The threat from other adventurers began to appear with a clear substance from the moment they entered Third Finger.
If you want to see the heads of beasts stuck menacingly on the road, there are countless spears and knives stuck in scarecrows made of animal hair.
If the threat had only come from adventurers, the story would have been easier. This outback with a pathological aversion to the light of civilization had many dark and secretive features.
“A quiet time is when you need to be most careful.”
I usually hear the wriggling of vegetation from the Paleozoic Era or the cries of animals that have adapted to this harsh land, but there are times when it suddenly cuts off.
Eldwig said that means that powerful monsters roam around here.
Each time, I could clearly feel a sly and eerie gaze from somewhere, but I couldn’t specify the direction.
“Well, even if I said I’d come out, I wouldn’t be able to compete with you. Maybe they know that too, so they don’t show themselves.”
Eldwig must have clearly recognized my skills, and if he wanted to warn of a threat, he would end it like that.
And in the evening when the twilight receded and the twilight fell, it disappeared somewhere like now.
When Eldwig disappeared, I built a wall of fire around the beasts, and Cassena’s daily routine was to take care of the wounded with the healing magic she had learned from Alakish.
“what.”
That day, I visited the Durancus tribe for the first time in a long time. To be precise, the chief of the tribe, Beduel.
“What’s happen?”
Beduel welcomed me as warmly as before. That’s why I was able to get the words that were stuck in my throat and couldn’t come out.
“that… … parents to the baby What is the first thing to teach… … ?”
I felt like I was going to die of embarrassment. If there was a library nearby, it would have been a lot easier.
Then Beduel wanted to tilt his head, but when he saw Aki sleeping peacefully on my back, he smiled happily.
“I learned something similar from my mother and from my mother’s mother. Just remember three things. Praise, example, and love.”
“Praise, example, love?”
“Praise makes a child grow up to be a positive person, full of self-esteem and confidence.”
I took out ‘Lin’s notebook’ and a fountain pen from my bosom before I knew it, and as I was writing down on them, Beduel grabbed my hand holding the notebook and gently lowered it down.
“It is not so difficult as to write it down. And by example, you don’t have to try to teach anything. Parents should set an example.”
“By example? hmm… … And what about love?”
“This is the easiest and the hardest. Just give me lots of hugs and care.”
As I listened to Beduel’s story, a corner of my heart felt empty for no reason. When I was teaching Turaina, I was doing the complete opposite.
I could have done better.
Even if I regret it now, what will change? No, it can change. You don’t have to repeat the mistakes you made then.
“Take this.”
“What is this?”
“It’s swaddling. I should have given it to you sooner, but I was too insensitive.”
“Is it like a blanket wrapped around your back? Where do you use this?”
“You have a child there. Wouldn’t it be hard for both of you if Arakish-sama’s child is hanging on your back like that now?”
surely… … Now, when Aki falls asleep, she drives her claws into my back. It must be an instinctive action to avoid falling.
Thanks to that, of course, there were no clothes left, and her back hurt to the point of death, but Aki herself must have been the hardest.
That’s why I wanted to test the performance of swaddling right away, but today, no, from today, I had work to do.
“Now, pay attention. From now on, I will start the special training for ‘becoming a cool Jinryong’.”
Aki, who had just woken up from his back and looked at me, raised his hand vigorously and shouted.
“cadet!”
so cute… … .
no, don’t back down Lin.
“First, let’s see a demonstration by an experienced teaching assistant. Pipi assistant.”
“Assistant, assistant, assistant.”
Pipi spread her chest wide and lifted one wing as if in salute, and Aki smiled brightly and sloppily followed the action.
“Well, you have a very good attitude to learn. Then, assistant Pippi, sit down.”
It was an educational method that reconciled what I had learned growing up at Belwyn Mansion with what I had learned from Beduel.
Communicate first!
Pippi shows that sympathy first as an example, and when Aki does it properly, I praise him.
Is it such a perfect education method that I hit my forehead when I thought of this? It was perfect in theory.
