The Hero Disciple Is Back - Chapter 72



71. The Master Admits He Is Lacking in Cultivation

“Go away!”

-Whoa! The bad dragon is on the loose!

-No! I feel good here!

-Lizard noisy!

“Ouch! I’ll burn it all!”

Leah, who looked like a young girl, and girls much smaller than her, the size of a palm, were arguing fiercely. If they hadn’t been fighting, it would have been like a painting, but unfortunately, they were busy fighting, so it was more like a painting… I decided to stop thinking about it.

“Okay. Okay. Enough.”

“I said, get out of here! That’s my dad!”

-You called us and we responded! We are the priority! Ding ding ding!

-The verdict is out!

-Judgment takes priority!

“You guys are beating drums and janggu among yourselves…!!!!!!! Get out of here!!!!!”

If the kids stop fighting because they tell them to, then it’s not a kids’ fight… Hehe.

I turned my head to the side.

Buzzing

There were also palm-sized girls there. Ordinary spirits seemed unable to withstand the sharp momentum of the dragon Rhea and could not approach her, but these three spirits who appeared first were perhaps special spirits, but they were confidently clashing with Rhea. The spirits who could not approach were cheering the three spirits on. They were too scared of Rhea to speak out loud, but they clenched their fists and seemed to be cheering her on in their hearts.

‘Could this also be the influence of the World Tree?’

It wasn’t something I did roughly, but I wasn’t absolutely sure it would work out… .

I never thought this would happen.

At first, a group of palm-sized girls rushed at me and I was crushed to the point where I couldn’t move.

When Leah got angry and let out a sound that sounded like she was crying, the spirits all retreated in fear, and only three spirits remained, clashing with Leah like that.

“You guys almost got your dad hurt!”

-We were trying to get there as quickly as possible because you were calling us so hard, so we just had a small accident!

-That’s right! It’s a minor accident!

-An unfortunate, unavoidable accident!

“Just one person speak on behalf of the group! What kind of parrots are you?”

-What is this lizard?!!!

-Here’s a bad lizard insulting the spirit!

-Insulting is subject to blacklisting!

“I’m strong even without you guys, so put me on the blacklist or not, do whatever you want! Hmph!”

-We don’t like it either!!!!!

No matter how I looked at it, I felt like it couldn’t be left as is, so I decided to step forward.

When two people fight, it’s only natural that the one who can calm them down first takes the initiative, and I did just that.

“ostrich”

“…dad”

I called Leah and spread my arms, and Leah ran to me and hugged me. I picked her up and patted her to calm her down. I then approached the wind spirits.

“First of all, thank you for responding to what I said…

The spirits were nature itself… . They could be seen as great beings like the World Tree. That was why I thought I should speak to them formally… . But I had already seen Leah and the kids fighting while speaking informally to each other… .

-No~No~

-We were bored, so this is good~

-The spirits are at ease

The three spirits spoke as if they were saying this, and the spirits behind them nodded as if they really believed it, or raised their arms high and made a circular ‘O’ shape gesture to show their agreement.

The spirit is bored… .

In fairy tales, spirits are depicted as working tirelessly for the world… Fairy tales are fairy tales, so it is natural that they are different from reality… .

And so, another memory from my childhood is turned to ashes and disappears. I am already an adult, but I have become one step further into adulthood. Becoming an adult is just sad, and there is nothing good about it. That is probably why immature people live longer with younger and healthier minds. On the other hand, there is also the side effect of causing people around them to suffer and age faster… .

‘Because of that Balik guy, I suffered mentally and aged faster.’

I was one of the poor victims who had to suffer those side effects.

‘For now, the only thing I have to think about is the spirits in front of me.’

It was not the time to be leisurely thinking about other things.

“Then, if I call you like this when I need you, will you help me?”

-I guess so~

-With such a pure soul, there’s no way he’d ask for something strange~

– Talent suitable for spirits

The other spirits smiled and nodded, so I thought they would appear and help me like this if I called them.

