2nd Rank Has Returned

Friends-6

“Next, won’t the next one come out?”

It was obviously a slang. It is a way of being polite and respectful to others.

Nevertheless, the atmosphere was like a piece of thin ice, no matter when it was broken.

Those in the audience held their breath, and the apprentice knights, who had a foreboding of victory, even killed their heartbeat.

The boy looked at the next opponent with his shadowed eyes. That gaze reminded me of the sensation of one snake being torn into dozens and climbing all over the body.

[I know it’s twisted, but the eye color is a bit pizza. Even those who stand still, fall down.]

＜I’m not doing this because I like it, it’s because I’m sleepy. You only sleep for 30 minutes and fight, so what’s the point of laughing?＞

It was only a trap because he was tired, but it was enough of a threat to the apprentice knights.

“my…! I will do it!!”

One of the apprentice knights with a spear said. He was taller than the knight who fought with a sword and had a good voice.

“Come up.”

Saying that, Leo threw down his sword.

“…what are you doing…?”

Ignoring it, he walked towards the armory. Then, he pulled out a spear that had the same shape as the weapon the apprentice knight was holding and grabbed it.

“…Let’s get started.”

“…what are you doing…!? Raise your sword!”

Maybe it was just the apprentice knight in front of them, the spectators around them, and even Arya didn’t understand them, so everyone showed off their signs.

‘…Leonardo must have used a sword…?’

The only Leo she saw was longsword-centered external swordsmanship, or double swordsmanship. That swordsmanship alone was not enough for his age, and his skills were unheard of.

But everyone except Leo didn’t know.

“Are there any rules against using windows?”

Lee Inja’s poison.

This is the path the second-rate Beomjae has chosen.

“…are you kidding me?! It means fighting with the sword, which is his specialty!!”

“Why is my specialty swordsmanship?”

At those words, the audience became silent.

Most of them didn’t say it because it was ridiculous, but some kept their mouths shut in a cold sweat.

Because the meaning of those words was not simply ‘can’t do swordsmanship’.

“Then you mean spearing is your specialty?!”

“Should the explanation be verbal? It’s funny that the writers called knights talk like clowns on the street. hurry.”

The provocation was effective.

The blood on the knight’s half face was proof of that fact over and over again.

“cheeky…!!”

The apprentice knights who had climbed the training ground charged. The sharp spear blade running at you will surely pierce the skin whenever it touches your skin.

Kaang!

“Uh…!?”

Yes, if you can.

Leo’s spear blade did not recognize such clumsy sharpness. The rapid spear strike went straight towards Leo, but it never touched his body.

“I have good posture, and I have good strength.”

It was the impression that Leo gave after receiving the spear several times.

“What…?! What happened during the duel…!”

Far from stopping in embarrassment, Leo continued to criticize.

“But you’re a beggar with rotation, and you don’t even know how to use recoil and momentum.”

Leo said, letting out the spear spear one by one as if the spear that was only in its shape was unpleasant.

“Is this a spear?”

Leo put that evaluation into a window in an instant.

Kang! Kahn!! Kaan!!

“Awk?!”

Three consecutive strikes, even though it was the same window, a completely different sound sounded three times and a shock rang out.

The apprentice knight’s spear fell, and the knight fell to the floor. It was not because of the shock of the spear, but because of the shock of the mind.

“next.”

Pointing the spear at the fallen loser, the victor exclaimed quietly.

“Come next time.”

No more respect was felt.

***

“…that… what…”

There were no cheers or shouts in the arena.

It wasn’t because the battle on the spot was insignificant.

Sometimes, what went beyond his common sense was a law that could not be expressed in words.

Even if that’s what’s happening right in front of your eyes.

“…you are this child…!”

The knight with a one-handed sword and shield shouted and ran. The only flaw was that, in the eyes of the audience, that was nothing more than screaming to deny reality.

“The connection between the sword and the shield is insane. In that case, throw away the shield.”

Likewise, Leo with a one-handed sword and shield continued to counterattack. The sword of the rushing knight was deflected by paring and the shield was struck down with the sword.

