Munchkin Disciple Wants to Stop Being Obsessed Over

[Please select a reward.]
[1. All stats +10]
[2. Penetrating Eye (lv.1)]
[3. Starlight (lv.1)]
‘Incredible!’
I inwardly rejoiced.
‘Penetrating Eye…!’
The eye that can penetrate and see through everything.
It was a trait that could confirm not only the opponent’s attack patterns but also their brief status.
‘And there was even a chance to learn the opponent’s skills or traits.’
This cheat-level trait, which was essentially a munchkin ability, was something even I had only obtained once.
‘No need to hesitate.’
I chose the reward without hesitation.
[‘Penetrating Eye (lv.1)’ has been added to your traits.]
Then I felt a momentary itchy sensation in my eyes, and soon I began to see things that weren’t visible before.
‘So this is what it feels like…’
Until just now, I thought this was an ordinary log cabin.
But viewed through the Penetrating Eye, the house was filled with numerous magic circles.
That wasn’t the only surprising thing.
“What are you staring at so intently?”
Daphne asked as she put down her spoon.
She had tomato sauce on the corner of her mouth, and most of the bowl was empty, though I didn’t notice when she finished eating.
It was a situation where I could justifiably be angry.
But I couldn’t be angry.
“Oh, it’s nothing. Your eating appearance is just so beautiful…”
“How cheesy.”
“Hehe.”
No, I had to bow my head even more politely and submissively.
Because the aura that began to emanate from Daphne, who was still munching with her small mouth, was more than enough to make me courteous.
‘What kind of woman is she?’
Looking at Daphne through the Penetrating Eye, I instinctively understood.
Daphne was an entity that I could never defeat, even if I brought all the characters I had raised.
“Clean up roughly, and get some rest for today.”

While my feelings were complicated, Daphne rose from her seat saying that.
“From tomorrow, I plan to teach you various things.”

With those words that soothed my complicated feelings and made my motivation surge.

Daphne and I were outside from early morning when the dark remnants of dawn still faintly remained.
Where we were standing was the white sandy beach near the lake we had visited yesterday, so vast that its end was not visible.
Daphne was drawing something on that sandy beach with her sword.
‘A magic circle?’

