Cursed Sword Master

"Oh no! Ready!

"Whoa! Let's go."

When I reply to Yashichi calling me from downstairs, I leave the room wearing the pouch in the item box that I was checking the contents of.

Yashichi is the boy we were supposed to take over a few years ago. He was a slum orphan who was slurring and hiccups and picked up where he was dying in retaliation after being caught by the person who stole his wallet.

Yashichi's wound was so severe that even Ari's [restorative magic] could not be cured, he had no choice but to take him to Souji. When I talked about the situation and had Master Sistina treat me, Souji said, "You're a betty temple" or something, but I was worried about what to do with the treatment of Yashichi, who was feeling better anyway.

In the end, Souji declared, "Take care of the guy you picked up until the end, we don't want a man". But we were desperately in the midst of raising our names as adventurers. When I cried to Master Sistina, Master Sakura said, "Well, can I keep it for a while and work out? ♪ I came. ♪ At the time, Yashichi was also undernourished and galloping, and we didn't even think about making him an adventurer, but Master Sakura laughed invincibly," I'd rather have a hiccup with such a body, and besides, he had a successful escape, "he said.

After all, Yashichi, who made a pact not to do evil, accomplished Master Cherry Blossom's fierce training in Hell and grew into a fine scout (scout) less than a year later.

Then Yashichi officially joined our "Kensei Apprentice" to form a party. Now he's an indispensable person for everything from gathering information to doing chores. Our party relied on Frey's ears to gather information and foes, so it was also helpful in the sense of reducing her burden.

In the end, you mean Master Cherry Blossom was certain of his sight. "When it comes to ninjas, you're Masaki!" I wasn't sure I gave him the name Yashichi, which I didn't have a name for.

When I got down to the first floor, there was already a party member at the front door. Earli, who flew out of town with me, Frey, who met and became one of us after losing Baku. And it's a palm.

"Sorry, did I keep you waiting?

"If that's what you mean, I just got here."

Frey is the only one of the "Sword Saint's Disciples" who lives in Souji's mansion in Fresberg, not in this house. So when it moves at a party, it depends on the destination, whether we meet somewhere or rendezvous here. Today's destination rendezvous here with Frey because this house is about a few days from the Luminarta where it is located. The room Frey was using is now Yashichi's room.

"Well, let's go. Nice to meet you, Yashichi."

"I'll take care of it, Ar hey. I'm borrowing a good rama from my guild, and I can wear it by tomorrow if I get out now."

Guided by Yashichi, who wears the gear called the black sneak outfit that it was given to him by Master Cherry Blossom, he heads to his destination with a three-headed rama. Yashichi basically goes side by side with Rama and rides behind me if he gets tired. If it's true, you can borrow another head of rama, or you can usually synergize... scolding, which often sneaks into many places, is imperative to be light. If I had Rahma with me, hiding would be unbearable, and that alone would make me stand out. That's why they always work out so they can move alone.

In fact, Yashichi ran at about the same speed as our Rama and only took a very short time to rest behind me while driving. I still don't feel like losing the fight, but endurance and speed could have crossed us by now.

We arrived in the desired village the following evening, as planned by Yashichi. This request is for a crusade of demons who have recently wandered around the woods near the village and an investigation of the woods. The requisition stated that many beast demons were seen.

Until now, there have been times when forests near here are abundant, and they have never approached people in vain, even if they are demons. So if there's a reason why the demons have come near people while crusading the demons that have come near them, it's a request that they also look into it and solve it.

"I don't want to show you the location of the private lodging where we're staying. I just arrived today and it looks dusty, and take a bath in the water today and get some rest. I'm going to say hello to the village chief tomorrow, so I need to talk."

"I'm sorry about everything, pal. I've been straining you too much lately. Let us do some more work."

"No, it's outrageous. If you hadn't picked up so much trouble, the food would have died like garbage over there. I'm sorry, Souji. No, you let me see Shh. You made me healthy and strong, and Captain Cherry Blossom was able to gain enough strength to help people. I can't help but enjoy living now. So much so that I could even thank you for those days when I thought I could die."

When Yashichi exhales his words all at once with his eyes shining, he stops the words as if they were stiff and rubs them under his nose hehe. It's a palm habit when it's lit.

"You've grown to look different... very different from me"

"Huh?... so no?

"No, it's nothing. All right, Yashichi. Show me to the inn, and I'll get ready for tomorrow."

"Yes!"

While pulling the reins of our rama, I can see the palms leading us alive dazzling.

I'm... definitely stronger than I was back then. Trained by his masters, he worked with Ari and the Freys to help each other, becoming both an Adventurer Guild and still a handful of A-rank Adventurers. But... I'm not sure I got past Baku yet. So I haven't...

