How to Live As a Returnee Munchkin Swordsman

18 – Storm Instructor (2)

“Ah~ don’t lie. Why is the second son of the Mullique family using a sword?”

“Oh, it’s real! He’s the best among the new instructors of the swordsmanship department. To be honest, when I heard that rumor, I wondered what it was, but seeing it today, I can understand it. He is no ordinary hero.”

“No, but wasn’t Edgar Mullick the hero who was famous for being an idiot during our student days?”

“So that’s what makes it even weirder.”

Tristan, the capital of the kingdom of Clepe.

As it is the core city where the most heroes of the kingdom gather, the number of bars where heroes meet and talk is also huge.

In particular, this place called ‘Hero Tavern’ is a bar that offers high-quality food and alcohol instead of expensive prices.

It is so popular with heroes that there are dozens of branches within the kingdom.

Also, because the heroes gathered together, there were quite a lot of rumors that were passed down through their mouths.

“Then Edgar really, did he really bloom at the third crossroads?”

“Minimal, minimal! To be honest, when I saw the movement… Perhaps it was also seen as the fourth fork in the road.”

“madam! What a fourth fork in the road! Then Akina Instructor class? Say something that makes sense.”

“Ah-oh! It’s real! How can I prove this?”

And now.

In some of the hero taverns located in Tristan, very strange rumors were spreading.

It wasn’t long before the rumors spread.

It was from that point on, when numerous heroes from the special city of Saxony (mainly those selected as new instructors) began arriving in Tristan.

– A mid-level monster appeared in the red forest area!

-Edgar hunted all the monsters alone!

-Edgar may be the hero who opened the fourth crossroads!

Heroes pouring out stories with Jung-gu heating.

To summarize their story very briefly, it was roughly like this.

and.

“hmm… ?”

A heroic tavern located on the outskirts of Tristan.

Touluan, a regular customer, tilted his head.

He often visited this place to get the source of the stories of heroes, but today’s rumors were difficult to understand.

“Master. Who the hell is Edgar so he keeps coming out of the mouths of heroes?”

So I asked the tavern owner I was close with.

Then the tavern owner opened his eyes wide and asked back.

“Don’t you know Edgar Mulick? It was once published very occasionally in the Kingdom newspaper. A hero who is the second son of the Mullique family but has no talent for magic… Well, most of the articles were mocking.”

Edgar Mulick.

The second son of the Grand Magician Marquis Mullique.

Toulouse snapped his fingers as soon as he heard the full name.

“Ahh! mulik! I remember. But why is that Edgar?”

“Well, according to the heroes who came over from Saxony, that Edgar is a swordsman hero with a great crossroads.”

“… what?”

The tavern owner said nonchalantly as he polished his wine glass.

“Today, a mid-level monster, Kellail, appeared out of nowhere in the red forest area, and Edgar Mullik hunted 15 Kellails alone. It’s hard to believe, but there are quite a few heroes who testify the same.”

“… … !!”

An intermediate level monster appeared in the red forest area.

In fact, this alone is a major event.

The Red Forest area is an area where only low-level monsters have appeared, and since the source of the monsters has not been revealed, constant investigations have been conducted.

If a mid-level monster Kelleil that exceeded the appropriate risk level appeared there, it became a dangerous area to be dealt with at the kingdom level-.

Perhaps as soon as this news reached, a Royal Inspection Team was dispatched to the area early on.

But is there a hero who took down fifteen of those Keleil groups by himself?

Even the main character is the second son of the Mulik family, who was secretly ridiculed as an illegitimate son of a fool?

‘It’s a scoop!’

Toulouse’s eyes brightened.

Since he had an amazing smell for scoops, he knew with his intuition that this rumor could never be taken lightly.

It is said that rumors about heroes are usually filled with bluff and foam, but this incident, which had many eyewitnesses, was less likely to be a rumor.

“I heard that you were selected as the new instructor for the swordsmanship department at the Tristan Military Academy… uh?”

Grumble-.

At the sound of luggage being quickly packed, the tavern owner looked up from his words.

His conversation partner had already paid for the drink and left.

“Mister Touluan! Where are you going?”

“Go to work!”

Ordinary citizen of Tristan, Toluang.

His job was a daily reporter for the ＜Clepe Kingdom Newspaper＞.

* * *

“It seems to be roughly finished.”

Ray shook his hand and said softly.

Then I stretched out and sat down.

“You worked hard, Ray.”

“I just did what I had to do.”

It didn’t take long to find the dedicated lab.

Because the assignment was already over and Ray was informed of the location-.

However, the internal organization of the laboratory was a problem.

‘… I never thought it would be this dirty.’

Even within the military academy, it was too dirty to be a laboratory for a swordsmanship instructor with high authority.

It seems that the predecessor did not clean properly while leaving.

