chapter 24
24. Don’t be mistaken
“Sorry. I never thought it would look like this.”
A place far away from the group following Garam.
Garam knelt down and bowed his head in front of me.
Check once to see if anyone has followed you this far.
The warrior of the sword is kneeling in front of a strange young man and is apologizing.
If this goes into someone else’s ear, it’s quite embarrassing.
Fortunately, there were no eyes looking this way from the surroundings.
“All right. You and I both knew that this would happen.”
“But it is true that I have nothing to say. I thought I got the most out of it. I thought it would be like this.”
As he said, Garam filtered out the worshipers who drank as much as he could.
Because if you dig into the past, there are things that will inevitably be revealed.
For those who acted as demon worshipers, it was only natural that there would be a gap.
It’s not even a job to shake off the remnants of them if you just investigate the gap.
But, like the one-eyed woman, living a normal life and being forced into that group.
And if you are being used by them, this side can’t be sharp either.
If those who are being used by the enemy risk their lives to tell the truth.
Or, like today, unless you find the evidence you’ve been hiding.
“After that, get up, Garam. What if someone sees it Do you want to see Master get into trouble?”
“Master.”
Garam slightly raises his head.
A chilly feeling of life emanates from the guy’s eyes.
“You don’t have to be involved, Master. I can handle it.”
“….”
It’s not just words.
If you are Garam, you can complete the task.
I am not a warrior for nothing. I can fight the army with just one sword.
Not to mention demon worshipers who don’t have much to do other than summon monsters.
However, there is one part that is unreasonable to send Garam.
“Didn’t you say you were going up north and dealing with monsters?”
“… Yes.”
“The thing you want to deal with is located in the exact opposite direction from where the monsters are. It happened to be on the street where Iris and I passed. So, who is the right person to finish the job?”
It’s not even worth answering, Garam has work for him to do.
Go up north and deal with the monsters that keep knocking on the border.
If it is delayed, monsters that have invaded from other places will disturb the rear.
It is highly likely that the devil worshipers threatened the one-eyed woman for his part.
Slow Garam’s footsteps as much as possible, or make sure he doesn’t finish the job easily even if he reaches the north.
I’ll try to pop different things in succession as much as possible before one place is cleaned up.
Remember, at the end of Season 1, a blitz attack follows from all over the continent.
Considering that right now is right before that, the possibility is high enough.
Even the enemies know that the number of warriors is small.
Although they are called warriors, after all, they are made of flesh and blood.
We also know that without adequate rest, we eventually become weak.
“Garam, focus on your work. I’m stopping by on my way anyway, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
“But….”
“For the disciples. It is the teacher’s duty to look after them so that they can do well.”
Sometimes it pulls from the front.
Now, when those disciples go out into the world in a real sense,
The teacher just needs to push from behind as if he knows or doesn’t know.
That is the duty of a true teacher, and he said it was love for the disciples he raised.
“So… for the disciple… Me, for me! You mean that?”
I think I missed a lot here and there.
Anyway, it’s also true for Garam.
I nodded, and Garam dyed his face red.
Anyway, this guy seems to have thought and accepted it on his own.
It’s quite burdensome for him to do that, and I’m also worried.
Because of that, I had a firm sense of purpose, so even blocking it was ambiguous.
It’s not good to dry it, it’s better to use it appropriately.
After making that decision, I used myself as bait to encourage Garam and other disciples.
As a result, it is true that everyone’s skills jumped up considerably.
As a bonus, it’s a problem that I also jumped up to worry about my own future.
“Iris!”
I thought I had made up my mind, so I called Iris’ name.
“Are you done talking?”
“Yes. I guess we should start right now. Did you take good care of it?”
“Yes. Well taken care of. Would you really be all right than that?”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“Master, you really hate troublesome things.”
“Of course, I don’t like troublesome things. It’s not just me, it’s the same for anyone in the world.”
“By the way….”
“By the way, you have to feel dirty in a moderate way. This is not It’s too dirty.”
Is it because I fell into this nonsensical world?
Or was it that my teacher was slightly colored without my knowledge?
If that wasn’t the case, I wonder if my true personality and nature were like this in the first place.
I couldn’t even give myself a definitive answer.
But one thing is for sure, these guys are trying to do the same thing.
It was the part that said they would give each of them a suitable ending.
“Master.”
Garam holds out something in his hand.
After accepting it because I wanted something, I looked at him and Garam said.
“A letter from the fourth.”
“It must be written that I am going to find Iris.”
“Yes. Fifth, I seem to have located the approximate location of Iris’s disappearance, far to the west of here. It is said that it is a place where an ancient kingdom disappeared, but they say that it will take more than that to know.”
In games, most of the ancient kingdoms were secret dungeons for hidden quests.
If not, it’s a limited dungeon that drops rare equipment.
