The Hero Disciple Is Back

EP.39 – 38. The disciple receives help from his daughter(?)

Sera’s need for ‘it’ came from a conversation with the dragon Alea.

-But mom

“yes?”

She was now responding very naturally to her mother’s voice. For Dragon Alea, since her father is Jade, hearing her mother’s voice is very natural (?), so she quickly adapted.

-Mom sees dad’s sleeping face, but dad keeps not seeing mom. Is it okay?

“Why?”

-Isn’t it natural to grow apart as time goes by?

indeed… . perfect being… .

Despite not being born from an egg yet, he was extremely wise.

“… … .”

In fact, Sera was also thinking about this part. No, honestly, she was already at her limit. Although he was looking at Jade’s sleeping face like this, he couldn’t be satisfied with that. It was only getting more and more thirsty.

More than anything, if you keep too much distance, people’s hearts are bound to get farther away. Not meeting, not having a proper conversation, and hoping that the other person’s heart will be the same on such a subject is really terrible coercion. Just as everyone thinks that it is wrong to make a unilateral request without paying the price properly, it is clear that unilaterally demanding feelings is also infinitely wrong.

If you really value that person, you should never do that. It wasn’t that the hero of Infinite Return really didn’t know such things. However, it was judged that the win rate was low without using such an extreme method. If the win rate is low, you should boldly throw it away. That was the truth of life that the Infinite Return Hero learned. No matter how much he changed for the better due to Jade’s influence, it was still difficult to completely change the way he lived until then. In addition, it was especially true if it was a problem related to Jade.

‘… But in the end, what I’m doing could be a handshake that ruins everything.’

Wouldn’t it be foolish to completely lose his mind because of the desire that he would see himself differently? It’s no different from burning down the old house that you have to go back to after finishing everything.

“But Dad will only see Mom as a child.”

It was Sarah who referred to Jade as her father as if it was natural.

“Aside from me appearing completely different, my dad will continue to think of me as a child.”

– Hmm. It’s a difficult problem

Without realizing it, it was Sera who, no matter how perfect she was, was seriously worried about the young creature still in the egg.

-Then, how about being like a mother with me now?

“yes?”

-Mom and I are now communicating with only voices and sharing our hearts, right? Then why don’t you do the same with your dad?

“… … ?!”

No matter how much he was a hero of infinite return, it was a change of thinking that Sera, who used that ability purely to save the world, couldn’t do. And because of that, it was also an opinion that could only be made because it was the dragon Al Lea who could see the situation purely.

‘As expected, a perfect being!’

Sera realized the greatness of dragons (?) and started preparing for ‘it’.

♧♧♧

It’s a world with magic, but that doesn’t mean magic is omnipotent. To be more precise, it was omnipotent, but the problem was that being able to use that omnipotent authority was only for a very few people at a high level, such as the Archmage. The reality was that the overwhelming majority of ordinary people did not enjoy such almighty authority at all.

Therefore, ultra-long-distance communication means also could not exist.

At a short distance, telepathic magic could do it, but it became difficult when the distance was a certain distance. It was only natural that the longer the distance, the greater the consumption of mana to maintain it. Therefore, at a distance, it is solved through message magic. But it is also true that there are limits. If you are at the level of an archmage, you can create decent magic, but at that level, you can just move directly to space movement magic and talk face to face, so there is no need to create magic with such unnecessarily difficult conditions.

Magic alone was like this, but it was obvious that it was more difficult to make with artifacts.

However, in the world, there were people who challenged what was regulated as ‘useless’.

“The Craftsman” Stephen Orville

The title of ‘Blacksmith’ is given to blacksmiths who made excellent swords or outstanding artifact makers. Stephen Orville was the most outstanding artifact maker in the Empire with the title of ‘Craftsman’.

If there is a problem, it is that despite the fact that he has excellent skills and can make artifacts that can make a lot of money if he puts his mind to it, he is always immersed in ‘some kind of research’ and does not publish his work. And the research was being distanced to the extent that no one would open their wallets and give out grants or investments.

It was an ultra-long-range communication artifact. The problem is that no one needs it. ‘What do you do with space travel magic anyway?’ People thought that there was no need for such a thing. From the point of view of high-level wizards or nobles who can hire such wizards, it just looked like an artifact that was grandiose and useless.

