Sword Anthem's
Chapter 37 - New Directions

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“Are you sure you're doing this, Kuro?" ask Hilda.

"Hmm. of course, I'm sure about this, Hilda. After all, the whistling of leaves that I blew was a secret message even though only a few people knew," I replied. "Hilda?"

"Hmm?"

"Can you let go of your embrace of my right hand?" my door.

Slowly and gradually Hilda's face reddened from the bottom of her face until it was finally over her. And he immediately let go of his embrace and bowed apologetically.

"Here you go, it's okay, you haven't done this, have you?" I said with a small smile and looked at the sky.

"It looks like you're happy, Kuro" he said.

Now he walks beside my left, holding both hands down.

"Like that"

"Now?" tanyanya confusion.

"We're going to my foster parents' house."

After that, we walked down the slope of the cliff using wind magic. In order to make it easier for us to quickly arrive at my foster father's residence, I had to use a shortcut.

As usual with shady trees that rise to the top. Its dense foliage is so lively when hit by the wind. Its brown trunk indicates that some trees are decades old.

Because we are now on the slopes, the wind is quite strong sometimes blowing towards us. But because you use the wind magic itself, so the effect caused is not too influential.

We finally reached the main road to my old house. A large residence with a fairly spacious training ground, that was my old home. Consists of several rooms with facilities that are almost said to be complete.

A few more climbs and finally I could see the roof clearly, the more I stepped forward the more visible the building became. I also told Hilda my story how I lived here for the past four years.

However the rest when he asked about earlier, I only replied 'in an orphanage, a village outside the Astarte Kingdom'. Hilda seemed to apologize to me again, but I ignored her because she actually did not need to apologize.

"And this is my old home."

After arriving right in front of my old house, Hilda watched the house closely.

But he also slowly put up horses like he wanted to fight. A slightly noisy and shrill voice sounded from the front door. The door opened and showed a woman dressed in waitresses with a dazzling face.

"Claudy?!" I was spontaneous because of the shock.

"Claudyah? Who?" While Hilda was confused, Claudya came to me in a hurry.

I could see her face covered with both palms. Either it was due to the effects of dust or his eyes were in pain.

Her appearance was not much different, only that she now looked more mature. A beautiful body, pink-eyed and tanned-white. The top of his chest poked out and was visible to me. He was also carrying a shabby-looking duster.

"Hmm .. Do you know me? Why don't I know you?" Claudya has a motherly-like nature though sometimes careless and childish.

Di was the waiter who used to take care of me, but I don't know if he also found out about the incident.

It seemed that she was watching me closely, while my Hilda ordered to remain calm because this woman in front of me was not an enemy. But a relative.

It seems like he is starting to know me because the gaze has already started to brighten.

"Ahhhh .. Who is it?"

Ughh .. Your disease has not healed well, Claudya.

"Claudya, it's me Reiss—ehmm.

"Ahh, Young Master." She hugged me with love, like a mother.

"Ughhh ... release me— ... I cannot breathe—“

He hugged me tightly, grabbed my head and buried it between his huge chest. Suddenly I struggled and did not realize that I was squeezing the right part.

"Hnghhh ..., Young Master you've grown up but you still want to drink milk?" ask Claudya

"Stop that."

Suddenly, Hilda hit Claudya on the head with the cheek part of her palm.

I got out of that death trap, and Claudya held both of her heads. Now he's not expressing.my gut feeling is that something bad is coming.

"Ahhh. it seems bad."

Now Claudya was like a fiery red-eyed monster and she took out a huge sword from her magic circle.

"Who are you A WOMAN ******! Don't ever interfere in our love, both of us" he said loudly.

LOVEA?!

On the other side Hilda was preparing with fighting horses, her right leg was raised and there was a terrifying aura coming out behind her back.

"Heehh, love apparently. YOU UNGRADE FAT! don't touch my master!"

It seems like this will never be finished—without a second thought, I also pinned the heads of the two of them simultaneously.

"You two stop that and Claudy ... since when do we have love, HUH?!" angry annoyed.

Right now I'm just looking at them with cold eyes. The two of them immediately bowed while holding their heads. Claudya seemed to have calmed down despite still groaning in pain.

And to Hilda he was also the same downcast while groaning in pain because my head was hit.

