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Even from the top of the lighthouse, I could tell it was settled.

With his back to the fallen Luino, Iris was pointing her sword at me.

I could feel that she was victorious and that she would leave the rest to me.

I responded to her by pulling out the Blue Armor Sword on my hip and pointing the tip of the blade at Iris.

I'm sure you got it.

...... Oh dear. I'm not sure what to do.

I'm not sure what to make of it.

Then he drank his drink again.

Apparently, he really believed that Rui No would win.

He quietly put down the gourd.

Luino was definitely in the lead until halfway through. But I guess he was impatient. I don't think we should have tried to end it so soon. What do you think?

”It may have been a quick decision, yes. But if we had fought like that, it would have been Iris who would have won anyway.

Iris is a girl who can always grow in battle.

In the current battle, as Riggles said, at first Luino had the upper hand.

But it was Iris who, within a few blows, caught up to and surpassed Luino's blow.

And then, for the last time, it was Iris who stood still, both of them having expended all their strength.

It's not going to change the outcome no matter what you and I talk about. You defeated Luino, that's the fact and the truth. She faced what she wanted and she got it.

Something to aim for, hey ....... It's true that the battle between Iris and Luino was Luino's to lose.

I'm sure the battle between Iris and Luino is Luino's to lose.

...... I think you mean the next battle between me and Riggles.

”Okay. Now it's time for you and I to settle our differences. Honestly, I don't think I'll be able to beat you.

Riggus said this while stroking the hilt of his sword at his waist.

I'm sure he's the only one in the Swordsmen who's given up before the fight.

But first, let's hear the truth.

”...... truth?

The ...... story that made you into the Luino you are today.

Oh!　Oh, that story!

Riggles clasped his hands together as if remembering.

I needed to hear that story.

I don't really have anything special to say. I don't know where to start. ......

Let's keep it simple. What happened to the rest of Luino's family?

Luino's grandfather, Souki, is dead, Luino told me. His son, Riggles, is still alive and belongs to an organization called the Swordsmen, and his daughter, Luino, is living a life of shura.

How could that man's family go down such a path?

Except me. Well, ...... to put it simply, my wife - Luino's mother - is dead. My father, ......, was murdered by one of the people who tried to kill him.

”Your father's ”.　Your father's .......

Souki shared many battlefields with my previous life, Raoul Isaruf.

In that sense, I'm sure there were times when he held a grudge that threatened my life.

I've lived a similar life, and I've defeated everyone who stood before me.

But Souki had chosen a life with his family and had gone into hiding.

The man he was looking for was a knight from a defeated country that his father had helped ...... in the war. Vengeance is an amazing thing. ”The man I was looking for was a knight from a defeated country that my father had worked for. And he took my wife's life.

How he got there, Riggles never says. He doesn't say how he got there, because that would be enough to convey the fact that his wife had died.

But that's not enough.