That’s why Steven Orville had to feel a headache today because of the lack of research funding.

“I’m almost there!”

There is only one step left. If you take just one more step, you will finally reach your dream goal. However, research funding for it was insufficient. It was also very much needed.

“Should I make something else and sell it? Whew.”

The problem is that artifact production is not something that can be done by digging the ground. Gathering the necessary materials was also a job, and it required a high degree of concentration and skill that could not tolerate even the slightest mistake. Of course, if that happens, the production of ultra-long-distance communication artifacts, which are only a step away, will have no choice but to stop for a while.

From Steven Orville’s point of view, he was so stressed out that the few remaining hairs on his crown seemed to fall out.

“No, no. These guys are my treasure. I will definitely protect it.”

It was Steven Orville who calmed himself by using the hair improvement artifact he developed.

In the end, it was time to use his strength to produce artifacts for research funds.

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“Who are you?! Who dared to speak loudly in the studio of this ‘craftsman’ Steven Orville!”

Stephen Orville was the owner of a very sensitive personality. That’s why I’m very sensitive to sound. Therefore, when he opened the door of his studio, he glared at him as if he were going to kill Cheolcheonji, as if he had met him on a single wooden bridge. Every time that happened, the opponent was so stunned that he couldn’t even make a sound… .

“My ears hurt.”

“… Hum hem. When I asked who he was, he said he was the Archmage. Great.”

As soon as he confirmed that the opponent was Archmage William, he quickly lowered his tail.

No matter what anyone said, it was because he was a great wizard. It seemed like a great wizard and a captain, but they were never the same. Of course, the captain was also in an extremely important position… . No matter how great he was as a creator of artifacts, he couldn’t help the Archmage with the artifacts he created. There was a good chance of winning if the extremely complex conditions and environment were well established, but if the archmage swung his finger before completing the complex conditions and environment, the general’s fragile body would be cut to pieces in an instant… . In many ways, the captain, Steven, was in a position where he had no choice but to notice the Archmage William.

Even the captain, Steven, who was famous for shouting everywhere and boasting of his old-fashioned views, would be quiet in the presence of Archmage William.

“Hmmm. So what are you doing?”

“The person I serve said he has a favor for you.”

“Yes? Who do you think the person who becomes the Archmage will serve?”

Cheer!

“… Hum hem. Well, if you are a great person, you can serve it, well.”

‘I’m sure even if you’re a great wizard, aging will be the same… . Why did that human’s eyes become sharper… . Are you under any stress? But why is my hair not falling out? Are you a wizard? Are you saying archmages don’t even lose their hair?’

Steven was a leader who had a sense of hair, not a sense of qualification, but he was not an amateur to the extent of revealing it outside.

“Anyway, the ultra-long-range communication artifact you’ve been researching.”

“Why are you asking that all of a sudden? Why are you doing such a useless thing?”

Archmages don’t seem to need artifacts, but just because archmages don’t solve everything with magic. There is no wizard who wants to spend his magic on a problem that can be easily solved by borrowing the power of others, and the same is true of the archmage. And the more such a great wizard, the more it was the law to argue with the craftsman, so it wasn’t that there were cases where Stephen, the captain, came and argued directly, expressing dissatisfaction with his eccentric temperament being immersed in his research.

“The person I serve needs it.”

“Ho! Really!”

He must be no ordinary person if he has Archmage William under him.

It is soon that such a person is interested in his research!!!!!

‘It’s research funding! It’s a chance to get research funding!’

It meant securing huge research funds and being able to focus on the last step. The captain, Steven, had no choice but to look at Archmage William with a bright smile. Stephen’s mental state was ‘excellent’ itself, to the extent that William’s healthy hair looked so beautiful today that he was so envious that he wanted to pluck it out with his own hands.

Too-wook!

“… What is this?”

“It is the core of the Hydra.”

Hydra

Today, when the dragon, which is said to be the most perfect being, has disappeared, it is considered one of the closest beings to dragons. Of course, it was just like that based on appearance. Hydra was just a large monster without proper intelligence. It was an ignorant monster that put humanity in crisis as a disaster like a cannabis supply level monster if it could not be communicated with. However, even such a hydra is said to be weaker than a dragon according to records. There was even a theory that what dragons ate as snacks was hydra.

