I Broke Off My Engagement With My Childhood Friend, the Hero

8 – Is there a difference between an apprentice and a slave?

He has shiny golden hair like E9, and even red eyes. It’s a face I haven’t seen in almost three years, but I was able to know it nonetheless.

A woman wearing glasses and plainly dressed in an academy uniform, Enain’s younger sister, Philaine.

As expected, she looks pretty similar to her, but if you look closely, she’s quite different. Both of them look cute, but Philaine was much more stupid and cute for her age.

“I’m attending the academy here. But why is my brother-in-law here? What about the warrior’s party?”

But I didn’t expect to see it in a place like this. Even if you know it’s a real relationship, it seems that it’s a relationship that you don’t know.

It’s embarrassing, but it seems the same goes for Philaine.

We were questioning each other.

“Somehow, there was a party. And now I’m working as a teacher here.”

I’ve heard that Philaine is attending her academy.

I didn’t expect to attend an academy in a remote area like this.

Anyway, it’s nice to see you seem to be doing well.

“Yes? Really? What happened?”

“Your sister asked me to break off the engagement. She said she was married to Hwang Ja-young.”

It’s been a long time since we met and we can’t talk about anything good, but we should answer questions first, right?

I don’t really hide anything like this. It’s also a problem that I had to hide anyway.

It is only right to tell the truth about these things.

“Huh… Is that my sister?”

Philaine shook her head, slightly shocked.

Well, from Philaine’s point of view… No, from the point of view of other people, E9 and I were literally a parakeet couple.

If the two of us were to fall apart, this would surely be the reaction.

This is not a particularly strange reaction. I can’t adapt, but it’s a reaction I’ll continue to see in the future, so it would be better for me to adapt.

“Uh.”

I guess I’ll get used to it.

“So. Stop calling me brother-in-law now.”

Anyway, shall we change the title first?

I am no longer Enine’s fiancée. Therefore, he is no longer Philaine’s brother-in-law.

“Then how do you call it?”

“Just call me like before.”

I just want it to be called normal.

“In the past… Dogram… Brother?”

Yes. It feels like old times.

In the past, he would follow me when I was playing with E9, calling him oppa and following me all the time.

I remembered that I took care of Philaine at that time.

But it’s too far in the past, because I was in my early teens when I got engaged to Enain, so Philaine was a very little kid between the ages of 7 and 9.

“I’ll just call you… Teacher…”

Yeah… I don’t think it’s a bit off-putting for a soon-to-be lady to call her brother.

Besides, I’m a person who first came to the academy as a teacher, and no matter how close we were, it’s still awkward to be called that in the relationship between a teacher and a student.

But it’s a shame…

“By the way, what’s that holding the fillet?”

As I was talking to Philain, whom I hadn’t seen in a long time, her eyes caught on the object in her hand.

A sword with a fancy decoration in a fairly expensive scabbard with pure white decorations.

Since I am also a prosecutor, I was able to see and intuit at a glance. It wasn’t an ordinary sword.

What the hell is that sword?

“Ah…? This? It’s an heirloom from my house. I got it this time.”

Gabo…?

In response to my question, Philaine lightly raised his sword, showed it to me, and explained it.

No… It was too poor to be an explanation, but I had no choice but to know immediately after hearing the word ‘family heirloom’.

This was the holy sword used by the previous hero.

That’s because the families that Enain and Philaine belong to are warrior families.

Sometimes the only heirloom of a warrior’s family is the holy sword.

“Can I touch it?”

“As much as you like.”

Anyway, it’s really nice…

I touched the sword as if possessed.

It was a really pretty sword. A sword may not be a person, but a sword so beautiful that there is no other beauty like her…

“Ugh…”

But did I mention that pretty roses have thorns?

It was the same with the sword. Contrary to its pretty appearance, as soon as I touched it, painful static electricity started flowing through my body.

‘Rejection’

In this world, there are various types of swords, such as dragon swords and demonic swords, besides holy swords, but among them, the holy sword is very unique.

The story is that the sword only reacts to the blood of the warrior, and causes rejection in some way when touched by others.

I also expected it, but it seems that this sword does not allow others to touch it.

“But why did he give you this sword?”

But… Why did he bother to give this holy sword to Philaine instead of giving it to Enain?

Although Philaine is also a child of a hero’s family, he is not a hero, and the current hero is Enin.

Wouldn’t it be right to give it to E9?

“That’s… It was originally a sword I was going to give to my older sister, but the attributes didn’t match, so I ended up carrying it.”

