Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

Year 7442, Month 12, Day 28

The practice match between brother and the commander heated up with both sides making intense movements. Wooden sword and wooden sword hit together, we're evaded, and the two of them yelled words like "Eh!!", "Ya!!", "Tseei!", "Muun!", and "Two!!" as the spirit in their attacks surged, before the simple shield on their left arm can be driven into the opponent they step in and repel that, the one who has it repelled immediately jumps back and puts distance, then another intense exchange of techniques starts again.

The commander is making use of the rubber protectors that you wouldn't believe it was his first time using them.

Brother showed his last resort the two-consecutive thrust that he almost never shows but after the commander parried it on the first thrust with the wooden sword in his right hand he twisted his face in surprise for just a moment but splendidly brushed off the second thrust with his left hand even though it was his first time seeing it. Even though it took me close to a month to be able to do that while practicing with brother...

Once he holds the wooden sword in both hands you never know which hand he'll switch it to, the commander was splendidly reacting to brother's technique of using both hands. So you can raise the skill with swordsmanship this high..I was so fixed on it I even forgot to breath.

However, brother couldn't win. He held out just like me but in the end the commander forced him into defeat. Not to mention he lost to the same two-consecutive thrust that he uses. There was a small difference in the shoulder when he used it so the commander probably used it as well originally. The speed of the commanders was faster.

After that there was the match between brother and the commander of the third company Viscount Kendus. I'm sure he was tired after the match with the commander but just like he did with the sub-commander he made light of the company commander wearing his splint-mail and when there was an opening he finished it off with his two-consecutive strike winning in no time at all. Amazing~ as expected.

I guess sister is allays having matches against the company commander, it seemed like they both already knew all of each others movements and neither one moved at the start. Eventually, sister got tired of it and tried make use of her speed while the company commander stood his ground firmly as he met with her attacks. Although it seems that the company commander was above in terms of technique but he couldn't avoid losing to sister in terms of speed so by the time each one of them had landed one hit each 10 minutes had passed and it was decided as a draw.

Next up is sister and the commander, is what I was thinking but the commander said we should take a break for a bit. And unexpectedly it seems I'm having a rematch with the company commander before sister and the commanders match. Of course that first time would be invalid. It's too much to consider that a loss. It's true we're about to fight so it was my fault for showing my gratitude.

But, you can't even call that a practice match. It's true that I was about to have a match for the purpose of learning things and I knew that there was no need to greet each other during practice matches. However, I thought I shouldn't be rude to sister's direct superior and did it without thinking too much, so I had the naive thinking that it would be fine and he would overlook it. I learned that no matter what the occasion during practice matches greetings and gratitude aren't necessary but that's it. If it's something on that level you could just say it. There shouldn't have been anything the company commander could learn from that.

No matter what, no matter what even if I have to use my last resort I'll win! Even if they say it's cowardly I don't care. Sister said it was {OK}. If I can win against the company commander that tied with sister then..Well something like that doesn't matter. I just need to think about fighting and winning right now.

Just like I have until now before I entered the training field I crouched down and rubbed dirt on my palms to prevent sliding. And I face off against the company commander who's on guard with his wooden sword after taking a short break. After all I guess I should take him on with speed. I close the distance all at once and thrust with the wooden sword using my left hand.

The company commander parries my trust with his wooden sword and tries to make use of that moment to cut down but compared to the match with the commander just now I was able to evade it with ease.

Unlike against the commander I had enough composure to use foot techniques. However, after all the company commander is used to practice matches against people using rubber protectors. It seems he's a bit confused over how to deal with things like foot techniques after being used to the normal swordsmanship of the first knight group but he's almost completely parried or received my attacks with the wooden sword and even managing to counterattack.

I jumped back a bit and opened up a distance of about 4 m and acted like I was fixing my hold on the sword. The company commander is fixing his stance and lowering his waist as well showing his resolve to receive any attack and counter them. I took up a stance with my left side behind like in knife fighting where my right side is facing him and the wooden sword is held in my left hand while I approach from my left lower back. Since my body twisted to the limit on the left side is in the way the company commander can only see it as if I'm hiding the blade of my sword while building up power from the twisted state of my right shoulder.

My last resort is hanging from my waist on the rubber string attached to the D ring.

I held the handle of my wooden sword along with my last resort and moved my body from the right using my left hip following along that. I held my wooden sword while bending the hinge on the D ring and properly held on to my last resort along with the handle of the sword.

My right hand is reaching it's limit soon so I stretch it out to my left hip.

I gently put the dirt I still had in my right hand into the compartment of my buckshot slingshot.

After pouring it into the condom-shaped end of the slingshot I grabbed on to it and pulled it back all at once with my left hand. After letting go of the stretched out end of the buckshot slingshot a bit more than a tablespoon or so of dirt, just enough for blinding someone was launched at the company commanders face.

I'm sure the company commander had no idea how to comprehend what happened. The sand which was fired off with quite a bit of force dispersed without missing it's mark and in instant passed through the eye portions in the helmet which are almost like a net, and displayed just the effect I was expecting of it. After I fired the slingshot I simultaneously let go of both my slingshot and my wooden sword and went around the company commander closing the distance on his right side.

He's swinging the wooden sword around like crazy but as expected something like that won't hit. I put a kick into the inner part of his right knee and after his posture collapsed I grabbed his right arm in just the right position to do a one arm shoulder throw (there's no problem with grabbing on to the inner part of the splint-mail where it's made of leather) while letting out a yell of "Cheeeesst!" as I lifted him on to my shoulder from his right arm as I lowered my waist and rotated him to the left and then while hitting the company commander's thigh with my ass I threw him over my shoulder. And with the brass knuckles on my gauntlets I do a thrust at his helmet, and stop short of hitting him.

Just the same as the time when I was against the sub-commander I can hit him in the head with my brass knuckles as much as I want.

"Greed-kun's victory!"

After it was declared my victory I immediately took off the company commander's helmet and used the spell shower to create water and wash away the sand I blinded him with. Since I was so happy I won the fact that I failed at holding the power of it back and a bit of the water entered my gloves is a charm point.

Alright, I was able to win against the company commander that sister couldn't defeat! I was so happy that I felt like doing a dance but endured it. However, whether it be the company commander or the sub-commander, if I were to take them on with the sword once more I probably wouldn't be able to win for as long as I just use the sword. Thinking like that and sister is amazing that she managed to get a hit off of him while fighting countless times, or at least I thought that once again, but I'll never speak of it.

After that, sister and the commander had their match. Unexpectedly the commander lifted the ban on sister's magic. We moved as far away as we could to observe the practice match. She didn't go to the point of burying him but she easily concluded things using {Water Bolt Missile} (almost zero attack power). Before the second attack hit the commander was using magic as well to try and desperately intercept it but before he could concentrate and materialize the attack he took a direct hit from sister's spell and lost. No matter how light the armor is if you lift the ban on sister's magic it's impossible.

"Hmm, I thought I could dodge magic with this armor though..but, it's certainly good armor. It's light and easy to move. The defense is high for it's weight as well. I like it."

After hearing what the commander said we were all shocked. If just by becoming light you could dodge guided magic no one would be troubled. There's several methods to cancel out a missile that's being guided but they're all pretty difficult.

1. Escape from the valid range of the user.

2. Faster than the projectile being guided can hit it's target interrupt the concentration of the user.