Chapter 173. Two Sword Masters (4) She understood too.
If it had been a real battle, countless stabs would have pierced him at the same time as he had just cut off his sword.
Same goes for the first hit.
Originally, it would have been a swordsmanship that involved dozens of stabs in the same single blow.
Kania couldn’t help but admit that she had lost.
She put her sword in and bowed slightly to him.
“I lost… no, I lost.”
The match is a match and it is necessary to treat the opponent properly.
“Don’t be too discouraged. Still, the pure sharpness of the sword was a little higher for the princess.”
“The reason I won is because experience preceded me. So…
“It’s okay.”
To Menel, who had just explained her swordsmanship as if to comfort herself, Kania smiled casually and nodded.
“I understand what is lacking. So…
she declared with determination once again.
“Next time I will win.”
Seeing that, Menel secretly smiled bitterly.
Come to think of it, I’ve never said that I’ve only won this once.
Was it just to be acknowledged somehow?
‘As expected, stubbornness isn’t normal.’
I had a hunch that for the time being, I was going to get pretty sick of dealing with this princess.
After that incident, Kania began to focus on training in earnest.
‘Wouldn’t it be nice if it ended with a heartwarming story of a simple battle between sword masters?…
Meika secretly sighed.
The fact that Kania suddenly began to devote herself to training with her willpower… it didn’t matter much to her.
‘Anyway, the captain seems to be serious.’
She was watching to see if she was skipping Kania, who was having a snowball fight with the papers… No, she thought as she watched.
Since that day, Kania has visited Menel from time to time and challenged him to a duel again and again.
As he declared, it seemed that he was determined to keep applying for a match until he won.
‘Sir
Menel accepts it as a dresser.
And every time, he was overwhelming Kania within the limit.
Even when he saw himself as a child compared to the two of them when it came to swordsmanship, it was clear that Menel was overwhelming Kania.
‘The question is how far this will lead.’
Meika had once asked Kania, who was groaning, if she was upset with the outcome of the match after returning to her office once before.
“leader? Are you sure you will continue to challenge yourself like this?”
“Yeah, will you?”
Not even the slightest hesitation.
Then, as she began to seriously think about how to fight next, Meika was perplexed.
If this continues, Kania will not continue to take care of the knights properly.
And the amount of work on their behalf increases.
no, that doesn’t matter
However, on the way back that day, I only vaguely heard about the general circumstances of Kania.
One of the conditions for Kania to maintain the current knights is to be recognized by Lord Menel.
?uh? for a moment?’
So what if you can’t win?
Could it be that the current knights are disappearing?
‘That’s not allowed!’
This is undesirable for a maker.
All she wants is a promotion.
I came up to the castle for a long time, but I can’t go back.
Even if she complains every time, it’s definitely not a bad job for her.
And…
‘…I’m praying for the leader.’
Meika glanced at the groaning Kania and made up her mind to somehow win the match.
“Is that why you came running to me?”
Arel clenched her chin and stabbed Meika, who was flustered in front of her eyes! I stared.
Even though her complexion was half blue, Meika managed to answer with all her strength.
“Everything… I thought it was for the sake of the leader… Kania-nim.”
“Am I not angry? So relax.”
Perhaps feeling sorry for some reason, Arell sighed and said in a slightly more relaxed mood than before.
“I’m really sorry for the rudeness I just gave you.”
While thinking that she had to help the current Kania somehow, Meika heard that Arell had returned to the castle for a while for some reason.
Then, he hoped to have an audience with him quickly, and fortunately, Arell accepted the request.
I was lucky because I was halfway into it with the feeling of letting it happen.
“Was it Meika? I know about you because we exchanged letters several times, so I can give you this much time. Besides, you haven’t seen each other since the interview with my escort before, right?”
“Thank you. But do you remember what happened then?”
“of course. Did you say that in the interview then? I volunteered because I wanted to succeed.”
Meika haha! and held his breath.
At that time, Arel remembered the blunders he had made when he was nervous.
“I am truly ashamed.”
Meika bowed her head as if in awe.
“are you okay. Let’s put aside such hard talk. Anyway, the business is almost over. After all, I only came to talk about the future.”
” yes?”
“no. Just talking about this job. So what?”
To the puzzled Mayka, Arel evaded the question and urged her to tell the story in detail.
Come to think of it, I’ve been busy with work lately, so I didn’t know much about Kania’s current situation after returning to the royal castle.
“Could my sister have an accident?”
It just seemed to be worrying about the wrong things.
Meika shook her head.
“no. Actually, that’s not the case…
She reported to Arell about Kania’s recent situation.