“Pippi, what are you doing, sit down.”
“?”
“Sit down. Aki is watching.”
I hurriedly whispered, and Pippi seemed to look up at me, but instead of sitting down, he began to protest.
“Corn, corn, corn.”
“How do you get corn right here! Sit quickly!”
“Corn~ Corn~ Corn~!”
Then Aki, who was watching us both, waved her hand and copied it.
“Oh-two-two! Oh-two-two!”
“Pippi you… … Don’t force yourself, do it right.”
“Corn, corn, corn!”
“Oh-two-two! Oh-two-two!”
They say bad things are learned quickly, Aki learned nothing good from Pippi and only learned bad things.
The so-called pipi dance, an evil act of spinning around a bonfire while food is being prepared, driving people crazy.
As Pipi ran around the fire where Rin’s special charcoal skewer was being cooked, Aki followed him on all fours with a bright smile.
“… … So you want me to do that?”
In the end, I had no choice but to send a rescue request to my most trusted colleague.
Cassena Page.
After hearing my brief explanation, Cassena glared at me with a bewildered look.
“It’s not that I don’t know the lady’s heart, but she’s still the benefactor’s child. Please help me a little.”
“No, that… … That’s right, I’m doing this now! What you’re trying to do is what dog owners use when training puppies!”
“Well, then, is there any other good way?”
Cassena didn’t think of anything else (never had a daughter, and above all, she was an only child, so she didn’t even have a sister), so in the end, she decided to match Lane’s rhythm.
“Come on, trainee Aki. Stop copying that fake TA and see a demonstration of a real TA here.”
“cadet?”
“Teacher Cassena, sit down.”
Cassena’s face turned red as she bit her lip. Really, really, I couldn’t help but feel ashamed… … .
“My lady, hurry up.”
“Oh really! okay! Got it!”
Letting out a sigh like an exclamation, I squatted down on my seat, and Aki’s eyes lit up as if she knew something.
“It made my eyes shine!”
“Ah, did you understand?!”
“Then let’s drive this momentum and do one more move! Lady, get down!”
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“what?”
“hurry!”
This is the law of education, right?
You’re not making fun of me on purpose, are you?
At that moment, when he calmed down the embarrassment that seemed to explode on his face and fell on his face, Aki wanted to narrow his eyes for a moment, but then nodded vigorously.
“Oh, I nodded!”
“really?!”
“Really, really, really.”
“Aki, sit down!”
Then Aki, who jumped up, suddenly wanted to sit down as Cassena demonstrated.
“out!”
After half-bending my knees, I got up again and this time I put both hands on the floor to lie down.
“Da-ah!”
However, as if even that was a trick, he hit the ground with both hands to stand up, and finally bent his knees completely and crouched down.
“Pe, you mixed fakes?! why?!”
“Is your intelligence high or low?!”
“Neung·Intelligence, Neung·Intelligence, Neung·Intelligence.”
Aki, who had a triumphant expression on her face, crawled towards me, as if even the embarrassment on this side was the same as the checkout.
This… … What the hell is it?
Should I give you a compliment? No, isn’t it just a bad habit of teasing people when you praise them?
“Oh-do!”
It was then. The skewer, which used to give off a fragrant smell in the charcoal fire, suddenly started to smell acrid and burnt.
Alas, I hurriedly took the skewer out of the fire. Fortunately, only the rim was slightly burnt, so eating it would not be a big problem.
The problem was that Aki, attracted by the scent, climbed up my legs and reached my stomach before I knew it, and stretched out her hand with the skewer.
“Aww, aww, awww!”
Lin’s special charcoal-grilled skewers were also Aki’s favorite food.
To be honest, I can’t give you a variety of food, so I’m not sure what I like the most, but it’s clear that I like it so much that it rolls my eyes.
For some reason, a sense of pride radiated from my body, but I thought I should definitely discipline myself now.
“No, no, wait, not now… … yes, lady! Let’s teach you something important now!”
“uh?”