"What's the matter, Thor? Let's get going."

Blue-haired childhood tame Ari calling to me as she turns around. My most important woman. But Ari liked Baku, and he left town with us with his parents' decided marriage story on his sleeve because he wanted to be with Baku. And yet Baku died because of me. That's why I can't tell Ari my thoughts until I cross Baku.

"Oh, here we go."

But when will I be able to say with confidence that I've been crossed by him?

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"Yashichi! Don't put him through the back! Frey! Replace the wall, once you back down and recover! Early recovered Frey."

"Yes! Not really!

"Sorry! I'm alarmed"

"I'm ready"

The next day, the village chief told us about it and we headed out to the woods to investigate. We ran into a bunch of demons early. Starting with a handful of herds per demon rat, more and more Demon Wolves, Demon Monkeys, and larger demons are now coming out to Demon Bears. Well, it's easy to screw up, but even an uncle demon rat isn't all the same kind. It's just a hassle to find out anyway.

When Frey replaces the demon bear opponent he was fighting, I start fighting demon bears in a different way than Frey in melee. Souji said something about a...

Being a lightweight swordsman, I'm fast and tricky. But I used to wear heavy gear and pull Baku and Ari's legs just because I looked good, without even exploring the way I fought.

But not now!

When I quickly slashed and tore the back leg of the demon bear and stopped moving, I stuck a long sword made of demon steel and with slash and protrusion correction between the eyebrows of the magma, which only became tense on the ground.

"Yashichi!"

"It's all right, the demon we were trying to pull out of the back is clean."

"Earli, where's Frey?

"It's okay, it's not deep, it's healed."

"All right, let's take a break when we put the demon in the item box"

"We're going to collect it!

We laughed bitterly at Yashichi for not having to say anything, but we decided to keep an eye on him because we could see he was happy to do it. I'm also a palace keeping item boxes for collecting demons.

In the end we defeated a dozen demons... but there are certainly too many demons. And...

"That's unnatural."

"Thor think so, too?

A well-eared Frey responds to my little whine that leaked by accident.

"This wouldn't be the first time we've encountered demons and animals that make these kinds of moves."

You know Ari, he laughs bitterly as if he's scared.

"Ah! After all... the problem is..."

"Hehe, right. I don't know what they've been running from."

"I'm sorry, Frey. Ask the two of you to scout when Yashichi returns. Some opponents need to go back and report to the Alliance. If we can handle this, I want to crusade you."

"Let it be."

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"You're lying! Why are you here!

It was my first voice after I heard Frey and Yashichi report back from reconnaissance.

"I doubted my eyes too, but it was definitely a flying dragon"

"Oh no, that's for sure. I think he was probably kicked out of the country after losing a territorial fight somewhere else. I think it was a wound at the time, but I think he was injured in the wing, so he could only fly to this forest."

"Does that mean... you're hunting beasts and demons around here to heal your wounds"

"Even if you can't fly, you can't beat a monster like the one in the woods around here."

"... Yashichi, can we take him down?

Yashichi is given a tour of the battle against all sorts of demons during his training with Master Cherry Blossom. Some of them, of course, fight dragon species. This seems to be training to avoid misseeing the difference in strength between allies and enemies as a scourge.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, 'Kensei's Apprentice' has no experience in fighting dragon species. Dragons are to be avoided for humans. Even if it's a subdragon and a defined demon, its strength is out of digit.

This time the flying dragon is also classified as a kind of subdragon. You're supposed to be running to the Adventurer Guild right away. But... I am.

"Well... if I were to say (...) as a scourge, I'd say 'I can't' with the safety of the party in mind."

"... right, right"

"Oh no, I don't want you to get me wrong. It's only a scourge."

"What? What do you mean?"

When I accidentally put the gaze I was dropping back on Yashichi's face, it looks like fun there...... no, there's Yashichi with a happy face.

"I haven't had any hegemony lately. My powers have returned to my eyes. You want to take him down, don't you? Oh, whatever the reason. But if you don't want to see it, you can say that you can defeat (...) as a disciple."

"Yashichi......"

"Well, you've finally got a fire on something that's been dull since the Zatil offensive."

"Frey."

"Thor, you are now the leader of this" Apprentice of Sword Sage "."

"Ari... well, you did"

Shit, what I did... I didn't know you were worried about Yashichi. All right, I'll do it! Even a handy subdragon is a dragon. We'll take him down and finish "Dragon Kill". Then you were alone with that dragomantis that day... and I can tell you that I was in line even if I couldn't beat you, right? Then that's when Ari gets it! So you're not complaining! Baku!

"Okay, let's do it. We will defeat the Fei Long!