The Mist Vol 1 Chapter 64

Vol 1 Chapter 64

"Have you made a lot of progress with your sword training?"

As Kapros asked while looking around, Yu-wan seemed to not understand the question for a moment.

"You've been going out constantly saying you're doing sword training lately."

After Kapros explained once more, Yu-wan finally nodded.

"...I've passed more than half of the intermediate level now."

"At this rate, it won't take long to reach the advanced level. That's impressive, isn't it?"

"Well."

It was just like him to not completely deny it.

"...How about you?"

After that, when it seemed the conversation had ended, Yu-wan asked a beat later.

"Me... I'm one step away from 5th circle master. It'll be soon too."

As Kapros grinned with a self-praising feeling, Yu-wan also smiled faintly in return.

"You seem more impressive."

"Not really. There are only five 5th circle spells."

As they were talking like this, Yu-wan suddenly stopped walking and looked around somewhere.

"This place seems suitable."

When Kapros looked up, there was a shop with a sign depicting crossed swords and spears. Although there seemed to have been a large weapon shop in the marketplace they had just passed, the place Yu-wan had found was a small shop in a corner. Following Yu-wan, who opened the door without hesitation, Kapros entered to find a middle-aged man rising from his seat to greet them in the empty shop with no customers.

"Welcome. I don't know how long it's been since I've had a customer... Hm? Aren't you that swordsman who came before?"

As the man recognized Yu-wan, wondering when he had been here before, Yu-wan bowed his head slightly and led Kapros to the front.

"And this customer?"

As the man's gaze turned to Kapros, he took off his hood and greeted him.

"Hello. I came to buy a sword."

"Oh. What kind of sword?"

"Do you have a sword suitable for a mage?"

At this, the owner's eyes widened as if in disbelief.

"Huh? A mage?"

"Yes. I mean, something light and usable even for someone with little strength, like a mage."

After Kapros added this explanation, the owner tilted his head as if measuring something, then nodded.

"Hmm... Wait a moment."

Then Kapros asked Yu-wan, who was standing with his arms crossed, about something he was curious about.

"When did you come here before?"

"While wandering around."

According to Yu-wan, he had mainly practiced sword in the back alleys of the city or in fields, and had accidentally discovered this place.

"...I came here because the place where I got this sword before was also a corner shop like this, and they said they sell special swords rather than ordinary ones here. So..."

"I see, thanks."

As Kapros nodded, Yu-wan smiled slightly. In any case, it was fortunate that he could get a sword thanks to him.

'A special sword shop, huh.'

As expected of a city with developed commerce, they had all sorts of things.

The owner, who hadn't come out for a while, emerged carrying three swords in his arms.

"I've brought the lightest and most usable ones, so take your pick."

The three swords he put down were all about 1 meter in length and had similar shapes, but the width of the blades varied slightly. There was one as narrow as a fencing sword, one that looked like a basic longsword, and one with a wide shape and deep grooves for blood to flow. Kapros picked up the longsword with a familiar shape.

"Hmm..."

His heart started beating fast again the moment he grabbed it, but Kapros calmed himself, thinking of the training he had gone through so far. As he carefully drew the sword from its scabbard, a soft metallic sound was heard.

"This is good."

"Isn't it?"

Even when Kapros swung his arm up and down holding the sword, he didn't feel much strain. If strong swordsmen had held this sword, it might have been too light and their attacks might have been thrown off balance. Kapros paid for it with satisfaction and went outside. Yu-wan followed him out, observing Kapros's joyful expression.

"Can you use it?"

"Of course."

Kapros removed the twin swords he had been using fairly well until now and placed the newly bought longsword in their place. For something he had thought might become completely useless when he first created it, the twin swords had been with him for quite a long time. It was probably thanks to using them that he had made progress like today. Kapros thanked the twin swords in his heart before putting them in his item window.

Now, it was time to apply the new sword training method he had thought about in reality to the game.

"Yu-wan."

"...Yeah."

"Can you help me get used to the sword quickly from now on?"

"The sword?"

Yu-wan looked puzzled for a moment but then nodded readily.

"If it helps..."

Originally, Kapros had planned to ask Kran, but since he was nowhere to be seen, he had no choice but to ask Yu-wan. Where on earth had that guy gone if he wasn't training?

"Yeah. It has to be you."

Filled with gratitude, Kapros slapped Yu-wan's back hard. Yu-wan, who had stiffened his shoulders for a moment, hesitated briefly before hitting Kapros's back in the same way. But unlike Kapros, who had hit quite forcefully, Yu-wan's movement was so weak that it didn't even make a sound.

"...Was that supposed to be a hit just now?"

"..."

Yu-wan's expression was like that of a child unsure and doing this for the first time. Kapros laughed and pointed to his own back.

"If something comes, you should return it with all your might."

"But..."

"No energy? Is that all you've got?"

When Kapros provoked him teasingly, Yu-wan frowned oddly and slowly raised his hand to hit Kapros's back again.

Thwack!

And in an instant, with the feeling of his health dropping by more than half, Kapros fell forward with a thud.

What... what was this...

'Right. Yu-wan had enough strength to lift me easily before... I forgot about that.'

Moreover, he was a swordsman, and Kapros was a mage. Putting aside the pain, Kapros was too embarrassed to get up since he had flown after telling Yu-wan to hit him first.

"..."

"K-Kap."

Yu-wan, who had rushed over like a startled beast, helped Kapros up.

"Are you alright?"

Yu-wan apologized to Kapros with a flustered face he had never seen before, examining him from all angles as Kapros remained frozen in embarrassment, unable to get up.