The next day.
Clear with no clouds. The alley behind "Anemone of the Sea" is stretched with rope and hanging laundry is frightened by the wind. A short distance from that flock of laundry, Nick was doing some naked gymnastics.
"Wow, soft"
Raina, who was watching, shouts a surprise.
Nick was bending his torso forward as he stood with his legs extended properly and his hands pressed to the ground. Positional anterior flexion.
"Soft joints make it harder to get hurt."
"Wow."
Rayna turned her honest eyes to praise Nick for his bragging words.
"Even my daughter is good at that."
"But you're not as good as Mr. Nick, are you?
"Hey Nick. I'm dealing with a child."
"We're not competing to win or lose there!
Aida looks blatantly grumpy at Nick as she turns to Raina's head. I know you're joking, but Aida was overprotective inside. Face shaping has a strange beauty that doesn't make you feel old, but the look on your face today was just the mother herself.
"Karan's so soft."
"Really, Ka?
"That's what I know when we adventure together. You're making moves that you can't do without agility and flexibility."
Yeah, Nick says, Karan turns to shy.
"Oh, I look at you too closely, Na"
"Oops, so is that"
I apologize for thinking Nick was rude.
but Karan stares at Nick with an increasingly grumpy and shy face.
……
"Oh, I apologized, didn't I?
"Anything."
"Look, don't mess with me, I'll do it."
There Aida slapped her hands on her breasts and pinched her mouth.
It's time for some serious training, Nick squeezes his face.
"You know, there are four sorceries I can use. It's just Magic Sensitivity, Sensory Enhancement, Light Weight, and Heavy Weight. In time, I will focus on training" Lightweight. "
"Oh."
"Even so, I'm injured in my leg, so I can't really demonstrate. I mean, it doesn't make much sense to see it. Do it yourself and fall down yourself. Remember. That's the fastest way to go."
"It's a falling premise."
"Come on, try to cast a spell like I taught you"
Nick whined the spell small, as he was told.
"..." Lightweight ""
"Drain your strength. I assume I'm a feather or a piece of paper."
"Oh."
"Yes, magic doesn't have to be so worked out. It also draws strength from the muscles. The power of the body, the power of the devil, is as good as it needs to be... take a step first"
Nick slowly put his legs forward.
The ground only returns fluffy and unreliable responses.
It's like walking on a bunch of straw.
"You're about to fall, damn it"
"It's just a big deal not to fall. The boulder..."
"Hmm?"
"... no. Then walk normally, not slowly."
"Oh."
Nick walks with a natural leg lift.
The move is Nick's familiar gait. Martial arts learned from ancient nest leaders just don't stay in the know-how of beating and kicking. There was something to be said about consistent teaching across all of the walking seats, including how to breathe, walk, and stand. He stuck, dug, and tapped into moving his body, and now Nick had the technique of overwhelming even demons with his own five bodies.
(I miss you...... you got your ass kicked when they told you you weren't)
"Don't get distracted!
The moment his anger flew in, Nick was out of balance.
Nick has a full grasp of his weight and height, and for that he is a melee craftsman. I therefore immediately noticed a change in my weight and corrected my senses. But as soon as I get distracted, I'm dominated by discomfort.
"... that's hard"
"Try it again."
"Ouch."
It's been a long time since I've been scolded for training.
Nick was remembering his training years.
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Nick's master is Argus, leader of [Martial Arts Hundreds].
Training was never easy.
But he was a sweet man.
Those who wear martial arts in general as martial arts do not rely on the gift of magic, nor do they need the stubbornness given from heaven by birth as dragon men or beasts, but can butcher demons with mere human power. Some people ask for money to teach, but they deserve to be called serious, such as picking up unaccompanied children and giving them their skills.
Such Argus asked Nick as a child who had become heavenly lonely.
"You're not going to be tall. The meat is also hard to come with. Your parents were."
Nick nodded, not sure what to talk about, thinking his parents had been killed by bandits but what would you do...
"Yes."
"Not for the Long Sword."
"Yes."
"So I can tell you the spear, the spear is the weapon of a guy who works on the battlefield. I don't have many chances to use it in the labyrinth. But if you're going to be the lower end of the Knights or a soldier, it's not a bad choice. Then I can't eat enough, but I can't eat enough."
The Knights didn't think about it.
"Then this is good"
That's what I said and gave it to you, was a dagger.
"Think of it as your hands and feet."
Speaking of which, my father didn't have much of a weapon.
But Nick thinks he was never weak.
There were times when I defeated a bandit.
I'm sure I can do it myself.
No, you have to be able to.
"Okay."
The dagger I received at this time was used more than once, and now it's broken.
Keep the broken dagger safe for the rest of your life.
This is a secret I haven't even told my friends right now.
"Okay, no."
"Huh?"
"Okay, that's it. Beware of benevolence. But if you're coming to my adventurer party, you don't have to be polite."
"... why?
"Because I'm one of them. Companions are equal. You might think it's not reciprocity in your position right now, but then do your best to be reciprocal. Good."
So Argus stroked Nick's head with me.
About three years after that, it was even training.
I ran.
