Iâm called Sao in this world, Iâm still young.
After my vocation has been identified, the adults were indescribably delicate.
Some of the adults were present in the church as my witnesses, including my mon as my guardian.
ăRod Master, what does it mean?ă
ăWhat class is that? Does anyone know?ă
Nobody answered.
Seems like everyone had no idea what class the rod master is.
Rod master means thatâŚ
Itâs a term used to make fun of people who are skillful with their penis, using it as a rod.
I guess that culture itself isnât found in this world?
ăIt seems to be a class I never heard of for sure. Could this be a special one?ă
ăI canât imagine what kind of class this is. But since itâs a rod, maybe he has an aptitude with fishing?ă
ăThen it would be âfishermanâ insteadă
The adults are confused.
ăI donât mindă
Mother speaks up.
ăNo matter what my childâs vocation is, it doesnât change that heâs my child. Heâs the child I went through pain to give birth to. Iâll show you that Iâll raise him wonderfully regardless of his talentsă
ăMacheâs rightă
The oldest man said.
Village head.
ăAfter all, itâs rare for someone with special status to gather the attention of a nobleman in a rural village like this. Instead of clinging to an impossible dream, letâs rejoice and celebrate that another young man is growing up healthy and is ready to support the villageă
I knew it, they were expecting good for the village of children with great class has shown up, right?
I donât doubt that my mother and the people in this village are all good people who decided to raise me freely instead of taking advantage of such a good deal.
Iâm determined to grow up healthy to live up to their wishes.
Well then.
Letâs take a quick look at the abilities of my vocation, rod Master.
Here are the skills I already acquired as the rod master.
I knew that rod master was like that. If they were to discover that, that would be the end of this village, but Iâm glad it seems that nobody knows about it.
For now, the ârite to divine annunciation,â recognized me as an owner of a vocation they donât understand, and so theyâll treat me the same as before.
Normally, just like before.
If thereâs a problem, thenâŚ
ăhey, Sao, whatâs your vocation again?ă
Some troublesome, or should I say annoying people are approaching me.
ăRod Master? Whatâs that? Is it because your name is Sao? Thatâs really simpleă
I never mentioned it before but I actually have a big brother.
A two year older brother.
His name is Caliber
This brother of mine is a jerk, or to put it simply, he comes at me every chance he gets.
Seems like my vocation has become his favorite topic these days.
ăCompared to that, my vocation is the best one! After all, itâs âKnight!âă
Brother Caliber seems to be quite proud of the vocation he got.
ăSpeaking of knights, itâs a noble skill to serve the King! One day, Iâll be called up to work in the castle and Iâll never come back to this countryside ever again! Unlike the dropout youă
Or so he says.
He brags his vocation to the other children so they all hate him and they keep their distance.
However, he indeed holds a valuable class, so the village has no choice but to treat him with care, and because of his personality, heâs treated like a tumor.
Heâs definitely a frog in the well.
Then, Iâm the only retainer of this little tyrant.
ăI really worry about Caliberâs future. If you look at the country, âKnightâ isnât that special of a class. If he gets his nose too high, he might stumble on a rockă
Motherâs watching over her first child with concern.
Iâm the second child.
ăCompard to that, Saoâs a good boy. Vocations donât matter you know. Just live healthily and honestly and thatâs all you needă
ăYeahă
I also get spoiled by my mother and I hugged her front.
I bury myself on her fluffy breast and I feel happy today.
Brother Caliber watches that with an annoyed look.
ăHey, bum! Why are you so sticky with mother! Are you a kid?ă
Yes, what about it?
ăGet out of here! Thereâs nobody but a bum like you wants to play the role of the retainer so youâll do!ă
ăGeez, Caliber-chanâs so rough with his speech. I wonder where did he get that from?ă
This brother of mine is a stain in the family for making mother fed up like that.
If you ask whatâs the shame the house does during the day, he goes to the forest near the village.
The person himself is saying that heâs training for the future. He picks a branch he finds in the area instead of a sword and runs around imitating a knight.
Heâs just playing around, and heâs not very serious about making himself stronger.
âA knight needs a squireâ so he forces me to play that role. The kids of my age had already grown tired of Caliberâs selfishness and distanced themselves from him.
Iâd like to be spared from this too but thatâs not going to happen since weâre relatives.
My otherworld childhood life has lost its quality thanks to this foolish brother of mine.
If thatâs the case, why doesnât he just do as he says and leave for the Royal Capital or something?
ăGood, first is to look for the evil dragon Weâre going to kill it and show our achievementă
ăEvil dragon, you mean wild rabbitsă
Normally, children are strictly forbidden to enter the forest because itâs dangerous.
Despite that, brother Caliber isnât a fan of that so he goes to the forest every day to âplay knight,â with rats, rabbits, and other small animals.
Of course, the forest isnât just filled with small animals but itâs also a dangerous area filled with fierce beasts, poisonous insects, and even monsters.
Heâs been told to not go in because itâs dangerous but this idiot brother has no fear at all because his vocation is to be a knight.
Even if you are talented, youâre still a child at this point in time so youâll die in seconds of encountering a low-grade demon.
As far as Iâm concerned, I donât care about how this man dies, but whatâs troublesome is that heâs my brother by blood.
If heâs to die or get injured, my mother would cry and get sad, so I canât abandon him, and so I follow him to the forest like this.
