You are the disciple, I am the master. (1)

My master, the lord of the Black Tower and a black magician who is in the process of awakening as a black magician, but not a black magician.

Piana Stone.

The first time I met her was when I was 10 years old in my previous life.

I knew her personality and character from reading novels, and she was leading a group of black magicians who were no different from organized crime thugs and taking over the back alleys of the kingdom, but after I was able to create a low-level black magic catalyst that could make contact with her, I went to see her right away.

The reason was simple.

Because I was an orphan and so weak.

Because I had no means to protect myself, and no means to protect the children who followed me.

And above all, I had to learn magic in advance somehow.

And as I expected, she accepted me into the organization after learning of my abilities and the fact that we were orphans with dark magic abilities.

And most of the tasks they ask us to do are menial.

Adults took care of all the dangerous and difficult things, and we just had to clean up the dirty and messy mess.

Of course, you could argue that it is kind of a person to make a child do something like this, but even including that part, she was kind.

Because it taught the kids how the world works, how to survive, and that there are other ways to live without using black magic.

If you work, you are given food to eat, if you do well, you are praised without hesitation, and if you make mistakes and fail, you are punished and get angry.

If you just give, you won’t be able to leave her arms, the arms of the organization. But if you remain completely indifferent, there’s no reason to join the organization.

So, even if it’s difficult, I give them tasks, teach them, express my emotions, and get angry.

Isn’t this excessive affection for children who are nothing more than orphans abandoned by their parents?

That’s why I liked her, and I hated the storyline where she died as ‘Nora’s awakening material’ shortly after becoming a magician in the novel.

That’s why I stayed by her side, helped her become stronger faster, and helped her build the Black Tower of her dreams.

This is a life achievement I can proudly talk about, and seeing her drink and cry with joy the day she achieved her dream and completed the blacked-out building made me feel truly proud of myself.

‘And I disappointed such a kind and gentle teacher.’

After class in the afternoon, I look at the sunset sky alone and reminisce about last year.

Kingdom of Frisia Rankings.

That ranking battle also appears in the main story, and there too, the third-rate villain Rudis causes trouble.

Hide Raoul’s sword, spend money to send thugs to keep Ellis from participating, and steal all of Nora’s catalysts.

They even tried to feed Crown Prince Albert cookies containing laxatives mixed in with the cookies fans gave him.

Of course I didn’t do that, but I gaslighted those four people like crazy.

You guys are so fucking weak, you guys are piece of shit.

Even those who made it to the finals of the ranking battle did so by using their power and using other people’s assets.

Nora received the catalyst I made from the Black Tower, Ellis received guidance from her mother, the captain of the knights, and Albert and Raoul were royal and noble, so they were really scraped up.

In particular, Nora and Ellis had been friends with me until then, but when I started talking nonsense about my mother’s abilities and the black magic tower my master had made, their affection for each other suddenly dropped.

I fulfilled my role, and in order to make up for the hardships that should have beenfallen them, I advanced to the main event, which I had not been able to advance to in the original novel.

In the first match of the main tournament, I won against Nora and sent her to the loser’s bracket, and Ellis played around with swords and magic and ended up in a draw.

Against Raoul, he didn’t even use magic, but only fought with a sword, teasing him so much that he made up for his shortcomings, and then he surrendered, making him mad to the core. Then, when it came to Albert, he deliberately defeated him.

You are the one in power, and I am just an orphaned black magician. It’s like I’m going to give in to your power.

Thanks to that, my teacher was greatly disappointed when he saw my disgrace there and declared that we would break off our relationship.

Honestly, I thought about getting beaten until my thighs bled, but I didn’t know there would be a punishment greater than that.

I couldn’t explain to my teacher the reason for my disgrace, and I was very sad that I could no longer talk to my teacher, whom I had loved.

Clearly, if it weren’t for self-hypnosis, I would have been so sad that I would have said, ‘Fuck, I’m not doing this anymore,’ and given up.

“That’s what happened, but now he’s asking me to talk… “

I think it’s an opportunity.

Of course, if you ask me to explain the shame of that day again, I have nothing to say, but if it’s a different conversation, if it’s just an apology and an apology, then that’s possible.

However, I don’t know the Master’s purpose.

He’s not so weak-hearted as to come back and pick up someone he’s already cut off, so why on earth did he come?

By any chance, you seemed to know about Ellis’s business, so did you come here to make some kind of deal with my sister?

So you’re calling me to talk about something else?

‘… The only thing that’s certain is that I’m still not on good terms with my older sister.’

The way the two of them looked at each other earlier was terrifying.

Even though they couldn’t really kill each other, I could feel the feeling of wanting to destroy something right next to them.

And originally, when those two were fighting, I would have just left without doing anything.

Because both of them were precious to me, and I couldn’t even think of taking sides with anyone.

And strangely enough, when I disappeared, both of them started to growl at each other but then went their separate ways as if nothing had happened.

‘But now…’

Which way is my scale leaning?

I don’t think I can ignore it.

The priest-student relationship was once severed.

And the relationship with the benefactor who picked me up when I had finished all my roles, broken and ruined, and disappeared alone.

My scales were already tilted in one direction.

I thought I had closed my eyes for a moment to collect my thoughts, but when I looked up at the sky again, I saw that it was no longer dusk, but pitch-black curtains falling.

And then, I also see a pretty girl with black hair and black clothes slowly approaching me, as if the curtain were her cloak.

All the beauties in this world have an exotic feel to them, but the Master is a little different.

She is currently in the process of awakening as a wizard, so her body is not small, but her fully grown appearance gives off the feeling of a very elegant, pitiful, and graceful Eastern fairy lady.

Of course, now that she’s gotten smaller, she feels more like a cute and beautiful doll rather than a pretty woman.

