441 Disciple?

At a certain outskirt town, there was a female with a rag. She appeared to be 12 to 13 years old. Her clothing was plain, as she looked like she did not have money to afford better clothing. She did not have high cultivation either as she was only Foundation Stage 3 or equal to rank 3 in the lower world.

Despite having dirt covering her face and raggy appearance, her beauty was top-notch. She had light blue wavy hair and deep blue crystal eyes. If only she was a bit clean and wore a pretty outfit, she would be a flower in front of people's eyes.

However, it seemed she was having trouble as she was staring at three people in front of her. The one in the middle that seemed to be the leader of the group was a young man around 19 to 20 years old. He was a 1-Star Martial Master. He had short black hair and wore fancy clothes.

"Rose. Time is up. You need to pay for your parent's debt."

"Young Master Suzen, I… I don't have the money. Please… please, give me a bit more time." She said while gritting her teeth. She hated this person in front of her to the bone.

She had been living happily for many years with her parents. They were a small family that could barely feed themselves. Even so, it was a happy family, or at least that was what she thought.

When she started growing, her beauty also grew to a certain extent. And at that time, the person in front of her noticed her beauty. Her parents did not want it as they knew Suzen's reputation in the town.

He had broken many female teenagers as it seemed to be his preference. He loved to break a 'flower' that had yet to grow to its peak. Because of that, her parents tried to hide her.

Unfortunately, even with all the efforts, it was still not enough for them. Suzen used a trick and made them in debt before slowly killing them. After her parents died, he then started breaking her mentality with this debt thing.

Even so, Rose tried to gain her freedom. Her father was a hunter in the forest, so she knew a thing or two and became a hunter despite her young age. She had killed many monsters that were on her level, but even so, the debt thing was too much.

She looked at Suzen with hatred. There was a dagger on her back. She had prepared it to take away her life as she knew it would be pointless to attack him. It would be far more dangerous if she were captured as she could not imagine what would happen next.

"Haha… Time? I have given you plenty of time. Since you don't have money, then you need to pay with your body." He said while licking his lips vulgarly.

"You!" She took a deep breath as she was prepared to die. She took out the dagger and shouted, "Don't come. I will kill you!"

"Hmph. Grab her." Suzen only snorted as he ordered his two subordinates to seize her while thinking what kind of thing he would do after he captured her.

Suddenly, she pointed her dagger to her neck, thrusting it to her neck. "Hmph, you have killed my parents. Since you want me, then I will let you do it with a corpse!"

"Stop her!" Suzen was shocked that she decided to commit suicide. He could not let her die as she was one of the most beautiful people in this city despite having a young age. The subordinates were having trouble as they feared they did not have enough time to stop her.

It was at this time, a young man suddenly appeared in front of Rose and stopped her from killing herself. The young man had golden hair and a handsome face. She did not know why, but she could feel a unique warmth from him. He said, "Aiya, young girl, I know you are in a bind, but you should not take your life."

"Haha… good good. I don't know who you are but good work in stopping her. Come to my family and bring her to me. I will reward you well." Suzen shouted to the young man.

Despite that, the young man ignored him and asked the young lady. "What is your name?"

Hearing his soothing voice, she did not know why, but her mouth opened itself. "Rose."

"Just Rose?" The young man looked a bit disappointed. It looked like he met the wrong person.

Rose shook her head and replied hurriedly, "My name is Rose, Rose Skewes."

"!!!" The young man looked surprised when he learned that name.

"I see." The young man nodded.

"You bastard. How dare you ignore me! Don't you know who I am?" Suzen shouted. "I thought I needed to reward you, but since you dare to ignore me, I will teach you who I am! Break all of his limbs."

"Big brother, please escape from here. He is the young master of Kantan Family, the family that ruled this city, Suzen Kantan." Rose said.

The young man simply patted her head as he smiled. He waved his hand, and the two people that were trying to grab him halted, could not move even a finger. Rose opened her mouth in surprise.

"You… what did you do to my subordinates! You won't dare to oppose my Kantan Family!" Suzen shouted.

"What is your relationship with him?"

"He is my enemy!" Rose answered in anger. "He has killed my parents."

"I see." The young man nodded at her. He simply let out a bit more Spiritual Energy and crushed both of Suzen's subordinates to death.

"Wha-!" Suzen and Rose were shocked as they never saw something like this. The young man did not even move, and he already killed two 5-Star Martial Masters.

"You bastard, how dare you to kill the servants of Kantan Family." Suzen roared.

