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Chapter 132: I lost

　We arrived at the training ground with Lionel and were greeted with surprise by the few remaining knights.

“What is going on, Commander?”

“Is something wrong?”

“No, it’s just that ……  Julius-sama insisted on practicing his swordsmanship.”

　Oh, Lionel is in so much trouble. He doesn’t trust me at all!　I’m a little miffed, but I do some warm-up exercises. It would be a big problem if I get a cramp in my leg or something. In the meantime, I asked him to bring me a wooden sword for training.

“Good, Lionel has a sword too.”

“Ha ha. …… Um, are you sure you want to do this with me?”

“Yes, I’m sure.　The strongest one here is probably you, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

　What the heck, Lionel sounded troubled as he looked at the knights who had gathered around him. His eyebrows are, of course, in the shape of a v. I guess they think this is a complete joke.

　Hmph, Lionel, I wonder how long you can afford that?　One thing I’m wondering is how far you can go with a child’s body. If I were 15 years old, which is the set age in the game, I would be able to exert my strength without any problem, but I’m a 10-year-old boy. That’s the only thing I’m a little worried about.

　We both held our swords and kept our distance from each other. Let’s surprise him by taking one. I held up my sword and glared at Lionel.

“!”

　Lionel’s eyes widened for a moment, then quickly turned stern. We glared at each other. Normally, the staring would continue like this for a while, but it didn’t matter. I jumped right in like a bullet.

　My sword flew from the front and Lionel blocked it with his sword to the side. His eyes widened again. Fufufu, he’s surprised. But the surprise is just beginning.

　I quickly landed on the ground and swatted him off his feet. Lionel jumped away with an unexpected body movement. Then, I threw a full-body thrust.

　Lionel twists his body and avoids it in the nick of time. You’re good!　I mean, I thought it was going to be decided now, but he avoided it!　　The follow-up kesagiri was effortlessly blocked by Lionel, who was already in position.(Kesagiri: slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder).

　It was bad that I was so upset that I stopped unintentionally. I was the one who was inexperienced.

　We exchanged a few more strikes, but I was unable to break Lionel’s composure after he defended against my first attack.

　In the end, the sword left my hand as my arm went numb, and I ended up losing. Guya-ji (frustrating). I lost.

　I thought I was the type of person who didn’t care much about winning or losing, but I guess I wasn’t so sure.

“I lost.”

“……”

　Lionel was silent at my declaration of defeat. He was breathing heavily on his shoulder.  Apparently, Lionel is no match for his age.

　When I finally managed to calm down, I looked around and saw the knights looking at us with their mouths wide open.

“I didn’t know it was this bad. …… I understand. Starting tomorrow, I will accompany Julius-sama in his training.”

“No, thanks. Lionel is busy too, right?”

“No. you can’t .”

　I don’t know why, but he denied me with a sharp look in his eyes that he usually doesn’t show. I was scared. Did I do something wrong again?

　Ah, the eyes of the knights looking at me are shining. I know those eyes. It’s a look of respect.

　The knights begged me, “me and myself,” so this time I took them on with my spear. Lionel was astonished when I took on five opponents at the same time was kicking them around. He wonder if I could do spearmanship.

　If you want, I can do axe, archery, gymnastics, and horsemanship, too, you know?　There was no way I could say anything like that, I smiled and played it off, though he looked at me suspiciously.

　That evening, the knights came in safely with the killer bee honey. Thanks to the fact that they collected the material in the exact way I had asked, I was able to obtain high quality material.

　As a way of saying thank you, I gave them ten bottles each of the elementary level physical strength recovery potion. Apparently, it was a popular item, and they were extremely pleased. Everyone loves the fizziness, don’t they? I like it too.

“Gwahhhh, just one more  to go.”

“Kyu……”

　Oh, Mira is looking at me with strange eyes. This is for Mira’s sake, too. While patting her like that, I healed my tired body from the daytime training.

　I may have over-exerted myself a little. My muscles will be sore tomorrow. I’m just a kid, though, so the symptoms may come on sooner.

　In the meantime, it was time for dinner. When I went to the dining room with Mira, Rosalia and mother were already there.

“Brother, I want to catch Mira with a butterfly net again.”

“Oh, that was a tool to catch bugs, not for catching Mira. Besides, I gave all the nets to the knights, so I don’t have any left.”

“I see. ……”

“Kyu …….”

　Ehhh!　I don’t think it’s such a disappointing state of affairs. …… I wonder if Mira enjoyed being caught too?　If so, I wouldn’t really want to deprive her of that enjoyment.

“All right, both of you. Don’t look at me like that. I’ll make a special ‘Mira net’ exclusively for catching Mira later. I’ll make it bigger so that it’s easier to catch her.”

“Thank you!”

“Kyu!”

　They shouted happily. Yeah, yeah, I guess this was the right thing to do.

“Julius, what is a butterfly net?　You’re not teaching them some kind of weird game, are you?”

“Huh? Weird games?”

　Come to think of it, I didn’t play at catching bugs in this world. If that’s the case, would playing Catching insects be classified as a strange kind of game?　If so, it would be a weird game.

“Julius?”

“Oh, it’s all right. It’s not a weird game. It’s supposed to be a proper game.”

“Oh, really?　Well then, show it to me later.”

　It seems that mother is skeptical. I’m starting to feel a little less confident.

　Rosalia and Mira seemed to be expecting me, so I completed the “Mira net” that night. It was big enough for Mira to fit in. This should be fine.

　The next day, I gave it to Rosalia, and she immediately started playing chase with Mira. Yeah, yeah, I guess it’s good that they get along.

　Of course, afterwards, mother scolded me. What kind of games are you teaching her? Apparently, we are not allowed to let the daughter run. It seemed that this was not allowed even in the spacious mansion.

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