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Egar- san 's Advice
After the match between me and Luna-san is over, next are Eric and Sylvio-niisan, and Eleonora-neesan and Luna-san, continuing in a round-robin practice match. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
And while they are doing their match, as expected the strongest of them is Eleonora-neesan. Next will be Luna-san, Sylvio-niisan, Eric, and as predicted, I am the last one.
To begin with, Eleonora-neesan’s strength was overwhelming. Even Luna-san - who is ranked second - got her sword sent flying after a few exchanges.
Even Eric who usually understands Luna-san’s strength opened his eyes wide at that, and it seems like he finally started to understand Eleonora-neesan’s strength.
But, that was only a part of her strength, he still hadn’t seen her absurd strength. He would find out about it later.
Next up are Eric and Sylvio-niisan. These two actually had an equal match with each other but Eric’s swordsmanship couldn’t break past Sylvio-niisan’s defense, and he was finally completely defeated by the deadly Sylvio Bash.
Even now, it makes me laugh just by remembering the time when Eric got bashed.
「You, why are you laughing when you look at me」
「Ah noー, I just remember the time when you got bashed by Sylvio-niisan」
「Kuuh! That Sylvio-dono’s defensive strength is abnormal! What the heck is that defensive strength?! I don’t think I can win against him no matter in which place I attacked!」
Eric stamped his feet in frustration as he says that, maybe he was vexed that he lost to Sylvio-niisan.
Ahaha, it was interesting when you see Eric being confused at that time.
As I looked at Eric while happily laughing at him, Eric looked at me with a nasty smile on his face.
「So you can laugh at other people too, huh? Even though you were boasting that you will show me something at the time when you fought with miss Eleonora」
「Gunununu, that is, that’s because Eleonora-neesan used more strength than I thought……」
I unintentionally grind my teeth when Eric said that.
Since it’s a round-robin, it turned out for me to also spar with Eleonora-neesan, more or less.
So it was a mistake when I said out loud the thought in my mind that I’m not gonna lose to Eric and lost in one exchange. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
Hearing that, Eleonora-neesan cruelly used more strength than her usual strength.
As for the result, the match ended just like with Eric as I lost in one exchange.
When I thought we will exchange our attacks, my vision was suddenly turned upside down.
「So in other words, you got careless while knowing your sister’s true strength?」
「That’s right, but also not right」
「What the? You’re making a shameful excuse?」
「I mean, to begin with, it’s impossible for me to draw out or measure Eleonora-neesan’s true ability」
「……that’s true」
Eric was making fun of me but then, he turns to have a solemn look after hearing my extreme remark.
There must be quite the difference in our ability since the likes of Sylvio-niisan or me, and Eric still quickly lost to her despite her going easy on us. And so, it’s impossible for her to show her real strength.
The strange thing is, I really don’t know Eleonora-neesan’s real ability despite always practicing together.
If it’s Luna-san, then she may have barely guessed it so the people who have a complete understanding of her real ability might just be Roomba, Nord-tousan, and Elna-kaasan, huh? But, I can’t expect to receive a correct answer since that part is already at the inhuman level.
「Yosーsh, I roughly understood each of your abilities now. Now Nord-dono and I will give you advice! Gather here!」
Egar-san called out when Eric and I were brooding over the matter with Eleonora-neesan with a solemn look.
In response to his voice, everyone who was resting gathered toward Egar-san and Nord-tousan’s location. I keep walking slowly toward that place, but everyone else aside from me ran so I had no choice but to match them.
「Then, first will be the one with a lot of problems, starting with you Alfried-kun」
Owing to Egar-san’s manner of speaking, it was decided that I was the one being criticized first.
So it means that I’m being picked on since I’m not the best among us?
「From what I have heard from Nord-dono, Alfried-kun seems to be good at magic, right?」
「Yes. Because of that, I didn’t think of fighting with the aim of defeating my opponent using swordsmanship, it's a style where I evade the opponent’s attacks as much as I can and survive through that」
Create your own style. That was what Nord-tousan said to me time and time again, so I can readily answer him.
In the first place, I am a magician so I don’t use a style that cut down my opponent with a sword like Eleonora-neesan. So for the magician me, I use a sword only when it’s an emergency or truly forced to do so. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
For example, when I don’t have the time to chant at one moment, or when my magic power has been exhausted.
But, due to my many years of practicing magic, even that situation is impossible for me so is there any meaning in using a sword? Someone may ask that kind of question, but don’t think too deeply about that, it’s for health reasons.
