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Minasan Oidemasu! This is Yukkuri demasu!
Isaac…Don’t play with fire……
As always,
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Author:
すずの木くろ (Susunokikuro)
Translator:
Yukkuri Oniisan
Editor, Proofreader:
TheDefend
Chapter 79: Divine Soldiers
The morning of the next day.
Just like what he had declared before, Valin returnedon dawn and joined Kazura and Valetta in the breakfast.
There was a brief break after the breakfast, soValetta and Kazura were chatting while listing the Japanese goods that need tobe supplied in the notebook.
Since Kazura would depart once more to Isteria inseveral days, he was carefully reviewing his list so that there wouldn’t be anythinghe forgot to buy.
After a thorough review for about 30 minutes, Valettasaw Kazura off in the entrance of the residence as he headed towards Japan.
Then she nimbly washed the dishes on the washingfloor. Afterward, she carried the laundry basket and bucket with soap outsidethe residence.
She headed towards the village entrance and walked tothe aqueduct where the river water flowed.
「(As expected, I wanted an aqueduct that always has flowing water inside thevillage.)」(Valetta)
During the time where they didn’t send the water tothe village’s reservoir, the water that the waterwheel pumped would be returnedback towards the downstream through the water channel in village’s entrance sothere was no water flowing inside the village’s aqueduct.
Because of that, when the village’s reservoir was fulllike the current situation, it was necessary to go outside the village to usefresh water.
Before Kazura arrived in the village, the water forcooking and laundry would be taken from the river using buckets or jars thatthey need to transport back to the village, so they would use the watersparingly.
Compared to that time, their daily life had becomemuch more convenient, but as you would expect, she wants the daily life tobecome even more convenient.
By the way, the current waterwheel installed in theriver had been returned to the waterwheel that Kazura had brought from Japan.
Valetta arrived at the water channel and found theservants of Isaac’s unit already did their laundry beside the channel.
Valetta greeted the servants and just like them, she squattedbeside the channel and fetched water with the bucket. Then she put the soap in herlaundry and began to wash it thoroughly.
About 10 minutes later, all of her laundries had beenwashed completely, so she stood up and look over the surroundings.
Not far from the water channel there was thecampground where numerous tents were set up. The carriages were parked beside it.
Valetta searched the outskirt of the campground andfound a certain person’s figure. While carrying her laundry, she made a smallrun towards him.
「Isaac-san, good morning.」(Valetta)
Isaac, who was conversing something with the nearbysoldiers, turned back when Valetta called him and then made a smile to her.
「Good morning. I apologized to show up very late at night yesterday. HasKazura-san already returned to God’s Realm?」(Isaac)
After dismissing the nearby soldiers, Isaac made surethat there were no people around before asking for Kazura’s whereabouts.
「Yes, he has departed just now. He said that he will return temporarily atnoon tomorrow, but it is possible that he will need to depart back to God’sRealm once more.」(Valetta)
「Is that so…… Even in Isteria, Kazura-sama has been truly assisting us withhis utmost effort without sparing any time for the sake of our country. WhenKazura-sama returned, please let him have a leisure time during the duration ofhis stay in this village in one way or another. If there is anything that Icould do to help, please inform me.」(Isaac)
Isaac said this with a smile. There was not theslightest arrogance a noble usually have that could be detected in his words.
Valetta was happy that he was really different fromthe other nobles.
Havel and Nelson also had been polite in treating her,but Valetta sensed that there was a difference if compared to Isaac.
As long as he was at Kazura’s side, he might be themost dependable person for Kazura, no matter what happened.
「I understand. It might be sudden, but there is something that I wish to requestfrom Isaac-san. May I?」(Valetta)
「Of course. Please speak the words.」(Isaac)
「I hope you can teach me martial arts.」(Valetta)
It was an unexpected request from Valetta that madeIsaac taken aback.
「Martial…… arts? Can I ask why?」(Isaac)
When Isaac asked back, Valetta made a seriousexpression at him.
Though, since she was one head shorter than Isaac, Valettaneed to look up at him.
「When the village was attacked by bandits, I was filled with fear andcouldn’t do anything. Therefore, if something like that happened again, I wantto be able to fight properly.」(Valetta)
After she said this, Valetta seemed to be a bitconflicted whether or not to continue her words. Even so, since she noticed Isaacalso looked at her with a serious expression, her resolution strengthened.
