The World After Leaving the Hero Party

5 – Princess’ teacher – 2

Most people with low self-esteem do not feel happy.

On top of that, he is not kind to himself, and he often says self-loathing and negative things.

“…I am the blood and lineage of the great queen, but ah, I can’t do anything…”

I mean like this.

After calming down a bit, the girl sitting on a chair and looking at me was just hanging her head down without even drinking the tea the lady-in-waiting had made.

The ladies-in-waiting did not react much, as if they already knew about Lucille, the princess who should be in the highest position in this place.

But they were all worried about Lucille, and worried that I would spread rumors about her current condition.

It was obvious, but I had no intention of raising rumors.

The king’s ears would not know if there were achievements like donkey ears.

The important thing is what Lucille just said.

If you don’t really do anything, getting this achievement will be more troublesome than you think…

“Can’t do anything… can’t you really do anything?”

“Yes? That… yes…”

“Then, shall we play a simple game?”

“…yes? Well, that class over there… is…”

When asked to play a game, Lucille hesitated, then looked at me and carefully asked, and I nodded.

“This is also a class.”

Having said that, I put my hand on my chest. Seeing that, Lucille shrugged and trembled, then wondered what I had taken out.

“Would you like to play a game of cards?”

What I brought out was one of the mini-games in this game, and in terms of setting, it was a kind of TCG that is quite popular in this world.

I was such a serious man about this card game that this mini-game took up 2,000 of my 10,000 hours of play.

Of course, there were a lot of guys who did better than me, and there were a lot of guys who bought games and only played card games, but I’ve never heard that they couldn’t do it anywhere.

“Hey… I… I only know a little bit… the rules…”

“That’s enough.”

I looked at the maid, and she hesitated before pulling out a card pack from her bosom. Seeing that the lady-in-waiting, who seemed quite strict, solemn, and serious, took out a card pack for entertainment, Lucille widened her eyes as if she was quite surprised.

“Poetry, the maid of honor… can… do you know?”

“Yes. Actually, it’s not that difficult.”

“Huh… huh?”

The other ladies-in-waiting were stepped on by her eyes, and most of the ladies-in-waiting took out card packs from their bosoms. Of course, there were people I didn’t know like Lucille, but I didn’t think it was the first time I’d seen it.

“First of all, I’ll show you what the lady-in-waiting and I do as a demonstration. First, I’ll briefly explain the rules and cards.”

“…Yeah…”

Perhaps because it was a game rather than study, Lucille’s burden seemed to have eased a little bit. That’s how the maid and I started explaining, and Lucille opened her eyes wide and listened to our explanation calmly.

I teach her several times, ask her what she didn’t know, and answer her again.

After about an hour or so, Lucille nodded cautiously, as if she had roughly understood the explanation.

“Then let me demonstrate.”

I opened my eyes wide, and while she was sitting by the table, I shuffled the maid’s card and returned it to her.

“…let’s begin.”

I flipped a coin, and it came up heads. I am a pioneer.

According to the rules, a guardian is placed among the five cards drawn, and magic and trap cards are set.

“Now I’ll do it. I’ll declare the windshield’s protector in defense mode and end the turn.”

Slowly, the lady-in-waiting flashed her eyes.

“Sage-nim. I’m sorry, but I’m also quite serious about this card game… I’ll do my best.”

At that, I pulled out the card and smiled.

I’m serious too.

The expressions of the ladies-in-waiting and the princess who were watching were hardened, and the maid in front of me was putting her hands down with an infinitely sullen expression.

To her I am

“My turn! Attack! Summon Spell Card! With this, it’s my turn again! Draw! Trap Card Activated! My Attack again! Link Spell Card Activates Jay’s Bell! Midnight Link Summon! My Attack Again! Attack! Summon again! Attack again! Another turn!”

“…lose, lost.”

This is my ‘seriousness’!!

The lady-in-waiting, who was defeated after being beaten without even trying to do anything, looked at me with a haggard expression. Did you know you would lose?

