What Axion presented was a small dagger with a well-sharpened blade.
At first glance it looked like an ordinary dagger, but it was not.
‘This…!’
Elijah's eyes widened.
At the tip of the dagger's blade was a small, transparent stone that looked like a jewel.
Tears of the Sword God!
It was a valuable artifact that contained a Valkyrie aura, and she used it effectively right after enlistment to ward off Patrick, the illegitimate son who had been harassing Lennox.
So, there is no doubt that this dagger with the tears of the Sword God glistening was the sword of the heir of the Ruppelt family, which Axion had received as a gift on his coming of age day.
‘Of course, the tears of the Ruppelt family are different…’
At that time, Elia had seen the Sword God's tears encrusted in the sword of Patrick's heir and his gang.
What was inlaid in their swords was nothing but a transparent, glass-like stone.
But the tears studded in Axion's dagger now glowed brilliantly even in the deep darkness of dawn.
There is no doubt that these are tears of a very high level.
‘Indeed, the Ruppelt family, the noble family in the Imperial Army, is different.’
But what makes him think of paying the heir's sword as a price?
Then Axion answered without blinking.
“If you sell the tears inlaid in this sword, you will get a decent amount of money, so what’s the problem?
Is this not enough, I wonder?”
Yusar's face froze.
Accion was wrong.
Yusar had seen all kinds of valuables since his childhood working as a black market trader, so he knew their value immediately.
The Sword God Tears encrusted in this sword were at least Special Grade.
If he sold it, he would not only get a fair amount, but much more than enough.
Because it would be difficult to find tears of this level in the entire empire.
Yusar objected with a trembling voice.
“That's not what I meant.
Money isn't the issue, this is the sword of your family's heir...”
“It's something I don't really need.”
Axion said in a cold voice, and Yousar's eyes shook violently.
Elijah did not miss this sight.
After a while, a sneer appeared on Yusar's lips.
“…That’s true.
Anyway, even without a sword like this, the world will consider you the heir of the Ruppelt family.”
Yusar's violet eyes, which were always smiling mischievously, changed and became unusually cold.
‘Axion has completely hit Yusar’s weak spot.’
Elia sighed privately.
As you know, Yusar had a severe inferiority complex due to his humble birth.
Despite his extraordinary intelligence making him the legitimate son of Baron Haddyard, Baron Haddyard has not yet bestowed upon him the Sword of the Heir.
Perhaps this was the last way to control Yusar as he wished.
Yusar was trying his best to get that sword.
This was also why he was making all this fuss about becoming a future son-in-law of the Duke family here.
Obviously, his anger was greatly aroused because he thought that Axion, who was born into a noble family, was going to sell the sword that he himself was desperately seeking, without thinking.
'Well, maybe Axion didn't mean to provoke him.'
But why did he want to sell this sword?
Is he acting like this because he takes being the heir of his family so for granted, as Yusar said?
'I don't know.
What do I care about Axion's personal circumstances?'
At that moment, Yusar handed her the dagger and said:
"You're well paid.
Elle, let's go."
Yusar already quickly returned to his place.
She, too, was about to return to her place.
“Erhan… No, Deputy Commander Erhan.”
Axion called out to her.
Her eyes widened.
Has Axion ever called her Deputy Commander?
I looked at him with a confused face, and he opened his mouth.
“…Thank you really.
For bringing this up.”
His voice was not mixed with the disdain she usually saw in it, but rather a voice full of sincerity.
It was a little strange because Axion, who was always complaining, became polite.
“Never mind, this is my job.”
She said indifferently and returned to her place, then tried to put the dagger that Axion had given her into her military backpack.
But she saw a small symbol engraved on the hilt of the dagger.
‘It seems to be the Ruppelt family crest.’
But she felt like she had seen it before… It was a strangely familiar logo to her eyes.
I remembered!
In her childhood, the last day she spent by the river with the blind boy, her first love, whom she met when she went with her father to a city located on the outskirts of the capital.
This was the motto painted on the armor worn by the knights of the noble family who stormed the riverbank when it suddenly parted from it.
‘So that city was the Ruppelt family’s fiefdom.
'I didn't know that at all.'
The gray-eyed boy's face suddenly came to her mind.
Does Axion know anything about that boy?
'Impossible.'
Elia immediately shook her head.
Axion is the son of a noble family that rules a feudal lord, and that boy was a blind, homeless vagabond.
It is impossible for this noble gentleman to know such a child.
Illya thought like this, then put the tear-stained dagger into her backpack.
•
“Hah, huh, huh…”
“I feel like I'm going to die!”
Moaning sounds were heard here and there.
The unit's members were marching arduously through a rugged mountain road, carrying their military equipment to the outdoor training field.
On the side of the narrow mountain road, there was a steep abyss.
Although they added protective slime pads to their feet and shoulders, it didn't lighten the load or magically reduce the 100km range.
Keisha, who was leading the march from the front, turned and looked at the members of the unit behind him.
There haven't been any laggards yet.
Just before training began, he received a report from Theo about the slime.
“I bet that boy came up with that idea?”
"That's the way it is.
Honestly, it was a pretty great idea."
Theo's face was dissatisfied, but he was admitting it.
Kesha looked with satisfaction at Erhan who was following him in front wearing the vice-commander's badge.
What a trustworthy man!
Erhan was sweating profusely, and his red hair was hanging from under his military hat and stuck to his face.
Keisha's attention was caught by his flushed red cheeks and pink lips, which were panting hard.
Today he looked even more beautiful as a girl.
But his eyes were as lively as usual, even more lively than usual.
That look full of determination, which carries a determination to complete any training!
Kesha really liked the look that Erhan sometimes gave him.
Thanks to Erhan, this unit, which was like a bunch of junk, began to become useful little by little.
Even though they were pathetic insects, seeing them improve day by day began to generate some affection in him.
He shouted in a voice full of affection, addressing the unit members:
“Hurry up and catch me!
I will throw the retards into the abyss!”
•
'I really want to kill him!
Why are we going down such a damned path?!'
Elijah stared at Keisha in front of her, cursing secretly as usual.
'Even in my previous life, I had never walked such a despicable path!'
If you take a wrong step, you may fall and die.
To force them to walk such a dangerous, good-for-nothing road, carrying heavy military equipment, is truly crazy.
But thanks to preparing in advance with slime, the pain in her shoulders and feet wasn't as severe.
If her shoulders and feet had become sore here too, hell would have been a hundred times worse.
It could be said that she was rather lucky.
Illya thought like this and stepped forward.
"Yes!"
She unconsciously stepped on a stone that rolled from above.
Her foot slipped, and her body shook violently.
She tried to regain her balance, but the heavy military backpack on her shoulder made it difficult.
Her body swayed toward the abyss.
It looked like it was going to fall.
At that moment, a strong arm extended and forcefully wrapped her dangerously swaying waist.
“……!”
Axion approached without her realizing it, and extended his arm to quickly pull her towards him, then pulled her body towards his.
It was safe, and their bodies were so close together.
His arm was still around her waist.
Illya looked at Axion with surprised eyes.
His shiny golden hair beneath his military cap was sticky together from sweat.
Beneath that, his blue eyes were looking at her calmly.
Did this man really save me now?