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"What should we use first~ Eeny, meeny, miny, moe~~"

Yi Hye-Rin nimbly trotted towards the display cabinet for the weapons and picked up two longswords, of which she gave one to Sae-Jin

"First, a sword It’s the ht, it’s easy to cover it in Mana’s aura, and it is also the easiest for the beginners to learn hoield as well But there are so, so many different types of swords out there So, the swords we are going to use today is called a longsword…"

Yi Hye-Rin really talked a lot while always shtly irritated, thinking whether her personality was really that positive all the time or not, but…

"Like this, swoosh, swish!! How about it, can’t even see an afteriht~~?"

…The more he watched her, he couldn’t help but smile as well He sort of understood why she was ht

"Ah, by any chance, have you learned how to handle a sword before?"

Yi Hye-Rin asked in a surprised voice when Sae-Jin unsheathed the sword in an expert ot used to while hunting, I haven’t received any real training"

"Oh… so that’s how it is"

She took the sparring stance while slightly tensing up

"Well then, should I start the skill test?"

"Please do By the way, you don’t have to take it easy onthe sword in order to loosen up his wrist, the afterie of the blade wavered and danced about in the air like a snake

"…Uhm… You really didn’t learn any swordsmanship?"

His appearance siain

"No, I haven’t But I ue reply, Yi Hye-Rin’s expression became a bit worried

In reality, she beca on her Trait and abundance of Mana, rather than her skills with a sword - she was one of those Knights commonly referred to as a "Trait Baby"

Because she was the type who enjoyed living her life, Yi Hye-Rin didn’t pay tooup her swordsmanship which required her to repeatedly perforain Of course, her talents with the sere still excellent enough to be on the level of a Mid Tier Knight, but…

"…We shouldn’t use Mana or Traits, right?"

"Of course I can’t utilise Mana, after all"

Kie of the blade gleamed sharply

"Ready?"

"…Yes? Ah, Yes Please, c, coulped down her saliva and corrected her posture

Sae-Jin dashed forithout ht as a Huht Instead, he chose to leave everything to his instincts

Arriving at Hye-Rin’s position, he lowered his stance in a blink and slashed upwards

"!!!"

She hurriedly tilted her sword to block the attack, but realised the force behind it was nothing to laugh about She had blocked just one hit, yet the hands gripping the sere aching already

But there was no time to remain stunned Sae-Jin continuously slashed with his sword Ferocious and aggressive, his swords that would not be found in any of the textbooks

Kwang- kwang-

Each time she blocked his blows, sounds similar to when bombs went off, resounded out Hye-Rin just could not believe that there was no Mana involved in his strikes

"Eu, euah!! Hey, wait!! I surrender, I suuuurrender!!!"

Their sparring didn’t last for long

She couldn’t endure the ional doard slash of Sae-Jin and lost the grip on her sword

"Ouch"

With a sorry-looking deed her hands that had a slight trace of blood

"Huh? I won?"

Sae-Jin dazedlyYi Hye-Rin’s pride as a Knight

She gritted her teeth and stood up

"…It’s because this isn’t the weapon I use usually Hey, excusebefore?"

Already, the honorifics she used had changed from Sae-Jin-ni this particular honorific schee, but here it is Basically, a "nim" is comparable to "sama" in Jap novels, while a "ssi" is kinda like "san" So, she’s stopped calling hi hihtly less respectful)

"No, I really haven’t So, should we stop the training here for today?"

"What do you h, you know?"

Yi Hye-Rin smiled forcefully and pointed at the various weapons stored inside the display cabinet She figured that Sae-Jin only possessed so out hot air through her nostrils, she picked up a spear

"A longsword doesn’t really suit my style Now, I shall demonstrate spear arts"

Hye-Rin confidently declared

And then, she lost exactly seven times in a row

But whatwas done with her main weapon, a thin-bladed two handed sabre

Unfortunately, she still tasted defeat, and with her pride trampled on, she ran off back to her horess?"

&8211; "I’’s terse voice could be heard fro you Just that, I’d like to let you know that in case you need any assistance or manpower, do not hesitate and ask me I’m sure you’ve heard of this already, but I a a Mercenary Co up"

"Ahh, wait a second"

Yu Baek-Song was really cold towards hi, the way she acted After all, she couldn’t even resist him when they meet, but over the phone, she was like an unta else as well"

&8211; "So, what is it?"

But seeing that she didn’t end the call first, there

"The Lycan said that, there’s a suspicious hotel"

This was the inforiven to him by Ki from the Lycan, all in order to hide that man’s Trait

&8211; "Which hotel?"

"Not sure It was just a hotel"

&8211; "Are you er in Yu Baek-Song’s voice Ki that she was like an angry cat or so the Lycan seriously now?"

&8211; "…No, that isn’t it However, he can’t just say it’s a hotel Is he trying to say we ate every hotel in the country?"

"I know, but still, please try your best I want to help, but as it’s still early days for my Merc Company, I too lack the necessaryspat out a long sigh, and unwillingly replied that she’d do it

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