86. In the gymnasium (7)

Mana efficiency has been improved.

It wasn’t just a tiny bit of improvement, but it improved to the point where the modifier was attached.

I wanted to check to what extent my mana efficiency had risen right away.

However, the situation was not good enough to calmly measure my improved mana efficiency.

Because I was fighting with Siabelle right now. That’s a really, really tough fight.

Big and violent movements, of course.

It wasn’t easy to predict the flow of that humorous sword.

If Sibel would allow it, he would want to throw away his sword right now and take a break.

There was no room for calmly contemplating the mana in my body.

Sureureung!

Siabelle’s power struggle, which started after crossing each other’s swords, eventually began to lean towards Siabelle.

“Looks like you copied my sword. Am I right?”

Her strong sense of pressure bursts out of her.

As Siabelle’s sword gained power, it was only natural for me to be pushed back by the broken balance of power.

“Ugh… It’s just one of my petty talents.”

“Ha, what you just showed me is just a trivial trick. Our trainees will all shed bloody tears if they hear your words.”

She brought my face closer to me as she pressed my sword.

Adding a bit of exaggeration, the distance between her and me should be about a span of a hand.

Sia Belle said, feeling my unsteady breath on her own cheek.

“I am out of breath. You are tired.”

I looked at Siabel, who calmly calmed her wide-open eyes and said something obvious.

“Because I showed you something interesting…. I don’t think it would be bad to take a little break and continue. How is it?”

She nodded at Sia Bell’s words.

Listening to her saying that we should take a break and continue, so it seems like we have to do this one more time….

Just for now, I focused on getting my breathing in order and enjoying a short break.

Many people talk about me. I listened to their words roughly and shed them.

They must have already noticed that I’m unusual to some extent because of the gossip about the man who caught Arachne alone the other day.

It has already been shown. There are so many eyes that see.

Now that it’s like this, even if you want to hide it, you can’t hide it anymore.

Yes, just like there are charming and family-oriented women. A man can use a knife coolly.

I don’t know about mana, but I wonder if the swordsmanship that I showed off after winning the power of two demons in the castle has any more meaning than this.

As I was breathing quietly and feeling my heartbeat slowly calming down, Shione quickly approached me with her silver hair waving.

“Ray, are you feeling well?”

Her atmosphere was completely different from before when she lightly smiled and said that she would be cheering for her from behind.

Her expression sank as if it couldn’t be more serious than this, but it was not difficult to see that her feelings were quite worrying.

Shione’s low voice was also full of concern for me.

“That… Didn’t her sister’s sword touch her breastplate? I’m worried about that…….”

Bastard, you worry about me too.

As if I was embarrassed for some reason, I quietly laughed at the sound of Shione’s voice creeping in towards the end of her words.

“It’s okay. It just scratched over the breastplate.”

“… Still, it was a strong attack. Wouldn’t that have left a shock?”

“It’s okay. It really just scratched the surface.”

My words are not very trustworthy.

Since Shione continued to look suspicious, I said with a small sigh.

“Can I borrow your hand for a minute?”

“Hand?”

Shione tilted her head and held out her hand to me.

I took her hand and led her, placing Shione’s hand over the long nick on her breastplate.

Oh…….

Unlike the knights who were talking deeply about the couplet fight.

Those who were looking at me and Shione let out exclamations.

Pop.

Shione looked around me, fidgeting and not knowing what to do.

Cheer!

Shione, whose blush was beginning to emerge, glared at them.

At the sharp gaze of the countess’s daughter, the interest in me and Shione disappeared one by one.

Such a reaction to this appearance of looking at the protective equipment without any intention.

What the hell is going on in the chest of such a flat guy, why do I have to watch these things?

I swallowed a laugh and said.

“Isn’t the scar left on the breastplate too shallow?”

“… That, by the way.”

“The shock wasn’t that great. It’s really okay, so please stop worrying.”

“… Don’t let that happen.”

Shione nodded her head and quickly pulled back her hand.

In the meantime.

Siabelle could be seen behind Shione.

“Hmmm—”

Unlike Shione who is shy, she is calm and staring at me and Shione.

