Chapter 438 – Chapter 438 – Fanaticism

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There was an incident where Lelia-san screamed in shame, but after that, Lelia-san apologized for screaming.

After that, the food came out right away, so we ate first.

During the meal, Lelia broke into a cold sweat when Niña asked how she ended up participating in Miss Solario.

“It is because of the recommendation of the high priest.”

Answered only.

I told Ms. Nina to refrain from asking such questions in the first place, as Ms. Lelia would scream again if I asked any further.

Niña felt sorry for her, but thought that this part should not be deliberately touched.

After lunch.

Noah asked Miss Lelia with her eyes full of curiosity.

“Yes, Mr. Lelia.”

“Yes, yes… Mr. Noah.”

Ms. Lelia seems anxious that Noah might be asking questions about her Miss Solario her.

Fortunately, however, Noah’s questions were of a different kind.

“Isn’t Lelia the leader of the Holy Knights?”

“Ah, yes. I am the leader of the 13th Knights.”

“Then how strong is Lelia-san?”

“Strength… You mean?”

“Yeah. She’s the leader of the knights. I wonder how strong she would be if I were to compare her with a squad. Tomorrow, even if we’re all on an investigation mission, we’ll be together, right? I wonder how strong Lelia-san is.”

“I see. Whoa…”

She said as Ms. Lelia let out a sigh of her relief.

“Of course, compared to Mr. Rant, I’m not even close to her toes her.”

“No, that’s for everyone, right?”

Haha, that’s true too. Few people can compare to Rant-sama, who made a great contribution to solving the flooding. Then, except for Rant-sama… I think his skills are similar to those of Flean’s A-rank adventurers.”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Yes. I’m not bragging about it, but I think I’m on the pretty strong side. Otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get this position.”

Well, I don’t think it would be strange if he was the leader of a country’s knights, even if he had the level of an A-rank adventurer in Fledan.

“I see~♪”

While Noah is smirking, he has an expression that shows curiosity and aggression.

“Hey, Mr. Lelia. Can we try sparring?”

“You mean Dalian?”

“Yeah! I think I’ve done enough sightseeing… I have time until evening, so I want to experience how strong Lelia-san is!”

“No, Noah. If you suddenly apply for sparring…”

“It’s okay, Miss Elsie. Okay, let’s have a sparring session.

“Oh, then I want to participate too. How strong Lelia-nee is… I’m also curious ♪”

“Ni, are you talking about Niña-nim too? Yes, of course, I’ll deal with you as much as you like.”

Ms. Lelia hesitated because she was not used to being called her older sister her.

However, since it was a subject of sparring, Niña’s request was accepted immediately.

“Then, I’ll guide you to a good place to fight.”

After paying the bills, we followed Lelia-san.

And the place where Mr. Lelia guided us…

“This is the best place to fight.”

It was a training ground at Sol’s Adventurer’s Guild.

“Here it is…”

“Well, of course it will be here.”

“Usually adventurers don’t use this place, but the staff manages it, so the environment is good. Do you two use the training ground often?”

“If you use it, I think you’ll probably use it the most in Fledan~”

“Noah and I sparred a lot.”

“That’s right. That attitude of trying to improve your skills outside of the dungeon. I think that’s very desirable.”

Relia-san’s expression brightens as the topic is completely off Miss Solario.

“Then let’s start sparring. Who are you going to deal with first?”

Miss Lelia took her stance with her shield and her one-handed sword in her hand before she knew it.

“Huh? Lelia-san, that’s…”

“Yes, it’s an inventory. It’s an item you get paid when you become a leader.”

The 5,000 gold inventory is also paid out from above when you become a leader.

But there was something a little odd.

As seen in Miss Solario, Lelia’s main weapon was definitely a bow.

“Lelia-san, are you not using a bow?”

“Ah… Bows are not suitable for sparring. Of course, my main weapon is a bow. But as a paladin, I have a lot of experience, so I can handle any weapon at a high level.”

“Ohhh, that sounds like a weapon master. Cool!”

“Uh, being a weapon master… Suh, that’s embarrassing.”

Noah raised his hand as Mr. Lelia scratched his head in embarrassment.

“Me! I’ll start with me!”

“It’s from Noah-sama. Well then, thank you.”

“Please take good care of me~!”

It was decided that Noah and Lelia would fight, so we first distanced ourselves and withdrew.

“Noah, do you have a secondary magic?”

“No! I have to do this on my own!”

Slowly, Noah drew her dagger from her waist and took a stand.

“Come anytime, Mr. Noah.”

“Then let’s go~!

And Noah attacked Mr. Lelia.

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“Heogee… Heogee…”

30 minutes after the match started.

Noah was gasping for breath and was breathing heavily.

“Oh, it’s very hard…”

Noah eagerly attacked Mr. Lelia.

However, Lelia-san blocked all of Noah’s attacks her with her shield her and deflected them, sometimes even swinging her sword to keep her in check.

Even when Noah used Shadow Step to increase her speed her and momentarily strengthened her magic power her to turn around and attack her, Lelia-san skillfully blocked all of Noah’s attacks her.

It felt like an iron wall.

“Noah-sama, it was a good move. But the tendency to finish in one strike is too prominent in the move. It should be effective when dealing with monsters, but you need to think more about enemies that don’t work or avoid attacks.”

He even gives appropriate advice there.

“Ugh… I thought I should do the same when hunting harpies.

And Noah accepted Lelia’s advice and reflected on his mistakes in her.

“Hey, but Lelia-san is really strong. Isn’t she stronger than Nina?”

“I’m sure Lelia-san is much stronger than me right now. Lant, take out the spear♡”

“Yes, Mr. Niña.”

I took Niña-san’s spear out of my inventory and handed it to her.

