Capítulo 8: Teacher
"I can't believe you"
"What!"
I couldn't believe what this man had done. I'm the one that is ashamed instead of him
"You will go and take her back"
"No!"
I could one of my nerves was about to burst
"Are you stupid!? No, you are. Fine, if you are going to leave her than so be it"
I got up, leaving the tea. I was incredibly angry at him, he was telling me about how he adopted a child and now went ahead and abandoned her because he learned it was a she instead of he? Ridiculous
He stayed quiet as I left. He knew he was at fault but refused to admit it
"I'm disappointed in you, Shinmen"
Wearing a kasa I went outside. There was a heavy rain outside
Slowly I went towards the place that fool's house
*Splash*
It was not so far away anyways any I reached there
*Splash*
There was a child sitting in front of the entrance of his house. I approached the child and blocked the rain
"Hello, child. Do you need a place?"
She looked like she was about to die due to the cold.
Shakingly she looked at me but didn't say anything
"I know your father, I'm a friend of his. Just blink twice if you accept"
She seemed unsure but eventually blinked twice
Kneeling I took out what I was wearing and wrapped her body around with it. Taking out my kasa I put it on her head. Together with the black kasa with a tie on it she looked better.
Her eyes closed with her body getting warmer
I took her and lifted her. Turning around from the entrance I slowly walked towards the outside of the town. I did not live here after all.
*Splash*
*Splash*
Water was hitting my body as the warmness slowly left me
I was sure to get sick because of this but I didn't care. Let it be how I die this time around.
As we kept walking, a few suspicious people approached me but looking at me they all gave up and turned away. It seems people still remember me.
Soon among the few trees a hut stood in front of us. Entering inside I put the girl in the warmest place and covered her whole body. I didn't have anything for a second person so I just layed down naked
If that fool was not going to take care of her then I would teach her and show it to his face.
—
"No, lower"
Outside of my hut I was dueling with a girl
Few years had passed and the little kid had grown. Over the years all she wanted from me was to teach her so she could grow stronger and I fully respected her opinion. I too wanted to show that fool his wrong.
Blocked the blade once more I continued
"Your stance is great but you lack strength. If your arm strength is not enough put your body weight behind it"
She instantly listened to me and getting into another position she went for another strike. Two of her blades striked towards me, on what it looked to be at the same time but
I moved sideways
That was it
"That was okay but it's easy to dodge it. Now I would have done this instead of that"
I took a similar position to her and as I struck just like her I stopped and changed my stance. Using the confusion caused I strikes from the side and when my blade was about to touch her neck I stopped
"See? If you lack the speed then use off then confuse your enemy. Make them flashy, colorful so they would lose their focus easily, which will allow you to win"
Without duel done I sheathed my blade. She didn't ask about honor as I never thought about it. She needed something to survive so that was useless.
*Cough*
Looking at my hand after covering my cough I could see blood. The scars I got from the past were worsening my condition.
"Goshujinsama!"
She too sheathed her blades and approached me
I stopped her from approaching me
"Today's lesson is over. You can continue training by yourself"
Turning around I entered inside the hut
Removing my shirt I saw that I was bleeding a lot.
I put pressure around the wound and put a little alcohol on it. These were the things I had for now so they would do.
"Hah.."
I can't train the girl anymore
10 years has already passed and she had gotten really well but… yeah perhaps that will do
Laying down I could only hope this body would last enough
—
A week has passed. It was time, I don't have much time anymore
It was short but what can we do? I at least don't want her to see her teacher in this state. She needs to keep her head up
"Musashi"
Calling to her she came to me
"Yes, Goshujinsama"
She still called by respect
"I've decided. You need experience so from now on you will leave here and go out. Perhaps when you acquire enough experience you can defeat me"
Last one said with a little smile.
"Understood"
She accepted it, she probably thought that she lacked experience as well. This was good in the end, she also needed to learn how to live by herself.
"Now, you will leave shortly so get your things and come here"
She bowed a little and went inside.
As she was inside getting her things I was thinking. I wanted to show her something, I knew of her obsession with getting stronger and such but I was unsure
"She called it One right?"
She often practiced saying she wanted to reach that stage, a stage she saw me on but I was not sure about that.
Hmm, I know. Why don't I show her something even more flashy at the same time super basic. Yeah, I will show her the next step.
*Creek*
Hearing the door I turned back to see her. She didn't seem to get much but I could see the money bag.
"Hide that"
I pointed towards the bag and she put it inside her clothing.
Okay, she looked ready
First I took out my kasa and gave it to her. It was a little gift, she didn't have her own so I had given her mine.
