The "Master swordsman” who was reincarnated, wants to live freely - Chapter 2

Translator: Darling | Editor: Walker

It has only been a few years when the memories of my past life had returned to me, Alta Schweitz. I had no family or any title of my own, I only had the name Arta which was given to me by the orphanage that I was in. It was only when I became 5 years old that I first came into contact with magic.

It was then I remembered that I was formerly the swordmaster Raoul Izarufu. While this is the memory of my past life, I can’t say for certain whether I was reincarnated or not. 

After all, there’s no way to prove that I was Raoul, and I don’t really have the intention to spread that as a rumor either.

But for me, to have gained the knowledge in regards to swords and magic, that’s good enough for me.

I was recognized for those talents, and I was accepted as the adopted son of the noble Schweitz family and I began to perform my duty as a knight for the kingdom. And so, I became the youngest knight in the kingdom.

Of course, I don’t have the intention of making that public.

Knights have their own classes and being a first-rank officer, I was in a position where I had relatively more freedom than the others.

If you were to ask me what I would want to be if I were reincarnated, I wouldn’t be able to answer you about the question. It’s just that I would like to try out things that I wasn’t able to do before this. I don’t really want to put in too much effort. In my previous life, I only became stronger in order to fight. With that in mind, since I hold Raoul’s memories, I think I might succeed in doing it. All I want to do is to quickly earn money from my job, quickly retire, and live a comfortable leisurely life.

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“Took down more than half of the monsters and you took out the pack leader, and the casualties from our side were 0. There were a few wounded, but almost no damage was inflicted on our side overall. Excellent work, first-class officer Alta Schweitz.”

“Thank you very much, Captain Lemille Ein.”

I said while bowing my head.

Laying her elbow on the desk while reading over the report is a woman called Lemille Ein. She is the leader of my squad, the Knights of the Black Wolf. Her hair is long and red, tied neatly behind her head, and she wears her knight’s uniform in a slightly more casual style. The area around her chest being slightly exposed is something that I occasionally thought about whether it’s ok as a knight but it seems like that kind of thing varies depending on the group. So, I guess those kinds of things are allowed here.

“So, I’ll get compensation for the number of monsters that I have defeated, right? “

“You shouldn’t be talking about money all the time. Why worry about such a thing when you’re still young? Is the Schweitz household in such a tight spot?”

“Regarding the Schweitz household, even if I weren’t earning any money, there wouldn’t be any issues. My stepfather, who’s the current head of the household, is an amazing person after all. I’m just a greedy person and that is all.”

“So, it’s not really something to be concerned about,” I answered.

It’s only natural to feel happy when you earn money after all, and being able to save money feels good. Depending on whether you’re going to buy a house in the countryside or in the city, the amount of money that you need to save will change over time.

(I guess I’ll eventually have to decide on that huh… Personally, I think I would prefer the countryside.)

“By the way, captain, are you someone who prefers the city? Or do you prefer the countryside?”

“Are you really ok with this being your pick up line? You’re absolutely sure, right?”

“You’re getting the wrong idea. I’m talking about where you would prefer to live in the future.”

“I mean, if you’re going to propose, you should be a little bit more romantic than this. Besides, our age difference would cause quite the ruckus you know.”

“Sorry, it was my mistake of asking you that kind of question in the first place.”

Right after I said that, Lemille just laughed and said that she was just joking.

That’s just the kind of person she is. For me, it just makes it easier to talk to her. Although sometimes she can just be a pain in the ass.

“Well, you’re free to choose whether to live in the countryside or city in the future, but while you’re still young, let’s talk about the ‘now.'”

I’m getting a bad feeling about this. Lemille took out one sheet of paper.

On it was the portrayal of a young girl along with several lines of information.

“Hm? I think I’ve seen this person before…”

“Well, yeah. After all, this is Miss Iris Reinfell, the daughter of the Reinfell household’s head and in this capital, she is known as the strongest knight. The Reinfell family is one of the four great noble households as well.”

I took the sheet of paper that she handed over.

“Maiden of the sword” ― is what she’s being called it seems.

Combining both swordsmanship and magic, she is unparalleled as a magic swordswoman. While she is a woman, she stands out among the highest swordmasters, and indeed, at the tender age of 15, she deserves to be called a genius swordswoman. I haven’t exactly spoken to her, but I have seen her once. I remembered her behaving in a very dignified way.

“The four noble families… So what happened with this lady exactly?”

“I would like you to protect her.”

“Whaaat?”

I instinctively yelled out.

Looks like my premonition was right.

“It’s an escort mission, haven’t you done it before?”

“I mean, I have but… Escorting the maiden of the sword…”

I mean, is this even necessary? Or so I thought to myself, but I probably shouldn’t say it out loud though.

Lemille let a small sigh.

Look, I know what you’re trying to say. Even she’s saying that an escort isn’t necessary. But we’ve been seeing some suspicious activity lately.”

“Suspicious activity…?”

“Yeah. We’re currently investigating the matter, but even in this country, Miss Iris is a noble with widespread public support – she’s one of the candidates to become the next emperor. Whatever the case, there’s no way we can allow such a person to go unguarded.”

“Even if that’s the case, why me?”

“According to the mistress: ‘I have no intention of being protected by someone who’s weaker than me.’ She certainly has guts, I’ll give her that, but because of that, there really weren’t too many people that we could dispatch immediately for this mission. The only one that we could dispatch immediately was just you.”

So, rather than being chosen, it’s more like I’m the only one that’s available for this mission it seems. Indeed, looking for someone who’s stronger than the maiden of the sword would be pretty tough on such short notice. And it seems like any candidates outside of myself are already out of the picture.

“But it seems like Miss Iris also attends a school… Is it really OK for me to just stay close to her?”

“You don’t have to worry about that. We’ve already taken care of that after all.”

Lemille laughed cunningly.

I’m having a bad feeling about this all over again.