The Weakest Knight Became a Swordmaster, But Only in Dungeons - Chapter 13

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◈ The Weakest Knight Became a Swordmaster, But Only in Dungeons ◈

Chapter 13: Blue Flame Magical Beast (1)

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Instructor Rachel ordered the cadets to disperse, and they began leaving the training grounds.

After Elise left, I caught my breath and rolled my stiff shoulders.

“Um, Hazely...”

“!”

A sudden, chilling voice came from behind me, sending shivers down my spine. Startled, I swiftly turned around.

Violet, the female cadet with deep purple hair, had approached me like a ghost without my noticing.

Oh, it was Violet. I immediately relaxed.

“Violet? What is it?”

“I was wondering what you were planning for lunch. Would you perhaps like to eat with me...?”

Was she inviting me to lunch?

‘Well, this is new.’

It was the first time Violet had made a suggestion first.

Judging by the way she lowered her eyes and timidly fidgeted with her fingers in front of her stomach, she seemed to have barely worked up the courage.

I guess she felt close to me too. It made me happy to think we had definitely become friends.

“I'd like that, but maybe next time. I'm on cleanup duty today, so it'll be difficult...”

“I'll wait!”

“Huh?”

“...Ah.”

Violet looked me directly in the eyes as she answered quickly, then rapidly lowered her head to the side, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Her eyes spun round and round.

“I-I think I've put pressure on you. Please erase this cleanly from your memory, without leaving a trace...!”

“It wasn't that much pressure, though?”

“Enjoy your meal, Hazely...! I'll be going now...!”

Tap tap tap tap!

Without even listening to my answer, Violet retreated backward in that same posture like the wind until she reached the exit.

In an instant, Violet vanished from sight.

Both I and the cadets who had not yet left were taken aback.

‘She's really shy around people.’

Next time, I should invite her to lunch first.

Before long, the once-bustling training grounds were empty.

After training, the practice equipment had to be put away, cleaned, and oiled. Two cadets took turns handling the duty.

Today, it was my turn along with a female cadet named Lara Twislope.

‘Lara, a main character.’

She was the young lady of the renowned Twislope Swordsmanship House and Elise's best friend. She was also someone whose death I had recently prevented.

Lara was an important character who supported the protagonist Elise's mental state, so her importance in the original story could not be overstated.

Scurry scurry.

Rustle rustle.

Scurry scurry.

Rustle rustle.

I could hear equipment being moved from below my line of sight.

When I looked down, I saw Lara, a female cadet with pale-blue low twin-tails, moving about.

Even while standing, she only came up to my chest.

It was a source of insecurity she could not hide even if she wanted to.

Since we were not particularly close, we usually did not have private conversations.

So I thought that today, too, we would only exchange work-related remarks, finish the job, and part ways.

“Ron Hazely.”

“Hm?”

Lara suddenly spoke to me.

We were both carrying armfuls of training equipment.

“What were you talking about with Elise earlier?”

Lara glared at me suspiciously with sharp, catlike eyes.

It was the first private question she had ever asked me.

“We didn't talk about anything special.”

“Liar...”

“I'm serious.”

“I don't believe you! Elise wouldn't have chosen you for no reason...!”

“Exactly. Why did she say she chose me?”

I deliberately asked as if I knew nothing.

If I tested Lara, I might learn more about Elise's true feelings. Or perhaps uncover some unexpectedly useful information about Elise.

Elise was someone I had to protect and save in the future.

For my own survival.

Then Lara's face suddenly flushed red.

What was wrong with her?

“Y-You think I'd tell you that!?”

For some reason, Lara snapped at me and hurried away first.

We were going to clean the training equipment together in the same place anyway, so I did not see why she needed to leave first.

‘There's no proof, but it seems like...’

In the original story, Lara was not good at hiding her emotions.

In other words...

‘She might think Elise has romantic feelings for me or something.’

Elise was interested in my abilities right now, and she liked teasing Lara.

Some misunderstanding must have happened.

‘Elise... Are you teasing Lara again?’

Well, I did not know for certain.

There was no need to explain anything based on assumptions. If I tried, it would only make the situation stranger.

Lara and I began cleaning and oiling the training equipment together.

Lara kept glancing at me as though she were a violent-crimes detective looking at a suspect, but we did not exchange any more words.

Seeing that made me want to tease her.

I gave a short scoff.

“Stop staring at me. Do you like me or something?”

“What are you saying?!”

Lara's face turned bright red as she flew into a rage.

I quickly explained that it was a joke, but Lara only huffed like an angry cat.

Perhaps because Lara was beside me, the next part of the story naturally came to mind.

‘Chapter 1, Act 5.’

Because I had prevented the incident where the monsters grew gigantic, the tragedy of Lara's death had disappeared.

What would happen next instead was...

‘The Elise Rampage Incident.’

Some Demonkin possessed the authority to create Gates.

Elise's group would fall into a Gate created by a certain demonkin. That demonkin had been targeting Elise for a while and decided that this was the moment to act.

Demon Hiccup was not particularly strong. However, among the magical beasts Hiccup controlled, there was one especially dangerous creature.

Elise would unleash her hidden power, go berserk, and win.

But because it was power she could not control, Elise would nearly be consumed by it.

At that moment, Lara would successfully calm Elise down, but...

‘She'd lose one leg in the process.’

My gaze fell on Lara's bare leg beneath her training uniform shorts.

For the True Ending, Lara only needed to survive. In the original story, she reached the True Ending after losing her leg.

I really did not like that.

...Enough. Put aside the sentimental thoughts. Were there any tragedies in the third playthrough that were not completely awful in the first place?

‘Lara is important.’

Even thinking about the future, it would benefit me much more if Lara did not lose her leg. It would not negatively affect Elise's mental state either.

