26-22 First horseback riding, training first if you feel uneasy

Two men and a horse came to the training ground where the Lord was gone.

Well, that's me.

'And you're glad to see Mr. Yambus over here, then?

''Yes. The only stables I manage are the horses that the War Maiden Holy Knights ride and the horses that pull the carriages when we receive dignitaries, so we only have a few horses in the stables at the moment.

Oh, I see. Then would you introduce me to this horse?

"Yes, sir. This is Forêt Noir.

I think Forêt Noir meant the Black Forest, like it was in the cake.

'Forenoir, it's nice to meet you, I'm Luciel. I've never ridden a horse before, so please instruct me.'' "Master Luciel, what are you doing here! ' he stuttered.

'What?' Horses are smart enough to know what people are saying, aren't they?

'Yes, but bowing down out of the blue is like asking a servant to be your servant.

"...Seriously?

'I don't know about the real thing, but it's true. She's especially smart, so she's fine, but be careful.

'Excuse me. Nice to meet you.

Thus, having made a mistake from the first step, I was determined to follow Yambus-san's words and receive instructions.

"First of all, stand in front of the horse and touch it gently while calling out to it. If you try to ride it suddenly, the horse will stutter.

'Yes,' I said, moving from the front to the side and touching my side as I was told.

'It's warm, isn't it?'

'Yes. Yes, it's warmer than people. I'm in the saddle now, and I want you to push me back and signal me to get on.

'Yes,' I guffawed. And there was no response.

'Yes. I'm not harassed, so it's okay. Please straddle me.

'Really?

You've been prepped now, haven't you?

Okay." I kicked off the ground and stepped into the saddle.

"Yes, sir. Good. Now, I want you to raise your upper body and keep your legs apart and vertical.

Ha, yes. That Mr. Yambus is quite expensive?

'It's okay, because that's what everyone thinks at first. You'll get used to it.

'Don't we have those stirrups?

What are the stirrups?

'It's a place to put your feet, or rather a tool to make a foothold?

Hmmm. I've never heard of it. Is it a specialty of someplace?

'Oh no, I heard something like that a long time ago, so I asked you about it. It's okay.

'I'm sorry I can't help you. If you do, let him run. Make sure your knees are tucked into the horse's body so that the axle won't waver. A wobbly shaft is hard on the horse and on the rider.

In that moment, I was remembering my previous life. I remembered the knee grips and maintaining my posture, like riding a single car as a hobby. But this height is a scary one. You'll get a chill in your crotch area.

Shake the reins to signal you to go, pull to signal you to stop. When you need to make a turn, pull the one you want to turn.

I understand.

I waved the reins lightly. Then Forenoire began to run lightly.

'Yes. That's good. You can go around this training ground at that pace.

I'm off.

With a little rhythm of pakko pakko pakko pakko pakko, the forenoir drove, and in no time at all he came to the edge, so I pulled my right hand slightly to urge him to turn and he turned.

'Thank you,' he thanked me and ran, then came to the edge again, turned, and stopped when I slowly pulled the reins in both hands just before the place where Mr. Yambas was, and he stopped.

'Yes, sir. It's wonderful. I couldn't believe it was my first time.

'No, it's just that Forenoire was smart. And if his butt and knees are on it for a long time, it's going to be awesome.

You will. The skin of your buttocks turns towards it, and your knees use muscles you don't normally use all the time. Well, if you're a healer, there's no problem, is there not?

I realize after being told. That just being able to use heels is cheat enough.

'Can I go and get some more?

Yes. I'm sure Forenoire isn't running fast enough. Just don't force yourself to go faster.

'Yes. I know.

After riding in this way after several breaks, before you know it, quite a bit of time had passed and the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad returned.

''For a beginner, you're becoming quite adept,'' said Lumina-san.

''Is that so? I'm glad to hear that, but this boy is smart. I'm sure if he was a rampaging horse, I'd be confident he'd be put down the moment he stepped on my back.

