Slacker of the Endable Kingdom

Part 1

Greatness was one of those strangely subjective matters that gripped each individual with different definitions that would define their growth and development over time. Some would view greatness as a matter of physical strength or mental fortitude, some would crave power as the ultimate form of greatness that one could achieve.

And some sensibly consider greatness to be the security to wake up each day, kick one's legs back, and do absolutely nothing but relax day in and day out. Those few sensible people aim for such a lofty and lazy goal in different ways.

Many of them would do so through pure hedonism, disregarding the rules of society or how those around them might be impacted and jumping straight into the slacker life that every lazy hearted bastard truly desired.

Those misguided individuals truly didn't understand what a truly lazy life was. Because one day, that bill would come due and they'd be forced to pay their debt to society or even die in their own filth.

It was rare for there to be a truly lazy bastard with enough forward thinking to understand that the only true way to achieve peace of body and mind was to first work tirelessly to remove every single obstacle in the way of that blissful peace.

Of course, depending on the individual, there might be more obstacles than others.

None of this applied to the loyal swordmaster of the Roan Kingdom, Choi Han. He was one of those strange people who rarely took the time to break from his work even when his liege begged him to do so. And even then, he'd spend his time off training to get stronger.

That was why he was currently being reprimanded by that same liege.

"Your travel arrangements have already been settled." King Alberu Crossman looked at Choi Han's betrayed expression with something approaching pity. "I've personally overseen it so there won't be any interference. Please, Choi Han, take this time to rest."

"...why are you sending me so far away though?" He asked, his head bowed respectfully.

"Choi Han. What did you do when I sent you to vacation in Puzzle City?"

Choi Han looked away guiltily at the memory. It wasn't his fault that there was urgent danger in the capital. Of course he had to return straight away and remain at his liege's side.

"And what about that time when I asked you to stay home while I handled the foreign diplomats?"

Sweat tickled Choi Han's brow.

"I appreciate your loyalty and I consider you a brother to me, Choi Han. And that's why there will be absolutely no exceptions this time. You need rest. Your body can only go on like this for so long."

Choi Han wanted to protest that actually, he would be just fine and resting would be far more stressful for him than remaining at his liege's side.

But he'd been at Alberu's side for long enough to recognize when the man wasn't going to change his mind. Bowing low, he begrudgingly accepted his vacation. One would think that he'd been asked to endure a cruel and impossible mission from how his brows furrowed unpleasantly.

Alberu sighed, having mercy on his most loyal subject.

"I knew it would bother you so I'm assigning you just one mission to accomplish while you're there. It would be personally helpful to me and help to strengthen the relationship between the kingdoms.

Choi Han brightened up and Alberu could swear that if he were a dog, his tail would have been wagging happily as though his owner had uttered the word walk.