"Big brother, who are you?" Rose asked with an innocent face.

"Me… Well, I will tell you later. Do you want to change your fate?" The young man asked.

Rose answered without hesitation. "I do!"

"Your fate is decided by her." The young man looked at Suzen and said. He then grabbed her and disappeared, leaving Suzen in rage.

…

He only took her outside the town for a short talk.

"You are asking my name, right? I am Alexander Sirius." Alex finally introduced himself. He suddenly saw a white string with green stripes on it when he was flying toward the Heavenly Sword Sect. He did not know who this was, but this was a person he had good karma with, so out of curiosity, he came to the town.

At first, he was a bit disappointed when he knew her name was Rose. He never knew the name of Rose, so he thought he would just save her and be done with it. But when she said her full name, Alex had a different thought.

He remembered the Spatial Gate technique he got from Skewes was very useful. So, he thought maybe he could bring her to the sect and let them nurture her. It might be the best way to repay the good karma.

When he thought about this while carrying her out of the town, the system suddenly said,

[Why don't you make her your disciple? However, unlike Putri, who was only your in name disciple as you or she never made a serious pact before she left. It also was not like Evelyn. In other words, she would be your true disciple.]

"!!!" Alex frowned. He never expected to have a disciple since just becoming his disciple might bring a calamity in their life. So, Alex always thought he did not mind teaching someone but not to the point they became his disciple.

[I know you want to be careful about this, but just like your Master Maxwell and your Teacher Marco, you might want to experience what kind of experience to be a Master/Teacher.]

"..." Alex pondered it deeply. After introducing himself, he looked at her with a serious expression.

"Why is Big bro- I mean, Senior help me?" Rose asked timidly. She even corrected herself and said politely as Alex's stare made her tense.

"Say… Do you use an Axe?" Alex finally asked. He decided that he would make her a disciple if she used an Axe as he just got a set of Axe thingy. It would be better to give it to his 'disciple,' then letting it rot inside his Inventory.

"N-no." Rose shook her head.

Alex made a disappointed face again, and this immediately scared Rose. She replied hurriedly, "I can… If Senior wants me, I can… I am very grateful for Senior to help me, but I think we should escape from here since they are from the Kantan Family. The family head is a 2-Star Martial Lord."

"Hmm… you don't need to care about them as they could not do anything to me. Anyway, what kind of weapon do you use?" Alex asked. He had a few mastery cards, Spear, Axe, Bow, and Dagger. If she used one of them, he might as well take her as his disciple. At that time, he could have her rule this continent.

He knew how mighty the power of his Mastery Card was, so she should be able to reach Martial Lord or Martial King or more easily. Alex suddenly thought of something and corrected himself, "Anyway, There are four weapons, Spear, Axe, Box, and Dagger. You need to choose one of them."

"Eh?" Rose looked at him with a pale face.

Alex sighed when he looked at her expression. It seemed he pressed her too much. So, he changed his question again. "Alright. You don't need to answer that first. It seems you hate that guy with fancy clothes, what's the deal?"

"He… he killed my parents and wanted me to become his slave. I won't forgive him." Rose suddenly filled with anger to the point she forgot about Alex's power.

Alex then said, "Well, I only save you on a whim. Even if you are fine now, you might not be later."

"I am a hunter. He always observes me, making sure I don't escape from the town while I am hunting. Senior has helped to get past that, so I think I will go to another town from here. I don't know if I can reach there, but If I can reach there, I will surely try to search for a way to get stronger to have my revenge… and repay Senior." Rose answered.

Alex observed her quietly. "So, you are going to kill his family?"

Rose thought for a while before shaking her head. "I think his family is not aware of the matter about him killing my parents, and I know that not every person in that family is bad. That's why I think I will kill him and the people who like to oppress the citizens and let him do what 'he' wants to a normal citizen."

Alex closed his eyes. He did not find any problems with her character, and he knew she did not lie about that. He said, "You are too weak, and it is just an empty dream."

"Even so, I won't give up. As long as I don't give up, the chance is not zero. That's what my parents said to me. Even if I need decades, I will surely succeed." She said with conviction.

"Then, choose one of the following weapons, Spear, Bow, Dagger, and Axe."

Rose looked at him with a troubled expression. After pondering for a while, she said, "I am a hunter, and I use a bow and short sword on a daily basis. So, if I need to choose one, I will choose Bow."

"Good." Alex nodded. He then asked his last question. "One last question. Do you want to be my disciple?"