CH 11

"Master ...... Rid, what is that obscure activity ......?"

"What?　It's a warm-up exercise, but don't Rubens and the others move their bodies before training?"

"I don't know, but they do some running before training. We have never done such strange movements."

When I was doing the warm-up exercises, the so-called "radio gymnastics," Rubens gave me a dubious look.

Oh well, maybe there is no such thing as gymnastics in this world.

Incidentally, I am planning to learn martial arts in general, such as swordsmanship and physical exercises, from Rubens at the training ground today.

The Bardia territory is located near the border with a neighboring country, so it has its own order of knights.

Rubens is one of the knights belonging to the knighthood, and I heard that his ability is quite high.

"I'll begin now. First, I'm going to check your stamina by running around."

"...... please go easy on me ......."

I never did any exercise in my previous life, and I wasn't very athletic, so I'm not confident in my ability to train in the martial arts, which is going to be a bit of a downfall.

But I can't help but think about the future and avoid it.

I told myself, and started running as per the order.

...... Hmmm, I thought I would get out of breath soon, but surprisingly, I am okay . ......

After a certain amount of time, Rubens calls out to me, "That's enough," and I slowly stop my running.

Then he gave me a wooden sword and taught me how to swing it and do the kata.

"Master Rid, you have a good spirit, As one would expect from a man of your blood."

"Is that so? Thank you."

The reason why he said blood is uncontested is that he was referring to my father, Rainer.

Whatever the case, he is said to be one of the best among the numerous nobles in the empire.

'Well, let's do a little hitting too, shall we? You can go ahead and strike from anywhere you like."

"I understand."

Both of us hold our wooden swords in front of each other with our eyes fixed on each other.

Rubens looks comfortable, " wherever you like.

Well, it's my first time, so I'll go with the plan of going to his chest.

I hold the wooden sword up and make the upper stance in the kendo style.

I breathe, kick the ground, and quickly swing the wooden sword down, only to be blocked by Rubens with a "kan."sound

I quickly pulled back and changed my posture to the upper, right eye, and lower positions, and swung the wooden sword.

I felt light and enjoyed swinging the wooden sword.

After a while, I realized that I was striking Rubens.

This is probably due to the high spec of Rid's natural physical ability.

Rid was smart and physically gifted, a literary genius.

Well, he doesn't play an active role in the main story of the game, but in the extra mode, if you train him, he can play a very active role, so when I think about it, this high base ability may be an effect of that.

'Master Rid, let's take a break."

“ all right."

'But you have frightening power with the blade. In the future, your ability will likely exceed that of lord Rainer-.

"Thank you. Well, I'll try my best to keep up."

I am sure that Rubens looked quite surprised during the training session with me because he witnessed Rid's high-spec physical abilities.

However, in the end, it was frustrating that I could not even get a single strike against Rubens.

As expected, it would be difficult to beat an adult in the current circumstances, but I wondered if there was anything I could do, and came up with a little prank.

'......So, come to think of it, Rubens childhood friend Deanna, who was escorted with you the other day, isn't she?"

"Yes, that's right. Since we were little, our family were close, so we used to play with wooden swords a lot.

"Hmmm. So you like her ......?"

What are you talking about out of the blue?

Rubens's face became red .

He didn't expect to be asked such thing by a six year old.

I'm going to take out my frustration of not being able to get a single hit with the wooden sword right now.

I am now putting on an innocent expression and a black smile in my heart.

"All the servants and knights are saying that Rubens is a coward and won't tell Deanna how he feels about her, and that's why he's not making any progress in direction ."

...... "What the hell?!."

“Oh Rubens was so shocked that he turned white.”

This may have been too much.

As he squats and holds his knees while dutifully writing "no" on the ground with his fingertips.

"Oh no, I've really gone too far," when I spotted Deanna walking near the training ground.

I waved to her and she noticed me, so I asked her to come over, and she ran over to me.

'Master Rid, how can I help you?'

Deanna seemed to have rushed over to see what was going on when she was suddenly asked to come, and she was a little out of breath.

Incidentally, Diana is also a knight belonging to the Bardia family knighthood.

She pointed her finger at Rubens, who was pale and frowning at Deanna, saying, "No, actually, ......."

Then Deanna put her hand to her forehead and sighed, "Huh.

'Master Rid, Rubens has a weak spot in his стране behavior , so he does this from time to time.

“Oh, I see."

I didn't think that "feckless against Deanna" would be such NG word. I'll be careful next time.

"So, master Rid. What did you say to Rubens?

‘What? I said that Rubens is a clueless about Deanna.”

I thought I heard a "pish" sound like ice around me.

And when I looked at Deanna's expression, I realized that I had made a mistake that I should never, ever did , and I turned pale on the spot.

Deanna was smiling. But behind that smile, there is Prajna. No, Shura.

“I'll have to ask you later to make sure he knows what's are you saying . ......”

'...... yes.'

She smiles and, with her unconcealed prajna and shura, she gives Rubens a notice and brings him back to his senses.

She then brings him back to his senses, smiling and carrying her hidden prajna.

“. Rubens, are you done with Master Rid's training for today?”

"Yeah, I just finished ..."

"Then, I have some time to talk with him , so I will leave for today Master Rid ?"

"......yes."

Rubens saw me off at the end as Deanna took him away with a question mark on his face.

After that, Deanna ranked at the top of my list of people I should not teasing .