The "Master swordsman” who was reincarnated, wants to live freely - Chapter 125

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As I returned back to the academy with Iris she suddenly started talking.

“By the way, don’t you have any plans today, Mr. Schweiss?”
“I do. I was going to take my time and relax once I get back to the teacher’s dorm”
“…Does that even count as a plan?”
“Ahaha, resting is something worth planning you know. If you’re on the move all the time you’re bound to get tired”
“That’s true, but…”
Well, I could’ve told her that I would also try to get some work done – But that’d be a lie.
Once you’re exhausted, you’re exhausted. And though I deem my job as a teacher as quite hard, it’s also that I have to be Iris’ bodyguard, so I need to have some power left over for that.

“But… You’re asking me about my plans… So that you can ask me to join you in your training, then?”
“! I-Is it wrong to ask…?”
I had the feeling that this is what she was planning, and it turned out I was right.
Once their classes are over Iris and I, and Alia too, meet up for training. As of late, the abilities of these two have become obviously so much more than what it was before.
Especially Iris – She has become able to even block the swings of my sword.
I originally became her escort because she lacked any real fighting experience… But she has had plenty of experience as of late. – But to realize that she’s come this far is actually a little heart-rendering as her escort.

“It’s not wrong in any way, but I think that if I allow this now I will always get my days off impeded like this…”
“T-that’s not the case. It’s just, you don’t have any real plans… So please…”
She averted her gaze, as her face had gotten a little red.
If you were to look onto us from the sidelines you might think that she had invited me on a date of some sort – But since it’s Iris, it could’ve been nothing else than an invite to a sword training, so I unconsciously started laughing.
I then left out a small sigh and answered her.

“Right. Well, if it only happens every so often, I do not mind. Well then, shall we meet at the usual spot later on then?”
“! Y-Yes, please. I will prepare right away”
“No, you don’t have to be so hasty about it. I will take a short rest first, and then go”
Iris nodded in response to what I said and quickly headed towards the dorms. … She nodded as if she understood what I had said, but I already know she’s going to head over right away.
Behind the academy, there’s a forest. Iris and I always use that place for our training sessions.
There are barely any people that come there, and the field is more than wide enough for our use.

(Soon enough I’d have to actually have to have an actual dual with Iris, huh)
I thought to myself. – She has already experienced plenty of battles where they’d come to take her life.
The level of training I apply to her is of course with those kinds of battles in mind… But perhaps it will not be enough to train her just like this.
For example, when I use my “Invisible”, I force Iris to respond with one of her own techniques. – And Iris, as she is now, is actually able to sustain the hit.
I don’t do this because I am a knight, not because I am her teacher, but because she’s my disciple.
But if you really think about it, this still doesn’t change much. But if Iris gets stronger, it gets a lot more relaxed for me, is how I looked at it at first.

“Well, I will first go to my roo—!”
I suddenly felt a presence closing in on me, and without thinking about it I prepared to fight.
The one that appeared before me – Was a girl, dressed in a black coat, sunglasses. I remembered meeting this person before.
“Fwha, as expected from Alta Schweiss. To sense my presence that quickly”
“! Lady Eina”

Part of the Farmea Empire, and daughter of the Empire’s Grand Marshal, Eina Bodel. Of all people that could have appeared before me, I least expected it to be her, so I hid my surprise best I could. It was the first time I had met with her ever since we fought against the Shadow Apostles.
She came here back then for a tour of the kingdom, but I had never imagined I would meet her again after that… Especially not in such a sudden meeting like this one.

“What, you didn’t even notice, even with these clothes?”
Eina frowned as she took off her sunglasses. As I saw her face it was without a doubt Eina.
… However, without her usual army uniform, she’s got a rather different kind of vibe to her.
How should I put it? Her usual clothes look like the clothes Remyl wears as her formal knight wear.
And to top it off, this outfit really falls apart when you can see her tights due to her short pants. 

“Now that I true to remember, this was really what your voice sounded like, huh. No, sorry your whole atmosphere is different from what it was like before, so I couldn’t put my finger on who you were right away”
The design of Eina’s cover was actually I had seen before. It was when I went out together with Iris and Alia.
We didn’t talk about it at that time, and we soon got busy with Alia’s ordeal, so this wasn’t really something I remembered that well.
But now that I saw it again, I knew – Still, why was she here?

“Why are you here, Lady Eina? This is the academy’s grounds, so…”
“That’s something I’d like to ask too. You are a knight of the Kingdom, right? So why are you in a place like this then?”
…That being said, have I never told Eina that I was a lecturer at the academy?
She knows that I am a knight, but she must not know more about me than that.

“I am a lecturer here actually. It is actually linked towards my job as a knight though”
“Ooh… Is it also relevant to your job as Iris’ escort then?”
“That’s unmistakably right. I just happen to have my day off today. So then why are you here, Lady Eina?”
“Fwha, is it that strange that I am here? Isn’t it just perfect that a sixteen-year-old like me.. would be here just like any other student of my age?”
“…I don’t find it strange that the daughter of the Marshall himself would be here, but why come alone?”
“No, I came here with a few subordinates, but I have them wait on stand-by. And Mersche – Well, you’d know without me saying. I just had some business here. Coming here is part of my military duties actually.
“You have work affiliated to the army here at the academy…?”
“I figured that the academy Iris goes to would be perfect, so I came here for some talks. Well, I suppose you’d suffice in that regard. Truth is, I am going to study abroad, with a program from the Empire”
“I see… A study abroad — A study abroad?”
Without thinking about it I answered her. Eina laughed and nodded.

“Wauw, even you have a face showing surprise. How cute – Not really though, just unexpected. But the fact that you’re a lecturer here really makes things interesting. I had meant to look around a bit more… But I think I will choose to commute here”
Eina declared.
The study abroad of the Empire’s Grand Marshall’s daughter – She just made this decision right in front of me.