The Hero Disciple Is Back

EP.29 – 28. The teacher’s junior could not tell the teacher

“The tea is delicious.”

“Is that so?”

Mr. Lars gave it to me saying it was a good tea. It was definitely fragrant and tasted deep, but it seemed like it would be quite expensive. I had no choice but to accept it because I was threatened (?) that I would throw it away if I didn’t receive it, but I never thought it would be so useful. But this guy gets to taste the tea… . As time goes by, everyone seems to have grown up.

“You learned the taste of tea and grew up a lot.”

“… Hmmm. I grew up a bit.”

Seeing that Valik was coughing and averting his gaze, I must have said it out of etiquette… . Should I be admonishing a guy in a high position like the mercenary king without losing that low-key side of him? I couldn’t help thinking for a moment.

‘This guy is all grown up, so it must be funny how long he treats me under me.’

A retired A-class mercenary looking down on the mercenary king and admonishing him… . Even thinking about it, it couldn’t be funny.

But I immediately shook my head and changed my mind.

‘But if he really wanted to be treated as the mercenary king, he would have sent someone, so he wouldn’t have come to see him himself.’

There was no doubt that the fact that he came here on his own was because he wanted to be treated like before. That’s why I decided to forget that we hadn’t met in a while and just treated him the same as before.

“You are the mercenary king. Incidents and accidents will happen endlessly.”

“Uh huh. I mean, I’ve grown up a lot! I mean, I’m not the me I used to be when my older brother took care of me.”

“I’m a secluded body, but I could gladly visit the mercenary guild for you. would you like that?”

“Hmmm. What did the secluded person go so far with? You don’t have to do that for me.”

I ended up smiling. Human relationships are nothing special, so I thought it was just something that would naturally disappear over time. It was because, seeing the unchanging Valik at this moment, I could immediately realize how hasty such a thought was.

‘Right… . Was I feeling lonely?’

It couldn’t have been funny.

I was bored with everything in the world, so I chose to leave everything behind and live alone in seclusion. But even in the midst of that, I was feeling lonely on the other side of my heart.

I was pretending to be strong, but deep down I didn’t want to be alone.

It couldn’t have been a really embarrassing story.

However, even if you are really ashamed of it, the story cannot begin without accepting it because it is your true self and your essence. The reason people want the truth is because there is an end and a beginning.

“So what is it?”

“Dragon Egg”

“Are you kidding?”

“Was I the one you knew who made these jokes?”

“Absolutely not… . The presence that can be clearly felt is also amazing… . It sure looks like a dragon egg, but… . How did you get to have such a huge thing?”

“It is the great magic left by the last Dragon Lord. It is said that when a suitable person appeared to take care of this child, it was supposed to be passed on to this child who was protected by time stop magic. Because I was chosen as the right person, I came to take care of this child like this.”

“What happened to you, older brother, even though he went into seclusion with his back to the world, does it seem like he gets caught up in trouble easily?”

“… Even when I think about it, I think it seems like that.”

“By the way, brother… .”

“brother”

“Yes?”

“Call me brother. Isn’t it funny to call you big brother until when?”

“… That’s great. You were the one who said that titles like older brother or older brother were not allowed.”

Well, I didn’t think it would be such a long relationship like this back then. I thought it would be a fleeting relationship that would surely come to an end soon. In a way, you could say I was arrogant. Despite knowing the proverb, ‘No one knows how things will turn out because nothing is light when it comes to human relationships’, he ignored it.

It seems like it’s a string of deep ties anyway, so I decided to fix it because I felt ashamed of not correcting the wrongs of the past until when.

“If you don’t want to be called hyung, keep calling me hyung.”

“Ugh! who said no But still, hyung is a bit, so let’s agree to the level of hyung.”

“Do as you like.”

“Heh heh. brother.”

“… don’t laugh like that Doesn’t an orc-like face become more orc-like?”

“Kya! There is no one other than my brother who can openly say that he is like an orc to this mercenary king, Balik. . oh There must be one more.”

“It’s an honor to be one of two people in this world.”

“exactly. I think it’s a great honor. Priests Both very… .”

“yes? What are you talking about?”

“It’s a natural story that the only ones who can openly say that I’m like an orc are my older brother and his disciples.”

