Chapter 1202 – 1202. Hero Military Academy (7)
I hurriedly called while swearing.
And not long after, Song A-ra’s voice was heard from the smartwatch.
〈Huh? Teacher, did you see my text message and contact me? 〉
In response to Song A-ra’s embarrassed voice, I immediately apologized instead of saying hello.
“Okay. First, I’m sorry. I’ve been so distracted lately that I forgot what I promised…”
I didn’t even think about evading the situation with a useless excuse.
I just acknowledged my mistake and sincerely apologized.
If the other person was a person who took small mistakes and inflated them into big mistakes, he would never have apologized…
〈 Oh no! I’m sorry for bothering you when you’re so busy.〉
Song Ara knew very well that she was not that kind of child, so she was able to apologize sincerely.
The conversation started with an apology, but it soon moved on to a normal conversation like usual.
It was all thanks to Song A-ra’s consideration.
I spoke to Song Ara and checked outside her window.
The sun was setting, but it was still bright enough to be called daytime.
I asked Song Ara while looking at the situation outside.
“If it’s okay, shall we meet now?”
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As soon as I finished the call, I headed straight to the archery training room.
And I was able to meet Song A-ra, who was already waiting in the archery training room.
“Ah, teacher!”
At first, I thought he arrived before me because the archery training room was close to the cadet dormitory, but…
“I was texting you because I was curious during practice.”
From Song Ara’s answer, we could tell that she had been practicing in the first place.
Above all, Song A-ra’s hair was disheveled, and her training bow was also held in her hand, as if to prove that she was already training.
Seeing Song Ara like that, I apologized once more.
“Sorry. “I’ve been so busy lately that I forgot.”
“Hey, you don’t have to apologize! “I was grateful that they said they would watch it even though it was vacation.”
Looking at Song Ara’s disgusted appearance, I decided that her apology was enough.
‘If we add it here, it would actually have the opposite effect.’
Apples also have similar properties to gifts.
The heart of the recipient is more important than the heart of the giver.
If you pour out apologies to shake off your guilty feelings, the recipient will end up doubting your sincerity because there are too many apologies.
I decided that an apology between individuals was enough, even if it was not an apology between organizations or countries.
After apologizing, I went into the archery training room with Song Ara.
As expected, there was no one in the training room.
‘Well, archery is not a very popular weapon.’
In the first place, very few cadets used the archery training room even during the semester.
As I walked along, satisfied with the atmosphere, I was able to arrive at the place where Song Ara was training.
The place where Song Ara was training was not just a place for training to hit her target.
As soon as…
“This is for advanced users only, right?”
It was a training room dedicated to advanced archery, where you hit moving targets at incredible speeds.
In the huge training room, there was a huge amount of targets scattered on the floor that were believed to have been hit by Song A-ra.
No, rather than saying it’s spread out…
“Oh… “Did you get all of this right?”
There was so much target paper on the floor that it would be accurate to say it was piled up.
If it had just been a lot, I wouldn’t have been so surprised.
What really surprised me was the arrows in the target area.
‘… It all hit the center.’
All arrows were stuck in the center of the target.
It was impossible to find a target that missed the center.
When Song Ah-ra heard what I said, she smiled brightly and answered with a light blush.
“Yes. I was thinking about cleaning it up… “I didn’t clean it up because I wanted to show it to the teacher.”
I couldn’t help but be puzzled by Song A-ra’s appearance like that.
‘Was he this kind of kid?’
Song A-ra was not a child who cared much about what others thought of her.
But that didn’t mean she was selfish.
She was just a child who focused more on her own satisfaction than what others thought of her.
Song Ara like that…
“How are you feeling, teacher? “I did well, right?”
He showed this scene as if he wanted to be praised by me.
“Yeah, that’s really great. “It’s not empty words, it’s sincere.”
“Hi-Hi…”
At first, she wondered why Song Ara’s personality had changed so much, but she soon figured out why her attitude had changed.
“It’s thanks to you, teacher. “If the teacher hadn’t taught her, she would have been swinging a sword she couldn’t use until she graduated.”
It may be because I awakened Song Ara’s talent.
But surprisingly, there was one more reason.
“I’m really glad that you are the instructor. I wish she were someone else… She probably never knew for the rest of her life. Even if she knew, she wouldn’t have taught me this…”
It was thanks to her sincerely teaching Song Ara without showing any signs of annoyance.
Song A-ra taught me about her talent, and she seemed to like me as a person, not as an instructor, as she taught me with all her sincerity.
I smiled bitterly at Song Ara’s praise and shook her head.
“If a child is as passionate as you, the other instructors would have treated him well.”
“… “No.”
What Song Ara said was not a guess, an assumption, or even a certainty.
“It wasn’t like that. Everyone else…”
It was an experience.
Song A-ra sighed and revealed her inner thoughts to me with her dejected expression.
“At first she smiled and said she liked it when I tried. So she worked harder. But after a while, you could tell by the look on her face.”
I shrugged my shoulders and continued the rest of my words.
“The more I try, the more annoying I am.”
“…”
She felt sorry for Song Ara, but she also felt sorry for her assistant instructors.
‘I guess it wasn’t just Song A-ra’s problem.’
Assistant instructors are not the ones who pay attention to the cadets.
They were beings that looked after the official instructor.
Moreover, unlike Song A-ra, most cadets did not respect assistant instructors.
The passion you had at first cools down as you are ignored from above and below, and at some point, it turns into dead skin like dead skin cells and falls off.
In the end, the real damage she does is not the official instructors or the cadets she did not respect…
“There is no person in this world without mercy. Those instructors must have had circumstances as well.”
