"What are you doing here?
　The former patron saint of water maidens came walking toward us with a big grin on her face.

I heard you were the one who got fired.
　Princess Sophia was lying to me.

That's right!　Because of you, I've been removed from my position as patron knight of the honored priestess, and now I'm the captain of the royal palace's patrolling knights!
　Ah, a departmental transfer.
　You weren't fired, were you?
　As I recall, she did say that she was relieved of her guardian knight duties.
　I'm sure it's much easier to patrol the palace than to accompany that nasty looking princess.

I've heard that McAllen's adventurers are in audience with the king. So you must have been given the honor of serving in the palace.
'No, I didn't get a knighthood so...'
Then, from today, my colleague. Come with me!　I'll give you a taste of chivalry.
　This guy ain't listening to me.
　I don't know what happened, but I got taken to a place that looks like a training ground.
　Lucy and Sasan are with me.

　I'm with Lucy and Mr. Sa-San.

Now, take your weapon of choice!　I have a wizard's wand for you, too!
　It's definitely a row of used and battered weapons (wooden).
　I wonder what's going on.
　Hmm, looking around from the perspective of an 'RPG player'.

(Seh, no spirits at all...)

　The Land of Water (Roses) is a country of political and religious unity.
　Roses Castle is both a royal castle and the largest church in this country.
　For what it's worth, the royal family has several years of experience as a priest.
　And the princess is a priestess of the church.

　Thanks to this, the dignity of the Holy Spirit pervades every corner of Roses Castle, making it a very difficult place for the spirits to live.

(Well, I don't have a title, so I'm not their colleague, and I can tell them no, but I can tell them no... it's kind of annoying.

　As I was thinking about this, a voice came from behind me.

''If you want to fight Takatsuki-kun, I'll be the one to take on first!
　It's Saasan.

Who are you?　You're with Makoto Takatsuki?
'Nice to meet you, Ayayo Sasaki. You're the leader of our party, Takatsuki-kun, so I'll be the member to deal with you first.
　Mr. Saasan is dressed to the nines.
　But she's wearing a flowery shirt and skirt.
　She is dressed similarly to her former world outfit.
　It's a good thing that you're able to have a good time with them.

It's not a good idea to be a fellow adventurer, but it's not chivalrous to have a woman and child as your partner. Hey, you'll have to deal with it.
Yes!
　Ho, chivalry is a cool thing to say.
　It was a female knight who came forward.

'I shall use this weapon.
　The female knight chose a single wooden sword.
'I'll use my bare hands.
　Sa-san stepped forward with nothing.
　The female knight gets a grim look on her face.

''I don't know if you get hurt. Have you never heard of the term 'kendo triple-dan'?'
　No, how do you know that?
　It's our world's language.
　But maybe it's a common understanding in every world.
　A man with a weapon is stronger than a bare hand.
　Usually.

'Sounds like an adventurer, what's your rank?
　The female knight holds up her sword.
'Stone rank?　Right, Takatsuki-kun?
Yes,
　Sa-san is a sloppy natural.

　I mean, let's remember your own adventurer rank, Sa-san.
　The knights from the training grounds are gathered in a straw to observe.
　When they heard the voice of Stone Rank, they looked sympathetic.
　They all must be imagining Sa-san losing.

''Start!''
　The former guardian called out.
''What is Stone Rank........ Let's take a shot and decide!　
　The female knight runs into Sa-san.
　That's pretty fast.
　Sa-san is not moving.
　The female knight raises her sword and...

　Pesh!　and the female knight was blown away by a slightly dumb sound, and she was blown about five meters away.
　By Sa-san's taut hands.

''Huh?　Did I overdo it?
　Sa-san is scratching his head.

" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "
　The eyes of the former guardian and the knights in the training grounds were round.

''Aya, that's awesome!''
　Lucy is bouncing around, happy to see me.
　Well, that's no surprise.

So, what's next?　It's a little too weak, don't you think?
　Sa-san looked around.
　The air in the place swallowed as if it was taken as a provocation.

You're next. Go.
Ha!
　Next, it was a large man who came out.
　Where did the chivalry go?

