Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

Elizabeth-Alexandros.

That is the hunter's real name. It just seems that usually the name was abbreviated and called 'Reese' and that at some point it became treated like a real name, including in person.

Such was she raw as the second daughter of Borderline Berberts-Alexandros, a lord who manages the plains around the borderline city of South Fortress. According to the stories of those who have known about Reese since she was a little girl, she has long been a 'boy like' girl who likes to remember the names of flowers and medicinal herbs, go hunting with her parents and brother, and fish in the river?

But what she was born into was the lineage of the Count. Living freely was not allowed, boys were like boys, and girls were like girls and had to live.

Because of that, she seemed to have been told by the maids to stay inside the mansion. But for her, who loves to run the field and play in the woods, inside the Lords' Hall inside South Fortress, it doesn't even satisfy the curiosity of the... Instead of her own hall, she seems to have acquired a variety of hidden skills on her own to get out of the town itself.

At that time, perhaps no one could have predicted that her abilities would later lead to her talents as a hunter.

'I'm back now!

Go out at the same time you finish your breakfast, and when it's dinner time, with a full grin, Reese, the girl who comes home muddy all over her body.

As for her like that, for once, she seemed like she was going to play pretty, but from anyone's eyes, she didn't look that way...... She seemed to come back dressed like she could imagine what she usually played with without seeing that in person.

Those around her said, "Do a little more ladylike standing up," but she won't change her attitude... The eyes of surveillance also gradually increased, but rather that was counterproductive. She began to scratch those eyes with more covert skills.

That would be one reason, because her father, Count Beltz, had acquiesced in her actions. Of course, so did her mother.

That one day. Even today, she slipped out of the hall. Follow the gaps of the guards, distracted by the shadows of carriages entering and leaving the town, across meadows and small woods where demons walk wide, and away from the town more and more...

And it took her about two hours to walk, and she arrived on the banks of a blooming stream of flowers, which seemed to be her favorite spot.

So she sits down on a big stone that was in the river--

"... Guru"

--It seems to have somehow made me cry.

She was lonely.

Aside from my parents, who are busy with their clerkship, my oldest brother, who plans to be my successor, hardly leaves her alone because he was busy with the long lasting war and territorial management... The three other brothers and sisters were not already in the city because of conscription in the king's capital, or because they had come to their daughter-in-law (one) with other nobles.

Always on the side is about a side maid, but she is also her own teacher and a person who tries to bind her actions with a loud mouth, so there's no reason to be sweet... Or, if I had even one friend, I might have been distracted, but there was no one in South Fortress who would treat me equally, so there was no one I could inevitably call my friend.

As a result, she didn't seem to have a place in the mansion where she could calm her mind.

The only thing that fills me is the moment I once came to this place I visited with my parents and brothers on hunting and river games and remembered something fun...... But the more fun I remember, the more tears come to me somehow......

Reese didn't know how to fix it, and I just had to tear it down, and all I could do was.

However, it does not mean true solitude.

Even at this moment, the gentle gaze of understanding more about Reese than anyone else seemed to be watching over her.

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Then a while later.

To her life, an archery of swords was added. As for the lesson of the lady in this world, it seemed to be a very common lesson, not something special.

However, did my parents tell me that if there is only one thing that is different from other learnings - if I prefer the archery of the sword, I can stop other learnings?

Reese initially couldn't seem to hide his confusion when he heard the words. She couldn't understand the true meaning of the word as to why her parents had mentioned it.

Nevertheless, that is the moment of a turning point in her life, from that day on her talents will blossom in a different direction.

"Let me, let me!...... Nha?!

In the beginning, her swordsmanship was a crude one that could not be flattered. Even if you wave a wooden knife, it's full of strays and the tip of your sword is always trembling...... If there was anything to be praised for, it would only have been that I wasn't able to pull my hips off and that I reacted as quickly as a cat.

Such swordsmanship she had learned was pragmatic, including not only interpersonal combat, but also the art of protecting herself from demons.

The swordsmanship had a sort of manipulation or flow, and in the beginning she seemed to be repeatedly imitated for its monotonous movements. Preceding the opponent's actions, contemplating measures and multiplying the battle ahead…. To remember the basic way the body moves in order to maximize time for this.

