Hey!


    Elena-san rushes in while shouting.


    With a dagger in each hand, she is two-faced.


    She swings the dagger in her right hand at my throat, but I lightly back away and avoid it.


    With the same momentum, I play with my sword as he thrusts his left-handed dagger into my stomach to stab me.


    I stand back and continue to avoid Elena''s attacks.


    Nito-ryu sounds cool and strong, but it''s difficult to do in practice.


    If you are a normal person, you have a dominant arm, so your attacks and defenses would be biased towards that arm. Then a weapon with a greater reach would normally be stronger.


    However, Elena-san is very good at handling the dagger''s dual swords.


    The interval between attacks is short, and she attacks continuously.


    She uses both daggers equally well, so there''s no time to attack from us.


    However, as you would expect, if you keep attacking without any time to breathe like this, you will get tired and stop.


    Elena, perhaps thinking that further attacks would be in vain, steps back.


    However, I don''t miss that.


    I approach Elena-san who has stepped back and swing my sword at her from my side this time.


    ''''Uu........!


    I try to avoid my attack.


    Out of breath, Elena-san forces me to twist my body, but my legs get tangled and I fall down.


    ''''Ow!　While I was there I hit my butt.


    Are you okay?


    Yeah, thanks.


    Elena takes the hand I offered her and stands up.


    The way she cleans the dirt off her buttocks is still very girly.


    ''I knew Eric was strong. It''s been a long time since we fought, but I lost again.


    Elena-san, I don''t know anyone else who handles two swords so well.


    Oh, really?　Heh.


    He smiled shyly as he scratched his reddened cheeks with his fingers.


    It''s been about a month since Tina and I left for King''s Landing and joined the knightly order.


    I''ve finally gotten used to life in the capital and the work of a knight.


    The most common jobs were still patrolling and guarding buildings.


    Patrolling was not that hard work as the security was not bad.


    But guarding the buildings of the adventurers'' guild was the most annoying.


    There are a lot of adventurers who are quite quarrelsome and bloodthirsty, so trouble often arises.


    At best, fistfights would start in the guild, and at worst, killing each other with weapons.


    You can stop it before it happens, but when it starts, the knights who are guarding it have to stop it.


    I''ve encountered that situation several times in the past month, and I''ll end it by stunting the guy who''s fighting with me.


    I don''t want to be too rough with them, but stunting them is the easiest way to do it.


    No one gets hurt at all (except the guy who passed out) thanks to me, so the receptionists have been very good to me.


    I got a homemade cookie from one of the receptionists before.


    When I told the old man about it, he said, "Why are we only giving them to you?


    But when I told the old man that Elena had gotten them before, he said, "She''s fine, she''s an angel.


    I agreed.


    ''Eric?''　What''s wrong with you in a daze?


    Oh, no, it''s nothing.


    I was surprised to see him looking into my face.


    At first Elena had called me by your name, but now she was calling me by my name.


    ''Have you been thinking about what''s next?　What''s that, Eric, the Commander called you, right?


    ''Oh, yes. I''m a little concerned about that too.


    I probably know what I''m being called to do, though.


    Then I finish the training for today.


    Now it was a noon drill, so as soon as I''m done and showered, it''s time for dinner.


    But I''m called into the office before I go to the mess hall.


    ''Well Eric, I''ll see you later.''


    Yes, I''ll see you in the cafeteria.


    I leave Elena and head to the office by myself.


    When I get there, I knock as usual.


    I get permission to enter and open the door.


    Jere-san is sitting postureally in a chair in the office.


    ''Eric, you are very welcome here. I''m sorry to see you before dinner.


    No, I''m fine. So, what can I do for you?


    Wait a minute. I''ve got one more on the way.


    As I said that, the door of the office suddenly opens without a knock.


    I turn around and see the Vice Commander of the Order, Liberto Corrales.


    ''''Here I am, Yelle.''''


    Knock.


    Oh, I forgot. Oh, come on, we''re in this together.


    Don''t you know the saying, ''there''s courtesy in intimacy''?


    I don''t know.


    Well that''s fine.


    Mr. Yelle didn''t sigh, but he proceeded to speak with an air of being on the verge of being on the verge.


    ''I have a mission for you two. This is a top secret mission. You are not allowed to speak of it.


    I know. Christo''s bodyguard?


    ''Yes, sir. My mission is to escort Prince Christopher Leo Begonia.


    Yelle tells me this with an even more serious air than usual.


    I''ve had several opportunities to train with Christo over the past month.


    In my previous life, I was the one teaching him, but in this life, I''m the one teaching him.


    That''s when he told me about this mission.


    "You''ll be traveling to different countries?　You, the prince?


    Yeah, yeah. And it''s top secret.


    Christo has been traveling around the country since last year to see various countries as a secret agent.


    It seems that the reason for this is because it is the tradition of the royal family of this country, and they want you to see and learn about towns and villages in a different country than this one.


    Especially since they do not meet the royalty of the country, they said they do it in secret.


    Moreover, since the prince of a country is not usually in town, going there in secrecy will allow you to see what is going on normally in that country.


    I''m not sure if it''s a secret, but you have to have an escort as you would expect. I always go with two or three guards.


    ''You don''t want me to be one of them, do you?　You''re a rookie who''s only been in the Order for less than a month.


    ''Eric is perfectly capable, and my dad has forgiven me, so I''m sure he''ll be fine.


    Really?　Then I''ll be happy to escort you, Prince Christo.


    Yeah, I''ll be safe with you. It''s good to see you, Eric.


    I thought that was probably the reason why Yelle had called me today, since we had a conversation a few days ago about


    ''You''re taking Eric with you? Who else?


    ''''And Viviana-san, the vice-captain of the Magical Order, as well. Those three will be your guards.


    The Vice Commander of the Order and the Vice Commander of the Magical Order?


    Other than me, everyone else is an insanely great guy, but is it okay for me to follow them?


    ''Eric, you have the ability to do well, I know, and so does Liberto. I know you''ll be nervous, but good luck with that.


    Yes. Okay.


    That''s okay. We won''t get in too much trouble for being sneaky. We''ll just go out like we''re going out with friends.


    It''s not good to be that tense, though.


    Mr. Liberto made a joke to try and ease my nerves.


    A joke ... right?　You''d think this guy would really go like that.


    ''So, when and where are we going this time?''


    Your departure is in the morning of two days. Please prepare well. I plan to be here for about a week.


    And this time the country...


    It''s the Kingdom of Harzion.