The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 29

Towol Tribe (3)

“It’s not you. Bring him. The strongest one in this land.”

Min Chung-woon, an S-class Diver [a high-ranking explorer of dangerous, monster-filled areas], stepped forward at the request of Yuwol, the Towol Tribe’s high priest.

If you were to ask who the strongest Diver in South Korea is, he would be one of the names mentioned.

He couldn’t participate in the attack on Bullyaseong [likely a specific dungeon or raid location] because he was overseas, but he was a skilled individual who ranked in the top 20 among Divers worldwide.

In Korea, he was competing for the top spot, but the other S-classes conceded, saying they weren’t qualified.

That’s why Min Chung-woon confidently stepped forward.

“It’s not me? That can’t be. I’m the strongest in Korea.”

“You’re the strongest in this country?”

“That’s right.”

At Yuwol’s words, Min Chung-woon frowned and nodded.

“There’s no one stronger than me. At least, not in this land.”

At Min Chung-woon’s words, Yuwol snorted softly.

“I didn’t come to meet someone as weak as you. Is the Korean government trying to make a fool of the Towol Tribe?”

“T, that can’t be. Diver Min Chung-woon is an S-class Diver, ranked 16th in the world. He has top-notch skills in Korea.”

The government Diver accompanying Yuwol spoke.

However, Yuwol firmly shook his head and continued.

“You won’t even reach his toes. Bring the true strongman.”

“Hey, you! Is that something you should be saying?”

Min Chung-woon shouted at Yuwol’s words.

The government Diver tried to stop Min Chung-woon, but he seemed to have lost it and spewed out words.

“There’s no one stronger than me in Korea. No one can make me kneel. Just because you’re a Towol Tribe high priest doesn’t mean anything! There’s someone stronger than me? Nonsense!”

“C, calm down! Chung-woon!”

A cold sweat ran down the government Diver’s spine.

Yuwol was an unexpected guest, but he was definitely a state guest.

He didn’t know what would happen if he committed a discourtesy to such a state guest.

At Min Chung-woon’s words, Yuwol narrowed his eyes and said.

“I’d rather go find him myself. I’ll take the warriors with me, so just give me a guide and permission.”

“……I’ll discuss it with my superiors. Mr. Min Chung-woon, let’s go out for now.”

The government Diver took the fuming Min Chung-woon out of the room.

Left alone, Yuwol pricked up his ears and listened to the moon’s voice, which was still clear.

“Ah, I’m looking forward to meeting him.”

* * *

“No, sending the kid to school is one thing. But why do I have to play the role of a parent?”

-He’s still a kid. Just look after him, Oppa [older brother, used affectionately by a younger woman to an older man].

“I’m going crazy.”

-You just need to watch him go to and from school. You’ve been perfectly controlling your strength for the past few days, right?

Yu Seong-woo made it obvious that he was annoyed.

He had indeed learned how to control his rusting strength over the past few days, but…….

Yu Seong-woo was annoyed. But he sighed as if he couldn’t help it, knowing that refusing would only make things more troublesome.

Then, he approached Knox, who was wearing a schoolbag in the hallway, dressed like an elementary school student.

“Let’s go.”

“……Yes!”

The school that Knox decided to attend was ‘Yeonam Private Elementary School’ near Yu Ji-woo’s house.

It was where all the students from the nearby apartment complex gathered.

Knox was to transfer there as a third-grade student.

The setup was that he was a transfer student from a foreign country, who knew some Korean but had a mysterious aura.

“You pulled this off in a week.”

“My sister must have suffered a lot.”

“……She was the type to suffer from a young age. She was the kind of kid who would step up and do things that didn’t need to be done.”

She had a personality that liked to step up, and she was even competent, so she was the kind of person who had the qualities of a leader who was loved wherever she went.

Yu Seong-woo, who briefly recalled the past, stretched and left the apartment complex with Knox.

