"... that's right..."

"It's not that simple... but I think we should make it a goal.

I will teach you how to fight and what you can teach me. However, I think it would be better to aim to overcome my fears in parallel.

"... okay. I'll try.

"Alright, then, until you can overcome it, try meeting Nil.

"With Nil?

"In Nil's case, it's a small dagger, but the weapon reach is the same. Nir's way of fighting is completely different from Nanahi's, so I think Nanahi has a lot to learn.

"Okay! Nil! Let's meet over there!

Yes!

"Next up is Chikuru.

Yes!

"Chikuru is just too straight.

"Ugh..."

"A blow is a heavy blow, but everything is a blow, and there is no rush. I don't think it's enough for an unintelligent monster, but I think it's too simple to ask you to avoid it.

"Uu....."

"It's worse than when I first met Nil.

"Ufufu...."

"If we don't fight a little more wisely, I think it's hard for the Holy Knights.

"... yes..."

"However, if you can do that, I think you can be quite strong.

"Really?! But... what should I do..."

"I see... give me a little ear.

"Yes, yes.

"Play a prank on everyone but Nanahi every day.

"Is this a prank...?

"Chikuru is straight because he doesn't like to stand behind people. In other words, if you can hide behind people, you can overcome it.

If we can play a prank and hook it up, the way we fight will change.

"Gokuri... I see. I'll try.

"... what were you talking about?

"I don't know, it's nothing!

Don't be caring...

"Next is Atani.

……

"I don't think it's a problem that Atani's fighting is unexpected.

"... unexpectedness...?

"Careful, I know it's a character that knocks on a stone bridge, but sometimes I want unexpectedness enough to jump into it.

"... shouldn't you be careful?

"It's not that I shouldn't. Careful is a good thing. But caution is different from cowardice.

"... I'm a coward..."

"I won't say that, but I have to go somewhere.

"... okay.

"Anyway, Atani, you can meet with various people and do whatever you can think of because you can lose.

"Anything I can think of..."

"In time, you'll know what kind of attack is unexpected and effective.

"... yeah.

"And finally, Inaya.

"... please..."

"... Inaya is the opposite of Nanahi.

………

"It's too much power, and all I can think about is killing the other person.

………

"There's no haste in the attack. It's called Goken.

Swords and movements are not complained about, but if you get used to attacks without haste, there is no fear.

Is it because of my sister...?

"... yes..."

"I'm not telling you to throw away your anger, but if you don't get it under control, your attack will be monotonous or your feelings will just go forward. I think we should overcome that.

"... I see.

"Inaya will meet with me. It's a practice of suppressing feelings.

……

"Control your anger.

"... yes...?

As soon as I pulled out the slashing sword, Inaya also pulled out the sword.

"Bring it in.

"... haah!

Kim! Kim!

"Is that what this is?

"Nh!!

Kingun!

"What's wrong? How much?

"Nh!!!

"If you were so weak, your sister would have been weak, right?

"Huh?!!!! Damn it!!

Aaaahh!

The song sword flew and stabbed the ground.

"Ahhh!!

Inaya, whose anger is at its peak, still grips her fists and punches her.

Bash!

Gu!

Grab my fist and hold it tight, I can't move on one knee.

"Phew! Phew!

There is no face where you can't read your usual emotions, and you forget yourself in anger. My eyes are open and my teeth are peeling out.

"Inaya."

"I won't let anyone fool my sister!!

"Calm down, Inaya.

"Phew! Phew!

"Calm down. Hold your anger.

"Phew! Phew......"

"... are you calm?

………

"I'm sorry I insulted my sister, even though I was trying to make Inaya angry.

"... no.

"I'll change the way I do things next time.

"... I'm fine.

Huh?

"Please continue like this.

"... is that okay?

"If that's my weakness... I can't get stronger without overcoming it..."

If you don't get stronger, you can't kill the enemy.

I felt that would continue.

"Again."

Ah.

From that day on, the training of four plus Nil began in earnest.

I change places once every three days to escape the Knights of the Holy Order, but I never missed my morning training.

Day three of training.

"Daaaaaaa!!

Gayn!

"Haah!

Ginnh!

"Khu! Shields are in trouble!

"Nanahi's speed is incredible!

Not yet!

"I can't lose!

Nil's meeting with Nanahi was basically a good one. Considering the large difference in stats and the difference in combat experience, it's natural.

But it's always close to winning. Naturally overwhelming… the reason, as I explained at the outset, is Nanahi's trauma. I can't step in decisively.

……

"Baaa!

"Wow!

"Absolutely not. You wouldn't get caught up in such a prank, would you? Chikuru."

"Nah, why did they find out?!

