The Rise of the Sword Expert
The Envoy Marquis Kingston

"Mr Akion, there's an envoy from Lord Marquis Kingston."

"All right."

I put down the spoon and fork. I was just about to eat my lunch. In noble etiquette, coming over for lunch is disrespectful, but it is not his fault, I have missed my lunch hour and can only eat now.

Even this was my first feed. But, I hurried to meet him instead of eating my food to the end.

"Greetings to Mr. Akion Naal Sanktessy." He immediately said his greetings when he saw me coming. I replied to that simple word.

We sat facing. He looked like an innocent person who was easy to fool. But if he was a confidant of Marquis Kingston, then that was not true.

Do not judge others from outside.

His name is Aries, his body is smaller than mine, and he seems to be older than me. The first time he gave me was four magic scrolls. Then important documents of our cooperation.

He was different when he was in business. Highlight his eyes were calm like a sea without waves, his mouth was light, and his posture was sturdy like jade. A good business person always hides something.

"Then where's the mana stone."

I took out which stone I had prepared for him. Even I gave more and dark blue Mana stones.

Aries. I know at the moment he's very fascinated by his quality. That was how the Marquis Kingston's face first saw him.

"Master Marquis only said red Mana stones. I didn't know that you also had this Mana Water Stone."

Yes, it is a stone where Water. The water witch will be greatly helped by that. After arriving at the mansion I directly gave the Mana stone water to Harzem, he absorbed it well. The magic circle rose by one level. That's just incredible

"so. Our treasure has many wonderful things," I said self-worth.

"This will I bring as well, Mr Akion?"

I'm nodding.

"I want this stone made 7 brooches, one necklace, one bracelet, and a small hair band." I give you a more concentrated red Mana stone.

"That's not hard, Mr. Akion."

I smiled in response. They have high capacity. Things that are always profitable can they quickly. Surely the Marquis has told him not to let go of me no matter what.

"Please, make it like this."

I gave him a book that contained the design I had made. I drew with fine details and the size I wanted to make. Aries did not ask, hearing my explanation he nodded and admired me from the look in his eyes.

"Alright, Mr. Akion. We'll make it according to the time you specify."

He put his hand out, and I regretted it. This is a business deal.

"Before I withdraw from here. Can I see Mr Verion?"

I'm nodding.

When we arrived at the training ground, he narrowed his eyes to look for Verion in the army.

Finding it is not too difficult.

A man with a cheerful face was showing off his lousy swordsmanship. The scenery was step, he did his sword movement under a shady tree, compared to all the knights in the middle of the field.

He put down the wooden sword and laughed at Levian who had been watching him. Levian dealt a small punch on his shoulder. A second later he looked at me and looked down. Verion was unaware of that.

"He did very well."

"Are you not going there?"

He looked at me with a grim face, "No, sir forbid me. Let him not know,"

The nature of Marquis Kingston's worry, he still wanted his son to be strong. If they met and saw Verion's shabby appearance, perhaps the Marquis would be sad.

"Say Verion did well. His physical strength increased. "

"Alright, Mr. Akion. Thank you for taking care of Mr. Verion. I'll pull myself out first."

I accompanied him walking away from the training ground, as we reached a place quite empty, he tore the magic scroll, and said Thank you once again.

The wind enveloped him, and he completely disappeared.

Not long after, a drizzle descended as if removing his tracks from Sanktessy.

I walked through the hallway wanting to return to my room. Then met Verion whose body was wet from the rain. The little towel that he used for his dreadful hair had also gotten wet. The wooden sword he still held in his left hand.

"Accion do you want to rest?"

He looked at me softly.

"lyas. I want to lay down my back" I complained.

"Didn't it rain better both."

Those are ambiguous words. He looked at me, I don't know what he meant.

"I'm both with my pillow."

"It's not. I mean with humans."

This kid is more mature than I thought. Behind his sun-bright smile, his mind was even as dirty as squid ink.