Perhaps because it was morning, other elementary school students were also seen going to school.

The sight of them carrying bags as big as their upper bodies on their backs and walking with short steps was quite cute.

Knox walked with a light step, perhaps because his heart was pounding at the thought that he was mixed in with this crowd.

“Turn right there.”

Yu Seong-woo leisurely walked behind Knox, observing his condition.

He didn’t know what he had done these past few days, but the aura that had been faintly flowing out of Knox had died down.

The dragon’s charm was also blocked, so it seemed that there would be no incidents of children being charmed by seeing his bare face.

Of course, even without the dragon’s charm, he had a cute face, so the kids would probably follow him quite a bit.

“Elementary school is so big and modern…….”

Yu Seong-woo stared at the large elementary school after arriving at the main gate.

The elementary school he attended was shabby, old, and full of warmth.

The building in front of him now was gleaming as if it was boasting that it was newly built.

Yu Seong-woo frowned at the form that resembled a commercial building and entered the school with Knox.

A large adult man walking around with a cute child caught some attention.

He received an external visitor pass from the security office and safely took Knox to the third-grade faculty room.

“You must be Yu Knox, who was scheduled to transfer today! Nice to meet you. I’m Jamie Levelle, Knox’s homeroom teacher.”

“Jamie Teacher?”

“Great!”

What he encountered in the faculty room was a foreign elementary school teacher.

Blonde hair and blue eyes. An appearance that seemed to have just passed his mid to late twenties.

A cheerful voice stood out, that was the kind of person he was.

Jamie turned to Yu Seong-woo and raised his thumb.

“Yu Knox’s father? I’ll take responsibility for taking care of Knox!”

“……I’m not his father, but I am his guardian. Are you a foreigner?”

“I’m Korean, born in Korea!”

Ah, he’s Korean.

He almost mistook him because his appearance wasn’t very Korean.

Yu Seong-woo told Jamie to take care of him and lightly tapped Knox’s head a few times.

“Then I’ll come pick you up at dismissal time. Don’t throw the first punch…… if a fight breaks out, you have to win no matter what.”

“Yes!”

“But you’ll be stronger, so go easy on them. Only hit them enough to handle it.”

“I’ll try!”

“Guardian? What are you teaching the child right now…….”

“It’s our family’s way of education.”

Strike first, win always.

Yu Seong-woo left those words behind and left the school.

And he was walking back home at a leisurely pace.

‘……Following me?’

Someone was following behind him.

He wondered if it was a misunderstanding, but they were following the same path he was taking.

And they were doing it terribly clumsily.

It wasn’t like they had received professional training, it felt like they were hiding and following him as they could.

He wondered if he should catch them, but he knew that would only make things more troublesome.

As soon as he turned into an alley, he jumped to the top of the building and disappeared.

The shadow chasing Yu Seong-woo turned the corner, panting, and took off the hat they were wearing when they couldn’t see the person they were chasing.

And what soared up were silver-white ears.

A figure that seemed to scan the surroundings like a radar, moving here and there.

Yu Seong-woo, who was watching the figure from the roof of the building, realized the identity of the person who was stalking him.

‘Towol Tribe.’

These stalker bastards…….

It was obvious that their ears were good. Yu Seong-woo moved quietly without making a sound.

Soon, he was able to escape the Towol Tribe’s pursuit and safely enter his house.

And after lazing around for a few hours.

It was almost time for Knox to be dismissed from school, so he got up from the sofa and went outside again.

And the moment he left the entrance of the apartment complex, he spotted a suspicious person loitering around the complex.

It was clear that it was the Towol Tribe who had been chasing him earlier, so he sighed deeply and suppressed his presence as much as possible.

It was the method he had used with Yu Ji-woo when entering the Abyss before.

As he passed by the Towol Tribe who was lingering at the entrance of the apartment complex, the moment, the Towol Tribe’s head turned towards Yu Seong-woo.

