132. At the Training Grounds (2)

“Can you show me now?”

“You mean to deal with magic together in sparring?”

“Right. If possible, put it in your sword as well as your body.”

I gently shook my head.

Fighting with a sword mixed with magic is quite dangerous. Because there is no mercy in the magic that was manifested at the end of formation.

Since Siabelle is a sword expert knight, of course she would take an active response according to her magic. If you make a mistake and fail to avoid or defeat it, you may have a little painful experience.

For now, I roughly shake my head and try to reconsider her words.

“It might be quite dangerous.”

“I knew that, and I prepared properly, so there is no need to worry.”

Sia Bell raised her right hand.

There was a ring on her index finger. The same ring she gave me as a gift the other day. It was an expensive magic tool imbued with protection magic.

“It’s not like they’re going to fight each other, so if it’s just the magic on this ring, even if your magic touches me, I’ll be able to block it. How about it, is this enough?”

“… Yes.”

I never thought I’d bring such a monster just to see magic.

From the beginning, it seems that she had hoped for auras and magic to intertwine and collide.

“Then let’s start slowly.”

Siabelle smiled and pointed her sword at me.

I also obediently pointed my training sword at her.

Swords held in a neutral position. The tips of each other’s swords preceded each other, aiming for that magnificent heart that beats violently and energizes the body.

“… Defeat Ray!”

Shione’s small cheer was heard in the silence. She watched our confrontation with her fists clenched and an excited look on her face.

Sia Bell looked at her sister like that and she only let out a timid smile. Shione flinched at the sight in her eyes, then she turned her gaze to the side and looked straight at me.

“They don’t support me until the end. I can’t help it—”

Siabelle’s momentum has completely changed.

The corners of her mouth were still raised, but the emotions that stayed at the tip had long since been blown away.

Then, at the moment when her eyes flashed in the cold wall, her attack came.

Huung!

A stabbing sword.

I quickly turned my body to the side and tilted my head at the same time.

“I’m feeling lonely, but I need to calm myself down by looking at your sword.”

“… Aren’t you coming out too strong from the start?”

“For what you said, you neatly avoided it, didn’t you?”

“Yeah… Siabelle-sama usually stabs her in the head when the sparring begins. She was just remembering.”

She pushed the blade of her sword across the back of her nose.

Siabelle’s sword fell according to the direction I was pushing, and I dug right into her arms.

The sword I was holding in the middle. The sword that had been aiming at the heart in an oblique line was drawn, and she raised her wrist and aimed again at the opponent with the sharp blade.

Siabelle’s slender front drew a cold weapon.

“Whoa.”

However, Siabelle was not nervous.

She enjoyed my blade. She didn’t know that soon she’d come in deep in her, aiming right for her neck. He seemed interested in the situation.

“It is a bold attempt.”

Chaeng!

Two training swords without mana. A clear metallic sound erupted from the clash.

“For the next move, it would be better to make it a little more blind spot.”

Sia Bell pushed her body against her sword.

A situation in which the mana was turned, and the action of the massive power made it fall back on its own.

After I lifted the heel of my left foot to prevent my body from being pushed.

Finally started turning mana. It strengthens the body and quickly forms magic.

‘First of all, fire.’

The long sword is completely filled with fire.

When it comes to Bondi, it’s time to complete the mold by enduring the hot furnace and the craftsman’s hammering. It is standard to infuse the heat of that time into the sword and master it well, but now they are in sparring. The rising flames did not have such a great firepower.

However, the fact that the fluctuating flames dwelled in the sword was enough for the visual stimulation.

“Wow… ….”

Shione’s cherry-like mouth slowly opened, and an exclamation burst out. Her blue pupils were swaying with red fire. She forgot to blink and was so busy looking at her sword. Perhaps it was to stimulate her aesthetic sense.

Sia Bell widened her eyes for a moment as she saw the flames rising from my sword, then smiled heartily. Her cold, numb corner of her mouth once again harbors hope, and her smile shines.

‘And then I’d better use the wind right away.’

Huung─

A breeze blows and wraps around my body.

I felt the wind that blew for a moment and the path of the wind that brushed her skin and gathered towards me. Siabelle, who was absorbed in looking at my sword, gathered her aura on her sword and straightened her spirits.

“Suck!”

I let out a short breath and kicked the ground.

New model shot. In an instant, the distance between me and Siabelle became one family, one sword.

I have no refined swordsmanship. However, because of the experience and skill that was honed in actual combat, there is no doubt or hesitation when it comes to the sword that is swung.

“… It’s much more powerful than what I saw on the wall.”

Siabelle put a thicker aura on her sword.

As soon as her preparation was over, I drew my sword.

The sword path I drew was followed by a fire. The curtain created by the fluttering flames is blown away brilliantly along the path of the gentle wind. However, even if the phenomenon has disappeared, the space will heat up with the remaining warm fire.

Boom—!

Clash close to explosion. Sia Belle prevented me from colliding with her grip on the handle. The shock was greater than expected, and she showed a more satisfied expression.

Tadak… Tadak…….

Sparks flew along with sword strikes over the curtain drawing a half moon. The spark met my wish and will and became a full-blooming flame that hit Siabelle.

“…… !”

The remnants of the fire, spread out like a net, blocked Siabelle’s vision for an instant.

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Without hesitation, I thrust my sword through the curtain of fire. However, my attack went in vain.

Sureureung!

My sword and Siabelle beyond the veil are intertwined.

Leaning over the fire curtain, she and I engaged in a power struggle with swords facing each other.