“… Wow, you were here.”

“Yes. After class, I was just waiting here.”

The sight of the teacher hesitating slightly made me cringe, but she soon returned to her usual self and began to speak clearly.

“Ugh… Was the girl I met earlier in the day really the princess?”

“Yes. She was the only princess in this country.”

“Oh, I see.”

The teacher seemed to be restless even though he was the one who asked the question, as if he had nothing to say.

While Rudy tilted his head and shook his head at her appearance, Piana was thinking.

‘Shit! Not that! Apologize! Apologize!!’

Piana had been trying to say from the beginning that she was sorry and that she had been wrong up until now, but a serious problem was occurring.

I have never been the first to properly apologize to anyone until now.

When she got drunk and made a scene or hit someone, it was easy for her to apologize in a ‘light’ way, but she had never made a serious and sincere apology in this kind of stiff and heavy atmosphere, so her mouth wasn’t moving properly.

In fact, she had never thought of having to bow down and apologize to someone like that, nor had she ever lived to have that happen.

Piana was resentful of her legs that would twist and turn like a dog that needs to poop, but Rudis, who only thought of a hook when he saw her like that, quickly continued the conversation.

“Master, I’m sorry. I was called the disciple of the black magician Piana, and I kept insisting on going to the academy, and I even ran away after interfering with the black magic tower until the end. I know that I can’t be forgiven with just words, but I still wanted to apologize.”

“?!”

And Piana thinks as she sees Rudis naturally bending her waist 90 degrees and apologizing.

‘No, why are you apologizing?! No, you’re so much better than that! Where did you learn that?’

The player was taken away.

I was going to ask you to bow your head and think about it one more time, to return to the kingdom and come back to the magic tower.

I have no idea what to say in this atmosphere.

It was too much time for her to just shout, “Yes! That’s what I said! So come back with me!” like she usually does, because she had too much time to reflect on herself while her beloved man was gone.

It’s true that she never did anything good for Rudis, but from the first time they met, she only used his abilities, and before she knew it, she had become manly and handsome and only thought about eating him, but when she saw that he was a little lacking, she doubted his sincerity that he had shown her for over 10 years, slapped him in the face, and declared that they would break up. Wasn’t she the one?

So, Piana was not quick to open her mouth, and Rudis, who thought that the reason she was not answering was because she was not apologizing enough, continued to speak.

“Just like the Master said back then. I still can’t explain why. But I didn’t do it on purpose to disappoint the Master.”

“Of course, you can’t believe it because of the way I showed you, but I hope you won’t be too angry. If you ask me to show sincerity, I will apologize in a way other than explaining the reason. “

“If there is a shortage of catalysts to be supplied to the Magic Tower, then… I can’t refuse to accept them, but I will produce and supply them for less than the minimum wage. So… “

“… Okay, okay, wait a minute!!”

Rudis’s apology, which continued on, had a stiffness to it, as if he was dealing with someone else, unlike in the past, and Piana, who had been listening, felt a stinging pain rather than embarrassment at having tried to apologize but ended up having the other person apologize first.

“What the hell, what the hell are you talking about! It was my, my fault for declaring a breakup!! I didn’t come here to hear an apology from you! I, I said I had a lot to say!! And, why… why aren’t you talking like before and are you talking so stiffly? We, t, like that… “

We weren’t like other people.

Even if you apologize, you’re still a fucking teacher, or a woman like your father.

She began to shake her blue eyes slightly as if she didn’t understand how Rudis, who usually liked to talk in a more friendly and playful way, was acting stiff as if she was talking to a business partner.

Rudis, who did not know her feelings, moved his mouth with a bewildered expression, as if he really did not know what kind of apology he had to hear from his teacher, Piana.

“… Uh, so. There’s no reason for the Master, who is the Lord of the Tower, to apologize to me, right? And… When I saw what you said to Yuria earlier, I thought you came here to make some kind of deal using Ellis’ current situation… ?”

“Wash! No way!!”

“!”

Piana felt the tears she had been holding back finally burst out as she saw Rudis’s actions, which went beyond being stiff and now treated her like a man, and even called Yuria “sister” while talking to her. Piana moved her lips.

It wasn’t like he wanted to apologize to him in this way, and he wasn’t even interested in Yuria.

“No… Na-neun! I wanted to see you! I’m sorry for breaking up with you that day! I wanted to apologize for whining and acting like a retard and a girl!! That’s why… Instead, call me your fucking teacher…! Call me like you used to, like family… !”

Piana, who had completely adapted to her shorter height than before, reached out to his face after she burst into tears.

Forgetting the difference in height between them, she raises her crow’s feet without thinking that she can completely reach Rudis’ face, and she trembles as she moves, then stumbles forward.

And while moving so uneasily, she couldn’t even think of using her special magic, and she started to fall as if she was going to hit the ground face first.

-Pok!

“… I don’t know what you’re talking about. You weren’t drunk, were you? … Dad?”

“Sniff… I didn’t eat anything! And don’t call me daddy… !!”

She quickly slid down and entered Rudis’ body, which had been accepting her.

And when he sees her wiping her nose and holding the hem of her uniform as if she had just caught him, he realizes that her teacher really came to apologize to him.

‘… Well, originally, he wasn’t the type of person to enjoy threatening others by taking advantage of their weaknesses.’

“Now, where…don’t go!”

“Haha, you told me to turn it off so it turned off?”

“Don’t turn off!!”

“Yes, if the Master wishes, I will.”

“Yeah… sniffle.”

As he patted his teacher’s back, thinking that his mind had grown younger along with his body that had shrunk since they hadn’t seen each other, the disciple felt a little warm in his heart as it seemed like it had been a while since he had heard his teacher’s complaint.

…thinking that it probably wasn’t because of her tears and snot.