How to Live as a Half-Dragon

052. Extrinsic task (1).

It was hard to believe, but as soon as he sensed Xian’s presence, Winster headed straight for it.

Arriving in Area 4, he was able to see a scene he had never seen before.

‘Are those guys the owners of the forest?’

Two girls in the corner cook with ingredients from the forest.

And the four masters of the forest are helping it.

There were even other beasts living in the forest, as well as the masters of the forest around them.

‘Is it because of that elf girl?’

Elves have long been famous as a race that lives in the forest in a friendly way.

Even the owners of the forest, who refuse to be touched by others, may have been fascinated.

“Anyway, it’s interesting… .”

Winster, who was looking at the perfect integration of Xian and the others, suddenly came to his senses.

The reason I came here was because I didn’t come to see anything like that.

The purpose was always cyanide.

‘The boy… Is it over there?’

I felt a presence in the deeper forest, but it must be a boy…

“also… .”

It was as Winster expected.

As they went deeper into the woods, they saw a boy and a drake.

‘oh… Are you training?’

Under Drake’s guidance, the boy Xian was waving his sword in the air.

It was a simple movement, but it was immediately apparent that the boy had grown significantly.

‘Is this possible?’

Even with Drake’s guidance, I wondered if this level of growth would make sense.

And above all.

‘It’s completely different from 15 days ago.’

To evaluate the draft from 15 days ago, it was accurate to say that it was amazing.

Compared to his peers, he is excellent at martial arts, but mysteriously, the basics are not polished.

His skills were clearly around that of a trainee, but his whole body was in such a state that he was full of gaps.

However, Xian was completely different in front of my eyes.

It was a feeling befitting his own inaction.

In a word, it is more solid overall.

‘Anyway, it’s a great growth… .’

It was time to stand on top of a tree and watch it.

“What are you doing here?”

It was Drake’s voice.

Winster flinched.

It is impossible to get out of his senses in the first place.

Winster made his appearance before he could frown.

“I came here once because there was little news. Honestly, I knew you would come back that day… .”

“Isn’t the family head sent?”

“Right now, I am not following the instructions of the head of household, but my… .”

Drake waved his hands as if he hadn’t bothered to say anything.

I can’t believe it…

Well, it’s natural.

Even if he was in Drake’s position, he wouldn’t have believed it.

“How do you see it?”

“What are you talking about?”

“This guy.”

Looking at Xian, who was still swinging his sword in the air, Winster honestly confessed his feelings a moment ago.

There is nothing to worry about because you have already finished the evaluation.

“It’s amazing, to the point where I wonder if it’s the boy from 15 days ago.”

“Well, I guess so.”

Drake nodded his head.

As if he thought so himself.

However, Winster has always been a cold-hearted person in evaluating others.

It would have been neat if I had done this, but I took out the regrettable part afterwards.

“But I think it will be difficult to conquer the forest.”

Surprising is surprising, but evaluation must be accurate.

The statement that there was still a lot to do to break through the forest was true.

This was something that even Drake, who was willing to teach, could relate to.

“Yeah, of course not. How can he do it in a month?”

Sure enough, Drake readily admitted it.

Seeing that he wasn’t particularly offended, Winster added another word.

“Also, if my prediction is correct, it will be difficult for us to achieve astonishing growth as before.”

“Why do you think so?”

Even if the boy continued to grow at the growth rate of 15 days, it was possible to cross the forest after half a year.

In other words, this alone is already well over the time limit.

However, the problem is that this is not all, and to make matters worse, the growth rate was not maintained.

“The reason why the boy became strong in a short period of time was because he simply filled in the empty void. Of course, even that speed is surprising, but… .”

The only reason Xian grew rapidly in a short period of time was to fill in the basic skills that were completely lacking.

The previous Xian quickly absorbed others and grew up lacking in many things.

Drake filled that part for 15 days.

The boy’s resolute conquest of the 4th area must have been the driving force.

‘But now that’s over.’

To grow, you must go through the process of embodying enlightenment.

This is because each person has a different inclination and different physical conditions, so no matter how good a teacher is, it requires more exhausting effort than necessary.

“You got it right. It is true that it is getting slower and slower.”

As expected, Drake seemed to be aware of that.

Winster asked.

It was a question I spat out with the intention of expressing my intention of not giving up even though I knew that fact.

“Does the boy know?”

“yes.”

“Even so hard… .”

Drake chuckled.

“It sounds like you’re asking why don’t you give up.”

“Oh, not that… .”

“I have already given up on conquering the forest. That, too, was over a fortnight ago.”

This was a part that we discussed and agreed upon even before training began.

“… yes? Then why… .”

Drake looked Winster in the eye.

Drake replied as if it were absurd.

“Rather, I’d like to ask that from this side. I asked for a chance, and after I said I would, what’s the point of giving them a trial in the northern forest?”

Giving him an unachievable task in the first place was like playing a trick on not only Cyan, but also Drake, obviously.

He was the one who asked me to consider it again in the first place, and if I refused, I had to do it on the spot.

Not this way…

Thanks to this, Winster was in an awkward situation for nothing.

“That is… .”

“Can’t you answer me?”

can’t do it

At least, if the family head, Lugrant, was here, he wouldn’t know.

It is a burden for a mere vassal to discuss because he does not have the right to decide.

