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Chapter 96: What’s the best thing so far?

“Alright, it’s break time for an hour.”

About two hours after the training began following lunch, a longer break finally came.

“But still, big boobs and Dustin-senpai lost quite a bit, huh?”

“!!! …I have no argument against that!!”

“Yeah. I don’t have any counterarguments either. As Ishud said, the number of times we’ve lost is definitely higher.”

A match using weapons they don’t usually use.

The differences in weapon size and weight were clearly evident.

Thanks to their original combat sense and the combat intuition they had developed so far, they didn’t end up completely beaten down like rags. However, their opponents weren’t all ones they could handle just with sense and intuition alone.

“It’s good that you’re accepting the results. Well then, during the break, get advice from the seniors.”

Active knights who were waiting in another training area gathered right on time.

After Ishud introduced who could primarily handle which weapon, Gulf and the others headed towards those they wanted advice from.

(…Indeed, those two had many losses, but it’s not like they couldn’t handle it at all. However, considering their professions, it’s still Gulf and Phillip… and considering her national traits, Ibuki. These three managed to handle weapons they don’t usually use quite well.)

Glf is a swordsman, and Phillip is a mercenary.

Both of them have characteristics of primary jobs as swordsman and dagger user, but their current secondary jobs allow for potential career changes depending on the situation.

(Gulf seemed quite anxious at first, but he quickly adapted and managed to handle it decently… Ibuki must have had opportunities to use large swords and long spears… she might even be decent with a bow.)

Mastery of various martial arts.

Ishud isn’t particularly knowledgeable about Yamato, but he remembered such words from his previous life.

Considering the similarities between his past life and the culture of his birth country, Ishud’s thoughts about Yamato having such words and concepts weren’t too far off.

“You seem to be enjoying yourself, Ishud-sama.”

A knight who had some spare time approached Ishudo.

“Enjoying myself, huh… Heh, yeah.”

“Perhaps in the future, a rival for Ishud-sama might emerge from among them?”

The knight who approached naturally knew how strong Ishud had become even at the age of just fifteen.

While this knight had also reached the third job, if he were to have a one-on-one match against Ishud, who had also reached the third job, he couldn’t guarantee a victory.

“A rival, huh? Haha… Hahaha… One of them seems dead set on wanting to cut me down, so no matter how much time it takes, they’ll come up.”

“A-a goal to cut down Ishud-sama…? That’s quite reckless, I must say. Did you do something to earn such resentment?”

“I didn’t do anything weird. I just beat them squarely in a match.”

“I see. Well, that’s certainly not something to be resented for. It just shows a very strong drive for improvement.”

To be precise, Ishud crushed them squarely, shattering their pride into tiny pieces.

However, even if the knight were to inquire about the details, he wouldn’t think Ishud had done anything wrong. It wasn’t particularly unusual in this household.

(A very strong drive for improvement, huh… That’s definitely true. Even if they want to beat me so badly, the fact that they can still ask to participate in training after having their pride completely crushed shows much more guts than those other guys around here.)

Even now, despite losing terribly in the matches using unfamiliar weapons, they still seek advice from the knights without breaking.

“By the way, who is this person that absolutely wants to cut down Ishud-sama?”

“That big boobs over there.”

“…Which big boobs would that be?”

Excluding the still-growing Ryune, among Ishud’s classmates, there are three big boobs.

From the knight’s perspective, they all seem like big boobs and appear to have strong cores, so it’s unclear who harbors such a strong fighting spirit against Ishud.

“The big boobs with vertical rolled hair.”

“Ah, the strong-willed young lady, was it… But Ishudo-sama, is it really okay to refer to her like that?”

“It’s like a nickname to me, so it should be fine. She’s the one who challenged me to a match and lost, after all.”

(…What part of that is okay?)

Though this knight falls into the category of eccentric compared to the typical knights, they couldn’t understand why it’s okay to call a friend—or more accurately, the daughter of a duke—big boobs. He couldn’t help but feel impressed by the uniqueness of the Regula family.

“I see! By the way, now that we know who wants to beat Ishudo-sama the most, who is actually the closest to achieving that?”

Still a long way to go… the knight understands that the path for them to catch up to Ishud is far too distant.

Nevertheless, considering that Ishud’s friends are the ones he met at the academy, the knight couldn’t help but be curious about that aspect as well.

“…The one I’m most looking forward to is Gulf, who comes from a commoner background, but the one closest is… that elegant blonde-haired one, President senpai.”

“Ah, I see, the young lady over there.”

“President senpai is one of the people I fought in the special matches of the Fierce Battle Festival, and she was the one who fought until the very end, staying in the ring.”

“Come to think of it, you fought three people in that special match, didn’t you? Even though Ishud-sama might have held back, to last until the end… she seems already perfected, but depending on her future experiences, she might further refine herself… perhaps even breaking herself once again.”

“Hahaha… That would be the best outcome.”

(Hmm, he’s still wearing such a nice smile…)

Seeking further strength even if it means breaking oneself.

If someone as precious as Christille were to do that, Ishud couldn’t help but imagine what kind of person would emerge at the end… and whenever he did, he inevitably let out a wicked grin.

By the way, at this moment, Christille, who was listening to advice from another knight at a distance where she couldn’t hear Ishud and the knight’s conversation, felt a chill down her spine and shivered.

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