Vol 2 Chapter 27 (2/2)

Having returned in a good ht to the courtyard

The brothers stood in front of her, staring at the wooden weapons while trying to figure out which one they wanted

“You’ll be trying them all out, there’s no need to think about it too hard”

“G-got it”

“… Okay”

The elder brother took a one-handed sword, the younger brother taking a spear

They faced off against Ilya, who also held a wooden sword

Although the tere looking towards Ilya intently, she didn’t appear to be reserved at all Although the brothers were hesitant at it being a two-on-one at first, she said that she would give them a recoreed

It wouldn’t serve its purpose if she did it in a roundabout way, so she had to do it seriously

“Treat me well”

“” U-us too! “”

Matching his personality, the first one to charge in was Karel

After his rush, he went for a large swing of his sword

shi+fting the trajectory of the sword co at her abdomen, she pushed the bloard

Having deflected the red-face Karel, Ilya looked to Reno

—There’s no ether, you know?

Understanding what her eyes were telling him, Reno joined in He fended off attacks so that they wouldn’t hit Karel

Once the two had just started getting accusto different

There eapons that were used similarly to others, so she had thesword, a whip, a one-handed sword, a spear, a one-handed axe, and fist wrappings

And finally, she had the to hit so Ilya threw in the air

They never hit the ood excuse for Ilya to see their aptitude in it

“Good work, you two”

“Ueeeh~…”

“I-I’m beat…”

The elder brother was on the ground with his arround using the bow he had to prop him up

Haku licked Karel’s cheek, causing the un elder brother to stir

The brothers had done their best in trying to hit Ilya, but were still trying to figure out the reason why Ilya was having them do this However, as dissatisfaction wasn’t her objective, she decided to reveal her reason to the brothers once they’d caught their breath somewhat

“I only saw the gist of it, but Karel-kun is good with the spear and Reno-kun with the bow

“!”

“R-really…!?”

The brothers’ smiles bloomed

Ilya nodded, but she’d long since judged their suitability for the weapons through [God’s Eyes] As long as soher [Genius] skill, their proficiency wouldn’t be determined with just a fewover the past while was just to give her statement some credibility

She didn’t forget to give the delighted brothers a warning so that they wouldn’t h

“Although I say that, you won’t beco sure to practice with the weapon, so you need to be diligent”

“I-I know that!”

“Understood!”

Did they really understand?

Their s at the them a bloithered

“Also, it’s not as though you two need to be talented in ht be even better than your father in business, so itweapons”

“” Kaaay~ “”

Rather than not understanding, their faces screamed that they didn’t want to understand

Even if they had talent, they h with the work In the end, it was their own lives to decide She wouldn’t do any ive advice

After that, Ilya gave the brothers their own spear and bow and saw them off at the entrance as their father came to pick them up

Their fatherthe Mercenary Guild She saw their backs fade in the distance as she thought about that

“Looks like you helped them a lot”

It was a voice she didn’t think would call out to her, but she wasn’t particularly surprised by it either

“I wanted theood and bad aspects to any job… Do you not think so? Branch Vice Manager”

When she turned around, he smiled thinly

“Correct It’s as you say”

“… Is that all?”

“Yes It appears that there would be no effect on you even if I went further”

The Branch Vice Manager nodded, speaking rather indifferently

Not toseemed vastly different from what it used to be

He lookedhis intentions, she hopped on his verbal slip

“You said quite a lot there”

“You’ve already noticed though, right?”

Seeing Ilya only respond by ser also smiled wryly

“When I was shaken by seeing that Great Spirit-sa to the information I’d received, you should have been driven a little further into a corner there, but your reaction was as candid as ever… that covering convinced me That I’d been noticed” [1]

—What were her intentions?

The words he ended up speaking weren’t concerning her intentions behind the Snow Festival, what she thought he would talk about