Could this be considered a kind of contract? We didn’t exchange any kind of contractual documents, but… If this isn’t a contract, then what is?

That was when.

“Dad! But not those three!”

Leah, who had been quiet in my arms, said this and announced the start of the second battle.

-This lizard?!!!!

-Be quiet!!

-The second battle begins!

So the kids started fighting hard again.

“Ugh.”

It was a law that a guardian should not sigh easily, but I, who was still lacking in self-cultivation, eventually had no choice but to sigh.

No matter what anyone says, I was a new parent.

“Okay. Okay. Enough.”

It was fortunate that I was able to receive help from the spirits, but I couldn’t help but worry that I might be experiencing the side effect of aging more quickly.

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“I’m rich.”

The mercenary king Balik, lying in his sickbed, said this with a sly smile.

“You were originally rich.”

Sarah said that with a blank expression as if she was dumbfounded. No matter what anyone said, he was the ‘King’ of Mercenaries. There was no way someone who was called a king could be poor. Of course, he wasn’t poor.

In his case, he prepared the best weapons possible in a time when he couldn’t climb over walls, so he tried to fight on equal terms with superhumans, and so the expenses were large… . He was originally rich because he brought in more money than he spent. It wasn’t for nothing that mercenaries dreamed of becoming the king of mercenaries. The fact that those who valued money over honor wanted it so much meant that there were many ways to make money.

“It’s not about your wallet, it’s about your heart.”

Even though he was called the King of Mercenaries, there were still many people who ignored him. They said that he was nothing more than a representative of foolish gangsters who knew nothing about honor and were only motivated by money. It was not good to be treated like that even if you were called the King of Mercenaries.

I ignored it, calling it nonsense… But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t influenced by it. People are made to be influenced by what people say. Ignoring it wasn’t something I could ignore. Just as it’s natural for someone who has heard good things from people around them to have a healthy mind, it’s impossible for someone who has been hurt by hearing all kinds of bad things from people around them to have a healthy mind.

No matter how great the Mercenary King’s mentality was, it was impossible for him to be completely unaffected by it. Because he was human.

“I feel very good. I am very satisfied. I am very satisfied. I have stolen the money of the nobles, who are so neglected and yet so precious.”

The warrior Sera came and asked if he wanted to take advantage of the nobles’ backbones, and the mercenary king nodded without hesitation. He was grateful for the satisfactory request, but he also thought that since the nobles had been gossiping about him for so long, it was time to give them a good slap on the back of the head.

“Here. Take this.”

“… Isn’t that giving too much?”

“This is money I wouldn’t have gotten if you weren’t here. As I said, my wallet is quite well-off. If you were to receive this money anyway, would you use it for something weird? You’d either use it to save the world or use it for your brother, one of the two.”

The mercenary king had a keen eye for detail and could read the direction in which Sarah mainly spent her money.

“If you say so, I will write well.”

The warrior did not refuse. The warrior of infinite regress knew very well that the more money one had, the better it was when it came to saving the world.

“But what on earth do you eat to grow so quickly?”

When they first met, she was clearly a girl, and although not that long had passed, Sera was already starting to bloom. Even though it had not been that long. It was truly an amazing growth rate. The Mercenary King knew without thinking too much that it was an effect that could come from overcoming the wall at a young age. However, he also knew that that was not all.

“You just have to not be a picky eater.”

Sarah said it as if it was nothing.

It was a bit far-fetched to disguise the effect of eating all kinds of strange things that were famous for sending you straight to hell as long as they helped you grow as ‘not being a picky eater’.

By the way, Leona Misha, who ate it because it was said to help with growth, collapsed that day and was unable to leave her hospital bed for a while. There is no need to explain in detail the story of the doting grand wizard William, who had a hard time stopping his daughter Ellie, who was next to him and wanted to eat with him.

There was only one thing that Sarah, who opened her wallet for Jade and for saving the basic world, opened her wallet for, and that was that.