The Regressor and the Blind Saint

More weeks have passed.

Renee took a walk through the woods with Vera, looking back on what had happened.

At the end of the three-week period, the five kingdoms of the Confederacy visited the forge once, and Vera took it.

The sword of Vera, which Dovan is building, has just finished laying the groundwork, and the seasons have changed in the meantime.

Yes. Now winter has come.

The world, which had been in full swing until the time of receiving the revelation and leaving the Holy Kingdom, was now blowing a cold wind.

Renee said to Vera, tying the fur over her body.

“It has become very cold.”

“That’s right. Oh, if you want to go back… .”

“no! yet!”

Whoops-!

Renee said that with a force in her hand, and after making a belated ‘Hummm!’ sound, she added.

“… Walk a little longer.”

Lately, the two of us have not had much time together, so even in times like these, I wanted to take some time out.

Vera looked at Renee as he spoke with a blushing face, and then nodded.

“All right. Let me know if you want to go back.”

I don’t want to go back for the rest of my life.

Renee said those words to herself and lowered her head. It was because it was difficult to come up with such blatant expressions.

Even in the midst of it, the wind was passing over his face with a cold energy.

‘winter… .’

The changed seasons reminded René of another concern.

Every time this time comes after returning to Seongguk, the worries that take away Renee’s whole mind.

‘… Vera’s birthday.’

Winter, now in a week, is Vera’s birthday.

The day will come when the age that has narrowed down to a three-year gap by approaching you one step faster will widen to four again.

Suddenly, René’s lips, thinking of him, popped out.

22-year-old Vera. It’s because I didn’t like it.

There was no other reason. It was because he felt too young for Vera, who was just becoming a mature adult.

‘I’m still eighteen… .’

I still have three more seasons to go before I become an adult, but I think Vera is going too far, so let’s take a moment to think of a grumpy expression on his face.

Renee brushed off the growing dissatisfaction and then came up with another thought.

‘What should I give you this time? .’

It was an idea about Vera’s birthday present.

The first year I came to Sungkuk, I ended up having a meal because I only found out about Vera’s birthday that day.

In the second year, robes were presented, and in the third year, shoes were presented.

A shy person’s own appeal who wants to remind him of himself every time he sees the object.

Renee, as always, began to think of gifts around practical things that Vera could always carry with him.

‘Ummm… .’

It was a long worry that led to me walking on a forest path with fallen leaves.

*

“A gift?”

“yes.”

Doban’s forge.

Renee sat face to face with Doban and continued speaking with a slightly red face.

“It’s Vera’s birthday soon. I want to give you a little practical gift, but I was wondering if I could request something like a dagger or a dagger.”

A really good gift, I think.

Vera, who always has a weapon by his side, wouldn’t he always have those things with him, unless there was a big problem?

What’s more, it would be even more so if it was a doban’s weapon that wasn’t just a weapon.

Isn’t it Vera who is greedy for arms? Vera, who always praises Doban’s skills, must be satisfied.

“Oh, of course, if you feel burdened, you can refuse… .”

“no. You’re not shy enough to refuse my job. Moreover, if it’s a gift from Sir Vera, I’d love to help too. A good opportunity did not come from being in debt.”

The answer you give with a laugh.

Renee lowered his head while making his complexion bright.

“thank you!”

“It was nothing.”

Doban looked at Renee, who continued to shed joy, and continued those words in a slightly playful tone.

“So, is the progress going a little farther?”

rattle-.

Renee’s body shook.

Renee was not ignorant to the extent that he did not know that ‘Jindo’ was about his relationship with Vera.

‘I heard… !’

His face began to turn red at the thought, his mouth filled with embarrassment, and he was unable to find anything to say.

“Uh-huh, how did you know… .”

“Isn’t it strange that you don’t know when you act like that?”

“Ugh… .”

Renee covered her blushing face with both hands and lowered her head more deeply.

“… Are you that hot?”

“exactly. It makes me wonder how Sir Vera still doesn’t know that.”

That’s it.

Rene closed her eyes tightly and continued speaking with a sound of pain.

“A secret from Vera… .”

I want you to know my heart, but I hate that it goes through someone else.

With that in mind, Doban nodded his head in response to the words he had given him.

“… Well, be strong.”

Dovan smirked at Renee’s reaction and continued his thoughts as he remembered Vera, who had been with him until morning.

‘Even if I tell you, I think you will deny it.’

I wanted to say that I don’t need to worry because I am a person who changes so much like the fanatics who say that I live somewhere else when I talk about Renee, but Dovan was not so ignorant that he did not know that those words touched Renee’s heart.

‘… I’m afraid you’re going to have a hard time.’

In Doban, sympathy for Renee began to rise.

*

A week later, the blacksmith’s backyard.

“Happy Birthday. Vera.”

Vera made a dazed face as he watched all the dishes on the table outside, and Renée sitting at the table congratulating him.

“ah… .”

right. Today was his birthday.

Vera, realizing it only later, flinched and trembled at his fingertips, then bowed his head and opened his mouth.

“Sung… .”

“No, thank you.”

“… thank you.”

‘Awkwardness’ came to mind in Vera.

