From No Body To Hero
Episode 20's

A few weeks passed. Anton's parents always come to visit Bern which makes Anton feel Bern is their son from him.

Even so, Bern still continued his learning by reading many books in the library.

"Are you diligent or too diligent?"

Kleio asked as he walked in with the cake in his hand. Many books were piled up beside Bern's bed.

"I'm just carrying out the responsibilities of a student."

Kleio placed the cake plate next to Bern because his table was filled with books.

"Who is your self-serving student?"

Bern just kept quiet not caring about Kleio.

"Help.... When are you going to eat? I heard you refused to eat these few days. Is it because all foods are too rich in garlic?"

Bern shook his head gently at the statement.

"So why!? It looks like I locked you up and you're angry and don't want to eat!"

Kleio was getting upset. Bern had already refused his food for a week.

'How do I want to say eating only aggravates my condition? My stomach acid must have been badly damaged and if I had eaten, it would have gotten worse. How can I say that?'

Bern thought of a way to avenge Kleio. But he doesn't know how.

He went to the next page and got an idea.

"I'm just too focused on this."

Bern showed me a map of the treasure. Well, there may be a relic or a tomb that is left behind from the so-called treasure.

Kleio looked at it and his eyes widened and took it.

"Not to this white knight tomb map! Listen, there is a healing spirit! We have to go there! You will probably make a full recovery!"

Bern was silent for a moment.

"We have to find the rest of the debris!"

Kleio looked pleased. Bern just stiffly went silent. He's found all those fragments. Only he doesn't know what it is for.

'Well, it's not wrong to give it to him.'

Bern took another fragment of the map and gave it to Kleio.

"Leo, here's the rest. Are you going to go look for him?"

Kleio's eyes sparkled at the flakes that no one had ever found. It seems, Bern really read all the boring books in the library to find all those maps.

"Of course!"

Tib arrived Kleio was silent.

"You don't intend to follow the expedition, do you?"

Bern thought about it for a moment. He was focused on that, so he should have wanted to leave.

"Well, I want to go. But my condition is not possible."

Kleio also nodded as if understanding what Bern was thinking.

"I'll get you a wheelchair and a horse-drawn carriage."

'What?'

Kleio came out with a bright expression. Bern didn't know what to be happy about seeing that.

A week passed and they would leave with 20 men. Anton, Steven and Ailen followed the expedition as well.

Zion and Lewis want to follow them. But they have other tasks to do. Uen of course just followed Zion.

"Let's find that healing spirit!"

"Yes!"

Ailen ignored Steven and Anton. They were good friends after getting to know each other.

"Is everyone here?"

Tanya Kleio who led the expedition this time.

"No. Bern hasn't arrived yet."

Ailen. A few small nobles who were only Viscount-levels started to sneer and looked dislikeful.

"Well, he's hurt. So he's gonna take his time."

Kleio scratched the back of his head. He's the reason Bern is on that list.

"Leo, it's not good to say behind."

Kleio flinched and twisted his body. Bern is on horseback and well controlled.

"You.......!"

Kleio wanted to shout furiously.

'Why did you come with a horse instead of a carriage!? You are still injured!'

Bern was calmly controlling the horse. Fortunately he had already learned to ride horses for 3 weeks of learning.

"Why don't you get on the train I've prepared?"

Kleio asked in annoyance.

"Leo, do you want me to be a hindrance in this expedition? Riding a train is tantamount to hindering the development of travel."

Kleio held his head and ignored him. If he was too serious, he would go crazy when dealing with Bern.

"Breed the witch, why didn't she ride the flying sweeper?"

"Shhhhhh... It was fortunate that he was riding a horse. You don't know who he's hurting?"

Many whispers denigrated Bern. Bern wasn't someone who thought so much about it when they were just little kids who didn't know the world. In the end, they would regret it themselves in the future.

How the bully regrets. How a leg hit regret. Everything has its own way. He didn't have to bother to handle it.

Karma has to happen. No matter how long it takes, karma always happens. Just like his hunch.

"Leo, do you want to go today? My hunch has not been good since this morning."

Kleio thought about it. Bern's premonition if bad can't be ignored.

"Heh, you just don't want the treasure taken, do you? So you say such a thing."

The eyes of Anton, Steven and Ailen turned cold.

The one who spoke was the son of Count Damian, Excardo Damian. A proud child who only knows how to demean people below him. Bern must have been a good target considering he was a Kleio dog and a commoner.

"Excardo, do you want me to report to your parents? Don't bother my people!"