Judging by its appearance and the energy I felt, it seemed like it.
As my thoughts reached this point, a sense of unease suddenly came over me.
‘What is she planning now…’
Having been through things for two days, my eyes naturally narrowed.
Perhaps sensing my gaze, Daphne looked up and spoke to me with a smile.
“I won’t eat you, so just rest for a while.”
I thought I heard the frightening afterword “for now,” but that must be my imagination?
Anyway, I asked the question that was on my mind.
“What are you drawing right now?”
“A magic circle.”
“May I ask what kind of magic circle it is?”
“I’m going to make a contract.”
“…?”
Hearing the answer, my head tilted involuntarily.
A contract? What kind of contract?
“Pfft.”
Did she find my puzzled look amusing?
Daphne chuckled, then stopped what she was doing and looked at me.
“What? Afraid I might make you a slave?”
“I wasn’t thinking that…”
But then I realized it could be possible, and my expression hardened involuntarily.
“Don’t worry. If I had such intentions, I would have made you a slave long ago without going through all this trouble.”
I found myself nodding reflexively in understanding.
Viewed through the Penetrating Eye, Daphne certainly had the capability to do so.
But still, what kind of contract is she talking about?
“I’m going to form a master-disciple bond.”
Did she look into my mind?
Daphne, continuing to draw the magic circle, eased my curiosity.
“A master-disciple bond?”
“Yes. Why? Don’t you like it?”
As if. To be honest, I’m grateful to the point of tears.
“No, it’s just sudden, and I’m grateful…”
“Didn’t I tell you yesterday? That I’d teach you various things.”
“You did say that.”
“Anyway, stand here.”
Daphne called me from the center of the now-completed magic circle.
“Ah, Daphne. Just a moment.”
I was heading toward where Daphne was when something suddenly occurred to me.
“Yes?”
“Could I possibly see the contract terms before signing?”
“What?”
Daphne looked at me with an incredulous expression.
This time, I didn’t cower and stared right back at her.
Because if there were any strange clauses in the contract, it could lead to a situation where I truly had no way out.
‘Seho, are you doing well?’
Suddenly, I remembered the pitiful sight of a friend who had wailed after signing a contract wrong and losing his deposit unfairly.
“Why is your expression so wistful?”
“Oh, it’s nothing. And I’m sorry. But I just feel like I have to do this.”
“Alright. Well, being cautious isn’t a bad thing.”
Daphne positioned me inside the left circle drawn in the center, then entered the right circle herself and continued speaking.
“Anyway, unless you agree verbally, this contract won’t be established.”
Then she extended her right hand toward the magic circle in the very center.
The magic circle resonated with a blue light and spewed forth a hazy form of a scale above it.
「State what you wish to contract.」
After a while, an unfamiliar voice was heard from the Scale. Daphne answered in a solemn voice.
“I wish to form a master-disciple bond.”
「Names.」
“Master Daphne Iris.”
Then Daphne looked at me intently.
After contemplating for a moment, I spoke in the same manner as her, taking the hint.
“Disciple Kamel.”
Then, red letters began to be inscribed above the weights located on both sides of the Scale. Our names.
「State what you offer.」
“I will pass down swordsmanship and magic to Disciple Kamel.”
As Daphne declared, the balance of the Scale tilted toward the weight inscribed with Daphne’s name.
「State what you desire.」
“I demand that Disciple Kamel not be fascinated by the power of the evil god Bulginus, no matter what happens.”
「The price is.」
“Death.”
After saying that, Daphne began to look at me with a serious expression.
‘So that’s what it was.’
Meeting her gaze, I naturally understood.
The reason she went to such lengths and even summoned the Scale to take on a disciple.
‘One way or another, this body is a vessel of sin.’
Do not contain sin.
Do not become a calamity.
Then she will teach me swordsmanship and magic.
Daphne was demanding my death as collateral.
「Contractor Kamel, your will.」
The Scale asked me. Whether I would comply with Daphne’s demand.
‘No need to hesitate.’
Because becoming a vessel of sin, killing countless people, or causing calamity was something I, too, would decline.
I am rather in a position to prevent that calamity.
And now Daphne is summoning the Scale to promise me. That she will teach me swordsmanship and magic.
“I agree.”
So I answered without hesitation.
Then the tilted Scale began to move slightly and eventually achieved equilibrium.
「Contractor Daphne Iris, your will.」
“I agree.”
When the Scale asked and Daphne answered, a dazzlingly bright golden light burst from the Scale.
「The contract is established.」
When I opened my eyes after closing them momentarily due to the brightness, the magic circle and the Scale had disappeared as if they were a lie.
“Kamel.”
A voice seeping into my ears like a faint moonlight.
“The reason I went so far as to summon the Scale to form a master-disciple bond with you.”
My head turned reflexively.
There stood Daphne, somehow looking different from before.
“I think you understand. Don’t you?”
“Thank you.”
I bowed my head to that beauty and answered.
“From now on…”
Daphne, who had somehow approached me closely.
“I hope you’ll call me Master.”
She said that as she gently embraced me and began to carefully stroke my head.
“Yes.”
I don’t know why.
The soft sensation…
No, I felt strangely moved.
Although we just formed a master-disciple bond. Why am I feeling so peculiar about this?
While I was absorbed in these unknown emotions, a notification arrived.
[Hidden Quest ‘A Master’s Obsession is Like Heaven’ is now in progress.]
[Receive Daphne’s swordsmanship and magic training. (Progress: 0%)]
Yes, it was about time for a quest.
‘Huh?’
There seems to be an ominous word in there.

[Until progress reaches 10%, you cannot proceed with other quests.]
[Until progress reaches 10%, you cannot leave Daphne.]
What did it say?

An undeniable fact that no one can deny.
Time always flows at the same speed.
But occasionally, there are times when it feels like time flows very quickly.
‘That’s me right now.’
It seems like just yesterday that I formed a master-disciple bond with Daphne.
But being immersed in learning swordsmanship and magic, summer, autumn, and winter have already passed, and a new spring is approaching.
A time that is short yet long, 2 years.
I have received many teachings from my Master.