"On the contrary, why did you think you'd get caught up in such a discovery prank?

"Cumming!

"Bye bye!

"What do I do... woah?! Hey, what?!

"Fufufu, this is how you call it a prank.

"Kiiii! Regret!!

Bye! Fufufu. "

Chikuru's pranks are unlikely to succeed for the time being. Revenged.

Gah!

"Ufuuu!

"Atani, that's exactly what I'm talking about, isn't it?

"Hmm. Surprise... difficult.

Atani is struggling too.

And it was Inaya who was forced to fight the hardest.

"Haaa!

Baki!

"Ugh!

"Inaya, calm down!

"Phew! Phew!

The moment I touched my sister, the last thing I saw would flash back into her head. My head boils in an instant.

I'm doing it myself, and it's not pleasant, and I feel like it's too rough, but... there's a situation where I have to. And I'm watching.

Holy Knights, Holy Knights.

Whatever I say when I defeat them, they have an extraordinary fighting talent in this world. The status should also be quite high.

The Holy Knights are all said to be eight, but I don't know if it's accurate information. But they shouldn't be dozens of people at least.

That means he took two huge powers from the Holy Knights. It will have a significant impact on future operations.

In such a situation, you would definitely want to acquire a heart stone that would be a weapon of great power. And that magic tool Nerk had. I couldn't get it from either Canaria or Nerk, but that would have caused me and Nil to barely behave. The Holy Knights don't know where or how much they're hiding...

If I were to be with the heart stone I needed and the Holy Knight, I would send in a lot of Regiment members and aim for two birds with one stone. There will be no Holy Knights in the boulders, but they will certainly send in a number that will destroy Amazonas.

The Knights of the Holy Order have already been dispatched to target Amazonas and us, and I don't think they're far from attacking us...

"Are you calm?

"... please do it again.

The training continued every day, when we started getting used to Amazonas.

Nanahi came to where Nil and I were sitting after dinner.

"Er... are you okay now?

"Nanahi, what's wrong?

"I need to talk to you for a second..."

"I don't mind... should I remove the nil?

"Yeah, Nil wants to ask you something.

"To me...? I see. Ask me anything.

"Well then, don't hesitate.

Nanahi is nervous for some reason, rather than the usual obscure feeling. We were visited several times after dinner. I'm free! Let me eat something! And?

So?

"Uh-huh... that's when I started feeling scared in battle.

Looking at the opponent's blade, I realize that my legs are stuck... as an Amazon, it's a triple stone warrior.

So I tried to overcome it. Sinya told me, and I thought... But that hasn't changed so much... I've been thinking about it. How do I get less scared?

So I was looking for something that scared me, but didn't scare anyone else. And then I remembered. The day I first met Sinya and the others. When Nil was caught by Inaya.

At that time, Sinya's attack hit Inaya beautifully, but maybe it hit Nil's face, or it hit Nil's neck and the blade was eating into Nil's neck. Yet Nil looked straight at Shinya and didn't blink, and didn't move, did he?

"I don't remember very clearly... but I think so.

"Was there any guarantee that Nil would be absolutely safe, that he knew what Sinya would do...?

"Warranty...? I don't have anything like that... but if you insist, do you guarantee that your husband told you not to move?

"Is that... a guarantee?

"I know your husband doesn't want to hurt me, so... if he told me not to move, I believed I wouldn't get hurt if I didn't move.

"But sometimes you go crazy at hand, right?! There was no guarantee that even the singers would never come off, right?!

"Well, it's not a numerical calculation, it's definitely not.

"You know Nil, right?!

"That's right.

"Why aren't you afraid of that?! Didn't you move with the pimples?!

"Er... I don't know what to say to you. In a word, I trust your husband. That's right."

"Trust...? So you believed that Sinya would succeed?

"A little different... I also believed that Master did something and that it would succeed. But if I get hurt or die by driving you crazy, I don't mind.

"To...?

"I trust you, not your master's arm, but your husband himself. If I die as a result of your husband's actions, I accept it. Because I'm a slave, that doesn't mean... I... swore to myself that I would take care of everything myself.

………

Nanahi is poking. I'm glad to hear that Nil trusts me again... but I feel a little irritated.

"Where's Sinya?! Didn't Sinya think she might kill Nil?!

"Of course I did it because I was confident... but that wasn't too much to think about.

"Weren't you scared?

"Hmm... I don't think so. I trust Nil as much as you trust me. I was confident that Nil wouldn't move, and I thought I wouldn't take it off if I acted calmly later.

I trust Nil. You trusted me that Nil trusted. I think so.

"... hahhhhh..."

"What's the reaction?

"Hey... I was surprised because I got a much better answer than I thought.

