He’s such a cute boy that I can’t think he was the one who had a sword fight with me.
Looking away from the door he had left, I suddenly stroked my cheek, which healed with a potion, remembering the previous battle.
The other day after he won the festival I immediately thought of training him as the prize.
…… The only [single number] currently in this royal capital was me and [rainbow] …
[Rainbow] seems to be training him on a daily basis, and he was willing to give it away.
I fought him seriously and thought again, but he shouldn’t be there without tremendous effort in addition to his innate talent. I can’t imagine how much training he’s been doing at that age.
At that time, the fourth place in the ranking was defeated. It is understandable that he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Astel who succeeded in subduing the pair even though they were out of the order.
Although it was a wooden sword, it was probably the first time I was hurt by a sword and used the “imaginary sword” since the mock battle with my father.
However, he lacks the experience of fighting overwhelmingly strong people.
[Rainbow] is not good at adjusting … It’s easy to imagine that he couldn’t compete with him.
I have made a promise with him that I will continue to give guidance, and I am excited to see his growth in the future.
It also stimulates me and the members who have been sluggish recently, yeah.
By the way, the other members must be squeezed so as not to lose to him!
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After leaving the Knights Training Center after parting with Lin-san, I head to the castle gate square, where I meet with senior Bob.
Although my energy and magical power have recovered to some extent due to the potion, I am honestly sick.
Suppressing my desire to go home, I managed to drag my legs to the plaza, and Bob was sitting on the edge of the water and reading a book.
“Senior Bob, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.”
“Big brother!? … You look tired !!”
Senior Bob bowed apologetically.
“Even for my big brother, it seems like it was a pain to get along with [single number] … I’m really sorry to have you do my errands even when you’re that tired …! I’m okay. So go home and take a rest … !! “
“Please stop saying that I’ve been on equal terms … I’m in a position to practice. I’m sure I’m tired, but if it’s about Bob’s errands, there’s no problem at all. .let’s go”
“Big brother … !!”
Bob looks at me with his eyes shining. Stop it.
But apparently, I was pretty tired from the perspective of others …
If you’re not Bob, you might have noticed that my magical power is much less than usual.
When I walked along the wall with him, I arrived at a square building.
“This is my dad’s lab. My dad is a weirdo, so I’m just going to stay in this private lab rather than the magic division’s lab …. Huh … Would you like to go …”
Senior Bob takes a deep breath and reaches for the door. The hand was shaking slightly.
Is he really scary father? Indescribable anxiety runs through my mind.
“… Father, I’m sorry”
When I entered the laboratory, various materials such as magic tools and magic stones, books, reports, etc. were scattered all over the place.
Simply put, it’s dirty.
And the mage in the black robe at the back glanced at me.
He is a dandy old man with a well-organized beard and hair for the owner of the dirty room.
… Sure, he was in the throne room when he was called by His Majesty before. I remember it because he had strong magical power.
“What is Bob … you are …”
“My big brother, Sirius.”
Senior Bob is proudly turning back.
Isn’t it strange to call such a child a big brother and turn around?
I shake off such a silly question and bow to Bob’s father.
“I’m Bob’s junior, Sirius Astel. Nice to meet you …”
his Father squinted a little and stood up and turned to me.
“Alessandro Bean. You never remembered me.”
Was that so?
“Yes. Because you were using magical power among the thrones …”
“Hmm … Well, that’s a good story. Bob, Sirius, what are you doing today? Without anything, you wouldn’t be in a place like this.”
When Alessandro asked, Bob’s shoulder bounced.
Alessandro seemed to have guessed something and stared at Bob with a questioning look.
In an instant, Bob rubbed his head against the ground with a beautiful dogeza.
“… Huh … What the hell did you do this time? That’s okay, so raise your face and talk.”
Alessandro sighed and looked down at Bob with a tired face.
“Actually … I broke the” Sealed Cangue “that I had borrowed from you father … I’m really sorry!”
“What the heck is” Sealing Cangue “…?
Alessandro, who was looking at Bob with suspicious eyes, seemed to have come up with something and turned his eyes to me.
“To be exact, I broke it, I’m sorry.”
As I bowed, Alessandro glanced at me and immediately took the crystal ball out of his pocket.
“Hmm … you broke the cangue … I see. Sirius, I’d like to check your magical power, is it ok?”
“Yes, it is okay”
Upon my consent, Alessandro stared at me through the crystal ball.
“Hmm … this is …”
I’m curious about the reaction.
“Hey, dad …?”
When Bob took a step, Alessandro waved to control it.
“The upper limit of the advanced measuring stone has been exceeded …”
Measuring stone ……? It’s a magical tool I don’t know.
“That’s my big brother!”
For some reason, senior Bob is proud.
“That … what the heck …?”
When I listened, Alessandro nodded and began to explain.