Mr. Niña turned the window round and round and approached Noah.

“Noah, I’m taking a break. I want to sparr this time.”

“Whoa… Okay. Cheer up, Niña.”

“Huh, as Noah’s teacher~ I’ll do my best♪”

“Next is Niña-sama. Please come anytime.”

“Yes, Lelia-sister ♪”

“Uh, I’m not used to the word sister after all…”

Wouldn’t it be even more so because the opportunity to call her unnie?

“Hehe, maybe it’ll be better if you get used to it?”

Whirling and brandishing her spear, Ms. Niña took a serious stance.

“I can understand her just by looking at her. Lelia-sister is a much stronger person than I am. She will be able to defeat even an A-rank adventurer from Feldan?”

“Thank you for saying that.”

“So~… Lightning enchantment.”

Pajijijijijik!

Ms. Niña wrapped her lightning around herself in one breath.

“I’ll go with all my might from the beginning!”

Percussion!

Miss Niña advanced as her lightning bolts shot out and attempted a stab at Miss Lelia.

“Whoa… Inhale!”

Kigigigigigg!

However, Lelia-san took Niña-san’s spear with her shield and slashed her sword at Niña-san.

“Oops!”

Niña-san tried to dodge her attack by swinging her spear her while rotating her body her greatly and using Lelia’s shield as her support her.

However, just as the power of her spear wielded by Niña was about to reach its maximum her, Lelia pulled back her shield slightly, knocking Niña’s balance of power out of whack.

“Hot!”

She held her shield forward with force.

Kaaang!

Niña-san grabbed the spear with both hands, blocked Lelia-san’s shield strike, flew backwards, and landed with a falling technique.

Niña said with a slight cold sweat on her forehead.

“Strong. Really.”

“I think Niña-sama is also strong. The boldness of her actions her to use my shield instead of backing down from that stance. And even if I lose my balance, I calmly hold my spear and block my shield without panicking, which my subordinates can easily do. You can’t.”

“Any advice?”

“Not yet. Show us some more skills.”

In an instant, Mr. Niña’s smile her turned warlike.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a nice smile from Mr. Niña.

“Okay.”

And Niña-san charged toward Lelia-san with the electricity still wrapped around her body.

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And after 30 minutes.

“Haha…”

In the end, even Niña-san couldn’t hit Lelia-san.

Even so, Lelia-san clearly did more evasion than block it, rather than Noah.

When Niña stopped attacking, Lelia spoke to Niña like an instructor.

“I think Niña-sama is well-balanced overall. However, she tends to take a lot of risks in the middle of her movements. A bold attack is good to catch an opportunity while embarrassing the opponent, but that’s how risky it is.”

“I didn’t mean to embarrass you…”

“Then, did you usually practice sparring with close distances? For example, Rant-sama.”

“…That’s the correct answer.”

“Hmmm, I see. If you have Lant-sama’s skills of her, I will tell you that I think you can attack Niña-sama without hurting her. Even if you are careful about your movements of her, you feel complacent about not being attacked.

If you fix that part, it will be sharper and more accurate… And you’ll be able to increase your safety even further.”

“I want to listen deeply.”

Niña accepted Lelia’s advice without any objection.

“Ninya-sama has already firmly established her own style of her. So, if she trains herself steadily in the future, she will be able to grow into that state.”

“Are you saying that only physical abilities can be increased?”

“No. As you grow up, you will definitely realize your own shortcomings that only Niña-sama can discover. As you go through that, you will become more complete.”

Hearing Lelia’s words, Niña bowed her head.

“Thanks for the advice. It helped me a lot.”

“I’m really glad that Niña-sama was helpful.”

In the end, neither Noah nor Nina were opponents of Lelia.

Noah has grown a lot, and Niña-san isn’t as good as an A-rank adventurer, but I thought he was stronger than before.

Lelia-san was really strong beyond what I expected.

As expected, being the leader of a country’s knights must mean that you have that much skill.

“Wow, it’s the first time since I saw Niña sparring with Rant like that.”

“Lelia-san… You are really strong.”

“It’s not like he’s not a knight commander for nothing. Even with my own eyes, not a avant-garde, he’s amazing. Plus… His presence is amazing.”

Come to think of it, Mr. Tikia once said that he could also see the extent of his power of existence his.

“Tikia-san, how strong is Lelia-san’s power?”

“Hmm… Craig and Amanda, right? An A-rank adventurer couple with most of their jackets removed or clothes that are nothing more than underwear.”

“Yes.”

“From what I’ve seen, it has a stronger presence than the two of them.”

“Oh oh.”

That means Lelia-san has skills above A rank.

“Fledan already has a lant… And it can’t be compared to a lant in the first place… But in other regions and countries, it’s okay to be recognized as an S rank?”

“Thank you for saying that, Tikia-sama.”

Miss Lelia walked towards us.

“Can you see Tikia-sama’s presence?”

“Ah, yes. A tremendous presence? Not as much as Rant.”

“Since then, he has gone through countless missions and hardships before reaching the rank of Knight Commander. He has also been promoted a lot along the way… So he’s confident in his ability to exist. Of course, he won’t be able to compare himself to Rant-sama.”

“Wow, so did Niña and I actually fight against someone who was no different from an S rank?

“Noah, can’t you give up or feel like you can’t help it?”

“Hee hee, of course! The spirit of improvement is important, right?”

It seems that Noah and Niña realized a lot from their sparring with Lelia.

I am very happy to think that the two of them will grow further through this opportunity.

“Mr. Rant.”

“Huh? Yes, Mr. Lelia.”

As I was looking at Noah and Niña, Mr. Lelia said to me.

“If it’s alright, can I ask for a sparring?”

Apparently, this time I have to fight Lelia-san.