Chapter 15: Apology?

“The third prince caused trouble the other day.”

“No! It was no problem.”

The next day, the queen, who stood behind at the time, came to apologize with her knight.

“Come back to the house”

My father said and called me to the house. I was swinging my sword in the garden, and it didn’t seem to haveanything to do with me, so I went back to swinging.

“Is Master Zeros always practicing?”

“Yes. He keeps training as if he’s obsessed.”

“Can I help him?”

“Of course. I would like to ask of you.”

Rattling …

“Hmm?”

“I’ll train you”

A knight entered the garden by coming through the sweep-out window.

“What about a wooden sword?”

The knights were not equipped with armor or swords, perhaps to express their lack of hostility when entering the house.

“I don’t need such a thing. You won’t land a hit.”

“Hehehe ~~ …”

I know that I’m overwhelmingly weaker? However, when he said this, I got a little irritated.

“Then, can I ask for something if I do?”

“Ask whatever you want”

“You won’t take it back?”

“A knight never goes back on his words.”

“Then here I go!”

“Come”

“Burn. Fire b…”

“Slow…”

“Gaha …”

Tsu … I was told to hit him, so I tried to attack with magic, but I’m not as good as Sophie. I couldn’t even activate the magic before he kicked my belly lightly to stop …

“Wind enchantment …”

“Oh …”

Damn … I don’t feel I can hit him at all.

“Great reflexes”

“That sounds like sarcasm!”

“It’s a compliment.

“Chi!”

And then he even grabbed me by the arm and threw me. He’s completely read my movements.

“Brother!”

“Eh! Hey!?”

Sophie called out from the door after I’d been struggling for almost 10 minutes. When I turned to her a little, she threw a wooden sword.

“It doesn’t count if lady Sophia hits me.”

“Fire Enchantment”

But my high-speed reflex was amazing, and I grabbed the thrown wooden sword with one hand. Moreover, I couldn’t swing it with just one hand, so I changed my enchantment to fire attribute.

“Hah!”

Alright, this will hit! I thought. While in the air, I aimed for his neck with the sword in my right hand and his flank with my left.

“Hmph! … Ah! I’m sorry!

This guy grabbed my head in that state and slammed it on the ground, it seriously hurts.

“But I won …”

“Mmm …”

My wooden sword hits the knight’s leg. Even if this was a real sword, it might not leave a scratch, but in this game, I won.

“Ahahaha! I never thought I’d lose!”

“I won, but it hurts …”

“My bad! My bad! So, what do you want me to do?”

“Help me enter the forest tomorrow and kill the monsters.”

“Do you want me to power level …?”

The atmosphere of the knight changed a little. That’s right. Power leveling is considered a soft idea in this world. Certainly, the higher the level, the higher the status. However, the amount of increase in status is determined by what has been done so far. Therefore, if you do power leveling without any previous training, the level will be high, but the status itself will be useless.

“No! I want to explain to my parents that it’s okay to enter the forest cause you’ll keep me safe.”

“Is it just an explanation?”

“If I get into a life-threatening situation, please help me, but if you help me, you can go home immediately.”

“I’ve been listening from a while ago … Why is it that only brother is going?”

“What? Because …”

“Who supported you to win? And yet you’re leaving me behind?”

“Um … do you want to follow me?”

“Why would you think I don’t?”

“Well … Sophia is coming with me.”

“Oh, ohh …”

The knight pulled back a little when he sees me being pushed by Sophie.

“Then I’ll be here tomorrow morning!”

“Thank you!”

Surprisingly, my parents accepted the explanation with no problem. I’m not sure but maybe this knight is at a higher rank than I thought?

“Hey …”

“Hmm?”

As we were going to the carriage, the princess spoke to me.

“Hey, why didn’t you use thunder magic?”

“Eh! Hah !!!?”

How did she know! I’ve disguised my status, so she shouldn’t be able to tell even with appraisal. Still it’s a personal reason and I don’t know how to say It…

“Oh … I see …”

“eh?”

No! What did you find out? I didn’t say anything!

“Then … see you tomorrow “

“See you tomorrow …”

Seriously, what the hell is that girl…

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