Siabelle’s deep blue eyes shone. However, the light was only for a very short moment, so it was not known what the emotion that lit up her inner side was.

Sia Belle slipped a small smile on her lips.

Exuding her infinitely gentle aura, she quietly and calmly walked with her sister’s figure in her field of vision.

Siabel, who came to our side and checked her brother’s profile, closed her eyes for a moment and ran a hand through her hair.

When she opened her eyes and faced none other than me, I could see.

‘Um…… ?’

Just like the moment I saw Siabelle’s sword dance.

Siabelle was laughing heartily as if nothing could be more fun than this.

“Ray, it seems Shione cares for you a lot.”

At those words, Shione blushed a little more.

For some reason, Siabelle’s smile seemed to grow deeper in line with Shione’s reaction.

“If you have enough rest, let’s start sparring again.”

“… I will follow.”

It was the moment when Sia Bell was about to move her steps to take me and start her sparring again.

“I… sister.”

Shione grabbed Sia Belle’s hand as she passed her.

“If I could… Could you please adjust your strength a bit… ?”

Siabelle responded by patting Shione’s head gently.

“Don’t worry. I have no intention of treating the person you care so mercilessly. Besides-“

Saying that, Shia Bell’s gaze crossed her sister’s caressing Shione while her eyes were closed, and turned to me.

“I also liked him, so I have no intention of treating him harshly.”

“… Yes?”

Shione questioned her words for a moment.

Sia Bell tousled her sister’s hair with her playful gesture.

“Okay, then let’s go again. Are you hiding enough?”

I nodded at Siabel’s words.

After that, it was just sword fighting.

Sia Belle’s smile disappeared, and she swung her sword so hard that her cold face wouldn’t take its place.

Quite a bit of time has passed.

I had to hang out with Siabel until all the muscles in her body complained that it was too much to do.

It wasn’t until her body creaked and couldn’t easily accept my control that she announced the end of her sparring with a satisfied expression on her face.

“Good job. It was amazing.”

“… Thank you for your effort.”

After a brief greeting, the quest was completed.

In this exhausted situation, reading the letters became annoying, so I read only the important words.

The rewards were the ones mentioned in the quest and not a single mistake.

Originally, I would feel proud of myself when I saw the reward, but now I didn’t have the time to do that.

‘I’m going to die.’

They say that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body.

I don’t know about that, and now I can only say one thing.

It is said that a lazy mind dwells in a tired body.

Now I just wanted to take off this cramped protective gear and lie sprawled on the cool ground.

It was the time when he was clearing up his training sword.

Seeing that the sparring was over, Sia Bell, who glanced at Shione approaching me, began to let go of her luck.

“I used to say that I was good enough to catch a wolf, but that was a lie. It seemed like he would wipe out at least one pack by himself, not just one wolf.”

“… It is too much praise.”

When I bowed my head and expressed my respect, Sia Bell touched my lips and continued her words.

“That’s why… I feel a little regretful.”

Then she came up to me and closed her distance.

I tried to take a step backwards as it seemed to be getting closer than necessary.

Sia Belle rolled her foot even faster than this and clung to me.

Closed her distance to almost hugging her, she started whispering in my ear.

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It seemed to be an act conscious of the knights with ears.

“It’s good to fight with pure swordsmanship like this… Because the flower of the sword is a clash of mana and mana.”

Sia Belle whispered that and put her hand over my shoulder.

“Ray, if it’s possible, I’d like to cross swords one more time.”

“… ….”

“In the way of knights, not pure swordsmanship like this.”

Shione flinched at Siabelle’s sudden approach and hurriedly approached me.

Sia Bell undid her hair, tucking her long hair into a ponytail.

“Shione.”

Sia Belle continued as she slowly began to tidy her silver hair.

“I want to borrow four servants from now on, once in the morning. Are you okay?”

“Yes… ?”

Contrary to Siabelle’s calm tone, Shione’s atmosphere cooled in an instant.

“… Can I hear it again?”

The voice that escaped from my master’s mouth was like a cold draft.