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I don’t know if the plant called Aplesia also had a soul, but it seems that the magic power was steadily accumulated in the artifact, and the magic sword became a little thicker.

Holding that magic sword, I recall what I did with Aela and transform the sword.

‘Explosive sword.’

The sword is the key.

Creates a sword that responds to the opponent’s magical power and causes corresponding damage.

Soon, a red light began to glow from the tip of the straight sword.

The teacher who saw it misunderstood the external appearance of the red light at the tip as magical energy embodied as a sword.

“Hmm… The magic power is now revealed outside the sword. Until now, it only felt like a gray sword. However, it does not seem meaningful to the extent that a little bit is revealed at the tip of the sword. Anyway, wasn’t the previous sword, the magic sword, already in good condition compared to other knights’ swords?”

“There won’t be much difference in intensity.”

Well, the internal structure has changed, but if you just look at it this way, it doesn’t seem to be special compared to the knights who created the sword.

Rather, unlike the swords of knights whose swords cover the entire body of the sword, if you look at the appearance of the sword I am holding, it appears to contain magical energy only at the tip, and that is simply red magical energy. It looks as if magical energy was infused into the spear, not the sword. will be.

Still, you have to be careful not to be noticed by others.

I explain the true value of this sword to the teacher.

“This red light is a bit different from the knights’ sword. It’s a good technique to catch you off guard a little.”

After saying that, I pointed the tip of the red-colored sword towards the iron plate placed on the scarecrow that was erected for equipment maintenance.

bang!

As soon as the rotating magic power hits the scarecrow, it explodes and the iron plate flies high.

The iron plate was originally made to test the strength of magic defense and contains a very small amount of magical energy.

Of course, as soon as it touched the sword, the magic contained within burst out.

“Hoo. I don’t know what the principle is, but as I said, this seems like a good way to catch people off guard. You can see the principle, so if you deal with it carefully, it may be possible to destroy it, but the only way to avoid the first attack is to blindly attack it. Did you think of it yourself?”

Seeing the teacher’s interest, I thought it was a good idea to show him.

So I excitedly explained the whole story.

“No, this is not a skill I developed myself like before. I learned it from an elf, but they said it was originally a skill that was difficult for humans to use normally. However, since I use the artifacts I have, it is possible to use them safely.”

“… I learned it?”

But which of those actions offended me? Master’s expression suddenly changed.

“Say it again.”

The smile disappeared from his face and his voice became cold.

“Uh, didn’t I tell you yesterday? I met an elf in the swamp.”

“I only said that we met, but I didn’t say that I learned anything.”

After a long silence, Master repeats the same words again. However, this time was different.

“… Lastly, I will ask you again. Is it true that you learned it from an elf? ”

A different tone from the previous question demanding an answer.

It’s a tone that forces me to say that what I said was a lie.

However, it was impossible to say that the facts were not facts.

“Yes. I learned something from the elf I met yesterday… Is there anything strange?”

After hearing my answer, Master touched his forehead with his hand and frowned.

Clearly holding back his anger.

‘why…’

I couldn’t figure out what made Master so angry.

Master did not end his questioning there.

In fact, I started to become even more obsessed with something.

“… I have a teacher, so why did I learn strange things from someone else?”

“Yes? But Master told me not to ask about things like swordsmanship. He said he would just teach me how to fight normally. So, no matter what the situation, he never showed his true sword skills.”

“Well, it was like that… But if it’s a boy, shouldn’t you be stubborn and ask?”

‘What on earth does this mean?’

Master did not stop there.

I certainly kept the line she drew for me, and I didn’t hesitate to learn techniques taught by someone other than my teacher to cross that line in a different way.

It was I who approached her, but it was Master who said that he would only act as a guide.

“I have a good teacher and am learning strange techniques from someone I don’t even know. I guess I was like that to you. Now that it’s been a long time since I’ve known you, I was thinking of making you my real disciple.”

I feel like something is going astray.

But for me, it just feels unfair.

So I couldn’t stop.

“But I didn’t ask to know this, the elf woman just suddenly told me this. Have I ever made such a request to anyone other than Master? Even when I met other knights, I never asked them to show me anything. Because I have a teacher.”

“Let’s stop talking.”

“No, why are you doing this all of a sudden, Master? I don’t know what you’re thinking, but please tell me. If I did something wrong, I will fix it.”

When we first met, he had a cold face.

Still, as time went by and we experienced many life and death events together, we became quite close.

When we met, we were able to smile at each other by asking how we were doing and sharing the shitty situations we had been in.

This is the teacher who always showed me a smile whenever I met him.

This is my first time seeing a teacher like this.

