Episode 136
Threats from other adventurers began to appear with a clear substance from the moment we entered Third Finger.
As if the heads of animals were sticking out threateningly on the road, there were also countless spear knives sticking out of scarecrows made of animal fur.
The story would have been easier if the threat had only come from adventurers. There were many dark and secret characteristics in this remote area, which had a pathological aversion to the light of civilization.
“When it is quiet, it is time to be most careful.”
Usually, I can hear the sounds of Paleozoic vegetation writhing or the cries of animals that have adapted to this harsh land, but sometimes the sounds cut out.
Eldwig said that meant there was a powerful monster wandering around here.
Every time, I could clearly feel a sinister and eerie gaze coming from somewhere, but I could not pinpoint its direction.
“Well, even if I come out, I won’t be a match for you. “They seem to know this, so they rarely show themselves.”
Eldwig must have clearly recognized my skills, or if he wanted to warn me of a threat, he would end it like that.
And in the evening when dusk fell and dusk fell, it disappeared somewhere like now.
When Eldwig disappeared, I set up a wall of fire around the beasts, and Kassena’s routine was to take care of the wounded using the healing proverbs she had learned from Alakish.
“what.”
That day, I visited the Durancus tribe for the first time in a long time. To be exact, the tribal leader Bethuel.
“What’s happen?”
Bethuel welcomed me as warmly as ever. That’s why he was able to get the words out of his throat that had been blocked and couldn’t come out.
“that… … Parents to their babies. What should be taught first… … ?”
I felt like I was going to die of shame. It would have been much easier if there had been a library nearby.
Then I thought Bethuel would tilt his head, but when he saw Aki sleeping peacefully on my back, he smiled happily.
“I learned something similar from my mother and her mother. Just remember three things. Praise, example, and love.”
“Praise, example, love?”
“Praise helps children grow into positive people with self-esteem and confidence.”
Before I knew it, I had taken out ‘Lin’s Notebook’ and a fountain pen from my pocket and was writing down it, when Bethuel grabbed the hand holding my notebook and gently lowered it.
“It’s not difficult enough to write down. And an example means that there is no need to specifically teach something. “Parents just need to set an example.”
“Example? hmm… … “And what about love?”
“This is the easiest and most difficult. Just give me lots of hugs and cherish me.”
As I listened to Bethuel’s story, my heart suddenly felt heavy. When I was teaching Tureina, I was doing the complete opposite.
I could have done better.
I’m not sure what would change if I regretted it now, but no, it could change. You don’t have to repeat the mistakes of that time.
“Take this.”
“What is this?”
“It’s called swaddling. “I should have given it to you a long time ago, but I was too insensitive.”
“It’s like a blanket wrapped around your back? “Where do I use this?”
“Having a child there. “Wouldn’t it be difficult for both of you if Alakish’s child was hanging on your back like this now?”
surely… … Now, whenever Aki falls asleep, he digs his claws into my back. It must be an instinctive action to avoid falling.
Thanks to this, not only did I have no clothes left, but my back was so sore that it almost killed me, but Aki himself must have suffered the most.
That’s why I wanted to test the performance of the swaddle, but today, no, starting from today, I had something to do.
“Now, pay attention. From now on, I will begin the special training to ‘become the coolest Jinryong’.”
As soon as I took it off his back, Aki woke up and I thought he was staring at me, but then he raised his hand and shouted.
“cadet!”
so cute… … .
No, don’t back down. Lynn.
“Let’s first see a demonstration from an experienced assistant. Assistant Professor Fifi.”
“Teaching assistant, teaching assistant, teaching assistant.”
When Fifi spread out her chest and raised one of her wings as if saluting, Aki smiled brightly and sloppily imitated the movement.
“Well, you have a very good attitude to learn. Then, Assistant Professor Fifi, sit down.”
This was a teaching method that combined what I had seen growing up in Bellewin Manor and what I had learned from Bethuel.
Communicate first!
Pifi sets an example for that rapport first, and when Aki follows suit, I praise him.
Is this such a perfect teaching method that I hit my forehead when I thought of this? It was definitely perfect in theory.
