The path near the forest, on the outskirts of Polka, is a daily training ground for Anzeros and Boyd.
There is a difference of nearly twice the height and the thickness of the arm is so different that it seems that only one arm of Boyd is about the total weight of Anzeros. But that doesnât mean a difference in strength.
âBoyd, if you donât handle it well, you will break the horn again. âŚâŚDDaaaa!!â
âHiii!!â
In a word, Anzeros, who made three steps to go through the ground, shoots a sharp flying kick on Boydâs face. Boyd guards with his arm. However, Anzerosâ side kicks him back a few steps. Anzeros returns to the ground and immediately makes a turn step. She runs like a snake on the ground, turning the still-swaying Boyd´s heel and mowing him with a kick.
âTtoâ
By letting the center of gravity escape from her leg, Boyd can do the damage of just flipping up one leg. Then, in order to rebuild his open body, he swung his legs around and stepped back and landed leaning forward. On the contrary, he hits a cannon-like punch back to Anzeros who is approaching further.
âGood!!â
However, Anzeros does a side step and in an instant she avoids by shifting the trajectory of the body. This explosive step is a trick that can only be done by preparing a stride in advance while running. Boydâs counterattack timing and counterattack means were read from the beginning. And Boyd, whose arm returns slowly due to its mass, cannot respond to Anzeros´s blow from there.
âHaaa!!â
Dogo, Anzerosâs kick-fighting struck the solar plexus and Boyd was blown away.
âU, Uge, gehuuuâŚâŚ!!â
âThe speed is reasonably good. I think that a weak monster opponent can be fatally injured with the current blow. But whether you punch or kick, the power to return is too weak compared to the power to hit. Then moving to the guard after hitting isnât possible. The sweetness of the guard means you lose if you are shaken. It wonât work for fast opponentsâ
Anzeros commented on Boyd crawling on the ground.
âHey, one more time. Be aware of the return. Hit while letting your body escape at an angle that is difficult for the opponent to attack. And donât be foolish and honest, even now, if you put up with it for a moment, the flow has changedâ
âUhâŚâŚI, Iâm sorry, Iâll do my bestâ
Boyd stands up while crying halfway.
Then enough with bare hands, 30 minutes with a wooden sword. A thickly squeezed Boyd lies in the snow.
âItâs snowingâŚâŚâ
âThere are places where itâs dry, so take a rest thereâŚâŚâ
âIâm grateful for the coldness of the snow, where I was beaten up by 10-man captain Anzerosâ
Boyd stopped moving to sleep. No, he is not dead. He isnât dead. He is just enjoying the snow.
âBut thereâs an overwhelming difference in swords than bare-handed fightingâ
With that said, Anzeros shrugged her shoulders as she untied her ponytail.
âItâs natural, isnât it? How many years do you think Iâve been swinging my sword?
âNo, but my wooden sword and Boyd´s wooden swordâŚâŚâ
The wooden sword for Boyd is nearly 2 meters long. And thick. Maybe I canât lift it. And Anzeros´s sword is 60-70 cm. The difference in reach between swords, which is three times as long as the length alone and the reach difference between arms between half-elf and ogre isnât odd. In this case, it seems that the conditions are still easier for bare hands. However, when Anzeros gently shakes the wooden sword she is leaning against, she stands in front of him in the style of an ace knight ritual.
âIt may seem to you that the reach has been extended by a few tens of centimeters. A swordsman holds the sword and completes it. Boyd isnât a ăSwordsmană, but an ăOgre with a swordă. Itâs overwhelmingly differentâ
âHaaâŚâŚI donât really understandâ
âYou know that a ăHammer holding uncleă and ăBlacksmithă are completely differentâ
ââŚâŚAh, I know intuitivelyâ
Certainly not. Completely different.
ââŚâŚQuicklyâŚâŚI want to be a warrior with a sword, even if I donât go as far as a â ăSwordsmanăâŚâŚâ
Boyd mutters while buried in the snow. Ogres and warriors are certainly quite different. I feel that a warrior cannot be underestimated.
âThatâs why I train you. Now, when youâre done, come in the miraculous spring. Weâll do it in the afternoon againâ
âYesâŚâŚâ
Boyd sleighs up and heads towards the hot springs, with snow all over his body.
âSo Anzeros, whatâs with Boyd? At least can he be a regular soldier in the infantry?â
When I asked after Boyd disappeared, Anzeros grinned, as her ears swayed.
âThatâs about it. With that, he can sometimes hit a shock wave, right?â
âOh, really?â
There are few users even among Ace Knights who can do a shock wave attack that 40% of Sword Saints and others cant hit. Even Aurora couldnât deal with it until she learned from Sir Bonaparte and Anzeros a year ago.
