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I also received a prosthetic eye, all that remains is Rod’s complete treatment. We immediately went into Rod’s bedroom.

Rod had the appearance of someone in his mid to late 20s, as his soul had degenerated to a great extent.

Even when he had wrinkles, he was tall, and when he was young, he looked like he was quite a fly.

Should I say it is a typical manly style? I looked distracted for a moment, then looked at his legs and wondered.

“Lise.”

“Yes.”

“Grandpa, what’s wrong with your leg? Who broke it?”

“··· ···”

Instead of answering, Rize avoid her head. It looks like Rize broke it.

I don’t know what happened to make me do this, but I do know that Rod attacked first.

Wasn’t there a saying in the past that Rod fell in love with Rize and followed her around? He didn’t have a very good personality either.

“Hmm… I guess it’ll end surprisingly easily. I didn’t get hit directly in the heart, so I think it’ll be over as long as I do it.”

“What about your memories?”

“The memory will come back cleanly. What I will do from now on is the concept of complete recovery.”

Although he has a trashy personality, he seems to have good skills. I breathed a sigh of relief.

But there are always exceptions, the hero said, a slightly disturbing story.

“However, it doesn’t mean that there are no issues at all. The purple energy has infiltrated my heart, even just a little.”

“Then?”

“It’s one of two things. You either get heart disease for the rest of your life, or you absorb all the purple energy. I can’t do anything about it because it has entered the heart.”

Rise has made a similar point before. Purple can be neutralized with red.

However, the purple color that has penetrated into the heart cannot be neutralized. There is a high possibility that it will explode the moment red magic power is added.

Even if the hero’s character is poor, he does not say nonsense. Miu and Gou were always the type to talk objectively.

“Still, the latter is more likely since I have the magic power of indigo. You said the curse engraved was a lie, right?”

“Yes.”

“That guy too. I guess both you and that guy are in a hurry.”

“··· ···”

As the hero spoke with a grin, Rize flinched. Looks like something touched it again.

The warrior actually placed his hand on Rod’s body as if nothing was wrong. It’s a slightly tense moment.

“As I said before, there will be aftereffects separate from the healing. Either you get heart disease or you lose all your energy. Got it?”

“The latter is better, right?”

“Of course. To be honest, there’s nothing special about it being purple magic power. If you think of it as water, it’s just close to pure water.”

“What is red magic power?”

“Purple is the ink I hate the most.”

The explanation is really lame. I can’t understand anything they’re saying.

When I tilted my head, the warrior laughed and tapped my head.

I’m not sure what it means, but I feel a little dazed.

“Pure water is as lethal as even a single drop of ink. Other magical powers can be purified somehow, but red magical energy is difficult to do.”

“Why?”

“You should find out about it yourself. It’s too lazy to say more. I’m busy right now.”

It’s really cheap. It’s a way of speaking that makes you want to hit someone.

At least Luna did not call her fist, but she is amazing.

“Uncle.”

“··· ···”

“Uncle.”

“Huh? Could it be me? “You called me?”

When I called him ‘uncle’, the hero was quite embarrassed and pointed at himself. Who could be the uncle here other than you?

From now on, the hero’s name will be Uncle. Since I don’t know his name anyway, it’s better to just call him uncle.

“It’s an old man…There’s something mysterious about it. So why?”

“I just called.”

“It’s a blend. Don’t tell me anymore.”

Even though the only person I can trust right now is this cheap hero.

“I’m going to focus now.”

I had no choice but to believe.

*****

A Lord who is praised by the world as a ‘Sword Saint’ and is respected and respected by many people.

When you see the beggar’s behavior reflected in his attitude, it may seem at first glance that he comes from a prestigious family, but he is actually from a commoner.

And not from ordinary commoners, but from slums, which can be said to be at the bottom. Instead of farming, I come from a poor background that begins every day.

He was born as a poor person, learned to steal to make a living, and learned to fight to avoid being robbed.

Rod may have been quite talented since he was young, but he was able to grow into a strong kid in the back alley.

But no matter what, a back alley is a back alley. Rod couldn’t bear his life as a poor person, so he decided to go out.

At that time, he was in his early teens. I’m at an age where I can’t even hold a sword properly.

“Hey, kid. What’s your name?”

“You know what to do.”

Of course, it was impossible for Rod, who came from a slum, to have any ‘etiquette’. He couldn’t help but be harsh to everyone.

But the world is not easy, and Rod, in his early teens, was taught ‘etiquette’ for the first time in his life.

“Do you want to be more flirtatious?”

“I’m sorry… Please spare your life…”

“No. Who would think that they would even take our lives? We are not those bad people.”

For a moment, the servility of his days as a poor person came out, and Rod hung out with people who kindly instilled him with manners.

They were adventurers, and were famous in the city where the Lord arrived.

“But they say adventurers stab people in the back…”

“Uh huh. That’s bullshit, bullshit. Then, the trust that is more important to us than our lives will be lost.”

“But it’s also true. There are so many people who make a living from day to day.”

Thanks to kind people, Rod was able to grow easily. But adventurers are not parents.

In any case, Rod also assisted them by doing various chores. The so-called porter.

