The Hero Disciple Is Back

EP.13 – 12. The disciple learns about the master’s past

“It’s not that I don’t understand what he said. My older brother at that time was quite perverse. He wasn’t someone who wanted to become a mercenary in the first place. From Jade’s point of view, seeing a kid running rampant without knowing anything in a situation where there were only things he didn’t like was probably more heated.”

That was something Sera was very curious about.

And considering Jade’s talent, she would have been able to become a knight or anything else if she had put her mind to it. No, at the level of an A-class mercenary, any noble would have somehow made him a knight and allowed him to live as a knight. In other words, if she had made up her mind, Jade would have been able to live as a semi-noble, if she had the skills to live in the world. There has never been a time when the barriers of social status were lowered than in the turbulent times.

However, after living as a mercenary, Jade retired and went into seclusion. It wasn’t that Sera wasn’t curious, but he couldn’t ask Jade directly. The person who is dying from an incurable disease knows best the feelings of a person dying from an incurable disease. And people dying from the same incurable disease don’t ask each other if they’re okay. Because we know each other best that we are not okay.

Sarah has suffered more tragedies than anyone else and has more ‘secrets she doesn’t want to tell’ than anyone else. So I knew right away. That Jade had such a ‘secret she doesn’t want to tell’.

Saying ‘I know the pain well, so you can tell me’ was also arrogance, deception, and hypocrisy in a way. Judging things about oneself is up to oneself, so Sera could not ask. Perhaps because she looked like a child, there was a line between what she could say and what she couldn’t say in Jade, so she couldn’t ask more.

“Can you tell me?”

“Nope?”

“… … .”

“I’ll ride your face! okay okay. I’ll tell you. Jade-hyung’s personality is such that even if he thinks he’s precious, he’ll never say anything about it. I was thinking of telling you from the beginning.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me?”

“I was kidding.”

“… … .”

can i hit you

Can I really hit you?

But I couldn’t hit him again because I had already beaten him. Above all, it is impossible to hit someone as long as they know that they are Master’s acquaintances. This is because ‘wrong information’ (?) should not enter Master’s ears any more. When the mercenary king Valik refused her request, she made it into a half-baked state. There was no error even the size of a grain of dust in any false information, but it was already completely false information inside her. As a warrior of infinite return, his brazenness was on a completely different level. It was so shameless that even the legendary holy sword wouldn’t pierce it, so it wouldn’t be too wrong to say that no further explanation was needed.

“It’s common. Even if you’re knighted, there are plenty of knights who aren’t that different from mercenaries or gangsters. Among those guys, there were enough to make an army by collecting those who made accidents and made things that didn’t exist with the power of being a knight. And when those guys and the poor nobles gather in the same family… . Tragedy happens literally every day.”

“no way… ?”

“Yes, Jade’s parents were completely trampled on by that crazy nobleman and knight. So Hyung-ssi was just a knight in terms of personality, but… . I couldn’t be a knight. It was the knight who ruined his family, and the nobility looked after the knight. Of course, I know that there are no guys who don’t. Because there are more of them in this crazy world.”

Sarah knew that too well.

No, no one knew better than Sarah. Sera was the one who saw the bottom of how far a nobleman who shouted for honor and a knight who shouted for conviction could fall. It was safe to say that no one knew better than her.

Nobles who shouted for honor bowed down to the demon army and licked their shoes with their tongues to save their lives, and knights who shouted for their faith cut their masters who swore allegiance with their swords in order to live. In the end, he even aimed at the back of a hero fighting to save the world.

It was praised as such a beautiful thing, but honor and faith were weaker than a candle in the face of the world’s perishing crisis.

‘That’s why I plan to rob the nobles diligently and roll the knights diligently.’

A warrior who is warm and kind to everyone? Sera knew very well that no hero was as powerless as that. Because what is needed to unite as one in the brink of world destruction is not something like goodwill.

The cold wind of the cold winter makes us realize that we should cherish people more diligently, be careful, and work hard. And it was very easy for malice to find a place in such a relaxed heart.

Statistically speaking, it was. In the ruthless North, they fought to the end without going over to the Demon King’s army, but on the contrary, the East, famous for its rich resources, passed to the Demon King’s army first than anyone else. Among them, there were lords who opened the castle gates themselves and welcomed the demon army. The sense of betrayal Sera felt when she saw the lords bowing to the generals of the Demon King’s army while visiting the east, saying that there must be a reason when the infinite return had just begun… . Even now, I can’t forget it. At that time, as much as she still had faith in her people, she couldn’t help but feel more hurt, and it was only natural that the memories of that time would remain more intense.