Because, of course, the difficulty of the ancient kingdom was very damn right.
Thinking of that, even Iris couldn’t be relieved.
In the game, it is said that the hero characters formed a party and cleared it.
Here each warrior is scattered and doing his job.
“I’ll just deal with all the monsters that are in the process of attacking in the north and go right away. Please wait, Master.”
“If you don’t come quickly, you could find the fifth whereabouts and leave for another place. So don’t be late. Instead, don’t be in a hurry. If I hear that you are seriously injured, I will never see you again.”
Then Garam’s face turned red in an instant.
I like him, he is doing that because he is so concerned about me.
I know that Garam has more than a crush on his teacher.
Originally, it would be right to make them stop coming closer, to give up their feelings.
As of now, I have every reason to say this.
‘It’s like the limitations of the water body, and the physical strength problem. The reality is that I am still uneasy.’
If the other guys can withstand 100 damage.
Garam cannot withstand 100 damage.
This is not a game, it is a world where everything really lives.
If you die, that’s it. That’s why you need to save more and live again.
If you can use me to increase Garam’s survival rate even just a little bit, I’ll always be taken advantage of.
“Garam. Although you don’t have a steel body like the other disciples, your sword is definitely strong. Have no doubts about that fact. Did you understand what I said?”
Perhaps it was a limitation of the glass cannon, but despite being a swordsman, he did not have a body and stamina like steel.
In a way, he was supposed to be a half swordsman with a really ridiculous weakness.
To cover that is a fraudulent attack technique and a speed that even I can barely follow with my eyes.
At the same time as knowing your limits and trying to break through them.
Also, you know your strengths well and know how to use them to the fullest.
So even though I’m a glass cannon and a water body, I’m Garam who heard the sound.
I don’t regret being the first to find him and accepting him as my first disciple.
“Yes! Master!”
Down!-
The fox’s tail, which had been quiet behind Garam, starts wagging like crazy.
I feel so good right now! That look that I don’t even want to hide.
On top of that, he pricked his ears and waited for something else to be said.
Watching Garam like that reminded me of the first time I saw the old guy.
A fox-beast girl who whimpered and lived in hiding, avoiding people’s eyes.
Slavery is legally prohibited, but ‘illegal’ exists everywhere.
And a girl without parents or guardians is the most acceptable product.
As she set it up, Garam was enduring all sorts of obstacles.
As I was in the game, so in this world.
I found Garam, fed him, put him to sleep, and trained him to become the first warrior.
Knowing that she is good at using a sword, it wasn’t difficult to find her talent.
Starting with that guy, the project to have all the warriors as my disciples began.
‘It was like that at the time.’
I know very well that selling memories is really bad.
I wonder if it can’t be helped that this doesn’t go my way again.
So I unknowingly stroked Garam’s hair, and his face turned red again.
“I have to go now.”
“Ah… me, s. Master. If you stroke my hair a little more… Shouldn’t it?”
Ki-ing, beng-.
Is he deliberately acting mean, or is it unavoidable because he is a fox beast?
You can’t help but feel weak after whining so painfully.
“You really… ha.”
I let out a sigh, but my hand was already on Garam’s head.
There are things that soothe the person, but I liked the feeling of stroking his hair the most.
I tried stroking the other students’ heads… Do you think there is nothing like Garam?
For that reason, I was just about to reach Garam’s head with my fingertips.
“Come on, Master! If I keep going like this, I won’t be able to go far, and the sun will fall!”
Poof!-
“Huh? Uh? Hey wait a minute Iris?”
“Eh, the youngest! What are you doing!?”
“Master is taking care of you, Master!”
I suddenly felt my body tilt, and Iris started dragging me.
If it’s a normal Iris, it should be normal if she loses power to me.
Now they were really trying their best to keep me away from Garam.
It was a part where you could see that he was serious about this, not joking.
hahahahaha, if we dragged out more time here, only regrets for each other would be greater.
So I pretended not to win and said to Garam while being dragged away by Iris.
“Be careful, Garam! The moment you are careless is the most dangerous time. Remember that the enemy is in front of you, beside you, and behind you!”
“Soon! We hope to see you again soon! I’ll follow you soon!”
Listening to Garam’s cry, I was dragged by Iris.
After a while, a road came out, and I saw a woman waiting there first.
“You didn’t run away?”
“….”
“I thought he would have run away.”
“Because I can’t run away. “
“Looks like the family story wasn’t a lie.”
“Really… Are you really going to help me… ?”
“Hey. You seem to be misunderstanding something.”
A one-eyed woman who was forced to join Garam’s group by demon worshipers.
She corrected her mistakes in the woman’s words.
“I am not here to help you.”
“Then….”
“Those who tried to make fun of me. I’m going to catch those bastards.”