I Received The Holy Sword By Dawn Delivery - Chapter 52

This taming test involves flying on the companion creature you’ve tamed so far and boarding the airship.

Only cadets who pass this are given permission to board the airship.

‘In the end, I need to pass the taming test…’

It looks simple, but the airship’s propulsion creates strong air currents, so a tamer’s delicate control and skills are needed to fly near it.

Moreover, a bond with the companion creature is also essential.

‘Should I have just accepted Chad’s help?’

Rukna put her hand under her eyebrows to block the wind and looked around.

A black-haired cadet entered her narrow field of vision.

Matian? Rukna poked the cadet’s back, and he turned around.

The hairstyle and build were similar, but the dried fish-like appearance was completely different from Matian.

He was a classmate named Randol. He was an ordinary cadet with nothing notable except for admiring Matian and gradually imitating him.

“Wh-what is it?”

Randol responded in a sharp voice while scratching his arm vigorously.

Seeing red spots on one arm with the sleeve rolled up, it seemed he had an allergy.

‘Come to think of it, Matian said you’d get like that even if you touch Allergy.’

Rukna scratched her head, considering the possibility that a cadet she usually didn’t speak to had invaded her room.

“Ah, sorry. I mistook you for someone else.”

By the way, mistaking someone who looks nothing like him for Matian. Have I really gone crazy?

“Wh-who? M-Matian?”

Randol mentioned Matian’s name with an expectant expression. Typical of someone who admires Matian.

“No way.”

Rukna shook her head. She didn’t want to admit that she had thought of Matian unconsciously.

Tch. Disappointed, Randol clicked his tongue and left for somewhere else.

‘Phew, let’s pull myself together and examine the animals the cadets have tamed first.’

There were various types of companion creatures – winged horses, giant ostriches, sky snakes, and more.

But most had wyverns similar to pterosaurs.

Unlike four-legged dragons, wyverns with two legs and wings nest in volcanic areas, with large wings but bodies about the size of hunting dogs excluding the wings.

‘When I first saw a wyvern, I wondered how it could carry a person with such a small body.’

Of course, now I know well.

Just then, Hans, who brought a wyvern, raised his hand first and challenged to board the airship.

“I, Hans, will fly up to become Lady Rukna’s honor!”

Hey, you rascal, why are you my honor?

Rukna, who had her honor stolen in broad daylight, stared at Hans dejectedly.

Taking that as approval, Hans winked and assumed a ready stance.

Soon, Hans’s wyvern snatched its master’s shoulder blade with sharp claws and slowly took off, flapping its wings.

Hans clung tightly to the wyvern’s ankle and dangled as he flew away.

‘Seeing it after a long time, it’s really…’

An unsightly sight.

Rukna watched Hans fly away with dry eyes.

I thought everyone in fantasy worlds rode big dragons, but an extra’s life is unexpectedly realistic, somehow leaving a salty taste in my mouth.

Hans’s wyvern flapped its wings and rose against the air currents.

But despite the wyvern’s efforts to somehow get close to the airship, Hans had trouble holding on.

Swaying precariously left and right, Hans eventually lost his grip on the wyvern’s leg, and his heavy body fell down, flailing.

Seeing this, some cadets snickered, “Look over there. Rukna’s honor is falling.”

‘Those brats!’

Rukna quickly looked around.

The only safety measure was the sand spread on the ground.

‘If you fail, are you supposed to fall and die?’

What kind of school is this! Even if the professors don’t care about lectures or students, this situation seems to have crossed the line.

‘High Visvi, please enhance my body a bit.’

“Yes, master.”

Along with the holy sword’s reply, Rukna’s limbs glowed faintly.

Rukna quickly ran to the expected landing spot and caught the honor thief plummeting to the ground with both arms.

In a perfect pose, like a prince holding a princess.

Got you, you rascal.

“Th-thank you, Lady Rukna!”

Hans covered his reddened face with both hands and began to whimper. Was he so shocked that he cried?

“Are you okay, Hans?”

To Rukna’s question, Hans answered, curling up his body even more shyly.

“If I were born a woman, I’d marry you, Lady Rukna.”

“…Huh?”

The honor impersonator now planned to take away my future after reincarnation.

“I can’t sully my loyalty any further, so please let me go now.”

“Ah, okay.”

Rukna bewilderedly put down the large body she was holding. Hans shyly scurried off somewhere.