ăWhat? No evil dragon is showing up today? Are they afraid of this Knight Caliber?!ă
The rabbits are established as evil dragons in his mind.
Theyâre also wild animals and theyâre doing their best to survive, and most of the time, theyâre more agile and perceptive than poor people.
In the end, we never killed a wild rabbit today, but I had a strange feeling.
Indeed, we havenât seen a single rabbit since entering the forest.
Usually, Iâd encounter a few of them if not kill them.
I donât see any wild rabbits, birds, mice, or even insects.
This is definitely strange.
It seemed like every breath in the forest is gone.
No, they ran away?
ăHey hey! Come out! You prey of Knight Caliber-sama!ă
And this idiot is the only one who hasnât noticed anything strange.
The forest today is clearly different from before.
As expected, just as I decided to punch this idiot brother to knock him unconscious and take him home, I realized that itâs too late to do that.
Fatalistically.
A huge object thatâs almost a wall stands in front of my brother Caliber whoâs walking in front of me.
ăAh, aaah, aaaaaaah!!!ă
As soon as he faced it, Caliber peed himself in fear.
Itâs a bear.
Itâs a huge beast that I have to look up it.
No, from what the adults in the village told me, this is the most terrifying threat in the forest!
The bear-type monster, devil bear!
I think that was its name.
ăUhiiii!!! Uwaaaaa!!!ă
Caliber, completely terrified of the Devil Bearâs huge and vicious appearance, ran away immediately.
But thatâs the thing you shouldnât do.
Monsters and beasts alike will take the initiative to pounce on the prey when they turn their backs away.
Furthermore, Caliberâs an idiot, as soon as he tried to escape, his feet get tangled and he fell!
I can only think that heâs trying to get himself killed by this monster.
Sure enough, the bear-shaped monster fiercely swung its paws up in the air.
The claws at the tip were like a series of swords, many times longer and sharper than the normal bears Iâve seen in my previous life.
I guess itâs because theyâre monsters?
A claw like that would tear a child to pieces instead more than inflicting a fatal wound.
I donât know if Iâd be okay with that but I donât want my beloved mother to have misfortune befall her child so I have to deal with it.
ăEi!!ă
I step in between the predator and prey to block the monsterâs claws.
Or more accurately, the wooden stick Iâm holding.
A firm resistance has stopped the bear.
No, thatâs weird.
Even ordinary bears pose a mortal threat if encountered by humans. A monster based on a bear should be a greater threat, but why is a child able to prevent it?
Itâs only possible because of my class, Rod Master.
I thought itâs just a lewd class, but among the skills I had is one skill that has originated with the rod master in its unique way.
ăCane Martial Artsďźďźłďźłďźă
Seems like the rod means stick, and so I, the rod master can handle anything thatâs stick-lick, even if itâs not my own meat-stick.
So I got my stick in hand and even if itâs just a wooden stick I found in the corner, can be used like itâs normal.
ăYo! Hohatto! Seya!!ă
I fight off the ferocious demon bearâs continuous attacks and when I find an opening, I turn to attack with a powerful blow.
Even so, it normally wonât penetrate the thick fur of the fierce beast but with the help of the rod master skills, the impact seems to have penetrated the interior, causing it great damage.
As proof, the bearâs movement has slowed at an accelerated rate and its attack has become more and more aggressive and crude.
Naturally, the opportunities increased, and I took the opportunity to thrust the stick sharply to its face.
âGyaaaaaa!!â A wild yell went up.
The stick pierced through the bearâs right eye, and it looks like it hurt a lot. Thatâs coming from the person who did it.
The monster was completely demoralized by the intense pain and this time, turned its heel and staggered away in defeat.
That oneâs a serious threat to our people and so Iâd like to finish it off, but Iâve given up.
Settling it is still a lot of responsibility for a child. If its life is on the line, the monster would probably put up a desperate resistance, and so I should be happy that I was able to fight it off.
ăI managed somehowă
I regained my breath and loosened my tension.
I turned around and I find my idiot brother, Caliber on the floor.
Seems like he lost his strength from fear.
ăYou? You?ă
ăNow you get it, donât you? The forest is too dangerous for children to play around. If you learned your lesson, donât try to get in here without telling an adult againă
I want to escape from the dangerous forest as soon as possible but thereâs a problem.
My idiot brotherâs lost his strength so he canât walk.
ăHey? Can you give me a lift? Youâre not going to leave me here alone, right?ă
Caliberâs fear of being left behind isnât surprising as if heâs left alone, heâd die.
If Iâm going to abandon him here, then I shouldnât have tried my best to bear the monster, but carrying him? I donât feel like it.
After all, heâs so shocked by the encounter earlier that he peed in his pants!
If I piggybacked him in this state, our bodies will be in close contact that Iâd be stained by his stinky pee.
I donât want that.
ăI donât like the idea of piggyback unless we get rid of your pee first. Take off your pee-soaked pants and wipe your lower body clean before you goă
ăWhat? Stop! Donât strip me!ă
Shut up.
I donât want to look at other peopleâs dicks but Iâm doing this with good intentions so accept it.
I put my hand on his wet pants, which I donât really want to touch, and pulled them off in a single go.
Now thereâs another surprising encounter.
Caliberâs lower half is bare with his pants off.