“If I hold this out to the lady and say wait, she will never eat this skewer.”
I couldn’t afford to wait for Cassena’s answer in Aki’s violent hand, so I put the skewer right in front of him.
Cassena looked at the skewer in the distance. My mouth watered like a flood and I remembered that I hadn’t eaten anything since lunch.
So I just ate… … Huck, when I came to my senses, I had eaten all but one.
“Aw, aww.”
When I looked up, Aki followed Kasena and was happily eating the grilled skewers.
“… … .”
As if to rebuke Cassena, Lane clutched her forehead and groaned while Peach circled around her head and barked like this.
“Neung·Intelligence, Neung·Intelligence, Neung·Intelligence.”
After all, we couldn’t teach Aki anything that day.
In fact, I tried not only that day, but also throughout the days heading to the Far West branch, but the results were disappointing.
Was it absurd that someone like a human dared to teach Jinryong?
Still, there were some good things.
In the meantime, Kasena became completely close with Aki, and now she would come and teach Aki without asking.
“Aki, are you hungry?”
“Aww!”
“Aki is hungry! Lane, grill the skewers!”
“You don’t want to eat, do you?”
“Ah, please!”
Of course, while such daily life was repeated, it wasn’t just peaceful things.
The deeper I went into the third finger, the more I could feel the presence of people around me and the young gaze of Sal. It was not a monster, but a person, that is, an adventurer.
At first, I thought it was just one or two teams, but as the days went by, more and more teams came into contact.
“I am Otukan, the 246th ranked gold adventurer. Punish you traitors to the empire… … Noah!”
“I am Durka, the 445th ranked gold adventurer. If you offer the head of your traitor to the imperial family, you will be promoted to platinum grade at once… … Noah!”
“I am the heroine of heroines who will one day be in the top 10 gold-rated adventurers… … Noah!”
It was amazing to see the reckless team keep appearing even though they stun the attackers with flames (but didn’t kill them)… … .
Not only that, but it also came with more cunning attacks. Making traps along the way, or raiding the ranks of beastmen at night.
Bloodshed between beastmen and adventurers was something that should never happen, so I had to stay awake day and night to build a wall of fire. I feel like dying of sleep
“Except for the first Red Ilhong I met, there are only idiots.”
On the other hand, Eldwig said that this was not bad. He said that the powerful people at Trident Point didn’t seem to come out of the depths.
Cassena seemed very displeased with that. It looks like he’s excited to meet a lot of famous adventurers… … A child is a child.
One day, two days, three days, four days, ten days, fifteen days, one month.
“It’s starting to show.”
Finally stopping at the edge of the hills, Eldwig pointed with his finger to the other side, where the Eternal Marsh ended and the sea began.
“It’s the Far West branch of the Alliance.”
* * *
“According to the military discipline of the wall, you are sentenced to death by beheading for committing an unprecedented crime.”
Fifty or so wolves were dragged over the barrier with their hands and feet chained.
Soon, one after another, they knelt down in front of the scaffold, and the person who drew the sword in front of Kiran Wolf Blado, the ringleader, was Juram, the second-in-command of the wall.
The Vlado family was the representative of the northern kingdom, and even if they were beheaded, they needed to show the minimum amount of respect.
“I sent a notice to His Majesty the Emperor, Grand Duke Duren, and Prince Vlado… … got a reply He said he was very disappointed. And follow the military rules of the wall.”
“… … .”
“Me too. I can’t believe you’re doing something like that… … You were talented enough to become the next commander-in-chief.”
Kiran, who had been captured without much resistance despite the colossal rebellion, smiled bitterly amidst flying dark red hair.
“I always disappointed my parents. But it won’t be this time. The gods and history will judge.”
Their judgment certainly made sense. The family itself could be stigmatized as an enemy of the empire if it protected its children.
“Is that all there is to a will?”
For a moment, Ju-Ram looked at the young wizard’s gun-like eyes, and finally, a terrifying light flashed from the blade he held high with both hands.