I worked out my body.
softened joints and bodies.
I had dinner.
I layered my bare hand combiner, my dagger combiner over and over again.
I did a chore for [Martial Arts Hundreds].
I worked out my body.
I layered my hands together.
"Build your body, but when you fight, you lose your strength."
"Don't breathe caricaturally"
"Keep building your body."
"It's not over for training."
"Hit him in the body."
"Don't force me."
"Work out."
Repeated words over and over are still engraved in the back of the brain, in the body.
Now the way forward has broken up.
I no longer regret having set myself apart from Argus as an adventurer.
But I still respect Argus as a master.
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"... this is a surprise ta"
"Wow!
With Karan's undressed eyes, Raina looked up with pure surprise.
Nick became heartless for a while and continued his workout.
As in his studies, he carved Aida's words into his body, not his head.
As a result,
"Only after half a day can I walk on a rope to dry my laundry... I was surprised by the boulder too"
Aida sighs at him for God's sake.
Nick jumped soft off the spot and landed fluffy.
It was a quiet move, like a cat animal.
"No... you can't yet, if you're not focused, you can solve the magic. It's hard to maintain this witchcraft while it's being slashed or slashed."
"I don't need to be using it all the time. Instead, it's easy to get blown away because it's lightweight if you keep using it."
"... I mean, do you use or cut it fine? It's harder."
"You'll be able to continue your training. Get used to changing your senses. That way you'll be free to use it while you fight."
"You did that, too."
"That's right. This magic can be trained anywhere in everyday life. That's the time to train in outfits, even when you're walking casually. That's how I remember it, too."
"Do you only have training... it's easy to understand and helpful"
"But it's going to take a lot of time to be like a stepman. I'm sure you have an idea.... Well, that's it for today. I'm tired too."
"Sorry, sickness."
Absolutely, Aida blurted into the store through the back door of "Anemone of the Sea". I haven't fully healed my injury yet, but it looks like I intend to use a caution stick. I'm asking the guy in the store number if he has any strange customers.
"Nick."
A wet towel flew in from the caller.
I do not avoid it, but accept it as it is worn with my head.
Nick's skin conveys the comfort of a lighter body cooling better.
"Ooh, Thankyou."
"Awesome Na. He's like a stepman."
"No, not yet. It's not easy to use it freely while you're fighting. That's hands-on."
But you're invincible.
"Right."
When you lose no matter how strong you are, you lose.
That's not the only trap I fall into.
The enemy has the same potential again.
The fact that man is powerless was not necessarily a word of despair.
"You want to try and remember Karan, too?
"Hmmm... tell me it's hard to remember if you're not a Puppet. The eagle works out his eagle moves, Le."
While Nick was training, Karan was spending time with Raina. He had Nick waving at him walking on the rope with Raina on his shoulder, helping him get a look at the dishes he would use at the store with Raina, and he looked surprisingly well taken care of.
"You like kids so much."
"... weirdo?
"No, I'm not saying it's different. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Look at the illuminating Karan with a laugh and wipe the sweat with a towel.
Nick feels like he hasn't had a good sweat in a long time.
I never hated being heartless and working out.
"She's an honest girl, Na."
"Right."
"... Kids around here, uneven. Kind of scary."
"There's no way out of it."
There are many working children around here.
If you have children who serve in taverns and shops, you have children who carry the luggage of adventurers and become human feet. But he is a child, and therefore makes little money. As a result, few children are ill-handed.
But stealing something can only hone your skills in practice. Divide into those who benefit from talent that improves only with less practice and those who do not benefit from talent. Some people are blessed with talent but their minds don't accept it, and some children are fascinated by the act of stealing without talent. In such an environment downtown, Rayna remains pure without going into a bunch of bad boys. I don't doubt love and asylum, even as I haunt my mother's poor predisposition.
"Zem is difficult, too. Even these kids can harden their bodies."
"That's, yeah...... how y"
"Right."
While Nick thinks he should heal one day... Zem is probably pretty hot for girls and toddlers alike. Perhaps there will be extra trouble in Zem's life in the future. Maybe Zem's trauma is protecting Zem now. Perhaps Karan was thinking something similar, or had a similar bitterness to Nick.
"Should I just be? Speaking of which, they're late."
"It's a construction abandonment area, and it takes time to walk inside, Siu said. Why don't you ask me?
"Oh, so is that"
Nick is recognized as the owner of the sword of bond, and it seems his soul is in a bonded state. Because of this, we can still talk to Kizna even if she is far away. I usually make Kizna's voice refrain from sounding in her brain to surprise, except if it's an emergency. Don't hesitate to gum. It sounds loud. Nick thinks of Kizna's face as this time it's our turn to hang it.
"... Kizna, can you hear me?
"Uh, I'm taking it in now. I don't want a meal for a day."
"Oh, my God, it's been a long time. Right."
"Um. I'll call you in case of an emergency."
When Kizna said that, the comms went out.
"Looks like you're still over there."
"So, what do we do, Le?
"Right. Have lunch first...... why don't you go"
Where, Karan did not ask.
It's settled where Nick should go.
"See you again... I thought you said it was a souvenir or something"