035 Episode – Disciple
direct disciple and master.
Yee did not have to look far, but only remembered the relationship between Bergand and Gordon.
The teacher is obliged to protect the disciple along with teaching.
Conversely, the disciple does not bear any other obligations other than the duty of faithfully receiving the teacher’s teachings.
Instead, when a student introduces himself, he should introduce the name of his teacher along with his family.
When Charlotte receives decorations or awards in front of His Majesty the Emperor, the name of Tigris must be given, and Tigris’ name is also called when she becomes head of the household and proclaims her name widely.
If Charlotte becomes famous and becomes a great knight, the honor of Tigris will also increase.
In Charlotte, an unknown discomfort sprouted in her heart.
Charlotte asked herself a question.
‘Why am I uncomfortable being a disciple of Tigris?’
Does Tigris not deserve to be Charlotte’s teacher?
If you look at the qualifications alone, the garage is overflowing.
He was the youngest blood tournament winner, the youngest instructor at the Imperial University, and the youngest four-star knight to be called the next Black Meister.
If so, are you lacking in skills as a teacher?
It wasn’t either.
All students who took Tigris’ first lecture were able to use all four types of Strikes that day.
So, is personality a problem?
Tigris was rumored to be of outstanding character among nobles and commoners alike.
At the Young Blood Tournament, when he gave the sword he was using to a mercenary named Tom, he showed the dignity of nobility, and although rumored to be arrogant, he even bowed his head to Charlotte in front of a lot of people to admit his mistake.
It was everyone’s dream to become a direct disciple of Tigris who was perfect in terms of qualifications, skills, and personality.
But strangely, Charlotte was unwilling.
Is it because Tigris is a target that Charlotte must defeat?
Or is it because he still has remnants of his insults at Schubert?
If the former was the reason, it didn’t make sense because there were a lot of cases where the disciple surpassed the master.
If the latter is the reason, it was Charlotte’s, not Tigris’ problem.
Charlotte clenched her fists.
‘It’s just that I didn’t like Tigris.’
There is no reason.
I just didn’t like Tigris.
From the day he lost to Tigris at Schubert, Charlotte had decided to hate Tigris.
‘I was a very bad bitch…’
Charlotte looked into Tigris’ eyes.
It was a quiet look with no emotion.
“Instructor Tigris. Why do you want to teach us even as direct disciples?”
Tigris’ expression and eyes changed in an instant.
The moment was so fleeting that Charlotte could not read it.
However, it seemed certain that a stone had been thrown into Tigris’ calm heart.
After a while, Tigris’ mouth opened.
“Why do you think a smith polishes jewelry?”
“Isn’t it because I’m becoming more beautiful?”
“me too.”
Tigris’ words had a deep resonance.
Charlotte couldn’t understand the sound, but it was enough to move Charlotte’s heart.
“To be honest, I am really ashamed to become a direct disciple of Instructor Tigris. I am two years older and it is really humiliating to hear such insulting words at Schubert and learn under an instructor.”
Charlotte got up.
“So, stick with me. Please trample me thoroughly so that I can completely erase this shameful feeling. Please point out everything that I am lacking.”
Charlotte’s expression looked very refreshed, like a person who threw a stone heavy in his heart.
“I think that’s how I can become a direct disciple of the instructor.”
Tigris got up.
“If you want it.”
* * *
Charlotte drew her sword.
Today, the blade seemed to stand so close that it gave me goosebumps.
Tigris drew the salamander’s sword and stopped.
There were no gaps.
The two stared at each other for a moment.
A cold wind tickled Charlotte’s neck.
There was no separate signal.
After a brief exchange of glances, the two ran towards each other at the same time.
Zeng-!
The sound of the clashing of swords annoyed my ears.
Charlotte knew why she lost before.
It was because he wanted to defeat Tigris easily.
You can never defeat Tigris that way.
Instead of dealing with Tigris with the thought of winning by hitting a valid hit, he had to play with the mindset that he would not lose to win.
Zeng-! Zeng-!
“ね!”
I’m just getting started, and I feel like my hands are going to break.
