I Will Save the World and Retire Chapter 41

Teacher and disciple (1)

Let’s talk about the old days.

My uncle wanted to raise me normally.

When I was young, I wasn’t at an age where I had a choice, so I grew up the way my uncle raised me.

It wasn’t that there were any major complaints. At first, I liked it when he told me he was taking me… . Anyway, isn’t he the person who blew up the director of the research institute? They said they would take me out of the orphanage, so I followed along.

And the first thing he did after adopting me was take me to counseling. My words that I had received psychological counseling at the daycare center to the point where I was already sick of it didn’t make any sense.

Thinking about it now, it was natural. Regardless of the level of not understanding the man’s feelings, it was an extremely common sense decision.

To be honest, if I just list objective facts… Isn’t it a sad life? I’m not saying this because it’s my life.

Anyway, he wanted to raise an ordinary eleven-year-old boy, not a lucky orphan who was adopted by the best hunter in Korea. Although that also went awry when I awakened the following year.

Still, the man congratulated me. On the weekend right after I woke up, I took him to the mountains behind me and taught him various things. How to get out of handcuffs. How to use magical power. How to use your strength. How to fight.

At first, I did everything he told me to do, but soon I started to believe that he wouldn’t abandon me even if I showed some signs of dislike.

So I might have tested it out a bit.

How long will you tolerate me?

hmm.

It’s a shameful past.

I didn’t mean to talk about this.

I didn’t show it, but I’m sure he had a hard time because of me at the time.

Still, he didn’t yell at me once. He didn’t even pretend to raise his hand like the head of the lab.

When my rebelliousness began to subside little by little, he sat me down and said,

‘Heejae. I’ll let you do whatever you want.’

‘… … .’

‘If there’s something you want, I’ll buy it for you, and if there’s something you want to do, I’ll let you do it.’

The man held my hand and quietly opened his mouth.

‘If someone is bothering you… Uncle, I’ll do my best. Even though he looks like this, he still has some strength. ‘Without one or two people knowing.’

‘… That’s enough.’

‘Do you hate him by any chance?’

‘… … .’

‘You’re a human too, so if you stab him with a knife, it hurts. So, just like you taught me, do it like this… .’

‘That’s Okay!’

I don’t know what on earth I was talking about to the kid.

Well, I heard later that they were trying to give him shock therapy. I only rebelled against him in a small way and didn’t harm anyone else, so I was advised that if I said such strange things, I would come to my senses or something.

… It was so simple that it hurt my pride.

Well, you can’t do the same to Park Seo-hyun or Choi Jin-woo. But it’s just like twisting words in a similar way.

“Park Seo-hyun.”

I approached Seohyun Park. I thought I was drawing a rune, but it wasn’t a rune. Lines that flow like waves continue continuously… This is a drawing of the magic formula.

As I was looking at the paper, Park Seo-hyun secretly covered the formula with her arm. Look at this.

“I can’t tell even if I look anyway.”

“Well, still… I didn’t mean to show it… .”

Because formulas are sensitive, well.

Anyway, I have other things to do.

“Student Jinwoo refused.”

“Uh, um… yes?”

A little while ago, Park Seo-hyun said she felt embarrassed and asked me to ask for her.

I should have just taken Park Seo-hyun. With a personality like Choi Jin-woo, he wouldn’t have been able to refuse if Park Seo-hyun had asked him directly. He might have been hesitant, but if I pushed him back just a little bit, he would have accepted it.

The past cannot be helped. You can do it again.

It is also an opportunity to instill in Park Seo-hyun a proper sense of responsibility beyond simply having to carry on the legacy of her grandfather’s magic.

… Is it too much to do in one day? No, whatever. This is how you become stronger.

“It’s not because I have any harsh feelings toward you… . “He says he’s not qualified to learn from you.”

“yes?”

Kim Chae-min, who followed me, was startled. I lightly kicked Kim Chae-min’s calf, avoiding Park Seo-hyun’s gaze. It means to be quiet.

No, and I don’t lie.

… It’s not that they don’t lie very often, but telling lies that can be easily revealed in a place where cross-verification is so easy is something only lowly people do.

Just change the words slightly and make the words a little more provocative.

… Was he like this? I feel like this isn’t right… . A disciple must be better than his teacher.