He was shocked to hear my words.

"Why am I being disrespectful?" He looked at me without feeling guilty for saying anything taboo.

"You can't say that. I'm not married yet" I replied embarrassedly.

"What's the relationship, I'm taking you out for coffee together and getting married?"

The deg!

Well, so he invited me to have coffee together. In the rain, it is better to drink a warm drink. I'm the one who thinks dirty here.

"alright. After you took a shower come to my room for coffee." I left him smiling. My face is flushed. It's mortifying. Tarnishing my innocence.

I sit on the terrace. This is a pretty big terrace. A table and two chairs still left room around him. The rain that fell did not enter at all in the terrace. The sky is dark in the Sanktessy area. The residents must be very happy with this rain.

It wasn't very heavy, but it lasted quite a long time. As I passed the outer side of the mansion earlier, I saw all the busy ministries filling the empty vessels. In their busy lives, their faces were very happy.

Like a child taking a rain shower, that innocence and happy face appeased me. Then I left them to do their job.

After that, I ordered Bastian to prepare my coffee dinner with Verion.

When I came out of the bathroom, I had seen the tables and chairs arranged so that we could both be comfortable.

I sat on the porch, breathing the distinctive smell of rain. The fragrance was created from the geosim released into the air, my tense nerves relaxed hearing the sound of rain falling and its characteristic fragrance regulating.

"Come in."

I knew he had just arrived, with his straightforward movements he entered and looked at me who had been sitting on the porch.

"Did I keep you waiting?"

"No. I'm practicing the rain."

It looks very fancy. Did you know that in a dry place water is more valuable than gold. I smiled softly.

Just as Verion was sitting in front of me, Bastian came to serve coffee for both of us.

"Thank you, Bastian." Verion smiled sincerely.

"What do you really want to talk about, Verion?"

"You're too frank." Verion laughed with narrowed eyes.

"I just want to talk to you. Don't you see me as a friend too?" His eyes were clear like a puppy, facing that I just nodded small.

Think of him like that, the rest of me is still full of vigilance.

Suddenly the wind blew, making our hair both move, just then I vaguely saw Verion as smiling as he lowered his head.

I don't envy her friendly face, Verion has many friends. They must have felt calm seeing Verion's smile. Although it was a strange feeling to me, I felt that it might be fun.

"What's your favorite, Akion?" He sipped a relaxing coffee.

I never thought about this before. What do I really like? What does Akion like?

I'm shaking.

"You don't know?" He put his glass down like the next chat will be very important. She looked at me deeply, her eyes talking to me.

"The man lives always with work, expertise, and hobbies to please himself."

"If so, then my hobby is to sleep in my break."

"Accion, it's not a hobby. That's a necessity." Express worried.

"So, what's your hobby, Verion?"

"Reading novels. That was pretty fun. Do you want me to lend you a novel?" I'm shaking. My life here is like a novel itself.

"I thought, maybe later I could find my own hobby." I asked him not to discuss this matter anymore.

My coffee has run out, the rain is still going on, now all that's left is a bright light.

"Verion, are you afraid of life?"

I didn't realize before, that she was astonished by my question.

"Are you scared, Verion?"

He filled my question with more questions. I confronted him without any response, he leaned his back against the chair and relaxed.

"As a nobleman, who should have lived a quiet life brought the protection of possessions, thrones, names, but it brought misery in life."

"Isn't everything in our world always elbowed? Rather than being afraid, I felt displeased, and wanted to change it. Lately, I have come to realize that even the emperor is not calm in his life." He laughed, the laughter mocking the Empire.

The truth is said Verion. Even the emperor was not calm, so he did rotten things to get rid of him.

The rain stopped, the sound of insects ringing well, our coffee was both gone. Without even wanting a snack, we both ended this little chat. He came out of my room, a moment later I laid myself in my bed.

I wanted to close my eyes and fall asleep as soon as possible, but my mind kept working. Very busy.