S Rank Boukensha de aru Ore no Musume-tachi wa Juudo no Father Con deshita

The next day.

I finished lecturing at the School of Magic, and I went home with Meryl.

Anna returned as she dealt with Merrill, who is definitely sweetening, while making a stew serving, which is today's dinner in the kitchen.

"It's been a long day."

"Yeah. I got all my work done. Thanks to my dad for doing his job. It's been a really long time since I could be back before sundown."

"Bu. I was alone with my dad."

Meryl had a disgruntled look on her face.

"I wish you'd worked more overtime"

"I'm sorry to hear that. I'm not gonna leave my dad alone."

Anna sat back on the couch in the living room as she turned a provocative grin on Merrill. Um, and when I make a big stretch, I fall asleep in my guild uniform.

"Anna, this is so lame."

"I want to relax at home"

"I know how you feel, too."

"In Merrill's case, you'd be dazed at 46: 00."

And I smiled bitterly.

"I'd rather not breathe. Less time."

"Life is my motto."

"I don't think it's a prestigious thing to say,"

Anna doesn't shudder, she doesn't ask for the usual correction. Because I have repeatedly understood in the last eighteen years that Meryl's laziness habits are muscular.

"Speaking of which, I'm talking about Mr. Regina," Anna said.

"Hmm? What happened to him?

"I looked into it. Until recently, Regina's work as an adventurer."

"Heh. Is that what you know?" I asked. "He's been working in a city other than this king's capital, hasn't he?

"Because the Adventurer Guild shares information about licensed people. I can query even adventurers working in another city."

"That's convenient. But it doesn't seem like we can do anything far-fetched.... So? How was Regina's full activity? Was he active?

"It wasn't active. It works great."

Anna said.

"I was accomplishing every high-ranking assignment on my own. I've never seen anyone other than my dad accomplish an A-rank mission solo."

"Because his sword skills are real. But what you were accomplishing with all the solos. Aren't you partying now?"

Well, a fair number of people stand alongside Regina. Besides, if you become one who can tolerate the character of a guy who is often misunderstood...

That would be hard enough to find sand gold in the desert.

"But it's strange."

"What?

"If you look only at the track record, Regina is a very S-ranked adventurer. Yet she still remains A-ranked. For over a decade now."

"It's impeccable in strength and performance. Yet you can't be S-ranked... Does the condition of promotion include bare lines?

I asked.

"Or love."

"No way. I don't expect a decent humanity from an adventurer. All I want is overwhelming strength to deal with things when they happen."

Well, you do.

Adventurers are a race whose strength and humanity are inversely proportional. The higher the rank, the dramatically higher the percentage of social non-conformities.

"Then you don't know. The reason he's not in S-rank."

"Or you're resisting promotion from yourself to S-rank. Well, I don't think this is exactly possible."

"Next time I see him, I'll ask him."

Though I doubt that you will answer me honestly.

When I finished making the stew, I looked at the clock on the wall.

It goes around eight o'clock at night. Outside the window, the sun sets and the darkness surrounds the king's capital. The lights in the other house leaked out the window, and it looked like a fluorescent fire.

"Elsa's guy, you're home late today"

Usually, it's time to be home already.

"Is something wrong?

"It's about that kid, and you're working overtime, aren't you? People in the city do what they're asked to do on patrol all the time."

Although there are images that would be difficult to talk to if he were to be the Knight Commander of the Wang Capital, Elsa seemed to be well admired by the people of the city.

Probably because it conveys an honest attitude with the same gaze as the people of the city.

"Elsa would be in the Knights' squad."

"Meryl. How did you know that?

"Hmm. With my magic, it's so choppy. ♪ I don't know where or what everyone's doing. ♪

"That helps - scares me if I use it incorrectly..."

There is a constant risk of being watched.

If it's surveillance using magic, we'll be able to fight it with magic, but that's going to make me wonder if there's any guilt.

When I left the house, I headed to the squad to pick up Elsa.

As Meryl taught, Elsa's figure was inside the squad yard.

Hair stretched to hip length shakes as you wave your sword. The silver armor I wore was illuminating the light of the moon floating in the night sky.

"Don't make a scene."

And I hung up on her back.

"Father..."

Elsa stopped waving her sword and looked back. Wipe the sweat on your forehead with the back of your hand. Finally breathed there.

"I'm here to see how things are, because it's time for dinner and I'm not coming home. It's a special victory to stay and pretend like a soldier."

I said.

"I want the other knights to see it."

"No, I haven't."

and Elsa shrugged.

"... now Mr. Regina didn't have any teeth"

"He's especially strong. Besides, the time I've spent on swords is different. He's been alive far longer than Elsa."

My following words didn't seem to give Elsa any rest. I'm squeezing my mouth tight.

I was as silent as I thought.

Eventually, she opened its mouth as if to drill a tightly closed keyhole.

"Mr. Regina said after winning the fight against me. I was wondering if it was to this extent. I was wondering if the daughter that Kaisel raised until she abandoned her dream of becoming her S-rank adventurer was only a talent inferior to Kaisel's. They said it was disappointing."

"I told Regina, too. I raised Elsa and the others of my own free will. I'm just saying, if you guys live well, that's fine."

"Father. Thank you. But still, I can't forgive myself. My weakness made me say that to Regina, who knows my father from the past. It made me think I'd eaten up my father's talents and possibilities, my immaturity."

"Elsa......"

"Father. I want to be strong. I want to be stronger than anyone else, than Mr. Regina, than my father in the past. By doing so, I want to prove it to Mr. Regina. At that time, my father made no mistake."

Powerful, full of will.

Elsa, speaking to me, was like a straight sword.

Elsa only lost to Regina, but it never broke. He stands up immediately and tries to catch up with the person who defeated him.

- I feel like I know why this kid was the youngest and the S-rank adventurer of all time.

"If that's the case, let me help you too."

I said to Elsa.

"To be stronger than Regina. So that Elsa can be convinced."

"... Yes"

"That said, the more so. Sometimes it is necessary to rest your body slowly. Let's go home for today."

I put my hand on Elsa's shoulder.

"Otherwise, the stew I made will cool off"

As soon as I put out the word stew, Elsa's stomach made a noise. She blushed softly to shame it.

"... I was actually obsessed with workouts and hadn't eaten anything since noon"

I smiled before Elsa, who shrugged so like an excuse.

"Right. Then we have to go home soon."

At the moonlight, me and Elsa walked home to Anna and Merrill's waiting house.