Why Did I Have to Enroll

"Master, I believe you're at a very crucial point right now."

Luciel said while twirling pasta around her fork.

Coming from a culture without pasta, or at least without thin, long spaghetti noodles, she hadn't known how to eat it at first. But being naturally dexterous, she quickly learned after Ban Yu-won showed her once.

Though she was surely following Ban Yu-won's instructions exactly, when he did it, it looked like making a spiral, but when Luciel did it, it looked unbearably cute - truly mysterious.

"A crucial point?"

"Yes. Ah~"

Luciel naturally held out her fork toward Ban Yu-won's mouth with a pretty smile.

Well, he had roughly expected that he wouldn't be able to avoid this whether they were on a date or surrounded by people.

For Luciel, serving Ban Yu-won was an act that didn't require consideration of others' eyes.

In fact, he had suspected this would happen when Luciel switched his plate with hers as soon as the pasta arrived.

But if he only kept receiving food from Luciel, she wouldn't have time to eat her own pasta.

So, inevitably, to feed Luciel as well, he tried to make the spiral as small and pretty as possible, thinking to himself, 'Isn't this less master-servant and more just a sickeningly sweet couple?'

"Master, you have such diverse abilities."

"Mmm... that's true. Ah~"

"Ah~"

As if she had expected him to do that, Luciel naturally accepted the pasta from Ban Yu-won, quickly chewed and swallowed the noodles in her mouth, then continued speaking.

"Of course, you're good at everything, but just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do everything, and just because you can make something doesn't mean you should make everything - there isn't enough time. Time to master just one thing. Ah~"

Ban Yu-won thought about Luciel's words while diligently chewing his pasta.

Sometimes she acted just like an animal, but perhaps because of that, she could make such sharp, insightful comments.

In fact, Ban Yu-won had thought during his recent battle in the tower while controlling the Rain Sword, 'Come to think of it, this isn't really proper swordsmanship or magic...'

"But it wouldn't make sense to let your abilities go to waste either, Master. Just looking at when you explore the tower with us, you handle almost every situation with your abilities."

"Yeah, that's true... Not using abilities you have would be a bit... Ah~"

"Ah~"

Luciel accepted the pasta with an expression of pure bliss.

Ban Yu-won began to suspect that perhaps she was deliberately serving him because she wanted him to do this for her.

...Surely she wasn't employing such a sophisticated strategy?

"Nom... So from now on, I think we need to establish priorities and direction."

"Priorities and direction."

"Yes. We should determine what's most important to you right now and focus your self-development around that. And by direction, I mean something like this: even when creating artifacts with your abilities, there are many possibilities depending on the artifacts' capabilities and potential, but I hope you'll make them in a way that supports the abilities you want to prioritize."

Direction of ability development.

For Ban Yu-won, who had just experimented with a newly created artifact yesterday, this advice really resonated.

Even with the Rain Sword, he could have handled it in a way that better enhanced his swordsmanship.

Whether directly controlling the Rain Sword to demonstrate its techniques, or harmonizing it while fighting with the Executioner's greatsword.

The same goes for magic.

Language magic has limitless possibilities, and whether to apply it to close combat or ranged combat depends on Ban Yu-won's decision.

It's not about giving up other possibilities, but rather focusing primarily on the possibility that Ban Yu-won most wants to 'strengthen' right now.

"I think it's very cool that you're so versatile, Master... but sometimes being exceptionally good at one thing can be more helpful than being good at everything."

"Like you and Dokgo Yeon, you mean."

"Yes. I'm confident I can serve you better than anyone else."

Luciel smiled, deliberately giving an odd response despite understanding what Ban Yu-won meant.

Finding her cute, Ban Yu-won smiled, but then Luciel spoke with an unexpectedly serious expression.

"So you absolutely must not abandon me...!"

"I won't. I have no intention of abandoning my comr... vassals."

Seeing her eyes flash dangerously at the word "comrade," he hastily changed it to "vassals," which seemed to satisfy her with an expression that said 'I'll let it slide this time.'

That was dangerous - he almost risked losing all the public goodwill built up through the Rebellion Channel with a public indecency charge!

Ban Yu-won organized his thoughts while obediently accepting the pasta she offered.

'So Luciel is saying to establish a clear concept. Even as a jack of all trades, become one who has one outstanding specialty.'

Ban Yu-won's abilities, while all based on his authority, branch into several main categories.

First is martial arts, including swordsmanship and martial techniques.

While his ability to see the essence of things helps him understand martial techniques more easily or grasp the principles of martial arts, honestly speaking, it was far from directly utilizing his authority.

Second is magic, including elemental magic and language magic (with curses added after mass-extracting concepts from the frost giants this time).

This was truly an area directly influenced by his authority, the Babylonia Code.

Language magic in particular was his unique magical system, boasting overwhelming convenience and versatility that no one else could easily imitate.

However, speaking frankly, mastery had little meaning when it came to language magic.

While it's heavily influenced by his life force, soul, magical power (hyeongi), All-Seeing Eyes, All-Hearing Ears, and All-Speaking Lips, these concepts were growing steadily regardless of the magic itself.

If forced to compare it to something else, it was like firearms.

Once you become accustomed to shooting and improve your accuracy, the power won't change unless you upgrade the gun or ammunition.

Elemental magic and curses are heavily influenced by proficiency, and he was steadily increasing his skill through consistent training with Yumina and Selon... but this wasn't particularly outstanding compared to language magic and had little connection to his authority.

Third is, needless to say, artifact/vassal creation.

This was another area where his authority was being properly utilized.

