Vol 5 Chapter 65 (1/2)
Sevens 65: Prologue
Within a coupled carriage on course to Centralle
With my eyes closed, I slept and sentat my neck
The conference room had a round table, with chairs stationed around its circumference
At one point on it, a large silver sword floated above the table
“Um… even if you called me here, well…”
There, I, 【Lyle Walt】 was being looked upon by the fed up faces of my ancestors
Most were sitting in their chairs looking in
The one taking on the appearance of a hunter was a iven form
Following the father of the provincial noble Walt House, the one who had become the Second Generation of the family, 【Crassel Walt】 spoke
“I’ll be having you do it today as well Come to my room”
After that short line, perhaps he had been irritated, as the Second headed straight off to the door behind his chair
The Third Generation looked at me, and motioned for me to folloith all due haste
“Now off with you Really…”
Leaving behind the tired heads of history, I started off to the door the Second had entered
(No, but… there’s no helping it, is there?)
There was but one reason they all seemed so worn out
It’s because I had failed in learning a Skill
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The Second’s memory
Unlike the First’s ti was never to die out
There was no bloodshed
It was a war aers, and the antipathy of the area’s feudal lord, the Second Generation head
“The First Generation handled things so th of his, too!”
“That man’d always take the initiative, and take action himself, you know”
“I really wonder how his successor turned out to be so like that!”
The Second Generation walked down the farm roads, and I followed behind him
Around us, were villagers, purposely raising their voices to levels we could hear
Having just inherited the territory, it wasn’t field work the Second was taking part in With his subordinates behind, he went around haround
I looked upon the scene, and spoke
“It was like this last time too, but this scene is…”
While he seemed to be in a bad mood, the Second did answer
“I had just taken over I had no idea what the right thing to do was Therefore, I tried putting in order the fields that had been nothing but a complete mess for a start”
At the time the founder was the lord
The fields and houses that e of the Walt House had an overly coement
They just expanded because they were able to That’s the sort of iave off
Of that, in order to et them in order
“And he’s supposed to be that man’s son…?”
Beside the young Second, as carrying out his work, the fief whispered ast themselves as they passed by
The young Second was gritting his teeth
He seemed quite vexed
The Second began explaining the situation to me
“What the villagers were expecting when I took over, was so Who’s field is who’s? Who’s the bastard da up the water? There were plenty of pointless quarrels During the First’s time, they had just tolerated it Because that person… ”
Compared to the First Generation, the Second seemed to be one of whom you could talk to
First Generation Basil Walt was a barbarian styled man, who used beast skins as his overcoat
His arms ide, and his weapon was that hunk of a sword It seeainst him
“He was strong, and he took the initiative when it came to work… despite this and that, ers”
And when that was gone, all the dissatisfaction that had been building up was to burst out all at once
A need to mediate the quarrels Who had ownershi+p of what land… he was forced to hand down such judgeers were dissatisfied with that as well
Unaccepted by the generation that rele to raise up the succeeding generations
As we left the outskirts of the village, the Second turned back to me
(TL: It’s ied, while the others are auto)
“Well then, shall we start… You can accoht?”
“It covers an even wider range than before, and allows others the use Skills to a large group, right?”
The defining feature of the Second Generation’s Skill was that it truly was specialized to support
When I took its secondary effects tothose more than its main use
Its Second Stagecoether
“It does increase your perception even further, but it still isn’t on the level of the Fifth’s It’s quite suited for close range detection, though”
As I said that, I turned my eyes to the enemy I had detected with it
There, the for a horn from its head…
“Sh-!”
… Was visible for a brief moment, but the second had immediately notched and fired an arrow at it
As could be iarb, the weapon the Second held was a bow
Monsters… he seeh level, so whenever I found the with the Fifth
To the First through third who took care of the field work, horned rabbits were hell incarnate
The waste to the fields meant a decline in crops
“Looks like it’s become a conditioned response for you And wait, this is just a ht?”
Wasn’t I the one as supposed to be sensing the monsters?
As I said that, the Second responded in an irritated tone
“Just looking at the impression on my memory… that’s why, like this…”
Right after saying that, another horned rabbit had appeared, so the Second shot it to death
His skills with the boere a
I could also use one, but I had nowhere near as much technique as the Second
He put away his bow, and looked to me
“Now then, about the Third Stage, 【Select】, that you keep failing in”
Select… the Second Generation’s Skill’s third stage, it allowed for a wide nuhly separated comrades to all use Skills
Its ae, while auto between friend and foe
Meaning itquite easy
In a muddled battlefield of allies and others, a use of its secondary ability could instantly put one at an advantage
Withdown on a massive scale, you could make it so it onle came down on the enemy
It’s that sort of a ability, but…
“No, that’s…”
I did concentrate on using the Skill, but nothing happened
The Second cried out
“Why can’t you do it!? That’s totally i ya’! If you’ve even been able toable to use my Skill should be impossible!”
If you put it in scale of ease of acquisition, the First’s and Second’s third stages were much less trouble than the other Skills
Even so, I continued to fail on activating the Skill
“No, I do feel soht before it co it, it fails, or how should I put it…”
“And I’e! Dammit, you’ve been able to learn all the other Skills on the first try, so not being able to go on here is…”
Before the Second’s dejection, I realized that a part ofa bit of relief
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Inside the rattle and shake of the coupled carriage, I opened my eyes, and looked out the
Just riding aboard a
Around, there were plenty of customers, who had fallen asleep like me
Outside the glass pane, there were uards
As this was a carriage set for the iers
With not an empty seat to be found, the reason so many paid such a fortune in silver coins to hitch a ride was due to the existence of monsters and bandits
That’s just how much value a safe travel held
I’ve just come to learn of it recently
Looking to my side, a blond haired twin-tailedso
Seeing that, I thought to myself
(So it’s already that season, is it?)
I did feel a chill onmore severe
Since I left my home territory, the Walt House, more than half a year has passed
Winter was already right upon us
At the start, quite a few had sent curious glances at Monica, but after a few days’ travels, perhaps they had grown accustomed to it, as no one paid any mind to her maid attire anymore