"Really?

"I don't think they know.

"No, it's the same with Nanahi.

"Hmm? What do you mean?

"Do you trust Nanahi, Inaya, Chikuru and Atani? I don't think that's any different.

"I don't know if it's too hard for me... Ahahah..."

"That's impossible.

Huh?

"I know I'm meeting with Nanahi. It's completely different when Nanahi is meeting with me and when she's meeting with the other three.

"No...? What's the difference?

"When I'm meeting with Inaya and the others, I step deeper than when I'm meeting with them.

"Really...? I never cared about it myself...."

"No doubt.

"There's no doubt that Nil, who is actually meeting with you, says so.

"... because I trust Inaya-san. I think so.

"You must be confident that you won't hurt them or yourself if you step in. Changing the way you say it means you trust me.

"Because I trust you... did you step in...? But that doesn't make any sense. I can't trust the Holy Knights..."

"No, Nanahi is stupid.

"Did you suddenly get scolded?!

"You don't have to trust your enemies. Trust your people and step in. Like the first time you fought me.

"Ah...."

"At that time, Nanahi stepped into me as much as he could. That's because Atani was there, right?

"Uh-huh... even if the heat is in danger, there's an athlete..."

"Well, did you get the answer?

"... I will fight with my friends!

"You've decided what to do from tomorrow.

"Mmm! Thank you!!

"Don't jump!!

Nanahi leaves with a clear expression. I don't think the trauma will be over soon, but it will be enough.

At that time, changes were beginning to appear in Chikuru and Atani.

"It's a trick of the Chikuru. There's no way you get caught like this!!

"It's caught!

"... cheekooooooooooo!!

"Hmm?! Oh, I'm sorry!

"Wait, Collar!!

Though Chikuru didn't go all the way, he started hanging behind his opponent.

Ha!

"Hey!!

Kim! Kim!

"Haaa! Ha?! Flying?!

"... I won.

"Ahhh! I lost! I can't win these days! I was proud to beat the Four Stones Atani!!

"... surprise is important. I see.

Nanahi, Chikuru, and Atani found a way to beat their own trauma.

In contrast, Inaya was struggling to control her angry emotions. Although I forgot me at first and never became angry, I didn't see much change in the swordsmith.

"Hah... hah..."

You want to take a break?

"Still... I'll do it!

"... Phew. No, let's take a break.

Not yet!

"Rest."

"... yes..."

"Are you anxious to see the other three growing up?

"... to be honest... I get impatient.

"... I guess so.

We sat on the ground together and hit the wind.

"Can I... get stronger...?

Recently, Inaya began to speak little by little. I don't know if you're getting used to me or if you want to get stronger.

"Why do you think that?

"... Yanashiri-sama doesn't get emotional even after her real sister, Wamala-sama, dies.

Are you fundamentally different from me?

"I don't know about Yanashiri, but I don't think it's going to be emotional.

……

"However, in the case of Yanashiri, we carry a lot of other things.

When you get emotional, you stop thinking about what you're carrying.

Inaya gently strokes the bracelet that fits in her left arm.

"I can't... I can't... I can't get rid of my anger..."

"... Inaya loved her sister.

"... yes.

"Inaya's sister... what was Emmett like?

"... he was a very kind person. Everything I could or couldn't do was possible. He was strong, looked straight ahead, and never frustrated.

"That's an amazing person.

"He was really amazing. It was tough when you taught me cooking and swordsmanship. Still, he was always smiling and kind... but he was strong and good-looking when he fought beside Master Wamala.

For a moment, Inaya's face seemed to smile slightly.

"And yet... to protect me..."

"... I don't know because I don't have any brothers... but if Nil thinks it's dangerous, I think I'll protect myself just like Emmett.

………

"It's not rational, it's going to move before the body thinks it does.

"... why is it foolish to ask...?

"... you know why, don't you?

………

"If such a time comes and Nil is driven by vengeance... am I sad?

"Sad...?

"Wouldn't it be sad if Inaya died defending Emmet and her sister was soaked in vengeance and anger?

"... that's right... I want you to be happier than revenge, if you can.

"I'm sure Emmett thinks so, too.

Well, it's a story that hurts my ears when I say it myself... "

"There is a town of people called Popol. There was a woman named Sylvie who got along. But she was killed by the Knights of the Holy Order... right in front of her.

……

"Putting yourself on the shelf is exactly what this is about. Beginning with Mr. Sylvie's revenge, he has left the Knights of the Holy Order to his wrath. Me too...."

"... but Sinya's sword is not a sword left to my wrath.

"I'm not mad at Inaya. And... some people are in danger if I miss.

"You mean Nil?