Me and Yurina-san arrived at the Knights'' training ground.


    There were already thousands of people there.


    Each person''s clothes are different, but they are easy to move around in.


    It seems that during training, clothes are free, but when it comes to work, such as missions, there is a fixed outfit.


    Training is divided into morning, afternoon and evening.


    Depending on the time of duty or work, it is possible to choose which time of day to train.


    I''m in the morning today, but I don''t know what''s going to happen now.


    There are hundreds of knightly people, but they start to line up nicely.


    I''m taken to line up next to them by Yulina-san.


    After waiting for a while, Yele-san appears in front of me.


    He goes up on a platform of sorts and looks around at the knights in line.


    ''''Good morning.''''


    "Good morning!


    The knights responded to Yelle''s words a little louder than usual with many times their voices.


    I was a little overwhelmed by their voices.


    ''''Let''s do our best today, everyone.


    Yes!


    Then he bowed his head slightly and quickly got off the platform.


    When I asked Yulina-san about it later, she said that Yele-san always comes to greet me in the morning.


    It seems that the knights have a lot of respect for Yele-san, who always shows up every day, even though he''s absolutely busy because he''s the leader of the group.


    And as soon as Yele-san left, it became training.


    At first it was about ten kilometers of running and muscle training.


    This is the first time I''ve trained here, but I''ve been doing this kind of training since I was little, so I was comfortable with it.


    The people around me also seem to be a little used to it, but there seems to be no one who has more time to spare than me, even if Yurina-san is included.


    Yulina-san seems to have more stamina than the normal knight people.


    ''''Ha, ha ... Eric doesn''t look too tired.


    Well, I think I can handle this one.


    As soon as the muscle training was over, it became training with weapons.


    Each person had a different weapon, so at first we trained with people who had the same weapon. There were hundreds of people with swords alone.


    Since Yulina and I are swords, we wielded our swords together with people who had the same weapons.


    The one who wields it most beautifully is not me........but Yulina-san.


    You said you had someone to teach you because you''re a nobleman. So it''s probably because there''s someone who can objectively look at how to swing a sword and fix it for you that you can swing it beautifully.


    I was taught by Christo in my previous life, but in this life there was no one to fix it for me, so I''m completely self-made.


    In fact, isn''t this the dirtiest way of swinging in the world?


    It''s kind of embarrassing to think about that, but I don''t care too much and keep swinging my sword seriously.


    And after continuing that for a while, it was decided that people with different weapons would team up to practice with each other this time.


    It seems that there are about ten people in each team and they will fight in pairs.


    Since we fought with Yulina-san here once yesterday, we will split up once and train in teams with other people.


    ''''I''ll take care of you.''''


    Haven''t seen you around. Are you new here?　You''re pretty young.


    Someone nearby invited me to fight him.


    He has a mix of gray hair and a slightly wrinkled face, so he looks like he''s been a knight for years now.


    ''''Yes, I joined yesterday. I''m sixteen years old.''''


    ''Sixteen years old!　That''s not true, you''re sixteen when you can be an apprentice, right?


    ''Oh, really?''


    What''s this? This is the first time I''ve heard of it....


    Well, Yele-san........I was recruited by the leader to join, but........


    ''The Lord Commander?　I''ve never heard of a recommendation at that age. Maybe it''s the youngest I''ve ever been inducted into the Order.


    He laughs at that. He''s the kind of senior citizen you don''t find hard to talk to, with all due respect let''s call him an old man by heart.


    I''m not making fun of him by any means, he has the vibe of some kind of easy to talk to old man in my neighborhood.


    ''Then let''s get started. I''m not going to go easy on you, even though we''re nearly twice as old as you, you were recommended by the leader. I''m not going to go easy on you!


    Yes, please.


    They take a step away from each other and position themselves.


    The old man is a spearman.


    The reach of a spear and a sword is different.


    Even if the distance I cannot reach, the old man can attack with ease.


    So the old man would attack before me.


    The way to fight the spear is to take the time and prevent the opponent from sneaking into your bosom.


    As expected, the old man takes a step forward and thrusts his spear out.


    As is to be expected, he has been a knight for many years, and he moves so that he does not realize that step, and he is fast.


    The tip of the spear is made of wood so it won''t die, but if it hits in the wrong place, it would normally injure you.


    I ducked just in time and tried to close the gap between us.


    The old man, as if he was expecting it, swings his spear to the side and tries to keep me from getting close to him.


    However, the spear that interferes with your progress is swept away and you approach the old man.


    ''''Ora!''''


    Realizing that he won''t be able to get his spear back in time, the old man fires a kick at me as I get closer.


    I crouch down to avoid the kick that came towards the side of my face and pay off the old man''s one leg with my sword.


    The kick had put him on one leg, so he falls easily.


    I put my sword on the old man''s neck when he fell down.


    Thank you.


    I hold out my hand and the old man takes it and stands up.


    I''ve been recommended to you, and you''re strong. I don''t know how you became that strong.


    ''''No, I''m not there yet. Old man he was strong too.


    You''re an old man now, aren''t you?　And the fact that you didn''t hesitate to come out at all, you''ve been calling it that in your mind all along.


    It''s all in your head.


    He is an old man with surprisingly good instincts.


    However, although the old man said earlier that he is almost twice as old as me, I am probably older than him if I put the ages of my previous life together.


    I''m also an old man in spirit. I think we''ll get along.


    ''Well, okay.''


    Take care of yourself, old man.


    "You''re already talking to me but don''t do it to the other bosses and stuff.


    Don''t worry, he''s just an old man.


    Well, that''s a tough one.


    I feel more comfortable talking with a casual talk. Such an old man is very valuable.


    This is the first time I''ve ever had a friend in this world and the first time was an old man.


    I don''t like it, we''re not friends after all.


    What do you mean, you look at me and you''re being a dick to me?


    I still want my first male friend to be a cristo in a previous life or this one.


    I''m not going to admit that my old man is my first.


    Well, if I meet Christo and become friends with him, I''ll make friends with him, old man.


    "You''re definitely thinking of being rude in your mind.


    It''s all in your head.


    How did you get to be a polite person now?