The Son-In-Law Of A Prestigious Household Wants A Divorce-Chapter 42: Accumulated Changes

Clang!

Early in the morning.

Isaac was sparring with Rianna.

Actually, no, could this even be called sparring?

After all, Rianna had to hold her strength back so that her sword wouldn’t break Isaac’s tachi every time they clashed.

After finishing the duel...

Rianna approached Isaac, who was wiping his sweat. Calmly, she called out to her.

“When swinging your sword, you tend to adopt Helmont’s unique stance.”

“...”

“Helmont’s way is to overpower their opponent’s with strength, but that isn’t your way, is it?”

“Yes, it isn’t.”

“Your sword is like glasswork, meticulous and delicate. There’s no need for you to forcefully apply Helmont’s greatsword into it.”

‘Especially when you’re about to leave soon,’ those words crossed her mind, but she didn’t utter it out loud.

So, she clenched her mouth shut.

“There’s no need to be fixated on it.”

In any case, what she wished for was so that Isaac wouldn’t try and seek acknowledgment from Helmont so desperately like this.

Because such a thing had no meaning for him anymore.

But Isaac rejected her advice.

“I have a goal that I want to pursue.”

“A...goal?”

“Yes. Although, right now, it might seem like I’m imitating Helmont.”

“...”

In truth, Rianna could tell that he was trying to look for a different path from Helmont, but she couldn’t quite grasp what kind of path it was.

More than that, she was more curious about something else.

How on earth did he accumulate this level of knowledge?

His knowledge about the swords.

Whenever they were talking about swords, there were even times when he surprised her.

The depth of his knowledge was different.

If borrowing his knowledge was like drawing water with a bucket...

His knowledge itself isn’t a simple well.

She felt like she was scooping water from a whole ocean. That was how deep and pure his knowledge was.

“Isaac! Look at this!”

At that moment, Silverna, who had been swinging her spear a distance away from them, interjected.

“Is this the thing you were talking about last time? Like ‘raking leaves’ or whatever?”

Taking her stance, Silverna swung her spear through the air.

As she swung the spear down as if striking an imaginary enemy in front of her, the nearby wind responded sharply, leaving claw-like scars on the training ground.

Seeing this, Isaac rested his chin on his hand before briefly correcting her posture.

“It’s a bit weak. You haven’t put your full weight behind it, have you? What you need to do is to put force into your front foot when you plant it. Are you stretching your body regularly?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Your whole body needs to be flexible to engage. Especially since your body type gives you quite the disadvantage compared to others.”

Rianna, who had been listening, slightly lowered her head.

So I’m on the advantageous side...?

“You can pretty much do whatever, but if you get too caught up in posture and such, it will limit your options by a lot. Try practicing with various stances.”

After hearing Isaac’s advice, Silverna continued her practice.

Impressive.

The aura Isaac exuded made him look like he had been living as an instructor for years.

Rianna even had the urge to ask for his advice about her sword, but...

In the end, she backed down, thinking that she didn’t have the right to do so.

“Let’s do it again.”

Isaac requested another duel. Rianna nodded and gripped her greatsword.

Considering the upcoming Sword Dance Festival...

Such a training would become meaningless once the Helmont direct line started using Crimson Essence, but...

What is it?

Isaac’s eyes shone with intelligence. The calm light in them seemed unshakeable, it was as if it wouldn’t be extinguished even if it was being struck by the harshest of storms.

*   *   *A few days later.

The knights of Helmont lined up with the soldiers of the Malidean Wall.

They stood in separate lines, as if competing to see which between them was the superior one.

At the front of each unit stood the women who acted as their symbol.

Rianna Helmont and Silverna Cardias.

Their stances, imposing, showing their seriousness. They carried a different atmosphere from the one that Isaac was used to.

In front of them was Uldiran, sitting on top of a massive warhorse, gripping his spear to command everyone.

At that moment, the wall’s main gate was opened.

Applause and encouragement rang out.

Those remaining on the wall saluted them, hoping their deployment would end this war with the Demonic Beasts.

After Uldiran’s main force departed, the wall turned silent, leaving a desolate atmosphere.

“It’s quiet, isn’t it?”

Jonathan, who remained on the wall with Isaac, muttered as such.

Staying on the wall didn’t mean they would just sit idly by doing nothing.

“This is where it starts.”

As the main force advanced, they would begin clearing out the Demonic Beasts.

However, it wasn’t like they could kill all the beasts. Besides, their goal was to find the beast behind the Great Colony.

With that in mind, there would be some of the beasts that would slip through.

