Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part3 (1/2)

‘Wait, if I leave like this that means I lost doesn’t it?’

Cassel felt a twinge of regret but had no wish to turn around and go back

He couldn’t win an arguh his father had lived his entire life as a far with a veteran trader He could probably even argue a wolf to go vegetarian Even the neighborhood troublemaker, Luchi, kneell to steer clear of his father Why, if anything went down, everyone ca to his father even before they went to find the town chief In fact, even the town chief hi for his father

‘I guess I lost again What should I do?’

‘A real man is defined by his actions and not his words That loser Luchi pulled it off Why can’t I do it too? I will be a knight’

A knight that will bravely ride a horse into a battlefield swar with tens of thousands of soldiers! Cassel alent to sleep each night with the i in his head

The first thing he always did was to seek out the mercenary ‘Cubra’ in his dream He was a retired mercenary who roamed the countryside and was renowned for his swordsmanshi+p

There was a tie, when he had secretly snuck off with his life’s savings to learn swordsmanshi+p fro, the teacher had refused his third month’s tuition fee and told him this

‘It seems you do not have any real talent with the sword Do not coain’

He did go back several times but, not only did ‘Cubra’ turn him away, he even tattled to his father

Afterwards, Cassel did ood friends whilst sharing a few drinks here and there But the teacher never gave another sword lesson again He thought maybe this time, since they were friends, ‘Cubra’ would at least introduce him to a recruiter, but he refused even that

“Luchi is, hht Luchi is extremely proficient in swordsmanshi+p In just one year he was able to match me blow for blow Of course, a mercenary of my skill is pretty common out in the battlefield Nonetheless, that kind of skill in a twenty-soured he would make it out on the battlefield and went to the trouble of introducing him to someone I knew in the military But you want ht out of town if I had any hand in helping send you off the war”

Cubra tried his best to explain his situation and try to calm the fitful Cassel hell, it would have been better if the boy had asked to borrow a sack full of money instead!

“Is there any way I can go to war?”