‘I was blocking Catherine’s growth. Now that I have someone to rely on, I feel less desperate.’
The solution was simple.
‘You need to keep your distance from Catherine.’
It wasn’t a bad choice for me either.
Because getting closer to Catherine wasn’t what I wanted in the first place.
‘Del El Paso’, the saint of light.
She will be at the center of the coming tribulation, so for my goal of ‘sucking honey’, it is best to stay away now.
but,
‘Why do I do such a stupid thing?’
I sighed inwardly as I saw Catherine crying in front of me.
Intervening like this is not a wise choice at all.
As she said, it could have been ‘outrageous’.
But, I couldn’t help it.
In life, sometimes we make stupid choices like this.
‘What I’m trying to do is ultimately try to be happy. If I pretend not to see it like this, I don’t think my dream will be comfortable.’
I remembered my past as a child.
My father was an alcoholic and gambling addict, and my mother was always in the hospital, so I often moved from one relative’s house to another.
All in all, things went well at first.
Well, at first.
-How long do I have to carry that lump of luggage?
I don’t know how many times I’ve been hurt by his cold attitude every time I tried to open my heart.
I knew how hurtful it was for the person I had given warmth to suddenly change, so I found it difficult to push him away.
‘Because there is no other way to awaken Catherine.’
Yes, I am a possessor.
It may be much more difficult and cumbersome, but there is a way.
“Well, why are you looking at me like that! It’s not like I’m crying, it’s because I got dust in my eyes! Whoops, what kind of dust is this spicy! “It’s annoying!”
Catherine, perhaps embarrassed belatedly, lost her temper.
“Now that’s enough, let’s go back. “I can take care of the rest.”
“Relying on others is not weakness. On the contrary, being afraid to even reach out to others is a sign of weakness.”
“… … .”
“It’s okay to feel free to ask for help. Because professors exist for students.”
Catherine’s eyes filled with water again.
This time, I clenched my fists and held back.
“Even if the professor helps, nothing will get better, right? Anyway, I’m the worst kind of dull person. To be honest, I can’t even understand the professor’s lecture properly.”
“No, you are not without talent.”
“under. what. You all know that I’m a b*tch, right? Why is there such a fuss about a weakling like me being a wizard? “A fool, an idiot, an idiot.”
These were Catherine’s hidden true feelings.
“You misunderstood what I said. I didn’t say you had talent as a wizard. “To be honest, you lack many things to become a proper wizard.”
“But what?”
“Catherine, what do you think your strengths are?”
Catherine could not answer.
“Simple. It is an unbending will and a perseverance that does not give up even after repeating it thousands and thousands of times. Unfortunately, it’s a talent that doesn’t really help you become an outstanding wizard.”
What determines a wizard’s achievement is talent rather than effort.
At low levels, ‘magical intelligence’ is necessary, and as achievement increases, ‘intuition’ to delve into the ‘magic path’ becomes important.
Both are talents that Catherine was not born with.
“Your talents can shine elsewhere.”
Catherine’s eyes began to tremble slightly.
He must have instinctively guessed what I was going to say next.
‘I hoped you would realize it yourself.’
There was nothing I could do now.
No matter how Catherine reacted, I had to tell her.
“Your talent is that of a knight, not a wizard.”
“!!”
“A knight suits you more than a wizard.”
Catherine’s complexion turned pale.
* * *
I came up with a scenario.
-Catherine’s sword split the sky. A pillar of light shines in the world, and people praise her like this.
The saint of light, ‘Del El Paso’.
Yes.
Catherine was not the main character of the wizard class to begin with.
Knight class.
To be exact, it was a magic swordsman and dual knight class.
‘In the first place, the two Jinju Artificial Intelligencers are both wizard class because it is unbalanced.’
The problem is that it is not something that can be easily accepted.
For Catherine, becoming a wizard was not just a future goal.
It means revenge on a magic master.
‘Originally, I was forced to accept this fact in the abyss of despair. ‘You couldn’t wake up because you didn’t fall into despair because of me.’
As expected, Catherine’s reaction was not good.
“under! “Are you suddenly a knight?”
“Do you remember when you sparred with Yulia? At that time, you defeated Yulia without even having learned how to use a sword. “That’s your talent.”
“But the article doesn’t work. no way. no. “I have to become a wizard.”
“Do you hate the magic family that much?”
“!!”
Catherine bit her lip.
Her eyes turned red.
It wasn’t the same crying as before.
It was anger.
“Do you know how I was treated in that damn family? Just because you have no talent for magic? It would have been better to live in the slums, digging through trash cans! “We were subhuman back then, but we weren’t treated like insects like we are now!”
“… … .”
“I can never give up magic! “Until I use that great magic to make all those damn magic masters kneel at my feet!!”
It was a difficult problem.
What if Catherine becomes a knight? So what if you become successful?
Do the magic masters even care?
-Knife wielders are meat shields. Die in our place.
That was the perception of famous magicians towards knights.
The moment she became a knight, she could never be recognized by the magic masters.
You will forever remain a dirty bastard and an ugly person.
“A magic master doesn’t ignore all knights.”
