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The outdoor training field owned by Earl Timoti's family was truly extraordinary.

Unlike the small field owned by Marquess Rommel's family, this case had a different financial strength and strong territorial layout.

Right before me, Evelyn stood upright wearing a training uniform covered in thick leather armor. Holding a wooden sword in her hand, made her ready to receive the sword technique lessons that I would give her.

The sun that had just risen and warmed our bodies with its rays after a cold shower had become a sign for me to start doing heavy activities.

Before Evelyn got caught up in the useless intense training, I gave a little encouragement that forced her to accept the wooden sword sparring training with me.

"Are you ready to accept my training that looks fun… like this?" I asked with a gentle smile to Evelyn after my hands were filled with two wooden swords.

The training I was doing this time was to train Evelyn's endurance in intense battles that would drain her stamina.

"Y-Yes, I am ready to accept the training that Lily-sama will give!" Evelyn shouted from a distance.

By swinging the wooden sword that I was holding, I began to give a strong attack by throwing this wooden sword towards Evelyn.

Swiippp!!

With fast and agile movements, Evelyn managed to avoid the wooden sword throw and began to pay attention to every step I took.

Without using unclear commands and shouts, I tried to give Evelyn a surprise attack by suddenly appearing in front of her.

Without using fast magic chants or silent magic chants, I used Mio's ability to carry out an attack that cut the distance between us.

Swwuupp!!

Using the Sakura Dash sword technique that was replaced by a blunt wooden sword like this, I dash in front of Evelyn and saw her eyelids wide open with my presence that was already in front of her eyes.

Sllaahh!!

Taaakk!!

With a fast parry movement, Evelyn managed to avoid my attack that was targeting her neck.

Pwwaanngg!!

Thanks to the attack I gave earlier, Evelyn almost lost her focus on defending herself from the surprise attack.

"Quick and excellent response, Evelyn."

"It seems like your training didn't feel wasted like this," I said while complimenting Evelyn and directing a wooden sword slash toward her body.

Slaahh!!

Taaakk!!

The attack I gave hit Evelyn's wooden sword and was quickly blocked by a sword technique that focused on reducing the opponent's thrust in front of her.

Evelyn who had learned many sword techniques and fighting style techniques looked a bit confused with herself having difficulty adapting to my fighting style which used one wooden swords.

Sllaasshh!!

Paaakkk!!

Every attack I directed at Evelyn's body also gave a random combination attack that targeted her head. Without processing her heavy breathing with quick dodging and blocking movements like this, it was only a matter of time before Evelyn's stamina ran out.

Slaahhss!!

Taakkk!!

One of my hands which were filled with wooden swords began to dance using Mio's fighting ability which was useful for destroying the opponent's defense.

With using mystical abilities that used powers beyond reason like Sakura Dash or Sakura Vanish which did not require magical energy, it seemed that it had made it difficult for Evelyn to adjust to my great attack power like this.

The wooden sword that I threw returned to my hand and made Evelyn have to face two wooden swords that danced in front of her eyes. A sword dance that was welcoming the autumn of cherry blossom petals.

Tiiiinngg!!

Taakkk!!

"GUUHHAAA!!"

The slash of the wooden sword that I was using had destroyed Evelyn's defense along with the fatigue that had accumulated in her body. The fast attack that I gave seemed to be the right strategy for Evelyn's intense training like this.

"Huuff... Huuff!!" Evelyn tried to control her breathing to become calmer after getting her first defeat.

"Lily-sama, that was a cunning attack and it was a hassle for me to ward it off," Evelyn grumbled as she stood up straight and prepared her defensive stance.

"Anything can happen on the battlefield Evelyn, you have to find an effective way to overcome the problems that occur on the battlefield.

Just defending and relying on attacks that disrupt the direction of my sword attacks is not a simple answer to this problem," I said while giving Evelyn a detailed instruction.

Although I wanted to reduce the intensity that I used in this wooden sword sparring, it seemed that I was too harsh and strict in providing direct training that could damage someone's mentality.

The defensive stance used by Evelyn seemed different from before, now she seemed to provide a wide open gap to get an attack that provoked her enemy's carelessness in attacking.

Shhuussh!!

Without wasting any more time, I immediately ran towards Evelyn and used some of the dust that had collected on my shoes while running to give a kick that blinded Evelyn's eyes.

Swwwaasshh...

"Uhuk! Lily-sama is using a cunning technique again!" Evelyn grumbled while closing her eyes which were covered in dust that had collected in my shoes.

Boonnkk!!

With a kick aimed at Evelyn's body, I seemed to give a free kick after her defensive stance failed, making her entire body vulnerable to attacks.

