69 – Self, Evan. Please select
Pynmana Forest.
A snowy evening.
I am sparring with Maya.
Sparring using magical power.
Tsutsutsu… ….
Magic power gathers in the darkness, and Maya’s long sword strike approaches.
Bam!!
Even though it is brushed away, a heavy feeling is conveyed.
Boom! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Maya unfolds the 『Pilgrim’s Sword』.
A varied sword attack that lands on a tree trunk, kicks off, and twists its body in the air, coming towards me.
Maya has already greatly changed the Pilgrim’s Sword I made.
Whirly!
Maya’s entire body muscles contract and expand repeatedly, calculating her most efficient attack.
If there is a monster wearing the mask of a swordsman, it would probably be the current Maya.
Kugugugugu… ….
Thinking of the second and third hits again, different magical powers gather in Maya’s arm muscles.
Kigigigigeek…… !!
My eyes read the sword road, Maya’s sword colliding with my sword.
Maya’s iron sword bent sharply towards her bottom.
I subdued Maya’s sword.
Maya did not panic and concentrated her magic.
To relieve my oppression with magic and power.
-How… Open it!
Maya’s upper body muscles are bulging in a way that is not typical of a child.
Maya opened her eyes wide and shouted her words in a slurred voice.
Light formed on Maya’s sword.
Kugugugugugu… ….
Rainbow-colored magical power that dazzles the son-in-law.
I generated the same magic power as Maya and struck down Maya’s sword.
Kang!
Maya’s iron sword flies away, unable to withstand my strength.
Maya quickly tried to retrieve her iron sword, but my sword reached her neck faster.
-……….
“……….”
A moment of silence.
The white and rainbow-colored lights that fill the forest gradually fade.
The end of sparring.
-hehehe… I lost, boss!
Maya spoke brightly, as if she had been concentrating for some time.
Ever since her first sparring with me, Maya has not been depressed about losing.
I just try to improve.
“Thank you for your hard work. I don’t have to tell you what to fix, right? In order to overcome oppression by force, you need more strength than your opponent. You may have thought that if you used magical power, you would become stronger than me… “If you’re not sure, it seems like a risky gamble.”
-I’ll keep it in mind, Sabu!
I advised and retrieved the knife.
Once Maya gives advice, she understands many things, so no further explanation is needed.
Maya looks at the floor, amazed at the snow piled up, and walks quickly to get a knife.
From what I have felt while training with Maya, there is no need to teach Maya swordsmanship.
Just by watching and following Maya, he was already creating his own sword technique.
‘Any sword can be transformed to suit oneself.’
Currently, Maya’s pilgrim’s sword was modified by Maya to fit her body type.
The speed is fast and the sword paths are more diverse.
When Maya was blocked by a wall… My vague advice will suffice.
-Sabu!
Maya, who was fierce during sparring, returns to a pure child once her sparring is over.
Maya holds her iron sword nearby and reaches out her small hands to me.
I picked him up and sat down on a suitable rock.
A little snow has piled up, and my butt is cold.
-hehehe.
Maya seemed to like being with me, smiling and sitting astride my legs.
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I touched his sweaty bangs and flipped them to the side.
Maya closes her eyes as if savoring it.
This is now a familiar behavior.
‘Is this alone an award for this guy?’
I always feel this, but what Maya wants is simple.
Ask for more magic power or teach me swordsmanship.
I don’t want anything like that.
He just wants a little physical contact with me.
-Sabu.
Maya’s eyes are wide open and her eyes sparkle with a smile.
He tilted his head and lay sideways on my shoulder.
-It’s warm.
“You worked hard until just now.”
-Is that so?
“Yes.”
Maya says the obvious.
He lifted his little finger and gently touched my chest.
-Sabu.
“Yes.”
-I think it’s winter.
“I see.”
It has been snowing a lot recently.
So much so that there is almost no day without rain.
Now that the grading competition is over, it’s vacation.
Think about things to do during vacation.
‘…… Come to think of it.’
In my previous life, I lived very quietly around this time, so I had nothing to do with the incident.
Accidents have been frequent since around this time.
‘It’s time for the barbarians to come down.’
The point at which the Yaman Queen reorganizes her army and heads south.
It was just about to snow for a long time like now.
If it were me today, even though it would be difficult for the barbarian queen… The chieftains under the queen will not be difficult to deal with.
Maya will not be a bad opponent.
“Maya.”
-Yes, boss!
“It’s almost vacation at the academy. We’ll be dealing with human barbarians, so keep that in mind.