“Even if you’re a porter, shouldn’t you know swordsmanship? Hey, you teach me.”

“I’m just swinging too? Should I at least tell you that?”

“So.”

“By the way, it’s an axe, not a sword.”

“Hey.”

I acquired various weapon skills from adventurers. From simple blunt weapons to crude swordsmanship.

Rod was also quite talented, so he learned it in no time. Of course, at the time, he preferred blunt weapons that were easier to wield than swords.

“Hey. I think you can get into the academy at that level, right?”

“Academy? What is that?”

“What? You didn’t even know that? Don’t your parents usually tell you?”

“He died.”

“··· ···”

Anyway, the adventurer also told Rod about the academy. The best educational institution and a place where talented people from all over the world gather.

He said that just entering the school would be much more comfortable than living now, and that it would be enough for you to enter the school.

Rod also listened in silence at first, then nodded his head. He looked fine on the outside.

“It’s annoying.”

“No. Are you saying it will be more comfortable than now?”

“I like moving around.”

Rod, who was a ronin by nature, was not very interested in the academy. First of all, he has little material greed.

My time in the slums was so deeply ingrained that I just wanted something to eat and a place to rest.

Normally, it should be the other way around, but Rod had little greed.

“Have you decided on your next destination?”

“I’m thinking about going to the East. I heard there are a lot of great experts there?”

“Uh… I guess it would be better to go there later?”

“Why?”

“There is a saying in the East: Beware of old people, women, and children.”

At the time, Rod didn’t know what that meant. He said it was just a rumor and passed on.

As the years passed, Rod grew into an adult. In the meantime, he broke up with the adventurer.

It was no longer a lumber that could be used as a porter, and above all, the destinations of the adventurer and the road were different.

In the process, Rod’s skills improved greatly. He was basically good at using weapons and was good at fighting.

“Which family do you belong to? This is my first time seeing swordsmanship like this.”

“What are you saying?”

She sometimes heard strange sounds like that. It was an absurd sound for Rod.

Droughty? I am from a slum. Fence? I only know the basic sword techniques I learned a long time ago.

Families famous for martial arts tend to have their own special status. Also, I try to make sure that the money doesn’t leak out.

The reason is simple. Because it is advantageous to convey information only to a few people. Since ancient times, ‘if you don’t know, you must be right’ has been a popular rule.

However, since the basics are the most important anywhere in the world, Rod trained only the basics diligently. It had to be that way in the first place.

“I don’t know why it’s so complicated to learn.”

Here are Rod’s thoughts.

Bringing out a technique that the other person has never seen before? Then, attack it by destroying it in real time.

Ultimately, it is ‘people’ who wield weapons. No matter what it was, it didn’t deviate from the big picture.

As long as a person wields a weapon, psychological warfare is half the battle. Rod had an outstanding talent for psychological warfare.

“When I fight with that bastard, I feel like I’m being attacked with my eyes open. You know where I’m going to attack?”

“What a selfish guy. I feel naked.”

“Just be good at fighting.”

As time passed, the Lord’s status gradually spread. He’s a guy who doesn’t want to fight more than once.

If he fights once, he will somehow win, but from the second time, he will inevitably see through the pattern.

Either there is a significant difference in skill, or there is no choice but to change martial arts. People evaluated Rod that way.

“Do you think I’m hitting on you?”

Naturally, the bridge of Rod’s nose rose as if it would pierce the sky. If nothing else, honor made Lord feel good.

Honor asked if he would feed her, and he sometimes fed her. There were times when nobles invited Lords to strengthen their connections.

Rod also did not reject it and gladly accepted it. Pride has long since been abandoned in the slums.

Thus, the manners that adventurers had kindly instilled in the past were gradually disappearing. Rod headed east.

“I heard there are so many masters from the East?”

There were a lot. The problems were so numerous that I got kicked in the foot.

He could not let down his guard, following the adventurer’s advice to be careful of old people, women, and children.

“No. The East is fighting on a fake day? “What are the nobles doing?”

“It is a place where nobles also fight.”

“Then what about the king?”

“Government affairs are non-aggressive…”

“Damn.”

In any case, Rod quickly became accustomed to Eastern culture.

Although it was annoying that fights broke out every time we ate, I got used to it.

Anyway, it was a time when I was improving my skills by defeating Eastern masters and children of noble families one by one.

“Don’t even talk to that bastard.”

“This young bastard’s child has no manners towards adults…”

“Tsk tsk who the parents are…”

In fact, the evaluation of Lorde, whose manners were completely castrated, plummeted. Nevertheless, Rod didn’t care.

Because I was able to win no matter who attacked me. No matter what martial arts the opponent came with, I defeated them all with the basics.

So many years passed, just when I thought I had almost taken over the East.

“Are you a prosecutor from the West Station?”

“Who are you?”

A warrior proudly appeared in front of Rod. Rod looked at the driver with a puzzled expression.

Her entire body was covered in black, but you could tell she was a woman through her curves and voice her.

“Because I’m interested in you.”

The woman had purple eyes.

“Would you like to play with her real wife?”

It was ‘Heaven’ that instilled another etiquette in Rod.