## Chapter 692 – Paladin Kim Kat

During our conversation, something I was curious about popped into my head.

“By the way, does the Saintess live at the temple?”
“There’s a convent to the left of the Grand Temple, isn’t there? She’s using a private room there.”

Was there something like that next door?
I still don’t know the layout very well.

“But why the sudden interest? Heh, does this mean you want to visit me at night?”

She took out a cigarette, looking at me with an amused expression.

“How troubling. Does this mean even a pious Paladin couldn’t resist my charm? As your superior, I should take action, but I don’t think I can this time.”

That arrogant but competent woman’s gaze.
This older sister really loves teasing men.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

What kind of crazy person would do that?

No matter how pretty the Saintess is, it’s an undeniable fact that my women are more beautiful. Besides, I’m a man with a steel will, not swayed by beauty.

“Well, if it’s a Paladin, I might offer a cup of tea if you visit.”
“Hehehe, in the middle of the night? The Saintess needs to sleep, so that wouldn’t do. She’s already sleep-deprived.”

Normally, convents might have some kind of fantasy attached to them, but the nuns in this world are quite violent.

That’s obvious just from looking at Elise.

It’s not a space filled with men’s dreams and hopes, but simply an inhumane cradle that mass-produces seemingly docile, crazy thugs (women).

Still, they all have basic training and divine power, so their looks are good.

“Come to think of it, this is the last week.”
“Ah, you mean the training. If I complete it this week, I’ll be on proper missions starting next week. I’m already prepared.”

ㅡThud, thud.

I patted my armor, full of confidence.

“…You’re in a really satisfactory state of mind. But I can’t just throw a Paladin who’s suffered for four weeks straight into work right away. At least you won’t be sent out right away next week.”

ㅡOuch.

It was a nice consideration, but it stung a little at the same time.

From what I heard, the instructor always sends letters, and they’re always filled with enthusiastic praise for me. So the Saintess thinks I’m doing incredibly well.

Of course, I am doing well.
It’s just a bit inhuman.

“Thank you for your consideration.”
“It’s just consideration for efficiency. You can’t get good results if you overwork anything. People need enough rest to be able to exert their strength. I need to use the Paladin for a long time, so I can’t overwork you.”
“Hehehe, you really know how to handle people. That’s the Saintess’s level of insight.”

I get plenty of rest time, the treatment is great, and the pay is good. In this case, I have no choice but to be loyal.

“Anyway, I’ll head to the training grounds now. It’s the last week, so I need to work even harder.”
“The Order also has high expectations in that regard. The experience the Paladin has accumulated while crushing heretics and demons is valuable. Of course, the Order also has many Holy Knights who perform such tasks, but they’re all dispatched to various locations.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. But the results are less than expected.”

The reason I was able to gain experience is that there were many problems in that remote area, and a Demon Gate opened. Originally, demons weren’t that common in the world.

This means that I, Kim Kat, could become a key figure in the Order.

“Well, you’ve been doing a lot of things. Are the Holy Knights who were dispatched not doing so well?”
“As I’ve said many times, they tend to focus on destruction rather than investigation. They’re achieving results in dungeon exploration, investigating demon appearances, and investigating heretics, but they’re insignificant compared to the scale and number of cases. The reality is that they only catch the tail end of things.”

That’s true.

“That’s why a competent guide like the Paladin is important. It’s not that the Holy Knights are incompetent. They’re experts at crushing evil beings. They just lack investigative skills.”

I understand well.

“Then have a good trip.”
“Have faith in me.”

With that, I immediately left the Grand Temple and headed to the training grounds.

Well, as soon as I arrived, I took off my top and started training.

“Are you ready to receive the final week of training!!!!”
“Yes, we are!!”
“We are prepared!!!”
“Paladin-nim, hooray!!!”
“Verde-nim, hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The trainees, who had undergone about three weeks of inhuman training, had transformed into the most enthusiastic fanatics and the most fearsome berserkers.

Their physical abilities hadn’t improved significantly, but their combat power had increased exponentially by continuously honing their combat skills, and they had gained an even greater rage due to the harsh mental training.