Tigris didn’t give him much power, and he didn’t use more than three Auror rings.
It was just that the distribution of power was perfect.
“It is foolish to take an honest sword honestly. A straight line must be taken as a curve.”
The teaching of Tigris began.
Charlotte took the sword of Tigris with her flowing.
I was able to block it with less power and more calmly.
However, there was no chance of a counterattack because of the flow.
“It’s not about taking it as a curve. Read the sword to the end and open my body.”
Charlotte immediately understood Tigris’ words.
Charlotte’s eyes followed Tigris’ slash to the end.
Charlotte’s sword gently stuck to Tigris’ sword.
There was almost no sound of iron hitting.
As Tigris said, Charlotte deflected Tigris’ sword with a curve.
Tigris’ sword ran through Charlotte’s hair.
And Tigris’ body opened.
Charlotte put the sword into the gap.
The sword of Tigris was far from reaching.
However, Tigris avoided Charlotte’s sword by a single sheet of paper.
Tigris’ sword flashed again.
Zeng!
Charlotte grabbed Tigris’ sword again, but couldn’t stop it properly and was pushed back.
“Correct the habit of keeping your gaze and your sword in the same direction. Even if you catch a gap and stab it, if your gaze and the direction of the sword are the same, the opponent can easily dodge it.”
Again, the sword of Tigris flew honestly.
Charlotte bit her lip.
It’s not a sword with any particular skill, it’s just an honest sword, but it couldn’t stop it properly.
The sword of Tigris suddenly changed.
The sword, which had been drawn down an oblique line, suddenly stopped in the middle and flew toward Charlotte’s shoulder.
Charlotte raised her sword in surprise, but her body was out of balance.
Tigris’ kick hit his side directly.
“100 million!”
My eyes were dizzy at the shock as if my ribs were broken, but I couldn’t stop.
It was because the honest sword of Tigris flew again.
“The advantage of the honest sword lies in the creation of variables. This is because the opponent is nervous about when the anomalous sword will fly again, so he cannot counterattack properly.”
Charlotte bit her lip.
He read the sword of Tigris and deflected it.
And with a separate gaze and sword, he drew his sword.
Tigris admired Charlotte’s genius at sucking it up like a sponge.
Tigris dodged the sword with a big move.
The body was out of balance. Charlotte could not miss this opportunity.
Charlotte used Friharden’s sword ‘Wind Wind’.
In the harsh winter, a fierce attack like a sharp wind mixed with sharp pieces of ice unfolded.
The assault, which fired a whopping 7 times per second, was rapid itself. However, the gust of wind barely passed Tigris’ body and did not deliver a valid hit.
Tigris fine-tuned his sword to dodge Charlotte’s assault.
‘Nonsense···!’
Then came Tigris’ honest sword.
could not be avoided
Charlotte gathered all her strength to block the sword of Tigris.
Zeng-!
Charlotte’s sword flew through the air.
He had lost his grip and lost his sword.
“You don’t seem to know where your sword is going. The advantage of melee is not speed, but a series of attacks at an angle that the enemy has a hard time blocking.”
Charlotte looked at her hand.
The calluses were peeling off and the palms were bursting with blood.
Karen cleverly brought the bandages and ointment right away.
Tigris directly applied the ointment to Charlotte’s hands.
Charlotte didn’t even realize that Tigris was now putting ointment on her and bandaging her.
He was shocked because he had lost so thoroughly.
I expected to lose like this, and after losing, I thought I would be able to shake off everything in a cool way, but the regrets kept lingering.
Charlotte worked really hard.
I slept 4 hours a day and worked day and night.
However, it was so upsetting that he couldn’t even follow Tigris’ toes.
“Charlotte.”
“···yes.”
Tigris’ bandages wrapped around Charlotte’s hands.
“Just because you can’t defeat me now doesn’t mean you won’t defeat me later.”
“···yes?”
“You will learn all of me and I will teach you all of me. And you will learn me to defeat me.”
Charlotte looked into Tigris’ eyes.
Charlotte reflected in those eyes was not the current Charlotte, but a different Charlotte.
