The World After Leaving the Hero Party

4 – Princess’ teacher – 1

The background of the seeker of the eight stars is based on the kingdom centered on the queen. Of course, there are going to other countries through adventure mode, but most of the main story takes place in the kingdom.

As such, the warrior party had no choice but to come and go to the capital of this kingdom often, and of course I also came several times.

But this was the first time we actually met.

After all, I was an informal party that didn’t receive God’s protection.

I wondered what that divine protection meant… but I wondered what to do about it. There weren’t many achievements related to the royal family, so I just assumed that was the case and passed on.

But I never thought I’d meet you like this.

“Are you a sage?”

Sitting on the throne was a naked beauty with a clear expression of fatigue. Wearing a gold crown on her head, which is the proof of the king, she looked arrogant but quite tired.

As if to prove that even though the demon king was defeated, the crisis of the world and the kingdom still lingered, the queen’s face looked quite emaciated and a decadent charm emanated from it.

The queen, who had been fiddling with the dark circles under her eyes, looked carefully and wet her dry lips with wine.

“Sage. I’ve heard the story several times.”

“Is that so.”

“The hero often mentioned you.”

“I’ve heard about Your Majesty from the warriors several times.”

“is it.”

The king who supported the hero to defeat the demon king.

I who supported the hero to defeat the demon king.

Our roles were the same, but we only actually knew each other’s existence from the lips of one woman.

“Sage. Sage… Sage.”

After pouting her lips several times and repeating me, she smiled.

“Are you that wise enough to be called a wise man?”

“I do not know.”

“I heard you know everything.”

“Not really.”

It’s true.

The reason I’m called a sage is because I can use skills from other jobs and I know all sorts of strategies and settings in detail thanks to the 10,000 hours of playing time.

Actually, it’s not like I have great wisdom or anything like that.

“Lucal.”

“Yes.”

“Ask the wise man.”

An elderly wizard wearing a conical hat following the Queen’s orders.

The old wizard, who is also in a fairly important position in the game, gave me some magic problems, and I shook my head.

“I do not know.”

“…Hegen.”

Hegen Rothfield, the leader of the Royal Guard Knights and a renowned strongman on the continent, swung his sword in front of me.

“Do you know what swordsmanship this is?”

“I do not know.”

“Salt Bay.”

“Above the stars and sky…”

“Astronomy knows nothing.”

The eminent people gathered for the Queen kept asking me questions, and I didn’t answer them.

no, i couldn’t

answer to know

I’d rather answer if you ask me about monster strategy or dungeon strategy…

I have no way to answer the theoretical problem that emerged when the game became a reality.

“…The wise man knows nothing. Then why are you called the wise man?”

“I do not know.”

Interest in the Queen’s eyes was gradually fading. Still, she didn’t tell me to leave.

In other words, the Queen still wants something from me.

“Then what do you know?”

“All I know is how to live in the world.”

Inside the throne room, it was so quiet that one could hear the sound of a needle dropping, and occasionally the ladies-in-waiting or some knights breathed heavily to prove that this place was not standing still.

A light of interest returned to the Queen’s eyes in the silence created by my remarks.

“It’s the way to live in the world. Is it important?”

“It’s important. Sometimes, people get lost or isolate themselves because they don’t know how to live.”

“Yes. Yes. Yes…”

I had more to say later, but the queen cut me off on her own and nodded her head several times.

Is this getting cut off?

While I was watching, the queen calmly continued to speak.

“Okay. The head maid. Guide the wise man.”

“All right.”

***

“It’s a strange one.”

“Right.”

He was a strange man. I heard a lot of stories about the sage not only from the warriors but also from within the kingdom.

While being able to use magic, he can use recovery techniques, and while using the skills of a warrior, he has the skills of a thief.

In addition to his excellent archery skills, he knows how to handle a sword and shield like a knight, and is also skilled in witchcraft.

Not only that, but he also knew how to attack hidden dungeons in various places, and also mastered myths and secrets.

Literally learned and multi-talented.

Until now, there has never been a person who has had this kind of power.

“It wasn’t until the hero had a party that the wise man appeared, right?”

The special always stands out. But the wise man was different.

He appeared as if he had suddenly dropped into the world.

No one knew about the sage’s past, and no one knew about the sage’s hometown.

Not just kingdoms, but even principalities and city-states.

At first, I thought it was just the devil’s spy and investigated it in the kingdom, but it wasn’t like that.

He didn’t even receive God’s protection, but he followed the warrior party and supported them.

even without paying anything.

I wanted to be in a romantic relationship with the three beautiful women, but I didn’t think it was like that.

Because their attitude towards the sage was bitter and vicious.

Still, the sage did not leave.

As if the only goal in life was to defeat the demon lord.

And as soon as the demon king disappeared, he left the warrior party, and the rumors after that were even more speculative.

Isn’t it cleaning the shabby stables of a rural inn instead of the sick innkeeper?

Or take a lost child home.

Isn’t the old woman destroying the den to find the belongings of her lost son?

Together with the adventurers, he raided the dungeon to save the area, and he also defeated a monster that tried to destroy a city while manipulating people.

Even so, the reward is so small that it is ridiculously small compared to the strength and effort.

While being able to use the skills of all occupations and being an unofficial party member of the hero’s party.

Even though he achieved an achievement that had a great influence on defeating the demon king.

He’s been acting like he doesn’t care.

save people

Occasionally, they participate in festivals and play the lute to cheer them up.

Also, I want to be famous, but in the end, I participate in a card game contest that is just entertainment, get useless cards, like it, and play with the participants.

