episode_0041

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This episode is a spin-off released to celebrate Children’s Day.

Please be advised that the setting and content of this episode have absolutely no relation to the main story.

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“Um… .”

When I woke up, my world had become strange.

No, it’s not that the world has become strange, it’s just that my standards have noticeably lowered.

“No way.”

I wondered if I had crossed over to another world, so I slowly stood in front of the mirror, my trembling body dragging me. Fortunately, I saw myself as I was familiar with the world.

“My heart almost fell out… .”

I put my hand on my still pounding heart and let out a small sigh.

Fortunately, though, I have experienced this situation in the past.

In martial arts novels, it is often said that the body returns to its childhood state, which is easy to put into words.

He tilted his head.

Is the second half of the return trip really normal?

As I said before, I have already reached the state of semi-permanence and have maintained the appearance of an adult up until now.

But then it got harder again?

Is this a side effect of the world being a fantasy rather than a martial arts world?

Hmm, my head was starting to hurt, so I shook it and stopped thinking.

Even if I worry about it, what’s already happened won’t be fixed.

After making up the bedding, I left the cabin and headed towards the nameless person who was still sleeping.

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-Cheonmu-myeong

The night before, the Master told me that tomorrow was a special day and asked if I had any wishes that I would like to have granted.

The foolish me of the day before thought something stupid like, ‘As far as I know, there is no Imperial Day on May 5th…’, but not anymore.

Just as when the teacher says, “Today is a memorial day,” the crow becomes white, when the teacher says, “Today is a memorial day,” today becomes a memorial day.

anyway.

After hearing the Master’s words, I made a small wish, and it unfolded before my eyes in an absurd form.

…

“Nameless, are you awake?”

Are you having a good time?

I turned my head with a small smile as I heard the teacher’s voice, which was clearly higher than what I usually heard…

The teacher came to me, rubbing his eyes with his hands like ferns.

Hands like bracken?

With a smile on his face, he opened his eyes wide and looked at his teacher.

The first thing that caught my eye was his height.

His already short stature has become a head shorter.

The next thing I noticed was the face.

The appearance of the teacher, who had shown a little bit of maturity, was now round and childish, and the eyes of the teacher, who had seemed bored with everything, were shining brightly.

And then, the last thing that caught my eye was… that, somewhat irreverently, Master’s body.

Originally, the Master’s body, which had curves that helped prevent anyone from mistaking him for a minor despite his small stature, is now… perfectly rounded.

“… What the heck.”

To sum it up in one word, the teacher became difficult.

I squinted my eyes at the situation I didn’t understand and looked at the teacher.

“… Is this you, Master?”

The teacher nodded and scratched his head with an awkward smile.

“I woke up and this is what happened.”

Is it normal for your body to look younger when you wake up in the morning?

As I was slightly embarrassed by the strangely calm appearance of the teacher, the teacher came to me on his short legs and pulled at my collar.

“Ugh… Is it because my body is weak? I’m hungry… .”

I held my nose, feeling like something was going to pour out of it, as I saw my teacher throwing a tantrum like a little child throwing a tantrum.

…

The teacher must have been really hungry, because he held the spoon awkwardly and ate the soup I had made.

The sight of the Master eating was so beautiful that I forgot to eat myself and watched him. I could see the soup on the corners of his lips.

Can I clean it for you?

If it were normal, I would have wiped it off without hesitation, but now I guess he looks like a child.

If you show that you are taking care of your teacher too much, your teacher’s pride may be hurt.

and.

The way he ate with his food all over his body wasn’t dirty at all, and rather, he looked a little, well, cute, so I decided to watch him a little longer and then tell the teacher.

Well, to elaborate a little, I mean, it looks cute in the purest sense of the word.

Of course, the usual teacher is cute too… No, why am I making excuses right now?

As I sighed deeply and wiped my face with a sudden sense of guilt, the teacher tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“Why are you doing that?”

“… There is food on the corner of the teacher’s mouth.”

“Gasp! … Really!”