「……hmm, I was also able to guess it from watching you. However, it’s like what Luna said, it sure is regrettable. Having that kind of flexible way of thinking and the ability to take proper distance from your opponent is not something anyone can do. If your body can catch up with your movement and you have a skill you’re good at, then you could probably acquire a much better ability」
In other words, I need to train my basic abilities in order to be able to execute more amazing movements, right? I should acquire some effective skills for my opponent.
Just like Eric’s stab, if I have a single technique that stood out from others then I can use that to put pressure on the opponent.
「......that, is a flexible way of thinking」
Perhaps he didn’t like my cheap trick technique that Eric mutters like that, with a complex expression on his face.
「Eric’s way of thinking is too rigid. That’s why, your sword’s moves became inflexible and it is easily seen by others. For you, you should approach things with more flexibility in mind and make a move that the opponent doesn’t like. By doing so, your swordsmanship will also improve like Luna」
「……right, Eric is too honest」
As to be expected from his relatives, they show no mercy for Eric.
Eric’s sword moves are indeed sharp, fast, and solid, but it doesn’t feel that threatening. If you ask me why, it’s because he sent out clean attacks just like the standard form.
Using the optimized sword attack is also efficient, but it will become easier to read if you sent out an attack that the opponent knows. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「Gunununu, so you want me to learn from this guy?」
「I did not say you should go that far, but you should think a little more about a move that your opponent hate. Even just changing your feint or rhythm is effective enough」
「I see」
Maybe he was convinced by what he said as Eric calmly nod when Egar-san mentions something specific things of this unpleasant thing the opponents don’t like.
「……of course, it’s impossible for Eric to copy Al」
Luna-san, are you praising me by saying that? Or could it be you’re speaking ill of me having a bad personality?  I’m a little doubtful of it.
「Next is Sylvio-kun. Defending yourself using a sword and shield, then aiming the moment when your opponent’s posture collapse, it should be a style where you aim to counter the opponent, yes?」
「Yes, that’s right」
「But someone who uses a shield should be able to use their shield a little more skillfully. For example, using your shield to drop your opponent’s sword and then personally closing in on your opponent’s side. I will teach you about the shield technique of a  Knight a bit later」
「Yes, please!」
If he manages to grasp the technique, then even Sylvio-niisan - who is not very good at attacking - might be able to easily attack his opponent.
What a terrible technique of attacking and defending. I think that the odds of me winning against Sylvio-niisan will be decreasing quickly. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com
「And I will also teach you how to move efficiently on the sandy ground, so Alfried-kun and Sylvio-kun come over here」
「「Yes!」」
I thought that he will teach us with a bit more fault-finding, but it was summarized quite simply.
I feel like the problem he pointed out about me has been considerably reduced due to Eric cutting into the conversation while he’s explaining. Let’s give him my thanks here, just a bit.
「Next is Luna, but the problem with you is that you are slow in judging your situation. Your fighting style is that you attack yourself, disturb the opponent, and neutralize your opponent in a short period of time. It will take too long of a time to fight against Sylvio-kun and Alfried-kun. If you think you can not get through your opponent with your usual style, you need to improvise with plenty of patterns of attacks, make changes, and responds flexibly」
「……understood」
「Especially against Sylvio-kun and Alfried-kun’s style, they are not something you are good against, so you should think about how to neutralize them quickly. You need to continue to steadily accumulate experience」
「……un」
Does that mean, Sylvio-niisan and I are going to continuously become Luna-san’s opponents? Ahー, no wayー.
As I was thinking about such a thing, it seems that Egar-san had finished giving advice to Luna-san he now turned toward Eleonora-neesan.
「And the last one is miss Eleonora, but I already have no.....」
「Please advise me!」
Egar-san was probably trying to say something like, ‘I already have nothing to teach you’, huh.
However, Eleonora-neesan lowered her head and completely interrupted him as she said that with a voice full of spirit.
「「…………」」
Egar-san has an awkward expression on his face, but Eleonora-neesan doesn’t notice that as she looked at him with a gaze full of expectation.
I’m sure that she had been listening to the advice given to us and now she’s looking at him with eyes saying that she’s expecting that she should be given some good advice.
If someone were to look at you with such an honest gaze, then an adult will think that they will have to live up to their expectations.
Egar-san let his gaze wander about a bit, and after pondering for a moment, he squeeze out one thing.
「……tha, that’s right. You finally have the chance to train on sandy ground. If you have the time, would you like to try various types of taijutsu then? This place is different from your usual place and the san can act as a cushion even when you were thrown on it」
「That’s true. So I think I’m going to try various types of taijutsu today, not only doing sword training!」
It was a moment when it was decided, that today - for the whole day - we will be rolling around on the sandy ground. www.ihavesinnedtranslation.com