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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 31

Adjusting to the Ogatorf Mansion was easier than I expected..

I think it was great to introduce it by removing the part about it being related to Ragnis so that there would not be any unreasonable consideration or criticism. I happened to meet a child who seemed to have some talent and brought him in. The sincerity he showed after introducing himself was enough to win the favor of the family members and employees..

Except for Cheryl, who had a very hard time with her, there was no one who disliked Eldmia, the epitome of hard work, sincerity, and competence..

"It's chilly."

I think it's been about a year and five months since I was hired by Sir Ekaf. After coming to the capital, at this time when winter begins to approach, I remember the time when I first met Asilier and I feel lonely..

Although I certainly lived quite hard, I didn't feel like time passed that quickly this time. Still, there are many things that can be called change..

15As I got older, I grew a little taller, to the point where no one would believe I was 15, I gained more muscle, and my sword skills improved. She achieved great results by learning how to refine Aura and being able to apply it, allowing her to use her magic more skillfully..

I could tell that there had been a change not only in me but also in Asilier through the letters we constantly exchanged. A story about how her horse, which she had raised for a long time, is about to die, a story about cutting her hair a little shorter, a story about how, after Alicia's persistent requests, she is now staying at Alicia's inn and going to check on her cabin from time to time, etc..

8I felt reassured because all the stories were good, except that the words that had been with me since I was young were slowly being said today and tomorrow..

It's been 7 years since the war against the Demon Lord's army, and I think it's really fortunate that we haven't heard any bad news..

More than anything, I was most fortunate that the guy who destroyed my life didn't seem to be dead yet..

"Eldmia!"

The now familiar cry of Cheryl, vaguely heard from afar, instantly awakened my consciousness. Her cries, which she never called twice, had to be revealed sooner than they could be responded to with her words. I grabbed the leather gauntlets and practice long sword I had prepared and ran..

It is not far from the lodgings where the family squires are staying to the garden where Cheryl is. Did it take 30 seconds to run with all your might? Even though it was February, I approached the girl who was standing in the middle of the garden where roses were in full bloom, and politely handed her the gauntlets and long sword I was holding..

"receive."

The eldest daughter of the Ogatorf family, with her well-maintained platinum-blond hair tied up and wearing riding clothes with her arms crossed, turns her head towards me and sparkles with the same violet eyes as the matriarch Ekaf..

I looked straight into his eyes and maintained my posture. Since she was originally a servant, it was polite to bow her head and kneel down on one knee to support her, but she was an exception..

If you avoid looking away, they will hit your earlobes and if you kneel, they will kick you in the face. I fucking don't know why. They don't hit other guys, but they hit me..

Even though more than a year has passed since their first encounter, this obnoxious little boy maintains his same eccentricity. I was convinced that this was absolutely not puberty or anything like that. It's just something I was born with..

From as short as 3 seconds to as long as 10 seconds. Sometimes he makes unidentifiable eye contact to the point where I wonder if he's in pain, so I think it's just that, and I'm thinking of it as a time to carefully examine his face..

hmm. I think the red eyeliner worked better today than usual..

I think about this every time I see it. Cheryl is cute.

If it wasn't cute, I would have been beaten until my buttocks burned in the evening..

Since that hasn't happened yet, he should be at least vaguely cute..

Sheryl Tsushin Ogatorv, a nerd with a reputation at the academy, made eye contact for a few seconds, then nodded and accepted the sword and gauntlets. That unidentified behavior now feels like a ritual of sorts..

"Take a seat."

There is no need to answer. She really hates trivial answers. So I quietly stood across from her and positioned her, putting on her gauntlets and holding her longsword..

After a short silence, without any signal, Cheryl leapt forward and swung her sword. Exactly, that is the signal. The sound of bladeless swords clashing against each other began to fill the garden. This was my morning routine for the year I worked as an exclusive butler..

It wasn't such a strange position at first..

I was a worker who worked hard, watched hard, exercised hard when I had time, and just did my job..

Of course the job was done well. Except for etiquette, everything related to work was ultimately accomplished within the bounds of common sense and knowledge, and with memories of my past life remaining, I was able to understand once what others had heard three times..

