Monster Tamer: Volume 3 by Minto Higure

Author:Minto Higure [HIGURE, MINTO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: As a Servant, As a Master

After the memorial service for the casualties in the Woodlands ended, we returned to the surface. I felt a sense of liberation by doing so, not only because of the claustrophobic feeling down there. The atmosphere of the underground mausoleum had a peculiar weight to it.

“About your plans after this, Takahiro, Miho, did you intend on joining the others for training?” Shiran asked as we came out of the staircase. “I heard from the commander that the other saviors should be finishing their training about now. As such, um... Seeing that you missed your opportunity to participate because you accompanied me for the memorial service of my comrades, though it may be presumptuous of me, I can teach you two regarding swordsmanship and spearmanship. How about it?”

It honestly wasn’t a bad offer. My training with Gerbera up until now had been extremely useful in getting my body accustomed to battle. However, it did have one major flaw. Gerbera excelled in battle, but she prided herself in overwhelming strength. She didn’t rely on any tricks, so she had no knowledge whatsoever of martial arts. Obviously, she couldn’t teach something she knew nothing about.

On the other hand, for a weak human like me, the craftiness of martial arts was an absolute necessity for me to avoid being a hindrance to my companions in battle. In that sense, Shiran’s proposal wasn’t bad at all. She had already perceived I could use mana, anyway. I didn’t have to worry about exposing myself by training with her. There weren’t any other students around either, so I could be more at ease. Furthermore, no matter what shape it took, participating in some manner of training at least once could serve as an excuse to abstain from any further sessions.

I exchanged glances with Lily, and after she nodded back to me, I accepted Shiran’s offer.

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After that, we waited for Kei to wash her tear-streaked face before heading over to a training ground. There was a slight miscalculation on my part here. With the students gone, soldiers were now using the space for their regular training. They would surely make room for us if I caused a scene, but I didn’t like flaunting the authority of even a perverse savior like that. It was just myself and Lily training, so we didn’t need a very big space anyway. So, we asked Shiran to guide us over to a smaller room where we began learning the basics of martial arts.

There was a limit to what could be done in half a day. All Shiran taught me was how to swing a sword, but there were many things to learn, such as how to move my weight when stepping in and how to hold up the edge of the blade. Shiran was a good teacher. It would still take some time to be able to put any of this into practice, though.

Lily finished her training quickly and switched to spectating. She wasn’t really slacking off or anything.

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