My Emperor's Sword

Chapter 15: A Weird Encounter

"Your grace... I-I implore your pardon! The capital has not told us that someone as important as you would be a member of the training regimen!"

The instructor was sweating profusely, stuttering in his talk as he apologized to Shesmu.

I really will never get used to this. And it's not even a title that I could just deactivate. Ah, I guess I just need to get used to it.

"Oh, why is he being so respectful to you, Shesmu? Earlier he was being full macho, talking to us as if we were soldiers under his watch," DepressedRyan was confused, and for good reasons. The difference between the attitude of the instructor that he remembered and now was night and day.

"Ah, I just discovered it lately, but it seems that having golden eyes make you a noble in this country," Shesmu wasn't stingy about information. He already considered DepressedRyan as a friend, same as Leo. Moreover, he got this information from reading the description of the countries in character creation space. There was no way to link this knowledge to his time travel secret.

"Oh, that's weird," DepressedRyan answered with a low voice. His frown deepened, he was visibly concerned about the balance of such a feature. He then continued, "You think it's a bug?"

Shesmu was about to burst out laughing from Ryan's comment, Even ten years in the future, they still kept saying that it's a balanced system. I call bullshit!

"Maybe?" Shesmu could only answer this way. He had to stop himself from talking his mind to protect his secret of going back in time. At the very least, he should keep it until he understood its cause.

While the duo was whispering in each other's ears, the middle-aged instructor in front of them was fidgeting in place. Seeing him acting this way, Shesmu finally turned to face and console him.

"Don't worry about it. They have an hour lead, so what?"

"But your grace, your ranking in the race to reach the Tower of Might will be affected. If you don't get the rewards you deserve from Goddess Aida due to my fault, I won't be able to forgive myself for all my life!" The instructor lamented.

When Shesmu heard that, he was surprised for a second. A reward? I don't remember that kind of thing for the second phase, only for the third phase do I remember them giving out rewards. Maybe I just don't remember stuff right.

""Rewards!"" Both Leo and Ryan exclaimed. They looked at each other for a second before they both burst out laughing.

"If there are rewards down the line then what are we still dilly-dallying here for? Let's get going!" DepressedRyan exclaimed.

"Milords! Please, before you go, I need to give you the map of the forest. In this place a lot of monsters resides, from the lowest level of one to the highest of ten. Some places in the forests are dangerous, you need to have a map to avoid them."

Suddenly, a notification reached Shesmu

Map Acquired

Forest of Beginning Map

"Here it is. With this, I won't take anymore of your time, milords. Please, have a safe journey." The instructor opened the gates and bowed.

"Well, let's get going then," Shesmu declared before stepping out of the gates.

The duo quickly followed suit, before they started marching down the main road. From there, they could see the Tower of Might. It was an ivory tower covered in red and black carvings of dragons and demons.

"Wow, that looks pretty cool. Plus look at how tall that tower is -- Easily, 20 floors in there," Leo exclaimed in surprise. Before, he couldn't see the tower due to the gargantuan trees surrounding the tutorial hall. But now that he could see it, he was amazed by its glorious figure.