- Helputt: Chung, let's talk for a moment.
- Time went by fast. Time to make my weapon and armor was in four days.
- Father called me who was lying on the ground not being able to complete my training quota as always.
- Chung: What is it about?
- Father stretched his hand towards me. I held my father's hand and got up. After leaving the training center, I wordlessly followed father.
- Place we arrived at was a garden behind the mansion.
- Helputt: Is the preparation going well?
- I answered hesitantly to father's question.
- Chung: ... Yes.
- Father finally stopped his steps after arriving at a place with few other presences. I went beside father and sat on a chair.
- Helputt: In the past, one boy was born into the Seiker family. That boy barely managed to survive when he was born and wasn't too healthy as he grew up.
- Helputt: He was weak and sickly so people always said he won't live for long.
- This almost sounded like my story so I held my breath and listened carefully to father's words.
- Helputt: But that boy never once threw away his dream that he'll become a guardian who'll protect Hamel.
- Helputt: At first he fell behind other kids, and always lost even when he tried to catch up to them.
- Helputt: But he never gave up and always devoted himself towards one direction.
- Helputt: And as a result... That boy became Hamel's guard captain who's recognized as the best ever in the Seiker family. Boy's effort finally saw the light.
- It was the same conclusion as heroes I read about in books when I was young.
- For me who had one day given up by concluding that 'effort cannot beat talent', father's story was filling me up with a hope saying that 'you can do it too'.
- Chung: Who is that person? Is he someone I know? A famous person from the family? Tell me, father!
- Father petted my head and gave a small smile.
- Helputt: That boy's name is Helputt Seiker. This is my story.
- I couldn't continue my words for a while.
- Father as a child was much sicklier than me, but through effort became to be called 'Hamel's White Colossus'.
- Me on the other hand always got disappointed in myself, thought that 'I can't' and gave up even before I started.
- It's already been long since I had given up the 'dream' of wanting to achieve something.
- Helputt: I think that you'll grow up to become even greater than me and achieve your dreams. Focus on what you want no matter what others say.
- Helputt: True powers that people have aren't related to body's weakness or their appearance.
- I nodded largely as I looked at father.
- Dream that I wanted to achieve... I felt that I could achieve the dream of someday following after father and becoming a great warrior.
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The Boy's Resolution 5