　Well, 15 seconds later, that guy was blown up too.

I'm going to go next!
　One after another, the former and guardian knights nominate knights who seem to be their subordinates, but all of them are beaten by Sa-san.


　There is a difference. McAllen is a peaceful country town.

　Sa-san is a Lamia tribe.
　Even though the Lamia tribe is a middle-class demon, their physical abilities are higher than those of humans.
　And as an otherworldly reincarnation, Sa-san's status is 10 times higher than the normal Lamia.
　Moreover, she even has a strong skill that triples her speed and attack power.

--Aya-chan's physical abilities alone are on par with the heroes.
　Noah-sama's words came back to me.
　Well, you can't win.
　I mean, if they hadn't noticed that I was Takatsuki Makoto in the Great Maze, would I have been like this too........ I'm scared.

　Absent-mindedly, as I watched, all the knights who were in the training grounds had all been defeated by Sa-san.
　Only the former guardian knight man was left.

''You're the last one.
　Sa-san didn't let me catch my breath for a moment.
　.........my classmates are all Cheetos.

"Hey, you're not fair!　You've got a woman to fight and you're on a high horse!　You, Takatsuki, you fight!
　Oh. You're trying to turn the tables on me.
　You're a smart guy.
　You're definitely the best fighter in our party.
　And the other two are wizards.

What do you think you're doing?
　The air changed.
'Aya...?'
　Lucy makes a slightly frightened sound.
'Sa-san?　What's going on?
　I was going to say "calm down," but I felt it too.
　I'm sure it's just like the pressure I felt when I encountered the Earth Dragon in the Great Maze.

　This is........an intimidation skill?
　I've heard that the beastmen are good at it, but I wonder if Nina-san taught it to you.
　The knights who were defeated are pale and trembling.
　The first female knight who was blown up was slumped over, her knees squirming.

''You did something terrible to the old Takatsuki-kun, didn't you?''
S-San. That was a bit of an exaggeration, that's all.
　He used to complain to Sa-san and Lucy over drinks that Princess Sophia and her guardian knight man made fun of him in the Water Temple.
　That, he seemed to remember.

　The pressure from Sa-san was increasing.
"Wow, I, uh....
　Alas, the former guardian can't speak properly.

--Don't!

　Sa-san stepped through the stone on the floor.
　The stone floor shattered and a huge crack spread out in a circle.



　I heard voices from the knights around me.
　Oops, apparently it's like a high class stone floor.
　You can't make me pay for it or anything, right?

I'm going to show you the best of me.
　Sa-san showed the stance for the first time.
　Is that the stance that you take when you perform the "Action Game Player" dash skill and tame-skill?

　It was Sa-san's special move that made a huge hole in the body of the Harpy Queen.
　....................No, you can't do that.
　He's going to die.

　I'm glad you're mad at me for my sake, but I didn't want anyone to die, so I thought I'd stop you.

"What are you doing?

　A cool voice rang out.
　Gasping, Sa-san's 'intimidation' skills quieted down.
　Good.

''What's all the commotion?''
　It was Princess Sophia who came to see me.
　I thought we wouldn't see each other again, but we met quickly.
　Princess Sophia looked at us and said somewhat unhappily.

''Brave men of another world. I'm grateful that you're following my training, but the knights of our Water Country (Roses) are weak. Please keep it moderate.
　We gave a small nod, not knowing what to say.
　I was struck by the ex-guardian's amazingly pathetic face.

'Ah, um!　Are you the adventurers who saved the Great Maze?
　I was spoken to by a boy of about 10 years old, behind Princess Sophia.
　He's dressed like a knight, but if you look closely, the material he's wearing is different.
　

It's a pleasure to meet you, Makoto Takatsuki. This is my companions, Lucy J. Walker and Aya Sasaki.
　Lucy and Sa-san nodded their heads with a smile.　

'Nice to meet you. I'm Leonard Ayre Roses.
　He put his hand in front of his chest and greeted me in the nobleman's style.

　Eil is the name of the Water Goddess.
　And Roses royal family's surname.
　In other words, this guy.

''Prince Leonard!''
　Lucy shouts in astonishment.
　I knew it, you're a prince.