My Disciples Know That I Am Strong

Episode 2. Awakening of Heroes (1)

Kikik.

Open the door to the inn and enter.

“Come in.”

“…… Yes.”

Maria rolls her eyes nervously.

Well, it’s understandable that you’re afraid because you’re going into a closed room with a man you haven’t built up trust with yet.

“I don’t do anything. Come in.”

Rather, if I did anything to this kid, I would get in trouble.

Thanks to the background of the Middle Ages, I seem to be relatively flexible in my crimes, but I had no intention of committing crimes as much as possible.

The era is the Middle Ages, but the mind is modern.

“Umm… ….”

Perhaps they heard footsteps, Iris and Tina, who had been sleeping peacefully in the same bed, tossed and turned.

“Uh… Prause…… ?”

I rub my eyes and get up. He was still in a daze, unable to open his eyes.

“Have you finished your work?”

In a dark room, he turns his head around to find me.

As Iris pulls herself up, the covers are removed, Tina curls up and opens her eyes.

“Prause? Are you back?”

“Yes. I’ve been Take the last one.”

Maria, who had shrunk her body, came in belatedly. Eyes meet with two people sitting on the bed.

“P-Prause, these kids…… ?”

“These are people who have had a hard life just like you.”

Human, Beast, Elf.

There were many different races.

Anyway, I gathered all the warriors.

“It is late at night. Sleep right now, I’ll talk to you tomorrow. You too grow up.”

I took off my shoes and climbed onto an empty bed.

Tina yawns and then lies back down. Fall asleep quickly

Iris was staring at me. She seemed to have something to say.

“Do you have something to say, Iris?”

“No. Get up and have a good night’s sleep.”

As she said that, she pulled her head up as if pulling a blanket over her. Tina whimpered at that and retrieved her blanket again.

“…… Maria.”

“Yes, yes?!”

“Voice is loud.”

“I’m sorry.”

“There is a bag over there. Looking at your body, it looks like you washed it a little while ago. Take out some clothes from your bag and put them on. Take off your robe and put it in your bag.”

I pointed to the bag lying close to the drawer. After she said yes, she started rummaging through her bag.

After a while, the sound of changing clothes is heard. I closed my eyes.

At some point, when I couldn’t hear any sound, I opened my eyes slightly. When I looked up, Maria was standing in front of my bed.

Like waiting for the next command.

“How long are you going to stand like that?”

“Yes, yes? But… ….”

“Come here.”

He patted me on the side and said.

There were only two beds, so Maria had to sleep with me, whether she liked it or not. She can’t sleep the hero she saved so hard on the ground.

But Maria, misinterpreting my innocent intentions, hesitated. Intuitively, she seemed to think she was going to do something nasty to her.

Looking at the frightened face, I think I did something wrong.

“Are you going to sleep standing up?”

“Ha, but… ….”

“Stop thinking useless.”

“Yes?”

I didn’t buy to become a hero.

I didn’t buy it to make my side.

She saved her just to survive.

I can’t see the empire collapsing to the demons and the world perishing.

As long as I was possessed by this game world, I had no choice but to see the ‘ending’ to return to the original world.

Because that’s a cliché in game possession.

Even if I couldn’t go back, I had no choice but to see the end of defeating the demon king in the end in order to continue living.

“The reason I paid a lot of money to buy you is not because of trivial pleasure. Stop thinking nonsense.”

“Yes… ….”

‘What should I say to make you feel at ease… …. I can’t even say I’m a possessed person.’

“Take it easy. Because I hate women with small breasts.”

…… f*ck? Are you saying this?

Flinch! For some reason, the bed next to me was shaking.

I look at the bed next to me and see Maria. She had a puzzled look on my face at my nonsense.

“Oh, I see.”

Still, I succeeded in moving.

“Then… Sir, excuse me.”

Inadvertently, a man and a woman sleep together.

Things people imagine would never happen, but I couldn’t help but look impure. It would have been better if it was a father and daughter relationship.

I turned over to the other side so that she could sleep more comfortably.

“Grow up.”

After saying that, I closed my eyes.

A rustle is heard from behind. I could feel the mattress shaking. Maria had come into bed.

“Good night. Prause.”

I didn’t answer.

It was because the tired body no longer listened to me.

* * *

“You’re not waking up, today… ….”

“Doesn’t it look like he’s dead?”

“You have to be careful with your words. Even if Prause-nim doesn’t hit you, he’s a very scary person when he gets angry.”

At Iris’s point, Tina widened her eyes and hurriedly covered her mouth.

The two looked at the face of Praus, who was soundly asleep, and looked at his reaction.

I am relieved to see Prause exhaling regularly.

‘Looks like you haven’t woken up yet. What happened to you yesterday? Actually, he’s been around a lot in the past week.’

“Don’t wake me up. I told you to eat jerky if you’re hungry, so let’s wait while eating this.”

Iris, accustomed to her inn life with Prause, rummaged through her bag and took out her jerky. She also gives it to Tina.

“Jerky is delicious.”

Tina munched her happy face as she took and ate her jerky.

Maria was awakened by the sound of the two talking and pulled herself up. As if she had been waiting, Iris approached Maria.

“Huh? Did you wake up too? Would you like beef jerky? There is also water.”

Iris hands over the jerky and water. Sitting on her bed, Maria said, “Thank you.” She did and she received.

“What are you going to do today? It’s boring to stay at the inn all the time.”

“Prause must have an idea. You’re the kind of person who doesn’t do meaningless things.”

Maria looked at the two of them talking calmly as she sat on the bed.

“What are you?”

“I am Iris. This child is Tina. We are both ten years old. What is her name?”

The white fox ears flutter. Her tail also wags gently. It was a sign of curiosity.

