"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

　With such a voice, Allogan heads to Ray with a magical sword.
　Waiting for it, Ray had, as usual, a death-size spear in his right hand and a twilight spear in his left hand.

"Huh!"

　Ray's left hand moves with a sharp expiration.
　The tip of the spear in the twilight, which was thrust out much later than usual, went straight to Alogan.

"You're going to make me!"

　wield a magical sword and play the spear of twilight
　but the next moment a huge death-size blade, which had been released a few moments later than the blow of the spear in the twilight, was thrust into Alogan's neck."

"That's it!"

　Vihela's voice echoes in the courtyard of Azimov's house.

"d*mn it! We have one weapon, but Ray alone is a coward!"

　Screaming, Allogan falls to the ground.
　The grass growing from the ground gently catches Alogan's body.
　When Ray came to Azimov's house, the grass in the garden grew as much as he could... he must have put it in place when he fixed the wall.
　It was now worthy of being called a fine lawn.

(But Azimov can't take care of the garden... maybe by the time summer comes, he'll be able to grow as much as he likes.)

　Watching Arogan lying on the lawn, Ray opens his mouth with his arms in a mistling.

"It's not so easy to do with two spears Alice.

　A two‐sword style requires holding a weapon in each hand.
　At that point, it requires a great deal of grip and strength, but compared to the two-sword style, Ray's weapons are death-size and twilight spears.
　Fortunately, Ray's original physical ability is so high that he doesn't mind having two long arms in both hands.
　In the first place, death size has the special ability to keep Ray and Seto from feeling heavy.
　For that reason, we could almost ignore the weight.
　However, there are other difficulties in the Nijiryu school.
　Unlike the two-sword style, weapons are long... that is, they are difficult to handle and often bump into each other.
　In fact, Ray had a hard time using it for a while since he first came up with a double-spirited style, and after practicing, he finally reached his current level.
　Ray himself, however, is not satisfied with the current situation.
　I didn't think I was two spears away, and on the contrary, I understood that my skill was still immature.
　That's why we need daily training.

"Well... can't I make it a two-sword style, then?"
"Of course. If you can easily master the two-sword style, it's increasing."

　Culotte muttered dumbfoundedly, watching the mock war.

(Two‐sword style... two‐sword style? I've always used the word "two‐sword style," but I've never seen a sword before. But if I were to put it into words, wouldn't it be like a two-sword style?)

　Ray thought that way, but I doubt the word "two-sword style" actually prevails in this world.
　However, it was the Zepail family who actually spread the word "two swords" from Earth like Ray, but Ray never knew it.

"Anyway, this is the end of the mock battle, right? I introduced you to Azimov as a bodyguard, but I didn't expect you to play the mock battle."

　I introduced Alogan and Culotto to Azimov yesterday and came back to his house again today to wait for the movement of Precious... Alogan, seeing Ray, challenged him to a mock battle.
　If Ray wants to improve his skills even a little to protect him, he won't say no. ... well, he thought it was just right for his training, and thus he conducted a mock battle.

"Wait a minute! Don't forget me. If I were to fight a mock battle for the bodyguard, of course I would cooperate with it."

　It was naturally Alogan's partner, Currot, who put a stop to Ray's words.
　He has a dagger in his hand and is ready to play mock battles with Ray at any time.

(Oh... well, I don't understand what you're saying.) And should I know exactly how good Culotte is?)

　When Ray decides to do so, he puts his death-size and twilight spear in a mistling and confronts Curotte with his bare hands.

"... you don't have to carry a weapon?"
"Oh,"
"Hmm... they underestimate me."
"That's not the case," I just thought this would be better to fight against culottes."

　To be honest, for Ray, fighting with death-size or twilight spears in his hand could seriously injure Currotte.
　Of course I'm going to try to control myself, but there's still a danger that….
　If this is Arogan, he will have some familiarity with defense, as he has trained and fought as a warrior.
　But the bandit culotte is not for combat.
　It's not that we're not going to fight, but it's true that we're worse than the combat expert Allogan.
　With that in mind, it was only natural for Ray to choose a battle with his hands that was easy to control.
　It also means training against bare hands fighting.

"I regret it... lest I should!"

　Ray had Ray's idea, but if Culotte was still asked whether he could forgive Ray's idea, the answer would be negative.
　When he screams uncomfortably, he cuts his distance with a dagger in his hand.
　Ray, who has been watching it, does not just watch it silently, but sees the movements of the culottes.
　It's been a long time since I've practiced bare-handed combat like this, as I usually use death-size and twilight spears to fight.
　...however, in the sense of fighting, I often fight with my bare hands.
　Being a thief, Culotte's move to close the gap with Ray was quick.
　Feints would be better than allogans, too.
　Originally a magical sword... an arogan with a long sword in his hand, and a culotte with a dagger in his hand, attack speed is always faster.