Now, they had been reborn as beings that could be called Divine Intelli Berserkers.

Just hearing the name would make the heretics’ balls tremble.

ㅡScreeeeeech!!!!
ㅡDejyaaaaaaaat!!!!!!!
ㅡOh, Verde, God of Balance!!!

“Hmm.”

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, there’s a shocking concept called “Two Minutes Hate.”

I read this book quite impressively in high school. Anyway, the Two Minutes Hate is…

It was a cruel recreation that could be said to be the number one most effective policy used by Big Brother, an inhuman older brother who monitors everything, to control the world.

The way to enjoy this inhuman recreation is as follows.

Every day at a designated time, everyone gathers in the theater, sits down, and looks at an indistinct screen, expressing unlimited anger for two minutes.

ㅡKyaaaaaaaaak!!!
ㅡMiyaooooooong!!!!!
ㅡScreeeeeech!!!

Yes, just like those trainees right now.

They look at the video on the unknown screen and spew out their anger at everything in this world very fiercely and terribly. Screaming is commonplace, and running on the walls or tearing chairs apart with brute force is the bare minimum.

What happens when it’s over?

By releasing all their anger, they forget the absurdity and extinguish their dissatisfaction with the system.

ㅡThat’s how they’re trained.

Big Brother simply solidified the system with such recreation. He dominates humans who are controlled in that way.

When I first read it, I paid homage to George Orwell, who created this groundbreaking method of expressing anger, and handed the book to my father to let him know about this good method.

I thought it would be nice if my father only acted like a psycho for exactly two minutes a day.

But instead of reading the book, my father espoused a new concept psycho recreation called all-day hatred, not two minutes of hatred or anything, and shouted angrily at me all day long.

I recall it many times, but my father was a bizarre man.

He was an existence that seemed like the metaphysical concept of unpredictable sense and sensibility had taken over a human shell.

No, damn it… why am I suddenly thinking about this?

“Screeeeeech!!!!”
“Inhuman training, dejyaaaaaaaat!!!”
“Quickly take me to the back and heal meeeeee!!!”

No.

Was it inevitable that I would think of it when I saw this sight?

“Hehehe! From now on, this Paladin will also participate directly!!!!”

So I threw away all my worries and jumped into the midst of the trainees. It would be perfect to improve their practical skills by sparring with me in the last week!!!

“Come on, trainees!! If you defeat me, I will grant you an inhuman break time!!!”
“T, that’s such an inhuman proposal!!!”
“It’s a co-op, dejyaaaaaaaat!!!”
“Everyone gatherㅡ!!!!!!!”

At the same time as I made the proposal, a dozen trainees formed a combined formation and rushed at me.

“Wabarat!!!!”

ㅡPapapat!
ㅡBoongboong!!!

Of course, it didn’t take even five minutes to beat them all up.

“Kwikwikwi.”

The trainees can’t surpass me yet.

* * *

Time flowed by, and it was finally graduation day.

“Trainees…!”

A lot happened in four weeks. Enough things for these originally pure teenagers to be reborn as cruel combat weapons.

“Today is the day the training ends!!”

I did it.

The trainees followed my guidance perfectly.

They became stronger.

“It’s a truly… joyful and monumental day.”

I stood on the platform and spoke while looking at the trainees lined up. Today is the last day of training, or rather, the last training was yesterday, and today is the day of the graduation ceremony.

ㅡSilence.

There was no madness or frenzy.

The trainees were focused on me with firm eyes.

A piggy bank of anger, huh.
It seems they’ve learned it in their own way.

“Anderson, Maldur, Corbuta, Mylen, Orters, Ricardor, Felmerza, Harkun, Eileen, Harmat, Ewald, Turili.”

I recited the names of the trainees that I had memorized, making eye contact with them one by one. The trainees already think of me as their benefactor and teacher for life.

“You have successfully completed this Paladin’s inhuman and harsh training.”

In that case, I have to give them a graduation ceremony worthy of it.

“And have been reborn as the most powerful Holy Knights.”

They will be the strongest generation of Holy Knights.
I have no doubt about it.