With that done I got up from where I was standing and draw out my blade
Looking at her I spoke.
"Now, watch. This will be what you are going to be seeking for. Never come back to me before reaching it."
Her eyes were looking at me keenly
Turning towards the trees I grasped my sword. I was going to do a single strike
I bringed my blade upwards and breathed out. It was like everything around me slowly started lose color
Once the colorful words turned white and black. The trees in front of me become nothing but a few words flowing in the air. No it was wrong, there was no air. It was just words.
As my blade started to go downwards it connected with the words, with each movewant the words touching it were disappearing.
A single slash, from upwards to downwards, just a simple one. The words in front of me was gone, the world regained the color as I looked forwards
There were no trees anymore.
It was like they never existed, there was simply nothing there.
I could feel my wounds being opened again. Inside I could feel some of my organs were crushed for a reason not known to me, my body probably couldn't handle it.
I turned back to see her expression, pure shock and confusion but I also could see the fire behind her eyes.
In the end it was successful, I had shown her a new end of line. Her path of following the "One" had extended.
"Lesson is over"
I left her there standing and entered inside the hut. There was no need to say goodbye, she was currently fully focused on what I had done so I left her alone.
After a few minutes she left, to her own adventures. Now by myself I sat in the hut.
I was dying, bleeding heavily internally but I was happy. The fool had abandoned the girl and stopped speaking to me but that was fine. She would prove him wrong, hahahaha
"Today is a good day"
[User Died]
[Mystery: 2,064,248]
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I was back on the library
I stayed still for a bit. I was looking through the library.
I tried to find what I was searching by myself this time which cause a long time to pass
But in the end I found it
The place I went to
I picked it up but didn't read through it's content as something unexpected happened
I was looking at the door. What door?
The door that appeared in front of me
I approached it and opened as I twisted the handle
Behind the door there was nothing, just pure blackness. But among the blackness there was a single light
It was colorful like a mix of red and blue.
Slowly I approached it
Moving closer I could see it for what it truly was
"Hello"
The light turned to me
I could see a smile appearing on its face
"Congratulations"
It did not speak but I understood it
Even then it had to go. The light was getting dimmer each second, she was turning into nothingness like the rest
I bringed out the book I was still holding and approached
"Do you want to go back?"
While I was here many years seems to passed
It now had the experience
"Just nod if you accept"
I could see tear running down as it nodded
"Than as your teacher, I give you this final gift"
I opened the book as it started to regain light
It's form turned back to its former self, a feminine one I could see the smile on her face
Now disappearing slowly she was turning back to her world
She was bowing as she completely disappeared
In her place nothing stood anymore, just pure blackness
Now I was alone again
Turning back I entered the library as the door was gone behind me
—
"She later stopped. If she continued on I fear he would turn to be something else"
The man next to me kept speaking as he sat with me.
Area around us was dark, grimm but it was also warm, welcoming
"I'm more surprised you stood up against her. According to what you said she seemed to be the dominant one"
He just smiled foolishly then turned to me, giving me a look
"How about you? Why don't you share your story as well?"
"Oh, well mine is not so interesting really. Compared to you I didn't live a fulfilling life. I didn't even have a blood related child"
I tried to turn things back to him but I fucked up.
"So you did have a child? Haha, how is your boy then? Perhaps he will meet with mine"
Taking a rock I threw it light at the water ahead of us. I failed to make it bounce as sinked immediately.
"Come on, I'm curious. There is nothing to be ashamed of, don't try to change the subject. It was just me talking"
I just sighed
"Fine, I will talk about my children but shortly"
"Haha, that's fine"
I got one more stone and tried to give it to him but it went through his hands. Right.. he was a ghost
"Now, where to begin… my first child or rather children started with 5"
"Oh, 5? You don't look like a guy that grew that many children"
I could only laugh inside but showed a smile on the outside
"It's not that surprising, I did create a orphanage so technically I have way too much children but I won't count them"
His mouth open he looked at me.
"And here I was doubting you had 5 children"
"Hahaha.. well I did live for a very long time so if you count that it's not that surprising"
Farther away I could see another ghost was approaching us. It seems I won't be able to tell the rest.
The man asked curiously
"By the way… how old are you? You seem older than me but also lack some common knowledge"
"Haha well it's just amnesia"
"Emneysia?"
Right.. it doesn't have a name right now
"Come on, how old are you? Just answer this before he arrives and takes us away"
Buddy, I would answer you if I knew myself
"Around 200,000"
He just stayed and looked at me
"Hahah, great joke"
He smiled and laughed, I too joined in. It's fine if he thinks it's a joke, anybody would think it is.
