All Warriors Are My Disciples

109. Cats

What should I do? What do we do? What do you really do?

The girl who was stamping her feet hurriedly pulled her hood over.

Thanks to that, most of that pretty silver hair was covered.

This is the hair my teacher praised for being pretty.

If you cover even that, you can tell that this girl is very embarrassed right now.

“… S, Master.”

“Did you sleep well? Esther? Today… what is that on your head?”

Esther Marigold shrank her body even more at the question that flew into her own.

Namgoonghyun’s question was about the hood that Esther had suddenly put on.

But it sounded like Esther was asking what was inside the hood, not the hood.

“Me, actually. S, I have something hidden from Master.”

“Is there something hidden?”

“Yes. Sorry. Sorry. Eh, I didn’t mean to do that on purpose. That, that….”

I also wanted something like this at first.

One day, she felt a foreign body in her head, and a strange tickling sensation.

I thought it was just an itchy head. She did and she didn’t mind.

Until a while ago, she touched a strange thing that was growing out of her head.

Until it suddenly got bigger and changed to the point where it’s hard to hide now.

“I’m sorry, Master. Sorry….”

“Ester. Our youngest Calm down and put that away.”

“If I put this away… Master will see it too.”

“Why is that? Are you hiding a big horn inside something?”

At Namgoonghyun’s words, Esther said hik! And swallowed the wind.

It has been said that Master has eyes that can see through everything.

I really thought you would figure it out in one go! aaa!

“Take off the hood. Let’s see.”

“… Yes.”

Esther, who was in tears, pulled up his hood with trembling hands.

Instantly, the silver hair cascades down like a waterfall.

Even if a woman is not interested, she will probably exclaim when she sees that figure.

But if you look at the next one, that admiration will surely turn to astonishment.

A black horn protruded from its head.

It’s not even small, it’s quite big after bending it several times.

To the viewer, there is a momentary fear and fear.

“….”

Namgung-hyeon, who saw that, said nothing.

Silence, silence, and more silence. That was all.

Thanks to that, Esther shuddered even more and didn’t know what to do.

‘You fool! Why, why didn’t you cut it! It should have been cut out! You fool! Fool! Fool!’

Her own dagger skills are outstanding, the best. Master said so.

I could have cut this ugly thing off with that skill, but in the end I couldn’t.

“… Esther.”

“Yes, yes. Master.”

“My youngest, my cat. However… It doesn’t look like a cat anymore.”

“Ah….”

The youngest, and the cat.

These are the titles that the teacher calls himself, they were very precious to Esther.

It is the second most important thing after Ester Marigold, which Namgung-hyeon built himself.

But now, if it’s not a cat, is it a monster?

Hey, if you think about it, it makes sense. It’s a cat It’s not worth it.

Where is a cat with such big horns?

If there is, it’s not a cat, but a monster wearing a cat’s skin.

A monster can never be by someone’s side.

It is a disrespect and pain to both myself and others.

Ester forced herself to hold back her tears at the thought.

“Now I should call you a horned cat. Yes?”

But at the next words, the tears I was barely holding back flowed down.

“Yes, yes?”

“You fool. Did you know what to do with those horns growing out?”

“Su, Master.”

“You’re a demon, so someday you’ll grow horns. I know everything. What the hell do you think of this master? Would you have said that? That this Master knows more than you know about yourself. Could it be that you didn’t believe me?”

“No! I believe in Master unconditionally! They are like parents, no, they are parents themselves!”

“Yes, yes. So don’t worry, come here. Our horned cat. Our youngest.”

Namgung-hyeon slowly spreads her arms and allows her arms.

Ester swallowed dryly with a sigh. And ran out

And as it was, I ended up sniffling in my teacher’s arms.

“Becoming that monster… So I thought you would throw it away….”

“Such a fool. Look at your cousins They did more if they did more than you did, not less. But have I ever been knocked out? You’re not even thinking about it, but you’re worried.”

“But they are all pretty… strong… I have a good personality… Me, i….”

“Why? He is a demon, has big horns on his head, and has a timid personality. Are you going to say something like this?”

At Namgoonghyun’s words, Esther couldn’t bear to answer and just nodded.

Because I’m too shy, and I’m too pathetic about myself.

So I just kept sniffing in my master’s arms.

“Ester Marigold.”

“Sniff… Yes, Master.”

“Look. Don’t you answer? Esther Marigold. Did you answer when I called you like this?”

“Yes, Master. You said that would be my name from now on.”