“Pippy, what are you doing, sit down.”
“?”
“I told you to sit down. “Aki is watching.”
I whispered urgently, and I thought Fifi was looking up at me, but instead of sitting down, she started protesting.
“Corn, corn, corn.”
“How can I get corn here now!” “Sit down quickly!”
“Corn~ Corn~ Corn~!”
Then Aki, who was watching the two of us, waved his hands wildly and followed suit.
“Oh-duh-duh! Oh-doo-doo!”
“Pifi you… … “Don’t be pushy, just do it right.”
“Corn, corn, corn!”
“Oh-duh-duh! Oh-doo-doo!”
They say you learn bad things quickly, and Aki didn’t learn anything good from Fifi and only learned the bad things.
The so-called Phi Phi Dance was an evil act that drove people crazy by circling around a bonfire while food was being prepared.
As Pipi ran around the fire where Lin’s special charcoal skewers were cooking, Aki smiled brightly and followed behind her on all fours.
“… … So you want me to do it?”
In the end, I had no choice but to send a rescue request to my most trusted colleague.
Casena page.
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After hearing the brief explanation from me, Kasena glared at me with a puzzled look.
“It’s not that I don’t know how you feel, but you are still my benefactor’s child. Please help me a little.”
“No, that’s… … That’s true, but I’m doing this now! “What you’re trying to do is what dog breeders use when training dogs!”
“Oh, then is there another better way?”
Since Kasena had nothing else in mind (she had never had a daughter and, more importantly, she was an only child and did not even have a younger sibling), she decided to join Rain’s troupe.
“Now, trainee Aki. “Stop imitating that fake teaching assistant and watch the real teaching assistant demonstrate here.”
“cadet?”
“Instructor Kasena, sit down.”
Cassena’s face turned red as she pursed her lips. She was really, really embarrassed beyond words… … .
“Miss, hurry up.”
“Oh really! okay! “I got it!”
As I squatted down in my seat with a sigh that sounded like a yell, Aki’s eyes lit up as if he knew something.
“Your eyes lit up!”
“Oh, did you understand?!”
“Then let’s use this momentum to do one more move! Lady, get down!”
“what?”
“hurry!”
This is the education law, right?
You’re not making fun of me on purpose, are you?
At that moment, when he calmed down the embarrassment that threatened to explode on his face, Aki seemed to narrow his eyes for a moment, but then nodded his head vigorously.
“Oh, I nodded!”
“really?!”
“Really, really, really.”
“Aki, sit down!”
Then, I thought Aki would suddenly stand up and sit down just as Kasena had demonstrated.
“out!”
After bending my knees halfway, I stood up again and this time placed both hands on the floor to lie down.
“Da-ah!”
But as if even that was a trick, he hit the ground with both hands to raise his body with all his might, and only now did he fully bend his knees and squat down.
“F-you mixed up fakes?! why?!”
“Is your intelligence high or low?!”
“Ability, intelligence, ability, intelligence, ability, intelligence.”
Aki, with a triumphant expression on his face, crawled towards me, as if his embarrassment had been calculated.
This… … What on earth?
Should I praise him? No, doesn’t praising people only lead to bad habits of teasing people?
“Ah-do!”
It was right then. The skewers, which had been giving off a fragrant odor from the charcoal fire, suddenly began to emit an acrid, burnt smell.
Alas, I quickly pulled the skewers out of the fire. Fortunately, only the edges are lightly burnt, so eating them will not be a big problem.
The problem was that Aki, attracted by the scent, had climbed up my legs and reached my stomach, and was reaching out for the skewer.
“Aww, aww, aww!”
Lin’s special charcoal grilled skewers were also Aki’s favorite food.
Actually, I can’t tell him a variety of foods, so I’m not sure if he likes it the most, but it’s clear that he likes it so much that it’s eye-popping.
For some reason, I felt a dizzying sense of pride throughout my body, but I felt like I needed to get my discipline right now.
“No, no, wait, not now…” … Yes, girl! “Let’s teach something important now!”
“uh?”
“If I hand this to her and say, wait, she will never eat this skewer.”
