Episode 130
When I went to the restaurant, there was a really nice face.
The main character, with reddish-brown hair, a distinctive monocle, and a neat outfit that didn’t seem to have a single speck of dust on it, was Arjan.
“master.”
He also calls me master now.
He still has an expressionless face, but his complexion seems a little brighter, perhaps due to his mood.
“I’m sorry for the delay in returning. The handover took longer than expected… … .”
“no. are you okay. “It’s nice to see you after a long time.”
Arjan was the general butler of the outskirts mansion where I was staying.
Not only was it not a small scale, but Arjan’s personality was very meticulous, so the handover process must have been thorough.
I, too, feel relieved about that.
“What about your mother?”
“Of course you are fine.”
Arjan responded and then spoke in a slightly raised tone.
“I heard the general situation. I heard he achieved excellent results at the retreat. “I’m sure your wife will be happy.”
“thank you.”
I looked at Arjan blankly.
Arjan said with a slightly embarrassed face.
“Whatever you want to say… … .”
“The butler made a contract with Shinsu, right?”
“yes? “Oh, yes.”
I knew it.
The explosive movement seen in the Jewel Mountain Range was the power of a divine beast.
“What kind of divine beast did you contract with?”
“It’s a green deer.”
“What are the steps?”
“It’s a rise.”
“Ohh… … .”
If it is rising, it is the third step.
Even if I reach the Charyeok level immediately thanks to RiSe’s trick, it means that he is at a higher level than me.
In other words, Arjan is much more senior than me when it comes to contracting new beasts.
I smiled at Arjan.
“It’s sudden, but I’m planning to go to the academy now. Can I ask for your assistance?”
* * *
the next day.
It’s been a while since I woke up at dawn, and I think it’s because I went to bed early for the first time in a while because I had nothing to do yesterday.
I saw the moonlight falling on the window.
‘Is it around three or four o’clock?’
The sun hasn’t risen yet, so it’s difficult to fly, and I guess I had a good night’s sleep, but I can’t sleep anymore.
So, for the first time in a while, I went out to Socheoldang alone to get some early morning air.
I warmed up with some simple gymnastics, reminisced about the retreat, and thought about taking a walk around my home… … .
There were passengers in the empty training hall in the early morning.
For a moment, I remembered meeting Mir during the retreat, but it was a somewhat unexpected person who was here today.
Charon Woodjack.
‘Is that guy still at home?’
It’s surprising.
The only ones still left at Badnicker were those who wanted to go to the academy… … .
No matter how you look at it, Charon and the Academy did not get along.
“Ha!”
Anyway, what is this guy doing at dawn?
Gymnastics on a moonlit night?
I stopped running for a moment and observed Charon.
First of all, he is holding a dagger in both hands… It did not appear to be voluntary training or martial arts training.
It looks like he’s just shaking his body.
Charon, who had been swinging the dagger for a while, irritably cursed.
“… Shit!”
Charon gasped, and then seemed to have realized my presence and turned to look at me.
“you… … .”
“You’ve been through a lot since early morning.”
Charon looked at me… … .
Suddenly, as if he had lost his mind, he rushed towards me with his teeth clenched.
The dagger illuminated by the moonlight gleams coolly.
I don’t know what he was thinking, but since I was free, I decided to join him.
I waited until Charon got close, and when he came into range, I shortened the distance.
“… … !”
Charon quickly stopped his movements when he saw me approaching, but in the meantime, he struck me on the right wrist.
A dagger fell to the ground with a crunching sound.
A body stiff from pain, in other words, full of gaps. Immediately snatch his left arm and throw it to the ground.
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thud!
I sat down on Charon’s back, who was lying on the floor.
“Pfft… … .”
“Did I eat something wrong?”
“… … .”
Charon said nothing as he sank his chin into the dirt.
I felt like my lips were purring, and then I heard a voice later.
“What should I do…” … .”
“uh?”
“How can I become strong like you?”
“… … .”
It’s a bit fresh, isn’t it?
No one has ever asked me this before.
I felt embarrassed and scratched my cheek.
“There is no need to be impatient. “Because I was much weaker when I was your age.”
“How old are you?”
“fifteen… No, sixteen now.”
“I’m eighteen?”
Charon spoke in a confused voice, but I also felt embarrassed.
‘I can’t tell you how much of an asshole Luan Badnicker was in the past… … .’
