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I started respectfully drawing the cards.

-Ring!

[You have won the G-Grade Hero <Hero of the March>.]

-Ring!

[The memory is seeping in.]

#(As soon as the window popped up, another memory flooded my mind.

A man carrying two huge backpacks struggled up a steep mountain.

His clothes were very unique, a jumbled pattern of green, brown, and black.

“Pant… Pant...”

“I-I’m sorry, Sergeant Kim Il-sik.”

"Don't worry about it. Pant. Pant.”

Behind him, a man wearing the same clothes, his leg injured and limping, followed him.

The man who had injured his leg wasn’t carrying anything, so the man with the odd-patterned clothes and four stripes drawn on his chest had two to take.

“Sob! Sob...”

The man whose leg was injured burst into tears.

Judging from the fact that he had only one stripe on his shoulder, the crying, and injured man seemed to be of a lower rank.

I didn't know if he was crying because he was sad or if he had some other reason.

But seeing this, Sergeant Kim Il-sik patted the man on the shoulder, forcing a smile onto his tired face.

“Don’t cry, you punk. It happens.”

“Sob! Thank you… I won’t forget this. Thank you so much!")#

-Ring!

[Returning from the memory of <Hero of the March>.]

[□□ Unit Sergeant Kim Il-sik carried 30kg military gear for Private Kim Seong-soo, who injured his foot.]

[Private Kim Seong-soo, who normally had a lot of complaints about the military, expressed his gratitude through tears.]

[Unable to endure his military life, later Private Kim Seong-soo was destined to become a mass shooter.]

[Sergeant Kim Il-sik saved 32 people destined for death.]

-Ring!

[The skill 「Strong Will of the March」 has been acquired.]

After reading the window that appeared, I called the King of Heroes because I had a question.

“…King of Heroes?”

<The King of Heroes brings fried corn and mumbles for you to speak.>

“I thought F was the lowest, but is there also a G? Can you tell me more details?”

<The King of Heroes says it’s in the order of G, F, E, D, C, B, A, S, EX.>

“So, G is the lowest, right?”

<The King of Heroes nods yes.>

“And unlike this morning… The way I recalled this memory is different, huh?”

I went into the hero’s memory in the morning, but now those memories flowed into my head.

“Does it mean the way to view a hero’s memory differs depending on the grade?”

<The King of Heroes shakes their head and says each hero has a different way.>

<The King of Heroes says there are many ways to see them.>

"Hmm… Lastly, is there any way to see the effect of this skill?”

<The King of Heroes tells you to just press it.>

I opened the status window and pressed both skills I’d acquired.

-Ring!

『[Status window]

Name: Locke Ron Widia

Age: 14

Status: 「Mana Rejecting Body」, 「G: Strong Will of the March」, 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」

Disposition: 「F: Courage of a Child」, 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」

Martial Arts: 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」, 「□□」

Skill: [Hero Draw] [Saving Abilities] Number of Cards: 2]

-Ring!

『《F: Courage of a Child》

Effect: The pure courage that only a child can have is embedded in your personality.』

『《G: Strong Will of the March》

Effect: Strong Will dwells in the body.』

'Pure courage?'

Children didn’t inherently understand danger; they learned it through their various experiences into adulthood.

The child named Giggs killed a monster and was named a hero, but actually attacking a monster, even a baby one, was reckless for a child.

That was his pure courage and heart.

'Is that why I could say that to Tessrun earlier?'

A child felt that a king was just a great person but nothing special beyond that.

Even if it was just a dream, children hoped to become a knight commander, the master of a magic tower, or an emperor.

In the mind of such a child, a position like those wasn’t so far away or so grand as to be unattainable.

That's why I could speak negatively about the Duke without hesitation.

'It's a dangerous ability.'

It was good to have courage. However, a painful lesson I learned while traveling was that such courage sometimes had to remain hidden.

“Let’s take a look at the other two.”

I pointed my finger at the window.

-Ring!

-Ring!

[You have won the G-Grade Hero <Private Hero>.]

-Ring!

[The memory is seeping in.]

Like before, it was a G-Grade hero, and the memory popped into my mind.

#(The memory that appeared this time took place in a certain building.

Was this a pigsty...?

Two men dressed in identical clothes were hurriedly cleaning a tiny space I doubted could house a single person, much less two.

-Flinch!

The short man flinched as if he felt something.

"Looks like he’s already arrived. Let’s finish cleaning up quickly!”

"Y-Yeah!"

The man with a pale face worked faster at his colleague’s urging.

Click!

When the door opened, a man with long hair, unlike the others, and various letters written on his clothes, stepped inside and shouted angrily.

'Wait… that guy?'

It was a familiar face, but the memory continued.

"Hey!"

“Private Lee Ki-jeong! Why are you here?”

“The other day, Ki-soon helped us clean the dormitory, so I came to help too!”

The man looked at Lee Ki-jeong for a long while, then left without saying another word.

“You just wait here.”

Slam!

As the man closed the door roughly behind him, the pale man approached the shorter one.

“T-Thank you...”

“…It’s okay. Let's clean up quickly. When you feel better, you’ll help me, too, right?”

"Of course!"

"No. That alone isn’t enough. Let’s change shifts later.”

“That's a little… no, okay. I’ll change it!”

“Let’s finish cleaning up quickly, otherwise Kim Seong-soo, that bastard, will nag us again.”)#

Finally, I returned to reality.

-Ring!

[Returned from the memory of <Private Hero>.]

[Private Lee Ki-jeong of the □□ unit was originally in a different dormitory, but on the way there, he noticed Private Kim Ki-soon, who looked unwell.]

[Lee Ki-jeong helped Private Kim Ki-soon, who couldn’t go to the hospital even though he was sick because he was a private, even though he knew it might get him in trouble.]

