I didn’t know how to react.

Is it serious or is it a joke?

I looked into his eyes. At first glance, it was a mischievous face, but the look in his eyes was serious.

So you’re saying you don’t want to help?

“okay. Well sir.”

I just came here and wasted my time.

I heard that you were talking with the Count, but it seems that the Count got it wrong.

If you can’t get anything, there’s no reason to stay here anymore.

It was better to swing the sword at least once more at a time like this.

“Where are you going?”

“Didn’t you say no? The business is gone, there is no reason to stay anymore.”

At my words, Earl Warrug burst out laughing.

“hahahaha. You’ve become very impatient while you haven’t seen it.”

“… .”

“Well, if you’ve been through something like that, you can’t help but be impatient.”

He nodded as if he understood.

“Don’t you know that you have to listen to the end to know what people say? I haven’t decided yet, but it’s too soon to give up.”

So what do you mean by refusal?

I do, but that’s because I’m me, and it’s quite annoying to have other people talking around me.

If you want something, it’s best to say it directly.

Then why don’t you harden it accordingly?

“So you’re saying you’re helping?”

“This is what I think. With double vengeance on enemies, on the contrary, if you received help, you should repay the favor.”

“… .”

He who was sitting in a chair got up.

“I heard about things in the forest. That my daughter could be in danger.”

Glancing at Selina, he bowed his head at me.

“I heard you were with me. And that you fought Nox, that bastard, to save my daughter.”

“Oh, you don’t have to. Miss Selina wasn’t the only one there, she just did what was expected.”

At my words, he stretched out his bowed waist and smiled softly.

“Nothing is obvious in this world.”

“… ?”

“It’s a world where it’s common to sell children to make money, and it’s not strange to abandon your family and run away when your life is threatened.”

“… .” “I heard you could live. I said I would let you live as long as you did. Knox, I know him well. He is a man who always keeps his word.”

His eyes were burning like fire.

He mumbled as if he was angry that he wasn’t there.

“There was no escort knight to protect you, and there was a barrier in the forest, so Gerard couldn’t come right away. In a situation where his life is threatened, his judgment is clouded, and it is natural to think only of himself. No one can blame you for running away alone because you know what to do in that situation. honor? That honor is not more important than life.”

“… .”

“In that sense, you’re great, and that’s why I’m grateful. It’s because I wasn’t thinking of your life alone, I was thinking of the people who were with you. Even if it wasn’t just Selina who was there, it’s true that I saved my life because of you.”

Having said that, I had nothing to say.

It wasn’t that I didn’t think about running away from that situation.

Had the hatchling not appeared just in time, it would have been crippled or dead.

“Did you ask for a sword? Rather I ask Won’t you give me a chance to repay the favor?”

No, if it’s going to be like this, why do you make people tired by saying such things?

I thought he was rejecting me, so I wondered if I should find someone else.

“Thank you.”

It ended well though, so I don’t have any major complaints.

I’m not a good person to the point of complaining about things like this.

“Oh, but can I ask you a favor?”

“I guess you have to listen to know.”

“It’s a simple thing, but I want Selina to join me when learning the sword.”

“I don’t care. It’s almost like I want to ask.”

It’s hard for me alone to deal with Terris, the secret organization of the Empire, let alone Ahar.

Furthermore, sword masters and archmages learned about the power of authority.

Everyone knows the power Knox used, but it can’t be static.

‘There is no catalyst as good as stimulating each other.’

If you train with her, you will be able to have a good influence on each other.

As she gets stronger, her power increases accordingly, so it is a great help to me as well.

“Then I’ll have to check what level of skill you have.”

As soon as he said it, he said let’s do it right away and dragged me to the gymnasium.

***

After training, the gymnasium, which should have been empty, was crowded with knights.

“Is it true that the Count engages in sparring?”

“Have you been deceived? Really. They say that they sparred with Millennium’s direct descendant.”

“If you’re a millennial, then, Raymond?”

“yes.”

“crazy… No matter how confident you are in your skills, that is not the case. Did the Count allow that?”

“I heard that the Count may ask for sparring?”

It was a big topic that Count Warrug, who hadn’t held a sword since the past war, was doing sparring.

As knights, it was their wish to see Count Warrug’s sword at least once as knights from a renowned swordsmanship family.

“By the way, will you become an opponent?”

“Have you not heard the rumors? in the north… .”

“Anyway, it is. I wouldn’t even be able to compete with the Count.”

While they expected to be able to see Count Warrug’s sword, they were worried about him.

I wondered how long I would be able to endure, and whether it would end without being able to see the swordsmanship properly.

“Are you ready?”

“I am always ready.”

In front of Count Warrug, a knight brought a wooden sword to me.

“Why don’t you use a real sword rather than a wooden sword? I think that would be better.”

A real sword fight with the sword master… It doesn’t sound bad.

If that’s the case, even if I do my best, I’ll be able to deal with him easily without getting hurt.

“great.”

He gave a satisfied smile and beckoned to the knights.

“Here it is.”