When you are told to level things with a shovel, you are like a senior sergeant next to a bunch of little kids wondering what leveling means. Of course, there was no task that could be said to be completely new, and I was treated as a child who understood quickly and was a smart child who could even do mental calculations, and began to stand out in all kinds of tasks..

However, the balance that had been maintained to some extent began to deteriorate sharply after winning the sparring that was suddenly proposed when less than three months had passed..

It was clearly a friend who was going through the process of becoming a trainee engineer. He was a friend who was seriously letting his guard down because he was dealing with a child four years younger than him, and he was also a friend who was so clueless and incompetent that he couldn't understand what it meant for the head of the family to spar with him directly. When you think about it, she was a pitiful friend, but I didn't even think about paying attention to her, so I just knocked her out with a single punch to the chin..

Ekaf, who already knew of my skills from the beginning, belatedly understood why I staged such a play, but he had already become the exclusive butler of the Ogatorv family's small household..

It was a memory that suddenly came to mind as I looked at Cheryl, who had made a similar attack to that trainee friend and was now counterattacked by me..

"say."

I'm a rambling girl, but thanks to the past years, I've developed the skill to understand even when Cheryl speaks nonsense..

This means that you don't know what you did wrong to be hit back like this, so speak out loud..

"Unless a person is well-covered with mana, they will die or get injured if they are cut by a sword.."

Cheryl is smart. Even if something obvious comes out of the other person's mouth, she does not try to refute the obvious and has the calmness to listen to it until the end. She is now only 15 years old, but perhaps it is the difference in education she received, and she is different from the peers that often come to mind in my mind..

It was annoying to have to tell that 15-year-old kid that if he did this, he would die, if he did that, he would die, but I thought it was because the world was like that and moved on..

"But if the cuts pile up and you bleed too much, you die.."

"...I only aim for attacks that are too big?"

I am also good at listening to stories, comparing them, and organizing them. So smart.

"That's it. I think practice is like real fighting, so it's good to do your best to kill your opponent, but it's not very effective because it's too easy to understand.."

When I relaxed my posture and nodded again, Cheryl, who understood me at once, came in with a thrust this time. However, since he came in more than a step deep with the intention of piercing the opponent, he flicked it lightly to the side, held the blade, and swung with a cross guard aiming for Sheryl's forehead. Pop. And even though it stops almost right in front of him, Cheryl doesn't close her eyes. His eyes are focused precisely on the end of the cross guard, just below his left pickled radish eyebrow..

I think this is real talent. Isn’t he actually a past life or reincarnation??

"They say that the sword in your hand is a weapon, but not just the blade.."

"Why did you say ‘he did it’??"

"Because that’s what I picked up too.?"

Even if I was reincarnated, I am not a talented person..

8Even though he is walking down an amazing path of losing his hometown when he was young, killing a flying dragon knight (guess) from the sky when he was 14, and meeting a famous knight in the kingdom and training repeatedly to seek revenge and achieve his goal, it's just that. I'm just mentally ahead of others..

I don't have the skills to show off and teach others. Because most of it is other people’s knowledge.

"Why can't I pick it up and listen to it?."

Cheryl's left pickled radish twitched and twitched. Ah, I don't know why, but I'm on the verge of getting upset..

"You're so busy and you even go to the academy. Unless the teachers tell them, they are all just ordinary people, so what do they know?."

It wasn't wrong. In terms of simple swordsmanship, the Ogatorf family is just as good or better than the Royal Academy, but not inferior. The academy has the advantage simply because being able to learn a variety of disciplines and experience and learn other things is a huge advantage..

Even after Cheryl, who was somewhat convinced by my answer, calmed down her complaints, the sparring continued for an hour with a short break..

Although it was not an easy task, Cheryl showed only the slightest signs of exhaustion towards the end. She pondered whether it was the power of bloodline or early education. After leaving Cheryl, who was sweating so much that it was worthless in the early morning cold, to the maids who waited on her for a bath, I returned to the squire's quarters, washed up, and prepared to change clothes..

Every time I saw him, I put on my burdensome butler's uniform and pocket watch, sprayed on my business perfume, and then put on my long sword and belt and quickly ran to the main building..