Chapter 458 – Reus Pleus

‘Don’t you have a knife?’

Ah.
I thought otherwise.
When I realized it, the enemy’s greatsword, which hadn’t missed the gap, dug in.

“It’s insignificant.”

Caang!

“Oh.”

I lost my balance-. When he thought so, Rius was already lying sprawled on the floor, staring at the ceiling.

‘…And. Power is still ruthless.’

As I was thinking about it blankly, the officer in charge blew a whistle.

“Winner! Ferld!”

Viewers who watched the results start their own evaluation.

“It’s a natural result.”
“But don’t you think it’s worse than before Rius?”
“I know.”

Whispering sounds coming from close by.
Normally, I wouldn’t have paid much attention to it, and I would have ignored it even if it wasn’t something I said.

But that word.
The words that he was worse than before made Rius’s heart heavy.

Rius suddenly realized that there was still a shadow in front of him.

“…What? Anything else to say?”
“It’s pitiful. Rius Pleus.”
“…”
“Is that enough to become his direct disciple?”

Ferold is a gentleman.
There are things that look down on the opponent, but there is nothing to show off.
But… The face of Ferold now was full of disillusionment.

“What the hell is that sloppy movement?
“What.”
“What is it?
“There is. That’s my…”

Best… I couldn’t say.
Even if you think yourself, these days you haven’t been able to properly develop your skills.

Cause, I know.

“…If you’re going to tarnish his name like that, stop right now.”
“What?”
“There are any number of students who want to get under him.”

Shukak! Shu Kaka Kak!

Rius and Ferold looked in that direction at the sudden sound of gong.
It seems that Dia, who was sparring in the next block, finished off her opponent again with a quick fight.

“Compared to you, she has made a solid achievement.”
“…”
“Originally, I was a strong diamond, but after all… Learning from him, it seems that I became twice as strong in a short period of time…”
“It is he.”

He was about to be sarcastic about not liking that title, but then stopped.
What would he say to a subject he didn’t even know about?

Rius slowly stood up as he saw Diamond sweating on the billboard in the block next to him.

Ferold clicked his tongue and walked away.

Perld Blues.

The head of the 2nd year of the combat department.
He seemed to dislike Rius from the beginning, but after he became Dre’s disciple, he showed openly hostile feelings.

I understand.
Right now, there is no student in the combat faculty who does not want to learn from Dre.

The guys who openly send sarcasm and gossip to listen to Rius also want to become Dre’s disciples.

“Hey. Look.”
“You came today too.”

I turn my head to the words of the guys.
Upstairs.
A man was looking down from a wall surrounded by transparent windows.

“Instructor Dre…!”
“You’re in school uniform today too.”
“You’ve been listening hard in class these days.”
“You’re already a world-class player, yet you’re not sparing on learning… Wow…!”
“You’re going to have a hard time not only with swords, but also with high level magic.”
“Then why do you come here often these days?”
“Aren’t you coming to see Diamond? You’ve gotten a lot stronger lately, right? I heard that the hero’s gaze will be restarted soon, but my professor said that if you’re at the current Diamond level, you’ll be able to get very good results?”
“Oh oh…”
“In contrast…”

“Damn it.”

Reus, knowing that it was time for his name to appear, quickly left.
However, his ears, which have improved dramatically these days, caught the words he didn’t want to hear without a doubt.

“Shh. Let’s not talk about that bastard.”
“…But you know what? Maybe it’s because of that bastard that I got a chance to learn from him.”
“? What are you talking about?”
“Ah. I know what you’re talking about. Hey, if you were a disciple like that, even Instructor Dre would be ashamed.”

Ryu’s footsteps stopped.
I’m not angry…
At least 3 weeks ago.
If it had been before the ‘Festival of Madness’ and ‘Nobility Massacre’ incidents in Sers, he might have pointed his sword right away.

However, that word was also what Rius was thinking about the most right now.

Could I be his disciple?

