How to Live As a Returnee Munchkin Swordsman

10 – Akina Crowfly (3)

‘What is this… .’

Akina Crowfly couldn’t believe the situation in front of them.

Even when I first heard the story from Instructor Jackson, I didn’t really think deeply about it.

Because you’ve already seen the precedent.

In the Tristan Instructor Exam, which has a long history, there have been quite a few applicants who have received perfect scores in each item, and among them, there were certainly applicants who received perfect scores in all items in the first half, like Edgar this time.

And most of them showed less-than-expected results in the 3rd practice.

It’s a natural story.

No matter how smart the theory is and how good the physical ability is, you can’t get a good score if you can’t handle the ‘sword’ properly.

From the 3rd practical skill, the demonstration of swordsmanship begins in earnest, and after that, more thorough evaluations are put into items such as training demonstrations and interviews.

There are separate items that require a really good score.

Because of that, some supervisors didn’t even care about the score until the second practice.

‘It must have been… .’

Akina also took on the supervision of this test with a similar mindset.

As always, I tried to evaluate applicants with a fair attitude.

But the aspirant of the storm that Instructor Jackson talked about-

When Edgar Mullique, the second son of the Marquess Mullique, entered.

While looking at the applicants around him, he immediately started demonstrating Tristan’s swordsmanship.

Akina felt that the preconceived notions inside her were completely shattered.

Arrive- Arrive-

widely-!

Worst-!

Like other applicants, the sound of loud sword attacks was not heard.

Cut, stab, turn around.

Make full use of the basic skills of the given movement.

There is no superfluity in the movement, and there is not the slightest shake in the connection movement.

Sophisticated and neat

The proficiency closest to the word perfect.

If there was a hero who accidentally acquired ＜Tristan Swordsmanship＞, it seemed that he would be able to produce just this level of performance.

In Edgar Mullik’s swordsmanship demonstration, no part was flawless.

‘That’s that crazy Edgar… ?’

Akina’s mind was confused.

Edgar Mulick.

The madness of the Mullique marquis family.

Tristan’s Faculty of Magic.

An arrogant, self-centered, disrespectful nobleman.

When describing Edgar, such negative modifiers were always attached.

I wonder if he used to say that even his father, the Marquis Mullique, had given up.

Because there were so many bad rumors, he was familiar with Akina even though he was a student in another faculty.

He was like that now.

Tristan is showing off his near-perfect swordsmanship.

Is there another applicant who can show off this level of proficiency in Tristan’s swordsmanship?

No, even among the instructors in this exam hall-.

Is there really a hero who can use ＜Tristan Sword＞ better than he?

“Applicant number 118.”

So when the 3rd practical skill demonstration was over.

Akina called Edgar without realizing it.

She has always been the kind of person who would always ask questions if she had any questions.

“That swordsmanship, where did you learn it?”

Edgar Mulick is a hero born of the destiny of ＜The Wizard＞.

He is a cadet at the Faculty of Magic, who has even finished his three-year life at the military academy.

Even though I haven’t learned this properly, the fork in the road is still at the ＜Apprentice Wizard＞ level… Anyway, it didn’t change that he was from ＜Wizard＞.

That’s why he applied for the swordsmanship department instructor test.

And with shocking results, they are overwhelming the applicants.

In addition, even a perfect swordsmanship demonstration – enough to believe that he had obtained ＜Tristan Swordsmanship＞ by chance.

I couldn’t help but ask this question in an interview.

“… … ?”

However, Edgar’s expression was strange.

He smiled strangely instead of answering Akina’s question.

And Edgar stared at Akina’s face.

Soon, the head nodded a couple of times and the eyes seemed to be satisfied with something.

what is that…

A senior in a specific field looked very satisfied after seeing a successful junior.

in short.

It means an unidentified expression.

‘… What the hell is he doing?’

At that sight, not only Akina, but all the instructors in the exam hall were dumbfounded.

* * *

“… ah.”

I felt that the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became strange.

All the supervisors in front of me were looking at me with strange expressions.

The reason was simple.

As an applicant, I stare at the female instructor in the exam room, and with a slightly proud face.

… Even ignoring the instructor’s question.

There really is no such thing as a crazy person.

I quickly handed over an apology, thinking that I was sorry.

“sorry. I feel like I’m looking at my junior… .”

“yes? What did you just say… ”

“Oh, no.”

Ah-oh.

What are you saying, this baby.

I could barely resist the urge to hit my own head.

Even so, it feels like the supervisors, who are clearly senior instructors, are looking at their juniors.

There is no such thing as a false tongue.

Fortunately, because he spoke in a low, crawling voice, his back words did not seem to be heard properly.

“Applicant number 118 is unique.”

Suddenly, the beard instructor burst into laughter.

“I didn’t bother to talk about it because it was a working-level interview, but it feels very different from the rumors that circulated about applicant number 118.”

rumor?

Oh, are you talking about the time before the return?

I grasped the subject the instructor brought up at once.

10 years ago, before I went to another world.

At the time, I was the worst hero involved in all kinds of bad rumors.

Marquis’ madness.

The limit of the Faculty of Magic.

An aristocrat who ignores the commoners.

The adjectives that stick around like a three-piece set always eat away at my image.

At least, I didn’t go all the way to the bottom because I wasn’t very interested in women, but if the instructors had heard this rumor, they would probably have known me as a character-broken person suffering from authoritarianism.

‘Of course it’s true, but… .’

If you put it before the return, it’s all right.

But anyway, now it’s an interview with a practitioner of the instructor exam.

