chapter 35
35. Cotton candy
After disguising as a priest of the church and his attendants.
Me and Lily strolled leisurely through the city, telling each other bad things.
What kind of work have I been doing after dismissing my disciples?
One day was spent like this, and another day was spent like that.
It’s really just boring words that aren’t fun or impressive.
Despite such a story, Lily smiled brightly and nodded her head slightly.
“Enough of the more boring stories of this boring teacher. Now let’s hear your story.”
“Ah… Will it?”
At first, Lily told her story briefly.
But did he notice that I was also curious about the circumstances of the other students?
He immediately turned around and told me things that hadn’t been told through letters.
A little trivial and a little worrying stories that have not been told to me.
Still, most of them were able to just laugh and move on.
But there were some stories that I couldn’t help but worry about.
“Garam and Xenia ate a forest?”
The most shocking thing was, of course, the fight between Garam and Xenia.
They say it’s an extremely light quarrel.
What kind of light fight could blow up an entire forest?
“No, why the hell did the two fight?”
“It was really nothing. According to people who were nearby, we bumped into each other by chance. Garam-nim seems to have gained some weight after seeing Xenia-nim? I think he said that.”
“… So?”
“That’s it.”
“The end?”
“Yes.”
“Then you fought right away?”
“Yes.”
… Oops, it’s the head
Garam and Xenia. I said it so loudly
They were bickering with each other again.
“It’s strange. Garam, he never said that to me. That she didn’t say a word to me after we argued so loudly? These guys of mine are real.”
“There is a reason. Fortunately, the two of them reconciled right away the next day.”
“Reconciliation? Garam and Xenia reconciled? The day after the fight? Isn’t it next month?”
Does the sun rise in the west?
Garam and Xenia, whose growling is a daily event, reconciled immediately after a fight.
Thinking of the past, there wasn’t a single day that I didn’t stop fighting while teaching my two students.
And remembering that once we had a fight, we kept our mouth shut until I told him to apologize.
Lily’s words were difficult to accept.
“It is not the end of being just Master’s disciple like before. Garam-nim is a sword hero, and Xenia-nim is a spear hero. I thought that the fact that we had fallen out shouldn’t flow outward.”
“… Fortunately, the two of you have learned a lot. It was something that had never happened before.”
My first student was Garam, and my second student was Xenia Violet.
Unlike other students who have a gap of a few months at the shortest and a few years at the longest.
These two were the ones who came in as my students just one month apart.
Unlike the other students, who are able to clearly organize their ranks thanks to this.
The two of them had a really great fight, as if they were looking at twins or young people.
Is that the reason, or is there something wrong with each other?
The two of them talked about how far apart each day was and gave me trouble.
I wonder if I even warned you, ‘Don’t ever fall out with each other.’
Anyway, if we meet again later, I think we should give a sharp warning.
Thinking about the future, even a small crack can be dangerous.
“The youngest. No, what is the seventh doing?”
I quickly change the topic and think of the disciple who was so dull from the first meeting.
Before taking Iris, he was the youngest.
An assassination character that was drawn before Iris in the game.
A disciple who had no one to follow in stealth.
“Ester? It’s always the same. I work alone without anyone. It seems that they are investigating while going around the gutter or back alley where others do not go. Even the letters I send are in the form of short answers every day.”
“You look like a guy. Still, I said I wanted it to be a bit brighter and sent it down.”
“At least, we talk these days. Didn’t you say a word when we first met?”
It’s not that I didn’t say a word, there’s a high probability that I couldn’t.
A guy who was extremely shy and even more passive.
Considering the guy’s past, it’s rather fortunate that he’s improved that much.
He’s such a guy, but he’s so shy that I wondered if he’d be able to live a normal life.
If you mysteriously go to the battlefield, you will become an assassin without blood or tears.
Anyway, the personality of the game characters was captured very clearly.
It would have been nice if it wasn’t for the real judo that treats that guy’s user dog and pig.
“Master. And this is what I experienced during this pilgrimage….”
Lily was distracted by her chatter, with a smile on her lips.
She appears more dignified and noble than anyone else in front of the religious people who follow her.
In front of me, he shows his true self.
In the midst of listening to Lily’s story, a shop caught my eye in front of me.
“… Ah, Lily. For a moment.”
“Yes?”
“Wait here for a moment.”
I wonder if anyone in the church would have imagined that.
They are their spiritual pillars, and proof that there is a god.
A saintess whose existence alone is light itself, a divine warrior.
The fact that she really likes snacks such as sweets and candies.
“Take it.”
“This… Did you go shopping?”
