Legend

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And, here is my son, Baslero Cisne.
Baslero, say hello.」

Prompted by his father, the boy called Baslero took a step forward.

「Nice to meet you.
My name is Baslero Cisne.
I am very happy to be trained by Rei-san, who I’ve heard a lot about in the city.」

His clever words despite his age of 10 was probably due to the education he received as a noble.
Rei thought of that as he looked as Baslero, who had bowed his head energetically.

「Well then, greetings are done with.
……Ah, yes.
Ashie, sorry, but could you get some tea for me and Baslero? All the herbal teas you make are delicious.」

「I understand, master.
I will prepare some immediately.」

Ashie, who was waiting near the wall, gave a bow before immediately preparing some tea as Mouet had asked for.

「Now then, please sit down first.
I will explain the request as we drink the tea.
……As you can see, my family are poor nobles, to say the least.
Though this may sound sarcastic if I said this to a poor person.
……However, as a poor noble, I’m glad to just own a residence with a yard.
Well, I can’t afford to hire a person to take care of the garden, so I have no choice tbut to manage it myself.
……All that said, I take some pride in the herbal tea made from the flowers in the garden.」

Mouet recommending Ashie’s tea to Rei with such an attitude was very unlike that of a noble.

Rei also knew how delicious the tea was, so he spoke as he raised his cup.

「Ah, it’s definitely delicious.
It’s taste is good enough to be sold at a store.」

Saying that it wouldn’t be strange for it to be sold at a store, Ashie’s cheeks turned red.
Rather than seeing Ashie as a maid, Mouet seemed to treat her more like a daughter.
Next to him, Baslero also smiled happily seeing Ashie praised.

It was fine for Rei to continue the conversation for a while, but his reason for being here was to take on a request.
Rei spoke to the three people, who had created the atmosphere of a family gathering.

「So, about the request.」

「Ah, I’m sorry.
Let me see, as described in the request form, I would like to ask you to provide Baslero combat training.」

「I-I will be in your care!」

Baslero sat down as he gave a quick bow.

「……No, wait a minute.
What you just said, what to say……」

Most people would have thought the same thing, but Baslero was just a 10 year old child and Rei was a bit confused as to why he would need combat instruction.

And, Mouet probably expected Rei’s reaction.
He brushed the head of Baslero, who was sitting next to him, with an awkward smile.

「Yes, I know what Rei-kun wants to say.
You want to say that it’s meaningless to have such a young kid undergo combat training for just a week……」

「Well, yes.」

Rei agreed with Baslero’s words.In the first place, combat instruction was only for a short period of time, it didn’t mean that he would be able to learn anything.
In Rei’s case, he had Zepairu’s knowledge and his own amazing physical ability and enormous magic power.
If they had the experience of fighting in the mountains as Rei had, they might be an exception, but ordinary humans would be unable to imitate him.And more than anything.

「My style of fighting is basically self taught.
It’s not from some sort of school or anything.」

(Well, since the Death Scythe was created using the Magic Beast Art, it can’t be helped.)

Even in this world of adventurers and knights, there were very few people who would use a scythe as a weapon.
If one wanted to use a weapon with reach, the spear was the most popular.
Rei was the only person in Gilm, Baar or the dungeon to use a large scythe, which was overwhelming harder to wield in comparison to a spear.
Of course, Rei wouldn’t be the only one in the world to use a large scythe, but there were few enough people wielding one for Rei to understand the difficulty.

「To put it nicely, it’s a combat style that I have refined in actual combat, but there may be some problems for nobles to learn it.
Of course, it won’t be an issue if the other party is just sparring for practice, but in that case, there’s no point in learning my combat style.」

「Yes, I know that.
I know……but to learn a noble’s sword technique, you would have to go to an appropriate school to learn their sword technique.
And of course, the schools which nobles attend are expensive.」

「……I see.
」

(This mansion……no, I wonder if it’s big enough to actually be called a mansion.
Anyhow, just looking at this residence, they are not likely able to afford that.)

While understanding it in his mind, Rei spoke up again.

「I understand the reason.
But……is that all right with you?　As a noble, to learn my style……no, to receive instruction from someone who’s style is best expressed as unorthodox.」

「Yes.
Because I don’t think there’s a right or wrong way for strength.
If you’re strong, you’re strong.
If you’re weak, you’re weak.
That’s all there is.
In addition……」

Baslero had a bitter smile on his face that didn’t seem to match his age.

「My father has said this already, but poor nobles are only nobles in name.
It wouldn’t be strange for us to lose it at any time, so I would like to have the necessary skills in my hands for that time.
Luckily, the city of Gilm has a good environment for living as an adventurer.
……In that sense, it might be fortunate for us in all the bad things that happened that we were driven from the Imperial Capital to Gilm.」

「Uh……it makes me feel weak when you say that so easily……Rei-kun, how about it? 　The person himself has also said he doesn’t care about the means to become strong.
Can I ask you to provide him with combat instruction?」

Saying that, Mouet gave a deep bow.
His modesty and humbleness probably came from his struggles of being a poor noble.
Next to Mouet, Baslero also gave a polite bow.
Standing near the wall, Ashie also looked towards him as if pleading.

A few seconds passed in this state with looks from the family and the maid.
Eventually, Rei gave a big sigh.

In the first place, this request was one of the conditions of ranking up in a sense.
He hadn’t thought of refusing it from the beginning.

(And, my style’s not the best, but it sounds like something I can do to spend my time in winter.)

Thus, for a week, Rei would instruct the son of a noble on how to fight.