Volume 1 Chapter 9 (1/2)

The Long Journey Until I Reunite With You

What I, As A Foolish Child,

Aimed For

Shalt has been pretty down He's been sitting on the

floor hugging his knees in the corner of the weapon shop

「Oi, stop being like that and

cheer up will you~ It’s not like I was bullying you or so」 (Velt)

「It’s not that It’s just, it

was shocking Hoeak I was Even though I believed that I could

join the hero and spread the light of justice」 (Shalt)

「Well, you were able to learn

soht? There are countless people in the world on't play

fair」 (Velt)

「But」 (Shalt)

Our duel ended, the spectators dispersed, and the

atreed to the

outcoave him bruises

with ht any further The old man

at the weapon shop told me I didn’t have the qualifications, competency, talent

nor readiness, but Taira said the opposite, giving ly frustrated

look

「Velt, have you not decided on

a weapon yet?」 (Taira)

「Hm? Ah, not yet After all,

there’s nothing that givesRather, is it really

fine for ?」 (Velt)

「Yeah Today’s fight was

interesting after all In addition, it was a good experience for the path Shalt

is taking」 (Taira)

Against my words of protest, Taira had raised his

voice

「If you’re a kid like

Shalt Then between the artisan Hasan’s Lightning Blade and the favored

sword of the Dragonslayers, the Dragon Buster Sword, it would be difficult for

you to choose a weapon right aouldn’t it?」 (Taira)

「It’s not that, I don’t know

how to handle weapons like that you knoant to carry around so

shorter, lighter, and easier to wield」 (Velt)

「Easier to use? But shouldn’t

you find a weapon fit for your spells? For example, since Shalt’s forte is in

wind and icea rapier」 (Taira)

「I’m the opposite I’ll first

find a suitable weapon, then learn spells to combine with it」 (Velt)

Taira was unbelievably generous For some reason he

praised le weapon I wanted With an

amount of money I’ve never seen before, he mainly used this store which

attracted customers and admirably carried out its duties without a problem

Well, it’s not like I kno to properly wield a weapon anyways

「Fu~n」 (Taira)

「Wha-What is it?」 (Velt)

「Well, it’s as I thought In a

way it’s shallow, but your way of thinking is a bit different」 (Taira)

With Taira’s words, I internally retorted with, 「That’s how it is」

In actuality, e is 17

「To tell you the truth, when

Shalt first ca weapon like the

Dragon Buster Sword As expected, he longed for the age of brave warriors,about that kid’s constitution and

ic techniques, I chose the rapier as his most suitable weapon」 (Taira)

「Err, exactly what do you want

to say?」 (Velt)

「Kids pick up weapons because

they yearn for thematic compared to

when Ifor a weapon focused on functionality

As I thought, you’re not ordinary」 (Taira)

「Heroes, huh It’s not like

I have much of an interest in em’ In any case, it’d be fine if I were to

become an old man that tends to his crops」 (Velt)

「That are you serious?

Recently the princess has been borrowing agricultural books from the castle library」 (Taira)

「No, she’s not related to it」 (Velt)

A brat that doesn’t seem to think like a child That

ht be how I am

For exa about baseball, it’d

be like a beginner ai to be a pitcher or cleanup hitter That’s how children

should be, full of possibilities However,was efficient and

unlike like a child’s wasn’t it If I were to give an example, I would be the

type of person ould start with the drea Because of that,

Taira was somehow internally conflicted due to me

「Hey Velt Don’t tell anybody

else about this, but in two years, Shalt will leave this country after he

graduates and attend the Great Empire’s national military academy」 (Taira)

「The Great Empire’s national

military academy? By that, you mean in the center of the continent Where

heroes and the like go?」 (Velt)

「That’s right The center of

the continent, where the royalty and aristocracy first began, the number one

educational system in the continent where mankind’s most talented child

prodigies gather The princess will also be going there after two years」 (Taira)

I’ve heard about it before The academic city where

humanity’s elites and the wealthy assemble Frankly somewhere I have no fate

with

「So, what about it?」 (Velt)

「Then, once those two graduate

from the military academy they will immediately enlist in humanity’s united

army」 (Taira)

「To participate in war?」 (Velt)

「That’s right」 (Taira)

Even though it’s not related to me, when it comes to

so in war, it’s Difficult for me to say To be

frank, there is war in this world, and I have heard ofto ruin from it, but I have yet to understand ar is In my time as

Asakura Ryuuma, the world I lived in had many wars But, I didn’t have interest

in any of theh school students wouldn’t have any interest

either That is, I was in a world where I didn’t have to take up arms to end a

war, there shouldn’t have been any anyone with eighth grader’s syndrome who

would either War was so I’d see on the other side of the television

screen, it was a world with no relation to me

(TN: 8th grade syndrome = chuunibyou syndrome

Basically where solory, and

sometimes act upon it)

With sarcasm, I asked, 「I wonder, since General Taira knows that I have no intentions of

participating in war, does he think I’e

as e the world with his strong will after

all」 (Velt)

However Taira didn’t seem to mind with his response

「It’s not that Shalt and the

princess are hard workers, and aside fro powerful, they have clear

goals in mind That is what the other kids will also No, in this day and