Chapter 262: Training with the Slaves, and Its End (2)

When I had finally finished saying half, Lilli and Ito swung daggers at my left and right at the same time.

Lilli one in each hand, Ito a dagger in the right hand.

Both were agile, so I could not deal by only dodging.

I received the attack of Lilli skillfully swinging two with the left bastard sword, dodged Ito’s attack, and even so the magic circles drawn with both hands were completed.

“Water Shoot”

I once repelled Lilli and Ito’s daggers with both bastard swords, and shot Water Shoot at Sophia and Yanica.

“No way…”

Sophia and Yanica, whose magic was not yet completed, interrupted the magic and looked blankly at the Water Shoot I shot.

Tiria had not yet chanted the Exclusion of Hostility magic, and my spell headed toward Sophia and Yanica.

“”Kyaa!””

The two interrupted the magic, and hurriedly crouched there so as to dodge the water that flew toward them.

Seeing that, I interrupted the magic.

This was in the magic practice I had done with Sophia before, when I created a huge fireball I had erased the fireball.

At that time I had carefully reduced the mana, but this time I erased the mana abruptly.

The water sprayed from my fingers stopped for an instant above the two’s heads, and in that state poured down to the ground.

“”Kyaa!””

The two who were bathed in a large amount of water raised screams again.

Sophia and Yanica stood blankly, but both were soaked.

Even while doing that, Lilli and Ito came to hit my body with the total of three daggers held in their hands.

I, having finished using magic and free, received the three daggers at the same time with both bastard swords, and bounced them back by force.

“”Uwah!””

The two with light weight leaned backward and sat down hard.

At the same time I set my wrists on the two.

Remaining were only Tiria, Lily, and Yuki.

The one who could fight was about Tiria.

Leaving the two lying with expressions of agony, I ran to Tiria’s place.

“Ha!”

Tiria bravely cut at me with Laila’s Tear held reverse in her right hand.

To me, who stopped at Tiria’s side to set my wrist on Tiria’s neck the same as until now and make her unable to fight, she swung her arm as if stabbing from the back.

I received that hand with the bastard sword of my right hand, and as usual set my wrist on the neck.

Tiria crouched there.

Lily and Yuki were not bodies that could fight.

Now then, this ended… I thought, but.

Suddenly there was a presence.

I turned and swung the left-hand bastard sword toward where the presence was.

“U…”

There Yanica had raised a dagger.

I stopped the bastard sword just before cutting Yanica’s throat.

Yanica should have been judged unable to fight from being hit by Water Shoot.

In fact Sophia looked dissatisfied but had sat there, and did not try to continue the fight.

I looked at Yanica still without moving.

Yanica did not move, still in the posture of having raised the dagger.

Sweat on the forehead, no, on the whole face, dripping from the nose and chin.

“A-already, fine?”

Maybe wanting to look as cute as possible, she tilted her head to the degree of not setting it on the bastard sword, and asked while smiling awkwardly.

But I looked at Yanica silently.

“…”

“…”

Her body trembled, puru puru.

It should not be a hard posture separately, but maybe she was uneasy about the bastard sword being set on her throat.

“I-I am sorry. Is that fine.”

In the end she became teary-eyed and apologized herself.

Hearing those words, I sheathed both bastard swords.

At once Yanica set both knees on the ground, then set her hands and breathed roughly.

“If a dead person revives it is no good.”

“I-I will take it to heart.”

Rarely, Yanica uttered admirable words.

Now then, did this end.

I looked around, and the vanguard group all sat there holding their necks, Sophia sat still soaked too.

I looked at Freit and Nikolaus’s side, and Freit and Nikolaus nodded many times looking satisfied.

Well, had they been satisfied.

I felt a gaze suddenly and faced the waiting place, and Regina, who stood before the door with cloth wrapped around her body, wore an expression of surprise.

Why was she surprised?

I thought my way of fighting had been roughly understood when I fought Regina.

Tilting my head I looked around again, and the Dules were still fallen on the ground.

Most held their necks.

Only Gejia held her belly and groaned.

I thought I had hit lightly, but it seemed stronger than expected.

I first set a hand on the neck of Tiria crouching at my feet and gave mana.

…

“Master, if you do not hold back, it will not become training!”

Muriel, who had recovered, brought her face close enough for noses to touch.

“No, even I, if surrounded by that many numbers, would be done in…”

So I had done individual defeat.

“But receive the sword a little more, or deal while moving…”

“Hmm, got it. Then shall we do it once more.”

That had been a welcome service for Freit and the others, so this time let us aim for the Dules’ training.

…

“”Haa, haa, haa””

All the Dules lay on the ground breathing roughly.

Right, all without exception.

The one standing in this place was only me.

Ah, was Regina standing near the door to the waiting room.

“Now then, shall we end with this.”

I had matched the Dules several times, and at first stood so as to face about two at the same time, but in the end fought five or six at the same time, and further received magic too.

Even so no one hit my body with a weapon.

The Dules lying on the ground was partly from my strikes, but also from stamina having run low.

“Still, still!”

In that, Gejia, who had room stamina-wise, stood using the large scythe as a staff and came toward me.

The large scythe swung up was swung down toward my head, but that speed was slow.

If I dodged like this and hooked her foot, Gejia would fall and probably not be able to rise anymore, but that would not become training.

I repelled the blade of the large scythe with the left-hand bastard sword.

Gejia staggered from that impact, but opened her wings large, recovered her posture, and tried to hit me with the handle of the large scythe.

But that did not reach me, and Gejia rotated once and fell there.

Now, this ended.

I crouched there and gave mana to the fallen Gejia.

Maybe having recovered some stamina, she stood again using the large scythe as a staff, but her face was deep in the color of fatigue.

“Why is Master so strong?”

While giving mana to Birga fallen nearby too, Gejia asked from behind.

“Now, why.”

No memory at all.

Had I been training somewhere?

Even talking with Yuki, she had not said such a thing.

“I had confidence in my skill too. When fighting Master I lose confidence…”

Smiling self-mockingly, Gejia bowed her head.

“Comparing to Master is a mistake.”

Birga, who stood still holding her knee with a hand looking pained, said as if admonishing Gejia.

Birga’s weapon, the warhammer, could not be held yet, maybe, and stayed set on the ground.

“A way of speaking as if I am a monster or something.”

I smiled wryly and returned that, walked to Muriel’s place, and gave mana the same as the two.

“”Monster.””

Including Muriel, the three’s voices aligned.

“…”

Later I would bully them thoroughly.

…

“Was watching something like this fun?”

“No, no, it was fun. Right, Lord Nikolaus.”

“Yes, Lord Freit. A match that makes the heart leap this much is rare even in the history of the arena I know.”

Freit and Nikolaus, who returned with full smiles, answered my question.

Beside Freit, Lotte, usually expressionless, had her eyes shining in an excited manner.

Freit’s guards behind talked excitedly too.

Rine looked awkward and turned away, and Laura clinging to Freit, was it unrelated.

“With this I can boldly turn to supporting Lord Hiroyuki at tomorrow’s military council.”