However, when a tiger vacates a mountain, a fox takes the place of the head of the mountain. In any case, it was the hydra that made mankind tremble by taking the place of the dragon, which has become vacant in modern times.

“… The hydra core is a very valuable item. Indeed~! Are you going to sell this and use it to fund your research?”

“What are you talking about?”

Of course, Archmage William looked at the captain, Stephen, with extremely cold eyes. It was a very pitiful look with a very strong meaning of ‘Is this guy out of his mind?’ As the captain, Steven, as the owner of such high pride, was emotional, but since the opponent was the opponent, he couldn’t express it outwardly.

“The person I serve says. They said you’d be one step short of your research by now. Right?”

“to? That. How?”

“And that short step requires an energy source that can withstand the enormous energy required to operate and maintain the artifact.”

“mind. you’re right.”

“They said it was possible with the Hydra core.”

From the point of view of the captain, Steven, it was truly a feeling of being possessed by a ghost. The part about the energy source is the part that needs to be studied from now on, but it was a situation where someone who did not know who knew the answer was not enough, so he brought the answer to himself as it was, so he was in a situation where he had no choice but to be dizzy. it was

“under. But that’s not enough. What I want is not a one-time use. You want an artifact that you can use over and over again.”

It was this part that the leader Steven’s research was ignored. Creating ultra-long-range communication artifacts is also a problem, but what Steven, the captain, wanted was to make them usable for a very long time. Even if there were cases of making artifacts that consumed a small amount of energy that way, it was absurd to make them that way with an artifact that required a huge amount of energy.

It was literally no different from an alchemist saying, ‘I’m going to create a Philosopher’s Stone that only exists in legends, so please fund my research!’ In other words, in the eyes of others, it just looks like eccentricity, frankly, crazy.

“Do you think I don’t even know what you’re studying?”

“No. Haven’t you been brutally killing people over and over again, saying that this is a nonsensical study… .”

“I did it because I didn’t want your talent to be wasted on something useless. But now that I see it, it seems I was the one who did the useless thing.”

“… … .”

‘Huh. That stubborn man admits his fault. Maybe the sun won’t rise tomorrow?’

It was Steven, the captain who doubted the reality itself when the reality that was too unlikely to happen actually happened.

“This nucleus is not just a nucleus.”

“Then is it the nucleus of the Hydra Lord?”

There is no existence like a hydra rod in reality. It’s a story that only comes out of third-rate novels. In other words, ‘How great would that be?’ It was a sound with the same meaning.

“This core has the life force of the Hydra sealed in it.”

“Yes?”

“Aside from the energy contained in the core, the entire pure energy that Hydra had when it was alive is sealed in this core. And the principle is that the moment the energy contained in the nucleus is consumed, the seal is released and the nucleus is filled with energy again. I checked, and it looks like I can use it quite a few times, for a long time.”

“… … .”

Captain Steven doubted his ears. Originally, most of the nuclear energy obtained after killing a monster is lost. It was natural. Nuclear energy is activated the most when it is alive, but it was a natural result that most of the energy in it is lost after death. Even so, if the nucleus of a giant beast was the size of a hydra, the amount left behind after death was enormous, so it could not be ignored.

However, the life force of the hydra is sealed in that core. The moment the energy in the nucleus runs out, the seal is released and the energy of the nucleus is filled again? It was no different from the fact that the core contained the fully-energized core of a living hydra.

If that statement was true, then the step he had been longing for was resolved. That in itself was a great step towards the goal he was seeking so much.

if there is a problem… .

‘to… . Why are you in a bad mood?’

What should I say… .

What I wanted so much, I could reach it with just two hands. Should I say the feeling that someone who suddenly appeared took it and gave it to him as if it was nothing special? I did get something… . Should I say it feels like I’ve lost something precious… .

The captain, Steven, had to taste a very difficult feeling he had never felt in his life.

By the way, it wasn’t purely Sera stealing Steven’s future research results. In a certain episode, when Sera invaded the demon realm and became unable to contact him due to magic, he helped him with his research, and that’s how the two of them joined forces to complete the research. Therefore, Sarah had some stake in the results of this research, so it was a problem that could not be seen as stealing Steven’s research using the advantage of knowing the future.

Whatever it was, the current captain, Steven, who didn’t know the details, said that he had lost something precious, and he was so stressed that one of the few remaining precious hairs on his head fell to the ground like that.