45 – Mr.

After that day, I started looking after my children again, but no more letters came to me.

There was no way the letter could come. Because I changed my face and name.

To be precise, I asked a trusted acquaintance I knew at the time to become my nominal guardian.

Quite a bit, no, he seemed very disapproving, but he was weak-hearted and couldn’t bear to turn away from my earnest request, which he eventually knelt down on.

”thanks. senior.”

”Who is your senior?”

Even now, I still keep in touch with my seniors from time to time.

Half of the conversation was complaining about not being able to live because of my wife, and the other half was complaining that I would die because of my kids.

If you see that I keep getting in touch, I’m sure he’s still alive.

”Do not.”

”What?”

”Anyway, don’t do it.”

I don’t know, but the strange question and answer with my senior, who seemed to know somehow, still often comes to mind.

Unlike before, earning donations has become quite difficult.

At that time, around me, there were no more goblin aristocratic children to stick a straw in.

It was difficult to properly serve as an apprentice priest in the prayer theory, which was only used once every few days, as it was ruined by the curse.

It was for that reason that he started working as an adventurer as a side job, something a sane priest would refuse even if he paid 100 billion gold.

It was a job that did not suit my aptitude for praising a leisurely life, but since it was a job where life was mortgaged, the income I earned was quite good.

On days when rare monsters were to be captured or rare materials were to be gathered, the luxury of serving meat with wine was allowed.

I thought that this is what gacha is for.

Of course, even those things were possible thanks to dozens of trials and errors and overcoming death.

For the first few days, it was common for me to be embarrassed just holding the hilt in my hand, and I had to hide behind the shoulder brothers who received the same request and receive human potions that were refilled every few days.

”Hey! red pill! Don’t procrastinate, walk quickly!”

”hehehehe… hehehe… Yeah…”

red pill. That would be my nickname at the time.

It wasn’t a nickname I liked very much, but I thought it was a word that accurately pinpointed my characteristics at the time, so I wasn’t angry or anything like that.

Sometimes I tried to get angry, but when I saw the muscular muscles of my shoulder brothers, I automatically controlled my anger.

like that.

After beating the academy, it took several years to remit money to the children while simultaneously performing as an apprentice priest and working as an adventurer.

One day, an urgent call came in from a senior.

“Hey. your little ones I started working as an adventurer.”

It was the moment when I indirectly experienced the feelings of parents when their offspring, whom they worked hard and sent to college, said that happiness is not in the order of their grades, and suddenly got on a motorcycle and did shit.

◈◈◈

”nice to see you. A mid-level priest who doubles as an adventurer. It’s called Rage’s Rowville.”

”Nice to meet you! I am the lumber of the century who will become a great warrior in the distant future! My name is Triana Abigail! ah! And this is my little brother, Victim!”

”····”

”hahahaha! sorry! Because he is a taciturn child!”

”hahahaha····.”

As if there was an earthquake, it was difficult to smile while quivering lips.

The reunion with the children was absolutely the worst.

It was an unexpected meeting, and it was a meeting I didn’t even want to assume.

If possible, for the rest of my life from now on, it was my honest mindset that I never wanted to see her face again.

There won’t be any other species who want to look at my own dark history from the front, even if I search all over the world.

Even so, the reason why I had no choice but to lift my shameless head and heavy step was no different.

Children, as much as these children wanted to live a comfortable life that was free from exhaustion.

Even if I’m not wealthy, I want to live a life that is not too far from happiness.

It was not very common in this system for most children born and raised in orphanages to become adventurers who did not require special status for their jobs.

Selfishly, I wished that these children would be freed from such cruel bonds, as I have been acutely aware of the harshness of this life-giving profession over the past few years.

Fortunately, neither of them seemed to know who I was.

I kind of expected it to be like that.

Bondi, because childhood memories are hazy and ambiguous, like thick fog.

Moreover, the meeting that day took place in darkness where not even an inch of light could reach.

The odds of the kids recognizing that I was the gangster at the time converged to 0 indefinitely.

”I’ve heard a lot about you from Priest Haren, your guardian. Today, at the request of the Haren priest, I came to consult with Sister Abigail and Sister Viktim about their future. I hear you both aspire to be adventurers?”

”Yeah! That’s right!”

”····”

”The big team says so!”

”Ah yes····.”

Her movements as she violently hit the desk with both hands and shook her neck made her consciousness turmoil.

Her blonde hair, which seemed to have been soaked in sunlight, fell down to her waist, and fluttered in sync with her movements, suggesting a lively energy within.

The blue eyes staring at my eyes seemed to show off to me a brilliance that easily surpassed that of the highest-purity florite.

fleshy body. swollen limbs. Pure white skin without a single blemish.

In his dignified figure, facing the front, with his back straight, even the remnants of the frivolousness of those days could not be found.

At the time, I didn’t think much of the change in my personality, which seemed to be less than lively and somewhat benevolent.

When entering puberty, everyone goes through the embarrassing attempt to make their individuality stand out.

Time is what makes people grow and change like this.

