Chapter 293 – Abandonment
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Charles returned to the cabin after rigorous training.
A tired look was evident on his face.
“Good job, brother.”
Seeing Charles like that, Albert greeted him brightly.
“The paladins said that Master might enter the labyrinth to subdue the warlock.”
“Heh, you mean the black magician?!
Albert asked him with an envious expression.
“…Well…”
Charles is trained by paladins, and he’s only heard of it.
(His Holiness intends to subdue the warlocks in the near future. Shouldn’t Charles help too?)
The training of the Paladins was more difficult than imagined.
He made me realize that the days of shoveling were good.
Training usually consisted of sparring, and breaking bones was common.
He couldn’t even rest because he was sick.
This is because the battered body was kindly healed with divine power after the training was over.
At first, I thought thank you, but…
Far from being grateful anymore, Charles felt like the paladins who healed his body were like demons.
The heart that I would rather lie down groaning is like a chimney, but I blocked it from the source.
I couldn’t be so envious of Albert who shoveled in the park… Something.
Thinking of training again tomorrow made my eyes go dark. What’s even more frightening is that we don’t know how long this training will last.
Charles felt his heart wane from day to day.
(Charles, you can give up if you’re struggling. If you quietly pack up and leave, don’t say anything.)
The first words the master said lingered in my mind.
When I first heard that, I had a strong will that seemed unbreakable at all…
That will was now soft as if it would melt.
‘…How long can I last?’
Charles was afraid that tomorrow would come.
As the teacher said, if you leave now…
Auras can also strengthen the body.
Even if you go back to the life of an adventurer, you will be treated fairly.
Eating delicious food…
Even a woman…
“Gulp…”
A constant sweet temptation lingered in Charles’ mind.
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Albert was awakened by a rustling sound.
He opened his eyes and saw Charles with his back turned, squatting, fidgeting and doing something.
The day was still dark.
It was early to wake up.
“…Older brother?”
Charles, who was fidgeting at Albert’s call, stopped moving.
Charles, who had been silent for a moment, slowly got up. And he turned around.
He was holding a rather heavy bag.
The clothes are not light clothes, but clothes that look like they are going out somewhere.
Charles’ expression was extremely dark and complex.
Albert fell asleep at the thought that he couldn’t believe it.
“Tongue, brother… I can’t believe it…”
“…Albert, I’m sorry.”
“Tongue, brother…”
Leaving the bewildered Albert alone, Charles hugged his bundle tightly and quietly walked out of the cabin.
“Tongue, brother! Wait!”
Albert, who came to his senses belatedly, hurriedly ran and grabbed Charles by the shoulder.
“Hyung-nim! Eh, where are you going? Are you sure you want to leave like this?!”
“…”
Despite Albert’s interrogation, Charles remained silent.
“You worked so hard to become Master’s disciple and then quit like this in vain?!”
“…Albert…You don’t know. How grueling the training is…Let it go.”
Albert heard from Henri that the Paladins are sword masters and beings close to them.
Besides, what about his teacher, Unho?
According to Henri, Master overpowered those people.
To Albert, all he could think was that Charles was trying to kick his good fortune.
“That’s right! I don’t know! Because I was excommunicated! But I know one thing! If you leave like this, you will definitely regret it for the rest of your life! Brother Charles! Was this the only man you could be?!”
Charles flinched at Albert’s rather provocative words.
“It’s so… Absurd. A transcendent disciple running away after being unable to withstand the training… Do you know what you are doing? Even that great sword master bows his head and gives up on the disciple of a being who asks for instruction.”
Henri, awake by the noise in the middle of the night, wondered what was going on, came out, looked at Charles, who was wrapped in a bundle, and said as if he was dumbfounded.
“Big…”
Charles knelt down.
Then he hugged the bundle and fell on his stomach, shaking his shoulders.
Seeing Charles weeping, Albert felt a little pity.
Is this because of how difficult the training is?
But I didn’t want to send Charles away like this.
“Hyung-nim… Just a little bit… Let’s try our best.”
Albert patted Charles on the back to comfort him.
Seeing that, Henry shook his head.
“…I guess I should go back to sleep.”
Albert calmed the crying Charles and dragged him back into the cabin.
A paladin was watching them from afar.
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“Tsk… Useless thing…”
Judith brought word that Albert had caught Charles trying to desert.
Albert sprinkled ashes on the finished rice.
He is an eye thorn.
