episode_0017

fence.

Sword handling skills are essential abilities for swordsmen in combat.

The problem is that even though I am a swordsman who uses the sword often, my swordsmanship is terrible.

Up until now we’ve been suppressing with strength and speed, but there’s no guarantee that that will work forever.

In fact, the disappearance incident at the stadium was a close call.

If those guys had sophisticated skills back then, it wouldn’t have been strange if they got seriously injured somewhere.

“Is the answer just to seek the Master?”

I am not a genius like those in martial arts novels.

It is impossible to invent a swordsmanship technique and then destroy everything through self-study.

Even if you have that kind of talent, it’s much faster to learn first.

Yes. Let’s save the master.

If possible, choose a beautiful and strong knight.

Learning from a sweaty, veteran uncle might not be a bad choice, but learning from a beautiful knight is even more motivating.

It is human nature to pursue pretty and cool things whenever possible.

After making up my mind, I walked towards Selena’s office.

Squeak-

As I open the door and step inside, Selena looks at me with a blushing face and expectant eyes.

I know what you want, but unfortunately that’s not what you came here for right now.

“What’s wrong, Master?”

“It’s nothing special. Can you recruit me for this article?”

“I think it won’t be hard if you look for it. What are you looking for?”

“To learn swordsmanship properly.”

Selena worked hard to flip through the papers, regretting that her purpose was not physical.

“Then you must have outstanding skills.”

“And if it’s pretty, that’s even better.”

“Please wait a moment.”

Soliciting articles is harder than you think.

Most knights are bound to knightly orders or serve nobles, so it is not easy to summon them separately.

But if she’s resourceful, she’ll find a satisfactory answer.

As expected, after a while Selena’s mouth opened.

“There happens to be a knight named Agnes nearby.”

“If it’s nearby, this city?”

She shook her head.

“It seems that they came to the small village because of the order from the kingdom to subjugate goblins that was issued about two days ago.”

“Then you came alone?”

“You can’t move the knights just to catch goblins.”

Certainly, the goblins here are the lowest tier of monsters.

At best, they are nothing more than a headache for farmers.

“That’s true. But it’s a rare case for a knight to travel alone.”

“This is definitely a rare case, but she is a woman who is officially recognized as a knight by the kingdom. She doesn’t belong anywhere, so she is often assigned to ambiguous tasks like this.”

“Aren’t you part of the kingdom?”

“You could practically say that it’s freedom. You only have to work for the kingdom for about 40 days a year.

And even that is often not filled out properly.”

“These are the working conditions that anyone would want.”

“They are a very small number of talented people whose abilities are recognized in the kingdom, so most of them are appointed to prestigious noble families.”

Well, the money given by the nobles would be more than the money received for working only 40 days a year just for show.

“Then there’s no need to check the skill level. There’s no portrait or anything?”

“This is a portrait I received a while ago.”

Selena picked up one of the papers on the desk and handed it over.

In this world, art is more advanced than you might think, so even just a portrait can provide a lot of information.

There was a beautiful woman drawn on the paper.

The splendid armor and confident expression.

This is truly the perfect article.

“Pass.”

At this level, she is as beautiful as Karin or Selena.

“I will have my servant bring it to you right away.”

“Please.”

Originally, I didn’t plan on just learning swordsmanship and ending it there, but now that I have such a beautiful teacher, my expectations are rising.

It’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone, as you can become stronger and get your hands on a beauty.

Swordsmanship and beauty.

If you succeed in conquering her there, you can use her traits to become stronger.

At least a month until Princess Sylvia visits.

There’s no harm in saving up your strength for a while.

If you mess with the princess of a country and it goes wrong, there is nothing more reassuring than a strong force.

Moreover, it will help you capture not only her but also other beauties in the future.

*****

“”“Kiiik!!”””

Dozens of goblins rush toward Agnes at once.

When this many attack at the same time, it’s difficult even for goblins.

But Agnes dodged the attack with leisurely movements and cut down the one who rushed in first.

“Keeeek!’

To take advantage of their numbers, the goblins continued to charge forward, but each time their numbers only decreased.

The goblin’s attacks weren’t even able to graze Agnes’ armor.

“Keeeek! Keeeek!”

At the very back of the goblins, a fairly large entity was shouting.

‘Is that guy the leader?’

With Agnes’s skills, it would be easy to sneak in and decapitate the leader in one breath.

But the guys who lost their leader could scatter and spread the damage.

‘It’s better to go straight ahead.’

Her swordsmanship, which had been as flexible as flowing water just a moment ago, now swings like sharp lightning.

“Keeeek!”

Goblins falling down in an instant.

It was literally a one-sided massacre.

“Keeeek!!”

The goblin leader, sensing defeat, began to run away, but Agnes, who was approaching while cutting down the goblin, was faster.

“kiek··· ”

Agnes is a knight with one of the most powerful skills in the kingdom.

No matter how many goblins there were, they were no match for her.

In the end, the goblin leader felt the difference in skill firsthand and turned into a corpse.

‘Is this the end?’

It only took Agnes two days to clear out all the goblin dens near the village.

When she returned to the village after finishing all her work, the village chief welcomed her.

“You won’t have to worry about goblins anymore.”

“Thank you, Agnes, for solving it so quickly!”

Even without checking, the goblin blood on her armor was strong evidence.

The village chief thanked her several times, then hesitated as if remembering something and opened his mouth again.

“But··· Agnes has a guest who came to see her.”

“Me?”

“Yes. It was sent by a nobleman in nearby Roerne···”

Agnes quickly shook her head.

‘What’s going on? Are there still nobles looking for me?’

She was a strong and beautiful knight, so there used to be many nobles who wanted to recruit her, but they all rejected her, so she has been quiet recently.

‘I guess we should meet first.’

No matter how skilled a knight she was, she couldn’t ignore the nobles.

“Where are you?”

“Please wait at our house first.”

Agnes followed the village chief into his house.

Inside, a middle-aged man who looked relatively old was waiting for her.

Formal attire and restrained movements.

Anyone who saw it would think that he was the ideal servant.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting.”

“No. The kingdom’s command takes precedence.”

“But why did you come here?”

“I heard that Agnes is very skilled, so I came here to ask you a favor.”

Agnes was puzzled by this unusual story.

‘Please? Not a promotion?’

If it was a story about promotion, she would have rejected it outright.

But the suggestion that came out of the servant’s mouth was completely different.

“Selena wants to entrust Agnes with swordsmanship training.”

“Swordsmanship map···is that what you mean?”

“Yes. He said that he wanted to entrust the task to Agnes, a skilled knight, in order to strengthen the power of the escort knights.”

Agnes thought for a moment.

It’s not a difficult or awkward request.

Besides, there was no reason to refuse, so I could have just accepted, but I felt reluctant.

‘What should I do?’

While she hesitated, the servant continued speaking.

“Regardless of the outcome, the reward will be generously paid according to the knight’s skill. In addition, Agnes’s authority will be guaranteed during the training process.”

“How long is the period?”

“First, try it for about a month, and if you want to do it longer, you can do it for longer.”

One month.

Agnes thought it was a short period of time.

She thought it would be unreasonable to refuse a request to teach her for just a month.

‘I’m asking you so politely, but it’s also a bit strange to send you away empty-handed…’

Eventually, she decided to accept the servant’s offer.

“Okay. Let’s try it out for a month first.”

Agnes planned to leave after only a month if nothing came up.

But Eugene, who was currently waiting for her at the mansion, had different thoughts.