Chapter 134.2
Inside the peaceful carriage, a refreshing wind shook the carriage . Because of the all nighter last night, I was gradually getting sleepy .
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“Please make him retire… Please…”
“I have psychological problems now because of you . ”
“Please stop it already!”
“Don’t group me with you… Not everyone is as strong as you mentally or physically . ”
…
“You’re putting me in a pinch, Takebayashi-kun . You have to look after your people better . You’re an educator, right? Don’t you understand how much effort it takes to hire people? We have to train the beginners again from the start . Do you know how much problem you’re causing us? Do you understand? Huh? Do you understand!?”
“Did you hear? That Takebayashi guy . He crushed another rookie again . ”
“Puha! Again? That’s hilarious! What year does this make this? He can’t even teach his subordinates properly?”
I intended to teach them properly .
But the kids I was in charge of just came to hate me more and more .
In the end, most of them retired .
I never raised my hand .
I never yelled at them either .
I talked to them calmly and whenever there was something they didn’t understand, I would teach them .
I balanced the workload I gave them to avoid burdening them too much .
As a general rule, I only taught them during work time, so they could take a break during break time .
I tried all sorts of methods, but in the end, the results never changed .
What did I do wrong?
What am I doing wrong?
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“I can see it!!” [???]
“Hmm…?” [Ryouma]
…It seems I fell asleep a little .
That was nostalgic . I saw a dream when I was still young .
Come to think of it, there was a time when I was concerned about things like that .
Dreaming something like that now… It’s as if I’ve gotten younger .
…Oh, wait . I have gotten younger .
This isn’t good . I have to wake up properly . Did I sleep that much?
When I looked around me, the position of the sun hadn’t changed that much .
But the gates of Gimuru could be seen from a distance .
“We’re finally here…” [Student 1]
“We’re back . ” [Student 2]
“Thank goodness . ” [Student 3]
As the students were relaxed and they let their guard down, the atmosphere softened .
“Oh? That’s a fairly big crowd gathered outside town . They don’t look like adventurers, though . ” [Lucy]
“Right . They seem to be surveying something . ” [Ryouma]
“I hear there are plans to expand town, so it’s probably for that . ” [Roche]
Although they’re still at the planning stages, it seems progress is being steadily made .
I glanced at the people working while we passed through the southern gate and headed straight for the guild .
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“Welcome back!” [Wogan]
The guild master seemed to have been waiting for us, for when we got to the guild, he was standing there ready to greet us .
“All the students that participated are to gather here! …Looks like everyone was able to come back safely . How was it? Did you learn something new from the training?” [Wogan]
He gathered the students to a corner of the guild and the students answered his questions .
“I see . Roche, I’ll leave it to you to close this class . ” [Wogan]
“Alright… Students!” [Roche]
’Congratulations to everyone who participated in the training these past five days . I pray that everyone learned something that will be useful to them in the future . ’
If you summarize it, that’s pretty much what he said . And then after the jobs taken by the student were reported to the guild, the training session was put to an end and everyone was dismissed .
“Good job out there, Ryouma . ” [Wogan]
“Guild Master . ” [Ryouma]
“How was it? Your first training . ” [Wogan]
“Well… I learned a lot from Roche-san . ” [Ryouma]
“That sounds like the kind of impression a student would have . ” [Roche]
“There were a lot of things I learned for the first time . ” [Ryouma]
“That’s true . No matter how much you know, there are always new things to learn . …Come with me for a bit . ” [Roche]
The guild master invited me with a serious face .
“Guild Master, can I come too?” [Roche]
“Roche? Well, you have to report anyway . You come as well then . ” [Wogan]
We were brought to the office of the guild master .
First, Roche-san reported about the events during the training, then the conversation shifted to me .
The topic was as I’d expected . It was regarding the events after the match .
“After seeing Ryouma’s face, I thought something might have happened, and it turns out to be that sort of stuff . ” [Wogan]
The guild master placed his elbows to the desk and supported his head with his hands, seemingly worried .
