Chapter 41 (2/2)
—-Anyway, dismissing the possibility that I might be a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t, when we have the discussion in the afternoon….
“It’s obvious that you have a talent in it. You do have ‘swordsman’ as your vocation, so you should be better with swords than anyone else here.” [Rebecca]
Although, considering that Rebecca-san and Marina possessed ‘knight’ as their vocation, there shouldn’t be a great difference in regard to the potential, should it? When I shot that question, the answer I received was, “That’s because a sword is a swordsman’s speciality. I guess when it comes to knights, a sword is not only their strong suit. Spears, s.h.i.+elds and horse-riding are included in their area of expertise too, so it’s different than a swordsman.”
「Being skillful only with swords」 kind of crushes the image I have for the vocation, but seeing that it improves one’s skill in such a short period of time, it might be a cheap price to pay. Well, even if I did improve, I would be satisfied as long as I could use it just as a self-defence to a certain extent.
Since, being good at something is not the same as being strong.
“In other words, swordsman is a type of vocation specialized in attack, isn’t it? As for me, I’m not doing this because I wanted to fight. It would be fine so long as I could defend myself.” [Jirou]
I tried asking Sh.e.l.lo-san at noon. I wasn’t sure how many battle type vocations are there in existent, but it doesn’t seem to be because the offensive power of the other vocations such as 「warrior」 and 「knight」 are weaker. But rather, 「swordsman」 doesn’t seem like a vocation that is specialized in ‘defence’ no matter what.
“During the time when I was still in the mercenary group, there were several members who possess ‘swordsman’ as their vocations…….but majority of them were the types to charge at the enemies without considering their defence. They never carried any s.h.i.+eld with them. If you were to say that they are ‘specialized in attack’, then you were right in a way. They were a bunch of madmen who had not given a thought to their defence from the start.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
“I-I see…..In other words, ‘swordsman’ is not really a vocation that is specialized in attack, but rather……” [Jirou]
“That’s right. It is possible that majority of people who acquired ‘swordsman’ as their vocation are the type who have 『aggressive personalities』 when it comes to fighting. That was the reason why, any swordsmen who had not undergone sufficient training would mostly be the first ones to die in battle.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
“Oh……Then I might have a hidden aggressive type of personality too…..I was not aware of it at all though.” [Jirou]2
“Hmm….we wouldn’t know that much just from the training. There were many who would experience it only when they entered an actual fight. But, rest a.s.sured, Jirou. In these 3 days of training, your defence has gotten pretty decent already. If you were to go on with your training at this pace, normal bandits or thieves wouldn’t be able to do you in easily. Well, you still have a long way to go in terms of offence though.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
“Is that so? Certainly I do think that I have become quite accustomed to using the sword, but it has only been three days. Even if I had been focussing on my defensive skill, I don’t feel that I have actually made that much progress…..” [Jirou]
“That’s because you’ve only been training to defend against melee attacks. But it was actually quite a feat for you to be able to withstand that for three days in a row. That level training was supposed to be similar to the mercenary candidate examination….” [Sh.e.l.lo]
“As expected, was that supposed to be a really harsh training? I really thought I was gonna die in the beginning….It still feels really intense even now.” [Jirou]
“No well, I actually thought you would give up really soon too. It was unexpected to see Jirou carrying on until the end. Well, you did reap the benefit from that training in the end. The progress you’ve made exceeded my expectation……To be honest though, I was quite surprised.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
“?” [Jirou]
“Even though you do have the required vocation, —-you were still progressing slightly too fast.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
Based on what Sh.e.l.lo-san said, the training that I had gone through in these three days was often given to applicants who wanted to join the mercenary group.
Those who had declared that they wanted to become mercenaries were mostly the group of people who had acquired combat related vocations. Aside from testing their capabilities, that severe training was also meant to make them ‘humble themselves’ since most applicants who usually came were overconfident with their skills. (also serves as a screening test)
Thus he had already given this method of training numerous times now, but even among those people, my progression was the fastest in comparison or rather, my adaptation was actually way too fast……..That was the gist of it.
So, does that mean that I really have a talent in it? It was something that I should be happy about, but it really didn’t feel that way to me. In my opinion, it merely looked like I was engaged in a sword play with Sh.e.l.lo-san…….
“Jirou. You might have not noticed it yourself but, on the first day, you were only able to swing your sword to block off the attacks by impulse. However, it seemed that you managed to wield it normally today.” [Sh.e.l.lo]
Are you serious? Come to think of it, there appeared to be many situations whereby I ended up wielding the sword with both hands today…….
I became absorbed in the training so I hadn’t paid any attention to it………
Well, Priestess-chan did mention something like this before. Seeing that possessing the required vocation would make one grow rapidly, the training would become enjoyable to them too. In the end, it was just as she said. The training had in fact became enjoyable as I improved.
That said, I still wish that I wouldn’t come across any situations that would force me into using this skill as much as possible. I might be prepared to fight against normal monsters but I don’t have the courage to kill another human.
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Hetty-san paid a visit during lunch the next day. It appears that my mansion is finally completed!!
Hence everyone went to take a look at the finished residence in the afternoon. I’m looking forward to seeing how that ‘devastated place’ turned out.
—-A brief digression. It turned out that during their training, Marina who possesses only one vocation was surrounded and ‘bullied’ by the two of them. (Diana’s version of story)
Diana was fundamentally polis.h.i.+ng her bow skills by shooting at Marina (naturally the arrows were fake). Aside from that, Marina was also having a combat practice with Rebecca-san at the same time. So not only did she have to concentrate in her fight with Rebecca-san, she had to avoid or deflect any incoming arrows simultaneously.
Moreover, by using that training as the main foundation, they had undergone quite a variation of routines;
They entered the forest to fight against monsters for combat practice. Rebecca-san and Diana continued with their shooting practice earnestly, the trees were cut down and the firewood was chopped with the halberd, and they polished up on their skills to shoot arrows while on horseback. (They practiced their horseback riding in their spare time as well, so they seemed to have their own share of hard programme too.)
“That girl is Jirou’s s.h.i.+eld, so unthinkable for her to not to be of any use to Jirou. Well, our houses are nearby so I could take my time to train her from now on.” [Rebecca]
That declaration to make Marina work her fingers to the bone sounded rather scary. Nevertheless…..
“Marina is getting stronger and stronger since Taichou trained me! I will do my best so I could be of help to my liege!” [Marina]
Well, since the person in question, made that statement positively, there shouldn’t be any problem.
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