Chapter 1185 – 1185. Hero Military Academy (7)
“And! Jieun! It’s been a really long time!”
I unconsciously looked surprised at the appearance of a completely unexpected person.
“Ara Song?”
And it wasn’t just me who was surprised.
“Uh? W, why are we here…”
Seo Ji-eun was also surprised… No, he was making a shocked face as if he had been caught red-handed.
Looking at Seo Ji-eun’s expression, the conversation we had earlier suddenly passed by.
(Are you talking about Ara?)
(Ah, yes! Yes, that’s right. Ara… Meeting Ara…)
When I asked if she had met Song A-ra, Seo Ji-eun immediately nodded her head and said yes.
But now I see Song A-ra running this way and Seo Ji-eun fidgeting as she looks at me and Song A-ra in turns…
‘I guess I met someone else.’
It was a difficult answer, so she realized that she had avoided answering.
However, she had no intention of questioning Seo Ji-eun or scolding her.
From the beginning, Seo Ji-eun may have felt that my questions were persistent.
‘Plus, it was more of a personal question…’
While I was thinking that, Song Ara was suddenly standing in front of me.
“Ah! Teacher! Hello!”
“Uh, okay. Cadet Song A-ra. What’s going on here?”
I smiled at Song Ara’s unique manner of being polite and asked her a formal question.
However, even though it was a formal question, Song A-ra answered politely with an appropriate posture.
“I happened to hear that Ji-eun was training here while I was passing by, so I stopped by.”
“Okay. “I was just taking a break, so let’s talk.”
“Thank you!”
I said that and widened the distance between the two people.
Song A-ra and Seo Ji-eun having a conversation as soon as I leave.
Song A-ra seemed genuinely happy to see Seo Ji-eun after a long time.
In contrast, Seo Ji-eun…
‘… Did I ask you for no reason?’
He wasn’t concentrating on Song A-ra, as if he felt guilty for lying to me, and was looking at me like crazy.
‘It seems like he’s paying more attention to me because I’m staring at him for no reason. Let’s look somewhere else.’
In order to lessen the burden on Seo Ji-eun, I deliberately turned her head and looked inside her training room.
As I looked around the inside of the training room, I suddenly remembered a fact I had forgotten.
‘Oh right! I was going to ask you earlier, but I forgot. Why did Yeriel meet Cho Seohyun?’
Earlier, she was in a daze because her true identity was discovered by Yeri El, so she forgot to ask.
[I made an offer to join.]
‘The offer to join?’
[That’s right. It was exactly similar to what I gave to Suho.]
It was a bit difficult to understand.
The reason Yeriel offered me to join was because I solved two major cases.
Everyka Terror and Tower Dungeon Attack.
Yeriel highly valued my skills in solving those two cases and suggested I join the tower.
In comparison, Cho Seohyun…
‘Did Cho Seohyun help TOP with anything?’
I wondered if there was something there that was worthy of being offered to join TOP.
It wasn’t about ignoring or belittling Cho Seo-hyun’s skills.
Yeriel’s offer to join was on a different level from just scouting prospects.
It was like the chairman of a large company personally came to me and offered me a job.
If there had been an incident where Cho Seo-hyun received such an offer, I think I would have known about it a long time ago…
While I was puzzled, Armonia continued to explain.
[It seemed like he visited every year and made suggestions.]
‘Every year?’
[It seems like every year on Cho Yeonho’s day, he visits and offers to join.]
‘Ah…’
Now all questions have been resolved.
When I asked about Choyeonho’s past, Yeri El told me the location of the graveyard as if she knew it well.
After that, as soon as she visited the cemetery, Cho Seohyun pointed out Yeri El as the person who told me as if it was obvious.
Furthermore, two days later, Yeriel contacted Cho Seo-hyun.
It seemed like there was something between the two, but I didn’t know exactly what it was.
But I was able to know for sure through this incident.
‘Is it because of Cho Yeon-ho?’
I was able to intuit that the reason why Yeri El proposed to Cho Seohyun was because of her relationship with Cho Yeonho.
Of course, she probably didn’t offer to join based on that alone.
Cho Seohyun’s interpersonal fighting skills are poor due to trauma, but her dungeon crawling skills are top-notch.
Moreover, if she has been seeing Seohyun since she was young, she will know Cho Seohyun’s personality well…
[I think it was for that reason until last year.]
‘Until last year?’
That said, this year was different…
[What we can learn from the conversation is… She said that until last year, she encouraged lightly, but this year she seemed to be forcing it.]
‘…’
Why did she suddenly force me?
I could guess the reason right away.
‘Are you trying to protect me before fighting with the church…? .’
I don’t know exactly when that will happen, but sooner or later the tower will attack the church.
Not only politically, but also physically.
And when such a physical conflict occurs, Cho Seo-hyun…
‘My heart will go to the religious denomination.’
I will support the denomination that Cho Kang-hyeon belongs to.
Yeri El seemed to have taken a coercive attitude toward Cho Seohyun in order to prevent such a situation.
‘Did you tell me about what the church did?’
[I didn’t tell you that.]
But… There’s no way I told Cho Seo-hyun something I didn’t even tell Seong Soo-ah.
[However, perhaps because of Yeriel’s serious appearance, Cho Seohyun also answered that she would seriously think about it.]
‘… I need to meet you sometime.’
Like Yeriel, I decided to meet Cho Seo-hyun and persuade her.
Cho Seohyun belonging to TOP was something I also hoped for.
Now the world will enter an era of great chaos, and the tower will be the safest place in that great chaos.
