170 Episode XVIII: The New Brave and the Jeweled Princess ③

The next day, I just met the former Kensei, a sword teacher.

What broke my heart threw me out of my head for now and concentrated my consciousness on the old man in front of me.

I heard you retired from Kensei, so I guess you're old there... etc, but I was surprised the old man came out more than I expected.

About, like, sixty?

However, I felt an aura that wouldn't be tickled to see me as an old man, and I thought it was okay to teach this guy, no, rather horrible.

You feel like a master sword character who often comes out of comics and stuff.

Even if I just stand silent, I feel awesome pressure.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Kite. Best regards,"

I greeted him using all the salutations I could because I'm about to teach him the sword, and if I pissed him off, he seemed scared.

"Nice to meet you. Call me Aaron."

"You're Mr. Aaron. Okay."

"As you can see, I'm an old man who retired ten years ago from the front line, but don't worry, I'm going to do the job entrusted to me well"

"Also, of course. I'm not worried about anything!

I did a little, but it's just a little bit, so it's a no-can, right?

"I appreciate that. So let's just start arching… but let's start by studying this world with the brave"

"Is that true? I appreciate that."

Honestly, you were in trouble because nobody told you.

I was almost stuck in the room I had prepared, and I couldn't find out for myself, and I was about to give up.

"Hmm. Again, Your Majesty didn't give a proper explanation, did he? Well, you're right that you don't know exactly what brave men are, so you can't even explain them."

"Don't you understand about brave men? What do you mean?

Huh? You're too irresponsible to call yourself in and say you don't understand.

"It's easy. It means they're lazy and they haven't learned anything. For more information, we'll talk in a moving carriage."

Being lazy... I've been watching it for the last two days or so and I felt like it, but I don't think you should say that in grandeur because you're a king, too.

Well, more than that...

"Carriage? Where are you headed?

"Destinations are fun after you arrive. Now follow me."

Hmm. Something to do with brave people?

With that in mind, I got in the carriage with Mr. Aaron.

"Now, where shall we speak from...... have you heard that there are three great kingdoms of men in this world: the human world and the demonic world?

The human world? The demonic world? Three countries of people?

"No......"

I didn't tell you anything about that.

"Really? So let's talk about it from there."

"Thank you"

"In this world there is a demonic world inhabited by demons and a human world inhabited by people. And in the human world we live in is the kingdom of Alber, where we live, and the Vector Empire to the east, the Gulm nation to the south."

"The Alber kingdom, the Vector empire, and the Gulm kingdom."

"That's right. And my kingdom and the empire of the east have been very unfriendly for hundreds of decades now."

"Will there be any cause?

Until you summon the brave, why do you want to destroy the Empire?

"Right...... our kingdom has become a country of respect for blood-focused nobility. In contrast, the Empire, although aristocratic, places a strong emphasis on strength, a country that, if it is handled in any way, can be common or noble, and if it fails in aristocracy, it is normally a country where it is lost to slavery."

The Empire is tough! Or so I thought, but I guess the Empire would be better off if I wanted to be.

"I see. But how has that difference developed by the time of the dispute?

"It's easy. The system of empires can develop faster. In the empire of meritocracy, even ordinary people lend their full hand to the development of the country with a view to becoming. The kingdom, sweet to the nobility in comparison, has been corrupted by the nobility and royalty, which are the upper echelons. The nobles became arrogant from the sense of security that their status would not be lost, they learned nothing, they did not try to do something called effort, they only think about how they could easily gain wealth. Such a kingdom can't help but envy an empire that has developed more than its own."

Oh, the kingdom was a bad pattern on the one hand.

"Maybe... so you're thinking of taking it from the Empire?

"Do you think it's a childish idea? I think so too."

Whoa.

"That... even though I'm retired, is it okay for Aaron, who originally served in the kingdom, to say so?

"You can't tell me if your mouth is ripped inside the castle. That's why we're talking on purpose in the carriage."

"Oh, is that the carriage for you?"

A carriage to speak for real, not to move.

Sure, you can't eavesdrop in a carriage.

"No, we have a good place to go. It's just that we're very far away."

"Really..."

Where the hell are you headed?

"I wanted Lord Kite to know how terrible this country is before I put my back down and started teaching him the sword."

"Why not? You can hear me and try to get out of this country, right?

Honestly, you don't want to fight for a country like this.

"Because sooner or later it's about finding out. Well, then, you don't have to be so shocked to explain it to me, do you? Besides, I thought Lord Kite could change this country, and I told you about the reality of this country."

"Yeah......"

I don't think you have the power to change my country or anything like that.

First of all, I don't even know if I can live in a year. Strength.

"Are you anxious if you can do it yourself?