Besides, even if it wasn’t cleaning, we had to manually renovate the space we would work in to suit us.

So, as soon as we arrived, we started tidying up the lab.

-I will do it. Edgar-sama is outside and you can come.

-Okay. It’s a space for me to work, shouldn’t I clean it myself? We have to do it together to finish quickly.

-… … .

Nobles cleaning?

Ray panicked at the unimaginable sight and stopped me, but I didn’t want to leave it all to Ray.

After all, cleaning was done countless times as a barracks tidying up on the battlefield before returning home, and doing this a little doesn’t diminish the honor or dignity of the nobility.

Rather, working together saved time and was able to organize the interior of the lab in the direction I wanted.

So we ended up tidying up in a sweat.

Even if it doesn’t seem like a big deal, it was a big cleanup that took close to 3 hours.

“Still, it ended sooner than I thought. When I first saw it, it looked like I would have to clean it all day.”

“I think it’s because we have almost everything we need. There were also refreshments in one corner.”

“Oh, really?”

“yes. Can I prepare it for you? At first glance, there were many chocolate biscuits that Edgar liked.”

“… “It’s a misunderstanding.”

I don’t know why I liked chocolate so much in the past.

Nowadays, when it comes to sweets, I cringe and hate them.

I was looking around at Ray, who tilted his head and asked, “Have your tastes changed?”

Knock knock-.

Someone came to the lab, which had not yet opened, and knocked on the door.

—

“nice to meet you. “Instructor Edgar.”

It was a familiar face.

Akina Crowfly.

A swordsman hero who blossomed at the ‘fourth fork in the road’ at a young age and even earned the title ‘Star of the Kingdom’.

As an instructor, he is the most famous instructor not only in the Faculty of Swordsmanship, but also in the entire Tristan Military Academy.

At the time of the 3rd performance of the instructor exam, he was also the supervisor who conducted the interview with my practitioner.

I was slightly taken aback by her sudden appearance and opened my mouth.

“hello. uh, so… Senior Akina… sir?”

I am speechless, not knowing what to call her.

I slightly turned my eyes to see Ray, and she nodded as if she was okay.

Meaning there was no mistake in my answer.

After all, Ray doesn’t know anything.

“Can I come in for a minute?”

“Ah yes. Come in.”

It is fortunate that the lab has just been cleaned up.

Even an hour ago, it would have been difficult to find a place to sit.

Akina slowly came inside and found a sofa to sit on.

I was scratching my head at the appearance of a strange guest and saw Ray.

“Ray, that… ”

“I will prepare tea.”

“okay.”

If you pretend, you pretend.

Even when he just returned, he couldn’t judge me well, but now he knew what he wanted just by looking at his expression and eyes.

You are looking into my thoughts very clearly.

“Instructor Akina, is peppermint tea okay?”

“yes. I don’t mind tea, so come and sit. “I have a lot to talk about.”

“Ah yes.”

At her urging, I sat down on the sofa facing each other.

“I think you already know this, but let me introduce it again. “I am Akina Crowlin, a first-class instructor at the Tristan Hero Academy’s swordsmanship department.”

Annika got straight to the point and held up her hand.

I answer him by shaking his hand carefully.

“This is the new instructor, Edgar Mullick.”

“Also, I am a senior instructor who will be in charge of instructor Edgar’s guidance from now on.”

“… yes?”

However, a story that I have never heard of comes out.

Akina continued as she pulled out small documents from within her arms.

“All instructors selected for military academies are assigned to be senior instructors without a single exception. Just because you became an instructor doesn’t mean you can be immediately put into the field, so you learn about the instructor’s job while assisting the senior instructor and conducting joint research.”

The paperwork she handed over contained the things she had just said.

Assigned to the 107th division of the Tristan Swordsmanship Department as new instructors.

As she said, becoming an instructor does not mean you can give lectures right away, so it was a form of becoming independent after entering the senior instructor’s command to build a career.

“But Instructor Edgar’s case is a little unique. “I received the rank of level 3 instructor from the start, so I was able to go into the field right away.”

“ah… yes.”

“So, Instructor Edgar will not assist with work or conduct joint research. It will probably lead directly to lecture practice and field research courses. There are less than two months left until the start of the semester, and there is only one month left until the opening of classes and course registration.”

Although I am a new instructor, I was assigned an instructor (level 3 instructor) who can open lectures.

This means that lectures can be opened immediately from the beginning of this semester.

However, it is difficult for a newcomer who is completely unprepared to teach to just start a new course.

No teaching experience, no plans…

It’s because there’s not even a certain set of lectures to open.

Akina came today to fill that part.

… and.

“From now on, I will teach juniors myself. Instructor Edgar, are you available tomorrow?”

Senior was the type who hated procrastination.