As I had so much fun, I bought a pen for engraving and visited a shop in the research institute. And I was frustrated by the price so that my eyeballs seem to pop out.
âUwaaâŚâŚmy salary for three monthsâŚâŚâ
âWell, well, cheer up Smithsonâ
My monthly salary isnât that high. The reason is that the deduction rate is large. My nationality is still that of Trot. And in the document registration, I´m listed as a migrant, so it is a story that it is out of the scope of things like military profits that are issued by each commerce chapter in the country. It seems that it is quite self-expensive in a small part. It is somewhat depressed compared to other 10-man captains.
âI can lend youâŚâŚâ
âYou have a cheap salaryâ
ââŚâŚYupâ
Anzeros is similar. Well, she doesnât go out drinking often like me and is going to save money, but that does not mean that her hobby isnât expensive.
âI will give up this timeâŚâŚif I save money then I will go buy it againâ
âIf you ask 100-man commander about it, she can make something similar?â
âThatâs right, Dianne is having an amulet stock, so itâs possible to do thatâŚâŚbut no, wellâ
âThat smells strange as well.â
ââŚâŚItâs thereâ
I want to prepare it by myself without relying on Dianne who has the hobby of tool making. I´m likely to come here again someday.
âPlease waitâ
âHmm?â
As Anzeros and I try to leave the engraving research institute, we are stopped by the elf girl from earlier.
âI was curious since a little while ago, but your name, it sounds familiarâ
â?â
âThat short young ladyâ
âDonât call me shortyâ
âAh, Iâm sorry. âŚâŚYou donât seem to be a mix even if I say halfâŚâ
âMy father is a northern elf. Iâm from Trotâ
âI see. âŚâŚSo that means, as expected. You´re sword slashing Anzeros, right?â
Sword SlashingâŚâŚ
âUwa, such an incredible nicknameâ
âNo, noisy! Donât mock me!â
âI think it is cool, is not it? âŚâŚSword slashingâŚâŚâ
âYou will regret this later, SmithsonâŚâŚâ
Anzeros is dreadfully embarrassed. Because of Sword slashing. I canât understand her.
âI heard that youâre the man in rumorsâ
ââŚâŚA little mistake in registrationâ
âYouâre a clumsy girlâ
âIâm not a clumsy girl! I just couldnât say something!â
You have really tampered readily to the first meeting.
âWithout relying on physique and high mobility and magic, without using martial arts, I heard its a pure swordsman who fights only with sword skills. The rumored Ex-master swordsman candidateâ
ââŚâŚEx-master swordsman candidate. A female half-elf, who isnât a master swordsman, because she said she canât be a master swordsmanâ
âI see. It sounds like something coming from Trotâ
It is certainly a bad part of the trot and I am a bit angry.
âThe same type as I. A rare Ace knight that can fight elegantly with just the sword, I wanted to meet you somedayâ
âHave you received such evaluation?â
ââŚâŚIt is not only rare, there are many types of swordsman like me, but Celesta is a crucible of races and the exam to break through the labyrinth is too roughâ
Humans can hardly use magic and arenât blessed with physique. Natural, if you are going to build up as a warrior from there, there are no otherwise martial arts except finding a good way to battle with the most popular battle skill and swordsmanship. It is even more so when the master swordsman exam is held in front of the public. However, it is not so for Celesta´s various races like Lizardmen, Dark elves, Dwarves, Ogres and Beastmen. If your sword skills are insufficient, you can compensate for it by magic and as an Ogre or a Dwarf you can appeal the power of Ace knight by power. Of course, a battle style that overwhelms opponents with extraordinary speed is also allowed like in Dianne´s or Becker´s case. To be versatile means that the meaning of becoming a serious swordsman on the other hand of the textbook is also thin.