It’s frustrating.
In times like this, it’s time to change the topic.
“What happened?”
Then Charon purred his lips and spoke in a somewhat resigned tone.
“… After the training, I sparred with Hector Badniker. “Forty-five times in total.”
Charon said with a sad face.
“And everyone lost.”
“… … .”
“He refused my request to spar today. So said. Now that you’ve defeated me, you’re not going to fight anymore? Then… … .”
* * *
“… Take action, Charon Woodjack.”
Hector said in a growling voice.
“Even though I lost, I will not be discouraged and will have the courage to try again. But even after so much sparring, I don’t see any improvement in you.”
“… … .”
“Still, most of the spirits who participated in this retreat are weaker than you. Just like you said before, I will also be inferior to you in areas other than interpersonal combat and swordsmanship. But we all grew up. “Even a guy like Hans Vander has grown explosively compared to before the retreat.”
Hector said, glaring at Charon.
“Before or after the retreat… The only thing that hasn’t changed is you, Charon Woodjack. “Rather, I’d like to ask.”
“… … .”
“What on earth was Badniker’s retreat to you?”
Charon was truly speechless for the first time in a long time.
* * *
I was deeply impressed by Hector’s advice. That’s because it is correct in every detail.
And looking at Charon, who looks despondent, he asks:
“Do you want to beat Hector?”
“okay.”
“Are you asking me, Badniker’s bloodline, how to do that?”
“… Yes.”
“hmm.”
I said, giggling.
“I like it.”
“… … .”
“You will be more talented than Hector. But during this retreat, my brother grew much more explosively than you. “What is the reason?”
“… I don’t know.”
“I don’t know either.”
Then I felt Charon exhale as if in shock.
“You lost because you didn’t know.”
“What is that… … .”
“If you ask Hector the same thing, you will get a clear answer. Because you know how to become strong.”
“… … .”
“Even though it’s still clumsy… “He established his own independent martial arts school.”
Charon closed his mouth.
And he spoke in a slightly urgent tone.
“Then teach me that martial arts thing too.”
“You sound like an idiot. How do you teach martial arts? “Everyone has completely different values.”
“… … .”
Charon didn’t seem to understand.
Although he may not be a stupid person, this guy sometimes showed signs of being out of touch with common sense.
I looked down at the back of Charon’s head.
I’ve felt the discomfort I’m feeling now a few times before.
“Was it your father who taught you?”
“… … .”
“Not a good teacher.”
Then I felt Charon squirm.
“My father was an excellent teacher… … !”
“Keep talking.”
“He always taught me the best way… … ! How to become strong, how to survive, even the purpose of life… … ! “Thanks to that, I’m standing here without dying!”
“In other words, I just gave you the answer without even giving you time to think. You idiot, why is that a good teacher? “If nothing else, I should have left the student to find his or her own purpose.”
“what… … ?”
“I have never seen Hyde Woodjack, but I know what I taught you for. “You are not a student or anything, but a substitute.”
I said, tapping Charon on the back of the head.
Crackling.
Charon gritted his teeth and twisted his body to stand up, but he couldn’t.
I snorted and put more pressure on my hips.
“Keuuuuu… … .”
“… … .”
And then I realized that I was angrier than I thought.
Each person has a different point of anger.
There are people who are particularly angry at the behavior of parents who are not like their parents, and there are also people who are angry at children who exploit their old parents.
It’s like studying martial arts.
Because each person’s life is different, the point at which they become angry is also different.
And it was in these cases that I, as a human being, became most angry.
When I see a teacher who doesn’t even seem like a teacher.
“… If a teacher forces you to pursue a destination that you neither wanted nor desired, that is not teaching, but indoctrination. You learned it all wrong. Even worrying about not knowing the answer is part of the process, but look at what you’re doing now. “As you face your first wandering in your life, you can’t do anything like a lost child.”
I said with a long sigh.
“If you only teach the correct answers, what is the difference between the teacher and the answer sheet?”
A guy who has lived his whole life without a map doesn’t know where he is or where to go, but he just walks and sees.
On the other hand, this is what happens when a person who always knows the way loses the map. I sat there and cried.
This is because the field of view is narrow.
On the other hand, if your field of view is wide, you can guess the time by looking at the rising sun, and you can know the direction by looking at the positions of the stars.
Everything you see becomes a map.
Caron is probably the one who knows this fact better than anyone else.