“If you stop like that, you’ll break your wrist.”

Finally, as a tip, the apprentice knight collapsed and was scattered.

“Come on, next.”

It was the sixth time I shouted “next”.

There are four types of weapons used so far: a long sword, a spear, a battle axe, and a one-handed sword and shield. By digesting all the various weapons, Leo thoroughly subdued his enemies.

And as if comparing them with their skills, Leo had been fighting against the opponent with the same weapons.

“…this is nonsense!!”

First of all, the knight of Jin Long Sword pointed at Leo and shouted.

“What?”

With not even a drop of sweat shed, Leo looked at him with dry eyes.

“you…! Are you doing this on purpose!?”

“So what?”

Without a subject, it would have been very difficult to pinpoint and explain a specific action. Even if he could, if he asked with such an attitude, Leo wouldn’t even respond politely.

“To disgrace us…! You did such a stupid thing!”

“A third question. Please tell me what and how you shamed me.”

Obviously, the voice was several times lower than that. However, the coercion was still enough to suppress the pretentious voice.

“…why are you using the same weapon!? us…!”

“Because I want to write.”

Because it was a simple reason and a fundamental reason, they were even more dissatisfied.

“Are you kidding me?! Shame on people just for that reason!?”

“joke?”

Leo grabbed his sword.

And it was placed vertically on the floor.

“Do you think this is a joke?”

Leo put his shield down on the floor.

“…I think you guys have misunderstood something.”

In the corner of his eyes, a red pupil was shining under the shadows.

“It is you who bet on the fight, and it is you who acknowledged that the board is growing.”

Gradually, the enemy’s eyes approached the apprentice knight.

“And I had to face seven in a row? It’s the same weapon.”

I was speechless.

Those words and actions confused the apprentice knights.

Could it be that they were unable to open their mouths because of being refuted by a 13-year-old boy, or was it because of the intimidation of a young body who had not lived for 20 years?

Either way it was a shame.

Before being a knight, as a human being.

“then.”

Leo had already reached the face of the apprentice knight.

“Is this disgraceful? Or did I handicap myself and give you a chance?”

“…this…common man…!”

Leo knew from the experience of his short life.

When humans are at a disadvantage, they criticize things that cannot be changed by nature.

Without even needing to find it, the apprentice knight of that nobleman in front of him was an example.

“Yes, I am a commoner.”

Leo turned his gaze away from the man and looked around. All the people around him were full of human beings of noble bloodlines.

“And I will always be a commoner. As long as I don’t cross blood with my parents, I’ll be a commoner forever.”

And I had no intention of changing it.

“It doesn’t matter if you curse or criticize that lowliness. It’s all true and I don’t care, so you can do whatever you want.”

And I had no intention of denying it.

“But remember.”

That boy, that young man only wants.

“You couldn’t even beat me like that.”

It was just engraving.

To the extent that that wretched birth is meaningless.

Leo looked around and shouted loudly.

“…I know that there are people who are offended by my origins, my job title, how I came to be, and the very existence of them.”

People couldn’t say anything. I didn’t close my mouth because it was just the right thing to say. They just couldn’t find anything to say to the little child who said such words to himself.

“If you have a reason to kick them out, bring them with you. I will accept it whenever it is justified.”

That little boy knew his situation more than anyone, and he knew where he was.

“But for as long as there is no such reason, I will live for my purpose.”

And at the same time, he was aiming higher than anyone else.

“If there is anything that gets in the way of my goals, I will always overcome and rule them out.”

It wasn’t a permission or a notice.

“This is what I want to declare.”

It was a declaration.

A long and short declaration, which could be called a speech, was over.

“Then let’s go.”

Leo said so and walked out of the gym.

[Where are you going?]

At Leo’s pace, servants and knights with more experience than himself and high-ranking officers veered off the road.

＜Go to sleep. Sleep a little…＞

dump

At that moment, Leo fell.

“Leonardo!!”