It didn’t do me any good to bring up such a story.

Thanks to that, I kept my mouth shut.

“It’s not that common to have noble applicants for the instructor exam, but I think it’s the first time I’ve ever seen an aristocrat applicant who even apologized for honorifics during an interview.”

In fact, it has been a long time since the heroes born with destiny appeared on the continent, and the boundaries between nobles and commoners have disappeared in many countries.

In many cases, heroes born from commoners have stronger powers, and sometimes commoners who have achieved outstanding achievements are given titles and become nobles.

The scale of social status could be different depending on what kind of fate the hero was born with and how much it blossomed.

In particular, the kingdom of Clepe, which was famous for meritocracy, had such a tendency.

‘… The old me didn’t admit it.’

However, in the past, when my heroic power was relatively low, I could not easily accept this.

-Only nobles are noble and honorable!

-There can be no commoner equal to the nobility!

Being buried in such a way of thinking, he committed authoritarian actions, and his contempt for the common people around him knew no bounds.

So there was not a single person around me who liked me at that time.

The commoners hated me for ignoring them, and the nobles hated me for my incompetence and loud voice.

‘… Looking at it this way, it was really trash.’

I was the person 10 years ago who had nothing to offer.

Perhaps the beard instructor was pointing out the vain nobles like me in the past.

“Ah, but I have no intention of insulting nobles with noble blood. I just thought the attitude of applicant number 118 was peculiar.”

“understand.”

I nodded my head at the beard instructor’s explanation.

And at that time, one model answer that comes to mind.

I was afraid to forget it, so I quickly threw it at him.

“At least in the military academy, everyone is equal under fate. We are just being polite under that banner.”

“… Great.”

There’s nothing wrong with being prepared for anything.

The book Ray gave me last night.

「101 Model Answers to Success in the Instructor Examination Interview」.

It’s still a practical test, but I didn’t want to see it because I was already preparing for an interview.

‘Ray is a god.’

When I listened to the words of the all-powerful butler, I would run out of bread even while I was sleeping.

“Applicant number 118. Why don’t you answer my question?”

By the time I was smiling at the satisfactory answer.

A cold voice suddenly fell into my ears.

She was the first female instructor I had forgotten for a while.

I accepted her words without embarrassment.

“I hesitated because I thought it would be difficult to give a clear answer.”

“What do you mean?”

“It is literally. As the supervisors know, I am from the Military Academy’s Department of Magic. “I stayed at the Faculty of Magic for three years and graduated.”

Although this is an improvised answer, it comes out surprisingly well.

It was helpful here to have quarrels with old nobles in the political world before returning.

“But belatedly, I was born with the fate of being a ＜prosecutor＞, and although it was embarrassing, I realized that I had a talent for it. So I studied swords by myself and applied for the instructor exam. That’s why I couldn’t answer the question of where did you learn it. It’s a sword you haven’t learned anywhere.”

A clean, no-nonsense answer.

As a result, the female instructor’s expression changes even more strangely.

“That means… You said you were self-taught?”

“yes. I bought and studied Tristan swordsmanship books on the market.”

“… … .”

And all the supervisors, including the female instructor, shut up.

I think it’s mostly an expression of disbelief… .

what.

did i say it wrong

As I was about to tilt my head, the female instructor asked again.

“Applicant number 118. Are you really the second son of the Marquis Mullique?”

“Instructor Akina.”

When the question came up, another male instructor in the seat to the right stopped her.

An instructor with a small scar on the right side of his forehead.

It has a formidable impression, but it also exudes a strong aura.

The beard instructor and female instructor from before, and even the scar instructor from now on.

I could see that these three were the strongest heroes among the test site supervisors.

“… ah.”

And the female instructor called Akina shook her head at the scar instructor’s restraint.

Apparently, the question just a while ago had nothing to do with the instructor test.

Also, the point that I am not the only applicant who is currently interviewing for practitioners.

It seems that he recognized this belatedly.

“Your question is a bit long. I will ask the next applicant a question. Applicant for number 112?”

“Yes, yes!!”

My interview ended just like that.

The interview ended much faster and simpler than expected.

When I briefly listened to the questions from the other interviewers, they were mostly being pointed out about Tristan’s swordsmanship or herbivory and movements.

In other words, the fact that my interview ended quickly means that my score in this evaluation was perfect.

This was a very positive factor in the test results.

‘Akinara… .’

But all my attention was on something else.

The name of the female instructor mentioned by Instructor Scar earlier.

Instructor Akina.

It was a name I knew all too well.

And then I could see why her face was still familiar.

‘Akina Crowfly.’

The eldest daughter of the Duke of Crowfly.

A swordsman genius who will become the ‘star of the kingdom’.

He is a genius hero who developed the ‘fourth crossroads’ in his 20s and is said to have no one in his age group who can match his swordsmanship skills.

A young hero that the Kingdom of Clepe is proud of, and a star instructor at the Tristan Hero Academy.

That woman was Akina Crowflin.

In fact, it was even weirder not knowing her.

Of all the applicants gathered here, I’m probably the only one who didn’t recognize her.

But she was more familiar to me in another way.

‘My father’s comrade-in-arms will be my senior.’

A comrade who served with his father in the Great War five years ago.

I know this very well because after the war, my father told the story of Akina over and over again.

I thought I’d like to meet you at least once, but I never thought we’d meet in this way.

Akina Crowfly.

If I passed this exam and became an instructor at Tristan’s Swordsmanship Department, she would become my immediate senior instructor.