The ghost finally reached us
"You two, it's time. Underworld is waiting"
As we were being dragged I looked at him one last time
"Achilles will grow up to be a great hero, I'm sure"
"Haha, of course. He is my son-"
He realized something and his last words before disappearing was one made on confusion
"Wait, I never told you his name"
[User Died]
[Mystery: 2,145,529]
—
"Time is short, humans can't live for long so cheer it"
The girl stayed still as she sat next to me. In her hand she was fiddling with a red flower
"But Uncle, what if a human can live for far longer. If it lives through many lives but still can't die. Isn't death supposed to come for everyone? Isn't that the reason humans have short lives?"
A tear was running down from her cheek
"Than there is only two ways for that human to be happy"
As she slowly removed the leaves of the flower she listened
"First is to find a way to kill yourself but I don't recommend that."
"Why?"
I put my hand over her head as I looked into her eyes. Each of them contained many stories behind them, many wounds she carried
"You are not the only one child"
A realization hit her face as another tear dropped
"Fate is a strange thing, sometimes it brings out the opposites and separates people who are made for each other. This time it brings us closer, two immortals"
As I stroked through her hair I continued. My chest bloody with a dagger stabbed, I did not stop.
"You are still a young child. When you were a valkyrie I was growing the tree so listen to me alright?"
She just nodded her head
"Try loving a child, loving a person, loving a land, loving a story, it doesn't matter. Find something that will make you keep on moving. This is the second way"
My hand dropped as I dirtied her face with blood.
"But Uncle.. won't love bring out more pain?"
I laughed with what was left in my body
"Oh little Herodias. How can you know if you haven't tried it before?"
I closed my after that as my body fell into her bloody hands, to my killer's hands.
The flower she fiddles with dropped down showing it's true color
I hope you can find the light child
[User Died]
[Mystery: 2,162,582]
—
Standing over a temple I was watching beneath me
There was death, there was blood, there was gunpowder
People belonging to here were dead, now turning back to mother earth
Their gods however still lingered
In a human form he sat beside me as he too looked beneath, to his people who worshiped him, to his warriors.
"You know, I don't particularly like you"
I didn't know why I had said such a thing but it was the truth. His existence, a questionable one, remained supreme but even then death was knocking on his door
"But I also pity you"
His nature was chaotic. He was someone with great benevolence but he also caused death upon the people of his benevolence. He was sad over the death of his people but accepted the outcome nonetheless. His powers, not allowing to change the outcome, betrayed him but that was just nature taking its pace.
"I want to do something for you"
I've watched over the years and there was only one thing I figured out I could do for him. He who no matter kept his promises and granted the wishes of who he deems worthy deserved one of his own.
"Want to try your luck as a human?"
It was not a particularly great gift as humans were fragile, they were weak, untrustworthy but even then for some humans were something more than that. Some wanted to know what being a human was like.
"You can do that?"
I could, probably. I was not sure but I couldn't know before I tried. There were two ways anyway.
Smiling I prompted I can.
He closed his eyes as he nodded. That was my signal
Focusing on his right leg I removed its ability to reflect the sun. The little Bounded Field opened around it prevented any sunlight entering inside.
"It seems it did not work"
Perhaps it was because he was dying or the sayings were not true. This left the second way.
"This can.. have side effects"
"Go for it"
There was nothing for him to fear so he accepted
I focused as the words around me started to change. In front of my eyes there were no longer trees, air or him sitting. There were just words.
A group of words were making what looked to be a human from. In the core some words were golden yellow, shining compared to rest.
This was him
My hand went over the golden words as I grasped it. It felt like it wanted to escape my hand but I didn't let it do so. Pulling it out the color of it disappeared, now it was the same as others.
As my vision turned back I saw the man had collapsed.
He was no longer a god, but a human
How did it happen? I was not so sure myself.
Technically speaking he should have been turned into a normal fairy after he lost his divinity but somehow his race changed.
I did not do that, I was not fast enough
I did not know, only that we were successful.
Blood was coming out of my eyes, nose and ears. Such a small change was enough to kill me but I still had to do something
Grabbing him I teleported to the ground as I placed some clothes near him. With his divinity gone his armor was gone too.
Staying next to him my body started to destroy itself.
[User Died]
[Mystery: 2,195,587]
—
Sitting inside a cell, waiting for our death I was looking towards a single person.
A woman, her body covered with scars, her red hair in a mess. She could barely move and her eyes were swollen from how much she cried.
This person was well known but I didn't know she was ever in prison. Didn't she die due to poisoning?