And he explained everything about the duel with Menel as far as he knew.
Arel then nodded twice as if he understood.
“Oh, was it like that?”
“Yes, it is.”
“So you came here to ask me for advice because you don’t want to lose your current job?”
“No… it’s not like that.”
….Still, if you ask me if I have any thoughts like that, I can’t deny it.
Is my understanding really correct?
However, as if what he just said was a joke, Arel grinned.
“I’m kidding. I got it really right. Did you really think Sir Menel had that level of skill? Your father is also very mean.”
“Did you not know?”
“That’s because I’ve never seen that old man fight in person. I was just guessing.”
Saying that, Arel seemed quite interested.
I asked Meika what she saw about Menel’s swordsmanship at the time.
At first, I explained what I saw, but to be honest, I didn’t have the confidence to put everything into words properly.
It was still difficult for her to see the fight between the two properly.
However, Arel nodded his head as if he understood that alone.
“So Meika, is that what you want to ask me?”
As if he understood everything, Arel first pointed out what Mayka wanted to ask.
“How can Sister Kania beat Sir Menel?”
“How…?”
Meika seemed a little surprised.
As he said, she came to Arel to ask for advice.
He knew that he was the one who set up the theory of Kania’s swordsmanship and instructed her on how to train, because he had already heard it from himself.
For that reason, she asked to see him, thinking that Arell, who is also Kania’s swordsmanship teacher, might be able to solve her problems.
I heard that he had enough knowledge to understand all of the opponent’s swordsmanship and teach them how to break even just by looking and listening.
Didn’t you show that as well a little while ago?
“By the way, that’s why you came to see me. Are you worried about your sister? Oh well, since I got a job, is it worth it?”
“That’s what I mean… Actually… there are things like that.”
For some reason, Arel’s gaze, looking at her happily, made Meika feel a bit pricked with her conscience.
So I had no choice but to be honest.
“… Putting aside the continuation of the Knights from now on, the leader will not take care of the work properly. There are limits to working alone.”
“….sorry. I couldn’t properly teach that aspect to my sister.”
For some reason, Arell looks at himself sadly.
“More than that, Mr. Arell! Please, ask the captain for advice.”
“Hmm? What should I do? Can I teach you?”
At Meika’s request, Arel pretended to be worried for a while.
She felt a little strange that his reaction was not as good as expected.
“Um… Arel-nim?”
“I’m sorry, Lord Meika, but that won’t work.”
Allel declined the request.
“Why?”
“Yeah. It’s not like my sister asked me to in the first place. Did I tell you to find out the old man’s strategy? isn’t it?”
“…That’s that.”
“I can give you some advice if you ask me. But that’s not the case, is your sister herself thinking of a way to defeat Sir Menel?”
Yes.
It is a fact that Meika already knows that Kania is working hard to realize her own shortcomings.
If they are not acknowledged there, they are not allowed to maintain the current Knights.
Anyway, this is a problem she has to solve.
Knowing that fact, Arel was not inclined to give advice easily.
“So I won’t give you any advice.”
There are times when you have to think about yourself in order to grow.
For that, my father also put a condition on my sister.
I can’t do anything stupid.
Meika had no choice but to agree with Arell’s opinion.
“But…
” Huh?”
“Oh no.”
Meika couldn’t doze off to the end.
Even if it was for Kania’s sake, it wouldn’t be the right thing to forcefully use it.
“???? Hmm.”
Arel crossed his arms and groaned as he looked at Meika, who looked slightly sullen.
“Well, isn’t it dishonest to let go of your hands at all?”
In addition…
“I was the one who taught my sister how to use the sword. If you’ve been broken like that by someone else, that’s also a bit of a shame.”
Hearing Arel’s self-talk, Meika’s face suddenly brightened.
“Then are you helping me?”
“However, I have no intention of giving advice first.”
Allel said to Meika, “Wait a minute,” and went somewhere.
After a while, Arel, who came back to her who was waiting blankly, handed out a letter to Meika.
“This?”
“This is my advice.”
Does this letter contain instructions for Kania to defeat Sir Menel?
Mayka took it cautiously.
“but. I’ll leave it to my sister to open it. You never open it.”
I was taken aback by those words.
“Because I put a spell on it so that if someone else opens it, the letter will burn. Understand?”
Arell smiled mischievously and added one more time.
“I don’t do that. But why…?”
“I’m just trying to ask my sister’s will. If you need my advice, I’ll open it, otherwise I won’t.”
All you can do is this level of good.
Allel said that firmly.
“Then tell your sister for sure.
I will also watch what my sister will choose.”
