Chapter 15 - Become a Knight Order Instructor
"――Haa!"
The tip of Elsa's wooden sword approached me to pierce through my chest.
Her speed and power was enough to leave the sound behind.
When I caught her sword technique with my eyes, I quickly parried it off with a wooden sword.
"There is still more!"
Elsa came to me launched multiple attacks like a raging sword storm.
It was as if she was wielding several swords at the same time. A rush like petals that bloomed with the afterimage of the sword that she had swung before.
I see through all of them, parried all calmly.
I was on the Knight Order's training ground.
Invited as an instructor to train the members of Knight Order, I decided to do a simulation game with Elsa at their request.
Though, the reason was――.
『I would like to see the game between the Knight Commander Elsa, who is called Sword Saint, and the Kaizer-dono who taught her the swordsmanship!』
Was like that.
I also hadn't had a sword sparring with Elsa for a long time.
However――.
"Oi. You, can you see the two's sword attacks...?"
"I, I can't see at all... It's too fast...!"
"Knight Commander Elsa's fierce rush. She's an S-rank adventurer after all. But Kaizer-dono completely prevents all of it...!"
"Both of them have extraordinary strength...!"
The knights who were watching didn't move at all. They were just stunned in front of the two's sword skills.
"――This time!"
Elsa shot a single blow filled with her fighting spirit.
Both speed and power were great.
Since she was in the village, she had grown incomparably. It would be the result of repeated her sword technique training without resting every day.
I could nod that she had become an S-rank adventurer.
But――.
As a father, I couldn't lose to my daughter.
I made a counterattack, looking for the momentary gap after Elsa released her sword attack.
Elsa can parry the wooden sword I swung down toward her body. ――But her wooden sword couldn't bear the pressure and broke.
"――!?"
"Game set, right."
Unconsciously, a smile floated at my mouth.
"It was a wooden sword, so it shattered, but if it was a real sword, it will be almost a good game. Elsa. You have become much stronger before I realized."
"...As expected of Chichiue. Even with the passing of years, my sword technique hasn't diminished.. On the contrary, I've become sharper."
"You didn't miss your daily training even one day, yes."
“.....In the end, I can't even land even one hit to Chichiue again. Although I'm so enthusiastic about today.”
Elsa muttered in frustration, but she looked happy somehow.
My sword technique was still solid, was it delighting her?
"For a little while more, I'll continue to be the wall you must surpassed.――Well, it's more like my wish as a father ."
However, I did not know how many years it would be.
At that time, applauses were generated from among the knights, and the atmosphere was filled with excitement.
"It was amazing, Kaizer-dono! I was moved!"
"Although I couldn't see the sword attacks at all, but I was impressed! No, I really didn't know what had happened!"
"Please give us guidance on the sword techniques!"
They were looking at me with eyes filled with glitter and respect.
Reminiscent of the boys in the village.
…Is that really impressed you?
"Chichiue, Please. Please give them guidance on the sword techniques. That way will also lead to a rise in national power."
"Alright, it's Elsa's request. I'll take it."
"Ooohh!"
The knights cheered.
"If we're trained by Kaizer-dono, we can become a sword saint too! If that happens, we will be able to success and we will be popular among the girls!"
"This is how we will change our life from yin to yang!"
"Maybe you can defeat the Knoght Commander Elsa!"
......A lot of people had impure motives, though.
Well, in a sense it was normal as human.
I smiled and stood before the knights.
"Then, from today on, I'll teach you guys the sword technique. It's hard, so follow me firmly."
""Yes! We'll do our best!""
“Good reply. First, oh yes... as a warm-up, can you go around the city for fifty laps in armor?”
""Eh!?""
A confused voice spread among the knights.
"Haha. As expected, Kaizer-dono. It's a funny joke. While wearing heavy armor, running around the city for fifty laps is."
"No, it's not a joke. When I and Elsa were in the village, I did this kind of discipline as a matter of course."
"........."
"Now. hurry up."
I clapped my hands and urged the knights.
The knights began to run, with a sullen face.
The sound of rattling and armor rang high.
After a few hours, the knights returned with their dying faces. As they reached the goal, I fell like a thread.
"Everyone, You've done your best."
I said words of appreciation to everyone.
"Thank goodness. It's finally over...."
"This will make us become a sword saint.... We will be reborn from the mere knight to a popular knight!"
"Then, after this, let's move to muscle training. Push up, sit-ups, and back-up 500 times each. After that, swing the sword 1,000 times."
""――!?""
The faces of the knights were in a great shock.
"Chichiue! How is this first day training?"
Elsa asked me so.
"Elsa-sama..."
"Is this right. Isn't this too overkill...?"
"When we were in the village, we were doing menu twice of this,? Is this not enough?"
""――!?""
"It would be hard to do hard training from the beginning, so they'll start with lighter training gradually."
"I see. So that's what do you mean."
We smiled at each other.
"This is still light.........?"
"Kaizer-dono and Knight Commander Elsa doing more training than this on a daily basis when they were in the village...?"
"Wh, what a monster of parent and kid...!"
The knights were muttering as if they were terrified.