Chapter 60 (1/2)

Dragoon 60: The Young Man and the Hero

Rudel woke up early everya blanket over the forrandly over the center of the bed, he took up his weighted wood sword andwith a wood sword th of the blade Basyle had given him

There were a number of reasons for that Especially as of late… ever since he was professed as a White Knight, he felt power overflowing fro ic, it would run out of control, and if he flowed er maintain the mana in the sword's shape

Hesitating at his rapid growth, Rudel carried out the training required to control it When he practiced swinging his sword, the sound it made was clearly different from the other students around His movements as well, while the individual himself wasn't satisfied with them, from the eyes of those around, his feats already looked superhuman And to Rudel, everyone around exercised some tact, and no one would normally call over to him

But on that day there was an individual to call out His friend Luecke Luecke generally carried his research late into the night, so his s never started too early Yet noorewith a wooden sword in his hand

”You sure are energetic in the , Rudel”

”Luecke, how rare You didn't do research yesterday?”

Rudel stopped swinging his sword and looked at Luecke Wiping away his sweat, he tried to have a little chat Ever since Vargas Graduated, there were few students ould ever talk to Rudel in his training, so Rudel was delighted to hear Luecke out

”Can you lock blades withto end up the sa I can't bear”

Holding up his wood sword, Luecke took a stance for a sword style focused around thrusts Without thinking anything in particular, Rudel took a stance as well But in this circu instruction If there were any students capable of decently exchanging bloith Rudel, it would have to be Eunius or the upperclassmen

”You're not stepping in far enough And there's excess in your movements”

Parrying and repelling Luecke's thrust, Rudel pointed out his points of issue Luecke tried to stress on and correct them, but as he focused too ht into lowering his oooden sword, stopping it just short of his neck

”Hah, I guess it's too early foryour time”

”It's fine Rather, is your research going alright?”

”It's going just fine But I don't want to have things end as a loss, right? If I graduate with nothing but a loss against you and Eunius, I'ret it In that case, I have to do my best now”

As the two shed sweat, they wiped their brows and sat right over the lawn Looking up at the sky, it was high today once more

”More i? The first se pummeled around?”

”I wonder… last I saw of hi match after match with hihtfully surprised, and they said the way things were going, he'd pick up their techniques in no time”

Luecke felt some pity for Aleist as he turned talks to the cereo the year before

”That's a pity But that aside, the knight appointment ceremony at the royal palace is this week We were under house arrest so we couldn't attend last year, so we've got to get through with it this time”

It was an important ceremony where they would swear their loyalty to the country as knights As they were receiving disciplinary action the year before, the three of the part this year as well

”Ah, so it's been a year since then It really does fly by…”

”Given our status, the king will personally be appointing us as knights As the heads of the Three Lords are all gathering together this time, it seems the palace is in a festive mood”

As Rudel and the others were being appointed, the heads of the Three Lord Houses were dropping by the palace Hearing that, Rudel infor about it Even when Rudel had been recognized by the king, Luecke gave a bitter smile at the arses House's treatment of him

Another reason for the palace's revelry was that this would be Rudel's debut in high society The nobles showed so the individual who had received various forms of assessments Luecke and Eunius' fathers were no exceptions

”The bell's about to chi hall, Rudel?”

”Yeah, Euniusyesterday, he had a class he couldn't be late to”

”He really is no good”

The two of the hall By the time they arrived, a sleepy Eunius, and a si breakfast

Meanwhile, in the e the results of their experie cage, an ogre of black body and whitea seat It was only the prototype, but its perforh to satisfy Askewell

”I received a report that it defeated one of its own ogre brethren under our orders, but I never thought it would develop to such an extent”

As Askewell sees and gave her thanks But herout the experiht she would be able to achieve such results It felt almost as if all of it was contrived to work in her favor

”Your words are wasted on eneral”

”You're quite the stiff one, Mies But after reading a report on the experi Even if I look like this, I used to be the scholarly type, see I once intended to discard the sword I inherited and take up the scholar's path”

Hearing that unexpected tidbit, Mies was a little surprised It was thei the prince's face turn to a childish smile, Mies felt a little happy

”You, general? Now that's a surprise What sort of research were you doing?”