I didn’t deserve it, but I inadvertently looked at the children’s growth and shed a hearty laugh.

Moreover, by the time I reached the big team, my height, which was less than half my height, was one head taller than me.

He said he grew up without any problems.

I vaguely remembered how my throat choked up for a while at the intense thrill that welled up from the depths of my heart.

so that.

”I’m against it.”

I wanted to tear it apart by any means.

”As you well know, this is a risky job that could end at any moment. It’s different from hunting wild animals.”

I was aware that it was a reproach and presumptuous act, but such hesitation did not dispel my conscience.

”The monsters are cunning and cunning, and sometimes show outstanding wisdom that we never thought of. Wisdom only for killing humans. Sometimes, we find ourselves in such a miserable situation that we think it would be better to die. For example, even the colleagues I knew in the past would lose their limbs…”

It scared them with a hideous ghost story made by mixing the reality they had experienced so far and the future that might come.

but.

”indeed! You are an experienced person! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the advice to become bones and flesh! But, hold on to your worries! I’m a lumberjack who will one day become a warrior! Such hardships and adversities! I’m not afraid! Rather, I will use it as my experience and style!”

”Ah yes····.”

Abigail, heavily armed with a childish sense of diligence, listened to my words and, far from being frightened, rather ignited a burning desire.

The big team didn’t seem to have any intention or desire to stop the sister’s rampage.

”ha····. Okay····. Then, at least, accompany me on your adventures for a while.”

”Hut! Are you going to be my colleague? thank you!”

”I didn’t become a colleague. It is an action based on judgment considering everyone’s safety. I am a body that has received indescribable grace from Priest Haren. If I open my eyes to those who are no different from Priest Haren’s foster children, the Lord will surely punish me.”

”anyway! It means you’re going on an adventure with me! thanks! Thanks again!”

”Hey, don’t you hear from other people that you don’t understand the language well?”

”Ugh! how! That!”

”····”

So, with a feeling of half-desperation, I followed the adventures of the children.

I hope that hopeful heart will be broken in the first adventure.

The day I went out to subdue monsters for the first time, I had enough trauma that I couldn’t even eat for a while.

I thought that the children who lived a peaceful life in the orphanage would be no different from me at the time.

Although they were of a low rank, it was a plan to lure them to the lair of monsters with loud appearances and screams, and to enlighten them to the reality.

If something happens, I’ll have to risk my life to protect them.

At the time, I was also a mid-level adventurer with some experience.

From that time on, the divine power was restored enough to use prayer once a day without any problems.

but.

”Blood-!”

”It’s done!”

”Ah, Sister Abigail! on the shoulder! The monster organs are still hanging on your shoulders, right? Whoops, whoops!”

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Kids these days aren’t as fearful as I thought.

Unlike me, who was busy regurgitating his stomach while gazing at the hideous scene of blood and intestines fluttering like fallen leaves.

As if they were drawing with crayons in a sketchbook, the children happily painted over the white swords with monster blood and fat.

It was a huge mistake indeed.

And by the time the journey that originated from that great miscalculation was approaching in one, two, and three years.

We built up strength and wisdom through hardships and adversity, recruited like-minded colleagues, and acquired a size and power that could not be ignored.

And sooner or later, the words that were just a breeze will be acknowledged as a fact by the official recognition of the royal family.

”Father····. I have something to tell you…”

One night that was ambitious enough to remind me of sometime in my memory.

In a quiet room where only the two of us were left because the other colleagues had passed away from drunkenness, the warrior-nim spoke to me.

”Warrior. I’m not feeling well right now, so if it’s a story about going to the 5th round…”

I was too drunk, so I was about to get up to drink some water before we started talking, right at that moment.

Warak.

Something hugged me from behind.

”····”

”… Hero?”

Eventually, around the time when that dusky silence corrected my self-consciousness, which had been staggering with intoxication, even for a short time.

”… Ah, mister.”

The call that seemed to pierce the brain instantly turned a blank page in my head.

Without missing that gap, the sturdy arms that were holding my body from behind grabbed my right back.

”Uncle… heheheh… Mr….”

As if we met injeya. Like you won’t miss it again.

”Ah, me… man! Ugh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! Seed····.”

Without even having to listen to the clear sound of the song in the stillness of the night, from the beautiful trembling that came from my right hand, I could very easily realize that she was holding my back and sobbing.

However, I didn’t know what to say or what kind of expression to make.

At the time, I couldn’t even tell if this was reality or a dream.

”Huh! That’s it! Oh, oh, mister! Black! Uncle Mr…”

Even as the cries that seemed to be waiting for my answer pinched my back and soaked my clothes, I had no choice but to hold on to my cowardly silence.

As if my ears were filled with water, all the sounds around me became muffled, and my vision became opaque and my senses became dull as if thin scales were being put on top of my skin.

dump.

In the end, I gave her nothing back until she collapsed from exhaustion from crying.

Your voice, your hand gestures, even the way you look into the eyes that are sure to be wet with tears.

”····”

That night I

left them

no.

ran away