My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 5. Making ropes (1)

We were standing on top of Sekull’s famous hill when I was first possessed by Prause.

“Ah… cold… ….”

Tina rolled her feet, wrapping her blanket tightly. Iris, standing next to her, blows on her and looks at me.

“Teacher, the sun hasn’t risen yet. What are you doing here? Are there monsters coming out?”

“No.”

“Mmm. So what? I know you have an idea because you’re Master, but I’m a little curious.”

“New Year’s Sunrise.”

“Sunrise?”

Since it’s the new year, isn’t it a national rule to watch the sunrise?

Honestly, I didn’t expect to see it with game characters other than my family.

My heart was pounding, but at the same time I was a little sad.

Even though my family was usually indifferent to me, I wondered what they would be doing and how they were living.

“What do you like when you see the sunrise?”

As soon as I was about to get emotional for a moment, I immediately erased her emotions at Maria’s question.

“Just…… It’s like origin. Looking at the rising sun, I am determined to do something this year, and I also talk about how I wish it would turn out.”

“Is there such a culture in the Empire?”

Ariel asked, controlling the winter wind to keep her children from getting cold.

No. It’s a culture that exists only in the modern age where I lived.

To be honest, it was a meaningless action.

“Sure! Does it come true as you say?”

“If you try.”

“I see!”

“Does hard work really make it happen?”

Unlike Tina, Iris asks rather seriously.

When I glanced at her side, Maria also saw a desperate expression.

I already know what their worries are.

After meeting me, the worries they had were only about their own race.

Sometimes I had nightmares while sleeping and woke up screaming.

You have told me over and over again that you are no longer in pain and that your people will soon be free from pain.

It must have been a bit blunt, but I did it anyway.

I was the one who was in trouble when the warriors were crooked.

“Are you anxious?”

“No! It’s not…….”

“Iris, as I said before, you will save all the prisoners. Maria will be able to achieve the revival of the elves. For sure.”

Of course. Just do what I tell you to do.

So let’s hold hands and go together until we kill the demon king? You say good is good

It was only then that the two of them’s expressions relaxed a little.

“What can I say…… When I hear from Master, I feel relieved because I think that will really happen.”

Maria looked in the direction I was looking and said.

“Right. If Master speaks, I really think anything will come true.”

Iris actively agreed.

For some reason, I felt like I had to work hard.

How much do you intend to burden me?

“Prause, you’re popular with the kids~ You don’t have dark feelings, do you?”

“Then you are not popular at all. You were bullied in the spirit realm, and you are also bullied in the human realm.”

“Isn’t that bullying?!”

Wangtara had a seizure at the words and shouted. Look at the way he gets into a fight first and gets excited when he gets attacked.

“If I was an outcast, how would I have talked to the other elemental spirit kings!”

“If you were a true friend, the moment you spoke to the other spirit kings, they would have listened to you right away.”

No matter how close a friend is, she won’t do unreasonable favors, but she will trust you.

Because she really has no friends!

In Ariel’s official settings, except for Phasma, all relationships were set to ‘not very close’.

She’s probably experiencing it herself.

Otherwise, she would have no reason to stick around all day just to see Phasma.

The time I was possessed by Phasma was fixed, so if I came at the right time, we could talk as much as I wanted.

She didn’t have to be here 24/7.

But the fact that she was here was proof that she was riding on her loneliness.

“That… Is that…… ? Me, was I being bullied?”

I guess I wasn’t aware.

Arial’s pupils convulsed in shock.

“Master, Ariel, do you have any friends?”

“Kuu!”

Ariel sat down at Tina’s innocent attack.

“Can I be your friend?”

Tina asked, looking into Ariel’s face. I unintentionally stopped Tina from continuing to hit her extreme.

This fight was Ariel’s defeat.

I was drunk with a sense of superiority and arrogantly laughed inwardly.

Iris said, pointing to the mountain to the east, hoping for a long time to be fooling around.

“Ah…… Master, the sun is rising!”

As she said, an orange color began to appear along the ridge of the mountain.

“Something…… It feels strange.”

“I see.”

Watching the sun go up slowly in the sky made me feel lighthearted.

“Can I make a wish?”

“That is not a shooting star. Looking at that, I’m making up my mind for the new year. But if you want to beg, you can beg.”

Tina put her hands together at my words.

“I hope that I can continue to live with my teacher, Iris, Maria, and Ariel like now! Ah! And I hope you can sleep in a warm bed every day and eat a lot of delicious rice every day!”

After Tina’s simple wish, we just stared at the rising sun without saying anything for a while.

* * *

“The New Year’s party is on January 10th, so I plan to leave in three days.”

I said nonchalantly while eating the soup.

I had to go to the capital and make various preparations, so I was thinking of going there in advance.

“But wouldn’t it be better not to go to a New Year’s party like this? From what I’ve heard, it’s a game of human identity. Since Prause is a commoner, won’t he suffer all sorts of insults?”

That was right.

But this has to go.

I also wanted to attend the New Year’s party 7 years later.

By that time, the three heroes will be strong enough to be untouchable by the empire.

