episode_0131

“What the hell are you talking about?”

Anne jumped up from her seat.

While Luke was touring the Empire with Aurora.

Anne remained in the mansion.

It was to manage the support that Elin had given to the orphanage.

As soon as Luke returned, he immediately started saying something strange.

“The princess keeps getting assassinated, and the Duke of Bertain is behind it, and he’s even trying to resurrect the devil?”

“Why are you asking again if you heard me correctly?”

“No… ….”

Of course, it’s not that I didn’t understand.

I’m asking again because I don’t understand!

“What the hell is going on here. I understand that the Duke betrayed the Empire. What about Bertain?”

Anne wasn’t worried about losing her job.

And I wasn’t worried that the family that bought the orphanage would disappear.

“What will the princess do from now on?”

“I will succeed Bertain.”

“… … Am I misunderstanding the meaning of succession?”

“Yeah.”

Ellen’s hair stood on end.

“I will personally execute my father and reform Bertain.”

Clap clap clap clap.

Luke gave a standing ovation from the side.

The goal I wanted to achieve since I was appointed as a tutor came out of Elin’s mouth.

I really had no regrets even after retiring.

“So, I need you to help me out a little.”

“Me? How can I help you?”

Anne tilted her head.

Are you asking me to help you decapitate the Sword Master?

“It’s too greedy to do that right now. Shouldn’t the princess be able to protect herself first?”

“Isn’t that enough now?”

Can’t you just pick up and put down the mansion right now?

Honestly, if she had gone all out, Anne might have lost.

Where would you go where you wouldn’t be able to take care of your own safety?

“You’re not going to survive against the Sword Master.”

We can’t be sure that the Duke will only send assassins.

What if one day he shows up in the capital and really wants to kill Elin?

“… Yeah. Anyway, this is a very dangerous situation. I need to get stronger quickly. ”

“Yes.”

“Then of course I should help you.”

Anne smiled, revealing her sharp teeth like a shark.

“Princess. I know it’s a bit embarrassing to say this myself, but it’s not often that you get a chance to learn from Luke and me.”

“It’s not that it’s uncommon, but I won’t teach it to anyone but you, my lady.”

Hearing the two people’s words, Elin felt relieved.

Getting lessons from the greatest genius of all time, from the academy, and that genius’s magical sparring partner.

Elin, with her hair standing up straight.

I clenched my fist.

“I’ll get stronger soon and protect you both.”

Without even knowing what trials await them.

* * * * *

The investigation of the northern marker was left to the secret task force.

The task of dealing with the remnants of the devil’s followers in the East was left to Aurora.

Luke’s job is to protect Elin.

And protection also included educating them to be able to protect themselves.

“But what kind of magic are you going to teach me?”

Anne asked, not understanding the current situation but barely accepting it.

This is because I wondered if there was more to teach Elin, who was developing her own magic.

Luke answered confidently.

“Defense and evasion.”

“What? Defense and evasion… Hmm, I guess I should teach you.”

Anne nodded.

Up until now, I’ve only been paying attention to Elin’s powerful spatial magic.

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that I had absolutely no proper means of defense.

Of course, the best defense is a good offense.

If your ultimate goal is to become a sword master, isn’t defense also an essential virtue?

“So, from now on, your majesty, you are prohibited from counterattacking at all.”

“… … Huh?”

Elin’s stupid hair curled into the shape of a question mark.

“Anne and I will attack you, so you can block or dodge.”

“… How?”

“That is a problem that the princess should think about.”

Exactly.

Luke snapped his fingers.

Two mana spheres come to mind.

Boom.

Next to her, Anne, who had just finished strengthening her body, cracked her finger joints.

“Anne will take on melee attacks, and I will take on ranged attacks. You just have to deal with it wisely.”

“… Are they both going at it at the same time?”

“Yes. Then… .”

Kiing-!

A sphere of mana compressed to its limit.

It was like a signal flare for training.

“Run away diligently, my lady.”

Kwaaang-!

Anne was shot with a mana shell.

“!!”

Elin was surprised.

Woof-!

I reflexively opened the portal and jumped in.

* * * * *

As I was practicing hard, half a day passed by in no time.

“Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty.”

“Whew, whoosh… Huh… .”

Elin, covered in sweat all over her body, spread out on the training ground and caught her breath.

“… Sir.”

“Please speak.”

“Are you continuing this?”

“I plan to do that.”

“Until when?”

“Until the Princess becomes the head of the Bertain family.”