Drake said.

“I will only tell you the conclusion. I am going to receive a new assignment, so please pass it on to the head of the household.”

“What do you mean by new assignment?”

“That’s something the family head thinks about, so can you ask me? Then go back from here and be sure to tell me.”

“… !”

obvious congratulations.

Winster laughed bitterly.

‘Are you saying there’s no more information to share with outsiders?’

He licked his bitter taste and turned around.

In the meantime, he did not forget to show respect to Drake.

“All right.”

Winster, who had been trudging back the way he had come, suddenly stopped in his tracks half way back.

“Anyway, how can I say this… .”

The boy from 15 days ago is now doing special training with Drake in Area 4.

It would be very easy to tell the truth as it is, but this caused me to question whether he would believe it.

“I hope you don’t think it’s a joke… .”

Winster took another step back.

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* * *

“went?”

“It seems so.”

As Winster left, Xian opened his mouth.

“But do you really want to give me a new ordeal?”

“Perhaps I will.”

15 days ago, at the point where he had just started training, Drake gave Xian a new direction.

Anyway, the ordeal of the northern forest is an ordeal that is difficult to overcome right now, so make a deal with the family head to receive a new task.

First of all, rather than being recognized as a direct descendant of the Alteon family, isn’t it better to be attached somehow?

“As I told you then, I will give you an external assignment.”

foreign task.

Once he reached the rank of a great noble, he would naturally lead dozens or hundreds of knights.

Alteon Street is no exception.

That’s why you can’t be talked about when you go to Alteon, so there is a procedure to check your skills before appointing you as a knight of Alteon.

That was the foreign assignment.

“Usually, it is tested to the extent of winning against a low-level knight in the family, but… .”

Drake felt a bit uneasy.

As he had already indirectly expressed his will to expel Xian unconditionally, it is clear that he will never give a green opponent this time.

In a word, the current training was this

Not for the Northern Forest, to be precise, training to pass the next foreign assignment.

“But what level is the article? Are you very strong?”

“It will be at the level of a trainee, and if you look at it as a mercenary, it will be on the same level as an A-class mercenary.”

Xian had defeated an A-class adventurer before.

Whether it was a mercenary or an adventurer, it was different in how they were called depending on the region, so if you look at it as the same thing, it didn’t seem like a great level because in the end it was saving Cecily and winning the two at the same time.

“hmm… Are you weaker than you think?”

“There are differences in any group. Even with the same knight, it is common for some knights to be stronger than the trainees and others to be weaker than the trainees. Is it different from being an adventurer?”

It was said that it was just a comparison, but it was difficult to standardize.

“Anyway, that’s why I’m worried. I went after seeing your level, so the guy you’re promoting isn’t normal either.”

Drake, realizing that the answer was to become even a little stronger than he is now, pushed forward.

“Now, let’s stop talking about trifles and start over.”

* * *

Another half hour passed.

Today, as always, there was Lugrant and Winster, who shared tea at the same time and place.

Lugrant put down his glass and said.

“Come to think of it, was it today?”

“Yes, I see. Have you thought about it? About the boy.”

Winster returned that day and told Rugland everything he had seen.

It was a short story, but it was hard to believe from the point of view of Lugrant who was listening.

It was only those stories that made me doubt my ears for a moment.

‘Is this really my mother’s child?’

It was as if he was listening to his daughter Sarah’s story.

Sarah, the daughter who always surprised me when I took my eyes off it and saw it after a while.

Putting aside his sentiments for a moment, Lugrant answered Winster’s question.

“I’m thinking of giving an assignment to someone else.”

“Have you changed your mind?”

“That’s not true, that child is still more of a detriment to Alteon than a benefit.”

Even so, the child’s existence is not necessary in the complicated succession structure.

At a time when internal crackdowns are needed more than ever, the conflict could not be fueled.

“If not… .”

“I’m thinking of putting it against that boy, Stein.”

“You mean our stain?”

Stain High Greaves.

He was born into the Highgreve family, one of Alteon’s vassals.

He, who turned 17 this year, was a promising child who passed the ordeal of the northern forest at the age of 16.

As much as you can conquer the northern forest with at least the level of a low-level slayer, it was a so-called genius that was no different from becoming a slayer at the young age of 16.

He is now 17 years old.

He must have grown more than before, so even the head of the household, Lugrant, did not know how strong he would become.

Because of this, Lugrand was able to assert that Stain was the most suitable opponent for Cyan.

“He is a strong child, not only compared to his peers but also to his older brothers who are 5 or 6 years older than him, and above all… .”

“What else do you have?”

“Sian, the age difference between him and that child is small.”

Of course, a difference of 7 years is by no means a small difference.

Lugrand knows it, and Winster knows it too.

However, in general, skill and age are proportional.

In such a situation, it was clear that if he found someone else who would definitely step on Xian, he would grow up to more than twice his age.

That said, it was better than that.

“If there is too much difference, the picture is not good.”

“Anything like Stein would resent him, but he wouldn’t be able to say anything.”

It was the moment when Lugrand was about to lift the cup he had put down after saying that.

A maid entered with a knock.

The lady-in-waiting, who politely bowed, opened her mouth.

“A boy named Xian is asking to meet the head of the household.”

Rugland took a sip of the tea and said.

“Let them come.”