She would speak the truth to this person.
「I want to protect Kazura-san. For that reason, martial arts is also necessary.」(Valetta)
After Valetta said this, Isaac smiled gently at her.
「Martial arts is also necessary?」(Isaac)
「Yes. Martial arts is also necessary.」(Valetta)
Then Isaac became silent for several second, and afterone sigh, he began speaking.
「You may have stated that you want to protect Kazura-sama, however, martialarts isn’t something that you can master in just one night. If it is thetechnique to protect people, then it would take even more time. Furthermore, theopportunity for me to come to Grisea Village is limited. I am afraid that Ican’t help Valetta-san learns military arts.」(Isaac)
「That might be true, but please, if Isaac-san could teach me the basics andthe training methods then even if Isaac-san isn’t here in the village, I couldtrain by myself.」(Valetta)
Isaac frowned at Valetta’s words.
「How many times do you think I could visit Grisea Village in one month? Youmight say that you will train by yourself, but if you pick a faulty habit whenI’m not there, it could be irreparable. Furthermore, I think that Valetta-san didn’tsuit for a fight at all. I think Valetta-san should turn that effort to anotherpurpose.」(Isaac)
「……Then, please test me.」(Valetta)
「……Testing for what?」(Isaac)
Isaac looked puzzled at Valetta, who looked straight intohis eyes.
「Please have a match with me. If I win, then please teach me martial arts.If I lose then I will give up.」(Valetta)
「……」(Isaac)
Valetta made an astounding proposal, that the words 「What the heck is this girl saying?」was pasted over Isaac’s face.
However, Valetta didn’t show even the slightest suggestionthat this was a joke.
It was obvious that she was indeed serious.
Isaac let out a sigh as if saying “good grief”.
「Since you had say that far, then let’s have a match. However, if you lostthen this discussion is over. Will this be fine for you?」(Isaac)
When Isaac accepted, Valetta made a relievedexpression and smiled.
It was a smile as if she had already won the match.
「Yes, thank you very much. I want to dry the laundry first, so will you befine if we have the match after this?」(Valetta)
「I understand. I will prepare the equipment. Will you fine with sword andshield?」(Isaac)
「It won’t be a problem. Even if it’s a heavy shield, I will be fine. Also,it’s better if the location for the match is inside the forest at the outskirtof the village.」(Valetta)
「The forest at the village’s outskirt? I understand. I will head there afterI finished with the preparation.」(Isaac)
「Yes, thank you very much.」(Valetta)
Valetta made a bow and then with a light stride, she rantowards the village.
Even though Isaac felt rather unsatisfied by this, hewent to the campsite to get the equipment.
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30 minutes later.
Inside the forest at the village’s outskirt, Valettaheld a round shield and wooden training sword in her hand as she standing offagainst Isaac.
The wooden sword’s hilt was made from bronze, so itwouldn’t snap from the shock.
The shield was the one that usually used by thesoldiers, a round shield reinforced with bronze on its rim.
There was a leather belt handle for the forearm to gripinto so the shield weight could be distributed evenly.
Isaac and Valetta had the same equipment and the twostood 5 meters from each other.
「Umm, thank you for preparing this match. Then how we decide the victory?」(Valetta)
「Let it will be when one of us say ‘I give up’. Otherwise, we will decidebased on the situation as we go.」(Isaac)
Valetta asked with a bit nervous, while Isaac staredat Valetta with an indifferent expression.
While his opponent might be a small girl 5 yearsyounger than him, Isaac won’t be careless or going easy on her.
Isaac predicted that Valetta might be thinking that hewould surely be considerate for her.
However, he didn’t intend to live up to herexpectation at all.
If he goes half-baked and kind on her, then in thefuture, she might lose her life.
He will face her unsparingly, it’s for this girl’sfuture. Isaac’s hardened his heart.
「Then, come to me with your full power. So that there won’t be any regret, fightwith everything you have.」(Isaac)
「Full power…… is it?」(Valetta)
When Isaac mentioned full power, Valetta made aslightly uneasy expression.
