Chapter 6: Favourite Character and Master

The world is full of crazy bastards…

I sighed, recalling the previous gang of thieves.

The words they rattled off while begging for their lives, using their children, still lingered in my head.

I don’t know if they were really lying, but they were quite irrational and hard to believe.

‘Lies, lies.’

I get angry again when I think about it, but I think it’s a loss to pay more attention to this.

Since I’ll never see their faces again anyway, I decided not to think about it and urged the baby.

Let’s go back to the church quickly.

When I arrived at the church, a simple path welcomed me.

I entered the church, and Revia, holding Mama, greeted me.

“Brother, you’re back.”

He greeted me with a bright smile.

I took a breath and nodded.

“Yes, I’m back. Do you have the child?”

“Yes, I do. She was fine without any problems.”

Revia showed me Mama, who she was holding in her arms.

The child, who was sleeping soundly in the small embrace, seemed to be fine, thankfully.

I checked Mama’s face and felt relieved. The tense feeling seemed to ease a little.

“Thank you. For taking care of her like this.”

Revia smiled and shook her head.

I received Mama back like that, and handed her another gold coin again.

“Here’s the money.”

“Thank you. I will use it for those in need and for the church.”

“Please do.”

I sighed again before.

I forgot all about the wealth I obtained after wiping out the thieves.

In fact, she is quite keen on money.

Of course, it’s not for her personal desires, but for the smooth operation of the church and to secure operating expenses.

Anyway, as I was about to head out of the church again with the child in my arms.

“Brother, I heard a little about what happened. I have a friend at the Magic Tower.”

“Ah… is that so?”

“It seems like you’re facing a difficult situation, but still, cheer up. Even for the sake of your child.”

“Yes.”

She seemed to have guessed what had happened.

If it’s an acquaintance from the Magic Tower, it’s probably that child who will become the magician of the hero party, right?

I was cheered up, but honestly, it didn’t feel that good.

Maybe it’s because I showed her a pathetic side of me.

I felt somewhat gloomy, but

I heard unexpected words from Revia.

“And if you’re having trouble taking care of the child, I can take care of her for a while.”

“Huh…? Can you really do that?”

“Yes, even though I look like this, I’ve been working as a nun since I was young, so I’ve taken care of many babies.”

Revia saying she would take care of the baby.

I couldn’t just let these words pass.

In my position of looking for someone I can trust, there is no one else I can trust as much as her.

Besides, Revia is quite strong.

She is the person who will become the Holy Woman of the hero party in the future.

She’s a typical healer, so she doesn’t show off tremendous combat power on her own, but at least she has the power to protect herself and the children in case of an emergency.

“Then… I will make a lot of offerings.”

I gladly accepted the suggestion.

I begged her to please do so, and

“I would be grateful if you do.”

In fact, she is quite keen on money.

Of course, it’s not for her personal desires, but for the smooth operation of the church and to secure operating expenses.

Anyway, as I was about to head out of the church again with the child in my arms.

“Then, get some rest.”

I expressed my gratitude to her.

“Then I would be grateful if you gave me some.”

Revia answered with a bright smile.

‘Is it going well, thankfully?’

I could really say it was a good start.

When Kailyn left me with the child, I was really at a loss as to what to do.

I found someone to entrust the child to, and I also gained the strength to protect myself.

I could really say it was a good start.

‘Of course, it’s not a good situation.’

But, when you think about it, there were quite a few problems.

“Ayyap!!!”

At the point when I entrusted the child to Revia again, I ran up the mountain path.

And I found a huge rock and swung my sword at it.

Yap!

The huge rock was not cut.

However, it was only slightly scarred.

Seeing this, I couldn’t help but sigh sincerely.

“After all, I’m not able to unleash the full power of the Holy Spirit Sword properly?”

It’s not something to say after catching the thieves well, but honestly, I wasn’t satisfied.

That’s because the original power of the Spirit Sword wasn’t this much.

If the protagonist obtained the Spirit Sword and used the magic release right away, it would have a much wider range and stronger power.

Even if he didn’t use magic release, he would be able to cut a huge rock.

But the reason why it wasn’t is probably because I was lacking.

“It’s a pity.”

Of course, I’m grateful for this much, but

Still, it was lacking.

I was still too lacking to help the protagonist’s story.

I have to help the protagonist from the moment I stole the Spirit Sword.

So it was a moment when my head ached.

[Is he a simpleton? It’s really amazing… He’s so ordinary, yet so unique.]

In the meantime,

A voice flowed out again.

It was the spirit in the sword who originally spoke to me.

The Spirit Sword’s tone was still dry, but for some reason, it was full of dissatisfaction.

[But honestly, it’s troublesome.]

“What’s troublesome?”

[If I let you use me like this, my dignity will fall.]

I had a blank expression on my face at the Spirit Sword’s words.

Dignity, what on earth is this sword talking about?

At first, I didn’t understand, but after listening to what she said later, I understood a little.

[Humans may not understand, but this is a very important issue from my point of view. If you use me in such a terrible state, other people will think of me as just that kind of sword. I can’t accept that no matter what.]

“…Is that such an important issue?”

[It’s extremely important, more important than my gospel, because that is the value of the sword’s existence.]

Is honor that important?

It didn’t resonate with me that much, but there are many people among humans who value honor more than their lives.

I guess she’s one of those types.

That’s why she’s saying these words now.

But isn’t this a bit rude?

Even though she said it indirectly, she was a sword that was ultimately saying, ‘I don’t want you to use me.’

“It’s a pity.”

Of course, I’m grateful for this much, but

Still, it was lacking.

I was still too lacking to help the protagonist’s story.

I have to help the protagonist from the moment I stole the Spirit Sword.

