The Hero Disciple Is Back

EP.43 – 42. All disciples have plans

As expected, the imperial family didn’t do anything special.

“If not, there might be another noisy problem.”

Because in the world of power, there are no quiet days. Holding the Holy Grail, the name of power that anyone desires, means that anyone will rush to take it away and have no choice but to spend hectic days every day to protect it. It would be no wonder if the loss of one high-ranking person, not even a superhuman, was erased from my mind in an instant. Compared to superhumans, masters are considerably less rare, and from the point of view of the imperial family, which even handles superhumans, one master would not be so special.

Of course, if they were living a peaceful life without any major problems, there would have been an uproar, saying that the loss of a single master was great and that the authority of the imperial family should not be shaken, but now, even if it was far from a peaceful daily life, it was too far away.

In the first place, it was obvious that at least one knight in the imperial family who was not a superman, but a master, would be regarded as a horse that could be used and discarded at any time.

Most of the knights who were used to the fullest in the imperial family and then lost died, but there were also a few cases that survived without dying. Those who survive like that have to abandon their names and change their appearance somehow to live. He threw away his name and has to hide his past appearance as much as possible, so there’s no way he’ll be normal. After all, the world in which such people can live is bound to be limited. It’s the mercenary and the back world. No matter how much they are no longer knights and even abandoned their names, as long as they wanted to live uprightly for the rest of their lives, they can’t bear to go to the back world and live as mercenaries.

I also had a relationship with a former imperial knight who flowed into the world of mercenaries. He was a man who kept his mouth shut, probably shocked by the fact that he was betrayed by the imperial family, whom he believed he would swear allegiance to for the rest of his life. He never opened his mouth at any time. The first time he spoke in front of me was when he was drunk the day before he died. No, it was the first and the last. He calmly lists his past and the next day after falling asleep… .

dead.

I heard that he was stabbed all over by knights on the spot in an attempt to assassinate the imperial family, leaving holes all over his body and bleeding to death. He was an outstanding strongman. Despite this, he was unable to achieve his goal or defeat those who stood in his way.

I was the only one who knew his skills, so I was the only one who could reach the truth. He did not go there to seek revenge from the beginning. He was there to die. That’s why I had no intention of killing the royal family from the beginning, nor did I have any intention of killing my former comrades who drew swords to protect the royal family. He was just too tired to live any longer, so he needed a place to die, and in the end he made the imperial family, which he could not hate until the end, as his place to die.

Even though he was betrayed and his life was hacked to pieces and thoroughly trampled on as a result, he couldn’t hold grudges even if that happened. Isn’t it a truly unrequited love? Even so, the imperial family just disposed of his body as if it were garbage. Because of my loyalty, I couldn’t bear to see him, so I secretly retrieved his body and buried him in a decent place.

That’s why I know

The imperial knights were people who could not help but feel sorry for them. Of course, there might be some guys who do it for their own benefit rather than loyalty… . At least the article I met yesterday wasn’t that type. No matter how much he is betrayed by that loyalty, no matter how much his life is ruined because of that loyalty, there is no way he will give up that unrequited love that is so bittersweet that it will surely have meaning.

“It’s a very unpleasant hobby, even when I think about it.”

It was the result of the past that had not changed that she had already killed him. But what’s the point of thinking about him now? It doesn’t make any sense. And yet, I can’t help but think about the people I killed. To avoid becoming accustomed to doing so.

The moment a person perfectly adapts to the act of killing the same person, it can no longer be called a person. That’s why I try to think as much as possible after killing people. It’s an act that’s no different from self-torture, but if I don’t do that, I’ll get used to it before I know it.

It is inevitable that people will kill people in this world. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an inevitable choice for survival. A world where people don’t kill people is natural. It would be beautiful like a dream. But even so, it shouldn’t be taken for granted that people kill people. You shouldn’t get used to it. If you adapt to it and don’t feel any emotions in that act, it will already be no different from demons. You will no longer be human. That’s not going to happen.

For a human being to cease to be a human being is the last line that must be adhered to as a human being who must never be violated. Even if you don’t have to ask God directly, it’s so natural that you do that, and it’s an absolute and unchanging truth that should be taken for granted.

“Really… . Living is a series of troublesome things.”

That too will be the truth of this world.

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“… The first prince made a deal with the emperor. They say he was promised the crown prince.”

“yes.”

Madame Lane, the master of the empire’s best information guild [Dark Moon], the head of a huge force known to have absolute power in the underworld, she was presenting information as if she were reporting to a person above her.

She manages information. That’s why I was well aware that information is the most money-making means and at the same time information is the most powerful weapon. So, on the contrary, there was something that made her approach with absolute fear, and that was the unknown. Because we most certainly feel and know the absolute strength of information, on the contrary, we have no choice but to know the absolute fear that comes from the unknown.

For her, there was an absolutely unknown object today

as soon as

It was the warrior Sera.

