Chapter 90 \n<h1>I Don’t Want to be an Ojakgyo (90)</h1>\n
Hylli didn’t seem to be surprised as his opponent switched to Swan. No, it seemed like he didn’t care who his opponent. It looked like he was just focused on the fact that he was battling with someone else. Hylli was just reacting and using his blade on instinct. He wasn’t even defending himself at this point.
Even from what I could see, Hylli’s current form was full of mistakes. But the reason he wasn’t focusing on defense at all was because of how brutal his attacks were.
I had never seen Swan fight with such seriousness before. I knew that he was amazingly skilled, but seeing him was on another level. I had always believed that white magic was his main weapon and his blade was his secondary weapon, but it was the opposite. It almost felt like white magic was just a basic skill that he had, based on his skill.
Honestly, his swordsmanship as a whole wasn’t as up there as Hylli’s, but his fighting senses were on another level. I had never seen such wit and adaptivity with a blade. He wasn’t just using his sword when he fought–everything around him was a weapon. He was showing that the blade wasn’t just for stabbing and striking. I wanted to ask Swan for a duel later. He was amazing.
It looked like they were going head to head, but Hylli’s stamina was slowly waning.
Hylli’s fearsome attacks didn’t work on Swanhaden, who also had the ability to heal. Swanhaden, similarly to Hylli, didn’t defend himself and just continued attacking. Moreover, Hylli’s attacks didn’t seem to work on Swan.
Hylli eventually ended up using all of his strength and fell to the floor.
Swan, who grabbed Hylli by his collar, slammed his fist in Hylli’s face. Hylli still seemed dazed and out of it. He just stared to the side. When he didn’t seem to react, Swanhaden stood up and began to kick him.
Swan, who looked annoyed as he looked down at Hylli, took out his water bottle. He took a swig of it before pouring the rest of the water on his face.
Hylli frowned at the water and tried to block it with his face.
“Wake up, you son of a bitch.”
And just like that, Swan dropped his empty water bottle on his face. Hylli looked at the water bottle that had hit his face and held his nose.\n“Stop acting so pathetic. It makes me pissed off.”
Swan kicked Hylli once again, and threw every single cussword in the planet at him, saying, “If you pull this kind of shit and get into this kind of situation again, I’m going to beat your ass, royal prince or not. I’m gonna end this empire.”
Hylli seemed to have returned to his senses after the beatdown that Swan provided. He touched the places that Swan had hit and frowned after a moment.
“…….Shushu!”
Hylli sat up from his place on the floor and seemed to look for someone, then looked at my face before looking down in shame. Then, he buried his face in his hands as he moaned pitifully.
Swanhaden turned his head to look at me as he picked up his wooden sword. He stared at my eyes, then stood there like he forgot something. He quietly walked over to Hylli and, after healing him, pretended to wipe the water he had thrown on Hylli’s face with his bandages.
“Got it? Don’t do that again, friend! Even if you sell your brain to the nearest stall, violence is bad!”
Swan, who suddenly became kind, kicked Hylli one more time before coming to stand in front of me.
Swanhaden checked over my body to see if I had gotten hurt before healing me. My magic, which had hit rock bottom, came back and I felt healthier than before.
Swan made a face like he had a lot of things he wanted to tell me, then he held my left ring finger in his hand.
“Safety first.”
And like that, Swanhaden looked down and made me a magic stone ring on the spot on my ring finger. Swan put some of his healing magic in it.
I was surprised at the sudden gift, but I thanked him first and shifted the ring from my left ring finger to my right thumb.
Swan stared at the switched position then clicked his tongue with a quiet, Che.\nSwanhaden began making excuses in a whisper quiet voice, saying, “I poured water on Hylli because he said he was hot.”
When class was over, most of the swordsmanship students headed to the cafeteria. I wanted to drag Hylli over to the cafeteria, but he refused to even look at me as he said no, so I went to eat alone.
I made two sandwiches in the cafeteria and headed back to the training hall.
All of the students were already back at their dorms or playing outside, but Hylli was still there in the training hall, still on the floor. I had a feeling that Hylli was still going to be there, so I went back.
When I arrived at the training hall, I could see Hylli, who covered his eyes with his hands as he was sobbing sorrowfully. He flinched when I went near him.
“I think I moved a bit too much earlier. I lost all of the weight I gained. I don’t think I’ll be rolling around anytime soon.”
I quietly approached the crying Hylli and covered his face with the orange blanket that Cory gave me. Hylli was lying on the floor, so I laid down right next to him. He didn’t say a word. He just stared at the setting sun above him.
I thought about what I could do for him, who was quietly suffering without saying a single word. I just breathed in, staring at the orange sky with my arms and legs stretched. I just continued to wait without a word.
When his crying began to slow, I warmed up the cool water next to him and handed it to him.
Hylli came over to me the next day to apologize. He apologized with such a guilty expression on his face as he sighed that I told him to just buy me some ice cream instead.
Hylli bought a mountain of ice cream and handed it to me. I was a bit overwhelmed at the sheer amount, but I accepted it because he gave it to me.
And like that, I held on to my mountain of ice cream as I put one in my mouth. Hylli walked next to me, frown still etched deep onto his face.\n“Can’t you just take a look at it?”