So this guy is a pitiful guy.
Although he was an expert in hunting and survival, he had no idea how to apply it to life.
So, he must have come running to the training ground early in the morning while everyone else was sleeping, and simply and ignorantly moved around without any meaning.
I would have gone crazy if I didn’t do that.
“Are you going to keep doing this from now on?”
“… … .”
“At every moment of your life, every moment you wander, are you going to run to your father and whine to tell him the right answer? Either early or late. “There always comes a time in life when you have to stand alone.”
“Then what should I do?” … !”
Charon shouted, still rough, but with a somewhat sorrowful tone.
“I-I only know how to live like this… … !”
I sighed.
During the retreat, there were times when this guy showed a particularly aggressive attitude towards Evan.
What did they say?
Did I mention that if I stick with Raven, I won’t be in the top three?
I was surprised that a guy who was basically indifferent to others would say something like that to Evan, whose grades at the time weren’t that great… … .
Now that I know a little more about this guy, I understand why.
Charon was jealous of Evan.
Evan spoke as a habit when eating, resting, and even before going to bed.
How much you respect your father.
‘… What should I do?’
It suits my temperament to just ignore it and move on.
To begin with, Charon wasn’t a particularly likable guy at the retreat.
But after talking to him for a while, I realized that this guy was just as pitiful as me in the past.
Anyway, one thing is clear.
Charon’s father, Hyde, does not regard this guy as his child.
I stood up.
Charon, who had been down, quickly stood up and looked at me again.
It looks like a wary wild dog.
“Caron.”
“… What.”
“You said you were curious about how to become stronger.”
“… Yes.”
“Then I guess I’ll have no choice but to teach you how I got stronger.”
I clenched my fists and approached Charon.
Charon said, taking a step back.
“Bye, if it means getting slapped, that’s enough-.”
“no. Actually, Master didn’t really hit me in the face.”
Hwareuk-.
Fire trembled in my fist.
“I don’t have anything to do for two days starting today, right? therefore… “I will carefully prepare it with the mindset that a new death penalty system has been introduced under me.”
Charon’s face turned pale.
* * *
The two days passed quickly.
I don’t know about other people, but it was probably like that for me.
Monday morning.
Immediately after the sun rose, Yeongdo finally boarded a carriage heading to Jedo Island.
“This is a carriage… … ?”
“mansion… It seems… … .”
A local hillbilly looking at the ridiculously large carriage… In other words, Evan and Charis were shocked.
Actually, I was surprised too.
The mansion was oversized, but it was about the size of an average house, and the horse it was pulling was twice as big as an ordinary guy.
“If I ride this, I’ll be able to get to the system in no time.”
“But it will take a week?”
Of course, long-distance travel is full of variables.
The biggest variable is the weather, and if there is heavy rain along the way, it would not be unusual to be delayed for three or four days.
“I think I could just live in this carriage for the rest of my life…” … .”
“I agree.”
Anyway, it was a spacious interior of the carriage.
It was large enough to accommodate 10 or even 20 people, but with only our group inside, a lively atmosphere was created.
Of course, the reason why the guys who like to hold weight were in a different compartment.
Guys like Hector and Seren.
“When I go to the islands, there are more than one place I want to go.”
Charis said in an excited voice.
“The swordsmanship dojo, the magic tower, the history museum of the 7 races and 21 heroes, various art museums, and even performances held only in the islands… scent.”
“We also have the largest publishing company in the empire! My dream, [Empire Journal]! Moreover, there is a train in the system, and it takes you from the northern part of the city to the southern part of the city in one hour!”
Particularly excited were Charis and Pam.
These two guys seemed to have a particularly romantic interest in the islands, even among Yeongdo.
“But Luan, why are you here instead of going to your brother and your fiancé?”
“I’m your fiancé. And it’s so boring over there.”
Hector is not a very suitable conversation partner.
There were two of us in the carriage on the way to the retreat, and we fell asleep because we had nothing to say.
Seren is a bit better, but he also seems to be careful about what he says and does in front of others, so there’s no point in teasing him.
“okay. “You said you feel comfortable being here.”
“… … .”
As the low-pitched voice threatened me, not only Charis, who spoke, but all the leaders present gave strange looks.
Receiving all those stares without any thought… … .
“What are you looking at? “Do you have any complaints about your brother?”
Charon Woodjack said gruffly.
fantasy,