“No, no. I was just thinking wrong. In the first place, I was the one who said that I would not give you full-scale teachings and that if there was someone stronger, you should learn from him. I guess I was having a strange dream alone for no reason. Let’s call it a day.”

For some reason, things don’t look very good.

He suddenly became angry, and as if he was possessed by something, the conversation gradually changed to talking to himself, and he ended the conversation.

Master turned around and tried to leave, so I tried to grab him by the shoulder.

I thought that if I sent it like this, misunderstandings might increase, so I did that…

“Stop-!!!”

Sereung-

Suddenly-

Master’s estark that was suddenly and impulsively pulled out.

That sharp sword cut my arm deeply in an instant.

“Ugh…!!!”

“S, Master?”

Me, who froze on the spot, and Master, who was astonished as if he couldn’t trust himself even though it was his own actions.

I was as shocked as she was.

I’ve never done anything like this before.

Not only did Master actually pull out a knife and cut me, but he never once scolded me.

I’ve told jokes and made fun of death as a joke quite a few times, but I’ve never actually done something like this.

“No, no. Again… again… again… stop, stop, stop… I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…”

The master holding the sword approaches me muttering at a frightening speed.

This is the first time I feel scared by Master.

Perhaps it was because he was shocked by the fact that he had been attacked by someone he trusted.

so-

So I did something I shouldn’t have done.

Startle-

I reflexively avoided the teacher’s arm trying to touch my cut arm.

“Sorry, sorry. Stop without even realizing it…”

“… Yes. I guess so.”

Clink-

Master, seeing my reaction, weakly drops his sword.

“… I guess that’s natural. The mistakes of my past life cannot be washed away, and I will repeat the same thing forever until these memories are completely incinerated.”

Now I couldn’t even understand what was being said.

Master’s eyes are no longer looking at me.

I am looking at another world, in the air.

Even with me right in front of you,

Master is no longer looking at reality.

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After that, Master didn’t say anything and didn’t even look in my direction anymore.

I was just quietly doing what I had to do.

Enin and Peria came and asked what happened, and I answered, but there was no clear solution.

[I will take care of you. Lee Rim, please go first.]

[…I also had a fight with my teacher, but in this case, it would be better to stay away. Let me try and hear what you think. Oppa, go.]

In the end, our day ended just like that.

So, tip the glass and pour the alcohol into the glass.

gulp-

Drink the entire glass in one go and pour again.

gulp-

I drink it all down again.

“…”

I drink alcohol at the bar of a quiet bar in a corner of town, farthest from my accommodation.

His arm is bandaged because it was cut by Master.

When I went to the resuscitation center and showed my wound to Linai, I was told that the part that acts as a tendon was cut cleanly.

I wondered how long it had been since I had been to the resuscitation center and I was still hurt again. Linai was about to say something, but swallowed her words when she saw my distraught expression. I feel sorry for even that.

‘… shit.’

Repeat pouring alcohol into a glass with your other arm, not the arm with the cut or broken finger.

It’s been a long time since I felt this depressed.

It breaks my heart not so much that I was cut by my teacher, but that I had to hurt my teacher rather than the reason.

‘He’s more like family than my real family…’

Although it was five years, we supported each other and endured without going crazy even in the endless mud of bitter death and resurrection.

This was my first time receiving compliments since I came here.

I received my head stroked by my teacher for the first time.

She always thought of me first and tried to protect me from the storm.

It was my teacher who gave me so many firsts.

But I refused, thinking that I had been betrayed by my teacher’s one mistake.

But there are also things I don’t understand.

Would Master be so angry that I learned something from someone else?

Why isn’t he happy that I’m trying to grow further?

That’s why I’m angry. I feel sad yet angry.

The moment I poured another drink and was about to take a sip, someone grabbed my hand and immediately returned it to me.

“You are drinking too fast. Comrade in arms.”

‘Who is it.’

A blonde young man came and stood next to me.

He was wearing simple going-out clothes with no special patterns, but underneath the rather luxurious coat, he could see a broken arm wrapped in a splint.

Looking at the arm, I could clearly tell who it was.

I only knew that he was wearing a helmet, but looking at his wounds, I was certain he was a knight from that time.

“… Vincent Knight?”

“You can call me Vincent. It’s been a while. Comrades. I was in a difficult situation because my teacher left me here, saying I needed to know how to play, but it turns out there’s someone who knows. I saw it from the moment I came in, but I drink it too quickly.”

“If I don’t drink it quickly, I keep having strange thoughts.”

I was already in a state of extreme intoxication due to the continuous drinking I had had.