[As a result, Private Lee Ki-jeong was harassed by Sergeant Kim Seong-soo and his seniors in the dormitory.]

[Private Kim Ki-soon was initially destined to die following a severe assault after being caught by Sergeant Kim Seong-soo as soon as the cleaning was finished for the day.]

-Ring!

[Acquired the skill [Private's Slow Wit].]

“…What an asshole.”

Private Kim Seong-soo, from the <Hero of the March> I had just obtained, forgot that touching moment and tried to kill people as a sergeant.

A guy like that was in the military? What country's army was that?

As I was thinking about it, disconcerted, the bell rang in my ears again.

-Ring!

[The bonus was found.]

[Private Kim Ki-soon, after being discharged from the military, later invented ‘Hydra Stem Cells’ to cure numerous diseases on his planet.]

[Private Lee Ki-jeong saved 60,579,559,257 people (currently in progress) destined for death.]

-Ring!

[The skill [Private's Slow Wit] has been changed to [Super Intuition] after discovering the bonus.]

“…!”

<The King of Heroes explains this is the [Hero's Vision] phenomenon and that they mean a greater hero was born because of another hero’s actions.>

<The King of Heroes says that when a child saved by a little hero later becomes a hero and saves the world, the achievement of the little hero who saved that child will be changed.>

<The King of Heroes says that Kim Ki-soon, after being saved by Lee Ki-jeong, became a pioneer who took the first step toward creating a complete cure for all diseases.>

<The King of Heroes says that achievement is still saving people, so the achievement of Lee Ki-jeong, who saved Kim Ki-soon, is, of course, constantly changing.>

-Ring!

『《S: Super Intuition》

Effect: Grants a sense that transcends living things.』

“S-Grade, huh…?”

I acquired my first S-Grade hero’s ability.

'So easily?'

<The King of Heroes says, ‘so easily?’ should not be said.>

<The King of Heroes is visibly surprised, saying they didn't know an S-Grade ability would come out so easily.>

“I should open the other one after training.”

It took considerable time just to pick out one hero's ability.

<The King of Heroes says, for reference, that once the blanks are filled in, all skills drawn after that will be put into 【Saving Abilities】, so don't worry about them disappearing.>

<The King of Heroes says you can only see the heroes' past when you place the skill in the status window.>

Did that mean I could see their memories just because the status window wasn’t full yet?

“I should go.”

I hurriedly finished my soup.

***

The swordsmanship instructor sent by the Duchy of Widia was a middle-aged man with a bad reputation even within the duchy.

He was an instructor who used to teach soldiers, but he was famous for relying on severe violence against commoners since he was from a fallen noble family.

Even so, I heard he’d clam up and act polite whenever an actual noble or knight walked by.

‘He was an annoying guy. No...’

He wasn’t just annoying; he was one of the reasons I left the duchy.

Being from a fallen family yet still being chosen as an instructor meant he had skills.

If he had behaved well, he could have taken his chances to become a nobleman again, but even though he was fallen, he immersed himself in aristocratic supremacy.

He behaved like a nobleman to the commoners; to the nobles, he said nothing and acted like a commoner.

Because of that, my instructor really enjoyed harassing me, who was a nobleman but had no strength or support.

“Are you here? You’re very late today.”

There was a hidden sneer in his otherwise calm tone.

My swordsmanship instructor, Hals, wore a mocking smile.

It seemed as if he was saying it was a pity my fate was to show up here again after being beaten like that.

'It was definitely… like this.'

From our first meeting to our last, Hals taught me nothing.

He didn't teach me to develop my physical strength or wield a sword.

I remembered it vividly.

‘The Young Master’s body is in poor condition, so you must keep sparring to learn quickly.’

That was what he said to me on our first meeting.

At the time, he was the second servant I met after entering the duchy, so I had to accept his words as truth.

It was a very dangerous education given to me by an instructor who looked down on me, but I couldn't help it.

It was partly because he was sent directly from the duchy, but I was also easily fooled because I longed to learn swordsmanship as a child.

'This guy's class is only focused on fighting.'

It was a memory that never left me, no matter how much time passed.

For now, I pretended not to have any suspicions and picked up the nearby wooden training sword.

“As you were late, I think we will have to fight longer today.”

'Is he saying he wants to hit me more?'

We had a considerable difference in physique, but Hals swung wide at my body, not taking that into account.

-Whoosh.

He didn't hit my face to avoid leaving visible marks.

Ah, now I saw it.

'This bastard's skills were terrible too.'

The masters I met during my travels didn’t leave any traces, even if they hit me in the face.

It was a fact I found out later, but Hals's father was associated with the discipline the previous Duke of Widia had spread, so he was brought in as a servant even though he had no skills.

I took a step back and dodged.

"Hmm?"

Hals' eyes widened.

“Good job. You've reached the level where you can evade my attacks in just a few days.”

Was he serious or trying to be sarcastic?

Whatever it was, Hals was still completely looking down on me.

<The King of Heroes says what a disgusting bastard this person is.>

<The King of Heroes comes from somewhere with a huge mallet and shouts that they need to smash that bastard's head.>

Hals swung again.

‘…What?'

From what I remembered before, his sword was fast.

I suppose it wasn’t, but it was natural that I, who had an ordinary body, couldn’t notice which direction it came from.

But now Hals's sword was too slow.

'Is this the Super Intuition ability?'

I could see it.

Hals's movements, breathing, and habits came into view as he moved in slow motion.

I swung my wooden sword at his opening.

-Thwack!

“Cough!”

The sword struck Hals right in the ribs.

He backed away, clutching his side.

<The King of Heroes imitates a piper with the flute they brought from somewhere.>