It seems that she was troubled about what she shoulddo as she was asked to exert her full power.
「That’s right. Full power. Come at me with killing intent. As if to carryout a revenge against a hateful opponent, with full power.」(Isaac)
「E-even if you said it like that……」(Valetta)
「Then, imagine me as a foe who wants to kill Kazura-sama. A foe that wantsto rob the life of someone you treasured, and right now your hand will strike himdown.」(Isaac)
It was a strange way to fight, but so that there won’tbe any regrets arise later, Isaac attempted to have Valetta attack with herfull power.
Fighting while holding anger would make it hard tothink calmly, so this was not an actually good way to fight.
However, in the current situation, such fine detailscould be ignored.
Valetta, an amateur, and Isaac, a genuine soldier.There was a huge gap between their combat skills, instant judgment, furthermore,in their physical ability.
Attacking with her full power for her treasuredperson, even if she lost as the result, she would accept this, or so what Isaacthought.
「……Kazura-san’s… foe.」(Valetta)
Valetta muttered and quietly closed her eyes as shefocused her will.
「……」(Valetta)
She imagined Isaac in front of her is going to killKazura.
He swung down his sword and Kazura’s arm was loppedoff.
The body was pierced, blood vigorously gushed out fromthe wounds.
Cold-bloodedly slain, her beloved person crumbled downto the ground as a speechless corpse.
While such scene transpired before her, even thoughshe was near him, she couldn’t do anything, and only could watch that scene inshock.
In calm and quiet, she repeated this scene over andover again inside her mind.
The tragedy she constructed with such concentration, hadmade the darkish emotion, hatred, simmering and arise from the bottom of herheart.
She muttered in her heart, I will kill him, and hermind was immediately filled with killing intent.
「!?」(Isaac)
When Valetta opened her eyes, the air around her wasdifferent, that made Isaac unconsciously gulped.
Any expression had faded from Valetta’s face.
Inside the eyes that were staring at him dwelt a tremendousbloodlust.
Before he knew, the birds’ singing and the insects’chirping, that had always been in the background sounds of the forest, hadstopped.
「Here I go.」[1](Valetta)
With that short declaration, Valetta gouged the groundas she kicked it and rushed towards Isaac.
The 5 meters distance was covered in just a mereseconds.
In an instant, she collided.
At that moment, the wooden sword in her right hand wassweep sideways will her full power.
「Gugh!?」(Isaac)
That was not a skilled attack, nor a weak one, only astrong blow loaded will tremendous destructive power.
Isaac could barely defend with his shield thanks tohis reflex.
Together with a loud clang, the cacophonous impactsound, the unbelievable attack momentum was transferred to his hand from theshield.
Even though Isaac was staggered back from that fierceattack, he swung the wooden sword in his hand diagonally at Valetta.
Despite his unstable posture, it was a genuine attackwithout any intention of going easy for the opponent.
However, though he believed that the attack should strikeValetta’s shoulder, the sword only cut through the empty air.
「……」(Valetta)
Valetta had agilely turned and barely evaded Isaac’s attack.
She immediately back-stepped and jumped 2 meters backward.By gaining a distance, she corrected her posture.
She dropped her waist low, once more kicked the groundand traversed the distance in one go.
Again, she put her whole strength in a strong sidesweep attack.
Thinking that she would use the same attack method forthe second time, Isaac timed so that when at the same time when Valetta’s swordmet his shield, he would also pull the shield back to stymie Valetta’s slash.
「What!?」(Isaac)
But the moment Valetta’s wooden sword impacted to Isaac’sshield, Valetta let go of her sword in her right hand and gripped at the edgeof his shield.
Utilizing the reverse momentum, he was forcibly pulledforward by an extraordinary strength.
「Guagh!」(Isaac)
He was greatly unbalanced and tripped forward as ifbeing sent flying.
Isaac completely lost his posture and fall to theearth, landing face down on the ground.
「I win.」(Valetta)
Valetta pressed the edge of the shield on Isaac’s headwho was lying prone on the ground.
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Valetta too OP nerfplease! Also, did Valetta just use Shundo?
[1]It’s “Ikimasu!” in the RAW. If this is aGundam anime, perhaps she would say: Valetta, Gundam Grisea, ikimasu!