And those beasts would naturally come to the wall.

Before the main force returned, they’d have to defend the wall more thoroughly than ever. There was a huge chance that the remaining soldiers on the wall wouldn’t even get any time to rest.

“Have you packed your blankets, Sir Isaac? I heard you need to pack at least three since someone might take them.”

“Why would they? Also, I can just go back to the quarters and get them if I need more.”

“Good point. But, I heard that if you don’t keep a close eye on your underwear and socks, they’ll be taken too.”

“The other Helmont knights are feeding you strange rumors.”

“They say that’s a common occurrence at the front lines.”

Isaac and Jonathan had already moved their supplies on the wall, ready to stay there.

Since they’d have to live and eat on the wall from now on until everything was over, there were quite a few things they had to prepare.

“Brr, it’s cold.”

They weren’t alone, though.

Sharen Helmont, who had also been excluded from the main force as per Rianna’s suggestion, was also there with them, quietly sidled up next to them.

The three of them went towards a military camp that was set up separately from other soldiers.

They had already spread out their beddings and luggages.

This was the place where they’d have to stay for days. Though the three of them would be crammed together, Sharen was extremely excited.

Although the musty scent was quite thick, and she had to live close with the soldiers, at this point, she had already been accustomed to such a life.

“I’m taking dibs here!”

Sharen said as she laid out her blanket next to Isaac’s and settled in.

On the opposite side, Jonathan had already settled in and was inserting a hot water bottle into his blanket.

“This makes it much warmer. I prepared some for you two as well.”

“Thanks.”

“You’re so thoughtful, Jonathan!”

“Hehe.”

Pleased with the praise, Jonathan let out a smile. He seemed to have come fully prepared after receiving various advice from other soldiers he shared quarters with.

“Still, this place’s really cold.”

Their breaths formed white clouds as they exhaled. The air was quite chilly even for the Northern’s standard, especially considering they were indoors.

“It’s because of the characteristics of the wall itself.”

Isaac briefly explained while watching Sharen rub her hands together.

“Did you know that the cold in the Northern Region is actually artificial?”

“Huh?”

“What?”

Sharen and Jonathan looked at Isaac with curious eyes.

“The Northern Region was originally cold, but not to this extent. At the very least, snow didn’t fall all year round.”

Everything started when Wolfdrün Cardias, the first head of Cardias, the man who built the wall, came up with an ingenious plan.

“He suggested enchanting the wall to make the climate even colder. That way, the Demonic Beast that would hibernate under the cold wouldn’t come, the snow would make defense easier, and it would also be easier to identify the Demonic Beasts.”

“But wouldn’t they have to deal with the cold too?”

Sharen raised her hand to ask.

Feeling like a grandfather telling old stories, Isaac answered.

“That wasn’t a problem for Wolfdrün. In his eyes, stopping the enemies was more important than his own discomfort.”

The enchantment was a large-scale project.

Luckily for them, the Magic Tower readily showed their support for this project.

After all, they rarely had the opportunities to handle such large-scale magic.

Facing both cold and madness.

The Cardias believed that as long as they could stop the enemy, they could bear any kind of suffering.

There was a reason why the nearby villages regarded the Malidean Wall as sacred.

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“So the cold we’re feeling now is the fruit of the past heroes’ determination to protect the—”

“Hoahm... Jonathan, do you have anything to eat?”

“I have a piece of bread with me, but it’s frozen.”

“Hey, I was still explaining.”

“Won’t be a problem for Helmont’s teeth. Give it to me.”

“Here you go.”

Sharen took a big bite of Jonathan’s bread, which looked so solid that it could be used as a blunt weapon.

“Aaaah! My teeeth!”

She threw the bread with a pained expression, and it hit the wall with a sound like a stone being thrown.

*   *   *“Sir Isaac, it’s time for our shift.”

“Mmm.”

Isaac opened his eyes at Jonathan’s call. He had been on duty until last evening, and what was supposed to be a short nap had turned into sleep until his next shift.

“Sharen, wake up.”

He woke Sharen up, who was sleeping in his arms.

Because it was so cold inside the wall, at some point the two had started sleeping while embracing each other.

“Nggg.”

Sharen buried her face in his chest and shook her head back and forth. After repeating this several times, she finally woke up and separated herself from him.

“It feels like I just fell asleep, is it already time?”

The three prepared for their shift together.

It had been three days since the main force left the wall.

Judging by the intermittent lightning, they should have probably pinpointed a location by now.

Are they having problems?

Isaac wondered, but he wasn’t too worried.