âAce Knight, I think that there should be elegance that is appropriate for someone to be called the star of the battlefield where life is disturbed. I am pleased that there was a swordsman like you before meâ
ââŚâŚâŚâŚâ
âNeverthelessâŚâŚI canât feel such a style from you who isnât wearing a swordâ
âIt is often said that there is no dignity, so I donât think anything nowâ
âBecause youâre impureâ
Aurora has an eye for inferior animals. Which doesnât mean that Aurora isnât especially bad? All the elves here look like that. It might be a local pattern. Common awareness rooted in a land is not what individuals can oppose, no matter what it is. However, still, I canât forgive her for making a fool of half-elves like Anzeros.
âWait, it doesnât matter, rightâ
âSmithson-san. âŚâŚHowever, she is an odd person who isnât a complete elf or human. Uncertain of her bloodline and unskillful at engraving, if she doesnât overcome me as a swordsman, then your partnerâŚâŚ â
âTherefore it doesnât matter. If you want to win with something other than your own effort, do it. Anzeros is a good guy and sheâs working hard. Itâs not the result of your effort that youâre pure-blooded and I donât like those who measure the world. Donât make a fool out of a half-elf. If you call yourself the star of the Celesta´s army please understand the best part of Celestaâ
ââŚâŚSmithson-sanâ
âSmithsonâ
ââŚâŚI went too far, sorry. âŚâŚThen, with thisâ
With a little shrunken Aurora, I pulled Anzeros who looked down by her hand and left the engraving research institute.
ââŚâŚCelesta is a nice placeâ
âWhatever, from a bush to a stickâ
Open CafĂŠ for tourists. Anzeros and I drink tea when Anzeros suddenly said so. I was worried of her because she had been looking down since a while, but I feel like she hasnât received mental damage as I thought. She is smiling.
âCelesta welcomes any race. I was admitted as an Ace Knight, too. Iâm proud of that generosityâ
âYesâ
âI think that it is very important that any kind of race can live freelyâ
âWhatâs wrong with thatâ
ââŚâŚThank you, Smithson, for defending me. I was happyâ
Anzeros keeps staring into my eyes firmly and smiles at me.
ââŚâŚ!!â
I felt unbelievably hot in my ears. Anzeros in a feminine figure makes a clean smile like a girl on the open cafe where sunlight passes through trees. Just because of that alone, though it is the face Iâve been looking at so far, it looks somewhat terribly lovely.
ââŚâŚWe, Well, I hate persecution just because you´re a half-elf. Like Selenium and Appleâ
âThatâs right. âŚâŚItâs kind of nice, Smithsonâ
â Whatâs wrong with you? Suddenly starting to say something cuteâ
ââŚâŚCu, Cute, whatâ
Anzeros turns red from my reply. As usual, she is weak to a bit of compliment. The surroundings are watching. It is not only elves because it is a place for tourists and their gazes on Anzeros arenât contempt. Some of them were absolutely admiring the loveliness of the bashful Anzeros.
ââŚâŚYou comeâ
âW, What?â
âDo you not want to stop dressing as a man? Itâs a bit wastefulâ
âU, UuâŚâŚsaying this at this timing is foul playâŚâŚâ
âWhatâ
At the edge of sight, an elf man stares at Anzeros and leaked a sigh. A charmed glance of that red-haired elf man. Did he fall in love? Understandable.
-
When we got back to the hotel, Selenium came up with a letter and a strange face.
âThe room service left this here earlierâ
âWhat? Is it addressed to Dianne or 100-man commander Becker?â
âNo, it is addressed to Anzerosâ
âMeâŚâŚ?â
Anzeros receives the letter. Cutting the seal and open the parchment that was rounded, âŚâŚshe canât read it.
âElf language?â
âIt looks like. âŚâŚUh, I am not so good at reading thatâ
âShall I read it?â
Selenium points to herself.
âAre you good at it?â
âFairly well, but letters to others are somewhat funâŞâ
Itâs kinda bad taste. However, Anzeros looks back and forth between the first and second line handed over the parchment to Selenium after a while.
