Umarekawatta “Kensei” Wa Raku o Shitai

Iris tried to pack the distance and stopped moving immediately.

Mariel's weapons are the Hundred Foot and the Steel Thread Sword.

They are all weapons that specialize in distance, and at first glance would think that they should be any weapon. An arm that allows for unilateral attacks from the outrage - but they are all used differently.

Medium range is what makes Hundreds of Foot the most powerful. "Slash" is the moment when the blade rolls out of its twisting motion, making the most of its firepower.

The Steel Thread Sword on the other hand has no moves to exert high power.

I hear that no means of protection existed at close range, and that the fice actually used was thorough in avoiding it.

The essence of it is - that similar power can be exerted at all distances. Whether it's close range or long distance, the firepower will be 'maximum' in any location.

Can you really handle that with both hands...... I still can't judge Illis.

But I don't think I'd handle those two swords with a bluff.

Earlier, only the Steel Thread Sword was used to fight the Magic Instructors. Against Illis, I guess he decided he needed to use both.

(I wonder if the distance is "Steel Thread Sword" and the distance from medium is "Hundred Foot" …)

That's what Iris decides, and he processes the path. I came up with a route to get the blade to Mariel and went into her 'make it'.

The sound of humming the wind reaches my ear. If it was Illis before I met Alta, I might not even have been able to send him.

Even now, I can't chase yarn with my 'eyes'. But I can tell by the 'signs'.

Feeling Mariel's target, Illis rushed out to...

"Huh!"

I saw the "Hundred Foot" blade, approaching my eyes.

Illis cuts it off in Purple Electricity. I've already stepped into Mariel's time - I understand that very well. But I needed to change my mind right away.

Mariel does not use the sword separately depending on distance. At any distance, he will plant it on Iris with both swords.

Of swords of different nature - which are also very difficult to handle, Mariel uses them in a duplicitous fashion.

It's just the head of Illis, the word 'anomaly'. Just dealing with one or the other would be a struggle.

I use both of them - indisputably, Mariel made Illis understand that she is a genius.

"Phew."

Exhale small, and Iris checks his surroundings.

In my eyes, I recognize the Hundred Foot, and the Steel Thread Sword with my senses - each one of them, and yet I still don't change my mind about England. In this' slaughter storm ', Illis was determined to cut through.

As we take steps, we exchange the slaughter of the Steel Thread Sword to accommodate the impending Hundred Foot.

Illis also moves around together against the delicate motion of manipulating them not to get involved so that each one does not bump into each other.

I moved my gaze and explored the 'weaknesses' of the two weapons.

I can't see the Steel Thread Sword. The attack is quick on top. In addition, it allows for fine movement - but it can be avoided with criticality in the present United Kingdom.

The Hundred Foot stands out for their tremendous moves, and they set up a chase to England after dodging the Steel Thread Sword.

The blade is moving around trying to protect Mariel.

(... isn't it working at the same time?

Quickly spreading the Steel Thread Sword, Iris turned his thoughts around.

It's a level world of comma seconds.

But I do feel uncomfortable. It's the Steel Thread Sword that targets Illis, but it's the Hundred Foot that tries to be the deciding factor.

Iris was the first to switch his mind when he stepped into Mariel's time.

If both are going to hit 'simultaneously', I wonder how we can cut through that corrugated attack.

(but......)

The question of Illis grows larger. At this moment - at the time I thought so - Mariel moved the Hundred Foot.

(... I knew it!

Illis realizes in just a few moments.

Slashing away the Hundred Foot that came his way, Iris went outside Mariel's time once.

"Pfft, you took a distance without embarrassment. But you're right."

"No, I almost got confused by the 'look'. It doesn't work on me anymore."

"! Doesn't work? You can say that all the time without cutting through."

"I'm telling you because I can cut through."

"That's a reliable reply. Then I'd like you to see it."

Mariel sets it up.

If you touch it, you're free to handle blades that cut off your body easily - a threat indeed.

In that, it would be brave to step in.

But if you have the courage to step in, Illis has it all.

- Is Iris going to be king?

Reminds me of Mariel's question.

What does Mariel want to ask? What is the answer for her - I don't know that.

But the answer for Illis is determined.

You have to answer that feeling when she points the 'blade' at Illis.

