Vol 1 Chapter 26 (2/2)
Locke stopped Wynn’s blade with his s.h.i.+eld, and thrust at Wynn’s throat with a shout.
Wynn took a hanmi pose and then leapt to the side.[4]
Then Locke once again held his s.h.i.+eld up, as Wynn raised his sword, gauging the distance between them.
“Ooh, Locke-san, that was pretty strong.”
Leticia, who was observing their spar in a place slightly removed, commented.
“Ah, that’s because Locke was the runner-up in last year’s knight selection tournament.”
“Oh? I didn’t see that.”
At Cornelia’s words, Leticia inspected the frivolous-looking red-haired youth who was sparring Wynn.
It was about a month after Leticia returned to Wander Bird’s Pavilion after four years, the day Wynn dueled Abel.
Since the Knight School was still closed, Wynn and Locke occasionally trained together.
Since Locke also had responsibilities as an apprentice knight, it wasn’t every day.
Due to the coup d’état, there was a shortage of full-fledged knights
Consequently, the duties of the apprentice knights increased.
It was the same for Cornelia.
After the incident, she also started joining in the training.
Since she was a princess, she couldn’t just exit the castle as she pleased.
She also had official duties.
She came here with an escort, which was now on standby off to the side.
On the other hand, Leticia visited Wynn every day like before.
She was a n.o.ble of the highest position in the country, but as the Brave, she could avoid being involved in the country’s matters.[5]
Because of that, Leticia, who had not much else to do, borrowed books from the library to read with Wynn, and the sight of the pair studying became common.
That’s why, even if Leticia was almost always with Wynn, it was rare for the four of them to be together.
In the past month, though Wynn and Locke were timid upon learning that she was the princess at first, they eventually opened up to Cornelia, to the point that her Imperial Knight escorts wore sullen expressions, but since they were also in the presence of Leticia, they didn’t voice their opinions.
On this rare occasion, Leticia and Cornelia sat under
Unable to keep up with Wynn’s almost superhuman speed, Locke always faced Wynn, observing his movements, creeping forward, defending himself s.h.i.+eld and counterattacking.
“It’s amazing, isn’t it? Since I’m observing from the sidelines, I can see Wynn’s blade, but when I’m up close, I can’t see it at all.”
Cornelia was praised the fact that though their magic was sealed, Wynn, and Locke, who fought with Wynn, overwhelmed many knights and soldiers.
His strategy should have been a bad choice against the agile Wynn.
Thus, Locke’s abilities were excellent for an apprentice knight.
If he weren’t from a wealthy family, but rather a aristocratic family, he may have claimed the top spot from Regin, who lost his life during the coup.
However—
“But Onii-chan still isn’t giving it his all.”
“Eh?”
Just as Cornelia heard Leticia’s remark—
“ooOOOOOOH!!!”[6]
Wynn raised his voice.
He closed the distance between them, and attacked with a horizontal slash to the neck.
As with the first thrusting attack, Locke used his s.h.i.+eld to receive the blow.
The sound of the sword and s.h.i.+eld colliding was heard once again.
“Wha-!?”
Locke, who tried to counterattack with a thrust like the first time, raised his voice.
At the moment Locke was confused by the fact that Wynn was no longer at the place he was aiming at, Wynn’s blade was held to Locke’s throat.
“You used the recoil from the collision to attack from the other side, huh…”
It was fast.
Even Cornelia, who was watching off to the side, was unable to perceive Wynn’s movements, but Locke was able to keep Wynn in his field of vision.
“Of course, you’re really strong. To be able to move like that even without magic.”
Wynn retracted his sword as Locke took a deep breath, and smiled bitterly at his friend.
“But Locke, weren’t you able to follow my movements? The knights from before weren’t even at the point of struggling to do it.”
“That was a one on one fight. If I fought you on a battlefield, I would be slaughtered alongside all my allies.”
“What do you wanna do? One more round?”
“Nah, it’s fine.”
“Wait a minute!”
Leticia also obtained a practice sword and s.h.i.+eld like Locke and Wynn.
“Onii-chan, may I join? Seeing the two of you, I also can’t resist joining in!”
“Ah, then I’m dropping out okay?”[7]
Locke set his s.h.i.+eld down.
“No. It’s two versus one. It’s fine if you go all out, since I’m going to be using magic.”
“”Eh!?””
Leticia stretched her body.
“Hey, didn’t Leticia just see my fighting style?”
Leticia, who treated Wynn as her Master, had the same speed-based fighting style.
However, she had a G.o.d-like magic power to strengthen her body.
“The s.h.i.+eld would be torn to shreds— no, even the blade would be smashed, and my body would be blown away, wouldn’t it?”
“That’s right… Well, you get to spar with Mavis the Brave. What an honour!”
“Well, let’s let it all out!”
Leticia looked over her shoulder with a smile.
She gradually became wrapped in magic power, and a golden glow was visible, even in the sunlight.
Wynn and Locke exchanged glances.
“It seems like she really is going to fight seriously.”
“Wha- what is that light?”
“Well, try not to die!”
In the end: two people were left full of holes, only hanging on with Cornelia’s healing magic.
AN: I plan get things moving next time.
h.e.l.lo world
Translator notes
Maybe I should leave these names in romaji… roadside pebble more elegant sounding… lol–back
I was for some reason thinking that these adventurers would betray Abel, but… they seem decent. They’re on my s.h.i.+p!–back
SFX, not a name–back
/2013/03/hanmi-hitoemi-01.jpg I’m pretty sure it’s about this, and not about half a body dodge…–back
No intent on reform from the inside?–back
p.r.o.nounce the oooooh not like “look”, but like the beginning of the ‘a’ in “wall”–back
Smart choice…–back
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