Legend

runk.
I also didn’t know you were a friend of Rei.
Please forgive us.
Take this money as apology for the inconvenience.」

One of the men took out a silver coin from the pocket of the man called Plage and handed over to Baslero.

「Oi, why did you take that from my pocket……」

The man tried to complain, but had his mouth held down by his friends the next moment and was dragged towards the table.

「……」

The gave a bow with a bitter smile towards Baslero, who was just watching him silently.

「Hey, sorry.
Besides, we’re not stupid enough to pick a fight with one of Rei’s friends.
Could you accept this and call it even?」

For the man, he had known that Claws of the Hawk had had all their belongings taken from them in a fight.
Because of that, if the price of accidentally messing around with Rei’s friend was just a silver coin, and it wasn’t even his own money, then he would be happy with that.

「Take it.」

「But, teacher……」

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At Rei’s words, Baslero looked uncomfortably at him, but still received the silver coin given to him with reluctance.

「Ehem, sorry about this.
I’ll tell him when he sobers up.」

Saying that, the man returned to the bar.

Seeing him off, Rei gave a small sigh and went to the guild’s back door.
Then they headed out towards the training grounds.

Baslero also followed after Rei with an unsatisfied look.

「Rei-san!」

Rei and Baslero arrived at the training ground.
And a voice greeted the two of them and Set.

The voice came from a yellow haired man who looked a little older than Rei.
A thin sheath that didn’t seem to hold a long sword hung at his waist.

(An estoc?　It looks like he has a unique weapon……is he a friend of teacher?　Since he’s here, I guess he’s an adventurer.)

While looking at the person who had greeted them, Baslero whispered to Rei.

Rei wasn’t particularly concerned about Baslero’s question and raised his hand in reply to the person who had called out to him from the training ground.

「Hasta, sorry for calling you over all of a sudden.」

「No, no, don’t worry about it.
I have to be cautious about taking on requests in winter, especially since I hunt monsters.
I would rather you invite me to get some exercise.」

「……Isn’t it tough to solo hunt monsters in winter?」

Because he had grown up in the mountains of Tohoku and knew about the dangers of winter, Rei had decided not to take on any monster subjugation requests during this season.
However, if Hasta, who was weaker than him and had no partner like Set, told Rei he was taking on requests, he would be worried.

Hasta shoook his head with a wry smile at Rei’s words.

「Of course, I’m not thinking of going out solo at this time since that would be reckless.
I’ve formed a temporary party with some people lacking money.
Well, that’s enough about that story……who’s this kid?」

Hasta asked as he looked at Baslero.

「Ahh.
At the request of the guild, I’m supposed to teach him how to fight for about a week.
Baslero, this is Hasta.
A solo D rank adventurer.
After yesterday’s training, I negotiated with him to help you with today’s training.」

「Nice to meet you!　My name is Baslero Cisne.
I’m receiving combat training from Rei-san!」

Hasta’s eyes went wide when he saw Baslero give a vigorous bow.

「You have a last name……」

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「Ahh.
He’s the son of a Baron.」

「That is, well……for a noble to receive combat training from Rei-san……」

Hasta knew that Rei’s main weapon was the Death Scythe, a huge scythe, and inadvertently turned to look at Baslero.
However, although it was still a bit short, it was still a sword than hung at Baslero’s waist.
No matter how he thought about it, it wasn’t a scythe like the Death Scythe.

Rei probably guessed what Hasta meant when he looked over like that.
Rei gave an involuntary smile.

「Well, for that reason, I’m going to ask you lend a hand today Hasta.
I don’t use a sword, so my way of teaching is distorted.
In the first place, it’s my own style.」

「Even if you say that, my own sword style is one that was taught to me by a senior adventurer you know　It seems that he learned his swordsmanship from another senior, and that senior had learnt from an established sword school……」

「I’ll be in your care!.」

Baslero listened in to the conversation between the two and gave a large bow.

Rei’s training had taught Baslero the importance of defense and avoidance, it was now ingrained in his blood.
Still, Rei’s weapon was a scythe and it was a fact that it wasn’t enough to teach Baslero, who used a sword.

……But he were to say such a thing to Rei, he would have been scolded so thoroughly that he wouldn’t be able to speak a thing.

「I understand.
Well then, I’ll be your sparring partner.
Is a mock fight fine?」

「Yes, that was how teacher taught me.」

「Is that so.
……Come then.」

As Hasta said that, he pulled out his own estoc from his sheath.

Baslero took a deep breath when he couldn’t spot any gaps in his stance.
Still, when Baslero looked towards Rei, he thought to himself as he pulled out his sword from the sheath at his waist.

(Is this what a D rank adventurer that isn’t teacher is like? His strength is amazing.)

Exclaiming to himself, Baslero gave a shout to raise his spirits under the pressure from the man who was ready to thrust out his estoc at any time.

「……Here I come!」

Along with that shout, he dashed forward to close the distance.
It was an attack he judged impossible for a weapon like an estoc, which specialised in thrusting, to block.
Certainly, it was difficult to block a sword with the very thin blade of an estoc.
However, that was only true if it was used to block.

Hasta didn’t show a particularly surprised expression and pulled back a step to avoid it.
As soon as Baslero’s sword passed by him, he quickly stepped forward to thrust out his estoc.
The next moment, the tip of his sword was touching Baslero’s neck.

「Your attacks are quite sharp, but you’re conscious about them.
It’s better to be more conscious about defense.」

In this way, Baslero’s sixth day of training went by as such, tossed around by the sharp attacks of Hasta while Rei watched on from the side and Set slept on the ground.