of this world.”

“Greetings, head of the great clan. My name is Cain.”

Cain bowed with the most polite manner in the world. I was startled when I saw him kiss the back of my hand.

Adrian covered his lower body with a fan.

“Oh my… you are so polite.”

I don’t know if it was because of my mood, but my cheeks seemed slightly red.

I also opened my mouth, showing some courtesy.

“My lord. I’m sorry to get to the point right away, but did you succeed?”

“······yes.”

There was a brief silence. For a moment, an ominous feeling came from the frozen expression on his face.

She hesitated, then nodded.

“It wasn’t easy though.”