561 - - 559 Episode Too Much

When Mr. Dorgem earnestly applied to become Mel's apprentice, I tried to reason with him, but failed. I had no choice but to ask the king to settle the matter by force. The next day, as promised to the king, I held a training session for the spiritists who work in the castle.

"Well, first of all, ...... let's have you experience the power of spirits. I'm sure you all understand the power of spirits, since you come from a family of great spirits. If you faint, it means that you are not ready to take this course yet, so please do your best."

"""Yes!　I look forward to working with you!"""""

The replies from the prestigious members of the group are absurdly polite and energetic.

I had thought that I would first have to break the pride of the prestigious students before starting the training, so I was puzzled when things went so smoothly.

I did not expect that the presence of the Great Spirits would be enough to break the pride of a prestigious family.

Compared to the tense and fearful spiritists, the spirits are calm. They greet Sylphy and the others, and Belle and the others charge into the room to get some attention, which is very heartwarming.

I'd like to join them anyway.

"Wow, the master is really great, isn't he?

Gina murmurs in admiration.

Gina and the others are bringing Mel and the others along with them to help with the training, since they will be leaving directly after the training is over.

It is slightly discomforting to have such disciples looking at me with such respect.

Gina and the others are so accustomed to living with the great spirits in paradise that they don't seem to have noticed that the presence of Sylphy and the others is making the spiritists shrink back.

I can imagine that when they realize it, they lose their respect for them. Maybe, they will feel very sad.

...... Well, whatever. Anyway, let's just get on with it and finish the course quickly.

But first.

"Thank you very much for the guidance, Mr. Butler. We'll take it from here. Please go back to your work.

Let's ask the super butler standing next to us to leave. I feel uncomfortable in many ways when he's around.

"It is my job today to entertain Yuta-sama, so please don't mind me.

He has no intention of leaving. He is a super butler, so I guess he understands my inner feelings.

He understands that and is staying here to gather information. If I say no, he will leave, but of course he will try to get information by other means. It's a castle and there could be many tricks like that.

Sylphy will protect us from them, but I'm also worried about being out of sight and out of mind.

But I also don't want to be seen up close.

"Then, I am sorry, but could you please stay by the wall over there?　We have a lot of technology that needs to be kept secret, and we don't want it to leak out."

A roundabout request or a bad lie to a competent person will be cut off and have the opposite effect, so you must be upfront and honest in your request.

"......If that is the case, it would be a nuisance for me to be near you. I will be waiting over there, so please call me if you need me.

Yes, please do.

I guess it was a good thing that I told him honestly, because the butler moves me to the wall.

Whew! I'm tired even though we haven't even started yet.

"Well, I'm about to start. Please be strong and bear with me.

They changed their minds and started pretending to be chanting with gestures, and the power of Sylphy and the others was unleashed in the training hall.

It's the beginning of the crazy time.

"...... Huh?　Why are you reviving people who have fainted?　Doesn't that mean you failed?"

The spiritists who have failed in the eyes of Sylphy and the others are supposed to be shaken off, but so far all of them have remained conscious.

In fact, even those who have lost consciousness have been revived by Sylphy and the others, forcing them to stay conscious.

What does this mean?

"Basically, all of the spiritists here have passed the test, so we're waking them up even if they've passed out."

"What?　They all passed?　Why?"

Sylphy answers my questions, but they make less and less sense. If you come from a prestigious family with a lot of pride, there would normally be a lot of rejections, right?

"Why not? The spiritists here are from families that have been recognized by the spirits for many years. Of course they will pass. If they didn't pass, they wouldn't have signed the contract in the first place.

Hmm?　What do you mean?　...... No, that's what I mean.

If they can't make a contract without being recognized by the spirits, they will fall, and as a prestigious family, they must have educated themselves well.

And if the spirits who have been contracting with the family for generations choose the family members whom they are willing to contract from among the educated family members, there would be no one who would be rejected at this place.

If they were to be rejected here, they would have either been abandoned by the spirit and contracted with someone from another family, or they would have fallen into ruin and their houses would have collapsed before they could be rejected.

"...... Then, wasn't there no need for the selection process?"

I'm fainting with fear, shitting myself, crying and screaming in confusion, you know?

Or rather, I think it's worse than the selection process at the Adventurers' Guild. I don't know how to say it ...... but I feel like I'm getting a very thorough, thorough fear beating.

Vita has healed my injuries perfectly, but this situation is just too much, even though it is not necessary.

"Well, I don't need it in terms of selection, but those girls asked me to do it. They are getting carried away with their prestigious status and they need a reminder of their humility."

Sylphy looked at the spirits who were watching the confusion of her contractors.

Some of the spirits were looking at her with concern, others were urging her to be more intense. Various emotions are floating around, but in general they seem to be accepting the current situation.

In other words, they have been accepted, but only as alternates, and they are getting a little carried away, so they need to be punished.

I thought they were relaxed, but it seems that they are not relaxed at all.

When we look at the scene of the screaming in light of this, we can see things that we had not noticed before.