Even so, he did not stop saving or helping people.

As if that was his only pleasure.

In all respects, he was by no means an ordinary person.

“It’s a strange sleep.”

“Yes.”

The fact that one person could use the skills of all occupations meant that a great deal of knowledge was contained in that little head.

It’s a simple story. The knowledge required to use magic and the knowledge required to use swordsmanship are different.

Even more so, the knowledge to use divine power and the knowledge to use witchcraft are contradictory.

Aside from that, everything else is the same.

But are you learning all of those things at such a young age?

And yet, when asked a simple question, instead of bragging about it, you try to show humility to others by simply saying you don’t know?

Even more so in a place where you can elevate your status to the utmost?

The one who doesn’t understand at all

A strong man like that.

such a great man.

I wonder what you really want.

“I wonder how he will treat the princess.”

The interest that had disappeared earlier returned to the queen’s eyes.

No money, no fame, no glory, no power.

What is the reason why he accepted the position of the princess’s mentor, thinking that he didn’t even need a beauty at all?

“Don’t stop monitoring the sage.”

Sensing that something more interesting was about to happen, the Queen tried to get out of the throne room but stopped.

“Ah. Come to think of it, when was the day when General Leoden made a regular report with the hero?”

To that question, Lucal calmly replied.

“Today comes.”

***

He was not deprived of the proposed mentorship for failing to answer anything. fortunately

Anyway, the important thing is to become the princess’ teacher.

In the game, when a student grows to a certain level or higher, an achievement is achieved… Can we do that again?

While I was walking, thinking about what to teach, the lady-in-waiting who was guiding me stopped in front of the large and fancy door.

“Here it is.”

“Is that so? All right. From here on out I…”

“That. Sage.”

The lady-in-waiting looked at me with a serious expression. It seems that there is something urgent to talk about.

“Princess Mama… may not be noticed by the wise man. That part is a bit… Please forgive me.”

Even the Queen, the real mother, didn’t say that, so the maid-in-waiting said this? I stared at her. The wrinkles in the middle-aged woman’s eyes proved how worried she was about the princess.

Tsk tsk. You, like me, lived a turbulent life.

“…the princess has very low self-esteem.”

“Oh… why?”

A princess with low self-esteem.

The setting is nothing special. It’s easy to see being pushed away by an overwhelmingly powerful heir or other siblings.

However, as far as I know, there is only one heir to the queen in this kingdom, Princess Lucille Ermeir.

Still, I couldn’t understand why it was like that.

Obviously, in the game, she has no special features and no importance, and she was just an NPC female who did what she was told to do.

“He’s been like that since he was little. Maybe… he’s tired of the burden the Queen puts on him… Otherwise…”

“Is that your idea?”

“…Yes. I don’t know exactly what it is. All I know is… that the princess always thinks of herself as falling short.”

“I see. I understand.”

At worst, would it be worse than a warrior party or adventurer kids?

At best, he has low self-esteem, so he’s showing off his temper to hide it.

Such control is possible.

-smart.

I immediately knocked on the door and the lady-in-waiting looked at the door anxiously. I knocked on the door several times, but there was no answer.

“…Are you sleeping?”

“That’s probably not it. That… princess. The wise man has come to visit.”

– Udang-tang-tang!

-Kyaaa! mama! mama!

Suddenly, the sound of something collapsing inside and the screams of the ladies-in-waiting are heard. What’s going on?!

I immediately opened the door and prepared the magic. But contrary to my expectations, nothing happened inside.

The crackling sound is just the sound of a chair falling over, and the smashing sound is just the sound of a vase falling on the table.

“Hee, hee… Oh, I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

A frightened rabbit, who seemed to have been sitting in the chair until now, was hiding in the corner of the room.

It was a girl with red hair resembling a queen.

Unlike her, the cute-looking girl with silver eyes was hiding herself in a rich, expensive-looking dress.

And rolling the eyes hidden by the down bangs, revealing anxiety.

Then my eyes met, and I was startled and lowered my head.

I smiled bitterly at her and bowed my back.

“I am the wise man, Song Hyeon-woo.”

The princess, who was eagerly looking at the head maid, hesitated at my greeting, then nodded slightly.

“Wow, wow, Princess Lucille Ermeyer… of the kingdom… is…”

I just said one word and kept my mouth shut. As the head maid said, it seems that she has very little self-esteem. He’s not shy, and he doesn’t seem to know how to deal with someone he’s meeting for the first time.

Hmm…

I looked at her and then turned to the maid.

“I…”

The lady-in-waiting comforted the princess and sat her down on the bed. Then, when she held a large stuffed toy in her arms, it seemed that her anxiety had eased a little.

But the rolling silver eyes kept glancing at me and making me anxious.

no.

To be precise, he was afraid of everyone in the room besides her.

As if they think they will hurt you and ignore you.

“…Sorry… Sorry…”

“What are you sorry about?”

“…I. Hey… I. I… can’t…”

I didn’t even do anything yet, but I thought about the princess who apologized and bowed her head first.

“I-I’m a piece of trash that doesn’t even deserve to live… Tongue, sage and ha, who traveled together, yo, warrior… ha, inferior and so… glorious… wow, of the royal family. It’s just blood and shame…”

The lady-in-waiting was worried, then glanced at me. Do you know if I can see this or not?

I laughed while receiving the gazes of not only her but also the other ladies-in-waiting.

It’s okay though.

If this is enough.

“No. Princess. You are one of the most wonderful people I have ever met.”

“…Yes?”

Among the people I’ve met, this is pretty normal.