“Hmm, a measuring stone is a magic tool that can quantitatively measure the amount of magical power of the target. If it is an advanced magical stone, it can be measured by the magical power of most court magicians … It seems to be a fact that he broke the sword … “
…… I felt that the magical power of the court magician was less than I expected, but … I’m a little worried whether the defense of this country is okay at a level where the magical power is inferior to such a child.
“This … may have been just right …”
Alessandro grinned while muttering something in a whisper.
“Sirius-kun, I guess you couldn’t help it because of my stupid son. I’m not telling you to compensate, but one experiment … Can you go out with the test? A person with magical power like you? The test is valuable, so it would be helpful if you could cooperate. “
“Well … May I tell you what it is …?”
Hey, you said an experiment, right?
“Oh, that’s okay. Like the Sealed Cangue, I’m currently researching magical tools to detain high-ranking criminals, as you’ve experienced. In the cangue, I have to be a little uncomfortable to restrain the S-rank magician. I’m developing a new magic tool. I’m still in the planning stage … Try to see if you can destroy this material with your bare hands. You can use your energy and magic. “
Then Alessandro put a black metal block on his desk.
It seems like you’re familiar with it somewhere …Kurogane is not it.
“Kurogane……? “
“Huh, did you know that it’s a minor metal?”
“I just happened to know it because it was the material for my sword …”
“What ?? Katana … then …!?”
Alessandro grabbed my shoulder suddenly.
scared.
“Huh … yes …”
” Can you show it to me !?”
“Well, please …”
I remove Yoruichi from the scabbard and hand it to Alessandro.
“Be careful because it’s heavy, right?”
“Oh, I know …!? Fugu … !!”
When I handed it over, his face turned bright red and he began to step on it with a terrible appearance, so I immediately supported the sword from below.
“I’m sorry.”
“No, thank you. It was heavier than I expected … But this is a tremendous processing technique … I’ve never seen black steel processed into such a thin plate … Sirius, where on earth? I’ve never heard of the technology of the Kingdom of Dwagraph that made it so thin !? “
Kingdom of Dwarves … Was it a dwarven country? It wasn’t possible there either. Gantetsu-san, he’s a really amazing person.
“I asked a blacksmith I knew who created it …”
“Wow … Sirius, can you introduce me?”
“Well, I don’t mind … May I talk to him and then reply?”
“Of course it doesn’t matter. If you hear a reply, come to report immediately, is that okay?”
“Oh, I understand.”
After the turmoil, we came out to the square next to the laboratory.
“Well, give it a try”
“I understand”
I touch the black steel again.
After all, this is energy … Even if I use white energy, it is difficult to crush it with your bare hands …
If there is a possibility, it will have to be blown by heat.
Gantetsu also said that he processed it with an ultra-high temperature Mithril cutter.
However, my flame magic will not produce enough heat to melt black steel.
Then … Is this the only one?
I can’t use the magical power replenished with the magical potion again …
I place the black steel on the rock and step back a few steps to begin to fill the magical power.
“Lightning blade”
I generate a thunder sword in my right hand. And I put more magical power into that sword.
The thunder sword scatters sparks and tries to rampage, but I further apply pressure with magical power to suppress it.
I hold the thunder sword with magical power up to the limit of the outburst and swing it down.
“Huh !!”
–Don’t! !! !! !!
Along with the dazzling light, a roaring sound that makes you think that lightning has fallen hits the eardrum.
–Shuuu ……
White smoke blows out from the attacked part, and it is not clear what happened to the black steel.
“No way so far …”
Alessandro was blinking while raising his eyebrows.
The smoke faded and I could see the black steel.
There was a shallow groove on the surface as if it was about to be melted, but it was not possible to cut black steel.
By the way, the rock on which the black steel was placed was split into two, and the cut surface was molten red.
“… I couldn’t cut it.”
I looked with a bitter smile at Alessandro, Alessandro nodded and began observing the black steel.
“Hmm … Is it this much damage even if it receives an attack with that much magical power … Thank you Sirius. I got valuable data.”
“No, I haven’t done much …”
“That’s not the case, thank you. The rest is about the introduction of the blacksmith that I asked. I can put up as much money as I can, so I really really ask you!”
Alessandro approaches closer. stop.
“Wow, I understand! I’ll do my best, too!”
“I asked!”
“Father !! You’re too close to my big brother !!”
“Mu, I’m sorry …”
Alessandro quickly withdraws, perhaps because he was struck by Bob and returned to his sanity. He’s really serious about researching magic tools.
Then, while receiving Alessandro’s hot eyes on my back, I left the royal castle.
Since I worked and there was no blame for the cangue, Bob gave me a high-class meat while apologizing for not doing anything. I feel like he did something like a senior for the first time.
The meat after physical labor permeates the muscles …
――After that, Gantetsu-san and Alessandro hit it off, and it seems that they rapidly improved their technical capabilities through technical exchanges.