The Villains I Taught Became Heroes. – Chapter 32

“Ah… ahhhhh…!!”

Thud. Sowol sat down on the floor, clutching her face.

Why isn’t Master here?
Why do Master’s traces only go this far? Why?

“Ah, Miss!!”

I’m confused.
I can’t get a grip on myself. The feeling of anxiety was consuming my entire body.

Master is gone.
Master disappeared.
Master might be dead.

“Ahhhhh!!”

What did I say the last time I saw Master?

“Ah… ahhhhhhh!! No!! No!!”

I said he was hateful.
I said I hated the Master I loved more than anyone.
Even though I had a chance to take it back, I missed it because of my foolish stubbornness.

No. No. No.
That’s not what I wanted!

“Ah…”

In the end, Sowol fainted, and Laila, who held her in her arms, bit her lip hard.

.
.
.

“…..”

When she came to her senses, Sowol saw a familiar ceiling.

It’s her room. With a vain hope, she slowly looked around. It felt like Master would be beside her, smiling happily as always.

But he wasn’t there.

Reality, which thoroughly ignored her expectations, placed someone other than Lee Hyun beside her.

“Ah. You’re awake?”

“Serin… High Priestess.”

“Archbishop. I got promoted due to last time’s incident. Well, putting that aside.”

The beautiful woman she had seen last time lightly closed the report in her hand and held it out to Sowol.

Sowol, looking at it with a haggard face, took the report in her hand.

“What… is this?”

“It’s an investigation of what happened at Wola Mountain.”

“How long… was I unconscious?”

“Three days.”

‘No wonder my body feels empty.’

She weakly lowered her head.

More shocking than being unconscious for three days was the fact that Lee Hyun wasn’t beside her.

“But why are you…”

“Try reading it.”

Sowol weakly opened the report.

There was nothing special in the report’s contents.

Just that the ones stationed at Wola Mountain were the elite of the elites among the Asura Cult.

And that Lee Hyun had single-handedly defeated those elites.

“Lee Hyun’s traces were cut off at the cliff. There’s a fast-flowing river below, so if he fell there, no traces could be found.”

“…..”

“Just in case, the church is searching the river downstream… but there have been no special reports yet. In the end, it means we couldn’t even find his corpse…”

“I can’t believe it. Master…”

Lee Hyun, who possesses quite strange artifacts and mysterious powers.

Sowol held onto the hope that he may have flown away as if by magic.

Serin covered her face once at Sowol’s reaction before speaking bitterly.

“I know how strong Lee Hyun is too. But the Asura Cult forces there were truly the elite among elites.”

Serin also knew the extent of Lee Hyun’s power, having experienced it herself.

Excellent swordsmanship, mighty magic, and possessing strange artifacts and many skills on top of that.

But even so, there were too many and too strong enemies.

To the point that it would be difficult for even Lee Hyun to handle.

“…Sigh.”

Sowol clenched her teeth.

All kinds of emotions were swirling inside her.

The regret coming from deep in her heart felt like it would tear her apart.

Her obsession with him, whom she may never meet again, felt like it would burn her up inside.

The exhaustion created by the last words she left him was tearing her apart.

Staring at Serin with eyes mixed with all those negative emotions, Sowol lightly gripped the blanket.

‘…Such things are a luxury now.’

There’s no reason to despair.
There’s no reason to regret.
There’s no reason to feel exhausted.

Overcoming all the negative emotions gnawing at her insides, the one emotion Sowol brought forth was:

‘Those bastards will pay for everything…!!’

The reason Sowol quickly mastered Moonlight Sword was because she wanted to make Lee Hyun happy, but that wasn’t the only reason.

It was because enemies were attacking Eastern Trading Company. She desperately clung to Moonlight Sword because of them, and that’s why the time she could spend with Lee Hyun inevitably decreased.

And. They made Lee Hyun die.

‘No!! Master can’t have died so absurdly like this. Right. He’s just missing. We promised to meet again at the academy, didn’t we? Master would never break a promise!!’

Sowol erased the anxiety seeping into her.

Thinking that he didn’t die and escaped from there by some method, strength returned to the hand gripping the blanket.

Serin, watching her, slowly rose from her seat and held out her hand.

“It seems our goals have finally aligned.”

As the church’s archbishop, Serin wants to deal with cults like the Asura Cult.
And to Sowol, the Asura Cult was none other than a mortal enemy she could no longer live under the same sky with.

Those with the same enemy gathered. Then, there was obviously only one thing to do.

“…Are you saying we should fight together?”

“Yes. I just met with Company Leader So. The entire Eastern Trading Company has decided to fight the Asura Cult.”