“Then…The reason you keep coming to Combat Practice Building 1 is to find new students?”
“I think so. If not, why do you come so often?”
“You might have come to see Diamond’s posture and skills.”
“Ah. I saw instructor Dre talking to Dia the other day, and he said that he had nothing to correct, and only praised me to keep it this way.”
“It’s also Diamond.”
“But that bastard…”

Rius quickly disappeared.
I ran into Dia in the middle, but I ignored it.

“Hey. Rius…?”
“…”
“Hey! De…~~~~”

Dia shouted something, but he couldn’t hear.

He doesn’t remember how he got back to his dormitory, but Reus was lying on his back and looking up at the ceiling.

How did it happen

‘Ha. Damn… Even then I… I thought it would be great.

At that time.
When he took Group A of the Hero’s Gaze Preliminary at Sea God’s Cave, he teamed up with a water dragon and used a cutting sword.

And… When the real ‘God’ was cut down.

Even then, I thought it was the beginning of a fairy tale story.

It’s not the protagonist of the world that I’ve been dreaming of since I was a kid.
You can just play an active part by that person’s side. He thought so.

But, what is this form?
My grades are getting worse.
After meeting Dre, I was stimulated and my grades jumped up, but recently I’ve been eating away at all of them.

The reason is clear.
Because he is pathetic.

Some time ago, the ‘darkness’ of the dog area, which is now being redeveloped.
Reus had gone there to volunteer.
Volunteering was an excuse, and it was to show Dre the results of his training.

But Dre was just doing volunteer work, and Rius had no choice but to focus on his work.
Then, he got involved with the bullies who took the woman hostage… And was humiliated.

“Haaa…”

Even thinking about it now makes me sigh.
I don’t know if it’s something like a gang boss, but it’s obvious that I’m being beaten by third-rate bullies.

And that too…That sword of madness, the disciple of ‘Dragoon’ Yeodre.
It is by no means an exaggeration to say that Ferold tarnished his name.
Rius himself, no one else, thinks so the most.

After that, he gets scolded by Dre, and after draining his tears… He tries to work hard again, but Dre’s heart seems to have already left.

He used to talk to me just to play a joke, but these days he doesn’t talk to me at all.
Do not sit together
When was the last time you talked

‘Well, in the first place, we weren’t even in the right grades, so it was strange that we were talking about it.’

In Rius’s mind, Dre, the strongest swordsman who cut down the Milky Way of a monster rabbit with a single sword, and Rius, the pathetic swordsman who groveled at a third-class bully, overlap.

“Oh, do…!”

I buried my face in the pillow and went to sleep.
It was from the thought that if I slept, I would feel better…

And after a long time, I had a dream.

Reus is a commoner.
He really is a complete commoner with no lineage or genealogy.

His motto is ‘Let’s make money and live a normal life.’

He is from a small village on the outskirts of Straia, a small country terribly far from this floating island.

These days, the world has improved, and even such villages used to provide entertainment like fairy tales.
Rius enjoyed reading books from a young age, and then he came across a fairy tale book of his destiny.

The title of the children’s book is The Strongest Swordsman.

The main character of the story is to slay monsters, dragons, demon lords, and evil spirits… The protagonist of a typical adventure story.

But it was fun.
Rius wanted to be like the main character.
Ironically, it was because of that that I had a dream of a sword.

My parents snorted.
He used to scold me, telling me not to do anything nonsense and learn farming work quickly so that I could help with the work.

Only the parents In a small town, news spreads quickly.
All the villagers made fun of him, including Hyung Raesik, who was three years older than him.

The guy looked down on Rius and told him to cut himself because he was the strongest swordsman.
He gave Rius a twig and held up a wooden stick.

He was twice as big as Rius, and his strength was already as strong as that of a man.

Originally, it was Rius who looked like Laxie’s eyes, but that day was different.

When his dream was ridiculed, he was furious and moved into a trance.
When he came to his senses, Rasik had a deep cut on his arm and the village was gone, crying and screaming.

