NOVEL NEXT chapter 38
38 – The hero is weak (2)
Although the hypnosis application was resolved in a haphazard way,
With Lindsay’s current state, there was no way she could accept the request.
Lindsay, the princess, and Alice joined forces to fully enter training mode.
The days of training continued in the forest near the village.
Although I was worried about the saintess’ meaningful words,
It wasn’t for a day or two that the saintess made strange plans or had a bad personality.
Since it would be a loss to care too much, I also focused only on training.
And after a few days, the princess who saw my footwork said,
“caiman. It seems that the lower body has been trained to some extent.
… no. This is a much faster growth than expected. Great.”
“thank you!”
I bowed down and expressed my deep gratitude to the princess.
Praise makes even porters dance.
“Punch!”
The Pelicana guy also started patting along.
Certainly, training in footwork is a common achievement between me and Pelicana.
If this guy didn’t come out and play with me steadily,
I wouldn’t have been able to train it enough to be satisfactory to me like this.
The princess smiled softly and raised her wooden sword.
“So Cayman. From now on, I will teach you the imperial swordsmanship.”
“… thank you!”
I bowed once more to express my gratitude to Master.
After receiving my 90 degree greeting, the princess scratched her cheek in embarrassment.
“… Even though swordsmanship is only one movement.
The move you will learn today is the stab.”
“Poke… you mean.”
“yes. It is an action that merely thrusts the sword forward.
It is the beginning of swordsmanship, and at the same time it is also called the end.
It is simple, fast, and has strong destructive power.”
Saying that, the princess aimed the wooden sword forward, then stepped forward vigorously and stretched it out.
It is a simple yet elegant and beautiful posture.
“… Would you like to try it?”
“All right.”
After receiving the wooden sword from the princess, I swallowed in a gulp and began clumsily imitating the movements the princess made earlier.
Step your foot like this, and stretch your arms quickly!
I thought, but it came out with a bad posture.
It’s not that fast, but the tip of the sword shakes very messily.
“… caiman. Do you see the problem?”
“… The sword doesn’t seem to move as neatly as Risha-sama.”
“yes. The reason is that you tried to stab the sword with your arm.
Do not bend your arm first. like this… ”
The princess corrected my posture.
“The stab is mainly made up of movements of the lower body.
The arm doesn’t move that much.
It is to aim precisely at the place to stab in advance, and approach it with the movement of the lower body and stab it.”
“… okay… ”
I had another realization.
550 days to become Sword Master Caiman.
are delusional.
“Pun!”
Pelicana guy, it looks like he’s laughing at me.
Is it because of the mood?
***
“hey. This is called lateral movement.”
I quickly moved my feet out to the side in an empty lot.
It is important to extend the foot in the direction you want to go first so that your center does not collapse.
“Pun!”
Pelicana chirped as she flapped her wings.
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Maybe it means cool.
no no
“And this is a lunge, this is a thrust.”
I stepped forward, stepped forward, and stabbed the wooden sword deeply.
The imaginary enemy lost his life in an instant from this.
At first, the sword wobbled in a mess, but now it seems to have gotten pretty straight.
“… And this is called Shift.”
I recovered from the lunge position in an instant, like a spring.
“Pun!”
Pelicana just seems to have no idea.
Well, it’s not even a day or two that this guy doesn’t have an idea.
Certainly, with only the steps and thrusts taught by the princess, a somewhat swordsmanlike appearance began to emerge.
I’m satisfied.
And today is a memorable day for me.
Because for the first time, I received a request from the Adventurer’s Guild by myself.
It’s because I heard a heartwarming story that a group of herbivores, Epona, appeared nearby.
It was a secret to others. Because I wanted to surprise you.
In the first place, everyone is busy with Lindsay’s training.
Epona looks like a goat. It seems to be just a wild goat.
There’s a bit more of a smaller size.
It is not easy to catch because it is a fast and timid animal,
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My lunch today… No, it’s going to be our lunch.
Like this, when everyone is working hard on training, it would be nice to give them health food, so they secretly accepted the request.
I’m sure you’ll be happy. Thinking of Lindsay’s bright expression, who will be receiving my food, already gives me strength.
From my observations of Epona while working as a porter,
At my speed, I calculated that I could now hunt enough for Epona.
“Hey, that guy… ”
“He’s a boring guy who got caught up in an ultra-pretty girl party.”
“Why are you here alone today?”
“Keeet! Caiman = Award!”
“no. gold line. There are not one or two Golden Suns who went missing while trying to touch him.”