“…Then what should I do?”

“First, Eastern Trading Company must become a company cooperating with the church. The church exerts influence across the entire continent. Joining hands with us means growing that much too.”

Eastern Trading Company must become even bigger and stronger.

Enough to be worthy of the church.

It won’t be easy.

But So Jung-yang and the others were also prepared for that.

“But that alone isn’t enough.”

“…”

“Power. The Asura Cult can be said to be the most powerful among all cults. To fight against them, power is needed.”

Sowol looked at her own hand. She had it.

Power.

The power passed down from Lee Hyun.

“…Can I be of help?”

“Of course. If you’re Lee Hyun’s disciple. If you learned a lot from him, it’s more than enough.”

Sowol faced Serin. Serin reached out her hand to her.

“First, become a holy knight. Cultivate the strength to fight cults. And ultimately, aim for the position of saint.”

“Can I become a saint? I only know how to fight…”

She did attend church regularly,

But a saint?

Isn’t that a position reserved for more noble women?

“Well, it’s not unprecedented. Saint Jeanne, the saint of national salvation, was the daughter of a peasant family before becoming a saint…”

“Is that so?”

“Plus, there are no candidates for sainthood in this generation… Perhaps even you could become one. Of course, even if you don’t become a saint, I think you could at least rise to the position of cardinal.”

Once she reaches that position, she can independently mobilize holy knights and fight cult members to her heart’s content.

Sowol silently looked at Serin, then at the hand she held out.

“…Alright.”

Sowol firmly grasped Serin’s hand.

“Because I absolutely cannot forgive those Asura Cult bastards.”

Sowol, who decided to join the church, immediately went to So Jung-yang and conveyed her decision.

So Jung-yang agonized over her words but couldn’t dissuade Sowol, who was more serious than ever.

“The path you’ve chosen is by no means an easy one. Do you still want to do it?”

“Yes.”

Sowol was more serious than ever before. She had decided to stake everything and fight the cults.

The Eastern Trading Company had already been attacked by cults several times.

And to counter that, they decided to join hands with the church.

In such a situation, if the company’s successor aims for a high position in the church, the company head should be happy. Still, he couldn’t be simply delighted as someone who knows how difficult it is.

“Is it because of your master?”

“…I can’t say it’s not.”

The cult forces were large and moved secretly.

To catch them, the church’s power was needed.

No matter how much she learned Moonlight Sword from Lee Hyun, she couldn’t fight the Asura Cult alone.

That’s why she wants to use the church.

“Master was hostile to the Asura Cult. Then, isn’t it natural for Master’s only disciple to be hostile to cults? The disciple Master loved and was proud of.”

“Sigh… I wish you could live more comfortably.”

“This is the life I want.”

“……”

“Rather than regretting losing Master, being exhausted by Master’s absence, and being obsessed with Master who is no longer by my side. Moving forward. Fighting for Master.”

Sowol’s eyes were serious.

Realizing that he could no longer dissuade her no matter what he said, So Jung-yang sighed heavily.

“Then what do you need to do?”

“For now, I think I need to work with Archbishop Serin as a battle nun.”

She had already heard the details from Serin.

Join as a battle nun and fight the church’s enemies.

If she accumulates a certain level of merit there, she can obtain the qualification of a holy knight from then on.

After that, just fighting cultists is enough.

“Archbishop Serin said she plans to create a holy knights unit soon. Joining that is the first goal.”

Join the unit that must fight at the forefront where the battles are the most intense.

By doing so, she will deal with the Asura cultists one by one.

Sowol firmly grasped the Moonlight Sword she received from Lee Hyun.

“I don’t think it’s impossible. Because I have Moonlight Sword… the sword Master passed down to me.”

“I see… But Sowol. Do you know? The path you want to take is the path of a hero.”

“……”

“Although the intention may be different, what you want to do is to follow good and destroy evil. You’re not unaware that that signifies a hero. Are you okay with that? How difficult that path is…”

“I know.”

Sowol smiled brightly, nodded, and closed her eyes.

“But it’s okay.”

“……”

“If fighting cults is walking the path of a hero, Master could also be called a hero. Then it’s right for me to walk the same path.”

She had heard from Serin.

In the past, Lee Hyun joined forces with the church and fought cultists.

Why did he fight the cultists?

What grudge did he have with the cultists who practiced human sacrifice that he fought them?

According to what she heard from Serin, there was no particular reason.

No matter what benefits were offered or what easy path was suggested, Lee Hyun silently fought the cultists.

Then Lee Hyun could also be called a hero.

Sowol opened her closed eyes.

There was no longer any confusion in her eyes.

“Because I am the hero’s one and only disciple.”