"Huh!"

　a dagger thrust straight out with a sharp cry
　But Ray shakes his hand lightly to avoid the blow and gently.
　At first, Culotte didn't notice Ray's natural hand.
　Still, when Ray's hand tries to touch his right shoulder, he notices his presence and leaps backward at his prompt discretion.
　Culotte notices a cold sweat running down her spine, feeling the grass treading through her shoes.
　That's because I understood that I was really in danger now.
　If Ray's hand had been noticed for a second, he would probably have rolled on the lawn by now.
　I didn't expect to beat Ray.
　Even so, I wonder if I could give it a shot... I'm ashamed of myself for thinking like that.
　I was watching a mock game against Alogan.
　Watching the mock battle, I thought I could fight Ray to some extent.
　But in reality, just by this series of movements, I realized the overwhelming difference in ability between myself and Ray.

(Aloggan has often had a mock battle with this kind of opponent, too.) ...well, it seems like it was done almost unilaterally.)

　Taking advantage of Ray's lack of distance, Culotte tries to calm the agitation in her mind, thinking something irrelevant.
　...it was not his childhood friend, Scorra, but an allogan that he was not conscious of at all, but it was probably a sign that the allogan was a big part of the culotte.
　And, unconsciously thinking about Allogan, Culotte feels that her tense body in front of Ray has regained some movement.

(I can do this!)

　Just as he thought so, Culotte was kicking the ground again to make room for Ray.
　The movement is obviously light compared to the beginning.
　With such awareness, he wields a dagger at Ray's approaching figure.
　It was only natural to use unarmed weapons to carry out mock warfare.
　But... Culottes today can't afford to think about it.
　He simply wields a dagger at his will.
　...however, some of Culotte was convinced that his attack would be of little use to him."Huh!"
"Sweet."

　And, in fact, Ray easily avoided the best blow and confident attack ever made.
　On the contrary, you can grab your wrist and throw it into the air using your own power.
　He landed on the lawn, adjusting himself in the air with the lightness of a thief, but... he looked incredulous in his expression.
　It's clear from the bare hands that Ray hasn't really taken it seriously yet.
　What's more, Ray doesn't know about Culotte, but he still has the skill of... the Red Armour of the Flame Emperor.

"d*mn! I'll continue to do it."

　I knew Ray was strong, but he still didn't give up, showing Cylotte's strength was.
　There was no maximum effect on the attack that he could carry out.
　Culotte kicks the lawn again and heads for Ray again.
　Straightforward attacks have no effect on Ray.
　Now that it's clear, Culotte's next choice was a feint-heavy attack.
　The dagger, a short reach weapon...so it was light and suitable for feint use.
　It's a thrust that pretends to be a thrust, returns the weapon to you, and then takes aim elsewhere.
　But such attacks are naturally detected by Ray and easily avoided.
　But for Culotte, it was probably as expected from the start. He crouches down to the ground and kicks at Ray's feet.

"Too,"

　Lei leaps back and sees he's just in front of him, and he comes forward again.
　Culotte gives a crawling kick and wields a dagger as soon as he confirms it.
　You don't have to get it right, so if you can get even a little time... that's the kind of attack you'll get.
　Such a blow from Culotto was... not only for Ray, but also for someone of a certain caliber.

"Sweet. ... How many times?"

　When he sweetly kicked up the end of the handle of the dagger he was holding, and by the time he uttered the following words, his arm had already been grabbed by Ray and knocked down to the ground.
　Culotte, whose arms are turned around her back and pressed to the ground, can no longer do anything at this point.
　No matter how competitive the culotte was, there was no option of not admitting to losing in this situation.

"I'm in trouble,"
"Then I'll win," ...the speed of movement and the strength of competition are good. It's OK, but... and the technology doesn't seem to keep up. To be honest, if you look at combat techniques alone, Bune is superior."
"Yes,"

　Bune, leaning against Seto, gently raises his hand at Ray's words.

"You're lying, aren't you? To such a child!"

　Culotte exclaims that she can't believe Ray's words.
　But it's only natural. Given the age gap between Culotte and Bune, Culotte is overwhelmed by pure physical ability.
　Still, Bune is good at quick movements, taking advantage of his small size, and there was a weapon made from a Rank S monster called Hakun.
　And most importantly... in the winter combat drills, Viehla was the one who confronted Beune, and Ray and Marina were sometimes confronted.
　All of them have the best fighting power in this guillem.
　When it comes to combat training with such opponents, the density of the training itself is very different from that of ordinary combat training.
　Of course, it's obviously disqualified in terms of being a thief.
　In the first place, as you can see from Culotte, robbers are not professional in combat.
　Being an adventurer requires some combat skills, but the skills you need are more about covertness, trap detection, release, and unlocking than combat.

(In this light, it might be appropriate that Bune is no longer a thief, but a robberish warrior.)

　Thinking like that, I say a word to comfort the shocked culotte.

"Bune is superior in battle, but I think Currotte is superior in pure robbery?"

　In the words of comfort, Culotte still looked a little relieved.