57 – Sword Saint – 3
I wanted to check how good the Sword Saint was, but I never thought I would be able to check it this soon.
I handed out the sandwich I bought and told Cecile what had happened before, and she looked at me with a serious expression and asked.
“Can you win?”
“It won’t be impossible.”
“Really? I was thinking of cheering you on. You don’t have to?”
I nodded to Cecile, who smiled playfully and took a bite of the sandwich.
It would be nice to receive support, but I don’t have the intention of summoning busy people to receive it.
“…If Lucy cheers you on, do you think you’ll receive it?”
“Why is the story of Lady Lucy suddenly appearing?”
“Just. Seeing you last time, I think I became very close with Lucy.”
She spoke in a slightly brusque tone and pursed her lips. How do you look like you’re pissed off? It was so cute that I burst out laughing without even realizing it.
“…What? Why are you laughing?”
“I laughed because it was cute. Well… Even if Lady Lucy was here, I have no intention of asking her to cheer me on. What’s more, the lord is busy right now. He doesn’t have time to eat properly, so he eats sandwiches like this.”
“Yes. Were you considerate?”
“So what did you think?”
I took a bite of my sandwich and stood up. I ate all my sandwiches, so I’m going to go out soon.
“You know there’s an experiment today, right?”
“Yes.”
The experiment to mass produce Taegeuk Demon Sword was still going on.
It is a study in the direction of improving the test product I saw last time, but there has been no significant change yet.
“In order to pay for the subsidies received from each country, we need to achieve some results within this year. So please join us later.”
“Okay.”
“…You know what I mean?”
“…?”
Are you saying you must participate in the experiment?
As I tilted her head, she let out a deep sigh and raised her hand. And she smiled mischievously and pinched my cheek.
“Don’t get hurt.”
“hahahaha. It’s just a friendly sparring, can you get hurt?”
“And don’t hurt David. If rumors spread and you’re busy, the experiment will get in the way.”
“Are you telling me to set it at a reasonable level?”
“If possible.”
And he added that if possible, he would like sparring to be held in an inconspicuous place.
When I asked why, it was because if the swordsman was defeated, there would be many times more invitations to recruit from here and there than now.
Well, since I helped the princess the other day, there have been quite a few invitations like recruiting offers. Although it was not at the level of the first time since he had been ignored once, invitations from stars to stars were still flying into Cecil’s lab from balls, tea parties, and sparring events.
“There are more and more people who want to invite you through me.”
“hahahaha. I see.”
It’s not a particularly difficult request, but I have to accept it. I got up, bit her sandwich, and followed me out of the room. She kept her mouth shut for a moment before snapping her fingers.
“If I beat the Sword Saint, I can go on another date.”
“It’s an honor. Then I’ll have to overcome it in moderation.”
“Uhuhu. Then you should cast a victory spell, right?”
What are you trying to do?
I looked at her and, after her moment of hesitation, her Cecil quickly fell into my arms.
A sweet and pleasant scent passes her nose. I feel her large, bouncy breasts touching mine and changing shape.
“Win. Definitely.”
“Uh. Um. I see.”
“…What’s the reaction like?”
“Yes?”
“When Lucy hugged her, she was well received?”
“I’m a little embarrassed.”
“Hmph. Then do it again.”
She snorted and returned to my arms. I hugged her and patted her on the back and whispered softly in her ear.
“I will definitely win.”
“…Sigh.”
I wince, my shoulders tremble. Cecile, who was held in my arms, gave me a little strength to hold me tighter, then she slowly backed away.
She couldn’t hide her slightly reddened face and didn’t know what to do.
“Yeah! Okay! I must win! Bring me victory!”
“hahahaha. Looks like I’ll have to take a knight’s oath.”
“…Will you?”
“I’m not a proper knight yet, so it’s a bit of an oath, but I’ll bring you victory anyway.”
Anyway, it’s also a request from my employer. It’s a request that can be granted, so you should do it.
After saying goodbye to Cecile, I headed out to the meeting place. When I reached the garden behind the research building, I saw David eating a sandwich.
“You’ve waited a long time.”
“Hmm. You’re here. Then how? What should we do here?”
“I’d like to do it out of sight.”
“Why?”
“This is a request from Lord Cecil.”
