Frieren: Dominating Aura From the Start Chapter 100: Have You Seen the 4 AM Sun on the Heaven Vein D

"What a coincidence, young man. I didn't expect we'd run into each other at this ti."

"I think it's quite a coincidence too, old man..."

"I really didn't expect you to get up this early. Could it be you have the sa morning jogging habit as ?"

"..."

"Hmm? From your expression, did I say sothing I shouldn't have?"

"No, that's not it—It's just that I didn't have this habit before, but starting today I should have it..."

"Why?"

Why?

I'd really like to know why too...

According to the so-called Equal Contract rules—

Himl, running at nearly supersonic speed around the central area of the castle on the Heaven Vein Dragon's back...

After hearing the question from the Hero of the South beside him, who seed to be casually strolling alongside—

Fell into speechlessness.

Yeah...

What exactly did I, at only seventeen years old, do to make the Goddess send down such punishnt?

And what exactly is this Equal Contract I've never heard of?

"What's wrong? Is it inconvenient to talk about?"

The Hero of the South during his morning jog raised an eyebrow, sowhat curious about Himl's strange behavior.

Although the Hero of the South, as humanity's strongest, could undoubtedly be trusted,

Recalling what he had written in Agusheed's study yesterday—

After sobering up, Himl had roughly guessed that this was due to his own doing.

And perhaps...

Mr. Agusheed really would use this as a basis for testing him.

After remaining silent for a long ti, Himl, who ultimately decided to hide the truth, smiled bitterly,

Then gave a polite response to this inquiring senior beside him.

"There's nothing inconvenient to talk about..."

Himl, frantically running, barely managed to spare effort to slowly turn his head toward the Hero of the South beside him.

He forced a natural smile and struck a relatively handso pose,

Then told the Hero of the South his prepared excuse—

"Old man, have you seen the 4 AM sun on the Heaven Vein Dragon's back?"

Hmm?

Although he imdiately recognized that Himl's words were ant to deflect,

Hearing his own famous saying co from Himl...

The Hero of the South couldn't help but scratch his chin with interest.

Since he had no intention of pursuing any junior's secrets,

He, who had slowed down his speed ten-fold just to chat with Himl, simply smiled slightly,

Choosing to go along with Himl in skipping this topic.

"Now that you ntion it, I've indeed seen less of it these years."

"Ten-odd years ago, I used to see it every day..."

BOOM!!

The Hero of the South's gentle voice was directly interrupted by the sudden appearance of Annihilation Lightning.

Himl, who had been chatting with him beside him, instantly beca convulsed all over, unable to stop.

[Please follow the contract and run 100 laps around the Heaven Vein Dragon castle central area during 4:00-6:00]

[In exchange for obtaining "Escald Flow Swordsmanship Complete Guide" (Elentary)]

[...]

[Friendly reminder: Please do not converse with others during the long run]

[Otherwise, you will be considered in breach of contract and subject to Annihilation Lightning Release Magic punishnt]

[...]

[Final reminder: Please imdiately enter a state of complete concentration, or you will receive double Annihilation Lightning Release Magic punishnt]

[...]

[Three, two, one]

[Annihilation Lightning Release Magic, two percent power—]

[Release!!]

Being electrocuted all over in a refreshing way, yet perfectly tid not to affect his condition, Himl felt sowhat helpless.

Having completely exposed his lie in front of the Hero of the South, he smiled awkwardly,

Then looking at those lines of dark, eerie text he had ignored while talking with the Hero of the South...

Himl pointed forward at the culprit responsible for all this under the increasingly curious gaze of the Hero of the South.

"Alright... mmm!!"

"I'm actually doing this because I have no choice, hmph!!"

"Senior... ahhhhh!! Do you know... ahhhhh!! what an... ahhhhh!! Equal Contract is?"

"Old man... ahhhhhhh!! Can you see the text in front of ?"

Looking at Himl in front of him, intermittently screaming while trying to convey information...

The Hero of the South, finding the situation increasingly interesting, looked where he pointed.

Nothing there, completely blank.

Magic That Can See the Future, activate—

The result remained unchanged.

"How did you manage to anger the teacher?"

The Hero of the South, confirming his inner speculation was correct, showed a light smile.

He had montarily thought this might be Frieren having a tantrum with the junior in front of him...

But since even Magic That Can See the Future couldn't find the cause,

It could only be Agusheed taking action personally.

Although he had never heard of what an Equal Contract was...

Given that Himl was being punished with Annihilation Lightning just for saying a few extra words to him—

The Hero of the South speculated this should be so special magic Agusheed mastered or so magic tool he didn't know about.

This junior is really unlucky...

What exactly did he do to make the usually good-tempered teacher treat him this way?

"I don't know either ahhhhhhh!!!!!"

Himl's scream once again interrupted the Hero of the South's thoughts.

"I just filled out a ti schedule ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!"

The blue-haired hero was on the verge of tears under successive intensified Annihilation Lightning strikes.

However, although he was electrocuted several more tis,

He had completely confird the answer from the Hero of the South—

The culprit was himself in Agusheed's study yesterday.

Recalling Agusheed's expression and surprise at the ti,

Himl felt that probably even he hadn't expected him to push himself to this extent.

But since Agusheed didn't stop it—

That ant everything he was experiencing now had beco part of the test.

So no matter what, he had to persevere to the end.

But... this didn't seem to be entirely punishnt—

Glancing at the very conspicuous completion 'reward' in the dark text before him—

"Escald Flow Swordsmanship Complete Guide..."

Himl murmured this unfamiliar na softly.

He suddenly rembered seeming to hear Agusheed ntion this term yesterday in the study.

"So... I really brought this upon myself?"

The blue-haired hero smiled bitterly,

Then looking at the countdown starting again before him [Three, two, one]—

No longer puzzled and not wanting to experience electrocution again, Himl endured the tingling sensation in his body.

He turned his head and smiled apologetically at the Hero of the South beside him.

The young hero, thinking this might relate to whether he could successfully achieve his dreams in the future, waved goodbye to his senior

Then reluctantly entered a focused state—

Running forward without looking back.

—

"How interesting..."

"Did that junior just ntion 'Escald Flow Swordsmanship Complete Guide'?"

"'Escald'..."

"Is it the 'Escald' I'm thinking of?"

Looking at Himl in the distance getting hit hard by Annihilation Lightning again,

The Hero of the South didn't catch up.

He maintained his speed, softly repeating the surna he had just heard from Himl's murmur...

Connecting the na Himl initially ntioned with his understanding of Agusheed,

Almost instantly—

The Hero of the South had a rough guess about the Equal Contract.

"Equal Contract—"

"This na plus the teacher's personality..."

"I understand. So that's how it is..."

The Hero of the South stopped, watching Himl's figure almost disappearing from his view in the distance.

"You get rewards just by working hard—could there really be such a good thing?"

—Just from the single surna 'Escald',

The Hero of the South guessed the essence of the Equal Contract.

The reason was simple.

Because Himl should not know this surna under any circumstances.

Because this surna had been virtually unknown for four hundred years.

"Unified Empire, the 'Sword Saint' family..."

"The teacher really is unexpectedly generous."

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