I got a request and got mixed up with a group of novice adventurers who went hunting for Epona.
I heard all sorts of whispers here and there, but I ignored them.
This is not the adventure I was imagining.
And why does the golden sun stand out wherever you go?
Rogue is such a popular class?
They’re just criminals stealing other people’s things without permission.
Well, I only participated to get meat anyway. I will never be involved with these guys again.
“Mehehehehe!”
“Hey, this is called ‘footwork’.”
With a lightning-fast run, I approached Epona’s side, away from the pack, and plunged my hunting knife deep into it.
The boy couldn’t even scream properly and died.
Still, it seems that I sent him off cleanly thanks to my excellent swordsmanship.
“Catch it!”
“No, that guy… too fast!”
A group of other beginners clamored to catch Epona, who was zigzagging in an evasive maneuver, but
I lightly ignored everything and lightly carried Epona’s corpse.
I have already achieved my goal.
For today’s cooking, I plan to use the meat from the back and front legs of this guy.
The rest should be trimmed and sold to the guild.
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My purpose is fresh meat, but if I sell Epona’s hide and meat, I’ll get a moderate amount of extra income.
Because wild animals are quite tasty in this world, it seems that the position of adventurers is getting higher.
If they weren’t delicious like this, everyone would have worked hard to raise livestock.
You have to raise something like cattle,
You can’t beat the delicious wild animals roaming around grazing on grass grown in mana-rich places.
“… .It looks like he’s still training.”
I arrived at the clearing in the forest where our party is using as a training ground.
Looking at it from a distance, it seems that the training over there is still unfinished.
Rather good. After the training, we can all eat delicious food together.
I unpacked my big luggage and started setting up the cooking utensils.
The goat meat was stored in an ice box that I designed myself, so it seems to have had a similar effect to refrigeration.
It has been recently caught and the storage condition is good, so there will be little catch due to fat deterioration.
Besides, since Epona is small, rigor mortem shouldn’t be that long.
Even taking that into account, it will be hard and tough because it hasn’t gone through the minimum aging process.
That’s why I’m going to boil soup today.
It would be nice to boil it together with other medicinal plants and mushrooms that I dug up beforehand to make a special goat hot pot.
Today, I didn’t add any poisonous mushrooms or NTR mushrooms that make me feel strange when I eat them.
Instead, wild matsutake mushrooms have a very rich and luxurious scent.
If you stir-fry the goat meat in the prepared special marinade, pour water and boil it, the broth comes out.
If you add the trimmed vegetables and mushrooms and boil it, the Caiman-style goat hot pot is complete!
Stir constantly to prevent ingredients from sticking to the bottom.
In the end, you just need to do the liver adjustment perfectly.
Imagining the scene where my colleagues will be happy to eat this dish already brings a smile to my face.
While I was stirring the hotpot, I heard a voice from the side.
“I heard it smells delicious somewhere, so you must be cooking?”
Keck.
It’s a voice I’ve heard a lot, but it’s not a very pleasant voice.
When he raised his head from the hotpot, there was a saintess in front of him.
Blonde, curly hair, long hair, emerald eyes.
A navy blue saint’s attire that reveals her body.
It looks like a doll, but it has no meaning,
The saintess smiled and looked at my boiling pot.
“… Holy Lady.”
“Did you cook it for me, porter?”
“no. This is for Lindsay who is struggling… ”
“Hmm… ”
“… I prepared it not for you, but for my beloved Seria!”
Come to think of it, I had to seduce this b*tch, right?
But it doesn’t seem like the seeds were eaten.
The saintess puffed out her cheeks and got angry at me.
“… I’m sorry porter. I bought a lot of delicious things for the porter… .!”
… Well, that’s what it was all along.
I am careful to repay what I received, whether it be grace or enemies.
Even if the opponent is a nasty NTR fanatic and a villain pretending to be a saint.
“sleep. Holy Maiden, Aang-”
I dipped a fork in the goat meat that had been shredded in a bowl for tasting, dipped it in the sauce, and handed it to the saintess.
“ah-“
Why do you open your mouth and close your eyes?
You are unnecessarily pretty.
When I put the meat in her mouth, the saintess began to purr happily.
“Ehehehehe, drink it… ”
If you look at it like this, it’s just okay.
Yes, it seems that she is a saint.
If you date me, you will be able to eat these delicious dishes every day.
So, I want you to give up on NTR or whatever.
Now that there’s no one to NTR with, I guess you didn’t give up?