Chapter 10: Devil Awakening (1)
"Sister, what happened? Why are you even here?"
After calming down a bit, I then invited my older sister into the room and talked to her.
My sister explained to me that apart from the hero summoning ritual, there is one more thing that allows people from other worlds to enter this world, namely reincarnation.
My sister can't go into details. Other than the king and her family, no one knows her true identity as a reincarnator.
In Lurra, my older sister reincarnated as the daughter of the noble Velgrind. Velgrind herself was a noble with the Duke class in the Ignite kingdom.
"Big sis, you don't have any difficulties living in this world, right?"
Because I often read novels, I always assumed that living as a noble was very annoying. Especially if the family is stupid, noble type, arrogant, and often abuses their power.
"Don't worry, I'm living well. My father and mother in this world are very dear to me. And don't you see? This sister of yours was a deputy commander of the royal knights at 20"
"If you say it like that, I think it's true, too."
"hey, sis! Tell me about your life here."
"kufufu, alright, listen carefully,"
We talked until late at night, then I fell asleep.
"kufufu, sleep well. Gin"
Merinda touched my head while I was asleep, then walked out of the room.
That night, I slept well after a long time. And it's not even in my house, it's a different world. I hope this isn't all a dream.
*
"Hey! Get up!"
A voice screamed at me while I was still fast asleep.
"Until when are you going to sleep? Yesterday I told you, right? Your training begins today."
Training? isn't the one who said that yesterday was master Diluc? Wait for a second, master Diluc!?
I immediately realized and jumped up. I mean, master Diluc, the king of the Ignite kingdom, woke me up? Is this not wrong?
I opened my eyes, and sure enough, the one standing in front of me was master Diluc.
"Umm, good morning, master?"
"(smiles) good. Looks like you've come to your senses. Come with me. We'll start training."
He said that and then walked out of the room.
"Oh, one more. This is a daily practice, so from now on, every time I practice you should also come along to get used to it." he turned around to say that and then walked out.
I, who was still wearing sleepwear, rushed to change my clothes into the training clothes that the palace maid had prepared and then caught up with the king's Diluc - I mean master Diluc.
When looking out, the sky was still dark. If this was on earth, it would probably still be around 4 a.m.
Master led me to a large area. At the edges of the area, some swords were worn and used. There are also armor and target boards that might be used for archery practice. There's no mistake, this place is a knight training area, I thought.
Master Diluc then took one of the wooden swords and threw it at me.
"use this! First, I want to see how far you can fight using the hero class you got from the summoning ritual. Your current strength should differ from when you were in your world."
I think he's right, when I was blown away by Randolph's magic yesterday I was completely unharmed despite hitting the wall hard. Normally I would have been injured. I thought that While catching the wooden sword that Diluc's master threw at me.
I took the chudan no kamae stance, which is one form of posture with the left foot slightly behind the right with the left heel raised, the feet parallel, hips straight forward, shoulders relaxed, and spine perpendicular to the floor at all times.
I often used this stance when I practiced kendo in the past.
"I will attack with all my might! Master"
"(nod) ok!"
Using my right foot as a fulcrum, I dashed toward master Diluc. I raised my wrist slightly with the sword positioned straight up. After getting to the right distance, I swung my sword at master Diluc.
Master Diluc blocked my sword swing with the wooden sword he was holding. The clash between our swords created a small explosive force. To be honest, I was really surprised that my power turned out to be this big. Was this the result of the S-rank on the strength status? Master Diluc also has strength status S but he can withstand my full power with one arm.
Looks like the status rank only applies if both owners are at the same ability level.
"Your power level is very high, if you were on the same level as me we would probably be even, as expected of a hero class. How about your speed?"
Master Diluc countered with his left hand that wasn't holding the sword. I saw that and reflexively avoided him by stepping back.
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(surprised) the amount of mana for the hero class is on the same level as the sage class. His strength potential is on the same level as mine or even more. and his speed.. he has more potential than me. Right now he was just a diamond in the rough, a little polish would make him very strong. Let's see, whether he is on the same genius level as my annoying little brother or not.
**
Attack and defend, dodge and find gaps to counterattack. For a while, that's what I did against master Diluc. Although this could be called sparring, I don't think it could be called one either. Master Diluc was just testing me and wasn't serious in the slightest.
"Let's just finish here," Master Diluc then stopped his movement.
I was overwhelmed and finally fell to the ground when I hear it. I also realized that the sun had appeared.
"The warm-up has finished, henceforth follow the same training menu as the royal knights. Tomorrow we will do another sparring test like before. Get ready"
"uh?"
After saying that, master Diluc immediately threw down the wooden sword in his hand and then left. The wooden sword he threw landed on a pile of other wooden swords.
Wait a minute, all I did was just warm up? I could barely even feel my wrist because I had to attack and block the attack from master Diluc. and I have to do this every day? once again I remember this is not earth.
"Hey, how are you, hero? Sorry, I meant Gin Satoru," Someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder while saying that.
I turned to look at the person who tapped me on the shoulder.
he had short blonde hair, and bright green eyes were about 170 cm tall, wore armor that covered his upper body, and carried a sword at his waist. Judging from the style of speech he seems to have a personality that is easy to get along with.
Wait a minute, isn't he the knight who summoned me to a safe area yesterday when sister Linda was fighting Randolph?
"oh? Yes, I'm fine. By the way, about yesterday. Thanks for helping me, if you didn't call me for cover yesterday maybe I would have been hit when the sub-commanders Merinda and Randolph clashed their magic"
"Haha, just calm down. It's nothing big. all the knights know if the vice commander fights, even though she's normally playful she'll get serious right away"
"Is that so..." I better not try to provoke Sister Linda.
"Oh yeah, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Alex, just a commoner who became a knight. My dream is to become a knight commander!" he said excitedly. For an adult, the way he spoke was like that of a child full of dreams.
"My name is Gin Satoru. As you may already know, I am a hero who was summoned by a forbidden ritual."
I chatted with Alex for a while. I didn't use the world eye on Alex, rather I avoided using this ability. That's because I don't know whether using this ability will have side effects later.
Not long after, another knight also came into the training area. They started their warm-up. Some were directly swinging their swords, some looked like they were training their magic energy and such. I also followed their activities because master Diluc had already ordered me, thankfully all the knights received me well.
**
Drops of water fell to another base from the ceiling. A shadowy figure of an old man with one arm using the wall as a pedestal walked down the aqueduct-like place.
"Merinda Velgrind, Hero from another world, Ignite Kingdom. My ambition will not stop here. I will take my revenge on you."
The figure is Randolph who survived Merinda's magic attack.
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