Namgung Se-ga, the warrior, was reincarnated in Romance

thursday.

As we had arranged, I went to Professor Douglas’s office.

I was startled to see Maisie Bolder sitting on the familiar sofa with a sullen face. She was already thin, but her cheeks were hollow.

As I stared blankly without saying anything, Boulder hurriedly made an excuse before I could even say a proper greeting.

“As you can see from Erhard Youngshik, Golem No. 4 has started to generate proper Danjeon, right? The reason for the flow along the spine from the shoulder blade to the tailbone is unclear, but it is working properly, so I really had to find out how this would be applied and work on an actual person.”

“⋯Oh, yes.”

“There are moments that are worth risking one’s life for, right? For me, this is one of those moments. So I was inevitably, inevitably, drawn to the truth.”

“Are you going to do that again?”

“It was truly irresistible.”

“I asked if you would do it again.”

“⋯No⋯.”

“⋯Then it’s fine.”

I didn’t want anyone to die for me, even if Maggie Boulder’s intentions were not for me but for her own research.

I was sensitive to the death of someone close to me. I absolutely did not want anyone to die while interpreting and using Namgung’s martial arts, of all things.

Douglas, who had been watching me scold Boulder, handed me a few papers with a smiling face.

“Still, thanks to that, I learned something.”

“⋯.”

“That part that Erhard Young-shik refers to as will or intention. I think it probably has to do with the purity of mana.”

“Pure enough?”

“Yes. The knight of the Cerberus transforms the mana in the air outside his body and uses it right away, and the magician of the Cerberus uses the mana in the air by wrapping it in a circle, so it is not greatly affected by the purity of the mana he handles. However, the Ernhard Young-shik accepts the mana into his body, purifies it once, and stores it inside his body, and uses it immediately whenever necessary without going through the transformation stage.”

“⋯Yes.”

“The purer and more refined mana tends to push away and reject the unrefined, ordinary mana. This is also why Mage Boulder’s energy was distorted this time.”

I closed my mouth. It was because I remembered that my body’s internal energy had pushed away the aura. However.

“⋯But I have tried unfolding a circle.”

“Yes, we developed a circle that only stayed in the ‘interruption period’.”

“⋯.”

“That’s why the mana started to appear strangely distorted as it went down below the shoulder blades and around the tailbone. This is the extent of the influence of the pure ‘Dantian’.”

“Ah⋯.”

I understood completely, and Douglas went over the diagram of the human body again in a friendly voice, telling me about the blood vessels I knew and the conceptual diagram he had in mind. I listened intently.

“So, I think we need to go through a process of neutralization from here… After all, I think the most pure energy that doesn’t reject Aura is….”

“⋯Is it divine power?”

“Yes, that’s right. You knew that?”

“I was lucky this semester… I had the chance to come across something.”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m also thinking about divine power. But there’s a problem.”

“⋯What is the problem?”

Douglas Mustang smiled bitterly and looked at Maisie Boulder. Boulder lowered her head. It would be a mistake to think that at her age, hunching her shoulders would make her look pitiful and pitiful. She tried hard to suppress the urge to click her tongue.

“The professors within the academy who can use divine powers… they all don’t get along well with magicians. After all, magicians are people who are obsessed with physically interpreting gods….”

“⋯Ah.”

“So, I’ll think about how to do it during this vacation. Next semester, I’ll be able to learn more about Ernhard Young-sik.”

“Please.”

I greeted him politely. There was no professor more trustworthy than Douglas Mustang. Douglas continued speaking affectionately.

“And, Professor Sanson said he would tell me in advance, but… Could you spare me some time next semester? If possible, I would like to aim to upgrade my internal energy method before Ernhard Youngshik graduates.”

“Yes, of course. Thank you.”

“I am honored to be a part of such a great discovery. Thank you always, Erhard Youngsik.”

Boulder, who had been observing the situation, quickly added his words.

“Let’s all try our best together.”

“⋯Don’t do anything stupid.”

A snicker escaped my lips.

I also fell in love with this strange wizard, and I felt bad seeing him groaning in pain. Boulder boasted that he was fine, but he couldn’t be. From the sound of his breathing, I could tell that he was a man who had barely survived a magic spell.

After saying that he had finished talking and wishing the two a good vacation, he bowed politely and left the professor’s office. With this, he had finished all his work at the academy for this year.

I felt more excited than usual.

* * *

It was the last Friday in November.

Valentia arrived at the townhouse three days before the other families. There was no awkwardness as the butler, who had a familiar face, welcomed me. I was shown to the same room I had used before.

Before his family came up to the capital, he tried to relieve his worries by practicing swordsmanship.