So it was a moment when my head ached.

[Is he a simpleton? It’s really amazing… He’s so ordinary, yet so unique.]

In the meantime,

A voice flowed out again.

It was the spirit in the sword who originally spoke to me.

The Spirit Sword’s tone was still dry, but for some reason, it was full of dissatisfaction.

[But honestly, it’s troublesome.]

“What’s troublesome?”

[If I let you use me like this, my dignity will fall.]

I had a blank expression on my face at the Spirit Sword’s words.

Dignity, what on earth is this sword talking about?

At first, I didn’t understand, but after listening to what she said later, I understood a little.

[Humans may not understand, but this is a very important issue from my point of view. If you use me in such a terrible state, other people will think of me as just that kind of sword. I can’t accept that no matter what.]

“…Is that such an important issue?”

[It’s extremely important, more important than my gospel, because that is the value of the sword’s existence.]

Is honor that important?

It didn’t resonate with me that much, but there are many people among humans who value honor more than their lives.

I guess she’s one of those types.

That’s why she’s saying these words now.

But isn’t this a bit rude?

Even though she said it indirectly, she was a sword that was ultimately saying, ‘I don’t want you to use me.’

I think I know why she dragged it out!

Only then did I feel like I knew why things had flowed differently from the original.

The Spirit Sword was surprised that I passed through the dungeon, but she was actually worried.

She was a sword that didn’t say these things specifically because she was in a dubious position at the time.

But it must have been clear that she had to snap out of it in the battle with the thieves.

She couldn’t bear to see me holding the sword with my unimpressive skills.

If this continued, the Spirit Sword’s dignity would have been on the verge of falling, as she wished.

But, even so, I couldn’t sell the sword.

“I can’t transfer you to another person, since I’m just an ordinary person. You are a necessary item for me.”

I needed this Spirit Sword.

I’m also vulgar.

I can’t just listen to her and say, ‘I see,’ and transfer it to the protagonist.

Let me say it again, this sword is my lifeline right now.

[No, there’s no need to transfer it. You don’t have to do that.]

Huh? What does this mean?

But, the peppermint Spirit Sword didn’t want to be transferred.

[You passed the trial and obtained me fairly, whether it was luck or whatever, from the point of passing the trial, I am your master.

She was saying that she would follow me for now.

Whatever the case, it seems that I have been recognized as the official owner.

So what was the problem that made her say these words?

“What do you want to say?”

I told her to get to the point quickly, and

[So become my disciple.]

“Huh?”

It was a Spirit Sword that suddenly said quite unexpected words.

[If you become my disciple, I will teach you the basics.]

Suddenly become a disciple?

It was a somewhat absurd statement.

Because of that, I couldn’t help but take a moment to sort out my thoughts, but

[Anyway, didn’t you get me because you wanted to become stronger too? You even have a newborn baby, is there any need to hesitate?]

It was definitely as the sword said.

There was no need to hesitate.

This was a very attractive suggestion for me.

I affirmed.

There was no reason to refuse in that situation where she was saying that she would become my teacher like this.

Besides, the opponent is the Spirit Sword, right?

I think I can get much better tutoring than learning swords from ordinary knights.

“I will.”

[Good choice.]

I said that I would affirm, and the master-disciple relationship between me and the Spirit Sword was established.

[Let’s go straight into the first training.]

Anyway, it was really time to train now.

The Spirit Sword gave the order as if she had been waiting.

[Let’s try climbing the mountain with a duck walk once.]

“Pardon?”

It was a somewhat absurd training method.

[Didn’t you hear? I said walk with a duck walk.]

“..Are you serious?”

I couldn’t help but feel a bit resistant.

[Um. Just do as I say for now. If it doesn’t work after trying it, you can complain or whatever you want to me.]

“Then I will. Then.”

I decided to try it as the sword said for now.

It’s not too late to say it then if it doesn’t work, right?

Like that, I started climbing the mountain with a duck walk, and

“Hakhak… I really feel like I’m going to die. Is this really effective?”

[It’s unclear, the basis of swordsmanship is the lower body. No matter how strong you are, it’s meaningless if your lower body can’t handle it. In my opinion, your lower body is currently in a very lacking state.]

Maybe about 3 hours had passed.

My trembling legs couldn’t hold on anymore and I collapsed.

I collapsed on the ground with a thud and gasped for breath.

“Hukhuk… I really feel like I’m going to die.”

[Hmm… Is this enough? I’ll restore you for now.]

She had this ability too.

At that sight, the Spirit Sword supplied me with magic power.

I felt warmth seeping in and stamina recovering.

[Now your lower body seems to be usable to some extent. Would you like to cut those rocks again?]

“You want me to cut the rocks?”

[Yeah.]

My trembling legs began to listen to me.

When I stood up again, the Spirit Sword pointed to the rock.

As if to show the results of the training, she told me to cut the rock like before, and I slowly walked towards the rock.

“Hup!!!”

And I swung down towards the rock with all my might like before.

The back of the rock was carved much deeper than before.

“Hukhuk… I really feel like I’m going to die.”

[Hmm… Is this enough? I’ll restore you for now.]

She had this ability too.

At that sight, the Spirit Sword supplied me with magic power.

I felt warmth seeping in and stamina recovering.

[Now your lower body seems to be usable to some extent. Would you like to cut those rocks again?]

“You want me to cut the rocks?”

[Yeah.]

My trembling legs began to listen to me.

When I stood up again, the Spirit Sword pointed to the rock.

As if to show the results of the training, she told me to cut the rock like before, and I slowly walked towards the rock.

“Hup!!!”

And I swung down towards the rock with all my might like before.

The back of the rock was carved much deeper than before.

The results seemed to be quite good.