“If you have a million chances to challenge me, I don’t have a chance for you. Because there is no teacher who challenges a disciple.”
“Can I defeat Instructor Tigris?”
“do not know. Because it depends on what you do.”
Charlotte wondered if Tigris’ sweet words were sincere.
Are you saying it to comfort yourself or is it sincere?
But that was something that Charlotte did not know unless it was Tigris.
So I decided to believe it.
Those words are the truth of Tigris.
“Instructor Tigris, please be my teacher.”
On that day, a teacher and a disciple were born.
* * *
Peaceful Sunday.
Tigris received a telegram from the imperial family.
＜To: Tigris di Norberd
From: Rain Rover de Lucet
When the time comes, I’ll come for a cup of tea. I want to taste those delicious cookies!＞
There was no occasion for the princess to call the imperial palace simply for a cup of tea.
‘Looks like the time has come.’
It seemed that the sweeping operation plan had been completed.
Tigris immediately got dressed and headed to the emperor.
As if he had already delivered the words to the knights, Tigris was immediately paid a first-class sling.
And I was able to meet familiar faces.
“Sir Tigris. It is an honor to see you again.”
It was Gordon, who competed for both s*xes in the Young Blood Tournament.
Gordon was wearing the regular armor of the Golden Knights.
Until a few months ago, I didn’t know how to hide the energy, so I spritzed the energy with Junggu heating, but now it’s well taken care of.
“You have grown a lot.”
“haha. Compared to Lord Tigris, it is far short of that.”
Gordon grew up quickly with the right training from Berggan.
In addition to various swordsmanship, he also learned Auror operation techniques.
Among them, I also learned to read ‘Gigam’, but Gordon’s skills could not measure Tigris’ level.
That said, even though it was the same four-star knight, the status of Tigris was so high that Gordon could not read it.
“The more I learn, the more I realize how good Lord Tigris is.”
“More earnest in the future. You are a jade stone, and when polished, you will become a better knight than anyone else.”
“thank you.”
Gordon put his hand on his chest and showed the example of the knight.
Now, the mercenary tee has completely disappeared and he has become quite a knight.
“Then I will guide you. Follow me.”
Gordon guided us to the ‘Spring Palace’ where the princess is.
The Palace of Spring was heavily guarded, but when they saw Gordon and Tigris, the knights immediately opened the door and let them in.
As I headed towards the small garden inside the palace, I saw three familiar faces.
One was a princess, and the other was Bergang.
“uh! Instructor Tigris!”
Then there was Rakan, who was smiling brightly and waving his hand like a truck wiper.
Rakan’s chin was stained a little red.
It was said that his jaw was broken at that time, but he didn’t seem to be fully healed yet.
Tigris immediately paid her respects to the princess.
“I see the great golden clan.”
“wake up. Sir Tigris. You know I hate that.”
“If etiquette and laws are not established…”
“Ahh! I don’t want to hear the old eunuchs say again!”
Rain Rover covered his ears and shook his head.
“Stop talking like that and sit down. Let me taste some cookies.”
Tigris couldn’t help but get up and sit down.
And from the bag Lenny took out last night’s hard-baked butter cookies and madeleines.
“Hey, is this the cookie that Charlotte praised her to make her saliva dry?”
“When did you meet Charlotte?”
“We met briefly at lunch on a Saturday. I was curious because Instructor Tigris called Charlotte and Irene.”
It wasn’t just out of curiosity why Charlotte and Irene had visited Tigris, but because they were worried that there would be a change in the sweeping operation.
Although Rain Rover believes in Tigris, the magic spell of ‘if’ keeps people suspicious.
However, Tigris did not say a word about the sweeping operation.
Rain Rover felt he could trust Tigris completely now.
“I heard you said that you decided to make Charlotte and Irene your direct disciples? When I first heard it, I was really surprised. Why did you make these two disciples?”
“It is because they are people who are not lacking in making disciples. Both will be great swords to defend the Empire.”
“Is that really the reason?”
Rain Rover said with a smirk.
“Do you have any feelings for Charlotte or Irene? Or both?”
