「Uooooooh! Get ready! I’m going to kill you!!!」
A boy with pink hair tied behind his back comes charging in with a sword in hand.
I rushed in too, avoiding a swing from the wooden sword, then knocking him with the wooden spear as we passed each other.
「Naive! There!」
「Gyaa! Stop spanking my ass every time!」
He’s struck with the handle of the wooden spear on his ass, and he cowered on the ground, holding the sore spot with his hand.
「Hey, I told you to come as fast as you could, but you said “kill,” aren’t you overdoing it」
「I can’t help it! It just comes out naturally」
「Geez. You told me to train you, so I’m letting you have it, but don’t try to kill me」
「Ahahaha, Chris is so funny–」
Nia’s sitting on the ground with her legs tossed around, laughing at our exchange.
Nowadays, training has become a routine.
I join the other knights in the garden to work out.
Even though I’m assisted in my combat-related movement thanks to my skills, the experience gained from this kind of training also affects my combat ability, so I also base it on my interaction with the knights.
「Okay, next one is a round with Nia…」
「Kotori-sama, please train with me!」
Chris and I finished our match so I decided to switch with Nia, but while I was speaking, a knight came running towards us.
「Wait, I’m fighting Kotori-sama next! I’ve been waiting longer than you!」
「So you say, but I was waiting closer!」
Hey, I thought it was just one knight coming, but why is the atmosphere turning sour?
They’re glaring at each other as if they’re about to fight.
「Tsk, what’s the point in quarreling for some trivial reason」
「True. It’s trivial, meaningless」
「I guess you get it?」
「Of course」
Huh? What are they talking about?
While I was thinking…
The two faced me and pointed their weapons.
「「Kotori-sama, fight the two of us」」
「Huh? It ends up like that?!」
Since my battle with Hugo-san, my relationship with the knights has been like this.
And they call me “-sama”
They accepted that I stand beside Euphy, and I no longer see any skeptical glances from the knights.
At first, I thought that they might be scary people because of the rumors and their appearance, but when I got to know them, they seemed like nice old men and I got comfortable with them.
It’s been almost two weeks since Nia and I went to Japan.
I was doing my fair share of things during that time, such as meeting the knights, going to Japan with Euphy to get some stuff from Earth that could be used to make money here, forced to talk to Mirai on the phone all day long when I return alone.
Also, the skill orbs I requested from the Adiciltons were starting to come, so I was taking turns making love with Euphy and Nia.
Thanks to that, I improved my skills day after day. Euphy’s swordsmanship is almost reaching level four, and Nia’s level three in both dagger and throwing skills, and the other day, she was going head-to-head with Hugo, and she’s not so strong that no knight or adventurer in the area can compete with her.
Since arriving here, I feel like my life has become more stable.
For the time being, we’ll continue working on strengthening our combat skills and combat training, while on the financial side, we have a business deal scheduled with the best merchant in town.
The only thing that remains to be seen is what the future policy of the Adicilton house will be, just as I was thinking- Euphy came out of the mansion and approached with a serious look.
She comes to me, then speaks up in her tight princess mode.
「Daiki-sama, I have something to report」
「What’s wrong?」
「I just received word that Marquis de Blaureite will be returning shortly. We’re hoping to visit them soon, if possible, could you accompany me?」
「Sure, okay. Well, I’m just an extra so I just need to be there and stay quiet, right?」
「G-Geez! You keep saying that, Daiki-sama, you’re our representative!」
「I thought about leaving it to you since you’re acquainted with the person, but I guess not. Then, I’ll do my best for my cute Euphy」
Well, it looks like the plan is coming together now.
I watched Nia beat Chris in the warmth of the sin while standing side-by-side with Euphy, and I wondered what to do to make our future better.