Bolton, who was watching from the side, snorted.

“Look at that, look at that. The blockhead is charming people again.”

“What did I charm?”

“When you catch falling people with that pretty face and all, of course they’ll be charmed!”

“Between men?”

“Do you always discriminate against gender when it comes to love?”

Rukna was at a loss for words at Bolton’s remark. What is this? Whenever she talked with that guy, she felt like she became an ultra-conservative advocating for a closed-door policy on love.

Bolton, who was preaching about an open mind in a booming voice towards the flustered Rukna, soon soothed his temper, saying that getting angry causes muscle loss.

“Ahem, anyway, don’t overdo it, blockhead. Trained cadets won’t die even falling from that height.”

Wouldn’t they just not die? Rukna was about to retort to Bolton’s words but swallowed them.

Anyway, this school has no middle ground.

Meanwhile, Bolton was feeding blue elixir to his companion creature, an ostrich.

As the blue liquid went down between the yellow beak, the ostrich’s wings grew rapidly until they were as long as an eagle’s.

“Bolton? What did you just feed your companion creature?”

“It’s an elixir that makes wings grow for 30 minutes. I’m a great alchemist, you know.”

“Hey, that’s doping!”

“Doping is a skill too.”

Bolton spat out those crappy words and flew off on his ostrich.

“He’s crazy. An ostrich actually flying.”

It was surprising in many ways that Bolton’s ostrich achieved the first success amidst the cadets who were falling one after another after failing the challenge.

‘Is that allowed?’

If that’s possible, who would bother creating and taming companion creatures?

Whoosh! Just then, a strong dusty wind blew, obscuring Rukna’s vision.

Chad had taken off riding a flying horse.

Surrounded by Chad’s magic power, the horse moved freely in the air, stepping on empty space without wings.

Every time the magic power sparkled like ruby powder along with the horse’s hooves, it looked like Alsvid, the horse that pulls the sun god’s chariot.

‘Some use elixirs in the taming test, some use magic. This is quite a spectacle, indeed.’

At this rate, it wouldn’t be unfair for her to use holy power too.

Of course, there’s no way to fly with holy power.

“Our Ruka, you look like you’re regretting. Should I lend you my companion creature even now?”

“How are you going to lend it?”

“I brought it, knowing this would happen.”

Chad nodded towards the back. There was a red wyvern there. Just like the monsters she saw in the holy studies test before, its white of the eye was blatantly suspicious, being blood-red.

‘If I ride that, I feel like I’ll die a violent death.’

Accidents happen when you ignore bad feelings. Instead of rejecting Chad’s offer, Rukna made a different request.

“I don’t want that, just let me ride behind you.”

“Then you’ll fail, Ruka.”

“It’s okay. I’m not doing it for the test, but because I want to see the airship.”

“Oh, you’re going to use me as a tour guide? Our Ruka gets more and more interesting the more I see her.”

Chad chuckled and patted the back saddle. There was a hint of annoyance mixed in that laughter.

As soon as Rukna boarded, Chad pulled the reins.

The horse pawed the ground with its front legs and began to quickly step on the air and take off.

Perhaps due to the strong air currents, the flight was rough. Afraid she might fall off, Rukna held onto Chad’s waist with all her might.

“We’re so romantic. Right, Ruka?”

“Ugh, why do you keep going in weird directions!”

If flying properly, it would take less than 10 minutes from the ground to the airship.

But despite quite some time passing since they started flying, Chad was still circling around near the airship.

“Did you want an aerial date with Ruka?”

“Stop joking around!”

“Haha, it’s not working. But Ruka, do you really not remember anything from the old days? You used to call my name a lot while crying.”

“…What?”

“These days, I keep thinking about that voice. Now that I know you’re a woman, I want to hear it again.”

What is this pervert saying? Rukna loosened her arms that were tightly holding Chad.

“How can I make you regain your memories and call me like that again? Maybe shock therapy?”

With those words, electricity tingled in Rukna’s hands.

Ugh, what’s this! Surprised, Rukna groaned and lost her grip on Chad’s waist.

Chad reached out towards the falling Rukna. But the distance was too far to grab her.

“Oops, my mistake.”

The regretful expression could only be seen as fake.

That bastard! Rukna squeezed her eyes shut as she plummeted to the ground.

And quickly called for the holy sword.

‘Visvi, Visvi! Save me!’

“…”

“I said save me, you piece of metal!”