“Any objections.”

So I declared.
Are there any objections?

Do you have any objections to the fact that you will become the strongest?

ㅡSolemn.

The atmosphere was solemn.

Some lowered their heads, and some looked at me with teary eyes. However, it was quiet. There were no objections. They also knew very well that they would become the strongest Holy Knights.

ㅡ…!

It was at that moment.

“I object!!!”

Anderson, the most capable trainee, shouted.

“An objection?”

No, what the hell?
What the hell is this?

“We have definitely become stronger!!!”

But an objection?

“But!!!”
“…”

I quietly listened to Anderson’s words.

“But we have… come to know the pain of ‘separation’!!!”

The pain of separation?

“P, Paladin-nim!!! Huhuheong!! Huhuheong…!”
“Uwaaaaaaang!!”
“Heuk…! Keueuk…! Keuheueueueuk!!”
“Heueueueuk…!”
“Screeeeeech…!!!”

At the same time, the trainees began to cry and wail.

W, what on earth is going on…!

“Paladin-nim, don’t leave!!! We still have a lot to learn!!!”
“We are still weak! We cannot win against evil beings unless we become stronger!!!”
“Please don’t leave the training center, Paladin-nim!!!!”

The crying trainees, with completely swollen eyes, shouted at me.

“Y, you inhuman bastards…!”

These bastards…!
They don’t want to part with me…!

“Don’t cry!! Separation is inevitable! And you are strong! You can defeat evil beings even without me!!!”

ㅡSob!

Hot tears began to flow from my eyes as well.

“Paladin-nim!!! But!!!”
“Because we are still immature!!!”
“We don’t want to say goodbye!!!”

The trainees were crawling on all fours up to the platform where I was standing, wailing. This was fake madness. Since it was the last time, they were deliberately doing this to show me their madness.

That was all the more touching.

And also sad.

“Keuheuk…!”

I cried out loud too.

“Keuheuk…! Paladin-nim…! This is a letter that we wrote ourselves last night!!!”

Then, Anderson handed me a box.

“Heueuk…! Heueuk!!”
“Don’t leave, Paladin-nim…!”

Inside, there were small paper letters filled to the brim.

“T, to prepare something like this…!”

They even prepared letters for me…!

ㅡDrip, drip!

I couldn’t control the tears flowing down any longer. The tears that poured out covered my face, gathered on my chin, and dripped down, soaking my breastplate.

“You should have trained more instead of preparing something like this…!”
“Paladin-nim…!”
“Heueueueuk!!”

So I hugged the trainees and cried.

ㅡHeuaaaaang!
ㅡHeuheongheong…!
ㅡScreeeeeech!!
ㅡKeueuk…!
ㅡDejyaaaaaaaat!!

The cries were different, but the hearts were one. The graduation ceremony proceeded in tears. The instructor clapped while crying, and the assistant instructor did a handstand and circled the training ground to offer congratulations.

And when I finally completed the awarding of certificates.

“Someday!”

I shouted.

“We will definitely meet again!!! When you become Holy Knights and work for the world, I will still exist as a Paladin then!!!”

I will definitely be able to meet the trainees again!

“That’s right!!”
“Heueuk! Goodbye…!!!”
“I will definitely become the strongest Holy Knight!!!”
“Screeeeeech!!!”

Now it’s time to say goodbye.

“Then take care!!! Let’s meet again later!!!”

ㅡYes!
ㅡYes!
ㅡUnderstood!
ㅡPaladin-nim!

“Keuheuk!”

With that, I turned around and left the training center.

The sound of them calling me while crying from behind was very clear. The further I walked, the fainter the sound became, and eventually it stopped.

Today, Kim Kat cried from the heart.

This is what a teacher is.

Is this the sadness of a teacher?
But at the same time, it was also joy.

ㅡWhoosh.

A breeze blew from somewhere.

The breeze that blew seemed to know my heart, so it gently came and wiped the tears from my face.

At that warm heart.

“Heuheong!!!!!”

I ended up crying.

ㅡDon’t Cry for Me, Sudan.

It was a day that made me think of Bigal’s face for no reason.