"To be honest...... right. I haven't even fought with anyone in the last fifteen years."

If it was to the extent of a verbal quarrel since birth, he still lived without a single violent quarrel.

So even beating people up was very resistant.

Besides, I've never thought of taking the lead on anything.

Don't think I can survive the war and change this country.

"Really? But I think you'll be fine. The brave men of our past generation used to sound just as weak when they first came to this world."

"Really? I heard you defeated the Demon King, so I thought you had some kind of stunt originally."

"I think I learned a unique swordsmanship in the previous world, but on the contrary, it seems to have gotten in the way of using the sword in this world, and I had a very hard time at first."

Unique swordsmanship? Were you doing Kendo or something?

"In the beginning..."

Well, if you were playing Kendo, you'd be able to get used to using the sword quicker than I am.

"Yes. Well, it would be better for you to actually experience this than to explain it by mouth. So let's get to our destination."

Concon

Mr. Aaron knocked on the wall on the side where the carriage driver was.

Is that some kind of signal?

... and so on, the carriage stopped immediately.

Apparently, you can stop at your destination. Looks like it was a signal.

When I got off the carriage, I entered a building that resembled a church in my previous life.

"Dear Aaron, it's been a long time. What can I do for you today?

When I went inside, a priestly man rushed in.

Mr. Aaron, I knew you were great with only the former Kensei.

"I'd like to rent a little room for a goddess statue in the basement"

"I don't have any particular reservations today so I'm fine...... what are you going to do?

To Mr. Aaron's words, the priest listened back as he alternated between me and Mr. Aaron.

"I need to look into something. Don't worry, it'll be over soon."

"Ha...... ok"

That said, without saying anything more, the priest gave Mr. Aaron the key.

Then Mr. Aaron led me to the basement room.

In a space of nothing, there was a statue of a woman on her knees stretching out her hands.

No, did you just say statue of a goddess?

"What is this place?

"Explain later. Just touch the statue of the goddess."

"The statue of the goddess is about this, right? Okay."

Well, if you can explain. I put my hand on the palm of the goddess, thinking, etc.

Then a dazzling light was emitted from the statue of the goddess.

"Wow! What is this!?

"Oh, don't let go until the light goes out."

"Yes, sir"

Then he put up with his eyelids and kept holding the hand of the statue of the goddess.

Then... after a while the light subsided and there was a single card in the palm of the goddess.

"Now try holding that card"

"Is this it? Oh, huh? Disappeared..."

The moment I touched the card, it disappeared without a trace.

"It's okay. Now let's get back to the carriage."

Ho, are you sure you're okay?

Though I thought so, I followed Mr. Aaron who had left the room first.

"That was..."

Back in the carriage, I asked for an explanation about the card earlier.

"It's called a status card. I can see the strength of that person personally. Think of the earlier card and try to get it out of your hand."

No way, I'm not sick of cooking...

"Get out! Wow."

Seriously, he's out! Different worlds awesome!!

"Bye. First, check the contents yourself."

"Oh, yes."

If you look closely, it says something on your card...

Edomi Haidou Lv.1

Age: 15

Race: People

Occupation: Brave

Health: 11/11

Magic: 6/6

Force: 9

Speed: 12

Luck: 1,000.

Attribute: Electrical

Skills

Electric Magic Lv.1 Limit Breaking

Title

who come from different worlds

Yeah, you're a guy with a common status in games and stuff.

I knew the level was 1. I don't know if it's strong or weak.

More than that, what's electric magic!? I'm so curious!

"Have you finished confirming?

"Yes. But I don't know..."

"I guess. Would you mind if I showed you?

"Of course it is. Instead, look and explain."

Tell me if I'm strong or weak!

"Well, excuse me. Yeah, that's not bad. Besides, is it a brave, exclusive electrical attribute? It's easy to go beyond your predecessors."

"Exclusive to the brave?

"Yes. That's an attribute that electrical, flame, and water ice attributes can only have a brave man. There are seventeen brave men on the record alone, but only five had exclusive attributes... when Lord Kite combined, six out of eighteen. It means you can use special magic that only one in three brave men can have."

Special magic?

"One in three... you're in luck"

This is getting a little confident.

"Right. But no one can teach you anything unusual, so you have to be very magical."

"Oh, no..."

You can't possibly know how to use magic!

Is there anyone I can teach you!?

"It's okay. Even the bravest of previous generations, who were said to be the weakest in history, were able to defeat the Demon King."

"You're the weakest man in history... what magic could the previous brave man have used?

Weakest in history when you could defeat the Demon King... Don't get in trouble for the brave man's high hurdles.

"Attribute-free magic. Magic that strengthens the body."

