Hero’s Redo ~ A Hero That Once Saved the World Reborn as a Girl ~

"Lord Lapis. No, master. Best regards,"

"That's why you say that, Mr. Lapis. You've been asked to train Princess Rubias as a brave candidate. I have a royal decree that I don't have to worry about my identity while I continue my training, so like any other student, no, make it tougher than any other student."

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Princess Rubias, who bows her head deeply, and Master Grom, who stands beside her. I didn't understand why this was happening, and I was just stiffened. About an hour after the simulation, when I was the only one told to move to Master Grom's office, Master Grom, who returned, confused me, told me what had been decided at the meeting and pushed my disciples without taking this understanding.

"Uh... apprentice... is it?

"That's right. I want you to train the princess beside the instructor's work. [M] The aim is to train the brave men who will represent our country. It would be rewarding, wouldn't it?

"Ko, I say no..."

"Of course not. This is a compromise proposal not to transfer you to Wang Du as a candidate for bravery. If you refuse, you will remain in the capital. [M] You don't like that, do you?

I'm getting a headache. Sure, I'm sorry to be taken in, but I feel like I've been pushed to do an even more challenging job of tailoring a princess to a brave man. Plus, I'd easily tell you to be brave, but I don't even know how much to work out. You don't have clear standards for brave people.

"Even if I say I'll work out, is it good enough to finish all the advanced courses at the training center? A little more than that?

"Of course it doesn't make any sense, just like the others. Even if I don't say I'm like you, if you can raise me to near strength, there won't be any problem in naming me brave."

It's easy for me to say. I have a lot of God's protection, and I've been doing unusual training since I was a kid, so I have strength now, and if I want to make normal people as strong as I am, that could be the end of my life. After decades of bloody training, I still don't know if I can get there. Talent, effort, time and protection. If we don't have at least those four, it's a waste of time no matter how much we work out.

"I know you're talking impotent. But Master, please accept the impossibility. Work me out stronger than anyone!

I was staring at Princess Rubias again with a complicated look on her face. I totally don't understand her psychology of wanting to be a brave man. Even if you don't bother to become a brave candidate, wouldn't a princess be able to live peacefully in a castle for the rest of her life? Why are you trying to do unscrupulous training until you risk your life?

"Give me a reason... can you tell me? Why do you want to be strong? To be a brave man, defeat the Demon King, and earn fame?

Princess Rubias stops Master Grom from saying something to my words. She answered me with a little mockery.

"I don't have that much hope. This is just... preservation. I want a third princess with low throne inheritance to be no one's tool and the power to live alone."

"How do you say that...?

"Let's talk from me. Mr. Lapis."

On behalf of Princess Rubias, who seems to be trying to say spicy, the story that Master Grom explained was about the princess's situation and the future she was supposed to follow. An unfavourable position of woman. I can only be an instrument of politics. No matter how much I appreciate it, there's nothing I can do about it. A tradition in the name of 'royalty'. It's the only way you can get out of there, brave candidate. All of it.

"Did you have that reason..."

To a heavier story than I thought, I was sighing unknowingly. I know from old experience that a special society called aristocracy is moving with negative emotions such as people's desires, resentments, and carelessness. But it was only temporary that I dealt with them, not enough to be able to disregard my will and determine my future, like Princess Rubias. Besides, I had the power to escape if I didn't like being a princess. I had the power to easily return the assassin to me. But what about the princess? I was just working out somewhat, and noble society isn't yawdy enough to resist with something like that. If I keep saying no, she probably doesn't have a bright future. You should end your life with the tools of politics, as Master Grom said.

Turning her gaze to Princess Rubias, she looked at me jiggly with a nervous face. Are you unconscious, its body is a little trembling and it also looks frightened. She looked overlapping with Karin a while back like that, scratching her head with Polypoli by accident. Hi. I seem to be vulnerable to crying girls.

"... ok. I'll take it. If that's the case, I can't say no."

"Is that true!? Thank you! Thank you, Master!

Watching Princess Rubias hold my hand and thank you so much, I was secretly haunting my head about how to work her out.

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Princess Rubias - No, I'm already treating you like a disciple, so is it good in Rubias? Happy? Take Rubias, who became my apprentice, and my line and Master Grom's were back in the city of Suphore. I was approached many times by an archery of swords on the road, and I could only avoid sparing time, but honestly I was always pushed by her enthusiasm, so I got tired in vain.

When Rubias left the king's capital, there was no particular drop-off, and only minimal luggage. swords and armor, and only a few funds. That's all she has. But there was a royal on a boulder, and she was to be accompanied by one maid to look after herself. The maid's name is Sepia. She's a veteran maid who Rubias has been dedicated to her since she was a child. My age is just thirty this year. A woman whose brown hair is wrapped in one with her shoulders and is able to move in a crisp way. She seems to be able to predict how Rubias will move next, even if she doesn't have to say anything, and I have the impression that she's always moving ahead. Rubias, who came with such a sepia to the city of Suphore, apparently temporarily decided to live in a castle like the Grom. Well, speaking of discipleship, you can't let a princess of a country stay in a lodging or any of those private houses, and I think this is a natural treatment. Even if Rubias himself hated the special treatment, the king would not allow it.

She was only allowed to live alone after I recognized her strength. In other words, it's life in the castle all the way until you become an arm that can repel your own assassins and earn money to live. Since Master Grom will take care of all his clothing and accommodations during his stay in the castle, Rubias will have an environment where he can concentrate only on training. Because it will grow fast for that matter, it may be too soon to become self-reliant.

"In the meantime, Rubias will start attending the training center tomorrow. I'm supposed to be at the training center just now, and I'm going to introduce you to someone else, so let's start some light training."

