The Rise of the Sword Expert
The Master's Apology

Although I blamed myself for evoking Eli's bad memories, I tried to be comfortable when I met him.

Until then, she used the bracelet I gave her, her face still looking as bright as ever.

Wearing the bracelet and smiling to cover his mood, wasn't that stupid? I was sure that the bracelet was as if embers of fire were coiling on his arm.

"You don't have to wear it."

I speak with all my heart. The low voice I used intentionally to make her comfortable. Anyway right now, I'm touching the sensitive spot he's trying to bury in.

"Is there a problem if I use your gift, Akion?"

His eyes were as bright as Peridot, far from being rude to my insolent reply.

"I'm sorry."

He sat in his chair, the quiet state of the laboratory made me grateful. Coming to me and saying softly to her at this moment made us like a couple of quarreling lovers.

He tilted his head.

He doesn't know yet that I know the story behind his attitude.

"If the gift I give you is too heavy. You don't have to wear it, force yourself just because you want me not to get hurt."

His eyes were slightly glazed, the hangers were slightly unstable, his long fingers that I saw, slightly squeezing behind the table he had purposely hidden.

He pursed his lips slowly. A hum of voice from him sounded.

"You've heard my story from Tanka, haven't you?" His eyes looked at me boldly, but not arrogantly. The eyeballs shimmered as if his sadness appeared.

I nodded because I couldn't answer.

"Yeah...."

His hand held his forehead and and his head lowered, making his long hair cover his face.

"It's not your fault."

****

"I'm honestly a little relieved that Tanka told me about me."

I can't find the true meaning of a smile. Either it was a relieved smile, or it was self-pitying.

"And honestly I'm happy to receive a gift from you, Akion."

"I know that you give a gift like this to someone who makes you believe. It means you trust me."

He threw away his face shyly.

"I'm the brash one here. The fact that I hate them has nothing to do with you. That's why I used your bracelet."

"Do you know that I think you just want to use me?"

Honestly, it's not wrong.

"It turns out that Caesar's descendants were all pure-hearted." She laughed, not sure what she thought, but a feeling of relief arose in my heart. The heavy atmosphere turned lighter and alive.

"He likes Caesar."

Tanka didn't see me when she said that. She was busy wiping my mystic egg gently and high maternal soul.

"Aren't you too?"

Her face flushed. Caesar must be very handsome.

"No, I just admire him."

Her shyness made me want to tease her more.

"That must be the reason you two didn't get along."

"N-no, I just admire him!"

Face like tomato. His cheeks were rounded, swaying comically.

"Well, I don't think Caesar likes Eli."

"He's just insensitive. Even married because they were arranged." His voice mocked.

"Haa, I'm grateful for that."

"You are grateful that Caesar became insensitive and like a stiff tree?"

What I am grateful for here is that since she married a betrothed girl, then Akion is also in this world. Otherwise, Aksion would obviously not exist.

"That could be said," I replied casually even as she nagged non-stop about the insensitive attitude of the two of us.

Tanka spent a little time each day coming to my room just to decorate my my mystical egg.

Tanka's wish was there when the egg first broke, and the animals in it appeared.

"The eggs didn't hatch either."

"This mystic egg is an ancient egg, legend, do you think incubating it in just a few days can make this hatch? Even hundreds of years if it unlocks its fate, it won't hatch."

This is outrageous, I don't want to incubate a mystical egg with my aura for several years.

Is not this the same as the mystery box, we do not know the contents of it, zonk or very valuable.

When I incubated it for a few years, it could have been that this egg didn't hatch either, right?

"Do you want to stop feeding him?"

"No. Can you get out of my egg?"

He tilted his head.

"Maybe it's because of you that eggs are a little hard to hatch." I laughed a little mockingly. She puffed both of her cheeks, looking at me sharply.

"I believe this egg is my destiny. I can smell Unicron from him."

"Your nose is troubled. The contents of this egg must be Phoenix." He raised his nose arrogantly, very sure what he was thinking was right.

**

My father took Renia by the hand, once in a while their hands swayed intentionally, then a small laugh appeared on their faces. A mild joke seemed to occur during the trip.

His small footsteps made father slow down his path. She gave the sweetest smile to Renia - a beloved princess.

"Sister, what are you doing there?"

I smiled mischievously at him who looked worriedly as if I was hurt.

"I'm looking at nature. Isn't it very beautiful, Renia?"

"Yes, I know that, brother. But why is Akion's brother sitting there? That's dangerous."

I stared at his face for a few seconds, his face that looked up for too long would make his neck hurt. It's not good for his development.

"Are you looking for something, Akion?"

My father wouldn't be as scared as Renia. He knows how great this body is.

"No, Dad. I really admire the view."

"Sister...." It was a worried whine from Renia.

Sitting on a 12-meter-high second-floor guardrail is not scary. But in Renia's eyes it was so horrible, what if I slipped, fell, and got hurt.

He just doesn't want it.

Bugh!

I plopped down in front of them, landing softly with both feet comfortable.

Renia looked at me in shock.

"You used the necklace."

I smile. Before she protested me, I had chosen a topic for her. The necklace fits his body.

He touched the red rocky pendant, with a beautiful creeping tree decoration.

"Hmm, I really like it, brother. This is our family symbol."

"The canyon has only one. Especially for you."

"If so, Renia will guard it with life."

He's acting so sweet. He clutched the locket to keep it safe.

"certainly should. I just got the same thing. And it's not one, you know how many there are?" When I asked Renia, my father put on a disappointed face. "There's seven. So the brooch that dad wore these seven twins. Renia's getting the only thing that's not the same."

Renia's eyes flashed, her mouth opened in admiration, her sense of happiness peaking. He feels very special.

"Is that so, brother?"

Ak nodded. "For the Princess, it's a special one."

I blinked my eyes in flirtatiousness. He blinked his eyes quickly and was embarrassed.

"Thank you, Brother Akion."

I rubbed her neatly pigtailed hair.

"Did you want anything else? Even if you want a bathtub full of decorations and stones where I can make it happen."

He scratched a glance under his eyes. "That's too much, Akion."

"So, you want a new cufflink, and a watch to be different from the rest?"

"Akion, honestly you've never been disappointed by this,"

"really? I know I made the same for you Baron Sanktessy whom I respect."

I put my hands on my chest, and looked down, making my father's status look higher than mine.

"Now you're joking with your father."

I laughed with my mouth closed.

"I got caught."

"But if Daddy ma-"

"This year has been an amazing surprise that dad got, Akion. If you make Dad too happy with your surprise, I could have a heart attack and died."

He said it with a smile. But to say such a thing as a simple and ordinary thing, it was not pleasant.

I followed his footsteps. His back seemed to sway as he walked.

I will not make my family die.

No more.