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“under. Those shoes are Lv. 8 Even among the transcendental knights, the five greatest swordsmen of the empire are also ignored?”
“Ascended Knight.”
“!!”
Catherine stood tall.
“Even magic masters won’t be able to ignore an ascended knight who ascended to the sky.”
Catherine made a puzzled face.
For reference, there is currently only one knight class ascendant in the empire.
The swordsman of the previous Taesang family of a renowned swordsmanship family.
“What kind of sound is the side of a roll cake exploding? “My ascendant is a piece of sh*t.”
“Of course, it’s something that is far away. So, are you going to give up? “After all, wasn’t your ultimate target Duke Alfonso?”
“… … .”
Catherine’s eyes changed.
The people she hated most were not Joanna, who ignored her, Duchess Bess, or the collateral and vassals who directly harassed her.
It was his father, Duke Alfonso, who gave birth to him.
“You know very well that Duke Alfonso is crazy about ascension. But can you imagine how exciting it will be if you surpass Duke Alfonso and become the first to ascend?”
“It might suck. Although it may be impossible. “My father will become an ascendant within five years at the most.”
“Three years is enough for you.”
“under… .”
It’s true.
The Hero Academy’s finale, ‘Apocalypse Scenario’, was during the fourth year.
Rather, it would be difficult if Catherine did not become an ascendant before then.
It means the world will be destroyed.
“If you don’t believe me, I’ll prove it to you. “I will make you a knight of the 3rd sword rank within a week.”
“!!”
Whether Catherine believes it or not, I looked away.
“Did you hear what I said, Your Excellency?”
“!!”
A figure appeared from the shadows.
Although he was a handsome man, Duke Alfonso always gave off a creepy vibe.
“hahahaha, I heard. “He told an interesting story.”
“If Catherine shines as a knight as I said, please do not abuse her any more, Your Excellency.”
“Hmm? Abuse. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I know everything. “All the terrible things that Catherine went through were all your Excellency’s will.”
Duke Alfonso’s smile deepened.
It was positive.
“You who don’t have children yet may not understand, but it’s all about love for your daughter. If that child isn’t like this, he won’t grow up at all. Look. “Thanks to you, that poor child didn’t struggle at least this much?”
It was bullsh*t.
‘In the first place, I didn’t love Catherine one bit. ‘They just see it as something to be used.’
Just as I was about to open my mouth, Catherine grabbed my collar.
As if telling me to stop.
“I’m fine. “I don’t mind anything like this.”
I swallowed a sigh.
Contrary to his calm face, the hand holding my collar was trembling slightly.
‘That guy is also my father.’
Duke Alfonso was the central antagonist of Catherine’s character scenario.
He was an object of hatred and fear, but at the same time, he was also a person who longed for affection as a family member.
The reason she wanted to succeed as a magician was because of the contradictory reasons of trying to surpass Duke Alfonso and at the same time wanting to gain her father’s recognition.
“i get it. “Let’s go.”
I headed to the portal.
“But I didn’t decide to become a knight? Above all, you’re not even an engineer, right? “How can you make me a knight of the Third Sword?”
Catherine must have calmed down, and continued to jingle on the way back.
“I don’t know either. “As you said, I am a magic professor, not a knight.”
“under! But what kind of rant?!”
“Because I don’t necessarily need teaching.”
I handed the envelope to Catherine, who frowned as if she didn’t understand.
“What’s this? 50 pena?”
“It’s a request. “I have a place to go, so you can escort me.”
“Are you kidding? “You’re trying to use escorting as an excuse to train me.”
“no. There’s something I really need your help with. “I want to leave it to others, but you’re the only one qualified.”
I arrived at the portal and handed the target coordinates to the administrator.
“Coordinates, are these really correct?”
“What error is there?”
“There is no error. Destination?”
“Here’s your visit permit.”
The manager glanced at us with a reluctant look on his face.
‘Oh, is it really okay if I send this to you? A face that seems to say, ‘It’s obvious I’m going to make an invoice.’
“Think about it one more time. “Since I started working as a manager, I have not seen a single person who went into ‘this place’ and came out alive.”
Catherine was shocked.
“No, where on earth are you going?!”
“You will know when you go. “Follow me.”
“Wait!”
Paaat!
After crossing the portal’s unique sub-space, we arrived at our destination.
But, it was strange.
There was no light to be seen.
It wasn’t night.
Something was blocking the sky.
at the same time.
Gooooooooooo.
The loud sound of the wind hit my ears.
A roaring sound as if a typhoon was blowing from the side.
“Seo, really, this place?”
“Yes, that’s right. “It’s Whirlpool Island.”
Catherine’s complexion looked like that of a corpse.
“Are you crazy?! “You came to the ruins of the ‘Eight Heroes’!!”
They are heroes who saved the world against the great forces of the other world in distant ancient times.
“It’s not just an off-limits area, it’s an ‘absolute death level’ dangerous area! “Even if it’s just for my training, I can’t believe I came to a place like this!”
“As I said before, it is not for your training. “It’s for my training.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Actually, you’re not the only one whose situation is urgent right now.”
I thought to myself.
‘I also have to rise to second star rank now. Otherwise, you will die.’