Let’s listen to the whole story of Yeriel and Cho Seohyun…
“Sir, I’m sorry for interrupting your training!”
Song Ara’s booming voice made my shoulders flinch.
‘Wow, what a surprise.’
After calming down all the startled emotions running down her spine, I turned her body and looked at Song Ara.
Seo Ji-eun was also standing next to Song A-ra.
However, unlike the confident Song A-ra…
‘You’re standing there like you really committed a crime.’
He kept avoiding my gaze with a restless posture.
‘I’m worried that I won’t be able to run the business properly in the future because of this.’
Although Seoga was not as big as Everyka, it was a world-renowned entrepreneur.
And the only successor to that line of books is Seo Ji-eun.
It was to the point where I thought it was rather unfortunate that he was so restless with just this lie.
‘I wonder if I lied to the instructor or principal…’
Seeing him so embarrassed just because he lied to an assistant instructor, he didn’t seem to have the courage to run a large company.
While I was thinking that, Song A-ra came up to me and asked with a puzzled expression.
“By the way, teacher. Are you busy these days? “I went to look for him, but he wasn’t there.”
“Huh? “Did you come looking for me?”
“Yes. In fact, the reason I came here today was not to see Jieun, but because I heard that you had returned to school and inquired.”
“No, I won’t call…” .”
Seo Ji-eun is the cadet I am in charge of, and of course she has my contact information saved.
After hearing what I said, Song A-ra scratched her head and made an embarrassed expression.
“Haha… I think it’s rude to call during vacation…”
It was a scene that showed how sincere and considerate Song Ara is.
But Song A-ra’s answer…
Flinch!
Seo Ji-eun, who was next to her, trembled.
Seo Ji-eun suddenly contacted me.
She must have been stung by Song Ara’s words, and her pupils began to shake again, as if there had been an earthquake.
‘It doesn’t really matter if I call you.’
To be honest without exaggeration, Seo Ji-eun and Song A-ra were the students I cherished.
He had good skills, was sincere, and even respected me as an assistant instructor.
There’s no way you’d be bothered by those kids calling you.
“It’s not a bother, so call me whenever you need.” Of course, if you have important business to attend to, you may not be able to receive it…”
“Yes, I will keep that in mind!”
“So why did you come to me?”
Song A-ra smiled brightly, grabbed the item that was on her back, and showed it to me.
The things Ara Song showed her were…
“Bow?”
It was a bow.
She already knew that Song Ara was carrying a bow.
But the reason you came to me was a bow…
“Oh, perhaps because of archery practice?”
“Yes! Last time, I received separate archery training from a teacher and practiced it afterward… I think a bow suits me better than a sword!”
Of course, I have no choice but to get hit.
Song A-ra’s main weapon was a sword, but her real talent was archery.
Song A-ra took first place in the gi department with a sword that did not suit her.
If only she learned her archery properly…
“So I’m thinking about practicing and changing her main weapon during this vacation.”
It will be at a level not much different from active heroes.
However, unlike how I was persuaded on the inside, my expression became filled with puzzlement.
“Once you decide on your main weapon, it will be difficult to change it.”
As I said, once you decide on your main weapon, it is not easy to change it.
And that means…
“Instructor Cho Seo-hyeon said she would tell the principal if we achieved that level of skill by the second semester.”
The story was that if her skills were verified, she could change that difficult decision.
‘But… It would be better to change now.’
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-[Archery LV 26], [Swordsmanship LV 17]-
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After working hard for 2 years and 6 months, Song Ara’s swordsmanship level is 17.
In comparison, her archery level was 26 even though she had never properly held a bow.
It may be too late, but I think it would be much better to change now.
I looked at Song A-ra, who was pouring out heat and anger towards me, and nodded her head.
“Yes, I’m glad she said she’s switching over now. Call me if you need to. “I’ll watch it whenever I have free time.”
“Oooh! Thank you!”
Song A-ra bowed her body as if she was greeting a gangster, not a student, and gave me a feeling of burden rather than gratitude.
“Okay then, I’ll take care of it separately tomorrow…”
I thought the story about archery would end like that…
“Oh right! Before I go, can you please check my posture just once? Even though I wanted to keep asking, I held back…”
Song Ara was taking her archery stance and asking me to correct her posture.
“Of course.”
“And! Then…”
After hearing my answer, Song A-ra quickly adjusted her posture, showed me the four postures, and asked.
“Which of these postures is better?”
“There is no need to say which is better. All good. You just need to take the appropriate posture depending on the situation. However, the third posture…”
I started correcting Ara Song’s posture after she took her third posture.
I slightly lowered his left hand, grabbed his waist, turned him to the side, and pulled his left thigh back slightly.
“How about this posture?”
“This… And! At first, it felt like my center of gravity was off, but I think my posture itself has become much more comfortable!”
I was satisfied with Song Ara’s excitement and gave her advice on her posture.
“If you are you, the momentum of the arrow will be strong enough to push her body backwards later. It’s better to take that stance just for that time.”
“And… “I’m really lucky that you’re my teacher.”
I laughed at her unique compliment, turned her head, and looked at Seo Ji-eun.
“Well then, since I decided to take care of Seo Ji-eun’s cadet today, the rest will be tomorrow… Huh?”
Of course, I thought Seo Ji-eun would avoid my gaze with a foolish expression.
But Seo Ji-eun reflected in my eyes…
“Cadet Seo Ji-eun?”
He had an expression so cold that it froze and exploded all the intervertebral discs inserted throughout my spine.
