The Yagami Akira Claude is a legitimate nobleman, born into a county family.
　Unlike Sydonier, he is the third son of a legitimate wife and has the right to become the head of the family in case of an emergency.
　However, he has no intention of doing so.
　You're not going to be able to get a good deal more than you'd like.
　Besides, Claude chose the path of the sword with the intention of getting out of the house.
　Even though the empire is a large country with a vast territory, the family situation is almost the same as other countries.
　The eldest son of the legitimate wife was educated as the heir and the second son was raised as a reserve.
　The second son is raised as a reserve. The third son and below can either become his brother's vassal or blaze their own trail by their own resourcefulness.
　Claude knocked on the door of one of the major schools in the imperial capital and quickly rose to prominence.
　At the age of 17, he was given a full license, and by the time he was 19, he was one of the most talented fighters in the imperial capital, not to mention the dojo.
　Then he was welcomed into the ranks of the Eight Divine Brilliance with a series of military honors.
　His brothers looked a little complicated, but his parents were very happy.
　The Eight Divine Brilliance was the Empire's proudest and greatest fighting force, and in some cases, it was a position where even the royal family could be detained.
　Since his son was named as one of them, it would be unnatural not to be pleased.
　Such a Claude was highly sought after not only by the people but also by the nobles.
　A man who was born into a noble family and received a passing education as an aristocrat was still easy to relate to the nobles.
　The elf Wilhemina, the orphan Bartolomeus, and the upstart adventurer Manuel are incomprehensible to them.
　Sidonier, the concubine's son, and Villy, the son of a lowly nobleman, are also different creatures from them.

''That's why I'm caught in the middle of the board for thinking like that.

　Claude blurts out to himself.
　Strength isn't everything for Yagami Akira, but you have to be strong to serve.
　I wanted him to understand that much.

''Oh well.''

　Claude stood up and armed himself and walked out of the premises.

'Are you out, Master Claude?'
Yeah. Nenbu.

　What Claude calls nenbu is fighting demons.
　Basically, he throws them to the adventurers, but occasionally he thwarts them.
　This is a consideration of Jereminias, who wants to ease the adventurers' burden, while also ensuring that Claude's real-world instincts are not tainted.
　With the information he secretly received from Yereminias, he moves on.
　Claude is a swordsman, but he is proficient in some of the auxiliary magic.
　He has come to the western part of the empire, an untouched forest far from the forts and human settlements.
　There will be some adventurers here who have been asked to thwart him in the same way.
　Yereminias's information also states that they are out on request to adventurers.
　In other words, if it's not that, it's okay to do it.

(In the meantime, it's empty.)

　It's no secret that Yagami Akira is thinning out demons, but he doesn't want to be witnessed.
　Claude goes as far back as possible and moves closer to the fierce-looking sign.
　Then he encounters a metal worm about five meters long.

'A metal worm?'

　The Metal Worm is a demon whose skin has become as hard as steel as a result of eating minerals since he was a child.
　They cannot be wounded by ordinary weapons and can only be repelled by magical attacks.
　It is a demon that without preparation, even a first level adventurer would struggle with it.
　With a smooth motion, Claude drew his sword and then slashed and sheathed it.
　The time between these actions was about a hundredth of a second.
　It took more than a second for the metal worm's body to shift up and down and red blood spray to gush out.
　He dies without even having time to understand that his body, which the sword should not be able to pass through, has been cut in half.
　【Sonic Crossing Sword】.
　It is a powerful technique that slaughters enemies with a slash that reaches the speed of sound.
　This technique, which is the strongest profound technique for a first level adventurer, Claude uses it as just the basics.
　The demons supplemented by him die without knowing that they have been slashed and without realizing how they will die.
　This is the strongest swordsman in the empire.
　''It's [Sword Saint] Claude.

''The metal worm is dead!

　He gently left the scene with his transference magic as he heard a surprised voice.

''In terms of cutting, with a single sword? Were you such a stupid ...... special class adventurer?''

　The remaining adventurers raised questions, but they didn't know the answers.