I learned about the question after listening to Philaine’s answer.

It’s an attribute…

Certainly, the attribute of this sword is a very intense light attribute.

Nine’s attribute is, as far as I know, a cancer attribute.

It’s an unusual attribute for a hero, but well, let’s just say that.

After all, that’s why you can’t use this sword.

Well, even if I can’t use the Holy Sword, it doesn’t matter.

Because among the warriors of the past, there were also those who used weapons other than the holy sword.

“I’m only good at magic. I’m not good at all with swords…”

Anyway, it was entrusted to Philaine for a short time.

Philane also seems to be having a lot of trouble.

Even if you give me something like this, it won’t be useful…

No…

“Philane… You mean you can use this sword?”

A sudden thought passed through my head.

This cold, cool, sparkling sensation.

It was the feeling when a flashing idea came to mind.

“Yes??? Yes… I can.”

Isn’t the story that I can use this holy sword very closely related to my purpose?

The purpose is to train a magic swordsman…!

“By any chance, Philaine… Do you have any intention of becoming my disciple?”

I probably didn’t see Philaine’s skills, but all the people from the warrior’s family had extremely high specs.

From that point of view, Philaine’s specifications must be somewhat high.

Then it might be a very suitable test subject for the research I want to do.

It sounds strange when you say it’s an experiment, but…

Of course, it’s not like a test subject doing some weird experiment…

This is a study of magic swordsmen.

“Yes? Disciple?”

Was my proposal too sudden?

Philane looks at me and looks at me with her eyes wide open, as if embarrassed.

“Uh. This is a chance to become a disciple of the Sword Saint Dogram. How is it?”

But… Isn’t this an opportunity that comes every day?

How many people want to become the swordsman’s apprentice?

Originally, if you’re like other people, it’s normal to ask questions without asking or arguing.

“Something like me…”

Huh… Bad posture.

To be honest, I don’t really like his attitude toward his disciples, but I know very well that Philaine’s personality is a bit timid. Can understand

“You said you want to be great like my sister. Isn’t that now?”

Besides, I’m not forced to do anything. Philaine probably also has a desire to become stronger.

Because Philaine’s dream since she was little was to become strong.

So, it was her dream to help Enain.

“Ah…No…! I want to be strong.”

She asked if the dream had changed, but even now it seems that the dream has not changed.

“Okay. Call me Master from now on.”

I can help her dream. And Philaine can help my dream too.

In a way, it’s a great relationship between Give and Take.

So, I intend to accept Philaine as a disciple.

“I will tell you three rules, Philaine, before serving me as her mentor from now on. So she may repeat them.”

And she has to go through a proper ceremony to become a master and disciple.

I have always thought about what happens when I have a disciple.

Of course, that would never happen during a warrior party, but I imagined that if it did happen, I thought that if I had a disciple, I had to get a contract.

“The rules?”

“Yes. It is a must-have rule to form a bond between master and disciple.”

“Yes… Master Dogram.”

Some relationships have different rules depending on the relationship, but the relationship between a teacher and a disciple is more special.

Rule of relationship to teach and be taught.

That’s the 3 value rule I’m going to tell you now.

“First, obey the teacher’s words absolutely.”

“First, obey the teacher’s words absolutely.”

First one. The teacher’s words are like the sky.

“Second, never talk back to the teacher.”

“Second, never talk back to the teacher.”

And two, so you can’t go against the teacher’s words.

“Third, graduate students after graduating from the academy.”

“Third, graduate students after graduating from the academy.”

And third, for the sake of a teacher, even a graduate student should be able to do it.

“Any questions?”

This is enough to be taught by a swordsman.

Again, my teaching is really expensive.

Absolutely not cheap. No matter how you look at it, it’s because it’s a body that’s called the Sword Saint.

“Yes… Master… But what is a graduate student?”

Ah… Philaine is probably around 16 years old. You don’t know what a graduate student is.

“Very… Hard and difficult ordeal… I won’t stop you if you refuse.”

“No. Ha… I will.”

A sigh comes out…

Graduate students are very hard and arduous…

“No. Just don’t do it. It’s not a pain you can bear.”

“No. I can hold on.”

I’m sure you’ll regret it…? I’m drying for you

“Haa…”

A sigh comes out. Are you sure I’m dry?

“Give me a chance, Master.”

“Can you really do it?”

But you do it because you want to.

“Yes…! I’ll definitely try it. Being a graduate student.”

Okay…! Such a good noh… No, I saved a disciple.