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It wasn’t until nightfall that I woke up.
Before I knew it, I was being carried to the cave where I lived.
「Grand Master, you’re awake now? 」
I look at Leia, who sits upright and looks at me as if she’s peering at me, and I know it wasn’t a dream.
The nightmare of me being the number one adventurer ranking apparently was real.
「I’m sorry. I had forgotten that you were exhausted from the previous fight to the death with the Ancient Dragon. As I recall, I’ve heard that you fought tirelessly for about a month, foregoing sleep and food. 」
No, I slept a good eight hours a day, plenty of sleep and ate lots of food.
「Ah, there’s Leia,」
「Yes, Grand Master. 」
Where shall I begin? There’s so much to say, I can’t think straight.
I get up and look at Leia from above. Leia is still sitting upright.
「For now, you are not allowed to touch me in any way from now on. 」
「Oh, ah, okay, Grand Master. 」
Leia’s expression first became surprised, then bright red and shy, and finally serious.
「I understand now. The power of the Grand Master is so great that it has a tremendous effect on me if I have touch you. Earlier, you tried to suppress that power and forcibly shut down your bodily functions to protect me. I’m truly sorry. 」
Leia bows deeply.
Yeah, she got about everything wrong.
But it’s too much trouble, so let’s just leave it at that. Another hug would kill me.
「You’re well aware of that. That’s exactly right. 」
This line would later become the line I would use most often in my life.
I would regret later on that I should have corrected it properly and even if it bothered me at that time.
By letting it slide here, I would end up keeping on letting it slide.
「Later, I wish you would stop calling me that Grand Master or something. It makes me itch all over when you call me that. 」
「Oh, my God, what can I call you then? 」
That reminds me of what Alice used to call me.
「You can call me Takumi. Also, you’re making up that way of talking. You can talk to me more comfortably. 」
「There’s no way, sir. You don’t have to be so carefree, Master. 」
The language has already collapsed.
「Anyway, Grand Master is banned. Just get used to the language a little at a time.」
「Okay, okay. Master Takumi. 」
「I don’t need Master. You can drop it. 」
「So, Takumi-san, please forgive me. 」
Yeah, that’s a little better now.
Now I just want you to graduate from your apprenticeship and leave right away.
「So, what is it that Leia-san has come to learn from me? 」
「Ta, Takumi. Please call me by my nickname or just ‘trash’ or a ‘bug’. It is unsuitable to be referred with the same formality as my master. 」
No, the 2nd choice is too much. I can’t call you a garbage bug or something.
「Leia. 」
「Yes, Takumi. 」
We looked at each other and then turned away at the same time.
What is this, I’m a little embarrassed.
「About what I came here to learn… If possible, I would like you to teach me all of Takumi-san’s secrets, but with my current abilities, it would be impossible to do so even if it took a hundred years. 」
「Hmm. You’re right. You’re right. 」
I didn’t correct you earlier, so I can’t correct you anymore.
Secret Techiques huh… There is no such thing as a secret technique. The only skill I’m good at is being able to sleep like Nobita and play cats cradle. Can’t teach her that, can I?
「The other day, Alice-sama pointed out my weakness. I can’t control my power. Since I always attack with all my might, I can’t take it easy. 」
Okay, so that’s why the hug almost killed me. I’m really glad I forbade her to touch me.
「Alice-sama said that a true strong man is one who does not display his abilities. I was admonished for being an immature person who always had a powerful aura about me. 」
「Surely Leia is a strong person in full view. 」
After all, I basically resigned myself to fate when she arrived here.
When I first met her, I mistook her for a vicious demon. That’s how intense and intimidating Leia is, full of a strong sense of intimidation.
「Alice-sama said. You’re the strongest person in the universe, Takumi, and even that fragment of strength is kept inside, not shown on display. It is said that Takumi, the strongest person in the universe, has an aura that would shatter a normal person’s body, and he controls it as if nothing happened. 」
Yeah, I don’t have it. Such an aura.
I don’t know why Alice thought of me that way.
「After meeting you in person, I was surprised too. I was surprised to see that Takumi-san, the most powerful person in the universe, has only a faint aura like a little goblin. It’s really impressive to see that he’s one of the best adventurers I’ve ever met, and he’s one of the smallest fishes I’ve ever met: …… Takumi-san, are you crying? 」
「Hey, I’m not crying. I just got some dust in my eye. 」
I didn’t know I was such a shitty person. A goblin! The smallest fish!! I wanna die.
Well, in fact, I was ranked 50000th in the guild rankings, but before I joined the party, I was at the bottom of the pile.
I knew that, but when I was told that badly about my power to my face, I was a little depressed.
「Powerful aura control. It must have been acquired after a bloody training session.」
「Yeah, you’re sure about that?」
「Huh?? 」
「Yeah, you’re right. G-Good that you get it.」
I answer in a slightly tearful voice.
「Could you please help me learn how to do that? 」
「My training is hard. 」
「I wouldn’t wish for anything less. 」
I hope you don’t wish to.
I feel a crazy passionate stare.
I don’t have anything to teach you. I wish you could just learn it on by yourself and go home.
「 Well, it’s late and we’ll have dinner and start training tomorrow. Can Leia cook a meal? 」
「No, I’m sorry. I’ve been living by the sword all my life. 」
Yeah, it was kind of like that.
It can’t be helped. I’ll teach you slowly there too.
After all, its something I can actually teach. Yay, hooray!!
「Well, can you just peel the potatoes for me? Like this. 」
Yay, thats a start. I will make you a fine chef.
Leia’s eyes lit up as she took out the potatoes in her basket and shaved them with her knife.
「This is that thing, isn’t it? While it may seem like simple cooking, it actually ties into the training. Nothing less from the ultimate strongest, I presume. As expected of Takumi-san. 」
She is kind of excited on her own.
Not at all, its the only thing I am actually good at. But let’s just call it that.
「Hmm. You’re well aware. You’re exactly right. 」
I couldn’t have imagined at that time that this cultivation would later become a legendary practice and become world famous.
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