That didn't matter, perhaps things were different this time around.
"Want me to help?"
This world was wrong from the start
Looking over the sky there was a circle, the circle was not simple.
I was not exactly sure what that circle was or what it was doing but I could feel it was some sort of battery.
Still not being sure I did not dwell too much into it, my focus was something else
This circle, after it appeared people that should be here started to appear
How did I know this?
Well a few days ago I saw Spartacus himself.
He looked.. weird though but I was sure it was him.
What I was confessing was something else, it was more of a funny thought
With this ring a Holy Grail War was happening and I was selected. How? Why? I did not know
However I did not want to fight over this, I was simply not interested but for the woman in front of me things were different. She was beyond healing at least in my case but she simply couldn't handle a servant like this so I had a different idea.
It was a bet but Throne of Heroes surely has Queen of Victory wouldn't it?
On the ground she looked at me like I was ridiculing her
"Your people got killed unjustly, your husband was killed even though you guys were friendly, you daughter were raped to no end and you failed to take your revenge."
I could feel her anger and her sadness. Her teeth were clinging as her face was turning red but no tear was dropped. It was long depleted.
"Even in these situations you still hate them right? You want to take revenge right? For your people, for your husband, for your daughter"
Was the thing I'm doing something good? Definitely not. I guess I picked up a few things from Ometeteosij.
"I can help you but it won't be easy"
We will be betting your life
"So tell me, do you accept it?"
"Y…"
She tired to speak but it sounded rough, unintelligible
"Tell me, do you accept?"
"Y..s"
"I said tell me!"
"Yes!"
Finally hearing her clearly I smiled. I took a step forward as I got her out of this cell. She did not fit here.
We were fairly far away now and under the shadow of trees I looked at the eyes of the woman who refused to die. Even under the pain she still kept going.
That was until I stepped on her neck, breaking it.
She went off fast, with not much pain.
I took her blood and drew a circle around her body
I couldn't remember how it was supposed to be exactly but I just needed to chant something and it would be done.
"Hero of the past, hero of the current, hero of the future. From death I call upon you, O' protector of balance, come and bring out the judgment upon those sinners. Answer me"
I just randomly said something but the circle started to glow, showing my success.
"Servant Rider…"
The body of the Queen disappeared as infront of me she stood tall.
She stopped talking as she looked at me
"Now that you are here my job is done"
The bet was successful. It was time for me to leave this place.
"Sorry"
I would leave her now but there is nothing I can do about that.
"Servant Rider, I order you to kill me"
"Wha.. no!"
She tried to resist but her body moved as her sword cleanly cut my neck off. My breathing cut off. I was dying quickly.
"Huh, why!?"
She was beyond confused. Now knowing about what a servant and such was she probably though I wanted to summon her so I killed her but she was wrong
"Ser..vant Rider, I… with the.. remaining com..mand spells order.. you to… live on"
The last two command spells disappeared from my hand as an enormous amount of mana supply was given to her. This would help her to go around and fight without a master.
My body gave up afterwards. As my head dropped back I could see her expression. It was funny.
[User Died]
[Mystery: 2,213,421]
—
Will I be able to finish it early today, I wonder.
Sitting on the chair for 3 hours now I was going through the papers constantly.
Lazy asses left all of them to me
*Creeek*
I looked over to door that was opened
There stood a girl with long brown hair and blue eyes
She was pretty popular, almost everybody knew her.
I took out my reading glasses and straightener my back
"Yes?"
Aoko Aozaki with an annoyed tone answered
"Sorry Mr. Wyte. I'm searching for Mr.Yamasiro, do you know where he is?"
This was what I was called for now. Akira Wyte was my full name, a mix between Old English and Japanese. Worst of all it sucked as a name but that was not important, at least for now
"He is next door. Anything else?"
"No, that's all. Thank you Mr. Wyte"
Done, I wore my glasses again and turned back to papers.
*Pat*
She had closed the door so I could continued
Hmm she looked pretty annoyed, today there were no classes either so probably why. Compared to her grandfather she is too different.
But why- Oh, right. They were searching for someone to show that kid around and how things work right? I wonder why he refused me, more than that I could feel that he was scared. Instincts? I guess. In the end I couldn't escape work
I dropped the pen as I rubbed my eyes
I couldn't focus
—
Finally, finished.
Slowly I got up and got out of the room. Next door by some luck I saw Kazuki walk by.
"Oh, Mr. Wyte. How are you?"
I remember this kid when he was a student. For a teacher he was quite young
I just waved at him then I remembered
"Hey, Kazuki. I saw that Aozaki girl today, did she perhaps accept?"