I am a very reasonable man.

I only show my sincerity to the opponent who showed my sincerity.

“…Go, princess. Please revenge…”

“Ummm… well, over there I’m…”

Upon receiving the maid’s card pack, Lucille was at a loss. I guess so. Because you saw the spectacular attack I showed you just now.

“How about it? Losing doesn’t mean it’s a problem.”

“Still… Shi, disappointing…”

“it’s okay.”

I tapped my card pack.

“Because no one in this world can beat me with this anyway.”

It seems that the burden has finally disappeared after my declaration. Lucille hesitated, then nodded and flipped a coin. The back. she is a pioneer

After shuffling each other’s cards and returning them, Lucille drew her own hand from the received cards, put some cards face down on the field, and ended her turn.

And so am I. Lucille gulped as I pulled out the card.

Shall we start slowly?

“Activate magic!! Return all of the opponent’s guardians to the hand with Wind Hill…”

“…Hah, trap magic… ee, can I use this? The magician, extortioner.”

“…Ugh.”

“The extortioner effect… over there. Eh, when it’s magic… over there…”

“…You’ve got a good hand.”

Perhaps because of her success, Lucille blushed a little and put down a card from her hand.

Seal of Fire, a pretty good card.

“Hey… With this, you have to remove the two cards in the wise man’s hand from the game… and draw three, three.”

“…..”

“And there. After summoning the Elect Witch, I take a turn… Ah, no. I summon Draco on the field… Combine Draco and the Witch… and summon the Dragon Witch…”

For a first-timer, the combo went on pretty smoothly.

I’m hesitant, but I’m worried if I can do it.

Like a crawling baby trying to get up by holding on to the wall, she was calmly catching me, following the instructions on the card she had drawn.

“I-I’ll end it with this…”

“…Cutting half of my points at once. My, you’re doing pretty well. Then my car…”

“Cow, I’ll activate the quick attack magic.”

“What?!”

She even blocked my draw at once, and she dealt damage again, and I saw it.

A small smile crept across Lucille’s lips.

In conclusion, I won.

Of course, it wasn’t an overwhelming victory like when he faced the maid. I managed to defeat Lucille right before my life points ran out.

Is it because you lost a game you won? Lucille looked even more depressed than at first.

“Whoa… have you seen it? Princess? That no one can beat me?”

“…Yes.”

Lucille was holding onto her deck of cards. The lady-in-waiting smiled heartily at her.

“Still, you’re amazing. Princess. I didn’t know you would push the wise man like that.”

“…The hand came out well.”

“Isn’t luck also skill. But in the end, I won because I won.”

“…Ugh. If only I could have stopped the last attack…”

“Anyway, it’s the first time for the princess. Let’s do it more often in the future.”

I got up and said hello as I sorted out my cards. Before I knew it, quite a bit of time had passed.

“Then see you next time. Then… let’s do it properly.”

“Yes…”

When we first met, Lucille’s eyes contained only fear for me. But now it was different.

There was a very slight but burning desire to win and the extreme regret of losing the opponent that he had already captured.

“Sage.”

“Yes?”

When I came out of the meeting with the princess, the lady-in-waiting followed me and started talking to me. She took me to a corner and asked a small question.

“The princess’s hand… came out really well. That’s unbelievable…”

You noticed. Well, the head maid must have that kind of discernment. Because my skills aren’t perfect like the real ones.

Of course, the princess and the other ladies-in-waiting didn’t seem to notice.

“Of course it is.”

Anyone who has ever played this mini-game will know. The fact that I couldn’t continue the combo like that with only one or two hours of learning.

Nevertheless, there is one reason why the princess was able to drive me by skillfully completing combos.

It’s because while I was shuffling and playing the game, I used the thief’s skill and the clown’s skill to cheat.

“Is that a scam?!”

“That’s unpleasant. Let’s just say it dominated the game.”

