The "Master swordsman” who was reincarnated, wants to live freely - Chapter 86

Translator: Darling | Editor: Nebosuke

After I finished the training with Iris and Alia, I returned to the teacher’s dorm.

During our training, Iris kept coming up with excuses like, “It’s not that I can’t swim” or “My body just doesn’t float in water”.

I never really said anything about not being able to swim but…

“….hm?”

As I stood before my room I felt a presence inside. Someone had actually allowed themselves into my room. It was someone I had actually planned to meet after dark.

“Don’t just enter my room like that, Knight Captain Remyl Ein”

“It is one of us superior’s jobs to check on the livelihood of our people”

She said as she looked around my room. With her long red hair, she checked my room.

Truthfully said, my room is meant to be easy to enter, and easy to leave.

A closet with my clothes, a desk with a fitting chair, and a bed to sleep in. That’s about it.

There is really nothing of interest… And still.

“I’d say this is impeding onto my privacy though”

“Well, such a step is needed for something like love as well”

“Ahaha, I’d say that if you just get into someone’s room unasked, especially that of someone you like, you will get nothing more than a cold reaction though”

“I was more talking about some enthusiasm though”

“I think it’s more like a disease though”

“You really don’t understand my feelings if I tell you I want to meet you again soon, do you?”

As Remyl left out a sigh, she sat down on the chair. Perhaps she’s not saying anything strange though.

“Did an emergency occur perhaps?”

“.. Hm, On the spot, as always”

Remyl said as she put on a smile.

It is almost always a case of an emergency when she comes to seek me out directly.

Remyl folded her arms and started talking.

“Firstly, I’d like to ask you about your personal condition”

“Nothing strange here. Just living my fun teacher’s life as always”

“You don’t sound that excited”

“Ahaha, well the paperwork that I have to do leaves me quite busy”

“You were busier as a knight I figure”

“You say as if I am a knight no more”

“Hm, just a joke. Well, what about Alia?”

“Alia came back as herself. You don’t need to worry about her anymore”

At least Alia won’t leave Iris’ side on her own regard any longer. She’s even obedient to the things I tell her during training.

At first, she wasn’t really someone I could really understand, but ever since she forgave me we’ve become closer.

As always she’s saying a lot of things that get Iris worked up.

“Is that so? Well, I won’t worry about the things I entrust you with. How about Lady Iris?”

“She too is, as always, continuing her training with great pleasure”

“The way of the sword—? I’d like it if she would actually involve herself with duties related to when she’ll become king though”

“Well, the one that decides what she does is she herself”

“So you say, but it isn’t that easy. …Whatever, I didn’t come here to talk about that today. –Let’s talk business. You remember the Swordsman Gang, right?”

“Of course, I defeated them after all”

The Swordsman Gang — A group of warriors that one by one host considerable power. They don’t fear death, and they always seek stronger and stronger opponents. They reminded me of who I once was. 

But the fact that their name is brought up again.

“You say this name… Have they shown up in the Kingdom again?”

“No, not yet. However, the Fortresses that the Kingdom uses to guard the realm have been under assault. They haven’t been demolished completely, but there have been six places where they’d been attacked. And these are quite major attacks too”

“I see… That could be pretty serious then.”

An issue regarding the safety of the Kingdom — And it seems to be related to the power of the Swordsman Gang.

In the current state of the Kingdom, there are very few who can actually cross blades with the Swordsman Gang, and that’s a problem.

Most knights wouldn’t even be able to reach their feet… They’d be scattered all over the place.

“At these six attacked places, five of them are being occupied by a member of the Swordsman Gang”

“Five? But with six places, there is bound to be one more, right? You’ve yet to confirm the last one?”

“About that…”

Remyl frowned and clenched her teeth in reaction to what I had said.

Instead of those five, the last one is coming to the kingdom – That also seems rather unlikely.

Remyl left out a small sigh and said,

“The Swordsman Gang member that attacked the Belbasta Fortress is called Roel Kresta. We’ve found his body inside the fort. So he is already not our target anymore.

She said, without hesitation.

“You’ve found his body? It wasn’t just a knight who had fainted then?”

“… This was already long after the knights had taken serious damage. And the knights stationed there were all of considerable strength too.

According to a high ranked knight, it was a single girl”

“A girl?”

“Ye, we’re now gathering information on her too. We’ve confirmed that she stayed in a nearby town. Her name is Ruino Tomura.

“–Tomura?”

“! Do you know anything about her?”

“No, that’s not it?”

In response to Remyl’s question, I muddied my words.

Tomura is quite a rare surname.

I can’t assume that I know her by any means, but there are some things I’d like to figure out.

“And you’re saying that this Ruino girl killed one of the Swordsman Gang?”

“It might be hard to believe, but she easily defeated him. It would be nice if she was any form of ally though, but… We’re at the moment still investigating her movements”

“I see… So, you want me to deal with the Swordsman Gang, then? I suppose that their objective is me, isn’t it?”

“That seems highly likable… However, the damage we’ve taken is of concern to the whole kingdom. We’ve already had a meeting with the five Knight Orders, and we’ve decided on our countermeasures. 

— And you are to be going to a town called Rilei. It’s next to the beach”

“!The beach you say? Quite the timing eh?”

“What do you mean? You’re going to the beach for class?”

“Yes, well it seems rather likely”

Though I say so, it had already been decided.

The Southern fort – Rather than that it is built to keep foreign forces out, it is actually meant to keep demons out.

“We’re already aware of the peculiarities of the Swordsman Gang. They’re likely to stay in one of the nearby towns — But they might also come to the kingdom itself as well, so we’re fully mobilizing the knights in the kingdom as well, to protect the people there too.

Still, we have little clue about what the Swordsman Gang is about to do… But you won’t be alone. The Black Wolf Knights will assist you with the Swordsman Gang member hiding in Rilei”

“Understood. However, I am already being sent there as a teacher, so shall we make my students stay in a town a bit further away? Prepare your scouts as well”

“Of course, understood. I will make sure it happens”

Though it was already meant to be like this by the academy, I am no matter what heading for the beach.

The work keeps coming in – Seems like I still can’t relax, not even at the beach. …Now that I think of the beach, I remembered one thing”

“Sorry for changing the subject, but if we’re talking about knights, they’re all able to swim, right?”

“Of course. It is a knight’s duty to save the lives of people – We train them to even swim in places with a considerable stream. Even if you’re not able to, you’d really need to do so anyway”

I can swim. I’ve even had training to swim together with another person under my arm. … It seems that swimming really is a necessary skill to have.

“You ask me this but… Why? Is there someone who wants to be a knight but can’t swim? If that’s the case, maybe you should teach them how to once you’re at the beach”

“Hahaha, yea that might be for the best”

“Hm, might be the right choice, as a teacher. This isn’t about Lady Iris, is it?”

I laughed but didn’t say anything in response to Remyl’s question.

Remyl too laughed but frowned and looked at me again.

“Is it?”

I sighed in response to her question.