Synopsis

Beryl Gardenant has spent the last two decades running his father's sword dojo in some quiet backwater village, training whoever comes through the door. His students go on to become seriously skilled swordsmen, but Beryl himself is weirdly humble about the whole thing—constantly referring to himself as an old man despite clearly being anything but. His former disciples aren't buying it. Allucia Citrus especially disagrees. She trained under him over a decade ago and is now the commander of the Royal Order of Knights, and she's decided it's time the world knew how good Beryl actually is. So she pitches him to her superiors, and next thing he knows, he's been appointed as a special instructor for the Order by imperial command. Allucia delivers the news herself, though Beryl remains completely oblivious to what she's really up to. His aging parents pressure him into accepting, so Beryl packs up and moves to the capital, reluctant as ever. It doesn't take long before he runs into more of his old students—like Surena Lysandra, who's now a black-rank adventurer, and Ficelle Harbeller, a major player in the Magic Corps. And then the word starts getting around: even the strongest warriors in the capital can't stand up to this weird old dude from the countryside.

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