Aki had no time to wait for Kasena’s answer amidst his intense touch, so he immediately held out the skewer in front of him.
Kasena looked at the skewer from a distance. Her mouth flooded and she remembered that she hadn’t eaten anything since lunch.
So I just ate it… … Wow, when I came to, I had eaten everything except one.
“Aww, aww.”
When I looked up, I saw that Aki, along with Kasena, was happily eating grilled skewers.
“… … .”
As if rebuking Cassena, Rain groaned while clutching his eyebrows, while Peach circled her head and barked:
“Ability, intelligence, ability, intelligence, ability, intelligence.”
In the end, we couldn’t teach Aki anything that day.
In fact, we tried not only that day but also throughout the days leading to the far western branch, but the results were the same.
Was it absurd for a human being to teach the True Dragon?
Still, there were some good things.
In the meantime, Kasena had become very close to Aki, to the point where she came and tried to teach Aki without asking.
“Aki, are you hungry?”
“Awww!”
“Aki is hungry! “Rain, grill me some skewers!”
“Miss, you don’t want to eat, do you?”
“Ah, please do it!”
Of course, it wasn’t all peaceful while the daily routine was repeating itself.
The deeper I went into Third Finger, the more I could feel the presence of people around me and Sal’s young gaze. It didn’t belong to monsters, but to people, that is, adventurers.
At first, it seemed like there were just one or two teams, but as the days went by, the number of teams we encountered increased.
“I am Otukan, the 246th ranked gold-level adventurer. Punish you, traitors to the empire… … “Kwaak!”
“I am Durka, the 445th ranked gold-level adventurer. If you sacrifice your traitor’s head to the imperial family, you will be instantly promoted to platinum level… … “Kwaak!”
“I am a heroine among heroines who will one day become a top 10 gold-level adventurer… … “Kwaak!”
It was amazing that even though we scolded those who were attacking us with fire (we didn’t kill them), teams that continued to attack recklessly continued to appear… … .
In addition, there were more insidious attacks. Such as setting traps along the way or conducting night raids on the beastmen’s ranks at night.
Bloodshed between the beastmen and adventurers was something that should never have happened, so I had to stay awake day and night to build a wall of fire. I feel like I’m going to die of sleepiness.
“Except for Jeok Ilhong, whom I met at first, there are only a bunch of idiots.”
Eldwig, on the other hand, said this wasn’t that bad. They say that the powerful people at Trident Point don’t seem to have come from deep within.
Cassena seemed very displeased(?) about that. It looks like he’s excited about meeting a lot of famous adventurers… … A kid is a kid.
So one day, two days, three days, four days, ten days, fortnight, one month.
“It’s slowly starting to show.”
Finally, Eldwig stopped at the end of the hill and pointed with his finger to the other side, where the eternal marshes ended and the sea began.
“This is the Far West Branch of the Alliance.”
* * *
“In accordance with the military discipline of the Wall, I sentence you who have committed an unprecedented crime to be beheaded.”
About fifty wolves were dragged over the wall with their hands and feet tied in chains.
Soon, one by one, they knelt in front of the execution platform, and the person who pulled out the sword in front of the ringleader, Kiran Wolf Vlado, was Juram, the second-in-command of the wall.
The Vlado family was the representative Madose family of the North, and it was necessary to show them at least a minimum of respect, even if it meant beheading them.
“Notices have also been sent to His Majesty the Emperor, Grand Duke Duren, and Prince Vlado… … I received a reply. He said he was very disappointed. And execute according to the military rules of the wall.”
“… … .”
“Me too. I can’t believe you did something like that… … “You were a talented person who could easily become the next commander-in-chief.”
Kiran, who was captured without much resistance, strangely enough, despite having committed an enormous rebellion, smiled bitterly with his dark red hair flying.
“I always disappointed my parents. But that won’t happen this time. The gods and history will judge.”
My parents’ decision certainly made sense. If they protected their children, the family itself could have been branded as an enemy of the empire.
“Is that all the will is?”
For a moment, Juram was looking into the young wizard’s gun-filled eyes, and then an eerie light flashed from the blade he held high with both hands.
fantasy,