That guy’s nonsense.
Albert is also a cruel man.
Humans who said they would go out and eat well and live well were held in hell.
Charles was patient enough.
Compared to the intensity of the Paladins’ training, this would have lasted a long time.
Their training is incomparable to the military’s guerrilla training.
You do that every day.
Even deserting was not strange.
To be honest, I deserted a long time ago.
It’s legal desertion… There was no reason not to.
But even that seems to be at its limit now.
The story of packing once is the story of being able to pack twice.
It means that it’s not long before Charles’ declaration of giving up as a disciple.
It seemed like I could just push a little harder.
“Make Charles’ training more intense.”
I gave Charles instructions that would have plunged him into despair if he had listened.
“This… Is this strange… That, is that okay?”
“Judith, you know. His talent is mediocre. He has to work several times harder than others. If he can’t hold on to that, it’s better for him to give up.”
What is the effort…
Efforts should be made while looking at each angle.
Charles might be more talented at farming than at being a knight.
The talent wall is huge.
No matter what you do, you can’t do it.
It’s something I’ve been through for over 10 years.
Originally, even though the number of awakened people increased after I released the secret book in the world, compared to the total population, the number of people who use Aurora magic is still a tiny minority.
Did the people who couldn’t awaken make less effort than the awakened ones?
I saw no.
It is a talent.
And talent is brutally divided among those few who have awakened.
However, the reason why you have to work hard is that among similar guys, even if you try, one guy is better.
-Ridge.
Waves of great power rang through space.
“Hmm?”
“Sir, His Holiness. This, this?!”
Judith, who was next to her, screamed in surprise.
It seemed that she too felt the wave of power.
“Looks like the sleeping beauty has finally woken up…”
“Yes?”
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A beautiful woman with her wavy red hair was sitting in her cross-legged position.
Ignis accumulated a considerable amount of magical energy while dealing with monsters in the other world that he and his master, Unho, passed over.
Then he returned to Pantera and spent his time in his room to save the mana.
Let’s control the energy without noticing the passage of time and make it completely our own.
-Doo-woong…
Ignis felt that his status had risen to the next level. Along with that, a wave of enormous power spread out to the surroundings.
“Whoa…”
She let out a light sigh and opened her eyes.
The scenery of the neat and familiar spacious room came into my eyes.
Although she had been controlling her aura for a long time, her spirit was brighter than ever.
And he felt a gaze examining him.
“Princess Liliana. Peeping is a bad habit.”
The gaze that had been looking at the quiet warning disappeared as if it was startled.
Ignis stood up.
She was there to say hello to Un-ho, the lord she hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Ah, Mr. Ignis.”
On her way to the master’s room, her maid met her and greeted her politely.
“It’s Sophia. How long has it been since I left?”
“It’s been over two months.”
“…It took quite a while. Come to think of it, did you practice? Your level has risen.”
“Yes… Master cares about me, so I’m training.”
“Okay. If there’s anything blocking you, tell me. I’ll take care of it too.”
“Yes, thank you.”
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“Ignis, congratulations.”
I welcomed the grown Ignis.
“Whoop… It’s thanks to the lord.”
I opened her arms to her.
“…Master, what are you doing…”
“Aren’t you going to run to me and hug me?”
“Hmmmm…Why do I run to my lord and hug him?”
Then, she glances at Judith next to her.
It’s embarrassing to be around other people.
“Who is the knight next to him?”
“I-I am Judith, who serves His Holiness.”
Judith was very nervous.
He seemed to sense Ignis’ presence.
“You mean the master’s subordinate. Nice to meet you. I am also called Ignis, who serves the same master. He might be the master’s companion someday.”
Ignis subtly appealed to me for his deep relationship.
There was a corner like a fox.
“Seo, His Holiness’s half… Half…”
Judith fell to his knees.
“Sir, excuse me!!”
“You are a very polite friend.”
“Thank you!”
Ignis and I talked about what had happened.
“You think you’re going to go to that labyrinth to catch those black magicians? So you trained the maids?”
“Well… That’s right.”
Originally, that wasn’t the purpose…
It didn’t matter which way you thought.
“Then I can’t stay still either. Lord, can I watch them?”
“Is it okay though? Judith is still taking care of the maids. How about you resting a bit more?”
“No. That level cannot be considered work. And it is good to receive teaching from a variety of people. Isn’t that right? Judith.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Judith, who was next to her, nodded.