It wasn’t that Sarah had given up on the world for nothing.

There is no end to the bottom of human beings to that extent, and after seeing it all, do we have to work so hard for humans… . It was inevitable that even if they were of the same race, the will to do so would disappear.

And Jade also had to experience the bitter taste of hell by facing the tragedy of losing her parents due to a nobleman and a knight. It made me want to fly to the past and save him. Unfortunately, her infinite return was impossible because it was fixed at the time of selecting the candidate for the hero.

If it was possible, she was confident that she would cut her own throat with her own hands several times for that. But it was impossible. In a way, from Jade’s point of view, it was rather a good thing. He would not have been happy at all if his disciple had recaptured his parents by cutting his throat several times. If you like that your family shed blood to save your family, isn’t it already livestock, not family? To Jade, Sera could never be a livestock.

“That’s why Jade hyung became a mercenary. There is no job that can wield a sword against nobles and knights as much as a mercenary. You can earn a lot of money legally. Still, mercenaries are also overflowing with dirty guys. It’s mercenaries that thugs who use a bit of strength want to work legally, so what… . Anyway, Jade-hyung had no choice but to go through a period of stormy rage that only young knights would do.”

‘If you’re going to defend yourself, do it properly. In the end, the only thing left to say is that Master had a period of stormy rage that might have been experienced by a young knight… .’

Her expression was almost crumpled because of Valik, who was so bad that she couldn’t even defend her master properly, but like a warrior of infinite return, she perfectly kept her expressionless. The level of facial expression management was mastered at the beginning of infinite regression. She was into something as simple as a breathing exercise.

No matter what anyone said, it was Balik who had the information, and Sera who was desperate, so Sera tried to get information about Master by managing her expression and tilting her head.

“But how did you become friends?”

“I ran after him. What should I say? At first glance, he looked like someone who couldn’t help but care about the person next to him.”

Serra nodded her head and had to admit that the evaluation of the mercenary king Valik, who said that she had a bad brain but a bad mind, was so accurate. To see such a side of a person who is going through a stormy period. Wouldn’t that be enough to be considered to have vertigo? … I don’t think it’s possible to see that the head is bad, but it is.

“As expected, my older brother told me various things. In particular, he taught me how to survive for a long time as a mercenary. No matter what anyone says, the reason I survived and was able to sit down as the mercenary king was largely thanks to my older brother. That’s why I once said that I would serve you as my teacher… .”

Chaeeng!

“Is it the muzzle that said that bullshit?”

“… Hey. If you’re going to do that, just speak plain language.”

“ah. Sorry. by mistake.”

“Are you going to cut it by mistake? very?”

“So what next?”

“Wow! In case someone isn’t Jade hyung’s disciple, the brazen ones look very much alike!”

“Thank you for the compliment. What’s next rather than compliments?”

To say that Sera resembles Jade is the greatest compliment in the world, so I couldn’t help but thank Valik for complimenting me out of the blue. So, after saying a sincere thank you, I urged the next story.

Of course, as Valik… .

“… … .”

He had no choice but to look at Sera with admiration (?).

It was the moment when the mercenary king, Balik, who is famous for always making people close their mouths and make them look in admiration (?), closed his mouth and looked at Sera with eyes of admiration (?) for the first time. Although he did not know the position of the mercenary king, it was a fresh shock to Balik, who knew that he would occupy the position of ‘the one who receives the most admiration (?)’ until the end.

“What did you get rejected for? That’s why I still call him bro.”

“Whoa”

Sera couldn’t help but sigh in relief at not losing the title of the only disciple.

“… … .”

Seeing Sera sincerely relieved, Valik decided not to tell him that the mercenaries who had learned various things from Jade during his mercenary days, including himself, still regarded Jade as a teacher.

If I said such a thing, after being indiscriminately beaten, I would say, ‘Oh my God. It was because I felt like I would hear bullshit saying, ‘by mistake.’

I’ve said it many times

Balik was a man with a bad brain, but a very good mind.

With that awareness, he was able to survive by choosing life from the line of life and death several times, and was able to choose life from the line of life and death that definitely existed even at this moment.

It was the best ending because Sera was able to feel relieved, saying, ‘I am the only disciple.’

… Of course, considering Balik’s physical state in a semi-solid state, no one would be able to directly say to Balik himself, “This is the best ending.”