“Fufu… Since entering the Royal Academy, Lord Hal has become stronger, and though we haven’t been able to spar due to various events… I’m really looking forward to it.”
“Ah, haha…”
As we headed to the training grounds, I could only offer a wry smile to Sandra, who wore a joyful expression.
I was indeed aware that I had become stronger, but more than that, I had been thoroughly shown Sandra’s strength, and I didn’t feel like I could win at all.
“B-But, the Dragon’s Favor is forbidden, okay?”
“Of course.”
I put a nail in that coffin, but, I wonder if that’s really true…
Lately, when Sandra gets a little excited about things involving me, her eyes turn red right away.
“Monica will be the referee for this match.”
“Me too!”
Monica raised her hand, and Caz jumped onto her shoulder, raising her right foreleg as well. What is that, so cute.
“Now, let’s begin… Are you ready?”
“Y-Yeah.”
I nodded to Sandra, who held a wooden sword in her right hand and stood in a relaxed posture.
Come to think of it, this stance looks like the portraits of swordsmen I saw in my previous life…
“Then, begin!”
“Begi-in!”
With Monica and Caz’s signal, the match finally began… What!?
“Hmph!”
“Uwaaa!?”
I was forced into a purely defensive position by a barrage of attacks that didn’t give me a moment to breathe.
As expected of Sandra. To be able to unleash this many attacks in a single breath.
“Amazing! To deflect my attacks so easily!”
“Ah, haha…”
Sandra’s sapphire eyes sparkled as she praised me wholeheartedly, but I was pretty much at my limit.
But… Yeah. I’m definitely growing stronger.
If this were before entering the Royal Academy, I would have definitely taken at least two or three hits.
“Then, how about this?”
“Guh…!”
Unlike her previous attacks, Sandra took a large swing with her wooden sword and unleashed a powerful blow.
Knowing the power of her attacks, I angled my shield to deflect the force so I wouldn’t take it head-on… But.
“Incredible! To easily parry even my full-force counterattack!”
No, no, I was genuinely terrified by that sudden move.
To think she’d scoop up from that trajectory… It’s just like the ‘Swallow Reversal’ technique used by swordsmen in my previous life.
“Fufu! This is fun! This is so much fun!”
Uwaa… Sandra has completely forgotten what she said at the beginning, and the color of her eyes has turned quite red.
If I take another serious hit, I might die.
“I’ll hit Lord Hal for sure this time!”
Saying that, Sandra took a low stance, pointing the tip of her sword towards me.
Ah, this is the Godspeed Thrust she often uses. Impossible. Absolutely impossible to defend against.
“Here I come!”
Sandra kicked off the ground and charged at me in one go, like a spear launched from a drawn-back ballista.
I-If that’s the case, it’s all or nothing!
“Eh!? How!?”
I bent over as much as I could, creating a gentle slope with my shield to launch Sandra into the air.
…No, it’s more accurate to say that Sandra herself flew from the force of her own momentum.
Yeah, I’m glad that worked out.
This is all thanks to my daily-honed bowing-down style.
“I never imagined there was such a defensive method.”
Sandra, who had landed softly on the ground, turned around and said.
No, I didn’t imagine it either.
Then.
“Lord Hal… I concede this match.”
“Eh…?”
I let out a dumbfounded voice at Sandra’s unexpected declaration of defeat.
N-No, it hasn’t even been ten minutes since it started, and more than anything, I don’t think I’m winning against Sandra.
“That last attack was something I put everything into. Even so, it didn’t work on Lord Hal.”
“I-It’s not that it didn’t work, I just deflected it…”
“That’s what’s amazing. You saw through all of my movements, and you defended in the best way possible… This is the first time I’ve ever experienced something like this.”
N-No way, that’s an exaggeration.
“Young Lady is right. How many people in this world can keep up with Young Lady’s movements right now… No, perhaps only Prince Harold.”
“I-I couldn’t see Sandra at all…”
I-Is that so?
I thought she was super fast, but not so fast that I couldn’t deal with it.
“As I thought… My husband is a wonderful person. His heart, his body, everything.”
“I-Isn’t that a little too much praise?”
“That’s not true. This is a fact.”
“I-I see…”
I couldn’t help but blush as I was stared at with crimson eyes.
However, I could clearly tell that she was excited, so I was worried that the Dragon’s Favor might be going out of control.
“Now, if our bodies get cold, it will interfere with the decisive battle with King Aival. Let’s go back to the room quickly.”
“Y-Yeah…”
Sandra hugged my arm and pulled me along forcefully.
Feeling a hint of unease, we returned to the room.
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