Experience (2)
An impressive man of very tall stature.
Isaac, holding a spear long enough to match him, approached with a smile.
Then he reached out and grabbed the bald man’s head, forcing the man’s gaze away from him.
“Poor Victor, if you want to fight like that, why don’t you play with me?”
“Oh, no, how can I compare to an S-class? It’s just a small quarrel, hehehe.”
“Yes, I love knowing my subject matter. however… … .”
“Ah, ah!”
Isaac continued his story in a humorous manner, holding on tight enough to momentarily mark his bald head.
“Why do you think you and I are on the same level? Do you seriously think so? isn’t it? ok?”
“Oh no! Just because I’m the daughter of the mercenary king, I was going to tell you once and see!”
Hearing the words of the man called Victor, Isaac nodded his head and then raised his eyebrows while looking at Scarlett.
“Did you hear? Do you want to talk?”
“I don’t have it, so please clean it up. I don’t want to touch anything dirty.”
“No matter what. I’m someone’s daughter, but I can’t do anything.”
After Isaac said that, he pushed Victor roughly, and Victor, unable to resist properly, struggled and rolled over into a corner.
Without giving him a glance, Isaac opened his mouth to Scarlett again.
“As expected, no matter how you look at it, it resembles that inspiration, doesn’t it? I don’t think it’s a father and daughter relationship, so the temperament is just right.”
“Is that person deliberately continuing to mention his father?”
At the provocation, Scarlett turned her head and looked at me.
Isaac glanced at me as if it was all right, then stretched out his free spear hand to the side, as if he were meeting a close friend.
“No, who is this? long time no see us? You have no idea how much I wanted to meet you.”
On top of that, when he changed his tone to a friendly manner, it seemed like vomiting and nausea would come out of nowhere.
It didn’t suit that bloody face, and it was because I could feel what the intention was.
“Should I say one more time? Or are you so stupid that you can’t even remember a promise?”
“It’s different from when you’re inspired. Is that your natural personality, Irvin?”
“Being polite is also showing people. You don’t seem to remember, so tell me again? If you ate that spear, don’t you think about getting involved with me?”
“Ah, yes, this window. It turned out to be a lot better than I thought. You want to express your gratitude, but are you refusing that too?”
“Oh, I hate it.”
Isaac erased the smile he had been laughing at and hardened his expression.
It was clearly an expression of bewilderment. In his previous life, he had started by punching him every time to discourage him, but it might have been better to ignore him like this.
Isaac immediately raised the corner of his mouth again and let out a calm voice as if nothing had happened.
“Well, okay. I had a business with the old man’s daughter. Oh, what is it? If you see the two of them together without that inspiration, does that mean they are special?”
“Hey, don’t worry about it.”
“Sheesh, I can’t help it.”
As soon as Isaac’s attempt to mix things up again was dismissed immediately, he barely managed to turn his head toward Scarlett, unable to hide his regret at all.
“They say they’re going to see the S-level screening soon, but why don’t you have a sparring match with me? for each other’s experience.”
“Who knows why he is doing this because of the number of things he has to say to his father. I’m here for a request, so please don’t disturb me. What kind of S-class is not much different from A-class?”
As if it wasn’t the same, Scarlett made an extremely disgusted expression and walked past Isaac and headed for the reception desk.
However, Isaac did not give up easily and kept following Scarlett and talking to her.
“Do you think opportunities to fight S-ranks will be common? Even if it’s not because of that inspiration, I’m just genuinely curious about your skills.”
“I am going to change the order. I want you to add one more person. As a bonus, can we kick this human out?”
“what? Were you trying to take him? Would I be more helpful than him? You can’t even get paid. It’s like taking care of a junior, well.”
“I have never had a senior like you. If you want to fight like that, fight that bald head. Anyway, they said he’s crazy about fighting, so that’s perfect.”
I felt sorry for the receptionist for no reason as they confronted each other in front of the reception desk, exhaling a bloody spirit.
Isaac’s personality was like that, so this happened frequently everywhere he went. To be honest, it would have been easily solved if I bowed down a little, but there’s no way that would be the case with Scarlett’s personality… … .
He tried to sneak up on the memories of her and Isaac fighting in the past.
also… … After all, it seemed like I had to intervene now that things had happened.
He made up his mind and walked over, slipped between Scarlett and Isaac, and turned his head toward Scarlett.
“May I help you?”
“uh… … . Still, it happened because of me, but there is nothing for the senior to step forward. just i… … .”
“No, I think the mercenary still doesn’t know what to do in a situation like this.”
At my words, Scarlett put on an expression that didn’t seem to understand what I was saying, and I turned around and saw the bald man who was rubbing his nose with his body straight now.
He kicked off the ground and threw his body as if he were flying, and pressed his head with his foot.
Kwak!
“nice… … ?!”
“If you had a fight with something insignificant, you would have been prepared for the price, right?”
Then, holding his left arm, he moved the foot that had stepped on his face and pressed it gently.
“Quaaagh!”
“Oh hey, stay still. Then it completely breaks. You know that if it breaks wrong, you can’t attach it properly, right?”
After adjusting it to the point where it was moderately cracked, I kicked my chin again and threw it away. Those who seemed to be their colleagues stood up, but did not dare to attack.
They must have realized from my movement earlier that I am not their opponent.
I had no intention of fighting with these guys anyway.
Why would you want to start with this guy out of the blue, but this is the mercenary industry. As long as they were organizing a party, even temporarily, arguing with the party was the same as arguing with me.
Even if I step forward and impose sanctions, it is a legitimate cause.
I turned around and approached Isaac, who was still looking here. They stopped at a distance and said a word with a chin gesture.