“What about the combination of magic and sword?”

“… Technology is much more glamorous than I thought. I’ve never seen anything like this on top of a castle wall.”

“At that time, I was busy shooting arrows with magic. I couldn’t afford to put magic into the sword.”

“Um… ….”

She looked at my sword for a moment, then raised her head and met her eyes with mine.

Then, she gave off a relaxed smile.

“But, more than I thought—”

Siabelle starts pushing my sword harder.

“The sword is light and the magic seems to lack substance. Is it my delusion?”

The fact that this fire only holds this much heat. According to my intentions, Siabelle, who is well aware that wind magic can be used not only as a support but also as an offensive enough, is saying this.

It was an obvious provocation. It probably means to use magic a little more vigorously than this.

I squeezed her handle tighter to break her pressure and answered at the same time.

“If you do, I will try to increase the strength of the fire a little more from now on.”

“Come in.”

Me and Siabelle’s sparring lasted longer than expected.

* *

“Umm….”

Shione rubbed my eyes with her small hand. A sword dance performed by someone you like. It was a story from a while ago that he admired the harmony of sword and magic that dwells in each of the swords he drew.

The long-running sparring still shows no signs of ending.

“Haam… ….”

Shione opened his small mouth wide and yawned.

Flames sway repeatedly… Also, when Ray handles the wind, warm air flows over here.

I can hear the sound of a sharp sword attack, but I’m already used to this level of sound….

It was only natural that boredom and drowsiness gradually came due to a series of repetitive situations and the temperature of the training ground, which was good for taking a nap.

“… Joy.”

Shione puffed out her cheeks as she forgot her own existence and looked at Ray and her sister, who were busy sword fighting each other.

“When will it really end?”

Now I am tired of waiting.

* *

The sparring has finally come to an end.

When they were sharing swords, they were indifferent, but when the sparring was over, the accumulated fatigue in their bodies poured out all at once.

I took care of the sword and arranged her protection, then bowed her head to Siabelle.

“Whoa… Thank you for your effort.”

“You are. The sword isn’t bad. Let’s just do this for today and let’s finish it.”

“Thank you.”

“But there are quite a few things that need to be fixed. Although I didn’t stand out too much because I had a good sense of innateness… There were some attacks that went wrong in the middle or lacked tact, making them less powerful.”

“… Is that so?”

It looked like he was just enjoying the sparring. Let alone how I found what I lacked in that fierce battle. As much as he said he would teach me, it seemed like he was trying to understand me clearly.

Siabel gave an appropriate nod to my answer.

“Yes. From now on, I think I’ll just have to focus on practicing that part and magic more clearly. The day and time you come here… Would it be okay if I had the servant tell me separately by tomorrow morning?”

“Yes, I will let you know that.”

“Um.”

She smiled softly as Sia Belle crossed her arms.

Then, a status window appeared that always appeared whenever I forgot.

[Finished her first class with Master, Sia Bel Cianella.]

[Your swordsmanship and enchanting abilities increase as you battle with Siabelle.]

Rising swordsmanship and enchanting ability. Perhaps it means that the status window will directly assist my skill proficiency, which will increase through sparring with Siabelle.

“I’ll have to look into the library a bit in the future.”

“You mean the library?”

“Yes, you are ignorant of magic. It would be better to teach you if you know something about it, even if it is only scratching the surface.”

“… ….”

A person who used to wield a sword in the gym every day would separately read about magic in the library. Apparently, Siabelle was serious about teaching me.

“Thank you.”

“Judging by the look on his face, he doesn’t seem to understand why I am doing this.”

“To be honest, yes.”

“Hmm…. You don’t have to think too deeply. The reason—”

She had that wacky eye smile, like when Sia Belle pranked her on Shione.

“I’ll give you a prize later if you don’t miss classes and keep showing up.”

“… Yes?”

“Isn’t it better not to run away because it’s hard?”

After saying that, Sia Belle walked calmly and sat down in her seat in front of Shione who was dozing off.

The sound of shouting and the clashing of knives. It looks like it came out pretty brutally. Being able to sleep like that in the middle of that loud noise must be a talent.

When I laughed empty-handedly at my great master, Siabelle tugged at Sione’s cheek.

As her cheeks stretched out like glutinous rice cakes, Shione’s tightly closed eyelids opened.

“Ooh… Unning…… ?”

“The sparring is over. I’m going to finish it now and go back.”

“… Dalian? Ah… !”

“Shione, you just called Ray in your sleep… Did you have any nightmares?”

“…… ?”

Shione tilted her head, unable to understand her sister’s words for a moment, then blushed her cheeks.

“Uh, sister, did I call Ray fire in my sleep?”

Shione seems embarrassed and forgets her usual honorifics and speaks gibberish.

Seeing her, her Sia Belle shrugged her shoulders and nodded her head deftly.

“I laughed little by little, then suddenly I became sullen. The facial expressions were also different.”

“Ah….”

Shione glanced around her with quivering pupils, then, looking for me, she asked cautiously.

“Le, Ray… really…… ?”

My master, with a flushed face and a look of shame.

After Sia Bell, who had been squatting in front of her, turned her body so that Shione could not see his face. She gave me a subtle wink.

Shione’s reaction was also cute and interesting, so I gladly jumped on board with Siabelle’s wishes.

“Yes, I called.”

“Ugh… Boo… ….”

In the end, Shione had no choice but to bow her head in a burst of embarrassment.

She later found out that it was her prank, and to appease her Shione, she had to comb her hair carefully for 30 minutes.