Volume 2 Chapter 9 (2/2)

[Sweet! Youya, Luna can drink sweet wine!] (Luna)

[This could actually be good.. With the meat, it’s delicious!] (Til)

With huge and repeated gulps, the two girls quickly finished their wine and asked for seconds. The rate which they drank the wine at was also at a frightening pace. Although it was a cheap wine with low alcohol content, it’s alcohol content was inflated by adding more alcohol directly into it so it has quite a relatively alcohol content. Let’s be sure to moderate their drinking afterwards.

[So how is it Selene? The taste of an adventurer’s meal.] (Youya)

[Based on just the taste, I have eaten much better, however my heart is also going wild from excitement at the atmosphere.] (Selene)

[That excitement is the essence of an adventurer’s life. Be sure to enjoy it as much as you can.] (Youya)

Selene smiled brightly as she stuffed her cheeks with meat. I was worried because she was a princess but it seems that being an adventurer suited her as well.

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After satisfying our stomachs, we began to talk about our future as adventurers. The two girls who naively drank wine continuously were overwhelmed by the alcohol and slept with a blissful face. Even a heavy drinker would collapse after chugging five large mugs continuously.

Lets be sure to stop them after two servings next time. However, thanks to this I can focus on the conversation with Selene.

[Selene’s status, level and skills are both satisfactory. However, your equipment is inadequate. Let’s go shopping tomorrow.] (Youya)

Thanks to the death battle with the Killer Ape, the labyrinth in the Starfish Larvae and the hunt for Shrimp meat back in Rumberg, My level was currently level 24 while Luna and Til were level 23. Selene who was level 25 was plenty strong enough. However, there is nothing we can do about her equipment.

[It’s okay though? My sword, shield and armour are all first-class items.] (Selene)

[There isn’t any problem about their quality, however all of them have the Laluzulu crest. Furthermore the material is too good and the manufacturing method is too different. Just by looking, people would suspect that we are either thieves or a noble pretending to be an adventurer. So long as you are Selene, it is better not to use the equipment that Lutra used to use.] (Youya)

Missing posters about Lutra had begun to spread around some large cities, but it hasn’t been widespread in the Laluzulu kingdom. However, the Laluzulu royals do not appear in public often so there is little risk of being recognised as a princess just by looking at Selene’s face.

Princess Lutra was famous for being born with shining silver hair for the first time in several generations, however right now her hair was a different colour. And she was safely unrecognisable by others. However, it is dangerous to walk around with the Laluzulu crest on her equipment now.

[Do you have any spare equipment? What about your Magic Bag?] (Youya)

Magic bags were highly valued and very rarely appeared on the open market. However, it wasn’t impossible for the royal family to be able to get it with their power. If a princess was going to be sent to a dungeon to raise her level to prepare for her inheritance ceremony, there is no way that they don’t have a magic bag.

[It hurts me to say this but it was stolen by the knight.] (Selene]

[For the goal of killing you, he did that to increase the possibility of you perishing inside the larvae huh. Either way we need to get you a new set of equipment. Give me a moment, I’ll take a look at what items I can pass to you.] (Youya)

There was a spare sword in the bag plus I was carrying my trusty sword with a self-restoration enchantment and a black magic blade on my back.

I could give her both my spare armour and my spare sword. However the problem was her shield. Since I rely mostly on my blade for defense, whenever I came across a nice shield I would immediately sell it away.

[I can hand over a sword and armor, however I don’t have a shield. Alright, it’s decided. We will get a shield for you tomorrow.] (Youya)

[Sure, let’s do that. Laluzulu’s sword style relies on using a shield, furthermore most of the crusader’s skill also rely on a shield.] (Selene)

Wait a minute. Something feels off about what Selene just said. The sword style of Laluzulu relies on a shield?

Ahh I see. It’s the very fact that they had incorporated a sword into their battle style.

[Hey Selene. Did you know that your ancestor, the battle princess Renoir did not use a sword?] (Youya)

That was it. Back in the game, the overpowered NPC Renoir didn’t use a sword, and instead relied solely on her shield for combat. Although that was possible only due to her unique shield. Probably, in the hundreds of years since she passed, her battle style must have been forgotten as it was passed from generation to generation. It’s not surprising considering how there haven’t been a single silver- haired crusader in the past few generations. It can’t be help that she was mistaught in the art of being a crusader since she was the only one in several generations to become a crusader.

[You’re lying. My ancestor Renoir boasted a strength equivalent to an army, that can’t be possible by battling with just a shield.] (Selene)

[The battle princess Renoir’s shield was a shield that both blocks and pierces the enemy. In the first place, her shield was made for the purpose of piercing her enemies.] (Youya)

[Where did you hear about this? Renoir’s shield was passed down between the princesses with silver hair. Naturally now it belongs to me. It is a superb shield with high defensive capabilities, however for offensive the best I could do was just to hit you with it.] (Selene)

Could it be that the main gimmick of the shield was forgotten too? As it was pointlessly flashy, a large number of players in the game wished to use Renoir’s skill in the game and there was even a campaign to ask for a crusader class to be implemented. Just what in the world is the Laluzulu kingdom doing, wasting that shield’s potential to be used as an ordinary shield.

I could try to recall the battle style of the battle princess Renoir and consider how I can reproduce it for Selene. If I managed to replicate it and she masters it, she will become a powerful force to be reckoned with. It is a special skill that was the complete opposite of my Deflect.

[Selene. I have read books about how the battle princess Renoir used to battle on the battlefield. I also know the secret within her shield. Tomorrow, when we get a new shield for you, let’s try a sparring session. I’ll use Renoir’s shield and adopt her battle style in the battle which is definitely the ideal battle style for a crusader. It will definitely be a good reference point for you.] (Youya)

[Even if it’s you uncle youya, I am unable to believe your words because the Laluzulu battle style was created by that very princess Renoir. It isn’t a style that battles using solely a shield. If there is such a fictional book then it was merely a delusional one.] (Selene)

[You’ll know the answer once we fight tomorrow. It’ll be a good way to test your abilities as well.] (Youya)

Selene’s pride was hurt as she showed a hateful look. On the contrast, I am looking forward to our sparring session tomorrow. Having the opportunity to fight using Renoir’s shield that was adored in the game, there is no way i couldn’t be excited about it.

Battle princess Renoir was a crusader who had a unique battlestyle that depended purely on her own strength. She protected and attack with her life on the line with a shield. Right now I am just a magic knight and I won’t be able to demonstrate the style’s true power by replicating it. However, I should be able to perform enough to demonstrate to Selene the power of her shield-style.

Until tomorrow, I will be imagining and practicing with the shield for our battle tomorrow, and teach Selene the true battle style of a crusader.