I was so annoyed that I even omitted the honorifics I usually try to use when the driver approached me and just treated him casually.

Vincent paid no attention to my rudeness, took out a chair next to me, sat down, ordered a drink, and tried to continue talking to me.

“Rather, because of that, you should drink it more slowly. Conversations with alcohol never come back with an answer. So, I tried to answer the question myself, but then I came to a standstill and just looked in a strange direction. If it’s okay with you, I’ll listen to your story.”

What I needed was someone to talk to.

It wasn’t long before Vincent sat down next to me and started sharing all his concerns.

Still, he must have had a glimmer of reason left, and he spoke as if complaining to Vincent, leaving out all the stories about the magic sword and elves.

“I guess I just wanted to show off to my teacher. I wanted to boast about what I had achieved and be praised as usual. But I didn’t know that it would displease Master and hurt him. But you don’t tell me why, so I don’t understand.”

“I see.”

Before I knew it, Vincent was sitting next to me, listening to the story, and pouring small amounts from my empty glass at appropriate intervals.

“It may be difficult to go into detail about other people’s priestly relationships, but let me try to summarize. Perhaps Hwarim was originally reluctant to take on disciples. That’s why there were restrictions on accepting a disciple named Lee Lim. However, the moment I opened my heart again and made up my mind to make him his disciple, Lee Lim seemed offended by his actions. It seems like there’s more to it, but I have no way of knowing.”

“It wasn’t intentional.”

“Of course. It may not be similar, but let me tell you one thing. Longsword, who can be said to be my teacher, once said the same thing. I saw someone else’s swordsmanship and tried to imitate it, but when Longsword saw it, he scolded me and asked why I was imitating someone else. Perhaps you feel anxious about trying to take a different path than yourself?”

“Do you think the longsword guy would have such feelings?”

In the conversation between Vincent and I, an old man with a beard who was sitting next to me and sipping a drink suddenly joins the conversation.

The person who came in and drank before I came in and started drinking.

The bar owner and the old man were the only people in the store, but the lighting was dark so he didn’t pay much attention and was drinking alone.

The old man was listening to the whole conversation between Vincent and me and then jumped on our conversation.

“I’ve seen that guy since he joined the Knights. He is a particularly crazy person with a desire for monopoly. He’s a guy who wants to get everything he likes and hates people who don’t act the way he wants, so he plays knights all by himself. It looks like he’s tired of that and has taken on a disciple like you so he can retire.”

“Legion Commander Helias! I didn’t know!”

Vincent stands up in embarrassment and bows to the one-armed old man.

“Sit down, man. Outside, there is no class or anything. It’s enough to have knights, soldiers, nobles, and officers in a unit. We don’t need anyone but drinkers in the bar.”

Helias sits Vincent down and pulls out his chair to sit close to us. Then, I naturally completely absorbed into the story.

“In my opinion, you are a soul disease, and your teacher is also a very possessive person. You seem incredibly angry that you were robbed of your first opportunity to teach you something important.”

“Master, you are not that narrow-minded.”

“Lee, Lee Lim. In front of the corps commander.”

Perhaps it was because I thought that age or anything else had nothing to do with gossip from people I considered family, or maybe it was because I was drunk, but I attacked the corps commander in the face.

However, human Helias, the corps commander who resigned from his position after work hours, seemed to like that treatment.

“Oh my, are you saying this has alcohol in it? good. From now on, there will be no knights, soul soldiers, or legion commanders here. All you need in a bar is a drinker. Now that things have come to this, you should also speak informally, Vincent. Let’s feel like meeting a friend for the first time in a while.”

“Yes? How dare I…”

“You bastard. I’m asking an old man who has left behind all his classmates, so just adjust according to the mood. Well, there is that guy, Bulterion, but even though he is the only surviving subordinate for a long time, he still treats me with contempt and it is no fun.”

“Well, still…”

“That’s it, get in the mood. And brag about it to others later. There was a time when I was talking informally to a corps commander and made a fuss.”

After saying that, the corps commander spoke to the bartender.

“The owner of Barnes. Make me three strong drinks.”

“Time to mix alcohol and change your life.”

‘I think I’ve heard that somewhere before.’

After taking the order, the bartender skillfully began mixing the drinks.

“The owner had a serious head injury once, and he was in Glitch City… No, was it Glycogen City? Anyway, every time I say I’ve been somewhere and ask for a drink, I say something like that. Well, you don’t have to worry too much.”

Soon, three drinks were served to us, prepared by a man called Barnes, the owner and bartender.

“Three cups of short chestnuts.”

“Now, toast to the idiots who can only use one arm each. Let’s have fun talking about our damn lives.”