So I intended to eliminate the situation that would force Elise to lose control in the first place.

‘More importantly, there is something I can gain from this story.’

There was something in this story that Elise did not need, but that would be very useful if I obtained it.

Just thinking about it made my mouth water. Heh heh.

“?”

Whoosh.

Had she sensed something? Lara suddenly whipped her head toward me. Then she followed my gaze down to her own leg.

Her keen instincts seemed to have kicked in.

Whatever absurd conclusion she had reached, Lara began looking at me with shock and contempt.

“Per...vert...?”

“It’s a misunderstanding.”

I was just making up my mind to protect your precious leg.

...No, wait. Didn't that sound strange?

But I could not claim that something like a bug had gone by. A lie like that would not work in front of Lara's keen senses.

So I vaguely said that I seemed to have looked over by accident and caused a misunderstanding.

However, Lara only continued to glare at me suspiciously.

We finished the remaining work in an awkward atmosphere and left the training grounds.

* * *

One day, on a day off.

“Ho! We've arrived, Sister!”

A male cadet with pale-blue hair quickly got out of the carriage and lay flat on the ground.

“Step down comfortably, Sister! I, Henry, shall become your stairs! Ha ha!”

“...”

Lara Twislope, the female cadet with pale-blue low twin-tails standing by the carriage door, frowned as if she were looking at something disgusting.

“What a good brother.”

Elise Lorendia smiled brightly beside her, holding a lightly clenched fist beneath her lips.

Stomp! Stomp!

“Pugh!”

Lara deliberately stepped hard on her twin younger brother, Henry Twislope, as she got out of the carriage.

“Guh, Sister...!”

“Stop doing that kind of thing! It makes me uncomfortable!”

Lara snapped and stomped on Henry a few more times.

Lara and Henry were in the same year at Griffin Knight School. However, due to their family rules, they called each other older sister and younger brother.

Lara was the older sister who had helped Henry secure an engagement with the young lady he had a crush on. She was also a swordswoman Henry respected, so he cherished Lara greatly.

The three had accepted their first quest from the Griffin Knight School Quest Office and come here to carry it out.

As members of the knight school, they would eventually have to carry out missions. Their purpose was to gain experience first by completing quests from the Quest Office.

Elise ignored Henry and lightly jumped down from the carriage.

“Shall we get going?”

The fuming Lara and the fired-up Henry followed Elise.

“Sister, when danger comes, make sure to hide behind your little brother! Henry will protect you thoroughly!”

Henry swept back his bangs and gave a cocky grin.

His white teeth gleamed, and his face was full of confidence.

Lara deliberately refused to look at her brother, a vein bulging on her forehead.

“It’s an easy quest with nothing dangerous about it, so shut your mouth, Henry.”

“Ha ha! Our sister is so tsundere!”

Lara finally lost her patience and punched Henry repeatedly.

Elise merely laughed happily as she watched them.

The three arrived at their destination, an orc settlement, and easily defeated the green, hulking monsters known as orcs.

Finally, they photographed the scene with a magic camera and collected the monsters' cores.

“Tch, there was no need to reveal my true power… Weak little orcs. And our sister was amazing again!”

“Henry, shut up. My ears are going to rot.”

“Khh, Sister's insults! Even those are sweet!”

“Ugh!”

Henry acted up, Lara tried to hit him, and Elise laughed.

Then it happened.

Bzzzt!

Whoooosh!

“Huh?”

A Gate suddenly appeared beneath Elise's feet.

Elise helplessly fell through it.

“Elise?!”

“Damn it!”

Lara and Henry shouted as they ran toward the Gate with urgent expressions.

Elise had already vanished beyond the Gate.

“Henry! Wait here!”

“Sister, don't do anything rash! We should go to a nearby city and get help first...!”

“It’s too far!”

“Sister!”

Soon, Lara jumped into the Gate without hesitation. She did not want Elise to be in danger.

“Ghh!”

Henry broke out in a cold sweat.

Elise and Lara had already entered the Dungeon through the Gate.

Moreover, as Lara had said, the nearby city was not close.

Suppose he went there, asked for help, gathered a force, and returned here. It would not be strange for something terrible to happen by then.

Henry immediately left the orc settlement and ran to the coachman.

After quickly explaining only the essentials of the situation, he asked the coachman to request support from the nearby city's guard.

The coachman agreed despite the panic, then drove away in the carriage.

Henry immediately returned to the Gate.

“Sister, I'm coming too...!”

Henry swallowed dryly and threw himself into the Gate.

* * *

A generously sized robe, a shoe device that would not leave footprints, an ordinary sword, a canteen, and other supplies...

‘I'm roughly prepared.’

I had learned that Elise's group had accepted the quest and investigated their destination beforehand.

I also knew when Chapter 1, Act 5 would begin.

‘The day off during the week they accept the quest.’

That was how it happened in the story.

I pulled up my robe's hood, gathered my belongings, and arrived at the destination. Worried that Elise's group would notice me following them, I had kept a considerable distance from them.

‘The Gate.’

The Gate had already formed. Elise, Lara, and Henry had disappeared, leaving only their footprints behind.

They would be tackling the Dungeon by now.

And...

‘They'll meet Demon Hiccup, the Tamer.’

Demon Hiccup, the Tamer.

Hiccup's own combat ability was not strong, but Hiccup could control powerful magical beasts and monsters through Hiccup's own authority.

Hiccup was the one who enlarged the blue slimes in the original story.

My goal was to subjugate one powerful magical beast controlled by Demon Hiccup, the creature that would cause Elise to lose control.

Then Hiccup's remaining forces would stand no chance against Elise's group.

‘Shall we go?’

After lightly stretching, I jumped into the Gate.