“Yes. Literally, you are Esther Marigold. Not a demon It’s not like a monster with horns growing out of its head. Esther Marigold. Even if someone in the world, born with the fate of a hero like the other sisters, is a demon, has horns on their heads, and is timid! Doesn’t care. You are a warrior, Esther.”

Namgung-hyun speaks firmly in a confident tone.

At that, Esther raised her head and stroked her hair.

I looked at the person who accepted me, the one and only person in the world who didn’t belong anywhere.

“Ester Marigold. Poison warrior. Our cute youngest horned cat. That is you.”

“… Yes.”

“Don’t listen to anything else. Don’t even admit it. Don’t care if you’re a demon or what. You are my disciple.”

* * * * * * * * * *

Master hates demon worshipers.

To the extent that he would sometimes go and swear by himself.

A long time ago, a very long time ago. The time when Master was still weak.

After hearing that it fell from the sky, demon worshipers kidnapped Master.

To be offered as a sacrifice, they said that if it fell from the sky, it would be a good sacrifice.

He said he barely, really barely escaped from there.

It was at that time that he said he recognized the danger of demon worshipers.

Those who threaten this continent, this world, and everyone.

It’s not just about fanaticism.

He said that one day he would bring something really dangerous into this world.

So Master prepared us.

The moment when the world is in chaos, he said that the world also prepares a hero.

There are those who are born with the destiny of a warrior, and you will teach those who have that destiny.

You said that I am also one of those with that destiny.

I wanted to live up to my master’s expectations.

Even though I’m still nervous, scared, and ashamed to stand in front of others.

But I can put all those emotions aside in front of my enemies.

Master said so.

My enemies are Master’s enemies, Master’s enemies are my enemies.

Those who accuse me of being a demon, not a hero, are devil worshippers.

He said that denying being a hero and beckoning to come to darkness is also a disgusting demon worshiper.

All demon worshipers must disappear from this land.

Only then will Master and the sisters who consider me so cute.

Everyone can live in a quiet and happy world.

I can get by without swinging daggers or spewing poison anymore.

That’s why I have to kill those disgusting things all the more.

To annihilate every single trace of them, every sip of their breath.

That is me, Esther Marigold, the hero of poison.

It was something he had to do while carrying the glorious name he had given him in his heart.

* * * * * * * * * *

“Stupid traitor! Even though you are a demon, how can you turn your back on a demon!”

There was once a moment when a demon worshiper shouted at Esther like that.

The hero of poison was stunned and continued to do what he was doing in silence.

Then the demon worshiper said something about her that he should never touch.

She touched Yeokrin (逆鱗) very well.

“My brothers will decapitate those connected with you and offer them to the devil! And the corpse will be threaded by the roadside and made a permanent spectacle in eternal mockery! Wait and see! aaa!”

… Oh, I see. Demon worshipers seem to like to be ridiculed like that.

As a reward for knowing good things, Esther especially painfully killed him.

She was hung upside down and bled until she was dry and twisted.

Since then, Esther has changed her ways.

Just as the demon worshiper told him, he decapitated them all.

Then the corpse was hung everywhere and spread out like an ornament.

Since it was the first declaration of war they issued, he would just do the same.

She dared to say such a thing to her own master and her sisters.

From Esther’s point of view, it was a provocation that could never be tolerated.

I know that this is too cruel and excessive.

There is no need for this, this is cruelty beyond necessity.

But if you don’t do this, the enemies will keep looking for you.

At one point, his teacher once said something like this.

Fear is the best weapon, and enemies use it to incite people.

That’s why we also have to know how to use it appropriately sometimes.

“Don’t be resentful. You guys didn’t do that.”

I tried to hurt my teacher, who was like my parents and who was like the sky.

He even threatened to kill his sister-in-law, his only family.

This is just anger, hatred, and revenge against him.

Whoop-.

Ester takes a long breath.

Light purple smoke spreads through the cherry-red lips.

A poison that paralyzes a person’s senses sequentially and with moderate intensity.

If you are trapped inside, you cannot see or hear well.

You find out too late that someone next to you is about to fall down after being decapitated.

While the prey clung to their blurred senses and didn’t know what to do.

Ester cut the heads of the worshipers who drank precisely, without an inch of error.

There are no personal feelings. Quite a lot, to be honest.

Namgung-hyeon firmly nailed it to her, saying that she was not her demon tribe.

And Esther herself firmly believes that she is a hero and her disciple.

Even so, what can’t be done about the nature of demons?

And when a passive woman only went into battle, she was cold.

There was such cruelty that even if stabbed with a needle, it was unlikely that a single drop of blood would come out of the body.

By the way, why did Namgung-Hyun give Esther the nickname ‘cat’?

It was absolutely not because her words or actions were cute.