âThatâs pretty amazingâŚâŚâ
âOf course, if you donât stabilize it when you want to use it, you canât use it in tactics, so itâs not at the stage where I can say he can use it yet. Boyd is too disadvantageous to many opponents because his defense is sweet. Iâm teaching him that if he uses shock waves well, he can mitigate them a little bit. If heâs able to put it out in a stable way, I can recommend him for the Ace Knight examâ
She is willing to strengthen the defense technology itself, but that means that Anzeros is seriously trying to make Boyd an Ace Knight. Originally, it requires a natural martial art that is said to be one in dozens of people and it is normal to reach it by refining talents from childhood like Anzeros and Isaac. It shouldnât be something you can turn into when you grow up.
âIs Boyd really talented?â
âOgres are much stronger than humans, though. Boyd has a strong will and good eyes for a crossbow soldier. Ogres are left to the destructive instinct. They tend to fight in a rough way, but Boyd has a strong will, so he can practice a beautiful turn without running wildly like thatâ
ââŚâŚIt only sounds like a sober talentâ
âNo, itâs rare for an ogre. To break through the Rock God Labyrinth in the Ace Knight test, you need endurance and efficient fighting skills that allow you to continue fighting without disturbing the pace, rather than simple attack power. Attack. Itâs a standard course to retire because ogres that are strong enough are exhausted in the early stagesâ
So thatâs itâŚâŚ
âBesides, Ace Knightâs investiture is actually the fastest way for Boyd to be a 10-man captain. Unless youâre going to be a 10-man captain on a regular course, no matter how hard you try, itâs going to be tough for another five yearsâ
ââŚâŚBoyd, didnât he say he will get married when he is a 10-man captain?â
âYeah. Well, speaking of other peopleâs affairs, itâs a matter of others, but itâs a pity to keep your fiance waiting for five years, right?
ââŚâŚâŚâŚâ
When she says that, I wonder how many years I will have to wait for my women, including Dianne and Selenium, who is ready to marry (completely proposed for Jeanne). At the very least, I canât marry them until I have a med who can maintain my family.
âMarriageâŚâŚâ
Anzeros gives me a serious look and looks far away.
âN, No, I think youâre patient, you can do it whenever you like? Anyway, I have a long life span, so we donât have to rushâŚâŚah, but LunaâŚâŚno, Luna is still young, so letâs wait for a while. Itâs okayâ
âRather, itâs easier for me to get there quickly. AnzerosâŚâŚâ
Recently, Iâve been feeling more and more unworthy of myself. Letâs weigh ourselves. And letâs do our best.
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When I returned to the city with Anzeros, there was an unfamiliar carriage in the square.
âItâs not a stagecoachâŚâŚ?â
There are only a few types of stagecoach that always come, so there is no mistake. Itâs possible that the stagecoach company has a new car body. Itâs strangely new and luxurious. The appearance of the coachman is also good enough to be clearly seen from a distance.
âWhat is it? Is it the lord of the south?â
Almost all of this is Baronâs territory from the Snake Mountains, so at least itâs from the other side of the mountain.
âNo, wait a minute Andyâ
Anzeros makes a strange face and moves around to the side of the carriage. When Anzeros found something on the car body, she opened her eyes and stepped back.
âWhyâŚâŚ!?â
âWhat happened?â
ââŚâŚItâs the crest of the Sylpheed Companyâ
SylpheedâŚâŚis surely the parentsâ house of Anzeros.
âIsnât it coming to wholesale here? Iâm sure youâre also dealing with Celesta and Renfangas. About PolkaâŚâŚâ
âNo, the coach isnt used by a merchant at the endâ
The carriage starts to move. Anzeros walks after it. I also chase after them somehow.
âThat means someone is riding on thatâŚâŚâ
ââŚâŚYupâ
When Anzeros nodded, the carriage suddenly stopped. And the carriage door opens.
âAnge!!â
The expected person appeared. âŚâŚLinda Neumann. The mother of Anzeros and the chairman of one of Trotâs largest trade associations.
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âWelcome, Linda-dono of the renowned Sylfeed. A long journeyâ
âThis is polite. What is the Baronâs appearance to a merchant?â
While Linda and her party, who stopped at the best inn in the city, were checking in, we moved to the Baronâs residence to inform the Baron immediately about it. âŚâŚNo, maybe I didnât have to tell him otherwise, but when a tycoon suddenly appeared, I thought I should let the Baron know. I was wondering if I should go to talk to Dianne, but for the time being, I decided to watch over their greetings.
âIâve heard rumors for a long time, Polkaâs hot springs are miracle springs that works for all illnesses. Well, it didnât matter until now because the robustness that doesnât take even one of the diseases was good, but recently my waist and shoulders are hurtingâ
Linda grins at me and Anzeros while explaining with gestures while putting her hands on her hips. âŚâŚMaybe sheâs got some kind of information network to get us based here.
âIf so, you can fully enjoy Polkaâs proud miraculous spring. It is said that it is good to bathe in against trauma and to drink it for against diseases. There are people called spring protectors all over the cityâŚâŚâ
Anzeros whispers to me in a soft voice, watching Linda amiably listening to the Baron explaining.