It was already the seventh time he had been congratulated since he came to Seongguk, but it was still unfamiliar to him to be congratulated on the day he was born.

In the past life, I’ve never paid attention to my birthday, and even this birthday is a day I’ve decided as a rough estimate.

In addition, Vera doesn’t think he deserves a congratulations for his birth yet, so he always remembered the awkwardness when a day like this came.

“Would you like to come?”

Renee’s words.

Vera then deliberately approached Renee with loud strides.

“Here is a present.”

A box about two and a half spans long, nicely wrapped.

Vera got down on his knees, bowed his head, accepted it and said.

“The delusion… .”

“thank.”

“… thank you.”

Renee restrained Vera, who kept calling him the most honorable one, and then let out a sigh mixed in laughter and continued.

“Would you like to release it? This is a present I prepared together with Mr. Dovan.”

“… Yes.”

Vera slowly unwrapped the gift.

Unpack the wrapping paper, fold it and put it in your pocket, and then open the tightly closed box lid.

“… It’s a dagger.”

A dagger with an impressive jet-black blade filled Vera’s field of vision.

“Yes, I think it would be good to use it in an emergency.”

Doban’s words continued after Renee’s words, which were done with a smile.

“I tried to match the specifications to Kyung’s taste as much as possible, but I don’t know if it worked. Happy birthday.”

Vera gazed at the dagger in disbelief, then grabbed it and looked around a few times before opening his mouth.

“… thank you.”

It was another word of thanks.

Aisha, who was standing right next to Renee, felt her shoulders shrugging at Vera’s blank expression.

You didn’t directly help, but didn’t you watch the process of making that dagger?

That dagger is a gift that Renee personally wrapped and finished by melting what Master had made over and over again, then remaking it and then melting it.

Aisha knew Vera needed to know his hard work, so she cried out in a tone full of excitement, hoping that she would now be an ardent follower of Renee, and hope that more Renee would be praised.

“I should be more grateful! Renee-sama will pack it herself… town! town!”

“Cha-Am!!! What else is he talking about?!”

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Of course, René, who did not want Vera to find out about the embarrassing back story, continued, and immediately afterward, the laughter of Norn and Hela began to add to the space.

Vera stood in the middle of it, and looked up at Renee, with a blank expression on his face in the awkward atmosphere.

The sight of Aisha’s mouth covered with a blushing face filled her entire field of vision.

The movement of holding on to the struggling Aisha is very bustling. He seems to be doing some whispering, but this dazed head made it hard to concentrate on it.

However, in the meantime, there was a reaction that I did not know.

thud-.

And the heart beat was the response.

Vera turned his hand to his bosom, fiddling with the wrapping paper he had just put in his arms.

I felt like it was starting to bother me.

It must have been nothing but cloth packaging, but a different meaning would be added to it.

What Renee had covered with invisible eyes for himself.

Thinking that it was such a packaging, I suddenly thought, ‘I’d rather not unpack it.’ There was a person who had regrets.

strange sadness.

Vera drew a small smile on his lips, feeling the pity that it didn’t come close.

It felt awkward. Also, for some reason, I felt embarrassed.

That’s what Vera felt like a birthday, a gift to celebrate the day of his birth.

Fourth birthday celebrated.

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On this day, Vera added the meaning of ‘every year Renee prepares a gift just for him’ on his birthday.

I felt extremely satisfied with it.

It was because of that kind of consideration that made him a person to be congratulated.

As the noisy atmosphere continued, Norn opened his mouth.

“Come over and have dinner. Hela suffered a bit.”

“I am ashamed.”

Vera nodded as he saw Norn grinning and Hela scratching her cheek with a grin.

“Thank you.”

Vera sat down in front of the table.

The moment Renee, who had been wrestling with Aisha all the time, was startled by the presence of Vera sitting next to him, and Doban, who saw it, smiled broadly.

– Stay!

Such a cry came from the entrance to the blacksmith’s shop.

Doban’s expression frowned.

“It’s been quiet, but I think it’s going to be trouble again today. Can you wait? I will be leaving soon.”

“Let’s go together. It would be helpful for me to be there.”

“Okay… .”

Vera stopped lifting the spoon and got up from his seat.

“I’ll be there soon.”

Words to Renee. Rene nodded her head with a worried look on her face.

“If you have any problems, please let me know.”

“Yes.”

Vera bowed his head to answer Renee’s words, and then headed for the front door with Dovan.

*

Lined up at the front door was an army of bear beasts.

‘Three countries.’

Those from the third countries of the Confederacy were the first to be stopped by Vera.

Vera looked at the army lined up and saw that there was no particularly large general who had come to see him, and he was puzzled.

‘Has the person in charge changed?’

Was Vera’s question correct?

As Vera and Doban approached, the lined army split in two, and from the center came a man clad in splendid armor.

Round ears hung above the ears of a middle-aged man with a huge body, long black hair, and a solid impression.

“… King.”

Doban’s low murmur.

Vera frowned at the words and turned his gaze forward.

‘The king himself?’

No matter how important the Hwangson is, it is because he thinks that something is strange to come to him directly.

Vera’s tension rises at the rising doubts.

Woo-.

The dagger in Vera’s arms wept.

… It was the same dagger that he had pulled out of Gilly’s heart.