1 – The old man from the countryside welcomes a visitor

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Hey folks, picking up this webnovel to translate and clear my brain when I get too fed up with Orc Hero’s lengthy ass chapters.

Another story about an older protagonist who also happens to be single.

Just two isn’t a pattern yet, right?

“Hey, Beryl.
When am I going to finally see my grandchildren?”

“Father… we’re all the way out here in the boonies, what do you want me to do…?”

 

This morning at my swordsmanship dojo in the countryside began with my father’s incomprehensible mutterings and nagging.

 

 

I’m Beryl Gardernant.

I’m an old man.

I’ll introduce myself without wasting too much time on the details.

To keep it short, I’m the head instructor at a swordsmanship dojo that has been around for generations.

We’re also located in the countryside.

 

You might think that I’m leaving out too many details, but I can’t help it.

There’s nothing else, really.

I’m a good old man, and I’m the master of a swordsmanship dojo in the countryside.

Nothing more, nothing less.

 

“You know, you won’t meet anyone if all you do on your day off is meditate…”

“And who raised me this way, father?”

 

He’s been babbling on and on about this nonsense ever since he retired and handed over the dojo to me.

I’d like to meet someone too if I could, damn it.

 

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Given my family’s lineage and history with swords, I’ve been messing around with a wooden sword for as long as I can remember.

My parents birthed me and raised me with all the care in the world.
I was healthy and had a regular, plain childhood.
Unfortunately, it looks like I haven’t inherited my father’s great swordsmanship talent.

 

I tried my best, of course.

I didn’t dislike swords.
In addition, out here in this rural area, I didn’t have any other hobbies to devote myself to.

 

My youth was filled with childlike curiosity.

In my teenage years, I was at the peak of my life.

In my twenties, my mind caught up to my body, and both are fulfilled and synchronized.

In my thirties, I kept on training and studying while feeling fulfilled and satisfied.

Well, I guess it’s true that I had spent my fair share of time training until I reached my forties, when the experience I had gained would be of great value.

 

In the end, all I got for my efforts were muscles and techniques that made me somewhat of a better fighter than your average Joe.

The bare minimum to call myself a swordsman.

I’ve got good reflexes for my age, and that’s about it.

 

If you were to ask me if I was satisfied with my life, I’d say no.
But I wasn’t dissatisfied either.

I had this strange conviction that fate had led me to where I was.
That my goal was here.
The fact that my father didn’t have huge expectations of me and let me spend my time relaxing likely factored into that as well.

 

“Didn’t you have that one apprentice? She was a nice girl, wasn’t she?”

“You know, father, this is a swordsmanship dojo, not a dating service.”

 

I offhandedly dismissed his ramblings.

I’m halfway sure he kept on shamelessly repeating himself because I’m his son, but that doesn’t make it any less deliberate.

 

I’m not sure whether it was due to only his age that my father had handed over the dojo to me, but we’ve both noticed something since then.

Though my skill with the sword was only so-so, I apparently had the talent to teach.

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Even though the government protected us, there were still many dangers out here, far from the cities.

Once you step outside the village’s fences, you’re in the wilderness, where ferocious animals and dangerous monsters live.
Of course, it was still pretty rare for any monsters to come close to the village, but even so, better be safe than sorry.

 

The urban areas and the capital were protected by huge, magnificent walls and patrolled by knights and guards.

 

Here in the countryside, the only people who knew how to deal with the threats were people who made a living off it, like me, or hunters.
There were also wandering mercenaries and adventurers, but that’s about it.

 

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