"Nohh ... Claudya, now I want to go to Dad's room. For that, can I meet with Dad?" my many.

Although it seems selfish because it suddenly comes after disappearing for years. But my question is usually never ignored, but Claudya's expression was unconvincing.

"Master Raphael died four years ago" he said slowly.

Ughhh .. This tightness in my heart comes back hard. Like a little knife so sharp. I didn't think my foster father was dead.

"I'm sorry about that, I don't know at all" I said, stroking my back.

"It's okay, after all Young Master is back. So Claudya won't be lonely anymore" he said lightly with a glowing face.

"I'm sorry? Where's the other waiter?" It seems impossible for the other servants to escape just like me.

They were treated well, without violence, discrimination or harassment. Why does it feel like something is strange.

"After the Young Tuam left this house, Master Raphael kicked them out because Master knew why the Young Master ran away from the house," he explained with a small smile.

"Fuhhhh .. as expected of my foster father. If you're here then you're not in their conversation, are you?"

"Of course I was there too" he said lightly.

"Eh ... "

"Young Master must have remembered about this sentence ' Hey why are you laughing it's disrespectful, cruel, you're really mean' that's what I said, hehehe," he said with a cheerful face.

"It's just fine that I seem to recognize that voice, so it's you Claudya."

Hilda was again confused by the discussion that we, me and Claudya did.

So I decided to get straight to the point, "So can I go in, I want to make sure of something first."

I arrived at my house, not changing at all. The paintings, the jars, the flowers and some artistic pots belonged to my adoptive father.

Now we walk in the hallway that connects the training ground with the open garden next to the house. Between those rooms my foster father was in. I see all the stuff here is well preserved.

It means that Claudya even though he does not have a master anymore but he still takes good care of this house. Even if I come back to this house, it doesn't mean that I'm going to stay here again. It's just that I'm here to find a clue.

Yeah, a clue to why my foster father Raphael adopted me. Among other children, it could be. So why should I?

Does he have something in him that I adopt?

It'll all be revealed if I find anything in my late father's room.

"Young Master?"

"Ah ... about that, just call me Kuro. The Young Master's call was a little excessive, after all I was no longer the Master of this house, Claudya," I said lightly.

"Alright then" he said understand. "Then for what, Mr. Kuro wants to enter the room of the late Master Raphael?" he continued to lead the way ahead.

Again ... Mister? Just like Hilda.

"About that I'm afraid that my late adoptive father made a letter or so when I left this house" I replied spontaneously.

"So you won't stay here?"

There seems to be something strange about the question this time. Although faint there was a hostile aura from Claudya that seemed to be so dislikeful of my presence here.

"I'll say yes, you want to do it like you used to, Claudya?" my many. "Then I accept your challenge" I continued firmly

"K-Kuro, what kind of challenge do you mean?" ask Hilda who is now on my left side.

"It used to be that Claudya was my personal servant rather than my foster father because of something" I said lightly.

"Something?"

"Yes, it's because I managed to beat him in a competition even though I can say it's a stroke of luck" I explained.

Hilda understood and she immediately turned back. Meanwhile Claudya turned back, now she was facing me. His face flushed red and it appeared in his eyes that a flickering light would command.

"Alright then Mr. Kuro, whoever wins this time will obey his orders. Is that fair enough?" claudya advises by putting on an enigmatic face.

"No problem, so what's your bet?"

"If it wins, I want Mr. Kuro to stay here forever and be my master back," he said with a small smile.

"Alright then, I accept your challenge" I said.

"K-Kuro, are you sure you're going against your former personal servant?" ask Hilda to make sure.

"Although like that, he is a former holy knight, and his age is not much different from me," I said and immediately went down the hall and went straight to the training ground.

"Hm... Mr. Kuro, tell me a woman's age is not good."

After that Claudya followed me to the training ground. Hilda stood near a roof support pole near a small fish pond. He will be like our supervisor. Both me and Claudya are ready in position

respectively.

"It is forbidden to use weapons only to use magic on a small scale and no more."

Hilda immediately raised her right hand and that meant the match started.

Claudya was quickly on my right side and he launched a quick diagonal kick. I turned around to avoid it, but it dropped down using both of its hands as a foot replacement pedestal and both of its legs spun like a propeller.