"Huh? Doesn't it usually look strong? No, aren't you?

Physical enhancement systems often come out as strong characters, even in comics, right?

But if it's real, you can do ranged attacks. Is normal magic stronger?

"You were strong as a result. However, at the time, the use of unattributed magic was known only in part, better than it is now, but very few people could use it, magic that was not normally available...... it was thought to be weak magic. Besides, you're weak compared to brave exclusive magic.

What? I knew you'd be strong if you weren't compared to exclusive magic.

"Heh. Few people can use it more now?

"Yes, in the kingdom, the lineage and empire of Kensei must have left only the descendants of the former brave"

I see, that's so hard magic.

Thinking about it, the brave men who could have used it are amazing.

"That's right...... that means you have to fight the descendants of the former brave one day!?

That means you're in the empire, right?

"Right. The Empire has the children and grandchildren of the most powerful wizards in the world, right? They're all strong. In particular, the son of a brave man, Damian Forster, is called the most powerful in the active world."

You can't if you make it an absolute enemy, like the descendants of the most powerful wizards and braves in the world.

Besides, the strongest in the world... I don't feel like I can win.

"Damian Forster. I need to remember."

"No, the man Lord Kite should be wary of is not Damien."

"Huh? Are there others? Who?"

"Damien belongs to a unit to protect the Empire. So you won't be joining us in this next war. So you should be wary of Leons Muldeen, the grandson of the former brave man. He will definitely be general in the next war."

I see, will Damian not take part in the war?

That's good.

"You're Leons Muldeen. Is he strong?

"His strength is unknown. I'm not sure if it's true. I keep telling stories, and I don't know the reality of his strength."

"Uh, what's the story, for example?

"Until now, I could defeat a dragon that no one could defeat. You've attacked your territory, you've subordinated demons, etc. None of this is believable, so we wonder if the Empire is deliberately trying to shrink the kingdom by spreading information that overestimates Leonce"

"Well, that's right. You don't want to think someone like that was actually in the enemy."

What kind of monster can you defeat a dragon?

But if it's true, the kingdom won't win, will it?

"Right. And then… keep in mind that the Empress is likely to be the next Wizard and that the grandson of the Virgin, who traveled with the former brave man, is in the Empire"

Whoa. How many people are strong in the empire?

"The Wizard and the Virgin... were those two traveling with the brave men before them?

"Right. The brave men of previous generations defeated the Demon King with the Imperial Mage, the Virgin of the Church. If you are a brave man in history, you will be joined there by the sword saints of the kingdom."

"Huh? If it's history, why didn't previous generations travel together?

"The previous brave man didn't need a sword saint. Because each other's swords and abilities were worn. Besides, it must have been one of the reasons why me and the brave guys got along so badly."

"Were you unfriendly?

It doesn't look like Mr. Aaron's gonna have a fight or anything, does it?

"Oh, never a brave man is bad. I was arrogant when I was young, and I was the cause of it all."

"What happened... can you tell me?

"Fine. That's a boring story."

"At that time the Demon King declared war on the people, and the kingdom hastily summoned the brave. At the time, people only thought about asking the brave. But it turns out that the brave man at heart was an incompetent brave man who could only use attributeless magic."

Incompetence...... Is that what brave people are destined to be told at first?

"The brave man, who hated losing in the meantime, couldn't care less about the words around him. He worked out my father, who could use unattributed magic at the time, and he became stronger."

"Sugai"

That feeling of not giving up is amazing.

"Yes. That's very amazing. But it was decided at the time that I could be a sword saint, and that there was no one in the kingdom stronger than me than my father, I thought I was incompetent and more sublime than myself, such as a brave man. That shouldn't have happened. The brave will come day by day about the speed of my sword. You were already in a real hurry for me at the time. Aren't we training enough? And so on, I desperately practiced, but I ended up losing"

You lost... well, you can't beat the Demon King unless the bravest is the strongest, so what can you do?

"And losing to the brave man who thought it was understated, and pure swordsmanship alone, I was unwilling to even hold the sword and declined the next sword saint"

"So you didn't participate in the brave journey, did you?"

"Yes. Now that I think about it, I just ran away from the brave. In the end, I even crushed my chance to get revenge on the brave."

"I see..."

"How could you hold the sword again? is it?"

When I was worried about telling you, Mr. Aaron felt it.

"Yes, sir"

"Right...... no big reason. I was holding the sword when I realized it. Oh, you'll be arriving at the castle soon. When we get to the castle, we'll just start the archery, so be prepared, okay?

"Yes......"

Apparently, you can't tell me.

Well, you told me a lot of other things, okay?

More important than that, how rigorous Mr. Aaron's archery is.