"I told you to be prepared to receive another surprise attack and act based on the situation," I continued, enjoying every gap in the vital point attacks given by Evelyn.

When Evelyn's eyes were dazzled with dust, I started to hug Evelyn's body and dropped her using a body throw focused on my shoulder.

"Ehh? Ahhhh!!"

Buughh!!

The loud bang made Evelyn fall with her position being dazzled and her body feeling pain from my body throw technique.

"Uhuk! This is an unbalanced sparring match, Lily-sama!" Evelyn screamed with her body coughing after some dust entered her mouth.

"If this were a battlefield, you wouldn't protest after you lost and were sold as a slave," I whispered while kissing Evelyn on the lips.

Chuupp...

While I was kissing Evelyn's lips, I suddenly realized the Yurification Quest that had been completed long time ago.

My body suddenly moved on its own in giving a kiss to Evelyn's lips then felt the bitter taste of the dust that stuck to her mouth.

I, who seemed to have lost control like this immediately stood up by pulling Evelyn's body that had previously been slammed by me.

"Do we need to take a break in this first sparring session?" I said while wiping my lips which were dirty with dust.

"Lily-sama... I need a break to process what happened earlier," said Evelyn who looked weak after her body felt a slamming technique from me.

"This is a gap in sword technique and experience on the battlefield! I lost badly in this!" Evelyn continued her words while screaming and trying to rub her eyes.

Before Evelyn rubbed her eyes, I immediately stopped her actions by holding her hands and forcing her head which was on my lap.

"Don't rub your eyes with your hands that have dust in there, it will make the dust go in deeper.

You can use fresh water that can reduce the irritation in your eyes after getting something in them," while saying this, I immediately took something from the other world in the form of eye drops that I often used when dust got in my eyelids.

I immediately gave the eye drops to Evelyn who was trying to hold back her stinging eyelids.

Plluupp...

Plluupp...

By giving her the eye drops, I could see Evelyn who was calmly feeling the effects of the drops directly.

"Ah, this feels refreshing and not itchy like before."

"Thank you very much, Lily-sama."

With such gentle words, I gave Evelyn a comfortable position to feel her eyes recovering after getting something in them earlier. By providing my thigh to support her head.

While waiting for Evelyn's stamina to recover and continue our sparring that was delayed like this, I felt several gazes being directed at me.

Before I realized it, several noble girls who had participated in military training with me suddenly came towards me.

"Lily-sama, did you just spar with Evelyn-sama using wooden swords?" she said respectfully without making me move from my position where I was offering my thigh for Evelyn's head to rest on.

"This voice... is that you, Tania?" Evelyn replied with her eyelids wide open and standing straight.

"Uuhhh..." After Evelyn stood up straight and opened her eyes wide, she suddenly felt a sense of shame after she caught the public's attention like this.

"Umm... am I late for our training schedule?" Evelyn asked while looking around her which was already crowded with several of Earl Timoti's soldiers who were training and a group of noble girls who were part of Evelyn's group of soldiers.

"You're not late for this, Evelyn. You made them excited to be able to survive in such a terrifying wooden sword sparring," said someone from behind me.

Without turning to look at him, I could feel the aura of great magical energy from a military instructor who was filled with muscles all over his body.

I slowly stood up from my position where I had previously given Evelyn my lap and looked at the people who had watched this wooden sword sparring.

When I realized this, I felt like I was getting a terrible challenge from some soldiers who wanted to challenge me in a wooden sword sparring.

"Good morning, Lily-sama. It seems like you are busy training someone talented in using defensive sword techniques in the future," said the male instructor while showing off his twitching muscles in front of me.

"Uhhmm... Y-Yes?" I gave an ambiguous answer in this regard before giving two wooden swords to Evelyn.

"It seems like our sparring is over for now, I hope you take an important lesson from this one-sided sparring," I said while giving Evelyn a joking smile.

"Lily-sama... if only Lily-sama didn't cheat in giving such a hard-to-avoid attack, I might have been able to survive the attack that made my body fall to the ground like that!" Evelyn replied with a smile that made me chuckle.

Even when Evelyn lost like this, she didn't feel angry at all after being toyed with several times by my sword technique that came from a legendary swordsman that was coincidentally inherited by Mio.

Without the blessing and the Linked Ritual, I was not a woman who could control sword techniques to this extent.

"Then, I will get ready to go home soon," I said to Evelyn, surprising her.

"E-Eeeh? Lily-sama is going home now?"

With a surprised expression on her face, I could see Evelyn standing still before attacking me again.

"Let's spar one more time!" she shouted.

It seemed that Evelyn was still not satisfied with sparring with me with wooden swords so she attacked me again.