Thanks to practicing the Siren Sword Form throughout this semester, I have become more familiar with the secrets of the flowing sword and flowing sword, but this too is someone else’s. I have not been able to fully absorb it into creating my own sword.

Occasionally, I would look at the invitation pressed against the desk in the study.

When would be a good time to contact him? Every time I thought of that white face of Louver, I remembered the feeling of his trembling hand, and for some reason my palm started to tingle.

Marianne’s cheeky voice kept lingering in my ears. The bright voice that said, “That senior likes Michael.”

But Louver never once said he liked me or anything like that. He just said he was going to stop… That was last semester.

But then, before graduation, didn’t he say that he would just continue to do well like he is now? Like he is now…. Let’s continue to do well. I wondered what he was thinking about now.

My thoughts were going nowhere. I had no idea what I wanted. I pressed the invitation back against the door.

Since my mother was a high-ranking noblewoman who swept through high society, I thought it would be right to ask her for answers.

It was the first time I waited for my family during the vacation.

On the appointed day, the sound of a servant running down the hallway was clear. But beyond the open window, I saw the large front door of Valentia’s townhouse open.

As I was leaving, I ran into the servant and smiled.

The family that got off the familiar carriage was all dressed in ornate and elaborate attire.

“Mika!”

“Hyung!”

It was a pleasant call. I opened my arms familiarly and quickly hugged Michael who was running towards me.

Asdel, who had just gotten out of the carriage while holding her father’s hand, hugged her with her other arm and greeted her mother by bumping cheeks.

The servants who came out to greet the friendly family smiled happily.

“I tried to come as soon as possible, but it’s already December. Did you wait long?”

“No, Father. I know it’s a long way.”

“They all dressed up nicely to come see you.”

As I put down the children who were writhing in my arms and greeted my father, my mother quickly picked up my skirt with both fingertips and showed off my dress. Even I could see that the skirt was puffy and the gorgeous decorations were shining and amazing, so I immediately praised it.

“This is the first time I’ve seen you dressed up like this. It suits you very well.”

“I gave myself a little boost because it’s been a while since I’ve been to the capital. It’s a bit out of style, but I like bustle dresses.”

As her mother showed off by spinning around in place, Asdel’s eyes lit up at the sight and she also spun around in place.

Michael caught my eye, stretching out his arms in advance to protect his child from falling. I, too, was so proud and proud of the way he took care of his younger brother, even though he was a man, that I couldn’t help but smile.

I entered the townhouse with my family.

A while ago, my cousin, Aizen Valentia, brought me some jewels that he had left for me to use in my debutante. I nodded willingly when he said that we should look at them together.

As the family arrived around dinnertime, the food was quickly served in the dining room. My mother, who had just taken off the heavy accessories and sat down, began talking about the things that needed to be done right away.

“I need to make a total of five costumes for the debutante. I guess I can start preparing them tomorrow.”

“Five sets?”

“Yes, the debutante is a two-week event, right? Usually, they make five to fifteen outfits. However, if you wear different outfits every day, people will say you’re being extravagant, so for a frugal count like Yeong-sik, five outfits would be appropriate.”

“Hmm.”

“Usually, I make five sets of clothes that can be worn separately, and I change them into different combinations every day.”

“⋯I will leave everything to my mother.”

“Okay. I’ll show you what I was good at in my old days.”

I couldn’t believe my father, who kept nodding his head with an indifferent expression while my mother spoke. He said he hadn’t been to a party since he was grabbed by the collar on his first day entering the capital’s social circle.

My father just smiled occasionally as he looked at my mother’s excited face.

“While we’re at it, should we get our babies’ clothes tailored too?”

“Are we going to do a debutante too?”

“Okay, let’s have a debutante party together. Let’s buy a new chandelier too.”

“great!”

As Asdel’s eyes sparkled, her father kept nagging her about how she needed to eat beans to grow up quickly. As he saw Asdel quickly pick out the beans and eat them, a hollow laugh escaped his lips.

I gladly accepted his advice on debutante and tea-time etiquette. When I told my mother about how I learned to dance from Ruber, she was very pleased and smiled broadly.

“Oh, really? I knew it. After all, no one in my family dislikes dancing.”

“⋯Your maternal uncle too?”

“Okay. I like anything that involves physical exertion.”

It was another new fact. I was silent for a moment and then laughed.

“I guess I was being stubborn for no reason.”

“A little? No, our Mika was very stubborn. That was cute though.”

My younger siblings burst into laughter. This kind of nagging didn’t even tickle me, so I laughed along.

We laughed so much throughout the meal that we were still hungry afterward. The whole family sat around and devoured a huge pound cake and several pots of orange-flavored black tea.