My head started to spin at the sight of my teacher wide-eyed and repeatedly rubbing my mouth with the back of his hand.

What the heck.

As your body grows weaker, does that affect your mind?

Although his speech is still the same, his actions are clearly those of a child.

If I were to give her something like a teddy bear right now, she would probably accept it with a big smile… .

Just imagining that scene brought a smile to my face.

“Eww- Anonymous, your expression is somehow unpleasant.”

“…”

… The master must return as soon as possible.

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-Cheonharang

No matter how much my body has become weak, I cannot neglect my training!

I must have had a good meal, but I was about to grab my wooden sword to start training… .

“This, profit!”

The weight of the wooden sword feels unusual today.

‘The wooden sword I’ve been holding all my life feels heavy?!’

It’s clear that there is something, some force trying to harm me!

He turned his head here and there and shouted loudly at his surroundings.

… Even so, the voice that came out was that of a child throwing a tantrum.

“Profit! Stop fooling around and come out!”

After wrestling with the wooden sword for a while, the nameless man who had left the hut first came back with a somewhat impatient expression and looked at me.

“Why are you doing that?!”

“Oh! Anonymous! You came at a good time! Look at this, this! This wooden sword is strange!”

“… Are you talking about a wooden sword?”

The nameless man looked at me with a somewhat subtle expression, then lowered his gaze and looked at the wooden sword for a long time, then let out a small sigh and picked up the wooden sword.

“What, why can I hear it right now…?”

“Yes?”

no way.

He slowly reached out his hand to the anonymous person and opened his mouth with a trembling voice.

“Mu, anonymous, would you please pull my hand for a moment…?”

“… Yes.”

I tried to resist being dragged away by the nameless man by putting as much strength into my legs, arms, and waist as possible and raising my internal energy.

My body was hugged by the broad chest of the nameless man without any resistance.

… more precisely, it was the lower abdomen area due to the shortened height.

“S, Master?”

“This can’t be happening… !”

“Why on earth are you doing that…?”

As I raise my head, twisting my body here and there in the arms of the nameless man, I see the nameless man looking down at me with worried eyes.

“My internal energy seems empty!”

“Internal energy… you mean?”

“That’s why my body became so young!”

Fortunately, the reason I became so young was not because of Banrohwandong or any evil forces targeting me, but because my danjeon, where I had been accumulating my internal energy, was completely empty.

It doesn’t look like there’s any particular internal injury, so if you just eat a moderate amount of exercise and let time pass, your body will quickly return to its original state.

As I let out a sigh of relief in the arms of the nameless person in a situation that was not as serious as I thought, the nameless person’s body shuddered violently.

He tilted his head in puzzlement and looked up at the nameless man.

“Huh?”

“… Then can I go back?”

“Then! This much will be recovered in a week!”

“One week… .”

Nameless let out a small sigh, released the arms that were holding me back, and wiped my face.

Accordingly, the feeling of restraint that had been wrapped around my body naturally faded and a sense of liberation came over me, but I felt a strange sense of regret.

What do you mean, regret?

This time, I flinched and trembled as I walked away from the nameless man.

“Hey, anonymous, you should go and practice for now.”

“… ? Yes.”

For some reason, it was difficult to look at the anonymous face that had such feelings, and his face turned red.

‘Why am I like this?’

I thought to myself as I kept fanning my feverish face with my hand.

Come to think of it… .

There have been times when I held the nameless in my arms, but it has been extremely rare for me to be held in the arms of the nameless.

Ah, I guess you’re so embarrassed that you’re the master being hugged by your disciple!

Hmm, that would be it.

There is no other explanation for it.

maybe.

I came to my senses, turned my head, and watched the nameless man taking off his upper body for training for a long time. Then, I felt my face heat up again and shook my head.

Ugh, I just can’t calm down.

I must at least help the nameless one in his training and establish the master’s dignity.

The moment I left the cabin with a determined expression on my face.

“Whoa!”

I tripped over an unexpected rock and fell.

“Ughh …

I just kept crying in a situation where things didn’t go as planned.