The contractors of the spirits who are there are the ones who have been carefully attacked, and the contractors of the spirits who are not there have not suffered so badly.

Ms. Barotta is a little surprised, but she seems to be mostly unaffected.

He is a hard worker and the middle class spirits of the soil did not need to have their pride crushed.

"Well, they all passed. Congratulations!"

The time for snickering is over.

The two groups of people were in a state of confusion, one almost undamaged, the other battered and bruised from fear and pain.

The two patterns are neatly divided into two, but all are conscious, so there is no doubt that they passed the test.

"Now, I have a question."

After my words, a ragged male genie surgeon raised his hand.

His costume was quite tattered, and he seemed to have been carefully selected. Even though he is still recovering from his injuries, it's pretty gutsy of him to ask me a question under the current circumstances.

"What do you mean?" "It seems to me that there has been a clear injustice.

Yes, the unfairness is obvious. One who was not harmed at all, and the other who was beaten until his clothes were torn to shreds.

There is no way you can think this is fair.

The man who asked me the question seemed to have his own feelings about the unreasonable situation, and he seemed to be unable to hide his anger despite his polite words.

Now, how should I explain this to him?

I can't say that your contracted spirits have asked me to carefully break his pride, but it might be a good idea to add a word of remorse anyway.

They are first-rate spiritists, and the reputation of spiritists in the world will be a little better if these people become more amiable.

And while we're at it, why not have these people mentor ordinary spiritists as well?

Since they are from a prestigious family, they probably have the know-how to prevent spirits from misunderstanding their commands, and if these people can help ordinary spiritists become more honest, then the reputation of the spiritists will improve as well.

Yes, not bad. Let's try to destroy their pride more thoroughly and make it easier for them to ask for our help.

If it works, it's a win-win situation.

****

As it turns out, it worked.

Or should I say, in this case, it worked too well?

After it worked, I realized that thoroughly crushing their pride and then re-educating them to suit themselves would be ...... brainwashing, wouldn't it?

What?　Did I brainwash you?　

Well, first of all, I explained that I invoked a technique to make the arrogant ones more aggressive.

There was a slight objection, but when I asked him again if he had any idea what I was talking about, he was silent. Well, I can't say that I don't have an idea, since the contracted spirit taught me that.

I explained to him that arrogance makes a spiritist weak, and urged him to reflect on this. If the spirits don't like you, the worst that can happen is that they cut you out of the contract.

So far, so safe.

So, I was going to give him the same training as the Adventurers' Guild, but I changed my mind.

I asked Sylphy and the others to put a lot of pressure on the trainees.

At the same time, we reproduced the same techniques that the trainees had used in their training, but on a much larger scale. At the same time, he made the trainees realize the difference in their abilities, and at the same time, he further crushed their pride.

He then asks Gina and the others to help him, and shows them that he is superior to the prestigious spirit practitioners in terms of subtlety and accuracy, not to mention the scale of his technique.

The prestigious spiritists get teary-eyed when they find out that they are not as accurate as even a young girl like Kikka, let alone Gina.

Things are starting to get a little delicate around here.

And then the criticisms start coming in.

Even though they are well-known, they can neither see nor hear the voices of spirits.

The knowledge of the prestigious masters has been accumulated little by little from the vague state based on many years of experience, and there are many things that I, who can communicate directly with the spirits, can't make sense of.

I have to make a lot of detailed criticisms and smash the pride of the prestigious people who have been crushed by the pressure.

Around this time, the expressions of the top-notch spiritists serving the castle, including Ms. Barotta, were tinged with despair.

Now that I think about it, I think we have entered a gray area here.

After shattering the pride of the top-notch spiritists, I was in charge of the spiritists and Sylphy and the others were in charge of the spirits, reconstructing knowledge that had a lot of points to be tweaked.

Even if we exclude the secret technology, we are still able to bridge the gap between the spiritists and their contracted spirits, so we are very efficient.

The ability of the master spiritists grows quickly.

The master spiritists overflowing with joy.

Results: .......

"Sometimes you learn by teaching. Don't you understand?"

Yes!"""""""""""

"It is natural that you should serve the king to the best of your ability, but you must not neglect your feet."

Yes!"""""

"From now on, when you have time to spare, please show up at the Adventurers' Guild and spare no effort to train the men below you. This will raise the level of the entire spirit workers, and will eventually help you."

"""Yes!　I will do as you say, sir!"""""

The ...... results in tremendous trust, unlike the fearful domination we had in the beginning.

I think it is even possible to make him say "one" three times now.

Yeah, that's out. I don't know much about real brainwashing, but I think we're getting close.

...... Well, it's just amateur education, and the heat should cool down over time.

They will be able to educate the stray spiritists, and the spiritists have grown in their abilities. A good result for me and for the country. So there is no problem.

It's also my imagination that the super butler's face looks drawn. It is impossible for that super butler to show such an expression.

...... Let's get out of the royal city and head for the labyrinth city.

I'd better stay away from King's Landing for a while. .......