I was really scolded after that… But yeah. At least he was recognized as having a talent for swordsmanship.

His father never acknowledged it.
Even while my mother was buying me a sword, she sarcastically said that even if you have talent, it would work if you went to the level of the village, let alone the world.

Rius trained diligently and self-taught with the feeling of waiting and seeing.
And he sent the video to Fryu Nar Academy.

The result…Failed.
His father laughed at that, and Rius despaired.

The officer in charge’s assessment is that the sword is sharp, but too messy.
While counseling with the only crystal ball in the village, Rius grumbled that he was self-taught and that there was nothing he could do about it.

And, he passed.

Love of learning.
It’s ridiculous that he went there by self-study.
The officer in charge said he thought he had learned under a renowned prosecutor.

There was a slope in the village.
Festival was held.
Rasik hyung, who had been fighting every day, complimented her shyly, and Anne, who lived next door to her, smiled and told her to go and date more women.

The other adults… Haven’t fully acknowledged Reus yet.
Being a student is great, but that’s it.
What more could you do there?

Rius laughed.
Until now, I’ve done things that you said you couldn’t do, but I thought it would be impossible this time too.

I thought that one day I would become very famous and come back and install it.

Reus was excited.
Until I heard the stories of adults.

The story that Rius’ village may disappear within 10 years.

Well, if it was natural, it was natural.
How can the commoners endure when they say that they will go into redevelopment in an area where they barely survive without any products, and that they will find a place to live instead.

It was the first time Rius saw his father cry that night.

As long as you have money…

Yes money. It’s money.
As long as you have money, you won’t be miserable.
Rius, who never felt miserable in the village, came to the academy and felt miserable half of it was because of money.

You have to earn money.

But the other half is miserable.
The reason why Rius abandoned his dream of becoming the strongest swordsman and pursued a normal life.
Talent.
I thought I was going to be special, but it’s miserable that I’m not.

At Prunar Academy, where giraffes from all over the world gather, Rius’ talent was mediocre.

He rarely won in Dalian.
He was often defeated while searching for his own sword.
He gradually lost his confidence.

Swordsmen who have a different name than themselves. I admired them, wanted to be like them, and always imagined them.

You have to earn money.
Only then…Wouldn’t he revive the village and show off to the villagers who ignored him?

But as he grows up, he loses his dreams, along with his confidence, and his vitality.
Will I really grow up like this and get a job in a suitable place with only an academy diploma?

Such an ordinary life…

While thinking so, I met the man.
Eight days.

He came dressed much more slack than himself, and was literally writing a legend.
He is on par with the mighty hero Kaitsu, who may be the most special being in the world.
No, at least in Rius’s eyes, Dre was much better than Kitz.

So, when he was taught by him, he thought that there was no better opportunity than this, that it was like a dream.

Stupidly
That woman at that time, she was trying to save her to pretend to be nice, but things turned out like this.

After all, living a good life is a loss…

“…Damn it.”

I think I closed my eyes for a while, but it’s the next day.
How tired are you and how long do you sleep?

“Whoa.”

I washed my face… I did my hair, which I had started after meeting Dre, straightened my clothes, and went outside.

Still, I am a disciple of eight days.
No one will damage his reputation. It’s so repetitive.

“…What?”

Ferold laughed at Rius, who came to the training ground today as usual for sparring.

“Didn’t you hear?”
“…Say it again.”

Perld shook his head and said.

“I heard. Instructor Dre will throw you out soon.”
“…”

Isn’t that… It can’t be.
Even if he is Dre, he will be ashamed if someone like him is his.

“Wait. Ferold. Who did you hear about that from?”

Dia argued and listened, but Perl de stopped her with an open palm.

“If you’re going to be kicked out, let’s speed up that time.”
“…What are you talking about?”
“Let’s fight.”
“…?”
“In sparring, the one who wins will go under him.”

Rius was dazed and then his face was distorted.

“…Damn it…!”

Really.
It was difficult to live life smoothly.