Settlement
A light layer of snow is piling up at the Knights' training ground.
It sometimes snows, but it rarely piles up.
That is how cold it is this year. Sebas told me that the harvest of wheat and other crops this year was about 30% less than usual.
While checking the mud under my feet, I face Knight Commander Malberk.
Our eyes meet, and a beat......
We both struck our swords at each other.
As expected, I'm still bad at this.
I am pushed back a sufficient distance to make me think so.
Aiming for the moment when my sword floats slightly, a sweeping slash comes. I dodge it by jumping back.
After I learned how to block using the sword, Knight Commander Malberk allowed me to dodge.
I leap, adjust my stance, and run forward again.
Before the Knight Commander could get into position, I struck him with a series of blows, but all of them were blocked.
Even in such a situation, the Knight Commander was poised and threw a sharp thrust from the middle part.
This was deflected by swinging my sword up from below, and I returned the sword from above.
The Knight Commander jumped back and dodged this.
I followed it up with a thrust.
But this time, the Knight Commander deflected my thrust.
It's different than mine. It's a force with a lot of power.
Normally, it wouldn't be strange for the sword to bounce off.
As I was losing my stance, the Knight Commander attacked me with the same slash on me as I did......
It was at that time.
A slash-like sensation runs through my body.
I surrendered myself to that feeling.
Surrendering myself, I rotated my body once, and with the power of the rotation, it became a sweeping attack.
My sword slightly grazed the Knight Commander.
My sword hit the Knight Commander's torso.
Our eyes met.
I was stunned by what had just happened.
But the Knight Commander was different. He called out to me with a fearless smile.
"Excellent. That feeling you just felt is the [Intermediate Swordsmanship]. You did a great job, Light! Don't forget that feeling and keep training!"
When he said that, Knight Commander Malberk patted my head with the usual Grandpa Malberk face.
The knights who were watching the situation, and Rain, who was participating in the training, cheered.
Rain ran over to me quickly and hugged me, happily exclaiming, [Congratulations! Onii-sama!]
The knights patted my head while each one complimented me with their own words.
Maria, who was watching from a distance, was also smiling and waving in our direction.
In this way, I was able to reach a settlement.
Tftc
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