“I found you!”

“Damn it.”

It seemed he had underestimated the Towol Tribe’s sensing ability.

As soon as Yu Seong-woo heard the voice, he took off from the ground.

Then, in an instant, Yu Seong-woo’s body disappeared as if he had teleported, leaving only the Towol Tribe alone.

“Wh, where to?!”

Where else would he be?

He was above their head.

Yu Seong-woo looked down at the Towol Tribe while standing on the structure at the entrance of the apartment complex.

He never thought they would chase him all the way to his house.

Yu Seong-woo had no choice but to admit that the Towol Tribe’s sensing ability was better than he thought.

‘Is this also the power of the Moon Gate?’

They said they listened to the moon’s voice.

He thought it was just a simple oracle, but it seemed to have more abilities than that.

Yu Seong-woo took off again.

Anyway, he had to quickly get out of here and go pick up Knox.

* * *

“Knox, how was your day today? Was it fun? Are the kids all nice?”

“Yes!”

Knox answered cheerfully to Jamie’s question and nodded.

First day of school, first school, first friends.

Everything was fresh.

The classmates approached Knox, who had a mysterious appearance, without hesitation, and everything they learned in class was new.

Dragons are basically lazy and have no development, but Knox was a curious young dragon.

‘You’re kind of cute? But not as cute as me.’

‘Yes? Thank you? You’re also very cute.’

‘Where do you live? Seeing that you came to this school, you seem to be doing well. But not as well as me.’

‘It’s the top floor of the house over there.’

‘Yeonam Castle Penthouse……?!’

He also had these kinds of fun conversations with his classmates.

Knox, who had finished the day safely, headed to the school gate with a light step.

There, Yu Seong-woo, who was waiting for him, was arguing with the police.

“Mister!”

“He’s coming over there. I told you I came to pick up the kid.”

“Um…… I understand. I’m sorry.”

“Next time, please find out before you do something.”

The police got into the police car and disappeared.

Yu Seong-woo shrugged as if he was dumbfounded and looked at Knox.

“Home…… hmm, let’s eat before we go. Aren’t you hungry?”

“I’m hungry! They gave me lunch, but I didn’t feel full even after eating it…….”

“The school lunch is bad these days. They should feed the kids well.”

Yu Seong-woo, who said that, took Knox to a nearby beef restaurant.

He thought that the Towol Tribe would still be camped out there if he went straight home, so he was thinking of killing some more time by eating out.

“Wow…….”

“Ji-woo is paying, so eat a lot. Eat a lot.”

The two of them entered a restaurant that sold Korean beef.

Even after time passed, the status of Korean beef in Korea was still amazing.

Perhaps because they raised the cows using the vegetation from the Abyss, the price went down, but the quality went up.

A feast of beef filled the table.

The beautiful scarlet color of the meat and the snowflake of marbling that adorned it.

The freshness that was full at a glance made his mouth water.

When he ordered nearly two geun [a Korean unit of measurement, roughly 1.3 pounds] for each cut, the person who appeared to be the owner came out himself and grilled the meat.

The meat is grilled in an instant.

Tenderly melting fat and Korean beef with a delicious brown color.

Knox was swallowing a bucket of saliva, and Yu Seong-woo didn’t show it, but he was looking forward to the high-quality meat.

The only meat he could eat in the other world was the terrible, tough cuts that were stewed and eaten.

It had been decades since he had eaten such high-quality meat.

As soon as the owner placed the well-grilled meat on the plate, the two began to devour the meat.

The Korean beef that melted softly in his mouth was truly heavenly.

It was delicious to eat with ssamjang [a thick, spicy Korean paste], and it was great to dip it in sesame oil.

It was also great to add a little wasabi.

“Keu, keueung!”

“Puhup.”

Knox, who saw Yu Seong-woo eating with wasabi, followed him, but his nose was so spicy that he kept sniffling.