295 11-8 Schwardberts Empire Training in the Empire

We're coming to the Empire!　........However, I can't afford not to do my daily routine in the kingdom, so I borrowed the small training ground of the Sicilian mansion and decided to work on my training today as well.

Since we've come all the way to the empire........I might think that if I were new to this world, but lately things are getting more and more disturbing and there's nothing better than getting stronger, so I'll give it my best shot.

''Soooo..........''

First, I calmly assess Aina standing in front.

Aina is holding her sword with a relaxed expression and is completely in a waiting stance.

Well, this time it's natural since it's my training to attack.......

Well.......But, oh dear.

I'm told to go in and strike if there's an opening, but there's no opening.

I was told to make an opening, but I have no idea what I'm supposed to do.

I'm troubled by what's going on, but my eyes don't remove my eyes from Aina, and I follow her as she slowly lifts her leg.

Then, when she hits the ground with a dunk, I unintentionally jump out of the way.......

"...You got me there, my lord?　I don't think that's enough of an afterthought in the heat of battle, do you?

While I'm dumbfounded, she lightly waved off my attack and was hit by a sword to the neck in a snap.

Because that wasn't right........

It's the fault of the lord that he didn't come, even though he had such a seamless stance. And if you say to a combatant that he or she is cunning with that level of skill, they will laugh at you.

''My lord told me I seemed to be naive, so I thought I'd make it tougher........ It can't be helped. Let's start today with another round of practice. Go ahead and hammer it in until you're out of breath.

Okay, well.... Okay. Switch over. Let's go.

My training is basically predetermined, with the emphasis on offense, defense, and then kumite.

Well, of course, I have to take it easy on myself according to my ability...

Unfortunately, as you can see, despite my enthusiasm, my ability is still unproven in a bad way.

''Good. Let's take a short break.

Puhhh..........tight........

Hahaha and this one are gasping for breath, but Aina isn't even sweating.

Aina even teaches me the different types of defensive measures, such as receiving and stopping, receiving and deflecting, receiving and playing back, while defending against my attacks, but since I'm just attacking these guys desperately, understanding can only be done after I've cooled down.

''Hmm. But it's gotten a lot better than when we started," he said.　I thought I would teach you to exploit the gaps, too, because I thought my lord was growing up.

'Ahhhh.......so sorry about the outcome.......'

It takes time to determine whether a vague sense of discomfort is an opening or an invitation.

Good. The next step is defense?

Hmm. Yeah. We'll take our time on the defensive. Can you do that?

That's all I want. It's more important to me.

My fight is self defense.

Basically, it's to keep everyone else from dragging their feet.

'I see. So, if you can fight back, fight back--

Interesting. You say you're not very good at fighting, but you do train for it, don't you? Mm-hmm. It's good to be ambitious. Well, I will help you.

...well...

Why are you standing there with a big smile on your face, Lady Sicilian?

I mean, it's much more luxurious and opulent than normal clothes, the chest is open, and the dress looks like it's hard to move in, but is that how you fight?

And, uh, what was it again?　Was it "Usbakagero"?　I'm confident I'd be cut in half in a few seconds if I was trained with that kind of thing.......

''Uh........well, Sicilia-sama?　With that weapon against my lord....

Hm?　But you'll learn more from training that's closer to practice, right?

'That's true, but...'

Well, I can handle it. I'm pretty good at that. I'm not a very good at stopping things from happening... but I can do it!

''I'm sure you can do it, but........ I can't risk my lord's safety on the first or second part of such training, but....

'Hmm ... that's true too. Then let's use the wooden sword.

No, if you're going to do it, let's start with the wooden sword.

I mean, if you're going to beg hard in that outfit, you'll probably get poloed.

It's not that I'm happy about it, but it's a different matter, I feel like maybe if I'm poloed, my gaze will be glued to it, and as a result I'll get a direct hit from the sharp wooden sword through my neglected defenses.......

''No........no, no, no, no?　What are you saying, Lady Sicilian?　You're meeting with the bigwigs later, right?　You've already changed into a dress.　If you get dirty in the dirt, you'll have to change your clothes again, right?

Seren-san rushes into Sicilia-sama with a dumbfounded look.

That's good. Keep up the good work and do more.

I'm sure that the Sicilian counterpart probably won't even blink an eye at my attacks, but if he or she tries to counterattack, he or she will balk.

It's not that I'm not interested. It's a good thing that you're not as big a deal as I am, because even though you're a big shot, the problem is...

No...... He's famous for being a neat and tidy person, so he'll be in a bad mood...

Mmm. Despite the fact that it's a good opportunity... Oh, well then, Seren. You can do it.

...Yes?

'Just as well, I hear it's a defensive exercise, and if it's the way Seren fights, it's good practice.

'Well I don't mind, but...'

Hmm?　Are you going to replace Lady Sicilia with Miss Seren...?

What do I do with my eyes?　I'm being asked, but if I have two choices, Seren-san is the better choice.

''Mm ... it's time for me to deal with my lord today, but ...''

'Aina. If you're thinking of the Lord, some new stimulation is better than none, right?　Besides, I think Seren's fighting style will be interesting and expand your horizons.

Ummm... so, Mister Seren. Could you do that for me?

'Yes!　I've been appointed!

And apparently the opponent for today's training has been decided to be Seren-san.

Well, surely, if there's going to be a disturbance, it's going to be against someone I don't know at all, and in that sense, Seren-san, who I don't know how to fight, is the best opponent for me, right?