“I can’t even remember how much you love this. Sometimes when I go down to the city, I can’t take my eyes off of it, and I’ve bought it several times.”
What Lily was given was nothing but cotton candy.
Lily, who likes snacks, liked them the most.
When I put one of these in my hand, it made me smile so happy.
She even bought it on purpose because she wanted to see that smile.
“….”
“Ever since working as a divine warrior in earnest. After listening to the voice of the saint and receiving attention from others. I must have had a hard time eating this. Are my expectations wrong?”
“… That’s right. I’ve only been watching from afar….”
How long it has been, and how earnest it was.
Lily’s expression as she looks at her cotton candy is even vague.
I quickly put cotton candy in his hand, and two of them, one in each hand.
Then Lily looked at the cotton candy in her hand as if she couldn’t believe it.
“This… I think I’ve been eating it for the first time in almost three years.”
“Has it been that long?”
“Yes. Actually… I haven’t eaten since leaving Master’s side and descending the mountain.”
A stupid sigh of ‘huh?’ Comes out naturally at his words.
I know better than anyone how obsessed with cotton candy you are.
You gave up that cotton candy for 3 years? This is really great
If that’s not the case, it’s a serious problem.
If I had to compare it, I would like to think it is similar to King Sejong giving up meat.
“Did you notice that much? Just because I’m a saint, I don’t have to….”
“Of course, there was a reason for that. It was a bit embarrassing for the saintess and the divine warrior to wander around in cotton candy. But actually… Me, that’s… To be honest… Can’t you just laugh?”
Please don’t laugh.
As she nodded, Lily looked at her and opened her mouth.
“Actually… I really miss the cotton candy that Master buys me.”
“Huh?”
“Cotton candy is good, but… Rather than just cotton candy, I liked the cotton candy Master gave me.”
“No… Then you haven’t eaten it in three years because it’s not the cotton candy I bought you for?”
“Once, but… After all, the answer was a bit strange, wasn’t it?”
I let out a sigh.
I shook my head and urged Lily to eat quickly, to have a bite.
I know best how much you love cotton candy.
Actually, this guy hasn’t eaten the cotton candy I bought him yet.
Thinking back, the first thing I gave Lily was cotton candy.
I was aware of the setting that Lily’s character likes snacks.
But she didn’t know exactly which snack she liked.
That’s why it’s most likely to catch the eye, and it can give a very mysterious feeling.
At the same time, I chose cotton candy, a very sweet and soft snack.
“Eat. No one is watching, so eat as much as you want, Lily. If you eat them all, I’ll buy you another one.”
“Really?”
“Yes. So, eat quickly. Ha, really. I wonder if you’ll fall into cotton candy and struggle. I was worried that without me, you would end up eating cotton candy for every meal, bastard.”
“I was going to do that too at first. When Master was around, he never ate to his heart’s content. So I was just about to eat it…. Anything other than the cotton candy Master bought me was not good.”
After saying that, Lily hurriedly bit off her cotton candy lightly as if she couldn’t stand it any longer.
Immediately, his expression brightened as if the feeling of melting was conveyed.
“… It tastes like this. It’s sweet, but it feels like another sweet thing has been added to it.”
“I didn’t add anything. It’s just cotton candy that’s all the same no matter where you buy it.”
“To me, this is the most different and most precious thing.”
With that said, Lily again put her cotton candy into her mouth.
She looked at that sugar thread that melted away in an instant.
I suddenly thought that he was also unusual in a very strange corner.
I look at Lily who is eating cotton candy while yawning for a while.
Others are saints and divine warriors, so they are respected.
From my point of view, he was still just a disciple I raised.
“Master. There is one thing I want to ask you.”
“Tell me.”
“The woman who was next to him earlier.”
“You mean Iris? What you think is probably right. He is the youngest.”
“As expected… I was wondering if you were sticking close to Master and guarding me. He must have been a new disciple.”
“Yes. It’s just that, unlike you, I’m a very frustrated disciple because I can’t follow my teachings.”
“Can’t keep up with Master? That’s strange. Master is not someone who can never teach.”
Lily was constantly tilting her head.
From Garam to Esther, everyone has grown wonderfully under me.
Of course, these guys were born with the destiny of being a hero in the first place.
Although it was a natural result because I know the characteristics of those guys in detail.
There was no way Lily knew that, so she couldn’t help but mutter something strange.
“Even though I took it to my teacher, I couldn’t find an answer.”
“Even Taesabu? Uh… Wouldn’t that make the problem a bit more serious?”
If Lily, who is not another disciple, says that, then there is a real problem.
Iris, you damn student. Your senior is worried about you.
Please, can’t you just grow up and ease your worries about this teacher?