The duel was over and I got to stay in the same room as Yulina-san, so I had to carry my stuff to that room.


    ''Eric will be in the same room as Yulina-san.............................nice.


    Hmm?　What, does Tina want to be in the same room as Miss Yulina?


    ''Not so!　I want to be in the same room as Eric!


    Tina tells me that as I''m carrying my bags with me.


    Well, it''s not an exaggeration to say that me and Tina have been living together in the village for a long time.


    We even slept in the bed together the other day.


    ''If it was a magic knight''s dormitory, I think there was room available, but can''t Eric and I live in a room together there?


    ''''No. The Magic Knights'' dormitory will be occupied by the Magic Knights. There''s a chance that people may come in there in the future.


    Tina was blatantly depressed by Yelle''s explanation.


    ''Well, we see each other every day normally, so it''s okay, right?''


    ''Ummm ... yeah, I guess. I''ll be patient.


    Tina replies, dejectedly.


    After dropping off my luggage, I was to have Yulina-san show me around the facility and the city.


    Tina had been shown around first, so she''s going to go with Yele-san to greet the leader of the Magic Knights.


    If you don''t appeal well here, Tina will become an apprentice instead of a magic knight, so I want you to do your best with Yele-san.


    And I arrived in front of the room where I will be living from now on.


    ''''Here, be careful, you can get quite lost at first.


    Yulina said, then opened the door.


    It was twice as big as my room.


    There are beds lined up in a row, one of which is full of life because Yulina-san is using it.


    There''s a space between the beds, and it''s said that each life is divided from the middle of the space.


    Yulina-san''s bed is on the door side, and I guess my space is at the back.


    ''Sorry to disturb you,''


    After saying that in a manner, I went in and was about to go to the back of the room.....................but then I saw something on Yulina-san''s bed.


    Red, cloth....?


    I gave it a quick glance, but upon closer inspection, I could make out the shape of it well.


    They were pants.


    It''s not ''pants'' meaning pants, but ''underwear'' meaning underwear.


    The moment I realized that, I turned my face away from it.


    Perhaps because I deflected it so vigorously, Yulina-san, who came in after me, gets suspicious.


    ''''What''s going on?　What''s the matter........?


    The last of the words fade away as he looks at his bed and understands.


    ''Sh--!''


    His face turned bright red and he moved faster than he had fought earlier, taking his pants and hiding them behind his back.


    ''I''m sorry!　I''ve shown you something unpleasant...!


    No, no, it''s not...


    ''Because when we were about to fight earlier, we changed in a hurry!　Nah, it''s not always this messy, don''t worry!


    You changed your clothes when you fought me....


    Hmm?　No, wait, do you even have to change your underwear?


    My underwear... no, no, no, no, don''t have this weird fantasy about me!


    ''Eric?　What are you thinking about?


    ''Wow!　No, no, I''m not thinking about it!


    Tina came in to say that she wanted to see the room I''m going to live in, and she said something that sounded like she knew what I was thinking.


    Lately, I get the feeling that Tina''s instincts are getting sharper and sharper....


    I put my stuff down and leave the room.


    I''m going to live here with Yulina-san from now on.......is it okay?


    Tina left here to go with Yele-san to meet the leader of the magical knights.


    After that, I was accompanied by Yuleena-san to go around the facility.


    ''''This is the dining hall. It''s the only place where all the Knights and Magical Knights meet. That''s why this place is the second biggest after the training grounds.''''


    Right now, as Yurina-san said, she''s showing me the dining hall...........................It''s really big and spacious.


    It seems that the total number of knights and magical knights in the royal capital alone exceeds 10,000 people.


    The total number of knights scattered around each city is said to be over 100,000.


    In a country this big, a lot of knights must be needed.


    There are an amazing number of knights, but the top one among them is Yele.


    He''s really an amazing person.......I''m casually calling him Yele-san or something like that, is it okay?


    After that, Yulina-san''s guidance continued, and at the end we came to a place where they always train.


    It was still bigger than the dining hall, and many knight people were already training there.


    There are people fighting against people with swords and spears, and others just waving their swords and polishing their own swords.


    ''Today is a day when there is no training in general, but this is how many knights are training voluntarily.


    Really?


    I was able to watch the other knights practicing for a while..........but no one is particularly strong to catch my eye.


    There are people who are head and shoulders above the rest, but even so, they will probably lose to Yulina-san.


    That''s how strong Yulina-san was.


    She had a speed and power that you wouldn''t expect from a woman.


    ''''Well when I look at the other knights like this, I think I''m stronger than them.


    Looking at the other knights as well as me, Yulina-san mutters that.


    It''s not conceit or pride, it''s just a fact.


    ''''As expected, I didn''t expect to be able to beat the Commander, Deputy Commander, etc., but I still had the pride of being strong enough to put my name next to them. But........I didn''t think I''d lose to someone younger than me.


    I muttered that to myself in frustration.


    No, I''m........well.......younger than I am, but I''m really twice as old as I am. I''m sorry.


    ''Can I call you Eric, if you don''t mind?''


    Oh, yes.


    ''So Eric, how did you become so strong?　I was as confident as anyone in the amount of training I had. Even those who were older than me thought I had more serious training than I did. And you, with the same number of years of training, you beat me easily.


    He looks me straight in the eye and asks me a question.


    ''Why are you going to go so far as to ... tell me?''


    That being said, I''m trying to figure out where the difference in competence between me and Yurina-san was.


    The first thing that comes to mind is the difference in experience.


    I said we''ve been wielding swords for the same number of years, but I''ve been wielding them in my previous life, and I''m also used to fighting.


    I think that''s the biggest difference.


    And then there''s the technical side.


    My speed is faster than a normal person, or if anything, maybe a little faster than I am now. The power was also unbelievable for a woman.


    But I lacked the skills to use them all.


    I think that''s the big difference, but that''s not what Yulina-san is asking about.


    You''re not asking why you became strong.


    ''''Well.......maybe it''s the difference in the ''quality'' of training.''''''


    ''You think my training was poor?　My parents are aristocrats, so I was able to call a sword teacher to teach me. So in terms of quality, I''d say I''m higher than you from the village.


    Well, maybe so. I was born in a village, and the only person who taught me how to use a sword was my dad, and he wasn''t my sword, either.


    But I learned it from my best friend Christo in a previous life, so I didn''t have a problem with it.


    Or rather, that''s not what it was about.


    ''''Yulina-san, I have one question for you.''''


    What?


    I ask Yulina-san, who asked me a question, in reverse.


    ''Have you--have you ever seriously wielded a sword?''