In his past life, he had heard from Silverna that the Demonic Beast was as strong as Uldiran.

But now, Uldiran wasn’t the only one who was going to face it.

Rianna and Silverna were with him.

Isaac was confident that they could vanquish the Great Colony without much difficulty.

The three climbed up onto the wall.

They stood at their positions, blankly watching outside the wall.

As of now, the sun was hiding behind the clouds, while the snow was falling on the pure white landscape.

Rumble! Boom!

At that moment, a clapping thunder echoed from a distance.

Lately, this had become a frequent occurrence, and personally, Isaac found it annoying.

“Oh, I think I understand what Sister was talking about now.”

Sharen jumped up as she said so with a grin.

“I can feel the mana she mentioned. She was right, it’s real.”

“Really?”

Isaac was completely hopeless when it came to this sort of thing, he couldn’t really tell anything.

Meanwhile, Sharen was just delighted over the fact that she had experienced what Rianna had experienced.

“I felt it too! Haha!”

Even Jonathan chimed in with a bright smile.

“What, really? You sure you aren’t lying?”

“I wouldn’t lie about something like this...”

“Tch, what is this? And here I thought I accomplished something amazing, but turns out it’s nothing special.”

“How can you say that?!”

Isaac let out a yawn while listening to Sharen and Jonathan’s bickering.

“Hoaaahm—?”

Huh, wait. Jonathan felt it too?

Something’s off.

Even if he was a Transcendence half-blood, Jonathan’s physique was closer to a human.

Helmont was an exceptional existence, so Sharen noticing the mana from far away wasn’t a far-fetched idea, but it was a different story with Jonathan.

Which begged the question, ‘How could they suddenly notice something they hadn’t noticed before?’.

They both felt the mana in the lightning.

Since they hadn’t noticed it before...

Does that mean there’s been a change in the lightning?

He racked his brain to the best of his ability, rapidly approaching the truth of the matter.

That means... It’s close!

Close enough that even Jonathan can feel it!

“Ah, look, they’re coming again!”

“They’re in complete disarray.”

Sharen and Jonathan pointed at a group of Demonic Beasts running towards the wall.

Ever since the main force started operating outside, it had become common for Demonic Beasts to approach their side all frightened like this.

Meanwhile, Isaac’s eyes slowly widened.

In my past life... Uldiran faced it alone.

He had managed a hard-fought victory after an intense battle.

Now it’s different.

Not only is Rianna there, Silverna, whose skills had been noticeably improved, too.

Which means, their party is clearly superior.

...Would it engage in a head-on battle against a force that’s clearly superior to it...?

Among the fleeing demonic beasts...

A blood-covered, humanoid Demonic Beast about 3 meters tall caught his eye.

At that moment, a yeti slipped its palm under the Demonic Beast’s foot.

Then it flipped the beast up as if overturning a table.

Electricity burst from the beast’s entire body like an igniter, and it reached the wall at a speed too fast to follow with the naked eye before clinging to it.

As if its job was done, the yeti turned into a charred, blackened corpse.

“A Demonic Beast is clinging to the wall!”

“It’s hanging on! Knock it off!”

Rumble!

Lightning struck again.

This time...

Even Isaac could feel the dense magical power spreading from the wall in all directions.

Just standing on top of the wall made his feet tingle as if they were burning.

Soldiers near it either collapsed from electrocution or were burned black.

The beast quickly climbed the wall and stood atop a watchtower.

It was about 3 meters tall.

White hard skin, reminiscent of ice.

Grotesquely protruding teeth and four arms.

The weapons stuck in its back and wounds all over its body were evidence that it had fled all the way here.

I was careless.

The future had been changed.

This time, the human’s forces were so strong that the Great Colony’s leader chose to flee instead of fight.

It all started from the mana in the electricity that no one would’ve originally noticed.

Thanks to Rianna’s presence, they managed to notice it.

Then, Silverna, concerned for Isaac’s safety, had agreed to venture outside, wanting to end the Great Colony as quickly as possible.

If one were to consider each point...

There was nothing wrong.

Rianna had simply reported what she felt.

While Silverna and the others only did what they thought was the best course of action.

Uldiran, too, had judged that going outside was strategically correct when weighing both sides’ proposals.

However, as a result...

“Kraaaagh!”

Due to the main force becoming too powerful, the worst-case scenario where the leader of the Great Colony chose to flee rather than fight and reach the top of the wall had come to pass.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Lightning fell like rain from the clear sky, centered on the beast.

The living disaster pounded its chest with both hands and roared.