ââŚâŚCome to think of it, it might be natural for my mother to come as this is a chanceâ
â?â
âItâs me and Iâm sure Iâm old enough to get loose in my body, but most of all, in the recent TrotâŚâŚelves are walking around calmlyâ
âA, Ahâ
Thatâs obvious.
ââŚâŚMy mother gave birth to me in love with an elf in such an unlikely time. Itâs natural to want to know the truth about whatâs happening. As a merchant and as an old Trot citizenâ
ââŚâŚThatâs right, isnât it?â
Confirmation of business opportunities and the transition of the times when I was involved. Also, if her illness overlaps with her daughterâs appearance, a one-way trip for several weeks will be worth itâŚâŚ
âNeverthelessâ
Finally Linda turns to us.
âAnge and son-in-law! How are you? You seem to be on good terms as usualâ
âE, a, emmâŚâŚâ
âSon-in-lawâŚâŚâ
Anzeros and I looked at each other and laughed bitterly. This is just before we talked about getting married. Linda has a strange face.
âWell, that kind of face. You wouldnât say that youâve become ăGood friendsă after breaking up, Iâm going to make that much noiseâ
âTh, Thatâs not true!â
âI, Itâs ridiculous to say we broke upâ
Anzeros and I desperately deny it.
âThen Iâd like you to show my grandsonâs face as soon as possible. Iâm a human being now, but when Iâm over fifty, I donât know what will happenâ
Mufu, Linda sighs at her age.
âAhâŚâŚI would say there isâŚâŚâ
âHe, Hey Anzerosâ
ââŚâŚWhat?â
Lindaâs eyes shine at the words that Anzeros said with a slight laugh.
And.
In one room of the Baronâs residence, Anzeros happily hugs Peter.
âEheheheâŚâŚth, this guy, Andyâs child, Peterâ
âAngeâŚâŚ!?â
âWhat, mother?â
âIâm saying ăGrandchildă!? The child isnât an elf by any means!â
That claim is very correct. Linda. Youâre right.
âBut Andyâs child is like my son and Iâm going to have him call me mom in the futureâŚâŚâ
âLook here son-in-law. My daughter, arenât you struggling with a little stupidity?â
âThat reaction hurts mother!?â
Anzeros, who looks stunned while hugging Peter, is relieved.
âIâm not going to be a son-in-law to Anzeros, so can you forgive her?â
âAh, I wonder what that meansâ
Linda is a little upset. Beyond that, female slaves such as Jeanne, Selenium and Apple are staring at me.
âAs I said before, Anzeros is my woman. Iâm the one who gets itâ
âHee. Donât say it. Do you know that the son-in-law of the Neumann family is profitable?â
Linda smiles a little scary.
âThen Iâm going to be Anzerosâsâ
âYes, thatâs right. Isnât it bad? Iâm still a parent of that stupid girl. A female slave of her husband, rather than stubbornly defending a stupid relationship, make a proper marriage even with a flickering bait. Whatâs wrong with wanting to do it?â
âMother!â
Linda was crazy. âŚâŚAnd the relationship between me and Anzeros and by extension, my lack of worthiness. But. âŚâŚI laugh and hold Anzeros with Peter. While combing her hair with my fingers, I laugh bullishly.
âIâm certainly a kid of this Polka´s blacksmith who isnât rich or anything and in fact Iâm a poor guy who doesnât have much fortune and canât even buy a house right nowâ
I still have a lot of women who say they like me. I want to like all those women.
âAnzerosâŚâŚAngelina is mine. Iâve got her. Iâm not going to return her againâ
âAndyâŚâŚâŞâ
I donât think itâs time to make a happy face, Anzeros.
ââŚâŚHaa. Iâm talking about getting a mansion in a prime location in the royal capital that is as good as a castleâ
Linda sighs.
âHeâs a stupid guyâ
Shrug my shoulders. Anzeros was sick and trying to say something, but Linda looked up and smiled before the words came out of her mouth.
âBut you´re my stupid daughter´s partner. Maybe thatâs the case. âŚâŚReally, Ange looks happy. I canât say anything with thisâ
âO, Of courseâŚâŚIâm happy!â
Anzeros who says ăIă is a little cute. I wonder if that is the case with my mother.
âŚâŚAnd Peter begins to cry, perhaps because Anzeros hugged too much.
âA, AhâŚâŚtoâ
âAaaaaa, give him to me, Ange. TotallyâŚâŚif you think its your child, treat it with great care. âŚâŚCome on, grandma, beroberoberoâ
Peter gets in a good mood as soon as Linda cuddles him.
âOh, he has a funny faceâ
âPeter-kun canât stop crying so easilyâŚâŚI didnât let him suck my boobsâ
Linda puts her hand on her hips to the astonished female slaves.
âWhy did you give milk one by one? Thatâs how kids get fatâ
âŚâŚI think it has a slightly different meaning.
âOkay, kids change their mood pretty quickly. You can make a little noise with toys, and you shouldnât be shy with this kind of faceâ
However, Linda, who teaches how to treat Peter as a ăGrandmaă, I realized that she was a very nostalgic and warm person.
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