Chapter 18 (1/2)

Chapter 18

shi+on Tristan’s Story of the past Part 2 – Kasim Sahid

With professor’s recommendation letter, I went to sir Kasim Sahid’s residence the next day

I supposed he’s been informed in advance

[So you are Tristan? I’ve heard the story from ArtoriusGet in]

Sir Kasim allowed me to enter inside

Sir Kasim has sun tanned skin, but his hair was pure whiteA turban rapped on top of his head, n country

Looking around the room…it was sparsely decorated with only a small chair and table inside

He looked at my face which was filled with question

[I do not stay in one place for longTherefore there is no need for more furniture]

He then shed

[You are an interesting personI’ve heard about the simulated battle from ArtoriusI wish to ask a few questions, do you mind?]

Showing a friendly s

We first started with the si upon war stories and strategies

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Sir Kasim questions were pretty much the same as what professor Artorius askedSo I merely replied him the same way as I did before

However, his responses were different

[I seeWe have the same idea , and thrusting the spear unifor]

[There is one ?]

[That’s rightIt’s 『how to escape』,]

Sir Kasihed as he said so

I could only afford a [Ha] when I heard thatLooking at rinned

[Ho, you understand already?]

[I seeAy]

[『Escaping』isn’t so that we should be embarrassed aboutI personally think that it’s one of the i in warfareIf you are about to lose, you should still be able to escape, and only then you’ll be able to rebuild and avoid the worst situationWe are dealing with people’s lives after allHowever, this is so that the er…]

Even forgetting to sleep, me and sir Kasim continued to discuss other topicsWar stories, politics, history, heroes of the past both from the west and the east

Sir KasiAlso, he was in possession of books I’ve never seen before and even allowed me to read itIt’s like ere meant to meetOne day quickly passed that waySir Kasim then said

[Say, shi+on-kunYour life is being targeted by that young professor who lost that sio look around the continent? We can ask Artorius to handle the academy matters]

Saying so, sir Kasim reached out to me slowly

[I’ve been going onany disciple so farBecause I never came across anyone that interested ing, but after I talked to you, I’ether…no, I’ Fool』This is probably destiny]

He finally laughed and said

[How about it? By for with me?]

It was a proposal that I had no complaints about

Sir Kasi so farI cas that I haven’t beforeIn addition to that, we …I truly had nothing to complain

Getting down on my knee, I accepted his hand and said

[I’ve learned a lot from you in just one dayI would be pleased if you can teach s in the futurePlease show me the path, o『Great Fool』Master]

And that was how…I beca Great Soldier Kasim

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I took a leave froside sir Kasim

Intervening with the conflict between aristocrats, joining the battle with a sora civil war on the South

Once sir Kasim picked a side, he’ll devote himself to it and would lead his allies to victory

He would be awarded a prize, and most likely be offered to become an officialHowever he declined all of it

I once asked sir Kasim why he always did so

And to that question, sir Kasim replied:

[I just haven’t met a master that I should serve]

and laughed

His relation with a country would change once they know that they couldn’t control hio to the opposing factionSome countries would try to persuade him while others would send assassins

Whatever the case, sir Kasih then leave the countryThere was nothing else to say about his attitude other than ‘Superb’

Everyday was really excitingMoreover, I got to meet the leaders of various nations thanks to ot to read various books as well

Sir Kasim once said

Read books and studyAncient wisdo inside books

Also, soot to devise a plan in place of sir Kasim

Occasionally, sir Kasi y in front of many peopleSir Kasim would then look at me with satisfaction

Everyday was never the same

I was able to experience s that I wouldn’t be able to if I were to stay in the academy

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I spent a few years with sir Kasim

I was also able to graduate thanks to professor Artorius’ helpApparently, he’s forcibly persuaded other professors, forged so that line

Not everyone accepted it of course…well, considering I could graduate without even attending the acadeh I didn’t really ust

Of course I didn’t attend raduation ceren land

Imperial Academy was already like a past to raduation ceren land

Imperial Academy was already like a past to me now

And now, there were two letters

One was froe

He see officials in the i as a chief of the i political affairs, even I was no reatest teacher in the history of the acade his personalityPerhaps it’ll cause a dispute laterBecause he’s the kind of man with not only a sharp mind but also sharp character at the same time…

His letter was immediately a complaint about the stance and motivation of officials in the capital, as well as a complaint about the aristocrats

And lastly, he also mentioned about my other friends…it’s been always his habit to do that

Apparently everyone was having a trouble there

I can only pray that…they’ll be safe while working

The other letter was from professor Artorius

It was the procedure I need to do before graduating as well as the recent happening on the capital

I still couldn’t forget professor ArtoriusEven now, I’m able to learn under sir Kasiement

Soht to myself

Enough talking about that

Now then

I kept wandering to various countries with sir KasiraduatedRecently it’s y in place of sir Kasim

Age had started to get to sir KasimIt became hard for him to move around too muchTherefore it’s me who took over most of his duty

On a certain day, I saw sir Kasim with two letters

[Master…those are…?]

[Let’s first read the letters]