“I will see my disciple only as a disciple.”
“Ah~ In that case, it’s like a person with a fairly large age gap. The age difference between Irene and Charlotte is not that much. Master~ It may be just a moment to say something like this, honey.”
At the tone of Rain Rover’s uncle, Bergan sighed deeply.
“Princess, please keep your body tight.”
“Hey, it’s strange that Bergan said that. Most of you would know that Rachel was Berghan’s pupil, right?”
“no···. that is···.”
“Are you sure the age difference is 10 years? Isn’t this almost uncle?!”
“···sorry.”
Berggan made one mistake and sank.
Rain Rover said with a smile.
“Besides, they told me to clean up the dormitory and move to the penthouse.”
“Because I can’t stay up late at the Imperial University every day. And as I said before, they are just my students.”
“Does the Count Friharden really think so? Even if I think about it, I think it would be very misunderstood.”
“The Count Friharden is a man of great understanding, so he will accept it.”
“Have you not met Count Friharden yet? I don’t know about anything else, but how extreme are you to your only daughter? I don’t know if they’ll break into the house at any time.”
Tigris tilted his head.
The Count of Friharden, whom Tigris knew, was a devoted figure who sacrificed his life to behead Rota and Arfem.
Even at the time of the death of the Black Meister Bergang, he gave all his support to Tigris, the only person who could become a 7-Star Knight.
To the extent of giving ‘Summer of Friharden’, a symbol and holy relic of Friharden.
It was the first time I knew that such a person was a daughter-in-law.
‘Oh, that’s not true at all.’
It was after Charlotte’s death that the Count Friharden moved in earnest.
And before going into battle, I always said, ‘I’ll get my daughter’s revenge.’
“Well, you’ll figure it out… ah! My cookies!”
Almost all of the cookies Tigris brought were in Rakan and Bergang’s mouths.
Rain Rover shot Bergang and Rakan.
“What are you doing now? both? Cookies are running out! I never even ate!”
Berggan coughed and said.
“…well, it’s more delicious than I thought. Does it taste like it keeps coming out?”
“···you’re right. It’s like a shrimp cookie.”
“Shrimp cookies? Are these butter cookies?”
“Oh, that’s…”
“Be quiet, both of you!”
Rain Rover pulled the cookie box in front of him.
“Don’t even think about touching them. Because this is all mine.”
Tigris looked at Rakan patheticly and said.
“Did not Rakan cause trouble to the princess?”
“Unlike anyone else, I am a person who doesn’t know anything about etiquette, so it was rather comfortable. Why don’t you look half like Rakan too? Do you think that would be the most appropriate?”
Tigris’ face wrinkled at the sound of being asked to resemble Van Rakan running naked through the gymnasium.
When Tigris made an expression that she really hated, the princess smiled.
“Can you make that face too?”
Rain Rover put the cookie in his mouth and murmured.
“As I said before, Rakan made it easier for me to plan my operations. We will have to work on the details, but the operation date has also been released.”
“When?”
“Next Sunday, for state affairs, it is planned that His Majesty the Emperor will personally patrol the area south of the river. The purpose is to patrol the scene of the disappearance.”
Tigris immediately understood the princess’s words.
“Then security measures must be in place by Saturday.”
“Yes. Right. Until next Saturday, the Inquisitors and the Iron-Blood Magic Corps will step up to block the manhole cover south of the river with a specially crafted fixation magic that will never open.”
“And we’ll only have one open.”
“We will only leave the exit on the downstream side of the Lucet River open. There will be the Golden Knights and the Iron Blooded Magic Corps.”
“What will you do if the alchemists and wizards try to escape by teleporting from the lab side?”
“The Inquisitor’s ‘Hydra’ will unleash anti-scroll and sabotage magic.”
The current Inquisitor’s Hydra is the 7th Circle Archmage.
If he is determined and uses sabotage and anti-scroll magic, not a single rat can escape.
Rain Rover smiled charmingly.
“The operation date is 6pm on Saturday. Would you like a tea christ?”
There was no reason to refuse.
“Yes. I’ll do it.”