But naturally, your body can't have moved successfully from the beginning... For her, who until then had been raised dearly as a nobleman, from one way of moving her body, it was extremely difficult to remember. In doing so, she may say that for the first time in her life, she hit the wall of taste.

And it seemed that some of those who looked away at her were mocking that it was pointless. Once that word had reached Reese's ear as well, and she seemed to bite off remorse and misery... But she never gave up.

And......

Her efforts, badly given up, will unfortunately be unleashed in mock warfare.

The first mock opponent is the Deputy (...) Commander of the Knights of South Fortress, also a coaching teacher. He had grasped Reese's power, so it seemed he was going to play a game that would give her a good sense of nervousness.

But that's his plan...

'..................' Bun

Zdwong!!

"''............... Huh?

—— For better or worse, it didn't seem to work out the way I wanted.

When he realized, he was looking at the blue sky. That too, on the ground in a hard training ground, lying on your back...

And there he was —— a girl who was supposed to be weak, poked at the tip of a wooden knife.

What made it happen was the covert skills Leese had been desperate to acquire in her previous life. Perhaps at this moment a woman named 'Hunter' was born in this world, you might say.

Then again, she showed up with a glimpse of her head. By about a year after defeating the vice president, in a mock battle in the form of a real battle, no one in the Knights seemed to be there but the regiment (...) leader (...).

Still, Reese never seemed to lack training. It's like chasing someone behind you... desperately.

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The parents seemed to be more than happy to see their daughter growing up those days.

To them, Reese is such a cute, end-daughter that it doesn't hurt to put it in their eyes. There seemed to be more desire to raise them than any other child I had ever raised.

But we were both aware that we couldn't get around to Reese because of our daily busy schedule. I also understood that she felt lonely in her days without someone to talk to, and on top of that, she seemed to know what she wanted to do.

And —— living as a nobleman doesn't lead to her happiness, either...

As a result, her parents seem to have decided to give their daughter all the freedom possible.

That was the day after Reese was an adult (15 years old).

'Reese... No, it's Elizabeth. I hereby appoint you as the Knight of the National Knights of the Kingdom of Mid-Eden and the South Fortress Squad. "

'... Yes?

Reese in how his father, who suddenly summoned himself, did not know what this suddenly said again, and could not hide his surprise.

Unlike my sister, she had never talked about friendship before, and she herself seemed to feel uncomfortable, as she had been focused on mastering the archery of swords that the lady should not need. But he didn't even think that he would be knighted.

'Quickly, but I will give you instructions.... Tomorrow, we will go to the village of Alc, the beginning of the Alexandros family, and become permanent knights of the village. "

Originally, a knight is a warrior who represents his territory, travels to the battlefield, and protects the security and rights of his people from aggression in another country. Therefore, the longing nature of the boys and the existence on which they depend from the people. That was what the original knight looked like.

But a 'resident knight' in a village, if you say so, is like an alternating officer. As long as we did not find ourselves in such a situation that the very survival of the country was in jeopardy, we would not have been driven out to war, nor would we have been forced to convene.

In other words, for those who admire a knight who protects their country, becoming a resident knight of the 'village' was like a left transition if you change your mind. Anyway, a knight who is injured and leaves the front line is often appointed to an idle position.

However, there seemed to be an idea for a fatherly countess.

"Be sure to come back here once every two months to report the status quo"

In other words, show your face once in a while. An occupation where you can live away from the battle, near the woods, and even if something happens, you can see your face immediately...... That was the resident knight of the village.

But Reese, who was suddenly appointed a knight, couldn't swallow the situation right away because his head was full. Because of this, she seemed not to be taken positively by listening to the words of her father, who, if she thought calmly, was supposed to see intent.... I wonder why I'm the only one who has to suffer such a terrible trick.

She therefore inquired against her father, giving him a crying expression.

"Doesn't your father like being with me?

When Reese uttered the word, her father —— raised his hand without saying anything.

Seeing it, Reese, though reflexively fit in, the father just sneezed and stroked her short hair when he put his hand on her daughter's head... He then seems to have left the room without saying anything as it were.

Yes. In the end, I left one on the spot about my daughter who hadn't grasped the situation for what it was...

'Now... I can guess what my father was going to say then...'

A hunt (...) people (...) for how they realized this was an old dream while thinking about it.

In the meantime, her consciousness was rapidly surfacing.