“… … I think I’ll die before I get assassinated.”

I wasn’t joking.

How surprised I was when he unleashed his attacks without even saying anything about starting.

-I know you’re confident, but it’s not a good habit to ride a portal that you’ve summoned so hastily. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up lost in a dimension.

Luke advised calmly, pouring out mana shells without giving a single moment’s pause.

-The barrier is too weak, Princess. If you do this…! It’ll break even with your bare hands. Cast it a little faster!

Anne follows at a frightening speed, swinging her mana-enhanced fists.

I found a gap in the defensive barrier and unlocked it.

Ellen thought she was going crazy.

It’s burdensome to avoid just one melee or ranged attack.

Luke and Anne pressed on as if they had been breathing together for a long time.

Complete the barrier circuit to the point where your head will burn.

I rolled around on the floor several times.

After doing that for half a day, it was natural that my physical and mental strength would be depleted.

“I have no strength in my body… .”

Elin, who was delighted to be taught, quickly changed her mind.

I didn’t know that training would be this harsh.

It wasn’t for nothing that Luke and Anne were the first and second runners-up in the Magic Sword competition.

If you practice every day like this, your intestines will probably come out of your mouth!

“The original training was to fall asleep right where you fell.”

“Whew… It’s been a while since I moved around, so I feel a little refreshed.”

Luke and Anne, who were mercilessly pushing Elin, didn’t seem to be having much trouble.

“But even though the counterattack is limited, the defense and evasion are definitely lacking.”

“!?”

Ellen’s hair stood on end.

How many times have I blocked a fist that shook my brain?

I rolled here and there to avoid the mana shells, and yet I heard that sound?

“I told you. I haven’t used the defensive barrier much, so the casting speed is slow, and I’ve never run away for my life, so I’m short on breath.”

Luke has Elin surrounded by eight barriers.

I wanted to be at ease even while running away.

“… Can’t you just fight back?”

Ellen rebelled timidly.

If you just try to block and avoid it, you’ll feel like you’re going to die.

If they had fought back, Anne and Luke would have had a go too.

You wouldn’t just stupidly avoid it in a real fight, so why do you do this kind of training…

“What are you going to do if you get ambushed while thinking so complacently?”

“Even if it’s not a surprise attack, it’s safer to block and avoid it as much as possible.”

“Your achievements in spatial magic are so outstanding that I must have taught you like a greenhouse plant. Even now, bring a monster that uses transparency and train it… … .”

“… Just do it. Practice defense and evasion. ”

When it finally looked like he was going to bring monsters, Elin let down her guard and let down her foolish hair.

It’s hard enough to withstand the attacks of both of them.

The thought of other monsters being added was terrifying.

“Whew… Anyway, thank you for your hard work, Princess. Luke is worried, so he acts like that. You did a really good job.”

Elin, who didn’t even have the strength to raise her head.

I just rolled my eyes and glared at Anne.

You said so much and now you’re praising me.

“It’s true. There’s nothing broken, and you’re still conscious, right?”

“… … ”

Elin simply closed her eyes to the terrifyingly high standards.

“Shit. If you keep lying here, you’ll catch a cold, so let’s go back.”

Anne flashed Ellen.

I shook off the accumulated dust and left the training ground.

Ellen stretched out and looked at Luke.

“Today, the teacher put me to bed.”

“…? Are you saying this all of a sudden?”

“I let you sleep last time.”

“What is this?”

Towering.

Anne stopped walking.

I looked at Luke.

There was confusion in his eyes.

“… That happened.”

“Are you ready to accept it now?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but no. It was just a mistake back then… .”

“Mistake?”

“I’ll let you sleep, Your Majesty.”

The more I tried to explain it, the stranger it became, so I just gave up.

I had a hard time today.

You owe Elin something from last time, don’t you?

I can let you sleep next to me for one night.

Gently, gently.

Were you happy to have been given permission?

Elin’s stupid hair shook excitedly.

Then the stupid hair changed into the shape of an exclamation mark.

It’s because I have an expectation that I might get one more now.

“… Could you please wash it for me?”

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

“Princess. No matter what, she’s a grown lady, so that’s a bit… .”

Luke becomes serious.

Anne shook her head.

“Looking at the nonsense you’re talking about, it seems like you still have some strength left. I think you could practice a little more.”

Keying-

Luke floats a mana sphere.

“Let’s go to the bathroom, Anne.”

Ellen poked Anne’s forearm with her bluff.

It was the first day of enjoyable training.