The Strongest in the World Doesn’t Want To Do Anything

58 – Encounter at Last

“Ah, so boring!”

“Master! Let’s do that!”

“What?”

“Oh, why are you pretending not to know? That thing, that thing!”

“It’s exhausting…”

Wolfgang sat in the chair, looking tired as he glanced at the nagging Raelle lying back as if on a bed.

“No, you haven’t done anything today, so why are you tired at all?”

“I haven’t done anything…”

Wolfgang got up, stretching his fingers one by one, counting his actions for the day.

“First, I woke up this morning.”

His thumb extended.

“Then, I ate the breakfast you made.”

Next, his index finger unfolded.

“…”

“That’s all there is. Is that enough?”

“Anyway, I’m tired.”

“Even waking up and having breakfast since this morning?”

Wolfgang thought, ‘If I leave this alone, she’ll keep nagging for a week or more. It’s better to just finish it quickly.’

“Alright, then go wash up first.”

“Yay!”

Raelle joyfully rushed to the bathroom in a single step.

Wolfgang chuckled at her enthusiasm.

After a while, Raeli, dressed in thin clothes, returned to Wolfgang with an embarrassed expression.

“I’m here.”

“…Yes!”

“Well, let’s begin.”

Wolfgang stood in front of Raeli and slowly reached out his hand to her body.

Raeli tightly closed her eyes and accepted Wolfgang’s touch.

“Heh!”

“Stay still!”

“Hehe. It tickles.”

“Ah! Stay still! The flow is interrupted.”

A blue energy emitted from Wolfgang’s hand, resting on Raeli’s chest, flowed into her body.

Vitality began to fill Raeli’s body. After some time, Wolfgang removed his hand from her.

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“Well, how does it feel?”

“Oh! As expected, this sensation. It feels really good.”

“More than that, you have to feel the energy flowing in your body. That’s why we wear thin clothes. To not disturb the flow of energy.”

“Yes, yes! I can feel it well. It feels like blood is flowing through my whole body!”

“Yeah. For beginners, just that much is…”

“Now, gather the energy in your lower abdomen…”

“That’s right.”

“Gather it…”

“…”

“Hehe. What did you say to do next after gathering it?”

“…Exhale like releasing a breath. But don’t exhale. Think of it as lifting your breath just before exhaling and apply that sensation to the energy.”

Raeli nodded as if understanding, assumed a horse-riding stance, inhaled deeply, and with a ‘sucking’ sound, tightened her abdomen, holding her breath.

“No, that’s not it.”

“Suck!”

“No! Again! That’s not it!”

“Heup!”

“Really, you’re terrible at this.”

“…”

“Why aren’t you doing it?”

“Master, do you realize how horribly you explain things?”

Wolfgang stared with incredulous eyes at the disciple questioning his teachings.

“I learned it like this too! Do you know which family is the most famous for Qi techniques in the East?”

“The Choi family?”

“The Chae family! I learned it from someone in the Chae family. With the exact same explanation. I understood it perfectly, but you can’t.”

“Ah, you traitor.”

At the weighty truth Laelly threw, Wolfgang responded with a solid thud.

-Thud!

“Ahh!!”

It was so painful that Laelly screamed with a voice she had never used before.

“That’s it! Just raise your energy like that!”

At first, it was just a playful Qi technique lecture. He started teaching it himself while training in Qi techniques. It was said that teaching directly was very effective for one’s own improvement.

Laelly initially refused, claiming she wasn’t interested in Qi techniques. However, unable to resist Wolfgang’s threat of being kicked out if she didn’t comply, she eventually ended up taking his Qi technique lecture against her will.

So, Laelly learned passively a few times, gradually gaining interest until she reached the point of wanting to learn on her own.

And today’s lecture topic was:

“So, like that! Compress the Qi in your saliva and spit it out forcefully!”

The secret technique was the Assassin’s Killing Move, Qi Compression Saliva Spitting.

In the midst of an enthusiastic learning session, Ghost appeared in a hurry, kicking up dust with swift footsteps.

-Heeheehee!

“Looks like someone’s here.”

Ghost’s actions were always consistent. After spending a decade together, Wolfgang could roughly understand what Ghost wanted to convey through the speed of his running, the pitch of his cries, and the number of tail wags.

It was the behavior when someone entered Wolfgang’s secretive space.

“I wonder which pitiful being accidentally ended up here.”

In truth, it was not easy to ‘accidentally’ enter this place.

First, Wolfgang used the power of the Holy Sword obtained from the knight Aedeus to create an invisible barrier around his house and land.

This barrier not only physically prevented external intrusion but also made it impossible to see inside from the outside.

However, for the convenience of Wolfgang, who found it inconvenient to enter, he set the intensity of the barrier weak enough that one could easily enter the territory without realizing it.

Now, in such cases, one would encounter the second line of defense.

A warning sign protruding from the ground.

Because it is a sign moved by special magic, it is designed to bounce back from the spot no matter which direction the barrier is crossed.

A sign with a stern warning, boldly stating that it is a place absolutely forbidden to enter, blocks the path of intruders.

At this point, it’s normal to turn back if possible.

Or perhaps be shocked into unconsciousness. There have been instances when Wolfgang had to go through the trouble of disposing of intruders in the nearby forest.

But what if one ignores this warning, or can’t suppress their curiosity and ventures deeper? Then they encounter the third line of defense, leading to inevitable death.

In a carefully calculated ambush without blind spots, artificial creatures created by Wolfgang’s hidden abilities lurk, wielding weapons – the so-called “Ddolppagis.”

Five years ago, a foolish non-human group that couldn’t read human characters ignored the warning on the sign and met their demise at the hands of Wolfgang.

After contemplating a solution, Wolfgang devised a defense system, deploying artificially created beings capable of speaking the language of all races, the so-called “Ddolppagis,” as guards.

To prevent the potential sacrifice of foolish non-humans, the Ddolppagis here send a final warning in voices.

And if this warning is ignored, there’s no escaping death.

Ghosts leap to this extent occasionally due to malfunctioning barriers resulting in death at the first defense line, sudden heart failure at the second defense line’s surprise sign, death at the last third defense line, or when intruders are non-human deaf-mutes.

Regardless of the circumstances, the path to clean up the corpse was the same.

“Raeli, keep practicing. I’ll be back.”

“Yes~!”

Wolfgang stretched and lightly jumped onto the Ghost.

“Let’s go.”

-Hihihihihihihihihihi!

“?”

For some reason, the Ghost refuses to let Wolfgang mount.

“Why is this happening?”

-Hihihihihihihihihihi!

Most of Ghost’s cries were familiar to Wolfgang, and he believed they were all interpretable. However, the current cry was quite unfamiliar.

“What’s going on?”

Perplexed, Wolfgang tugged at Ghost’s reins, but the cry continued without a blink.

-Boing. Boing. Boing. Boing.

While Wolfgang wrestled with Ghost, a chubby Ddolppagi, about the size of a large chicken, bounced towards Wolfgang with lively footsteps.

“What? What’s happening? Why are you here?”

A round face and body with two black dots like eyes, the Ddolppagi rolled its large feet on the ground and leaped energetically in place.

“Captain! Big trouble! Guest! Guest!”

“Guest?”

“Yes!”

“Guest, who?”

As the antics of the chubby one came to an end, a slender woman in a black robe and a visibly strong-looking man appeared in Wolfgang’s sight.

“At last!”

“You’ve found your way here, miss.”

Caught off guard by their attitude that seemed as if they deliberately came to meet him, Wolfgang stared at the two in complete vulnerability.

Then, unintentionally, he asked in a befuddled voice, “Who are you?”