Chapter 33 – Swordsman Guild

“Good, good. Very smooth. You have a natural killer quality.”

After five battles, Karin said with satisfaction when I succeeded in attacking. Of course, I did my best, but Karin just said that I didn’t pay even 1% of my power her. I can’t get a good feel for it, but in fact, I must have hit a lot of that too.

But a killer?

“Isn’t that too violent? It’s a bit like saying that a person has the quality of a killer. Just hearing that makes me seem like a strange person.”
“It’s a compliment, you bastard. Originally, in this world, people who are good at killing people eat well and live well.”

When I heard it, I was right. The knights with tremendous military power were no different from the typical murderous nobles who made their way through the world only with their own killing skills. Their wealth must have been accumulated by killing people constantly in repeated wars.

It is an undeniable truth that in a different world fantasy, the more you kill people, the more you rise up in life, eat well, and live well. Why, don’t professional mercenaries make very good money? It was an era when killing was also an art.

“Somehow, it sounds like it’s true, and I suddenly feel that this world is very sad. Why can’t people live without killing and stealing from each other?”
“You know how to express yourself quite poetically.”

Saying it was a break, Karin sat down on her oak barrel and gulped down a glass of water. How does such power come from such a thin neck? As expected, the cause seemed to exist in an unknown energy source called mana. Winia, a wizard shorter than me, was as strong as a young bull.

“But I felt it after talking with you… Are you actually from a fallen aristocrat or something? If you look at things like manners that are ingrained in your body and common sense that you see in everyday life, somehow you seem like a A well-learned guy.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Certainly.”

That’s not wrong.

Because I came from living in a modern Earth where culture exists. Compared to the people of this world, most of whom are vulgar, rude, and have no common sense, my personality is about the top 0.1%. In fact, I’m better than most religious people, aren’t I?

“Well, it can’t be. It’s just because I’m so fucking nice.”

Above all, Karin is my superior. She should be polite.

“Nice kids don’t say that with their mouths.”
“But I think the guild leader has more of that.”
“Huh? What?”

But to be able to recognize that, although she often makes psychotic comments, Karin also seemed to have common sense. She recognizes only common sense people. She cannot recognize a person of nonsense from a person of common sense.

“Something like common sense.”
“What are you talking about in your mouth?”

When I said that, Karin wrapped her hand around her. But she seemed in good spirits. She was a rare woman who hated compliments. When she is talking to a girl, if she mixes in a subtle compliment, the overall effect can be seen.

“No, I’m not flattery… Come to think of it, don’t you have a last name? Are you from a noble family?”
“For now, isn’t it?”

Karin’s full name is Karin Bestat, and the last name is a criterion for distinguishing between the privileged aristocrats and non-nobles. Commoners do not have castles. My knowledge is short, so I can’t tell what kind of noble she is just by looking at the surname Besta, but at least I can explain Karin’s common sense her in terms of her surname her.

Since he was an aristocrat, he must have learned culture or something like that.

“Well, because I served in the Knights of the Kingdom.”
“I can’t believe it’s such a back setting!”

I’ve heard rumors that they are human weapons that can split rocks with knives and cover hundreds of meters at once! However, although I have seen many wizards in reality, I have not seen knights with such superhuman bodies.

Still, looking at Karin’s strength to her, the rumor seemed to be true to some extent.

“But it was good that I was commissioned into the Knights, but as you know, I’m of mixed blood. Maybe that’s why they didn’t give me promotions several times. So I beat them up and came out. And after living as a mercenary for a few years, I formed a guild.”
“Yes? You have more experience than I thought…”

He was commissioned into the Knights of the Kingdom, served for a period of time that would have been promoted several times, and then quit and worked as a mercenary for several years before establishing this long-established guild?

Suddenly I felt a kind of shock. Time is an absolute thing, so to achieve something means to put that much time into it. Time never goes by slow, never goes by fast. It flows steadily as much as it consumes.

Then.

If so, how old is Karin?
Excuse me, how old are you?

“Excuse me, but I’m old…”
“…Get behind?”

Karin drew her sword again at an invisible speed and said. The smile that did n’t disappear from the shaded face her looked sharp as if he was going to stab the knife into my uvula at any moment. I broke out in a cold sweat.

“No no no! Lower the knife for a moment!”
“Ask about a woman’s age is the same as saying you’re going to a duel…”
“Wait! Wait! I’ll guess!”

I had to change the subject! My life seems to be flying because of a flashing question about my age!

“I’m really. Exactly. Are you saying this only after looking at what you look like?
“Look.”
“The Age…”
“The Age?”

Karin kept repeating my words with a face that didn’t know if she was expressing expectations or questioning.