It’s not a scam if it doesn’t work.

“…no… groan… uh, but why didn’t you lose?”

“It may be worse to let them win in the first game. Rather, they may doubt themselves or their victory. Especially for those with such low self-esteem.”

“Is that so…?”

“This is probably why I became the princess’ teacher.”

To raise her self-esteem, which is at the bottom of her self-esteem.

Of course, there was my manipulation, but Lucille’s brain wasn’t bad for knowing the rules and card effects and continuing the combo in just an hour or two.

Since I can’t teach any other kind of knowledge anyway, I wondered if it would be all right if I could at least make it human.

“Everyone wants to win. No matter how low their self-esteem is, they will always think of the victory they missed right in front of their hands.”

Especially if it’s someone as strong as me.

Of course, it’s a problem that I keep winning, but it’s also a problem that I lose too easily.

Appropriately, you have to play a game of entertainment that is caught while maintaining a position that is close to being caught.

Of course I was confident.

“I’m worried that you’re addicted to the excitement and just want to play cards too much.”

“Don’t worry about that. There are other ways to raise the princess’s self-esteem.”

“Ah… yes. I understand. But, by the way, sage. Your Majesty has provided the best room in the palace for accommodation. Shall I guide you there?”

It’s the best room.

I remembered what the warrior party kids who had been to the palace had talked about before.

I’m sure… At that time, the warrior party kids stayed in the best room in the palace.

Meeting their traces here brought me to the idea that I might encounter them.

I stopped for a moment and laughed

“Yes. Please.”

That didn’t really matter.

***

My heart is still beating. Sitting on the bed, Lucille reviewed the previous game.

If I had played this card there, if I had broken the Sage’s combo before that.

Then you might have won.

Because the sage was a life that could be defeated with just one attack.

He could make an excuse that the last hand drawn was not good.

It wasn’t long before I got to know this game properly.

The card wasn’t even his own.

There were many reasons for defeat, but there were also many opportunities for victory.

What if you used the whip of darkness instead of the staff of light?

What if I had made a water sprite instead of a fire giant?

Lucille brushed her face while laying out the card she had received from the maid earlier on the table.

“ha…”

It was the first time.

this excitement.

It was the first time.

this sense of exaltation.

After all, he says he is inferior to others.

He was giving up everything, thinking he was an idiot who couldn’t live up to his great mother’s expectations.

However, he was confident that he was stronger than anyone else, and he was able to push him to the point of being called a wise man by doing everything skillfully.

Looking at his expression earlier, my heart, which had been hiding in my chest again, began to beat.

every time you lose.

Each time you continue your combo.

Every time I break the sage’s combo.

That expression hardened slightly.

Beads of sweat dripping from your forehead.

The hand holding the paddle trembled slightly.

That great person is nervous about himself, who is so lacking, and does his best.

I was so happy that I was able to bring out the power of that great person.

I was so excited that I couldn’t stay still.

Lucille kept spitting on her dry lips.

“…I want to do it again.”

But the happiness didn’t last. After thinking about it for a long time, she was terrified.

Wasn’t this just luck?

Wasn’t the beginner’s luck following it?

Wouldn’t it be that next time he would be defeated even more horribly than the maid, showing only his own shortcomings?

afraid.

“…still.”

I couldn’t deny that I was looking forward to the next class.

“Me. Princess.”

“Uh, huh?”

“His Majesty said that General Leoden and the brave man are returning for a while… He has ordered us to attend an audience.”

At those words, the princess nodded with a sullen face.

A hero, a person who can do many things unlike himself.

Unlike her dark self, a woman who shines like the sun.

Every time I met her, I only realized my own shortcomings, so meeting her was something I was reluctant to do.

“…uuu… I get it…”

she couldn’t deny it

That’s why he got up from his seat with a little confidence, excitement, and a fighting spirit secretly engraved by the sage.

To meet one of those people who makes you feel defeated and powerless.