“Hmm… You mean you don’t like being noisy? Then there’s a nice place, so would you like to go there?”
“I see.”
The place we arrived after being guided by David was a small empty lot inside the academy. Seeing the traces of the sword left here and there, it seemed like someone was using it for training.
“This is the training ground I received at the academy. It’s a place where no one can enter, so there won’t be any unnecessary noise. How about it? It’s spacious and quiet, so it’s perfect for sparring, isn’t it?”
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Not bad. There are no glances like the ones David and I were walking together earlier.
Thinking that this would be fine, I nodded and warmed up lightly.
“Then let’s begin.”
-Ugh…!!
David’s sword began to gather dark blue energy with a low vibrating sound. Is it blackmail from the start? If so, I’m going to the new sword union day.
“Suck!!”
He ran like a darling with low spirits and swung his sword at me. After deflecting the blow aimed at his head with my sword, I stretched out my hand toward the gap that was revealed. But maybe he was ready too, he stretched out his hand just like me, and the moment his fists collided, I took one step and David took three steps back.
“…Awesome.”
“I was a bit surprised too.”
I thought that no matter how hard I tried, I would only take three steps back.
“From the first time I saw it, it seemed too normal. That’s why the sense of difference was so great. Should I say artificial normality?”
Since you have gone beyond the realm of rebuttal, you must look ordinary.
Even so, since I saw him sleeping in that ordinary place, should I say that he is like a swordsman?
I just shrugged my shoulders instead of answering, and he paused as if thinking for a moment before giving a wry smile.
“Roland reached the same level as you. He was bizarrely ordinary.”
Who are you? That is.
“He’s one of the former Sword Saints. Don’t you know?”
“I don’t know because I’m from another world.”
“Ah. That’s right. Anyway, let me know that there was such a person.”
“Did you win?”
“Only once.”
I wish I had won once. Now that I know that David’s skills are higher than I thought, I need to increase my output.
I took my stance again, and unlike the first time, he also began to check carefully.
Containment, containment, containment.
Originally, a master’s fight is often decided in one blow. That’s why he was cautious, and since it didn’t seem like this would end, I energized the sword.
A pitch-black darkness begins to dwell on my sword. When the preparations for the Geogeomsul were over, he looked at me with a nervous expression and rushed at me, and I let go of the sword.
– Cee Iik!!
The sword that flew like an arrow blocked David’s charge. While he swung freely in the air and panicked at the sword attacking him, I approached him and stretched out his fist while he quickly swung his sword to block the sword technique.
“Ugh…!!”
With a groan, he barely twists his body to avoid my attack, then spins and strikes. But my experience is too much to fit here.
I dodged his sword, which was gradually fading away, changed direction by tapping the sword face, and stretched my fist toward his abdomen.
“Haaa!!”
He escaped the attack by jumping into the air and stepped back. But the attack isn’t over yet.
The pursuing sword, and the pursuing me.
However he managed to withstand the attacks of the two, he eventually completely removed the remaining sword energy from his sword. And.
“Haaa!!”
A pure white light dwelt on his sword with a strong spirit.
It was sword steel.
I smiled at him as if he was using his strength in earnest. It’s the first time since I came to this world to fight like this.
“It must be dangerous!!”
“I know.”
If it’s sword steel, it’s a level that I can’t ignore.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m going to lose.
I charged again towards him who was blocking the sword swordsmanship with a sword containing sword steel.
Perhaps it was because he was using a sword steel, he greeted me more leisurely this time, and the moment he tried to counterattack after deflecting my sword.
I stretched out his hand for his sword.
“Danger…?! No?!”
My hand collided with his sword, but my hand was not cut off.
That’s because my hand also contained strong energy.
The steel in his sword and the steel in my hand. The victory in the clash between the two rivers was the river in my hands.
David’s expression wriggled as if it was shocking, but there was a gap created in the meantime.
And with no intention of missing it, I stretched out my head.
-Quaaang!!
My hand touched his stomach. At the same time, the rock behind him is shattered in the shape of a palm.
If I had made up my mind and hit it, David’s body would have been smashed like that.
Because he knew that too, he asked me more carefully as I erased the steel and retrieved the sword.
“…What was that just about?”
“hahahaha. It’s called Tathagata Kidney.”
To the silent man, I shrugged.
“Can I teach you?”