The artifacts he had created, including Tyche who had been completely modified for combat, were all powerful, and in particular, Eve had played a crucial role in completely turning the tide of battle against former Instructor Parrel.

However, focusing too much on creating powerful artifacts would mean losing opportunities to develop his own combat abilities.

He needed to clearly decide his path: either create mass quantities of vassalized artifacts to fight while he remained in a supporting position, or use artifacts in a supporting role while he engaged in combat directly.

'Even in this exploration, I could have gained close combat experience by directly clashing swords with the frost giants, or I could have wiped them out by deploying magic on a massive scale.'

Ban Yu-won carefully considered (while continuing to feed and be fed by Luciel) and examined the possibilities of each option before reaching a conclusion.

"When it comes down to it, what you need is the power to protect yourself. And finding a good teacher like Dokgo Yeon at just the right time is extremely rare. I think it's right to focus on martial arts."

"I think so too, Master."

Luciel smiled brightly.

She had probably been hoping for this answer.

"Martial arts is the field least affected by my authority. That's precisely why I think I need to focus on it more. The truth is, the other areas yield great results even with moderate effort. From now on, I should develop both magic and artifacts in ways that can support my martial arts."

Of course, he had no intention of completely abandoning other possibilities.

For example, he would need to continue honing large-scale area magic that could only be achieved through elemental magic.

There would also be tasks that his body couldn't accomplish, things that could only be resolved through artifacts.

He had simply set priorities among his three abilities.

'I need to work on harmonizing the Rain Sword more deeply with martial arts. Being able to handle twelve at once is good, but... I'll have to start from the beginning again.'

As Ban Yu-won was making this deep resolution while drinking water, Luciel, who had been completely absorbed in watching his profile, suddenly smiled softly and said,

"Now that that's decided, please don't get too deeply involved with that woman."

"...Huh?"

"I mean Senior Mira from the Artifact Creation Department. You won't need to stay up all night making artifacts with her anymore, right?"

"..."

Huh.

This is strange.

"And Ayre from the Special Class who writes magic papers with you... Since Ban Yu-won is focusing on martial arts, I don't think you need to be so passionate about magic research. Things like papers can be written more casually."

Surely Luciel had said this out of genuine concern for him.

But why did it feel like she was jealous of the other women he associated with and trying to influence his thoughts and actions?

It was quite unreasonable to suspect her when she was purely worried about him.

But Ban Yu-won couldn't help but ask,

"...Luciel, are you jealous?"

"Yes, extremely! So much that I can't sleep because I'm so worried...!"

Luciel was very honest.

No, after guiding things so well, why would she show her hand so obviously at the end?

"I didn't want to deceive Master... Besides, if it's something you truly think you need for yourself, I couldn't dare stop you..."

"Luciel is really cute."

He wanted to add about five exclamation points to that, but he held back since it would draw attention.

Instead, he answered her with sincerity.

"Thank you for thinking of me so much, Luciel."

"Master...!"

"Though at first, I thought it was all just because of the forced 'subjugation.'"

He openly expressed what might be considered somewhat pathetic inner thoughts.

"Mas... ter?"

Luciel froze in place.

But Ban Yu-won didn't back down, since he had arranged this meeting with Luciel specifically to say these words.

After inscribing soundproofing and barrier magic on the table so that no one could interfere or eavesdrop, he continued,

"I thought you were just acting like you had romantic feelings for me even though you didn't, to overcome your mindset and grow. Because that way you could receive my protection and maintain a good relationship."

"Master, I—"

"If you button up a shirt wrong, you can just unbutton it and do it right, but human relationships aren't like that, right? As long as you're bound to me by subjugation, it's actually impossible for me to completely shake off these doubts. I could pretend to shake them off, but that would just be acting. And I don't want to act in front of you."

Luciel realized that Ban Yu-won wasn't simply trying to deny her feelings, so she stopped protesting and listened to what he had to say.

"But just because I doubt you doesn't mean I'm going to push you away, right?"

"Master...?"

"So... I decided to accept all of you, including that part."

And her patience was rewarded.

"In other words, I've decided to think and act however I want."

"Master!"

Luciel's eyes went wide as she jumped to her feet.

Surprisingly, despite not being in combat or activating her giant concept, beast ears and a tail had sprouted from her body.

"So Luciel, from now on you can't dislike me, feel burdened by me, or reject me. Whatever I do, you have to nod and accept it. That's the proper master-servant relationship. ...Understand?"

"Yes, yes...! That's exactly what I wanted...!"

Honestly, even he thought what he was saying was trashy, but Luciel was so moved that she threw herself into his arms with tears in her eyes.

At the same time, he could confirm that her concept of subjugation, which had been stagnating around level 6, instantly broke through to level 10.

As expected... just as planned.

He couldn't help but smile bitterly.

'Didn't Dokgo Yeon say before that Luciel likes it when I'm forceful... Her attitude has been the same from the beginning until now. She was really hoping I would say something like this.'

'I don't want to act in front of you' – what a complete lie.

Ban Yu-won is not a straightforward man.

He still hasn't completely shed his modern Earth mindset.

What he just said to Luciel was nothing more than the result of carefully observing her words and actions over several weeks and doing exactly what he thought she might want.

However... while he wasn't certain, looking at Luciel's behavior, despite all the conditions including subjugation, there were words and actions mixed in that couldn't be understood unless she had romantic feelings for Ban Yu-won, so it was also true that he felt less resistance compared to when they first formed their master-servant relationship.

'Well... it's been a long time.'

It had been a month since he and Luciel were bound in a master-servant relationship.

Their relationship had finally taken on a plausible form.

"So now you can't get angry even if I play around with other women."

"That... that depends on the situation!"

Ah, as expected.

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