Gee, cheer up, Ark!　No matter what profession you are given, you are my little boy!
Uhhh?

　I went home and reported to my mom and she was desperate to comfort me.
　Fear gave me a strange look.

'Don't worry about it, Mom. Because it doesn't make much difference whether you have a job or not, does it?

　Dad said.

'It's just that your father is crazy... no, but should we just let it be that way...?'

　Mom snorted with a difficult look on her face.

'It's a good thing I've drilled a lot of stuff into you since you were a little girl, as these things happen. I guess I wasn't wrong after all.

　It's his dad who nods with a look of pride on his face.

'Ark is matching your dad...'

　Leila said with a bit of envy.

　It is said to be an outlier in the middle of the [unemployed], but to be honest, it didn't bother me at all.
　The same "unemployed" father is like this.....

　Anyway, a father and son being "unemployed", it's a completely useless family lineage if you only look at the characters.

　The only thing I don't like about it is that the reputation of the people around me is troublesome.
　Seemingly having heard the rumors, the grandmother of an item shop in the neighborhood came to our house with concern.

　She's almost 80 years old and is totally bent over, and when she grabbed my wrinkled hand, she said with tears in her eyes, "Oh, you poor thing.

She said with tears in her eyes, "Oh, poor old lady.......I can't believe we're all going to suffer the same fate....
Uh-huh.
'Stay strong ... stay strong ... don't run away from your family without telling them like your father did ...'
I'll be fine.

　It's not like he ran away from home, Dad.
　He used to go to a lot of places to train and he thought he was a runaway and he still believes that.

　The rest of the kids in the neighborhood made fun of me.
　Well, if they see Leila's face, they turn tail and run away.
　It seems that not only my "unemployed" but also Leila's "Magical Sword Princess" has become a rumor.





　So, I easily accepted my "unemployed" status... but after a while, I was faced with a problem.

　Up until now, Leila and I were almost evenly matched in power, or perhaps I was slightly ahead of her in terms of age, but after receiving the Blessing, Leila surpassed me, and in fact, she began to put a gap between us.

　While I was impressed by the difference between the professions, I was also a bit puzzled by the fact that I had to follow in the footsteps of my twin sister, who had also been my rival.

　I was indeed depressed when Leila looked a bit bored with the fact that she had come to win a series of games against me.

　But well, it can't be helped.
　Layla is Layla, I am me, let's not worry about it.

　And then one day my dad said

The Ark.
...Dad?
From now on, you're the only one who can train in secret.
Ew...

　You're usually so insensitive, but this is the only time you can be so perceptive!
　Thanks to that, I was the only one who had to do my father's special training menu from hell every day.






　Two years passed.
　I've turned 12 years old.

I don't like it!

　........I was exhausted from the secret training.

　Because every morning, he woke up at three in the morning and lasted until the time the sun came up.
　After that, there's normal training, and there's no rest for all three hundred and sixty-five days.

　Even a black company would have a few more days off.
　I don't know how you put up with it for two years.

I'm going on a trip for a while, mother.
Oh, Ark!

　My mom looked away at my sudden declaration.

　Then the family meeting began.
　Naturally, my dad received a barrage of accusations from everyone.

'That's not fair!　Leila wanted to do some secret training too!

　Leila was the only one who spoke up like that, but I really don't want it to stop.
　Why do you think I've gone through hell?

'Hmm, maybe I went a little overboard as expected.

　Not a little!
　He's not remorseful at all, is he?

　Anyway, with everyone's persuasion, there was no more secret training.

　When I was relieved, my grandfather showed me something.

"Recruiting students...?

　It looks like a brochure for a school.
　Apparently they are recruiting students from all over the world for next year's school year.

Edelheid Kingdom?　I've never heard of that.

　It's a country in the western part of the continent.
　That means you might have stopped by there on your journey to defeat the Demon King.

''What brings you to this country?''
Mr. Petera, who was in the city a while ago, saw it by chance and brought it home with him. At first she wanted to give it to her grandson, but then she realized she didn't have that kind of money, so she gave it to me. What do you think, Ark, do you want to go?

　I don't think we have that much money either...?
　I mean, no one has a regular job to begin with, so how do they keep the family finances going.........................it's a mystery now.

'Hmmm, grandma agrees!　I think it's important not only to train, but also to acquire knowledge through study.

　The grandmother says something very advanced and encouraging, considering the level of civilization in this world.

'And it sounds like a big school, and you might even make some friends!

　It's true that I don't have a single friend at my age........
　You were worried about me..........

　School.........yeah, not bad.
　I was compulsory in a previous life and I was too weak to go to school, but I was too weak to count.

Thank you, Grandpa and Grandma. ...I'm going to go to this school.
Leila!

　What, Leila too?