Step on the ground and grip the pattern of Purple Electricity strongly.

Again, Iris ran out.

――

The impending Steel Thread Sword. Iris moves through the yarn like he dances, avoiding it.

In the moment of dodging, the Hundred Foot approached the Illis.

The movement of the Illis becomes bold at once.

If you're alert to the Steel Thread Sword, there's no way you can go straight - but when Illis played the "Hundred Foot" blade with "Purple Electric," he packed a distance to Mariel at once.

A hundred-legged blade begins to move all at once against the Illis.

But... Ilis is faster.

Iris rushes through the two blades of Steel Thread Sword and Hundred Foot, sticking the blade up Mariel's throat. Around the perimeter of Illis, too, the blade of The Hundred Foot was close to the distance it touched.

Even as the blade touches his throat, Mariel looks at Iris and says away without any movement.

"Often, you scratched through these two blades, didn't you?

"I was about to be confused by how flashy it looked. But it's 'one or the other' that's actually launching the attack. If you realize that, it's not that hard to deal with when you switch."

"Pfft, 'it's not a hard story,' right? I can say it all that way, even if I must have looked all over this country...... isn't it about you and Alta?

"If you were a teacher, you might have noticed and attacked in the first one. Besides, if Mariel had used 'just one or the other', it wouldn't have worked so well."

"Oh... you noticed that much. So?"

Mariel asks again - Iris answers clearly with the blade pointed.

"I... am not willing to be a 'king'. If that was Mr. Mariel's unwanted answer, I'm sorry. But because I'm looking to be a 'knight'. I'm going to be 'the strongest knight' in this country. A knight stronger than Dr. Schweitz."

Clearly, I put it into words. There is little to make clear in this way.

But this is how Illis really feels, and it's sincere.

Answering in words that are not false would be the answer to your readiness for Mariel.

"... yes. That's where Iris wants to be."

"Yes."

"- Heh, it's good to hear it. Sure, I think you deserve it. And Alta knows about that, doesn't she?

"! Uh... yeah, right. The teacher said he'd be there for me."

"Yes, support... then I have to do the same."

When Mariel said so, the sound of Gashan's blade collapsing reached Iris' ear. The Hundred Foot has fallen and the blades are scattered.

When Illis also lowers the blade to match it, Mariel pokes her knee on the spot.

"Lady of the Rheinfel family, the four nobles - I do not believe that pointing the blade at the Illis is an acceptable sin. I don't care what you do about me."

"!... keep your head up. Because I would have clouded my words if it hadn't been like this."

I will not be king - that is not the answer that Illis should give yet.

Even if Illis doesn't want it, those around him want it.

Just because Illis says' I will not be king 'will affect many.

So, until the 'One Who Should Be King' is found, Illis must remain as the 'One Who Should Be King' … that was the role imposed on Illis.

"Can you forgive me?

"Yes, of course."

"- Then let me swear here and now. The Schweitz family fully supports the Reinfel family. No matter what happens, no matter what enemies appear ahead, the Schweitz are with the Reinfels. As our next principals, let us swear that we will keep that word."

When I finished saying that, Mariel stood up.

from a serious look, back to a gentle atmosphere,

"Pfft, that's enough of your hard vows - I'll keep you as Iris' sister."

"What, uh... thank you, sir?

In a slightly upset word, I give it back.

I'm sure Iris understood that until the last word was Mariel's 'sincerity'.

That's why I get caught up in the word 'sister'.

"Oh... any doubt? If Iris marries Alta, I'll be your sister."

…… To? Yes, no, marriage! How does that happen!? Me and Dr. Schweitz are lecturers and students, masters and disciples... that's the kind of relationship. Nothing more or less. "

"Pfft, I panicked so much. Well, I'm not going to ask you about that 'sincerity'. 'Cause I'm too beginner to seem a little pathetic. Well, I guess it's time we cleared it all up."

Mariel turned her back on Iris.

She may have joked - but this may be the first time she's been made so clear.

There were many opportunities today to be made aware of 'the thing'.

And what had always been a question in Illis was turning into certainty.

(I... like Dr. Schweitz?

It was a moment when the girl living in the path of the sword turned into a deeper 'doubt' with a clear first conscious feeling.