“hmm. It’s worth it. In any case, it hasn’t been long since Jinwoo became a wizard. He suddenly said that he would teach unique magic… “How burdensome it must be.”

In fact, this works better when time passes and Park Seo-hyun herself has completely put her mind in order. I can’t help it.

“Besides, he says he’s too talented even if he thinks he is, and he doesn’t have the courage to look at you to be your disciple.”

Isn’t it similar to what someone who cried and confessed to me just a few hours ago said?

Chaemin Kim is making strangled sounds next to him. But you really didn’t lie?

This is what Jinwoo Choi said. He won’t do it because he doesn’t have the confidence to learn the magic taught well.

What if this was the management office strategy team? There won’t be any powder left now. Yoo Ji-eun would have burned it before I could even powder it.

“That’s why they said they couldn’t do it.”

“… Seo, even if the teacher persuades me?”

Park Seo-hyun, who was pouting her lips like a goldfish, barely managed to raise her voice and ask.

“Even though the teacher said that, do you think so? “You’re not qualified?”

Hmm.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“What can I say when you say you are like that?”

Park Seo-hyun’s eyes tremble.

“B-but, teacher… For me… .”

He said he would make an archmage for himself, but why didn’t he do it for Jinwoo Choi? I guess that’s what he meant.

Of course not. Park Seo-hyun came after seeing my answer sheet, but Choi Jin-woo wasn’t there. I am careful not to buy lottery tickets.

I answered while quieting Kim Chae-min, who was groaning.

“You are my student.”

No matter how you think about it, you should get paid more.

“But he is your student.”

Of course, Jinwoo Choi is also my student. However, a teacher without a teaching license and a wizard’s disciple have different weights. The legal binding force is also different.

“student… .”

“Not yet. “It is the role of the teacher to persuade the student.”

Anyway, as long as Choi Jin-woo looks like that, I can’t motivate him even if I force him to do it. This must be resolved by the parties involved. I’m a little… Just adding seasoning.

I lightly pushed Park Seo-hyun’s forehead with the tips of my fingers.

“Now, this is your first homework as a teacher. Go and persuade your disciple. “I ask you to become my disciple.”

“Well, I refused… .”

“So you’re going to give up?”

“… … .”

“You go ahead and be honest. Why are you trying to take him on as your disciple? “He’s your student.”

Park Seo-hyun looked at me with blank eyes and lowered her head. It’s not to hide his face by lowering his bangs, but to see the formula he was drawing.

“… … .”

Without saying a word, Park Seo-hyun began crumpling the paper on which she had drawn the equations. Park Seo-hyun pressed the paper with his hands into a small ball shape and put it in his mouth.

gulp.

Park Seo-hyun, who swallowed the paper ball, jumped up.

“I’ll go and come back.”

As I was watching Park Seo-hyun’s back as she bravely headed towards the classroom container where Choi Jin-woo was, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

I will never understand the wizards in my life.

* * *

Let’s tell another old story.

‘Heejae.’

‘why.’

‘Heejae, let’s talk for a moment.’

‘What are you talking about with me? I have nothing to say.’

‘Heejae.’

‘He’s not even my real son.’

‘Woo Hee-jae!!’

That was the only time he made a loud noise to me. Even when I dropped my uncle’s spear while playing and ate the report he had worked so hard to write, I just smiled and patted my head.

The man stroked his face with the same hand that had been stroking my hair. It is a gesture full of fatigue.

But when I put my hand down, the fatigue was everywhere on the man’s face. The man spoke firmly.

‘You are my son.’

‘why?’

‘Why?’

‘Is that because of adoption? ‘Don’t worry, I’ll let you out when you become an adult.’

‘Woo Hee-jae.’

‘Stop calling me names. ‘It’s not the name you’re supposed to call me.’

‘then? Would you like to change your last name on this occasion? ‘To my last name?’

‘no, I do not want. ‘Why do I take your last name?’

‘Because he is my son.’

The man sighed.

‘Heejae. who… I don’t know what I said to you. I didn’t bring you here for that reason.’

‘sure? Post an article? Our great Hunter Hong Seok-young adopted a poor orphan and became an example for others?’

‘It’s not like that…’ .’