She was a cadet like Song A-ra who respected her assistant instructors and devoted herself to her studies to the best of her ability.
Song A-ra looked humbled after hearing what I said.
“Yeah, right? “Sorry for the strange words.”
“There is no need to apologize. Even though I’ve been like this, my mouth is heavy, so if there’s anything you want to say, let me know at any time. Listening to cadets’ concerns is also included in the salary.”
Song A-ra seemed to be relieved by my answer and started chatting with a bright smile.
“Hehe, for a moment, you really looked like a salaried worker.”
“Well, it’s not wrong. “I’m still waiting for my salary.”
“Uh? Do you get paid even during vacation?”
“Of course it comes out…”
“Oh… I did not know. “We don’t pay for vacation.”
For your information, cadets admitted to the consulate do not pay tuition.
Rather, they live by receiving money in the name of maintenance of dignity.
It was a privilege that arose because it was ridiculous for a talented person who could become a hero in the future to give up his future for money.
“… If I go to the principal and ask for it even during vacation, will I get scolded?”
“Just in case, please don’t include me. “I have no complaints now.”
“Wow… Teacher, are you throwing us away just because you already received it?”
“Well, you can say that.”
So I laughed and talked to Song Ara.
And looking at Song A-ra like that, a person suddenly came to mind.
‘If Cho Seo-hyun had met a good instructor, she would have smiled like this…’
The lively Song A-ra in front of me and the once lively Cho Seo-hyun began to overlap.
It wasn’t just Cho Seo-hyun.
‘If Seongsu-ah had met a good instructor, she might have been a little different… ?’
Seongsu-ah is smiling now, but you can tell she didn’t have a good school year.
Even though she wasn’t a trash instructor like Hong Mi-seon, she was caught by a vicious instructor, and even suffered something from Cho Kang-hyeon.
‘… ‘You can’t change what has already happened.’
It is impossible to reverse the past time.
Of course, it would be possible if you had the ability to return like Midsummer in Yggdrasil…
‘The return was also limited to Yggdrasil.’
Midsummer’s return was an ability that used Yggdrasil’s divine protection.
The story was that it couldn’t be used outside of Yggdrasil in the first place.
In addition, once the regression point of midsummer was set, it was impossible to return it to its previous state.
It was estimated that even an incomplete regression with such constraints would have used hundreds of millions or billions of Enels.
‘Okay… What is regression… ‘You have to do it right now.’
I gave up my absurd thoughts and started watching Song A-ra’s training.
Even when she was talking to Song Ara, she had a loose attitude…
‘Hey, is this what it means to teach one thing and then learn ten?’
As soon as I started training, I started to absorb everything I taught with a serious expression.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can learn everything.
“Sir… How do you use that curve?”
“Hmm… That…”
Although she was a naturally talented Song Ara, it was impossible for her to master the art of archery combined with her lightning speed.
But I couldn’t easily tell Song A-ra that it was impossible.
‘I got off to a good start, but I can’t break my motivation.’
As an assistant instructor, I had no choice but to tell Song A-ra’s white lie in order to protect her motivation.
“I want to teach you, but there is no way to teach you because you have learned it with your own body. If it’s your talent, you will learn it someday.”
“… Yes, I will keep that in mind!”
Song A-ra looked dissatisfied, but she answered cheerfully, like a satisfied person.
The training with Song A-ra continued until night, and it was not until night that it could be finished.
Actually, I wanted to watch her training more because I forgot my promise, but…
“Huh… Green onion… Her arms won’t go up…”
In fact, she had no choice but to finish her training because her song Ara gave up first, stretching her arms to the ground.
I said while looking at Song A-ra, who was walking like a zombie.
“Try to rest until the muscle pain goes away.”
“Yes? But this can be quickly…”
I looked at Song A-ra, who was babbling as if making excuses, and urged her.
“Resting is also part of training.”
Just because flowers grow under sunlight, you should not expose them to sunlight 24 hours a day.
The opposite is also true.
Just because it’s a little dry doesn’t mean it should completely block out the sunlight.
“As much as she trains, if she doesn’t rest, whatever talent she has will dry up and become distorted.”
Song Ah-ra sighed as she heard me stop, and then she smiled bitterly and answered.
“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”
“Good. Entry to the archery training room is prohibited for two days. If you come and get caught by me… “I will never train you again.”
“OMG… ! Oh, I won’t come…”
Looking at Song Ara’s embarrassed appearance, it seemed like she was trying to come without me knowing.
‘But… There’s no way he would just listen to me.’
Still, she asked me with a scared look on her face, wondering if her little threat(?) Had worked.
“Then… “You mean it will be okay after three days?”
“… Yes, that would be enough.”
“Whoa… I understand.”
Ara Song turned around and started walking back to her dorm, her arms hanging limply like a zombie.
But he stopped midway, turned around, straightened his posture, and…
“Thank you so much for today, instructor!”
He thanked me like a real cadet, not like his usual childish self.
I was satisfied with Song Ara’s appearance and nodded her head.
“I broke my promise, but thank you for following my instructions.”
“Hehe, please do it again next time. That way, I think people will look at it as well as they did today. Then, I’ll go!”
Then he hurriedly turned around and returned to the dormitory.
I felt sad seeing Song Ara like that.
‘If the tower fights with the church, the consulate will also suffer, right?’
And the biggest victims will be the cadets.
I made a promise while looking at the back of Song A-ra, who might become a victim.
‘Cho Kang-hyeon, wait. Next time… Because it’s going to be really awesome.’
It is a commitment to finish the consulate mission as quickly as possible.
I returned to the ship with that promise.
