Chapter 180: Training and Progress (2) (2/2)
“What? Don’t you have to train more anyway? You won’t be able to find a place like this outside”
Chi-Hyun was right, but Chi-Woo didn’t hastily agree with his brother; he wasn’t the type of person to give a promise he didn’t think he’d be able to keep Chi-Hyun looked at his brother, who stood still without a word, and raised a hand with frustration “If you want to leave so badly—” With a wave, he conjured a rock the size of a house in front of them Chi-Woo’s mouth widened at the rock’s enormous size Then Chi-Hyun continued, “You have to break this rock first”
“Break this rock?”
“Yeah, and with only one hit”
One hit Chi-Woo thought it ht be possible if he poured all his exorcism mana into the hit No—there was no way his brother would miss that
Chi-Hyun added, “This isn’t just a rock”
Chi-Woo’s eyes narrowed “You’re purposely saying that because you don’t think I’ll be able to break it”
“Yep” Chi-Hyun easily adinally planned this as the training after your next training”
Not his next training, but the training after Chi-Hyun continued, “You definitely won’t be able to do it in your current state, but…if you really do e to break it somehow in one shot, I’ll feel at least a bit reassured”
“…”
“I promise you”
Chi-Woo didn’t reply He looked into the distance and whistled
Chi-Hyun glared at hi for yourself”
Chi-Woo replied, “Think? What do I have to think about?”
“Ways to get stronger”
“Do I even have to think about it? You told me that if I just follohatever you tell er”
“I’ue “You have a lot of things you can use”
“Ah, you mean my special abilities” Chi-Woo finally understood
Chi-Hyun replied, “No, not just your special abilities Your club, holy water, taliss Ponder about how you can effectively use what you have by yourself”
“Well, that’s nothing much”
“I’ll also think about it, so let’s talk when I coave me too much to do”
“Yeah, so you won’t think about useless thoughts until I come back,” Chi-Hyun said nonchalantly and continued, “Anyway, just focus on training Don’t think about anything else And while I’aze, but Noel still hadn’t returned
“Noel…” Chi-Hyun sain”
On that sa to Noel Then Noel came back to the cave the next day
“U started with basic training, turned to see Noel’s approaching figure To his surprise, her hair was neatly braided, and her face was beautiful and bright hatever she had put on She had also dressed up neatly as if she was hty fro her hair down and wearing plain, white clothes However, her eyes were bloodshot, and her expression looked very grave Judging by the deep dark circles under her eyes, it was clear that she had been unable to sleep all night
Chi-Woo greeted her, “He…llo?”
Noel’sto s “I…I…received Lord Chi-Hyun’s orders and…” Then she suddenly shouted, “I brought it!”
“What?”
“No, Iwith both hands like a s at his feet “I don’t knohat you would like, so here! I brought all kinds of food!”
“Ah, yes”
“Go ahead! Please continue with your training! There’s no need to !”
Did she even knohat she was saying? Chi-Woo smiled wryly and lifted his barbell “…Uazea hole into the back of his head, and he put the barbell down When he turned around and ain It didn’t look like she was s at all; instead, it was rather scary Chi-Woo could easily guess why Noel was acting like this He thought he should properly talk to her about their situation at least once After organizing his thoughts, Chi-Woo said, “Excuse me”
“I’m sorry!” However, Noel dropped to her knees and alravest ive me! Please!”
Chi-Woo became lost for words in the truest sense He wondered if she was the same person who confidently acted as his brother’s representative and led a huge group of heroes He said, “Please get up”
“I apologize for not recognizing you!”
“It’s all right” Chi-Woo put great emphasis on his words “You didn’t know”
“Would you please keep what I did a secret from him…what?”
“It couldn’t be helped because you didn’t know You didn’t do anything wrong” Honestly, he didn’t think she was conorance, he was quite shocked by her coe in attitude towards him However, he didn’t want to pick on her or norance was a sin, there were things that can and cannot be known After all, Chi-Woo had also gone through a si anything, he had a huge fight with his brother when they first ht, really”
Slowly, Noel lifted the face she had pressed to the ground
“I’m just his brother You don’t have to act like that”
“Ah…” Noel’s eyes slowly returned to their original vibrancy At thisto her; it really see behind Chi-Woo’s back By her standards, she had committed a crime so horrendous that she couldn’t even atone with her death She felt a deep sense of awe at his generosity ‘Oh my…!’ At that moment, Noel became sure that Chi-Woo really was a bloodline of the Choi family; as expected of Chi-Hyun’s brother
After a while, Noel stood up “I’ll…properly introduce ot on one knee “Nice toLord Chi-Hyun”
Chi-Woo felt burdened by her overly polite and formal behavior He replied, “I’ my real name here Nice to meet you too”
“I’ll work hard to ht” Chi-Woo raised a hand “If you think about it, it’syou in advance” When he shtened
Noel replied, “Yeah, he was really too much My mind completely blanked out when I heard that yesterday…”
“Me too I thought he would keep it a secret until the very end I had no idea he'd suddenly reveal it like that”
“Oh my, really? Then am I the first person he revealed this to?” Noel’s expression instantly changed to delight and joy
“Yes, that’s how things turned out Anyway, you really don’t have to feel sorry It’s not your fault at all It’s all because ize for being downrightabout you, but ht ain and shook her head “Haha…! Mr Chi-Woo…no! Chi-Woo…uh…No, no! Young master… What a funny joke…!”
Chi-Woo was taken aback by Noel’s intense reaction to his light jibe at his brother It wasn’t the first time he felt this way; she really was the ‘real deal’ No wonder his brother would trust her with his real identity
Chi-Woo shook his head, and Noel ed to calm down and cleared her throat “Lord Chi-Hyun has entrusted you to my care” She put her hand on her chest and said, “Please tell me whatever you need I’ll doChi-Hyun’s brother soh to lead the central region, as one of his vassals Of course, he had no intention of abusing this privilege
Chi-Woo replied, “I’ll ask you for help in the future All you need to do is bringto stay here quietly and train like my brother told redients you would like, please feel free to let et them for you”
“Thank you”
“It’s no proble ” Noel bowed politely and even walked backward as she left Chi-Woo thought she would be gone for good for at least a good while, since it took about a month for the supplies to run out However, that was not the case
“Young master~” Noel came back at noon He didn’t knohy she did, so he talked to her a bit and sent her away
“Are you sleeping? Do you need anything?” Then she visited again at night
“M-Ms Noel? Why do you coain…”
“Ah, you can speak to me comfortably”
“No, please sit down Let’s talk”
They began an honest conversation The main subject was how there was no need for Noel to coh her, but he had underestimated her fiery devotion Certainly, the nu, afternoon, and night each toand afternoon In other words, from three to two visits per day
In the end, when Chi-Woo got close to getting angry, Noel spoke like a dog soaked by the rain, “If I don’t do a proper job, I’ll be rebuked by Lord Chi-Hyun…” Her devotion to following his brother’s order was far beyond his iination
At dahen everyone was deep asleep, a wo in her bed
—…
Was she drea? Her complexion didn’t look very well
—…
She let out a groan, and sweat formed on her forehead Sporadically, her head swiveled from side to side
—…
Soon, a black and cold current of air reached the woman’s ear
—Quickly…me
Eshnunna’s eyes burst open