I could tell just by looking at it that Sera was the reason Balik came. It was because, no matter how much I thought about it, there was nothing other than Sera-related that Balik could do to break his stubbornness. So, of course, he assumed that he had a relationship with Sera and eventually came to find him… .

“There’s no way my student would say something bad about you like that, right? What a gentle and quiet child he is.”

“… … ?”

‘What is this man talking about?’ He looked at me with the same face.

… Why are you like that?

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Balik has a bad brain, but he has good eyesight. That’s why he had no choice but to recognize that Jade’s reaction was sincere with his outstanding eyes.

‘It seems that the fox fooled his older brother very firmly.’

How on earth did he wear a mask and act perfectly in front of his older brother so thoroughly to hide his real face… . To some extent, I expected that he would tremble in front of his older brother, but it seemed that he was not just shaming, but a huge sham. Since he was a Balik who had personally experienced Sera’s real face while dying, it was inevitable to get goosebumps.

It’s like my heart, so for Jade, ‘Brother! The desire to shout, ‘That’s all talk!’ was like a chimney, but… !

I couldn’t bear it because I knew with a quick glance that if I did that, I wouldn’t really die halfway, but I would really fall behind. No matter how much he values Jade… . I could have risked my life to fight for Jade, but… . In this case, it is a story that is unreasonable in the first place.

Mercenaries had an overwhelmingly high probability of dying. So, if you live with a job as a mercenary, of course, there is no choice but to form a picture in your mind of ‘I wish I could die like this.’ Of course, drawing such a picture in the mind did not make it happen, but as long as you live with death right around the corner, it is unavoidable that you draw such an ideal death in your head.

Isn’t it said that a person’s life is determined by how he dies? In the end, as a mercenary had a high probability of dying, it was natural for him to think about how he would die at least once.

In that sense, in the ideal picture of himself that the mercenary king Balik came up with, he has never had a picture where he wrongly touches his brother’s apprentice, gets beaten back, and then gets hit again. Therefore, at this moment, it could be said that Balik covering up the truth without revealing it to Jade was an inevitable choice for him.

“That. exactly. I made a mistake.”

“then.”

‘Hyung-nim seems to know that he’s a calm, nice guy, and he’s just that kind of guy… .’

How thoroughly do you have to wear a mask… . Could that smart person have been so thoroughly and firmly deceived… . Sara, scary guy… .

Valik couldn’t help but feel genuine fear.

“So, has my disciple become much stronger?”

“What is that, isn’t it obvious?”

“I guess you taught me a thing.”

“Eh?”

“Why is that?”

“ah. no. Well. cancer. nothing.”

“I tried to teach as much as I could, but… . Maybe it’s because my body isn’t normal.”

“I heard that.”

“Is that so? I was taught not to tell anyone. No matter how much I called you my acquaintance, I told you right away. I’m really worried in many ways. Maybe I should have taught you more… .”

“… … .”

Valik felt his head go blank.

How in the world did he fool his older brother so thoroughly that he would make him worry about that level? Isn’t it the level of content that is no different from the level of parents worrying about their child who has just become independent? It’s normal to worry if he’s too rambunctious and the world won’t go wild… . He was worried that anyone would think that Sera was a child who was so weak that even Gosu couldn’t help it.

‘In other words, the reason he’s so strong isn’t because of his brother’s teachings.’

Being able to create that heterogeneous aura blade was possible because his older brother gave him an aura heart, but it was not difficult for Valik to notice that the essence of that tremendous strength did not come from his older brother.

In other words, he was a monster from the beginning. It was Jade’s Aura Heart that gave the monster wings.

Valik was able to reach that door of truth at once.

but

‘… Does that make sense?’

Because of his bad brain, he only approached the door of truth, but was unable to open it. Unlike myself, I wanted to ask Jade, who was smarter, to get the answer and feel refreshed, but… .

“So it is. My disciple… . huh? Why?”

“… nothing.”

Umm… .

There is a saying that not knowing is medicine… .

Isn’t it happiness to know the truth? In the first place, he is showing the image of his disciple talking brightly like that without knowing the truth, but even saying ‘That’s not the truth!’ .

‘brother… . Please forgive this brother who can’t tell the truth.’

It was Balik who had to feel guilty about his respected older brother whom he hadn’t seen in a long time.