After speaking with Lord Simon regarding the civil officials, I went to the basent with Sophia and others.
Aside from the teleportation gate room, there’s a newly made spacious room.
The ceiling was as high as gymnasium. The walls were enchanted with powerful barriers, it wouldn’t be disturbed by even so magic attacks.
This was the training ground we built for ourselves.
Today, I’m helping Sophia, Maria, and Marnie rust off from their pregnancies and childbirth.
I continued to train with Kaede, Akane, Laeva, and Lulu-chan, but Sophia, Maria, and Marnie were prohibited from doing intense body movents from the mont their pregnancies were confird until their childbirth.
But a while after our babies were born, Sophia who was very particular about being my escort had said that she wants to start training again. And because of that, Maria and Marnie also wanted to train to be full mbers again for the first ti in a long ti.
I had two practice poles in my hands. It was two short sticks.
Fundantally, my main weapon was usually the Ice Bringer. I use one handed swords as my substitute weapon in a lee, but so as to not overdo it in this sparring match, I am going to spar with the intention of training to handle two sticks.
My opponents were Sophia and Marnie.
Sophia was equipped with a one-handed wooden sword and a circle shield.
Marnie was dual wielding daggers in combination with martial arts.
「So, shall we begin?」
「「Yes!」」
I loosely held my weapons and readied myself in a seigan stance[1. A Kendo stance where you hold your weapon towards your opponents’ eyes.].
The first to make a move was Sophia.
「Ha!」
I easily avoided the wooden sword swinging from overhead on a downward diagonal, while maintaining the awareness of drawing a circle.
I imdiately countered her attack with an upward swing.
I gently guided to one side using the stick.
「Fuh!」
Sophia stepped in with her circular shield and initiated Shield Bash.
Instead of back stepping to dodge, I sidestepped to Sophia’s blind spot.
Kah! Kan!
As if waiting for that mont, Marnie lunged with a dagger combo, but I deftly parried them.
From there, Sophia and Marnie coordinated their attacks against .
Partway through, magic casted by Sophia targeted , but I defended myself using the weakest barrier magic.
Our 2v1 sparring match continued for several minutes, but then Maria joined in with a practice spear, so it turned into 3v1 sparring match.
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Akane and Laeva looked fed up as they watched the sparring match that was happening at a speed that ordinary folk couldn’t keep up with.
「……am I the only one who feels scamd when he says he’s got a production job?」
「Laeva also thinks Takumi-sama’s production job is strange.」
「Yes~ Isn’t it cool, nya?」
Lulu watched the four’s spar with sparkling eyes.
「Sophia, Maria, and Marnie had taken a long break with their pregnancies and birth, but what is this 3v1?」
「Moreover, Takumi-sama hadn’t gotten attacked even once.」
Among their companions, the one with the highest level was most certainly Takumi, but in reality, his abilities went beyond his status and levels.
Everyone among Takumi’s companions also had a downgraded version of Takumi’s blessing, granting them with a growth boost but it would be a mistake to compare them to Takumi.
Takumi’s body was a vessel created directly by Goddess Norn when he had descended into this world. Moreover, he was personally granted divine protection. The boost given by this divine protection upon leveling up was also enormous.
Status alone does not decide a fight, but the three who had an lengthy gap since their last fight could not keep up with Takumi’s speed. Furthermore, their battle senses had dulled, causing them to fall for Takumi’s skillful feints.
「Well, that’s impossible even those of us who didn’t take a break.」
「That, is true. Sophia-san and the others are already finding it difficult to coordinate their attacks after their break too.」
「We can’t just watch. Let’s do our best too.」
「Lets!」
「Yes nya!」
Akane, Laeva, and Lulu began a mock battle amongst themselves as well.
Akane and Laeva were purely rear guards, but that did not an that they neglected close quarters combat. In a ti where their magic power runs out, it would be necessary to have the skill to fight in close combat if they want to survive.
The people outside the barrier who watched the party’s intense mock battle were dumbfounded.
Lumia, Elizabeth, Freesia, and Rosary had co from a tea party to observe.
「……Takumi-kun was that strong?」
「……my only impression of him was being buried in work or making sothing, but…… how amazing.」
「Sophia…… did she really take a break until childbirth? Didn’t she beco too strong?」
「I had heard from my husband that Iruma-san was an excellent adventurer, but…… I did realize just how amazing he was.」
Lumia had heard that during Triaria Kingdom and Divine Empire Sydnia’s conquest through the Savage Lands, Takumi’s party played a major role in the war near the Sanctuary alongside the Trination’s alliance of Valkyra, Yggurle, and Lomaria Kingdoms. However, seeing this spectacle unfolding right before her very eyes left Lumia dumbfounded.
Elizabeth and Rosary could not follow the party’s offense and defense with their eyes. They only knew that it was amazing.
Freesia knew that Sophia was renowned for her prowess even among the Chivalric Order during her daughter’s ti as a knight of Yggurle Kingdom. Freesia could tell that despite the long break Sophia had taken due to childbirth, she had beco far stronger since that ti. And she found it unbelievable that the trio that included Sophia could not land a decisive hit against Takumi.
Their training session lasted two hours, with Akane and the others subbing in several tis.
Once the training was over, Sophia and the others had collapsed from exhaustion, and while there had been an accident where Takumi and Akane had to look after them, but Sophia, Maria, and Marnie felt a pleasant sense of fatigue from having been able to train intensely for the first ti in a long while.
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