Chapter 4 (1/2)

Ex Strongest, To Confirm

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Soma was walking alone pa.s.s sunlight filtering through trees.

What existed in the surroundings were all kind of trees.

In short, it was a forest. Although it had already couldn’t be seen, there was a large and s.p.a.cious mansion behind it.

It was a place where Soma lived. To put it simply, Soma was going out from there.

However, there were no shadows of people in the surroundings. The only one who was there was Soma alone.

He secretly came out without telling anyone, and that was a matter of course, but… to tell the truth, it was something that should never be possible.

Because Soma was not allowed to go outside the mansion.

The reasons were there were many dangers outside of the mansion and there was no need for practical skill training at the moment.

However, Soma didn’t know such things. Instead, he continued to go further.

Spreading behind the mansion was a place called Demon Forest. That place was said to be particularly dangerous.

However, it wasn’t that he was desperate.

To begin with, the path he was walking right now was a path that he already get familiar with.

Yeah, Soma had gone outside even before today. Far from anything, he had been going back and forth many times in this forest.

It was a leisurely walking, and that was the only reason for him.

Although this was a repet.i.tion, it wasn’t because of desperation… or perhaps it should be said that Soma had no reason to do so.

Well, if there was any, there might be one reason–

“Hmm… I have no talent, is it? …Well, whatever it is, it is all fine.” (Soma)

As he muttered so, he put off the thought and abandoned it.

If that wasn’t pretending to be tough, he also not trying to be defiant.

That was what he really thought from the bottom of the heart.

Soma was told many things from the start, but thanks to memories and experiences of the previous life, he understood more than anyone.

Soma thought that it was bad to be lifted up as a genius or others, and he was like that from the beginning.

Therefore, it wasn’t a big deal about having no talent… Even so, there was only one reason for Soma to be surprised when being told by the mother that he had no talent.

In other words, having no skill mean he couldn’t use magic.

Yes, Soma did want to use magic.

To be reborn in this world, it was the absolute goal he had so far since he knew magic existed.

However, he was overcome with surprise because it was said to be impossible.

For this reason, he left his room while being disappointed, and… if Soma as human gave up because of that, he wouldn’t be able to stand up on the top of the swords.

Hence, Soma, who instantly recovered, thought something wrong about this… Suddenly, he thought of something.

For him to be here, just for that reason– he thought of trying it.

…Well, to be honest, he was thinking about a lot of things.

For example, about the treatment toward him next time.

At least, it won’t be the same like before.

Actually, Soma didn’t know what kind of household he was in, or the family name in the first place, but looking at the size of the mansion, he imagined about it to a certain extent.

The reason for not telling him was probably it was planned to tell him when the opportunity came.

Well, when considering the current situation, on the contrary, Soma’s right as the heir was revoke.

And that wasn’t probably wrong.

It was a speculation from the mother’s att.i.tude, but that was good enough to be understood.

As for Soma, he had no problem with it, but as for his mother, there seemed to be a problem if  he couldn’t learn any skills.

Whether it was the characteristic of this world or the characteristic of this country, he didn’t know exactly which it was.

However, ultimately speaking, it didn’t matter.

There was a possibility that the relations.h.i.+p with mother will change. Although, he was more or less thinking about it, if he couldn’t do anything, there was nothing much he could do even if he cared.

More than anything, there was something he wanted to do right now.

Therefore, when he threw out unnecessary thought, contrary to the name of the forest, he went further ahead.

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He was wondering if he has pa.s.sed through enough since he entered the forest.

Soma, who was eyeing on a tree, drew closer and stopped his feet.

“Hmm… this is good enough.” (Soma)

It was a thick and huge tree.

Not to mention Soma, even a big-sized adult couldn’t hold it alone.

Two people… No, it might be necessary for three people for such a tree.

When he lightly tap with the wooden stick he had for testing, it was natural for tree to be unperturbed.

If he tried to knock it down, it might be possible if he brought an iron sword… No, it was clearly impossible.

Or, if possible, it was a thing with a reasonable talent — skills.

However, while thinking back about the common sense in this world, Soma muttered.

He wonder if it was true.

Those with skills were synonymous with having a talent, but not able to learn skills was not because of having no talent.

For example, one could wield a sword without having swordsmans.h.i.+p skills, and… there was also records of those without swordsmans.h.i.+p skills won against those who had it.

This was for to be cautious, not because of pride.

Although he was told that there was an exception, but–

“…Regardless of an exception, in other words, it means that there is a possibility even if there is no skills.” (Soma)

Even without having skills, there was a possibility of winning those who had it.

Well, just as he thought, what was the difference?

How far could one go when they had no skills?

Even without having swordsmans.h.i.+p skills, swinging the sword, and winning over those with skills.

If that was the case… even without having magic skills, wasn’t it possible to use magic?

For that reason, he was about to confirm it.

What was in front of him was a huge tree.

Even with swordsmans.h.i.+p skills, with a stick in Soma’s hand, of course not to mention about cutting the tree, it could barely do anything.

However, even with the same skill, there was a thing called rank.

If its proficiency was higher, it would change.

Intermediate rank was better than lower rank. Advanced rank was better than intermediate rank. Special rank was better than advanced rank.

If the rank was higher, by swinging same skill, the result would be entirely different.

That was why, even if it was generally impossible, with advanced rank swordsmans.h.i.+p skill… no, even if it was a special rank, the stick might be able to cut down the tree before him.

In other words, Soma, who didn’t have skills, could strike this tree.