Arya ran and grabbed the boy who had fallen.

“Doctor… no, call the healer!! hurry!!”

Chris hurriedly called someone. The servants, likewise, hurriedly followed the order.

“Wake up…! Leonardo…!”

Arya shook the fallen Leonardo and called out his name over and over again. Significant progress has been made in not being slapped.

“…I was pretending to be okay, but I was overdoing it. In order to dodge so quickly, you have to overload your mana…”

Everyone was looking at Leo with serious expressions.

However

[Hey, are you awake?]

was not a sage.

＜…＞

[Keuk…]

＜Shut up.＞

Those ‘words’ worked better than the alarm clock.

[But why? Can I not wake up?]

＜I am reluctant to get up.＞

Leo closed his eyes and recalled the previous incident again. Obviously, the speech went well without tongue twisting and chewing, but the problem was when he walked.

[How does a cub who used Chukjibeop fall into a crevice on the stone floor? It’s also an ability. awesome.]

＜Shut up. I couldn’t sleep, but it’s because I used up my mana.＞

Mana had long since run out. It wasn’t to the point of fainting, but it meant that I was so tired that I couldn’t tell if there was a stone beak or a groove under my feet.

[therefore? When will you wake up?]

＜It won’t happen.＞

[What? why?]

＜There is a proverb like this in the East.＞

Take a break from falling over.

Leo fell down and slept poorly.

***

A warm and cozy feeling, this was not only the feel of a soft duvet, but also the softness of a luxury bed, a happiness that can only be felt when the body is fully supported.

[Look around…]

A curse was heard. Ignoring this feeling because it’s a hallucination…

[Look around…]

Ignoring that old man with dementia and going to bed…

[Look around and go to hell…]

＜Work it out.＞

Slowly opening his eyes, Leo answered. Now I was getting used to being annoyed with an auror.

[Are you awake? Then look again.]

＜What kind of bullshit? Did you drink medicine in broad daylight?＞

[I feel like I took medicine because of you. And now it’s night.]

Then the sage gestured his chin and pointed to the underside of the bed.

“Ariaspil?”

Ariasviel was asleep under the bed. She was asleep next to me, just like when we caught the Balrog.

[He said he was still worried about you and said he would stay here.]

＜Then shouldn’t I be left behind?＞

[Originally, people like you have to die for my taste. The cub who was nursed twice by a pretty girl.]

＜…＞

Something seemed to make sense, but he couldn’t bear to pour contempt in his eyes.

[Hey, put your eyes on it.]

＜Oh yes.＞

There was an Ariaspil under the snow cover.

“…Leo…Nardo…”

Ariaspil muttered Leo’s name little by little while holding the blanket that was covering him.

‘…it’s a little different from the previous life.’

Perhaps it was because she had changed, the current Ariaspil felt different from the woman she had remembered.

Aryaspiel felt a little cute, whether it should be said that it was a little rounder or kinder.

Not only her personality, but also her appearance, she was a girl who could attract enough charm.

The cheeks that look soft, and the skin and hair that look really fine to the touch…

“…Write… Shall we get up from this place?”

It’s just that I’m tired, so I’m thinking of a mess.

Leo got up from the bed, carefully rolling up the blanket. Then he gently grabbed Ariaspil and lifted it lightly.

[What do you do? Overwhelm…]

＜If you’re going to be disgusting, close your mouth and suffocate to death.＞

It’s cold too, so I’ll have to lay it down on the bed. Leo grabbed her with both hands and arms gently, preparing to put her on the bed.

“Excuse me. Leonardo-kun.”

At that moment the door opened. It opened without knocking, so there was no response.

“…I heard that he fell, but it’s okay…”

It was Gladio Reinhardt from California.

In other words, he was the father of Ariaspil.

“…ah.”

A dark room, a spacious and warm bed, and torn futons.

Last but not least, he is holding the sleeping Arya in his arms.

A girl’s father was looking at him like that.

“…”

Lord, I can explain everything. So just give me 30 seconds. I don’t want to die yet.