We successfully defeated the ordeal of Vandal, god of magic.

I am pleased to give high fives to Lunamaria.
Lunamaria admires my quickness to the max.

I never dreamed I'd carry water to ice. Perhaps Master Will is a man of wisdom.

"Brave man of wisdom?

Yes, there are several types of brave men, and they are named according to their characteristics. If you are good with a sword, you are a sword hero, if you are good at protecting people, you are a shield hero, and so on.

Oh, yeah. But for the last time, I'm not a hero. I don't have the mark of bravery.

Hey, Ronin," he said, and it was Millia who answered.

Surely my Will doesn't have any marks. We used to count the number of moles on each other's body and there were no stigmata.

"...... when to play like that

I stared at Mom Miriam with jaded eyes, and she said, "When I was an infant, it wasn't like we were counting each other.

It wasn't like they were counting each other, it was more like they were counting one way or the other.

Well, you could say that.

I stick my tongue out mischievously, and Ronin intervenes.

But even without them, Will is the strongest man in the world. I could beat a brave man with one hand. That's how well I trained him.

Therefore, and Ronin announces the second ordeal.

The second ordeal is the ordeal of me, Ronin, the God of Swords.

Me and Luna Maria gulp and salivate.
Even the first ordeal was pretty hard.

We can expect the ordeal presented by the athletic Ronin to be several steps above the Vandal.

As we watch with bated breath, Ronin loudly announces the ordeal.

It's a very Ronin-like ordeal, as Ronin calls it out.

From now on, you will use your swords to fight the demons.

"A demon with a sword. ...... It's a simple ordeal.

"Ronin doesn't like slumber,

I hear you.

When Ronin stopped wasting his breath, he continued, "Now you're going to fight the training golem I had the Vandal make for you.

You will now fight the training golem I had the Vandal build for you. Only with a sword. No attack or strengthening magic.

It was Millia who came out of the side.

'But that's too easy, isn't it?　Will would take down even a level 5 golem with his bare hands.

"Yes. So this time Will shouldn't fight.

"Huh?　Can't I fight?

Yes, this is a test of courage and chemistry between the two of you. This is a test of resolve and chemistry between the two of you. Will will guide the girl and destroy the golem.

But it's not like Lunamaria has ever held a sword before.
Then Lunamaria pulls a shortsword from her cloak.

Although the Mother God forbids carrying a blade, the blind priestess is allowed to carry a weapon as she travels. I've been training since I was a child.

Then we'll figure it out.

And Ronin says.

'Yes. This ordeal makes sense. but I am his squire. but I'm his squire, and it's no good if the squire is weak. By all means, let me put you through this ordeal.

"Good answer, little girl. Can I use a level 2 golem then?

It's fine. Master Will has been knocked down before, hasn't he?

I have. I think I was five years old, and I had already moved to level two.

"Then you can afford it.

Then Lunamaría draws her sword from its sheath and cuts the sky. She seems to be warming up.

I want to give her some advice, but I can't find the words.

To begin with, I've never given advice to others.

And I don't know the point at which I struggle with level 2 golems, since they were treated as small fry at the time.

(Well, that's also a service problem. Lunamaria might take them down in a flash).

So, I decided to watch the game without hesitation, but once the game started, things took an unexpected turn.

Lunamaria began to be pushed.

At first I thought her blindness was a disadvantage, but that's not the case.

Instead of being blind, she has better hearing than anyone else, and she can hear the working sounds of the golem, accurately avoiding the enemy's attacks and taking advantage of the enemy's opportunities.

She begins her attack as gracefully as if she were dancing.

However, although the golem is attacking unilaterally, it is the golem that has the upper hand.

Although she was a master of the art, her attacks were completely unsuccessful.

She accurately placed her sword in the golem's joints and other parts of the body, but the golem did not appear to be hurt.



"Maybe this isn't level 2?

He looks at the Vandal, but he slowly shakes his head.

"You are the unmistakable level 2 Mad Golem. --but that's Will's specs.

"Will specifications?

You've been destroying Golems since you were young. That's why I made the golem stronger so that it could serve as your training. To me it's only a level 2 golem, but if I take it to the wizardry society they'll treat it as level 10 at the very least.

What, what?　It is a guy called.

............

You can't speak out, but you can't complain too loudly because you are the one who gave birth to that specification.

"Besides, that young lady's short sword has a sacred magic attached to it. It's effective against the undead and evil beings, but it's not particularly effective against magical creatures, is it?

"Okay. Okay, then: ......

and begins to chant to grant magic, but is stopped by Ronin.

Oops, no granting magic. "Whoa, no granting magic. Let's win the girl over with just a few instructions.

"Only instructions are ......

Lunamaría was clearly outnumbered and cornered against the wall.

It was obvious that this inferiority came from a lack of offensive power, so there seemed to be no way to make use of it except to increase the attack power.

The best way to do that would be to use magic to increase the attack power of the sword, but magic is prohibited in this trial.

I must think of something else, but I can't think of a way to do it.

But if we can't think of a way, Lunamaria will lose.
We will be defeated.
And we'll never get to the outside world.

So I will watch Lunamaría and the golem.

It reminds me of something the Vandals taught me a long time ago about the properties of a golem.

A golem is a magical creature kneaded out of mud. Golems, such as those made of iron, are difficult to destroy, but if you come across such a nuisance, exploit the golem's weaknesses. The golem's weakness is a magic character written somewhere on its body. If you delete that one letter, its command will switch to self-destruction and it will die immediately. That is the creature known as the Golem.

I remember being taught something like that .

After that, I almost forgot about it, but the knowledge was not in vain, as I managed to destroy it without having to exploit its weaknesses, regardless of whether it sent out an iron golem or a mithril golem.

I used the magic of Analysis to strip the golem naked and find the place where the letters were written.

The Mad Golem's magic letters were on its back.

"Lunamaria!　Get rid of the initials on his back. And he will fall down!

Hearing those words, Lunamaria nodded lightly and fluttered through the air, dodging the enemy's blow.

With the nimble grace of a street performer, she leaps onto the back of the mad golem and rubs her fingers to find the writing.

Even though she is blind, Lunamaria, who is more sensitive than anyone else, finishes locating the letters with her tactile senses and shaves off the letters as I tell her to.

When the initials are shaved off by the short sword, the golem's command system is destroyed. Its body is also destroyed.

The golem's body, which was as hard as steel, becomes brittle as if it were turned into an earthenware vessel, unable to support its own weight.

As it is, the golem collapses and returns to its original lump of earth.

In other words, Lunamaria had won.
She jumps on the spot, listens carefully to my position, and jumps into my chest.

That's what I'm talking about, Will!　It's like a genius warrior!

She is older and a little taller than me, so when she hugs me, I just bury my face in her chest.

She's also so full for her age that she can't breathe.

My mother often does the same thing to me, but when Luna Maria does it to me, my face turns bright red.

I feel both happy and embarrassed at the same time.

That's what puberty is all about, Ronin explains to me, but anyway, we've beaten Ronin's test.

Well done Ronin!　And patted us both on the back.

Just like an old man.

"I'll let you two travel together, but I don't want to be a grandfather yet. Use proper birth control.

And then laughed vigorously.

Lunamaría is blushing, but I was the same way.

Vandal says, "Oh dear, you're a man without a sense of humor," but he's laughing, so I assume he's guilty.