“Roche . Give me a more detailed report of how the others reacted . How were the guys avoiding Ryouma like?” [Wogan]
“At first, they were scared and confused, but eventually, they calmed down . There are also those that have fixed their behavior since then . This is the case for half of the students . As for the teachers, the older ones either acknowledged Ryouma right from the start or came to terms with things this morning . The ones avoiding him are mostly the younger ones . Several young teachers like Bosco are pretty obvious about it . ” [Roche]
“Bosco is still young himself . So, the others were flustered when they saw Ryouma’s strength, huh . ” [Wogan]
“My deepest apologies . ” [Roche]
“Don’t apologize . You had him show his abilities because you thought it would help the students, right? You didn’t do anything wrong . It’s just that the results are a little disappointing . So, Roche . What do you think of Ryouma’s abilities . Give me your honest thoughts . ” [Wogan]
“Frankly, I wouldn’t be able to beat him even if I were at my peak . If I were the same age as Bosco and if I weren’t planning on retiring, I might have responded like Bosco did . ” [Roche]
Roche-san thinks highly of my abilities . When the guild master heard that, he wordlessly nodded .
“I heard Ryouma won against Howard . He did use ki, right?” [Wogan]
“He definitely went all out . ” [Roche]
“I see… I understand . Ryouma . ” [Wogan]
“Yes . ” [Ryouma]
The guild master took out a piece of parchment and started writing something on it .
“We guild masters possess the authority to restrict the activities of adventurers, but at the same time, we also possess the authority to remove certain restrictions . One of these restrictions involves ‘jobs pertaining to bandits’ . These kind of jobs are often reserved to C Rankers and above due to having to fight other people . That’s why the restriction is automatically lifted upon promoting to C Rank, but… In special cases, the guild master has the right to give permission to those he has acknowledged to take on such jobs despite still being below C Rank . ” [Wogan]
“Guild master?! That’s—” [Wogan]
Roche-san was about to voice out his complaints, but Wogan stopped him with his eyes .
“Roche, I understand your feelings . I’ve also thought about the things you told him . I was worried about how to handle him, but he can look after himself . That’s also why I was worried that if left alone, he will walk further and further ahead by himself . But that is Ryouma’s business . You understand this too, right?” [Wogan]
“…” [Roche]
“If a parent prepares everything, a child can grow up safely . But as a result, when one’s parents are no longer around, the child won’t be able to do anything . I have no intentions of raising him up like that as a guild master . Besides, Ryouma never needed protection ever since he joined the guild . He was already able to walk by himself when he came here .
…I left him to you to test him one last time . I wanted to know how Ryouma looked from another person’s eyes . I wanted to know how he looked from an objective perspective . I wanted to know if your opinion would match mine . ” [Wogan]
“So that’s how it is . ” [Roche]
“Yeah . That’s why… Even if I want to support him, I’ll only be getting in his way . ” [Wogan]
As the guild master said that, he handed me the parchment and looked at me with a serious face .
“Ryouma . With the power vested into me as the guild master of the Gimuru Branch Adventurers Guild, I hereby grant you the right to accept ‘Bandit Subjugation’ jobs . On your way back, submit this along with your guild card to the receptionist . Do this and a permission will be granted to your guild card . If you use this permission, you will be one step closer to promoting to C Rank .
Just know that I am only giving you the right to take on bandit subjugation jobs, not the right to do everything by yourself . If you can form a party, then do that . And if there’s anything on your mind, be sure to come talk to me . …Don’t you ever mistake that alright?” [Wogan]
“…! Yes! I understand!” [Ryouma]
“Good . That’s a good reply . ” [Wogan]
After hearing my response, he released the parchment from his hands .
“Ah… About how other people look at you . You probably won’t be able to avoid that . It’s something that more or less happens even when a normal guy is promoted . Don’t mind it too much . Just do what you want to do . Of course, as long as it’s not illegal . ” [Wogan]
What I do want to do? That’s obvious .
“It’s alright . Nothing will change . I’ll just keep working as I have been until now . ” [Ryouma]
It’s not as if I’m planning to isolate myself in the forest again just because people are avoiding me .
In the first place, it’s impossible for everyone I meet to like me . I may have been blessed with relationships with good people ever since coming here, but this sort of stuff will be more common as I get more opportunities to meet others . It’s not like my relationship with good people have been affected or anything, so I’ll just keep on going as I have until now .
“Nothing will change, huh . Yeah . That’s how you are . For better or for worse . ” [Wogan]
“Ah, I may have said nothing will change, but I’ll think about forming a party . ” [Ryouma]
After all, Roche-san and the guild master went out of their way to warn me .
It’s only unfortunate that I can’t say for sure that I’ll form a party .
“Don’t push yourself now . ” [Wogan]
After the guild master said that, I was granted permission to leave his office .
The guild master looked really tired .