‘It’s okay. Let’s go on our way without worrying about each other. yes?’

To make a lame excuse, I was young and unnecessarily impressionable. People around me said I was so pitiful and pitiful, so I got a little drunk on that.

I can’t help it. As an orphan who was captured by a vicious criminal organization, it is easy to receive sympathy from good people. Whether that’s true or not.

It’s not that there weren’t people who ignored me. However, Hong Seok-young belonged to a fairly high position in Korean society. I don’t mean to discriminate against others, but most people tend to get along with others on a similar level, and Hong Seok-young did not deviate much from that. Thinking about it now, the man must have made an effort to create a stable environment while raising a child who may have suffered psychological trauma.

Fortunately or unfortunately, thanks to that effort, there were many people around me who had enough respect to not say mean things to the poor orphan. okay. He didn’t just say mean things.

Among them, there were some who disapproved of hunters who were good at killing monsters hanging out with them, and there were also people who didn’t like it when orphans who didn’t know where they came from were friendly with their children. People like that don’t say it out loud. I’m just saying it indirectly, as if it were a passing comment.

‘I didn’t think he would adopt a child, but he doesn’t know anything about the world. His son became like that… . Oh my, look at my mind. It’s not about you, so don’t worry about it.’

If you hear those words every time you go to different friends’ houses, your child will turn away despite much counseling. And even the adult in her life, who is raising the child she abandoned, withers and dies.

‘I am not your son.’

‘You are my son.’

‘That’s your son. I’m like a bastard you picked up on the street. ‘Isn’t that right?’

‘I don’t know where you heard it… . I didn’t bring you here to replace her.’

‘Then what is it?’

‘I am.’

The man hesitated. I remember being quiet for a long time because he looked so different from usual. I think I was afraid of what the man would say.

‘That day, Heejae, I saw myself in you.’

‘… What do you mean?’

‘I don’t want to be here, but I have nowhere to go. ‘I was just staring at the door, hoping someone would take me.’

‘… … .’

‘Even though I knew that no one in the world would think of me anyway, I couldn’t let go of the thought of what might happen.’

The man laughed bitterly.

‘As soon as I woke up at the age of nineteen, I ran away from the orphanage. I didn’t want you to end up like me.’

The man carefully stretched out his hand. He hesitated, afraid that I might run away, but when his hand touched my shoulder, he hugged me tightly.

‘That’s why I decided to become your father.’

“You know.”

The warmth I felt from the man’s shoulder dissipated, and a woman’s voice that sounded a bit harsh came in.

“I’m not sure what kind of person Mr. Wu is.”

I looked at Chaemin Kim blankly.

“I also don’t really know what Teacher Kim Chae-min is talking about.”

“Wow!”

Chaemin Kim pouted his lips and grunted.

“I really don’t know whether Teacher Wu cares about the kids or not.”

“This is how much I save.”

“If you say that, I have nothing to say… . But why did you say that earlier?”

“What do you mean?”

Chaemin Kim kicked my calf under the table.

“Jinwoo didn’t say that much.”

“It’s not wrong, right?”

“I thought that would happen if a person with a twisted mind made up his mind and listened carefully.”

I shrugged my shoulders. Some time has passed since Park Seo-hyun entered the container.

I was curious about what was being said inside, so I suggested to Kim Chae-min that I could listen using magic, but she was rejected, so I’m just waiting like this.

“In my experience.”

“experience? Have you ever taught children?”

… I ignore questions that are unfavorable to me and pretend not to hear them.

“Children like that are so sensitive that even the slightest prod from the side causes them to run wild without any brakes.”

“Hmm?”

“Choi Jin-woo was worried because he thought he would disappoint Park Seo-hyun.”

“… Yes?”

“Then, whether you are disappointed or not, it is a problem that can be solved if you create a strong relationship where you cannot let go of each other.”

“What do you mean?”

Kim Chae-min was confused and couldn’t understand what I was saying. Finally, the classroom door opened and Choi Jin-woo and Park Seo-hyun came out. Park Seo-hyun was hiccuping with tears streaming down her face, and Choi Jin-woo…

“Huh!! You didn’t say there was such a thing!!!! “I, I, will work hard!!”

He was crying with a broken face.

fantasy, modern,