There was no need to really ask it, if she had come here she had long accepted it. She was like that
I could see a sweat appearing as he looked worried
"She did but she seemed angry. I don't know why but it's good that she accepted"
Hmm, was he not someone she was good with? Perhaps that was the reason
"By the way Mr. Wyte."
"How was my talk with the chairman?"
"Yeah"
Just as expected but it was no surprise. Rumors were already out so as a student of mine who later started to work with me it was normal to be worried. Especially when he heard I talked with the chairman yesterday
"It went as expected. Soon, I will be off"
"Ah, I see"
His smile faltered a little bit, it was nice to see he still cared about me
"Well then, I'm going out now. Goodbye Kazuki, also don't worry about such things. We need to open space for younglings as well, such as yourself."
With a smile I went of leaving him behind
Outside I looked at the sky
It was raining pretty heavily
Sadly I didn't have my umbrella with me so I made a run for it with my coat. My car was right outside anyways
—
I was sitting on a bench as my eyes were wandering around
Today, I wanted to relax. Mainly because of all the work I had done yesterday
"Hah.."
Sitting around, filling my lungs with the cities air I couldn't help but think
I wonder what I should do…
Anomalies started to appear around the city, more than before at least. I normally never interfere with them but now…
That man who generally dealt with such things died and his successor is… lacking. Her talent is not that high from what I've seen but the problem is that she recently started to learn magecraft.
Even after your death you still make me question your thought process
Well, what can I do?
My eyes wandered to the woods.
If it was just a rogue that went around and killed people I would go deal with it but another magus was included. I don't want to deal with the clock tower.
—
"How many different 5 card hands have exactly one pair? What is the probability of getting a one pair poker hand? These are all simple probability questions. Today we will learn how to solve them"
Picking up chalk I started explaining the class as the clock was ticking
Some students lost their focus pretty early while others were taking notes.
The class was progressing like how it usually does. Back of the class sleeps while those next to the window wander around in their imaginary worlds.
"Let's go with a simple example. Among the 50 students in the class 20 of them are male and 25 of them are brown eyed. For a randomly chosen student, what is the range of possible values for p equal to P(MuB)?"
Writing down a few answers I looked back at the class but only a few people answered.
I just kept on going, if they didn't want to learn then I can't force them.
Looking at the clock it was almost time to finish.
I hit the board with the chalk to wake up the rest
"Okay kids, listen well. This homework will be important as it will determine 20 percent of your notes."
Hearing their little cries I hit the board again
"Be quiet! I'm doing you kids good here, it will be easy. It doesn't matter if you don't come with the correct answer, just show me your effort"
I returned to my notes and took it into my other hand. I had written the question yesterday so I just copied everything to the board
"Your table should make 9 rolls of a 20-sided die. Each one once if the table is full. After that check if all rolls at your table are distinct. Repeat it five times and record the results. For this, how would you define the sample space, probability function, and event? Compute the true probability that all rolls, in one trial, are distinct and compare with the result you found."
*Ring*
The school bell went off, I could only admire it's timing
"That's all"
Getting out of the class I saw someone waiting for me
"Oh, Mr. Wyte you're out. Chairman wanted to see you"
Again?
"Thank you.."
"Satsuki Inui"
"Thank you, Miss. Inui"
She smiled and continued her way
Well I didn't have any plans anyways so I directly went to chairman
Approaching the door I knocked
*Knock Knock*
"Come in"
Slowly twisting the knob I faced an old man. His face was full of wrinkles but his hair was kept neat. There was not much color around us, that applied to every part of the school though
"I heard you wanted to see me?"
Closing the door behind me I sat on the chair in front of him.
"So what is it now"
"You know it well Akira"
"And I remember given my firm answer"
The chairman and I were close. We knew each other for a long time and he did not want me to retire.
"You should consider it too. Just look at us, we are old. I know there are people who want to work here but we are just blocking their futures. It's time for us to step down"
He was tapping the desk
"I know but.."
We talked about this many years ago actually but he changed his mind afterwards. The reason were known to me
"Look, it's been 4 years already. You need to move on. He is not coming back. I too am sad that your son went off way too early but this.. what you're doing is not healthy. Your daughter is worried about you too"
He kept on tapping the desk. He was not in the best mood, it was my fault
"Sorry but you can't escape it forever. How about this, let's go for a drink tonight. It's on me"
He stayed still for a while before relaxing and turning to me with a smile on his face
"You? Drink? Well I can't miss that"
I was not much of a drinker but I had to cheer him up somehow
I hope nothing would happen tonight
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