"Yes! Regards, Master!

"... the way you called it was fixed on your master..."

Although I suggested other soft ways of calling it, Rubias didn't give in as hard as he could, so I ended up being called a little embarrassed to say master. Talking about Rubias to Karin and Ciel, who had not seen each other in a long time, they rejoiced in Rubias' apprenticeship as much as they did about themselves.

"When you become a royal master, Lapis' reputation won't stay in the country alone, will it?"

"And it's pretty much exclusive, isn't it? Big time!

"Thanks...... I need to talk to you a little bit about that Rubias, but after you've worked her out for a while, why don't you both come up with some sort of crusade request together?

"What do you mean?

Unlike all amateurs, Rubias has a certain amount of workout in the royal castle, and it doesn't take him long to gain some strength by attending a training center. But she has something decidedly missing. That's the experience in action. Speaking of exchange of life is unimaginably mentally and physically burdensome, so it's not always possible for the body to move as trained. Even if you only get the strongest in a game, you can be lightly killed in action by a few less skilled opponents. The only way to avoid it is to acquire spiritual training. I mean, killing demons - in action. With Karin and Ciel, the general demon can be crusaded, so he'll hit and put it on the rookie Rubias' aide.

"If you want to enter any Michi demonic realm, you'll have to go to Nojuku, and the battle against demons is inevitable. I want you to teach me how to be an adventurer and how to survive."

"Fine. I'm interested in princesses, too."

"You're cheap. We're growing up every day, too, and maybe we'll throw a party with a stronger princess and crusade for the Demon King like that."

"Haha... please be gentle"

Now we've got two understandings. All I have to do is train Rubias.

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- Sepia point of view

I'm Sepia. It's been exactly fifteen years since I started making maids exclusively for the princess. From an early age, the princess was a little unusual child, more enthusiastic about swinging a wooden knife than playing with flowers and animals. The princess became more and more indulgent in swords and magic because there was no way that a horse could fit with such a rigorously educated noble lady to become a lady, and she could not make friends to be close to her.

At first, what started with the kid's degree of play turned into a mock match for his own escort, and he didn't need all that much time until he got mixed up with the Knights to full training. Unlike the Steads, who don't like to move their bodies as a priority in their studies, the princess must have also originally had talent. The arms of the sword and the knowledge of magic absorbed so greedily that their surroundings rounded their eyes.

But from one point on, the princess looked troubled. Somehow, I could imagine why. She is a princess who has repeated some mock warfare with the strong men in the castle and started making achievements there, but her growth was overwhelming. It would be common in all areas, not just the sword, to be raised to a certain level of skill with the same repetition, but it would also be common to have experiences that cannot be gained from training alone.

That's where Lapis showed up. I also watched her fight with the princess, but I just couldn't believe what was happening in front of me. Because he defeated the mighty men of our country one after the other like twisting a baby's hand, but he wasn't disturbed one breath at a time. It was impressive to see a princess standing quite eager to worship as if she were God. The princess proclaimed herself exalted when she returned to her room.

"Sepia! I'm going to apprentice under that one!

"Princess...... what are you going to say again?

I shake my head like a shudder, but the princess doesn't even care, how Lapis is wonderful. This is not the first time the princess has ever said anything without clapping. You want to dismantle demons, so you can buy demon bodies from adventurers, or you can say you want to try the magic of breathing in the water and you're about to drown, or you're the one who's been doing all the unscrupulous things since you were a kid. Besides, are you now an apprentice to such a human being away? Your Majesty couldn't have forgiven you for that, could he?

There's no way I'm driving my precious daughter into a harsh environment - that's what I thought, my prediction came off brilliantly. After the mock war, I wondered if the princess had attended a meeting she would not normally attend, because what a brilliant permission she had received to disciple.

"That's why Sepia. I'm going to leave the castle and stay in Lord Grom's city. Help me get ready to pack."

"I don't mind that...... princess. Who do you plan to take to the city?

"I'm staying for training, so of course I'm the only one going to the city. I'm not taking anyone with me."

I was attacked by the feeling of darkening in front of me and almost stumbled onto the table unexpectedly. Assuming a princess goes on a training journey by herself without a confession? It's like offering a healthy, whole fat toddler in front of a hungry demon, such as letting an unknown princess out of the castle by herself. You can never overlook that!

"Princess!

"Hey, what's all the sudden? Speak up..."

You were pushed by my temper, the princess tried to retreat with Jirijiri, but I quickly hold both hands of the princess to stop it.

"Please, just let me take care of you around. It's too dangerous to let one princess out of the castle or something!

"No... but you are. I need to be able to do anything on my own..."

"Still! No matter how much you say you train, you don't get to do anything all of a sudden, do you? Then you can do it in just a few moments until you can do it yourself! Please let me work for the princess! Please!

"Sepia......"

I've been watching you since you were a kid, princess. They're going to curse me for saying this, but I think of the princess as my real sister or daughter. I can't help but do nothing when I'm about to jump into the visible danger of being that important. Admit to my companionship after a deep sigh with the princess that you have taken root in me not to keep your head deeply bowed and slightly motionless.

"... ok. Allow accompaniment. I'm sure you're right, because I don't know what I can do at the moment. I feel comfortable with your help. I'll explain it to my master."

"Thank you, Princess!

"Well...... what. The truth is, I miss you too. Glad you could make it."

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The princess is always told that there is no clapping, but it is sudden to say something that touches her. My breasts get hot for the princess's warm care. Princess. Master Rubias. With a slight force, this sepia, until the time when the princess will one day be a brave man, I will serve you with my whole body and spirit.