Damn I can't escape.

As a result, his attack managed to blow my body far enough. It seems like he is really serious about this.

A drop of blood came out of my mouth, "Woi woi ... Claudya, you seem to be serious about this. It seems like I will also bring out my power," I said as I rubbed the blood.

"Of course I'm serious. This is the form of affection from a servant to his Master" he said, winking his right eye.

Back with coordinated quick attacks, Claudya slid some random jabs towards my stomach. I held him back repeatedly by using the palm of the hand, after which he returned with a quick kick.

I jumped back to avoid it. Although I was able to avoid it, but the left side of my cheek has now been scratched and bleed. What a formidable opponent, if he used his sword.

Maybe this house will be destroyed. This time it was my turn to launch an attack on him, with the prefix of a quick uppercut, luring himself to step back. Right according to my prediction he stepped back when I launched my punch.

By adding an acceleration to both of my legs, my left foot slid like a roller skate, and I was quickly in front of him.

Both of his eyes were rapidly widening. However, I did not wait for him, and immediately launched a quick and precise side kick towards his head. He nodded but I knew it.

I did the same as it.. Dropped down, standing with both hands. I lifted up my body and an overpass landed right on his chin violently.

Unlike me he can hold it with both palms. But, as he floated upwards, I jumped up and launched a salto kick. Since he could not move in the sky finally my kick managed to land on his back.

With a very fast speed now his body was sliding like a hurler. Darted quickly until finally landed right on the ground with a back that hit the ground.

Really tough woman. But because my body was the same as her, so I slid to the ground with both of my legs saved. From the opaque puff of smoke that was around Claudya, I couldn't see her whereabouts.

"You'd better give up, Mr. Kuro. This is my victory."

Somehow he was behind me quickly, especially when he pressed the nape of my neck hard enough.

"Looks like you can't see me, Claudya"

"Huhh .. but how?"

Actually the figure he is now pressing is just a shadow of the wind that moves fast or commonly called afta dimnyr.

"That's easy, eshtora. I'm just using your awareness and your blind spot to be able to perform this technique" I said lightly.

Now that my hand was right in her throat, Claudya's hands were raised and the match was over. After that Claudya turned around and immediately hugged me tightly again, I complained about her habit.

Hilda came straight to me, she pulled my arm when she got near me. But his efforts were in vain, because Claudya's embrace was very strong even though it could not break my bones.

I asked him to let me go, but all I got was a kiss that landed on my right cheek with a statement that puzzled me.

' Let me stay with you' that's what he mentioned when he hugged me. Now we've been in the room or rather my foster father's room. After I searched around the room, I found a letter addressed to me.

The letter was under the drawer of my late father's desk. I took it and read it carefully. It was truly a surprise, knowing that my foster father was a war general in the sky kingdom

where I live.

He adopted me because of a task, even though he was carrying out a mission. He was also the only witness who knew that I was innocent of the incident that night.

The incident of killing all members of the royal family and even more surprising than me killing my family, it turns out that I have also killed him.

Even in the letter was written about the history of the original Sword Regalia created. I didn't expect it that the sword was truly terrifying. It says that this sword will turn his master into a monster.

But monsters? Is that possible. Even the one who first discovered the concept of forming it was my Big Brother. Ray Veil Drag Reizhart's. Brother what exactly did you see when you managed to hold the original form of this Regalia Sword?

After that I left the house and immediately returned to Astarte Festa. I asked Claudya to look after the house because it was the legacy of my late adoptive father.

At first he was quite troublesome because he rejected it rawly. But I explained my condition at that time that I could no longer—

"Kuro, why are you daydreaming?" ask Hilda suddenly.

"No, actually I was just thinking about what I should buy again while there. Yes, like that .. hmmm," I said while fighting a serious snob.

Hilda chuckled and occasionally cleared her throat even though both her cheeks were red. While it was right in my late father's room, I must have known it. I was afraid to explain the truth to Claudya, because my time was not much anymore.

It was obvious because of Claudya, even though she was a servant. When I was living in that house, we both promised not to leave each other. But I've broken it once and it looks like it might be twice.

I remember how she looked at her face at the time....

"T-Master K-Kuro.. will die?... Please j-j-don't leave me alone again."

And a drop of tears fell from her teary eyes.