Kleio spoke in a cold and stern tone. Although he was a prince who had no power, he was still a prince who was crowned.

But because of it, Kleio had no other choice but to move. Everything moves with the horse following the directions that are on the map.

They are now traveling outside the kingdom. Of the 3 kingdoms and 1 empire, there was an empty area spread wide for hunting events and perhaps a place like an ancient tomb was located.

But some people are still upset.

"I marked him."

"I am too."

Ailen nodded in agreement this time. Bern saw them confused.

"What are you marking?"

Simultaneously, they shook their heads.

"Bern, my father said he wanted to see you. But because your condition is not good, so now I'm telling you."

Ailen said that. The father he was talking about must be Duke Theor, Lan Theor.

"Why does he want to meet me? Not the reason for the wedding, is it?"

Bern received many wedding invitation letters to draw Bern to their side. And of course, Bern didn't even glance at it. Bern never had a romantic relationship and never intended to make one.

"Of course not. Why would the powerful Theor family take you inside? He just wanted to thank me for taking care of me in Black's village."

Bern heard it shake lightly.

"You are the one who takes care of yourself. I didn't do anything. You should be a little proud of yourself."

Click, click.

His sword came out of the scabbard a little and went back in. Anton and Steven knew it was a move out of annoyance.

'You should be a little proud of yourself, right.'

Because they are upset too.

But Bern did not notice that and continued to follow the others.

"Uhuk."

Bern bathed slowly and wiped his blood with a handkerchief. He's got one more time to batak blood. He'll bathe blood 3 times a day.

'My gut feeling is bad.'

Bern was never able to sleep when his premonition worsened. That's because his hunch might happen in a week. Never when he felt his premonition was bad did anything happen in that week.

The more they moved, the worse the hunch Bern felt. That was also the reason for riding a horse instead of a flying sweeper. He had to keep his mana if something bad happened.

"Wake guard. Something bad is going to happen. And the worst of it is that maybe someone could lose their life."

Ailen and Anton flinched and tightened their hands to their weapons as if they understood. Steven just relax.

"What could be bad? Maybe we will only meet a low level 3 demon. Or maybe Satan's organization."

Bern sighed. Although Steven was relaxed, his eyes were watching like Bern's. Bern must be because he already has a lot of experience.

"Also we have 5 knights from the palace. What's gonna happen? Haha."

Steven just laughed to ease the tension. He knew Bern couldn't possibly say someone might die for no reason.

Bern must know the source. He also knows how strong his enemies are. But for sure, Bern's words are not something to be ignored like Anton or Ailen's inexperienced.

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The night is coming and nothing is happening. They camped and some talked about Bern's premonition. The day ended well.

Steven suddenly stood up feeling a strong killing intent. Yet it was only a moment before fading away as if it was hiding its existence.

'Bern is really great! How could I not even feel this incredible killing intent following us!?'

Steven jumped in search. And he remembers he didn't see Bern at all that night.

He finally saw Bern with blood flowing from his mouth.

"Boss!"

Bern rounded his eyes as if he didn't expect Steven to be there.

"What happened!?"

Bern shook his head and simply spat blood out and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

"What do you mean nothing when I feel an extremely strong killing intent!?"

Bern jerked again.

"Sorry, I'm overreacting."

Steven's confused. Why did Bern apologize?

Because it's dark, Steven doesn't see very well. But after the moon resurfaced itself, Steven could see 5 low level 9 demons.

"What killing intent is that, coming from you."

Bern simply turned his face away as if he had not heard.

'His killing intent was very strong. Even stronger than mine!'

Steven couldn't believe it.

"You didn't even let go of the killing intent last time. Why are you releasing killing intent this time?"

Steven asked and examined the demon corpse.

"At the end of the day, one's mental state is something weak."

Steven was confused again. However he could not ask any more when Kleio and the knight who was sensitive to killing intent arrived.

Bern slightly gritted his teeth.

'I should have burned it to dust.'

In the end, anger will not fade even when it is long gone.

That tier 9 demon was very similar, a shadow monster from his former world. Bern's eyes were slightly red with a feeling of anger and sadness.

'Wacth, thank you.'

Bern shook his head. There is nothing good about remembering bad things.

'I have to calm down.'

Bern quickly walked into the crowd. In the place of many people, he could calm himself down. The quiet place was very frightening to him when his mental state was somewhat unstable as it was now.

While enjoying the night sky, he calmed his mind.

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...**Connected**...