I took another look at Karin’s face her. The makeup of her was light. Perhaps she is a natural born beauty. And no matter how you look at it, that beauty was that of a twenties. Judging from the elastic body, clear skin, and shiny hair, it seems that I look younger than myself, but surprisingly, I was in my mid-twenties. It’s been two or three years since I came to this world, so I must be in my mid-twenties now.

Then Karin is in her early twenties? Or are you in your late teens? From the looks of it, it must be one of the two.

However, then that career doesn’t make sense.
At least it made sense that he was older than me.

“No matter how you look at it, you look five or six years younger than me? For reference, I’m in my mid-twenties.”
“What?”

Karin, who listened intently to me, made an expression of incomprehension.

“Kahah! Kyaahahahaha!”

Suddenly, he started laughing cheerfully. It was so funny that there were already tears in his eyes. They even started pounding my back with the palms of their hands as if they were excited again. It felt like my bones were shaking at the superhuman power that passed through the breastplate.

“Haha! Stop! Stop hitting me!”

Three, my God! The armor is cracked!

“Stop hitting me! I was wrong! Guild leader, you look like you’re in your late teens, not in your twenties!”
“Ahahahahaha!!”

Karin, who laughed for a while, finally calmed down and caught her breath.

“…Why are you laughing?”
“Whoa!”
“The armor is bent. Does that make sense?”

The iron armor was wrinkled. This was impossible without already having the power of a mace in the palm of your hand. If I hadn’t been wearing this, by now my body would be…

“Now wake up! Since you’ve been resting for a long time, you should start over soon, right?”
“No, how old are you… “
“Pick up a knife! Hurry up! I’m more that you look so young with that shocked face!”

No, what about my face..!

Uh.

Hold on a minute.

The mid-twenties, which can be said to be the full-fledged start of dog chewing… ‘Young’?

The guild leader, are you in your thirties…? I might know someday, but not now. Look at that smile Look at that woman’s smile when she realizes that she looks ten years younger than she actually is. How can I pour cold water over there?

After that, Karin’s guidance began, but somehow her strength seemed to be a little off. No muscle soreness today.

**

So, let’s wrap things up. Things I learned

He didn’t know how to simply stab and slash. I, who did not even know the master of swordsmanship, was able to acquire a well-established swordsmanship in less than a month due to the effects of Karin’s intensive training her.

Attacks and defenses in close combat, reducing the distance from opponents, and how to defend oneself while attacking. In the old days, those methods that I would not have known at all were familiar to my hands and body.

First of all, Karin’s skills her were amazing. I always cut with the intention of killing, and Karin accepted it all. At first, it seemed to work very well. Anyway, it is said that there is no specific name for the swordsmanship. I just said ‘how to use a knife’.

To conclude, I learned how to use a knife.

It’s basically an interpersonal swordsmanship, but accurate cutting and stabbing will work against monsters as well. It will definitely be different from just swinging and stabbing like before.

Another thing is that in a short period of time, strength and stamina have increased dramatically. If you use swordsmanship with stronger physical strength, you have nothing to bow against adventurers of the same level. Accurate attacks and the lower body supporting him. If you succeed in a few more high-difficulty quests with these stronger specs, I think it will be easy to be promoted to a D-class adventurer.

Finally, if you combine learning how to target people’s vitals and learning basic melee jujutsu and strikes, the 5 silver was well worth the money.

How much is 5 silver?

If I was in real homeless mode and cared for it extremely, it was a lot of money to live without working for a few months.

Other than that, several skills such as [Sprinkling sand] [Spitting in the opponent’s eyes during a sword fight] [Crushing balls with your knee] [Throwing a stone (although I already knew this)] [Sudden attack] [Striking the back of the head] [Falling and rolling] Also learned I realized my combat power.

“Ah, is this ‘strong’?”

Today is the day off from my once-a-week underground waterway patrol part-time job, so even after the training was over, I stayed at the parade ground and checked my skills alone. Cut, stab The feeling of the wind splitting was clearly transmitted from the handle.

I did not run out of breath even after doing dozens of times in a row.

Beginners tend to hold their breath and apply force when wielding the sword, which quickly leads to exhaustion and exhaustion. It was important to keep breathing constantly during combat. This is a bit difficult, so I keep practicing.

“Okay, I’m satisfied.”

After thoroughly checking my skills, I left the guild.

As it is a holiday that comes once a week, I wandered here and there to find out even the geography of Isvant. The main goal was to find the library. Even on days off like this, it was my daily routine to stop by the library and read books and acquire knowledge of the other world, but after coming to Isvant, I couldn’t do it at all, and it was sore. It’s because I’m an unexpected reader.

Anyway, it was a sunny holiday, so I started walking in a good mood.