One of the knights came quickly and handed him his sword.

It is said that the sword is like a lover to the knight, but the knight did not hesitate to give the sword.

Rather, it was an honor for the count to use his sword.

“You need a sword… It doesn’t look like it.”

He was about to ask the other knight for a sword, but he shut his mouth when he saw the cotton I pulled out.

The silver blade of Nameless was shining even more sharply in the sunlight.

It was so sharp that even thin hair could be cut.

“Hoo. It’s a famous sword. That’s to the extent that it’s among the top five of the famous swords.”

As the mercenary king did, he scanned my sword and looked at the nameless with eyes full of interest.

“That sword, what’s its name?”

“It is unknown.”

“Anonymous… It might go well with you unexpectedly.”

He murmured softly and swung his sword around.

Booung, boom!

It seemed that he was swinging it lightly, but an eerie sound came from the sword.

Blocking that sword would not end with breaking the bones in the wrist.

“Let’s start. come in first I’ll give you three counts.”

He held the sword in his right hand and clasped his left hand behind his back.

It can be regarded as an attitude of ignoring me, but when I face him, I feel like that.

‘It’s bloody.’

Despite his comfortable posture, as if he were out for a walk, he could not easily attack the momentum radiating from his body.

“Sup, ha ha… .”

took a deep breath.

The pounding of his heart hadn’t calmed down to the point where he couldn’t tell if it was a trembling of fear or a feeling of joy at being able to wield the sword properly.

“Huh!”

Take a deep breath.

Quaang!

I kicked off the ground with my aura-filled feet and ran.

“Be black… To be an Intermediate Sword Expert at that age.”

Seeing the swordsman standing in obscurity, he made a slightly surprised face.

At my age, it was rare to wear an aura on a sword.

Even Selina wasn’t able to use her sword skills yet.

Whoa!

The nameless brushes through his hair in front of him.

He just turned his head slightly to avoid it.

I knew that at least I could dodge my attacks.

Taking a step forward, he swung his cotton without stopping.

“This is rather sharp.”

Whoo!

He evaluated my sword as if he were evaluating it, avoiding my nameless slashing at the top.

Hung, Huung!

I swung the cotton continuously, but it passed by too vainly.

Hung, Kang! Whoa!

Even when I attacked several times, he only blocked or avoided, but did not attack.

I just looked at each of my attacks and muttered an appraisal.

“Do it right.”

He provoked me with a face asking if that was all.

I was angry with him, but unfortunately there was nothing I could do.

All I did was run amok to hit him somehow.

“Now I go in too.”

he took the sword

There were too many gaps in his posture as he raised his sword high into the sky.

The whole thing was empty enough to worry about where to attack.

‘It must be avoided!’

could not attack.

The high-lifted sword looked like a greatsword that was tens of meters long.

I had a strong premonition that if I ignored that and attacked, I would not be able to escape an instant death.

Whoops!

he steps on

The sword began to slowly descend.

“That… !”

“… sun!”

The sounds around me were muffled.

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Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!

The greatsword could not cut through the air and came tearing through.

It was so huge that no matter where it was damaged, it seemed meaningless.

‘I have to stop it, I have to stop it.’

I pushed the aura into obscurity.

ugh-

Nameless trembled.

Rejoicing at the flood of auras, he eagerly accepted them.

The aura of ignorance gradually became clearer, and on the contrary, the body without the aura became limp like water-soaked cotton.

Can this be stopped?

‘Lack.’

It was lacking.

-Humans, are you having a hard time?

It sounded like the voice of a hatchling was vaguely heard.

Yes, with the help of hatchlings, you should be able to easily block that attack.

‘no.’

But it shouldn’t be like that.

This is where he tests me.

I have to use my all to bump into it, not get help from others.

‘I can do it.’

Thought.

what can i do

How to block that sword that filled the sky, and furthermore, how to feed him a counter.

‘Should I stop it?’

Maybe I was thinking too much of one thing.

If you can’t avoid it, if you can’t stop it, just let it go.

“Like water flows.”

My body started to move against my will.

It was a strange feeling.

Putting aside my concentration this much, it was a strange feeling to have my body move against my will.

“… !”

The startled eyes of the count wielding the sword came into view.

My arms and legs moved smoothly and burrowed into the Count’s arms.

Each bullfighter is-

Perhaps it was because of the lack of strength while repelling the sword, sparks flew through the cotton that sent the sword to the side.

His wrist throbbed as if it had been broken.

Does not matter. One hand was enough for the next attack.

At the same time as letting go of the sword, he grabbed the cotton with his unbroken right hand and turned.

He swung his left arm with a broken wrist toward the count’s face.

turuk-

As expected, the Count blocked his fist.

Anticipating that he would block his fist, I swung my cotton ball in his obscured vision.

Chew!

“… !”

He belatedly avoids it.

Wow!

His fist hits my face. The mind becomes confused.

As my consciousness faded, I saw his face blankly staring at his outstretched fist in my shaky field of vision.

A thin cut was engraved on the count’s side.