After recalling my memories from my past life, I became more mature in many ways, such as broadening my horizons and deepening my thoughts. Based on this, I was fortunate enough to quickly become a soldier after earnest efforts.
However, not long after he became a soldier, war broke out.
It was a war between a hostile nation with which the kingdom had not been on good terms, and the war lasted for a short period of three years.
Unfortunately, a war broke out, and I became a soldier in that war, and I had to participate in it, crying and eating mustard.
Although he had a strong desire to run away, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and go to war because being a deserter would only make life harder and he couldn’t live his entire life as a wanted man.
A three-year war, which could be called a short period of time.
But anyone who has been in war will tell you.
It was a fierce and brutal war that felt like it had been fought for 30 years, not just 3.
Fortunately, the victor of that brutal war was the faction of the kingdom I belonged to, and this became the opportunity for the kingdom to rise to the ranks of a great power, although not an empire.
I used to be a soldier of the kingdom, but now I’m a soldier of a powerful country?
I heard that your salary will increase by about three times, and that you will also receive some tax breaks as a war veteran.
At this point, my arm almost got cut off, and my stomach got pierced, so that should be taken into account to some extent…
‘It’s rotten, how could it be?’
If it weren’t for the resilience of a true troll, I would have died dozens of times.
For the first time, I felt grateful to the magician who had tortured me in the name of experiments during my childhood.
I realize anew that war is really like a dog.
Well, anyway, I decided to focus on surviving with my body intact and not care about whether my kingdom became a great power or not.
Above all else.
‘I quit because I’m dirty!’
Maybe it was because I had to face the crazy difficulty of being a new soldier and participating in a war, but I was a civil servant and a freeloader and everything made me feel awkward.
So I immediately submitted my resignation letter and tried to run a hotel with only my severance pay.
Even though the pay isn’t great, I have a small hope that I might be able to live comfortably there.
But unfortunately, things rarely work out as planned in this world.
“Oh, you did that?”
“Huh?”
“You saved the princess! Thank you, thank you so much, haha!”
“…?”
The story goes that the enemy remnants suddenly attacked the camp, and I just fought blindly, but somehow I ended up saving the kingdom’s princess…
If someone had heard that, they would have scolded me for lying and telling me to make it sound plausible, and I felt so wronged for being the main character in that lie.
I was just planning to live quietly without making a fuss, but I ended up saving the princess?
Where on earth would you find such an absurd case?
But unfortunately, reality is reality.
“I didn’t know a talented person like you would be rotting away as a soldier like this.”
Suddenly, the gentleman threw a sword and a necklace that resembled a military tag.
“From now on, you will be a knight.”
“??”
I found out later that the old-fashioned looking middle-aged man was the commander of the knights, and that the commander had the authority to appoint knights at will.
That’s how I unexpectedly got the title of knight.
… It was really out of the blue.
‘Is this right?’
“I can do it.”
“I, I am a former slave?”
“The kingdom doesn’t care about origins as long as you have the ability.”
“Well, actually, I have experience working in an assassination organization….”
“Huh, you have an unusual career? But that’s actually good! Experienced positions are welcome!”
“… … .”
I really hated it so much that I even came out as an assassin, but it didn’t work on this guy.
I felt it then.
This guy is also a crazy person.
‘… It’s really like a dog.’
* * *
After that, I became a knight at the late age of 27.
To be exact, a parachutist.
That’s understandable. While the others are either children of nobles or graduates of prestigious academies, I’m a commoner and was originally a soldier.
Since that guy was given the title of knight thanks to the captain of the knights, the word parachute is only appropriate.
Also, in any organization, there is the existence of parachutes.
“You lowly wretch, how dare you know where this place is…!”
“Draw your sword. I will send you back where you belong.”
“It would be better for my health if I went out on my own two feet.”
…bullying, ostracism, harassment, etc.
It was bound to be a rough ride in various ways.
This is the fate of parachuting without connections.
‘The commander of the knights is a bastard who is worse than Nol-gi!’
What do you do if you get picked as a knight?
Not only that, I’m just sitting in the office drinking tea!
If you put someone like this in someone else’s shoes, you should at least protect them, but that’s not the case.
I got so worked up at the moment that I had to de-stress.
like that.
“Do you think I’m easy?”
My eyes rolled back, and the next moment, as if I was drunk, my memory suddenly blacked out.
When my memories came back, what I saw before my eyes was the figure of the Knight Commander who had subdued me and the Knights Templar who had collapsed in a pool of blood.
“Haha, as expected, he’s an interesting talent. He doesn’t seem to have a proper teacher, but he instinctively knows how to fight. He’s truly a beast.”
“… Stop messing with people and just accept my resignation. By the way, this isn’t a request, it’s an honor. If you don’t accept this, I don’t know what I’ll do to you.”