-Human barbarians? Yes!
Maya answers willingly.
As Maya’s skills improve, it’s time for her to experience real combat.
It is time to change your training.
“And… ….”
I spoke and thought about what to do next.
My heart is beating fast.
Forgotten emotions come back and are rewarded even if you suppress them.
This is what it looks like when I think of my mother…….
I continued speaking, ignoring the changes in my body.
“And you can stop by my hometown and then come back.
-Did you see it?
“Okay. “This is where I originally lived.”
I plan to stop by my parents’ house at least once to properly cut it off.
I sent a letter a while ago saying I would disown… They say there is her mother’s grave.
I have to go there to calm my mind.
-Sabu’s house!
Maya was excited, her voice full of anticipation.
Well, it’s not a fun place.
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Final exams are over, there are no classes anymore.
The only thing left to do is grade evaluation.
I was sitting next to Maya in the break room, eating a chicken breast sandwich.
-King!
“Hmm.”
Juice that fills your mouth.
It has a healthy texture along with vegetables.
I chewed my sandwich slowly and thought.
‘Relaxing.’
There were almost no people in the gravity room because it was vacation soon.
This is because most of the students are preparing to return to their hometowns.
Thanks to you, I comfortably practiced in the middle of Maya and the gravity room.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case in the break room.
“Evan!”
“Evan!”
Two different new voices.
Uninvited guests came.
Selene and Jeanne in training uniform.
Stand side by side in front of me.
It’s annoying.
As soon as she found Selene and Jeanne, Maya turned to a rabbit and came close to me.
Even so, the body is not hidden.
Selene found Maya and fixed her complexion.
“Ah… That’s right, Evan’s younger sister also trains together. Hello, Maya.”
Selene often trains in the gravity room, so we often meet her.
-Ah… Hello.
Maya bows her head slightly.
Selene’s face, which had been looking angry at that, relaxed.
Likewise, Jeanne’s eyes, which were angry, became colored with affection.
“Wow, what is it? Evan’s younger sister? Really cute!”
“Don’t touch Maya. “Because Maya really hates having her hair touched.”
“Ugh.”
Selene cautions Jeanne.
This kind of thing is very perceptive, that’s right.
Maya doesn’t want to touch anyone except me.
Here, I did not stop eating just because Jeanne and Selene came.
Chewing his food intently, he just winked.
What brought you here?
“Evan… “Didn’t you definitely say that you were going to help me before the evaluation?”
“Gulp, okay.”
“But why is it said that Jeanne and I are also helping each other?”
“Why don’t you two do it together?”
“Ugh…… “You don’t know much about grading.”
Selene pressing her forehead.
Selene’s words are not wrong.
Evaluation matches are a very old thing to me, and in my past life, I had formed groups with only the remaining people.
Selene sighed at my reaction, and she explained the evaluation match to me.
“For the evaluation match, you can freely seek group members, but the total score of the group members must be the average. To control it so that it is not too strong. However, when Jeanne and I are in the same group, our grades are significantly higher because we are both senior and junior. “You can’t apply in the same group.”
“Then what about me?”
“It’s possible because you had the lowest grades in the first semester. Your grades were quite high in the second semester… “Because we are looking at the grades of the entire first year.”
In other words, if you put strong people together, it won’t work because that group is too strong.
“Hey, Evan. Please choose. One of me and Jeanne. “One of me and Jeanne can become Cho Won.”
Selene placed her hand on her own heart and presented her options.
“Eh, Evan. Are you going to choose me? Our seats are the same, right next to each other! We also do research groups together… “I will also have a relationship with my teacher.”
“Wait a minute. “What do you mean by the research group and the teacher part?”
“You don’t have to know!”
Jeanne expresses her strengths and Selene has her doubts.
Honestly, it doesn’t matter who I do it with.
‘…… Hmm.’
I looked at Jeanne blankly. There is not much difference between Selene and Jeanne to me… Jeanne has a history of interfering with my reading.
I looked back at Selene. She told Selene that she had never been helped by teleportation during the Humbaba Central Tournament… Come to think of it, she was introduced to a good children’s clothing store.
I chose.
“Let’s go with Selene.”
“…… !”
Selene is filled with joy. A joy that cannot be hidden is revealed in the cold expression.
On the other hand, Jeanne was filled with despair.
“Why…… !!”
“Have you ever interrupted my reading?”
“Well, when did that happen!”
Jeanne yells at me in a red-faced tone.
Do you feel any guilt?
Jeanne’s crime is even worse.