Even if she used all the means and methods she had, the existence of Sera was just unknown to her. That’s why Madame Lane couldn’t help but feel fear from the hero Sera. And there is no force that subdues, subdues, or obeys as surely as fear.

In the end, she obeyed the warrior Sera.

It wasn’t because he was simply afraid of her. If the most feared being is the enemy, you should only be afraid of it, but if it is an ally, the story is different. You still have to feel fear, but there is a huge difference in that, at least if you are an ally, you can feel relieved that the blade of fear will not cut your throat right away.

Most importantly, if the most feared being would do her favor just once, she would be able to achieve what she wanted so much. There was no option for her to do other than to obey, so she obeyed.

“So that’s all you found out?”

At the question of the warrior Sera, Madame Lane swallowed dryly. What if you let her down? how are you doing yourself? Just thinking about it made my hands tremble. However, hiding such things was basically a skill to learn. If I hadn’t been able to hide this much, I wouldn’t have come to this place. She desperately hid her shaking. Then, as if nothing had happened, he calmly opened his mouth.

“[Medusa] disappeared, and at the same time, a small movement was seen in the imperial family. And the first prince, who seemed to be doing this and that on the outside, but in fact was just standing still, suddenly moved and made a deal against the emperor and made a deal. Thinking that far, [Medusa] was related to the imperial family, and it is my guess that the identity of the ‘Imperial Family’s Messenger’, which was considered as an unrealistic conspiracy theory, was related. And because of the disappearance, the emperor was in danger, and the first prince who found out about it gave him the position of crown prince, so that his neck could be saved right now… . In fact, my conclusion is that the imperial family has already belonged to the first prince, no, the crown prince.”

“Hmm. That’s an interesting hypothesis. But for some reason, I think you deliberately left out the core?”

“… Yes, I see you as the hero candidate Sera at the center of this. [Medusa], to be more precise, I believe it was Sera-sama’s will to punish the ‘Imperial Messenger’ and put pressure on the 1st Prince, causing the flow of the Imperial Family to change drastically in an instant.”

“Hmm. What is the basis?”

“… I don’t have a solid basis yet because it’s just my inference, but if you give me time, I’ll make it perfect.”

“No, you don’t have to. Because it is correct.”

“Then also… !”

“Yeah, it’s annoying that trash that needs to be taken away right away isn’t being cleaned and dragged along. I just made it so I could clean it up right away.”

She said it like it was nothing. Seriously, I just did something that wasn’t too difficult. It seemed to say so.

At this moment, even Madame Lane couldn’t help but shake her hands.

As the head of the information guild, I could see a lot of power and a lot of strong people… . The warrior Sera was on a completely different level. The existence of a warrior who could kill the demon lord, it was to the point where I was convinced that there was no way it could exist other than her.

“The empire will change drastically.”

“What should I do?”

“You don’t even need me to tell you what to do?”

“Should I inform the nobles that there is an unknown superhuman behind the crown prince?”

“As expected, it was good to leave it to Madame.”

“It is an honor to be able to hear such words.”

Madame Lane was trembling.

The brave Sera did not shake the emperor simply because he did not like him. By placing the first prince in the crown prince’s seat, the crown prince clearly recognizes who is the person to follow and pay attention to the most in this world, and at the same time tells the nobles that behind the crown prince there is a superhuman who surpasses the ‘imperial messenger’. inform With the existence of a heavenly being that surpasses the ‘imperial envoy’, the aristocrats are forced to feel fear of the unknown absolute.

It’s not just about changing leaders.

The entire power of the empire was changed so that it could be done at will.

He sees such a historical moment right in front of his nose, closer than anyone else, and obtains such information.

It was Madame Lane’s heartfelt thought that it made no sense as a human being not to shudder at this.

She was really just genuinely in awe now.

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‘Have I been tamed too thoroughly… .’

It was Sera who felt burdened by Madame Lane’s eyes looking at her with too bright eyes.

I thought that in order to change Madame Lane, a woman who only looks at destruction, and aside from that, she is interested in information and fears the unknown, she must become an absolute unknown… .

I should have tamed it in moderation, but it seemed that I tamed it too sincerely because I tamed it too sincerely.

Even though she had called her older sister and followed her, she had no experience of the opposite, so from the perspective of the warrior Sera, Madame Lane could not adapt to her behavior.

Imagine that the person whom you followed diligently until yesterday, calling yourself older sister, suddenly the next day, on the contrary, calls herself older sister and follows you around. Isn’t it a strange situation for anyone to see? Sarah’s feelings were exactly that.

‘But since I started, I have to go all the way.’

It was one of the lessons learned thanks to infinite recursion. Rather than ending halfway, even if it was bizarre because it was strange, just shut up and push through to the end, in many ways, led to better results.

That’s why even today, she became the unknown absolute and was the brave Sera who was taming Madame Ray.

‘It’s better for me to tame it than to have a rational interest in Master.’

It was also carefully conducting an operation to eliminate rivals.