“My name is…… Maria…… I am ten years old too.”

“Is that so? Let’s get along.”

“It’s okay to be respectful. We’re the same age anyway.”

“… Could it be? Okay.”

The conversation is cut short. Awkwardness lingers.

Maria looked down at her jerky and carefully opened her mouth.

“…… Are you also the slaves that Prause bought?”

“So am I, Tina is a b*tch… Did you say Dink? She stuck to that person, but Lord Prause took her away.”

“I also lived a life like a slave. Begging and being beaten every day……. However, Prause-nim is not like that. He’s been with me for about a week already, and he hasn’t asked me for anything or hit me once.”

Tina said with a bright smile. It was her genuine, sincere smile. Maria looked at it and sighed softly.

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Huh?”

“Slaves are people too. On the subject of being the same human being, what are you hitting? Does it make sense to trample on other lives just because you have a lot of money or a little strength?”

Tina looked at Maria in bewilderment. Not knowing what to say, she looked at Iris.

“There is no point in being angry with Tina.”

Maria, who was too absorbed, belatedly bit her lower lip.

“…… Sorry. You did nothing wrong.”

“Oh, no. Are you okay.”

Iris immediately understood why Maria was doing this.

She intuitively felt that she had a past similar to hers.

“You too… Guess?”

At Iris’ words, Maria’s long ears twitched.

“…… All other races sold as slaves to the Empire are like that.”

Maria clicked her tongue and glanced back at her. Prause was still asleep with regular breathing.

‘He’s someone who can overwhelm even S-class adventurers. I will definitely become a disciple of this person and become stronger. I will make sure that no elves become slaves again.’

Longing for the strong had been in Maria’s heart even before she became a slave.

It was because an S-class adventurer saved her just before her village was attacked and destroyed by her monsters.

She was young, but looking at her, she always thought that she wanted to become strong like an S-class adventurer. She had hoped that she would protect many people and not lose her smile.

But that wish was all lost when her village burned and her family died.

All she had left was her resentment of her humans and her vengeance against those who killed her own family.

“I don’t think so.”

Iris agreed with a thin smile. But that was all she could say.

The conversation cuts off and there is silence between the three of them. Tina munched her jerky and she looked back and forth between the two before opening her mouth.

“Come to think of it, there was a very loud explosion yesterday. Did Maria hear it?”

Maria nodded her head at Tina’s question.

She is Maria who was close to the sound of the explosion that rang in the capital. She couldn’t have known.

“What was that? Wasn’t there a lot of flashing outside her window?”

“Sure. I wondered if it would feel like that if the sun was shining at night.”

Maria, who had been listening to the two of them, cautiously opened her mouth.

“You…… Do you know that Prause-sama is a strong person?”

“Yes! I know!”

Tina shouted, clenching her fists.

“Tee, Tina! Shhh! Prause-nim will wake up.”

“Oops…… !”

Iris hurriedly covers Tina’s mouth. She lowered her head, as if embarrassed by her rising voice.

“…… How do you know?”

Maria looked at the actions of the two and asked quietly. Iris slowly removed her hand from Tina’s mouth.

“Of course, I know because you saved me. How amazing it was to see him kill Dink with a single stab……. It was to the point of thinking that if there is a difference in skill, I can play with it like that.”

Remembering that time, Tina was excited.

Tina’s description was not without exaggeration, but after seeing Praus’ battle last night, Maria couldn’t help but understand it at once.

“As expected! Certainly, considering what you showed yesterday, it doesn’t make sense to be weak.”

“The look you showed me yesterday?”

Iris asked after hearing Maria’s muttering.

“The explosion you heard yesterday was from the battle between Prause-sama and S-class adventurer Incuro-sama.”

“With an S-class adventurer?!”

“Iris! Hush!”

Iris exclaimed, startled. This time, Tina covers Iris’s mouth.

“Ah, I thought he was a strong person, but…… Enough to fight an S-class adventurer……. Maria, was she watching from the spot?”

Maria nodded her head. Iris’ gaze turns to Prause.

‘Last night, Prause-sama seemed unscathed. His clothes were also normal. Seeing as he is still sleeping peacefully, I can’t believe he was injured in battle.’

Iris, who looked at Prause’s condition as objectively as possible, gave only one evaluation.

“No way, did you beat an S-class adventurer?”

“…… I’m not sure about that. Because Prause only defended. But with just one shot, he proved the gap with S-class adventurers.”

‘Gap with S-class adventurers? How strong is…….’

“That’s right.”

“Wow… Prause was a really great person.”

Tina is genuinely admiring. But Iris, who was sitting next to her, couldn’t hide her bitter feelings.

“…… Why did someone with power enough to shake the world take us in?”

Iris was still unaware of her own worth. It was because he said he would always explain when the three of them got together.

Because of that, she was always anxious.

She was afraid, as if she would return to her slave life again, as if she never did.

Having already tasted the affluent life that Prause had created for her, she did not want to live a slave life again.

So she desperately tried to find her worth, but now that she had just turned 10, it was impossible for her to find work that would help Prause. All she learned was to lift heavy things.

“Okay. I don’t know that much, but to Prause-nim, we are sure to be of help.”

‘Can you help Prause? Then, will you give me a lot of delicious food in the future?’

‘Help. Can i be of help? With this body that can’t do anything?’

‘I don’t know what that help is, but I’ll definitely find out and seize the opportunity to become a disciple.’

At the time the three of them were thinking with different emotions, Praus, who had woken up earlier, was breaking out in a cold sweat.

‘f*ck, what should I do? Should I pretend it didn’t happen? I can’t see the timing at all.’

At the sound of the children talking like a heroic tale, Prause had no choice but to pretend to be asleep for a while.

‘I am weak. Why do you think you’re strong…… !’