âHuhuu. EmmâŚâŚDear 1o-man captain Anzeros, I would like to forgive my incompetent sentences initiallyâŚâŚI wonderâ
âDonât mind it, continueâ
âHow do you find the air in Klaves, I think that the winds of Klaves filled with trees and freshwater are better for you who inherit the blood of an elf than the dry air in Celestaâ
âUmmâŚâŚ somewhat disgustingâ
âIt seems to be a local, who sent it, right?â
âI guess there is no one other than Aurora who knows about Anzeros, maybe she wants to apologizeâ
âI will read moreâŚâŚthis time, especially the beautiful flowers are violets on the banks of the springs in the south of the southern street. The beauty of those flowers blooming on one side is worth spending the day just by loving it. Your beauty that canât be decorated is like a flower blooming secretly under a rock. I doubted my eyes when the beauty of violets appeared in the shape of an elf.â
ââŚâŚReally what is thisâ
âIt seems not to be from Aurora, there is no reason to praise me as beautifulâ
âNow that you mention itâ
It is said that the atmosphere seems to be disgusting as a whole drift and the odor written by a man by himself.
âPraising you, I would run out of paper and time just by that. I havenât told you the impression I felt in a minute yet, but I would like you to allow me to move on to the matterâ
âNever mind that, continueâ
âI agree.â
ââŚâŚI know that your 100-man commander dark elf has something to say, so I hope that things will settle without getting too rough, depending on the dark elf, and that my father and I want to trust the reliable southern army corpsâ
ââŚâŚHeyâ
âAhâ
Anzeros and I nodded. This isâŚâŚ
âI want to spend a while talking with you before things change so much, I would like to invite the colorful flower called you to an evening party hosted by meâ
âWho is the sender?â
Anzeros said it with a stiff voice.
âLucas is writtenâ
ââŚâŚChii. Where did he see meâ
âHey Anzeros, who is he?â
âYou havenât heardâŚâŚthat, we are originally out of the number of members?â
Itâs a bit lonely, but itâs true that Iâm not useful for this trip.
âGeneral Lucas, Master Knight. âŚâŚOne of the purposes of this tripâ
ââŚâŚWhat does such a guy want from youâ
âWho knows. To read this blurred sentence, he seems to be somewhat obsessed with me, he is a man who takes out a large amount of female Ogres and dark elves originally, so what are you thinking?â
Anzeros stood up with a stiff expression and packs her long hair up with a sharp finish. She bundles it in a casual way like a rope, and then wear her armor from above.
â100-man commander have been ambushed. I donât think itâs a rarity, but what happens if the opponentâs biggest force, General Lucas, turns into that? If I can do that, I have to get her outâ
âAnzeros!?â
âThere is no telling what danger there is. Smithson, you will wait. Selenium, the place of the evening party where is itâ
âEmm, around the middle of the North Street, where there is a big tree, it is just around the corner. It says that you will understand from the street immediatelyâ
âIs that so. âŚâŚSmithsonâ
ââŚâŚWhatâ
âThank you very much for earlier. âŚâŚMore than anything else than this letter, the person who told me that I´m cute was much more delightfulâ
ââŚâŚAnzerosâ
âI am also an Ace knight. âŚâŚYou heard Iâm called sword slashing Anzeros, so you donât have to worryâ
Anzeros smiles. I can only bite my lips on my inability. I know that I´m useless.
But if I can do something to become useful, I should follow the fully armed Anzeros.
âNot good, Andy-san. Itâs like saying youâre a suspicious personâ
âSeleniumâ
âYes, wear the hood and close the cloak properly. Letâs get off this route and chase from the next streetâ
ââŚâŚYou are a niceâ
âWhat are you saying, I am a competent female slave who minds her masters thinking anytimeâ
Together with Selenium, we walk through the city by following Anzeros. Chilly.
Up to now, it was a journey that had a sense of almighty. We who arenât protected by Dianne are so sensitive. But still, I could not just wait to hold my knees at the hotel.
ââŚâŚReal thing, Master knightâ
I couldnât even imagine such an unknown threat that had never been turned into an enemy and I saw the rest of the sunset fading away across a gentle hill.
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