From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman: My Hotshot Disciples Are All Grown Up Now, and They Won’t Leave Me Alone

In a quiet village deep in the remote countryside, Beryl Gardinant leads a humble life, devoting himself to the careful running of a modest fencing dojo. Though his days pass in peaceful obscurity, an unexpected visitor is about to upend everything: Allusia, one of his former pupils, arrives at his door—no longer the young student he once trained, but a grown woman who has risen to become commander of the kingdom's knights. Her news comes as a complete surprise: "I recommended Master Beryl as the knights' special instructor." Reluctantly setting aside his quiet routine, Beryl follows her to the royal capital to assume his new post. No sooner has he arrived than he finds himself swept into one emotional reunion after another, as his accomplished, enthusiastic apprentices—each having flourished into remarkable figures in their own right—reappear in his life, overjoyed to be near the master who shaped them. Caught between his self-effacing country roots and the extraordinary grown disciples who now refuse to let him go, Beryl faces an unfamiliar chapter he never anticipated. What destiny awaits this unassuming swordsman in the heart of the kingdom?