Seren-san seems to have hurriedly gone to the warehouse at the end of the training grounds to get the weapon.

Oh, it seems to be properly... no wait, first of all, why are you dragging... a wooden sword is a wooden sword... but?

'Huh?　I think I've lost my eyes....

What's going on?

It's kind of... big, don't you think?　It's.....

That which Seren-san has is normal size only in the handle, but from there, it appears to be longer than Seren-san's width with room to spare, and even beyond Seren-san's height.

''Well that's right. It might be a little big. But it's okay. There's an iron core inside, so the weight is the same as the one I usually use!

'No, even from the looks of it, it looks pretty heavy...'

Could it be that Seren is as monstrous as Theresa, with the same blessings she's received?

No, but that won't drag it out.

'Hmmm. That's what Serenity is all about. You'll know it when you see it.

''It's okay. I'm not that strong, so as long as you're defending yourself well, you won't die!

"I'll jump over my injuries and die...

Well, maybe it's because we don't know, and that's why we're growing... okay.

Let's get started then.

After carefully flexing my wrist, I pick up the manaiter and the yin-yang sword - yin - and take a stance.

It's not a wooden sword, but both of them have low power to kill and injure opponents, and there is also a difference in ability, so give me a break.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea.　Besides, you seem to have quite a few goodies in your possession... can they be used?

The master is a handy man. I don't think he'll have any problems handling it. And I've been teaching him to defend himself.

Hmm. I see. But, Seren, don't go all in on this one.

I know, I know. Oh, but if you get carried away, please stop me.

"....you say my dress is dirty and you make me stop you.... Very well. I will stop you with all my might.

'No, I hope Aina-san will stop me...'

''Well then, let's go!

Oh, oh!

I reply and hold my weapon in front of me to see how my opponent comes out.

Since this is a defensive exercise, I won't set it up from me.......

''........Heh?''

Seren-san twisted her body wide to the side and brought the wooden sword around and to the back--.

''Good!''

Despite the pretty call, a violently huge wooden sword was violently dispatched sideways to me, and I managed to avoid it by crouching down while hurriedly trying to deflect its upward trajectory.

''Abu, abu, dangerous!

Dodd, my heart beat fast, and my grazed hair was so hot it looked like it might be overheated.

I guess I wasn't wrong to not only deflect it, but to squat down.

'Oh!'　Well done!　Then we'll keep going!

More and more... oh, shit!　As I feel that, I am met with a large strike from the opposite direction this time.

Moreover, this time it's joined by a top-to-bottom strike downward that politely crushes my crouch, so I use the two swords as a pivot to fly around and avoid it.

The wind pressure pushes up the tension just as a huge wooden sword passes just below my body.

''Ho. That's a powerful blow. But there's a lot of room for error.

Well, Serenity is a work in progress. But he's cutting back on his work. Normally, you would have been able to make the transition much sooner.

''I see.... Most demons are more likely to have a powerful blow tomorrow than a small trick. This is going to be a good training exercise.

Is it a good workout?　That's right!　I'm sure you will!

They probably won't be able to skew this one or anything!

That's a lot of tension!

Come to think of it, Seren-san was going on during the festival while being held back by 8 adventurers to save Mizera.

........that time it was the size of a normal sword.......could that be a sword with special abilities too?

I was using it like a staff, but........dangerous!

Aina had just asked me if I had time to think about something else!

Torya-torya!

But I'm getting more and more into a rhythm.

Maybe it's because there's a regularity to the left when I go to the right and to the right when I go to the left, but I'm starting to see it more and more often.

I'm going to go on and on!

Oh!

It seems impossible to prevent it by receiving it and repelling it, but I can manage to prevent it by deflecting it.

It's sweet!

Wha...?

As soon as I went straight forward, Seren-san shifted into a vertical cut with the same momentum.

I'm not going to be able to get away from it, but there is a hole in the ground that I can't believe is a wooden sword, and I'm horrified and once I get away from it.

''It's much stronger than I expected.

Oh, yeah?

Okay. Well, let's go a little faster, shall we?

With that said, the big, wild swings began.

The threat of one swing went up, and the speed of the return swing was much faster.

An opening?　There is no such thing.

A raging little typhoon rages like a raging little typhoon is right in front of you, and if you jump inside, it's going to fall apart.

''No, wait...''

I'm coming!

With the rage intact, Seren-san puts all his strength into his legs and rushes straight into me as if to set up a rush.

A circle, or rather, a spherical-shaped attack that seems to eat me up is coming at me....

''-- I'm sorry, but. The current lord can't prevent that from happening.

I was just about to run away rather than evade using the accelerating direction (vector acceleration), when Aina stood in front of me and stopped the storm of wild blows with her sword.

''Wow..... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was on a roll........

No, I know how you feel. You've been following me even though I've been going faster and faster, so you've probably stepped on it, haven't you?

Okay I'm sorry.

No, no, I think it was a good experience. Hey, my lord.

'Ahhhhh I was so nervous.

In addition, I'm overflowing with fatigue.

I sat down and looked up at the sky to breathe away the fatigue.

Then a shadow looms over me.

I'll be next!　I'm getting hot to watch!　You can't expect the enemy to come to you with a clean bill of health!　It's more practice-oriented to be able to cope with times of fatigue!　Let's do it!

Please don't do this.

What you say is true, but as you can see, I'm exhausted and if I fight now, I'll be beaten in a flash.......

''Why!'' from a big smile. And I apologize for the change in my face of astonishment, but I'm really too ordinary to do any more, so please understand........