However, since a variable suddenly arose, I had to check with my own eyes whether the scenario could proceed in its entirety.

“I’ll go anyway.”

“Hey Master, may I follow you?”

Iris cautiously raised her hand and asked.

“It’s okay to follow me, but I can’t attend the New Year’s party.”

The Imperial Palace is the residence of the emperor who gave the order to massacre other races. There was no way other races could enter there.

“But I am worried. Master is not a person who deserves to be insulted…….”

“I agree with Iris. If you ever insult my master, I won’t stand it.”

Thank you, but you still can’t beat the entire Imperial Knights and S-class adventurers.

And I couldn’t see a happy ending by turning the empire into an enemy.

No matter how strong they were in the world, they couldn’t deal with all the demons pouring in.

Like it or not, the power of the empire was needed.

In the first place, I didn’t go there hoping for good treatment.

I was just going to check if the person I was supposed to build a kite with was the same as in the game.

“…… Master.”

Maria called me cautiously.

“What is it?”

“If I, for whatever reason, try to destroy the Empire…… What do you plan to do then?”

“I will stop it.”

I answered without hesitation.

“…… Is that so.”

What I want is coexistence, not coexistence.

When she heard me, she bit her lower lip and gave a sad expression.

He must be depressed because he thinks he might one day fight with me who raised him.

Anyway, I think he’s more concerned about the little boy than I am.

I put down the spoon.

“Don’t worry. Because the next emperor will surely be a human who knows how to accept other races.”

“Yes?”

In the end everything will work out right. Because I have a good understanding of this world.

It will take some time, but it will definitely get better.

“I will make it like that. So in the meantime, work hard to develop your skills so that you can be useful. Let’s see that time together.”

Maria’s expression suddenly brightens. Her face, stricken with her melancholy a little while ago, was gone.

“Yes!”

By the time she lifted her spoon again, watching her smile as she answered vigorously, Tina and Iris were removing her lips as if jealous.

“… What?”

“Only Maria asked to see her! Master, what about me?!”

“…… Including you.”

“That’s right, Iris!”

“Ugh, yes!”

It seemed that they were disappointed that they seemed to have alienated themselves.

“Oh, but Master.”

Tina, who took the seat next to me today, tugged at her clothes. Thanks to her, the spoon she was scooping the soup from moved and landed on her hand.

It was a bit hot. No, a lot.

“Oh!”

Seeing that, Tina hurriedly removed her hand from my arm.

I was really sick, but I endured it and wiped it off with a handkerchief.

If it wasn’t for her facial expression management skills, her face would have been distorted with arrogance.

“Oops, sorry! I, I don’t know……. Yo, forgive me! Sorry!”

I wonder if I still have the trauma of that time, and when I made a mistake, I begged for forgiveness to the point of excessiveness.

This was not only true for Tina, but also for Iris and Maria.

It felt like I was always vigilant not to make mistakes.

Even though it’s already been three months since I turned my face off.

As a result, I had no choice but to stroke their hair to show that they weren’t angry whenever they made a mistake. To put you at ease.

“…… Done. What do you want to say?”

“Ah, that… …. Wouldn’t it be okay if I went in with you?”

Tina wiggled her hand as she stroked her hair as usual.

“… Yes?”

She pondered for a moment at her words. Tina knows what she meant by that.

Having finished her troubles, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to have Tina as her bodyguard.

Since it was the imperial family’s New Year’s party, there would be other S-class or celebrities gathering, so there was no way to know what dangers might lie in it.

No matter how much I have an aura, my reaction speed is the same as that of a commoner.

Besides, there was no way they were allowed to wear weapons to enter the imperial palace where the New Year’s party was held.

In other words, I had no choice but to become weaker than anyone there.

If you take Tina there, it will definitely come in handy.

“I see. Then Tina will go with me.”

“Oops!”

Tina cheered.

“…… So, what should we be doing?”

Iris asked, licking her lips.

“I will stay at an inn near the imperial palace. If you follow me, I will give you money so that you can buy and eat anything.”

“Ha, together…… Is it not okay?”

“Once again, other races are not allowed to enter the imperial palace. Don’t be fooled.”

Besides, there are many talented mages in the imperial palace.

Even with a disguise, there was a high possibility of being caught.

It was just embarrassing to take him there and be misunderstood as an assassin.

“Okay. Sorry.”

She reluctantly nodded.

Looking at the face of her who lost her world, no matter how much I was, I couldn’t help but feel weak.

“…… It’s been a while since I’m going to the capital, so I’ll be there for a week. The New Year’s party is one day.”

I said looking in the direction where no one was.

No answer came back, so I glanced at Iris, and she was smiling brightly and wagging her tail vigorously.

“Yeah!”

Fortunately, he seems to have understood the meaning of my words.

“Huh~ Prause, why are you so kind? You can just say ‘f*ck off’ as usual.”

“…… You go away.”

“I hate it?”

Her tongue sticking out, provoking her, she looked at her ridiculously.

…… Are you a child

Worth the price of hundreds of years. Damn Ariel.