“Come fight me.”
“ok?”
“Seniors?”
Scarlett as well as Isaac looked at me with puzzled eyes, and I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms.
In this life, I was taking care of myself because of Rize, but… … Originally, educating these guys was my main specialty.
“I will fight whatever you want. It really makes me vomit when they say it’s only S-class. It’s noisy every time we meet, so let’s just decide today.”
“Ha, don’t take that word back.”
“Now that we’re talking, let’s guide you to the right place quickly, right? Don’t you want to pass today?”
“You don’t have to go far, go to the training ground behind the guild.”
Instead of telling him to guide them with a chin gesture, Isaac moved forward with a sense of pleasure while holding the spear over his shoulder.
The mercenaries who were watching around also noticed that there was a good spectacle and immediately followed, and only Scarlett looked at me with wide open eyes.
“Wh-what are you doing?! I could have just skipped over it, so why go ahead?!”
“It wasn’t something to just get over. And if you don’t press them like this, something similar will happen anywhere.”
“… … .”
Scarlett understood what I was saying, but somehow it seemed difficult to fully accept it.
Even though he had been through these things since entering the mercenary industry, he was reluctant to actively respond. He acts like he has a tough personality, but he tries to avoid fighting people.
They drew their own line and definitely counterattacked those who crossed it, but they didn’t do it any more than necessary.
So he glanced at the bald Victor who was groaning over there.
Well, that’s why I’m trying to properly show the response of a mercenary who is confident in his skills. Because I couldn’t go through something like this forever.
Of course I would teach Rize, but in the mercenary industry, you shouldn’t be looked down on more than necessary.
“Well, and Isaac was thinking of fixing it sometime. You are just watching.”
Leaving those words alone, I followed Isaac, and Scarlett, who hesitated, also followed behind me.
The training ground I arrived at was wider than I thought, and there were more people watching than I thought.
Is there anything everyone can do?
The receptionist, who had disappeared before I knew it, was seated right next to the training ground as if intending to serve as a referee.
As I sat in my position roughly, Isaac, who was standing in an awkward posture, spoke with a smile, showing his teeth.
“To be honest, I wanted to fight with you rather than Scarlett. There’s no way I like that inspiration for nothing, and more than anything, I trust my keen eye.”
Then, he stretched out the spear that had been slung over his shoulder, turned it once, held it with both hands, and held it out towards me.
“Do you think it will be a good experience for both of you?”
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“I have a different opinion… … .”
I too muttered that as I drew my sword and pointed it at Isaac.
That’ll be too… … Isaac had nothing new to experience.
* * *
When Rize appeared, the children showed a clear expression of bewilderment.
In particular, the eldest child, who was actively trying to push Rowen, had a startled look on his face.
Rize took her eyes off Rowen and Nora for a moment and then looked at the child.
“Are you still playing like that?”
“you… … !”
The child who was called Victor gnashed his teeth and trembled at the mocking Rise’s words.
Several other children looked at Rize with similar eyes, but the rest of the children did not know why.
Rize slowly approached Victor with a smile on her face.
“I must have warned you not to do that, right? Are you saying it’s been a year since you scolded me?”
“Who gets scolded… … !”
“That’s Jack, Geese, and Rush, right? I think they would know if you ask them.”
The children pointed out by those words avoided their gaze, and Victor instead took a step forward and growled.
“That was a year ago. Will the me then and the me now be different?”
“Okay? Um, maybe a little taller?”
“That’s true, but it’s trivial.”
Saying that, Victor held out what he was holding.
It was a wooden sword.
As if that alone gave him courage, Victor looked at Rize with a more elated expression.
“I learned the sword. Did you know that I am the strongest in our dojo? If you don’t want to cry in front of the kids, just go back.”
Although Victor was pretending to be threatening, Rize smiled as if he was just cute.
“Is this the sword you learned to hit people with?”
“Poem, noisy!”
Lize looked at Rowen and Nora, who were now standing next to Victor, and said.
“how is it? Can I help you?”
“… … I was just trying to run away. You don’t have to fight.”
Rowen said that, but Rize slightly tilted her head with a worried expression, then looked at Victor again.
“No, if you leave me alone, I will do the same thing again today. My dad said that people who try to hurt others have to pay for it.”
Then, this time, he smiled broadly at Nora.
“Then I’ll fix it. Don’t worry about anything.”
After saying that, Rize took a few steps forward, leaving Rowen and Nora behind.
As if to match, children with wooden swords gathered around Victor. It was quite bloody to call it a fight among children, but Rize didn’t even budge an eyebrow.
Instead, Victor looked left and right and frowned as if he didn’t like it.
“Hey, what are you doing? Are you going to rush into a girl?”
“I don’t mind?”
However, Rize rather said that and looked over the children slowly with a relaxed smile.
“Dad said, it’s no big deal for weak kids just to get together. So it doesn’t matter.”
The children couldn’t stand still at the remark that touched their pride.
Each of them swears in their mouths and pretended to attack immediately, but they noticed each other as if it was ambiguous to go against one person first.
In the end, it was Rize who moved first.
“Still, I’m a bit sorry to deal with you bare-handed… … .”
Instantly, Rize lowered her stance and rushed towards a child outside, and Rize moved her hand once, and before she knew it, she snatched the wooden sword the child was holding.
Victor and the children were confused, not knowing what had happened, and unlike them, Rowen and Nora could not hide their admiration for catching Rize’s movements with their eyes.
Rize slowly pointed her wooden sword forward and took her stance.
As if frost had settled, the surrounding atmosphere cooled down, and Rize’s voice resounded in the alley where even the sound of breathing had disappeared.
“I’ll show you my swordsmanship.”