When I saw a younger boy named Alihara Kite —— honestly, it seemed weird.
It doesn't come from discrimination or disgust, but from somewhere different from where we are... that kind of feeling.
In fact, it must have come from a distant place.
I'm not familiar with the letters we deal with, and I'm not familiar with adventurers or guilds.
He is more rural than I am from the countryside, but I think he is a normal kid except that he uses a strange and extreme monster called Slime, which incorporates a talking shapeshifter and mythrill.
Having overlapped my situation with that of Kate, I wanted to help him.
Always, like the guild people who helped me, this time I'll help the people I'm lost in.
"Lyla, are you listening to me?"
"What? Uh, yeah, what are you talking about?"
"Huh, listen carefully."
Fran looked amazed at me when I returned.
We were now watching an exam to select a new adventurer from the guest seats built around the training grounds.
"Is this examiner Rick? Lyla, maybe... Kate, it could be tough."
Ah, Rick. He's tough. "
Currently, examiner Rick is fighting a third young spear-man.
Hah! This!!!
……
Rick doesn't use his wooden sword when attacking a young man who is swinging his spear at will.
Young people's expressions gradually turned pale to him as he dealt with the attack with ease, wiping out the pattern with his palm.
Rank Gold.
It is the second highest Adventurer Rank in the four stages of existence.
Adventurers belonging to Rank Gold will be able to take on important assignments, high-risk Enemy Assignments, and their abilities will be unmatched.
Even if he was in such trouble, it was tough enough that he would never pass just by pushing.
"--- Enough. You can stand back.
Speaking out to a young man on his knees, he shifts his gaze to the next examinee.
So far, three out of five candidates have not even been able to hit Rick.
If Rick had the “qualities” to blow him away without hitting him, he might still have been different... Unfortunately, they would have been dropped at the time of the first test.
"Only Hood and Kate are left."
Perhaps Schiff is asking me to keep an eye on you and the mysterious person who is watching Rick's battle next to him.
It looks like a girl the same age as me from the moment I get used to it, but it has a strange atmosphere somewhere.
Information about the participants in this exam is not available to even us in the Alliance, so we don't know who it is.
"Oh, that Hood kid looks like he's gonna do it."
Looking at Fran's voice towards the training ground, Rick was walking in front of Hood, who pulled out the knife.
You're still wearing a black jacket, but are you going to do it like that?
The child of Hood, holding one hand low against the ground, slashed Rick at the next moment.
"Fast..."
"It's not just something. That girl."
The flowing knife is precisely pointing to Rick's emergency.
He will deal with all of them, but his expression replaces that which seems boring earlier and has a serious taste.
Speed and accuracy are perfect. It's a gem.
......! Ku!!
The dull sound of a wooden sword throwing an iron knife into the training ground.
Their defenses are already faster and heavier than those of previous examinees.
Gah, ahh!!
Ah, that's a great voice.
"Besides, it's like a wild beast. That."
An instinctive roar and a veterinary movement.
Definitely a way to fight without calm, but still strong.
Aaah!!
It was judged impossible just to slash it normally. When the hooded child flew back large enough to hold his hand in his pocket, he took out three knives and threw them at Rick.
At that time, her eyes, hidden behind the hood, shined red.
The Hood's son then disappeared as he jumped into the shadow at his feet as he landed.
"Is it gone...?"
The neighbor Fran groaned.
When I couldn't speak with surprise, Rick's footsteps shadowed, and Hood's child instantly appeared.
Short-range shadow-mediated metastasis.
Hood's kid waves a knife on Rick's defenseless back.
The moment the tip of the knife strikes,
"Sweet"
Eh!?
The knife is torn apart by a lowly Rick.
She attempts to chase while showing her agitation, but before doing so she gets paid and loses her posture.
The tip of a wooden sword pointing at her trying to get up quickly.
He looks up at Rick with remorse, but on the other hand he has a satisfying face.
Enough. Number four, I know exactly what you're capable of. You seem accustomed to fighting, but you leave it to your anger. "
...... yes
I don't know about sex, but it's definitely your fault.
……
After Rick stood up without grasping the hand she offered, she remained silent and returned to you, Kite.
That kite-kun is listening to a black cat with his head tilted. [M]
That's a pass.
"That's right. Wow, there's going to be a hell of a kid coming in."
Slashing with a knife and that throw.
Which assassin or something? In the first place, that is definitely not a human move.
I wonder why she's hiding her face in the hood, but when she's an adventurer, she'll know.
"Does that magic mean a shift to a shadow in your vision?"
"The scope is limited, but it seems easy to use. And... maybe he's hiding something else."
Agree with Fran.
At least he won't show me all his hands.
"You're fighting like a beast."
I wonder if there is technology.
I wonder if you have experience.
However, in the central battle, there was a clear lack of calm.
In fact, even after the battle with Rick, Kate came back to you with her shoulders breathed -
"What is that?"
When I got back to the neighborhood, Kite, the Hood kid regained his coolness without a clue.
He was surprised that he was returning to sanity as if nothing had happened, even though he was supposed to be so emotionally stripped.
Hood's child's gaze is directed at Kate, who is talking to Sif nervously next door.
Last time. Number five, are you ready?
...... yes
So, at last, Kite's test will be conducted. [M]
It is difficult for Rick to pass the exam straight away if he thinks normally.
Looking at him calming down with a little deep breath before heading towards him, he kind of gets more nervous.
"Lyla knows how to fight a kite, right? Does he look okay?"
"Ah, well, that's it...."
What?
I glanced at Fran's words.
I helped him train.
I helped him, but I don't really know how powerful he is.
"Because I was just asking for a favor, Kate, I only know a little bit about how to fight... and I was just going to find some time to see if she was dying of general muscle pain or running around the city."
"Muscle aches all over my body....."
"No, I also used healing magic to take Nitto with me. But somehow the time was bad."
What was more shocking was when I saw Kate scolding Sif and bursting across the city crying.
It was not unusual for Kate to see her face wet with tears as Shif smashed a naughty curse that didn't look cute.
"Anyway, all I know is that Kate is the type of tamer you've been fighting with, and you've been working really hard for the last two weeks."
"If so, we'll have to watch him fight."
Nod to Fran and look at Kate. [M]
Confirming that he was calm, Shif jumped out of the ground and changed his appearance to a hat.
With a spinning hat on his wrist, Kate reaches out to the lime of the mythrill slime on his shoulder----and he shakes his arm to pull something out.
Then, the silver lime's body stretched and turned into a stick about two meters long.
"... you know... I just heard that Kate fights with the Magus... but it only looks like Kate fights herself."
"Um...."
Anyway, the lime turned into a weapon...!?
No, because it's a mythrill slime, and it's as strong as or better than a mythrill, so it's not a bad idea to use it as a weapon!? No way, you're going to shake it yourself!?
Jito glanced at Fran, distracted to escape, I stood up on the spot to deceive him, raised my voice to Kate, and said a word of support.
"Ka, kite kun! Good luck!!"
He laughs happily and returns his hand to us.
Though it is to deceive, it is a genuine support. Rick is staring at us, but I don't care.
I was so glad that you returned my hand to me, that there was no pattern.
Hey.
"... ahh!?"
The Hood's child grabbed the clutch and shoulder from behind you, making his expression stiff.