Mmm-hmm. Yeah. Well, that's it for today. We'll see you next week for training.

Oh, yes. Nice to meet you too.

Thus ended the training and my first ride with the War Maiden Holy Knights.

I'm a man who can read the air...I think. So I decided to shift the dinner time with all of the War Maiden Holy Knights.

Well, that's ostensibly a matter of not training at all today, right? And if I did a proficiency appraisal, proficiency was in the equestrian arts, but almost all of the items hadn't grown.

'I didn't think it had grown this far. I'm super worried. No, could this be a normal life?

I thought about it, but I said, "But if we get attacked by someone as good as the War Maiden Holy Knights, we'll die, and we'll still have to make an effort. If I get anxious, the first thing I do is train.

Thus, after going to the ten levels and coming back, we had dinner and went to bed.

The next day, I started attacking the labyrinth again.

''The sixteenth level had traps from the sixth level, so there must be traps.''

Using the aura coat and area barriers to prepare for any eventuality, I'll look for traps, draw a map and kick the demons away.

'Just the lack of a backpack makes it very easy to move around, thank the Pope for this.

It turns out that the magic sack doesn't actually have to be touched by hand or stepped on by foot.

'If we had these on Earth, we could all be magicians.

With such a clichéd idea in mind, I found a trap and stepped on it with caution, and with a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee alarm, demons rushed in from the front, back and sides.

I see. I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most out of your time with this kind of trap," he said, nodding his head and invoking a purification magic to crush one of the four sides and flee to the other.

And then defeat the demons that came near you one by one with purification magic and the sword.

This method of combat is because Elizabeth-san advised me to stop doing this because Lumina-san's message to me in the morning dining room that if I do what I can't do, I will develop a strange habit.

It was decided that Elizabeth and Ripnea would study under them since they are both good at using the twin swords.

They said, "Lady Lumina sent us, but this is one you owe us.

I bowed my head, hoping that the loan would not earn interest.

These are undead who will disappear as soon as they are cut properly. This messy construction is probably a stepping stone to the next boss battle. I completed the map of the sixteenth level and had lunch.

While eating my lunch, I wondered, "I wonder how much of a monster Object X can avoid.

After finishing the search to the 17th level, I entered the boss room at the 10th level through the exit and wiped out all of the bosses, entered through the entrance and wiped out all of them, entered through the exit and wiped out all of them before returning home.

The next day, he explored the eighteenth and nineteenth levels and returned, and the next day he also finished exploring the twenty levels.

''This is the boss room? ''Yeah. I have a terrible bad feeling about it.

I didn't go straight back in immediately.

Then I asked Cattleya, who was waiting at the stall, "Was it the Hierarchy Master's Room? What's going to be on those 20 levels? 'I asked straight away,' he said.

'I don't know. I've never been in a labyrinth before. But maybe I'm related to the Healer's Guild who lost their lives in the labyrinth like last time.

And he looked sad. It's too great because this is acting. If she were a woman of strange age, beautiful, s*xy, and born in a different world, she would have had no trouble eating, even as an actress.

I see. 'I see. Thank you for your valuable opinion. Is there anything that I will need?

If you're going, I can't stop you. But you'd better not. You don't know what traps are out there.

'I'm not going yet. I need to work on my basics a bit more.

Yes. It's not just for the labyrinth, but the potions that restore physical and magical power are essential. Also, based on what we've heard in other labyrinths, it's said that you have a better chance of surviving if you have a meal with you.

So this is a strategy tip. I understand.

''Well then, I'd like some resilient potions.

Thus, we bought potions, and for the next two days, we went back and forth between the ten tiered boss rooms, fighting with magic, with swords, and by defeating demons, with breaks in between. He worked on training his mind so that he wouldn't panic even in a one-on-many situation.

Then, the second training of the War Maiden Holy Knight Squad began.