“Really? I really want to see that. What kind of warning is it?”
“I said it clearly.”
Now I’m the commander of the knights and I’m so annoyed with Nabal that I want to at least break his chin, if not kill him.
I didn’t care about the aftermath.
It’s all the same whether I die here or there.
but.
Thud thud thud!
“Now, just a moment!”
“Haha, when are you going to show me the warning?”
“Oh, no, I made a mistake…!”
This guy is really strong.
It’s not that I won the title of Commander through gambling, I just found out that he was the strongest among the knights and that he was the Commander.
He was on a different level from the other guys.
I got beaten so many times, like getting beaten until dust rose on a rainy day.
Just when I thought I might die if I kept going like this, the captain stopped punching.
“Hehe, that guy really is a fit guy. Look at this, I’m sweating.”
“Oh, you crazy guy… .”
“Even your mouth moves. You are truly a talented person!”
“I, I’m going to submit my resignation… .”
“Arthur, I won’t accept that. If you ever want to quit, try to beat me and I’ll accept your resignation.”
“…Fuck.”
I realized very clearly that I had fallen for a really weird but crazy strong monster, and for the first time that day, I even shed tears.
But after that, instead of shedding tears, I sharpened the knife in my heart and made a promise.
‘I will definitely quit!’
A gentleman’s revenge is never too late, even if it takes ten years.
‘… … I can win, right?’
However, I couldn’t help but feel a little less confident.
* * *
After that day, the guys who harassed me disappeared.
No, to be exact, most of them were the kind of people who would turn pale and run away just by making eye contact.
Well, some of the people I beat up are still receiving treatment at the temple, and among those who recovered, there are some who retired because they were mentally unstable.
‘Did I beat you up a little too bad?’
Still, there’s nothing I can do.
Who said that would make you so angry?
You were the one who first irritated the person who was living quietly.
Well, it turned out like this, I was forced to be excluded from the Knights Templar and just quietly did my own thing.
My goal is to ultimately take down the captain.
So, for that reason, I had to step up my efforts to take down the leader, and I did something I hadn’t done since my days in the Assassination Guild: ‘training’, day and night.
… Even though I said it was training, I didn’t know much about it.
“Isn’t that the basic swordsmanship of the kingdom?”
“I, I think so?”
“…Can I defeat the captain and the [Auror User] with that?”
“It’s impossible.”
The only training I knew was the stealth and secret techniques I learned during my time as an assassin.
But I could never beat the captain with that, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be satisfied.
So I started training in swordsmanship with the intention of a direct confrontation, and I only trained in the basic swordsmanship that I knew and that every citizen knew.
It was an inevitable choice for me, who knew nothing about the advanced swordsmanship taught by a prestigious knight family.
I don’t have anyone to teach me.
… I think the captain would be happy to teach me, but I never did.
I also felt like I was begging, and I absolutely did not want to become that nobleman’s disciple.
That’s why.
“Hey, you. Let’s spar.”
“What did I do wrong to be like this!”
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Oh, oh my god!!”
Fortunately, where I am is the Knights Templar.
There were a lot of elite guys who had learned advanced swordsmanship, and I sparred with them several times a day, learning their swordsmanship by sight and making up for what I was lacking.
Although I won most of the time with my physical prowess, there were some real bad guys in the Knights Templar, and there were times when I lost to them.
It was a defeat that was fought solely with swordsmanship, and rather than being humiliating, it was welcomed as they had a lot to take away.
Days like that, hanging on by the neck.
Whenever I see some results, I do it consistently.
Kwaaaaang!
“You’re not good enough for me yet.”
“Ughhhhh!!!”
I pounced on the manager.
Rather than saying that I was being aggressive, it felt like the captain was willing to watch my antics, but instead of taking it as humiliation, I only grew more determined to win.
I fought and …
I fought a hundred times and ended up breaking a hundred times.
“…a gentleman who is not human.”
“Did you know that Auror User is the name of a dog? Hehe, if you try, you can become an Auror User too.”
“… … This is driving me crazy.”
Auror user.
Those who became superhumans in human bodies.
Aura is a realm that can be reached by beating and defeating even those who are considered geniuses, among those who have undergone systematic yet crazy training since childhood, who deal with mysterious powers.
And it is common sense on the continent that Aura can only be dealt with Aura.
That’s why Auror users are monsters in human form.
And the gentleman I had to defeat was one of only three ‘real’ Auror users in the kingdom.
At this point, I’m starting to despair on a human level.
Because I can’t see any way to win.
Sling.
“Hoo, you’re going to attack me again?”
“There is no tree that will not fall after ten blows.”
“I don’t think it will work on me.”
“… Then let’s try it a thousand times, okay?”
“That sounds really fun.”
bang!
Three years later.
I still.
“Sigh, I really want to quit.”
Remained in the Knights Templar.
