I Was Sent to an All-Female Frontline Unit to Get Rid of Some of the Trouble, but the Most Beautiful Girls Who Are Rumored to Hate Men Love Me So Much That I Have a Hard Time at Night

Chapter 27: The Assassin’s First Time (2)

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“Ah! It’s delicious!”

The next morning.

While eating the food placed on the table in the living room with everyone, I shared my thoughts.

“So cute…!”

“Being able to see that smile first thing in the morning makes me so happy…”

“I want him to keep eating delicious things forever…”

“I feel the same!”

“I wonder if Teraward-kun likes sweet things?”

“Ah! Just hearing ‘Tera-kun and sweet things’ together is already cute!”

“…Just imagining Teraward-kun happily eating a slice of shortcake is almost too much.”

“What’s that!”

“It’s too cute…!”

“I’m seriously starting to want to go out soon…!”

Everyone started chatting excitedly about something.

Their voices overlapped, so I couldn’t make out exactly what they were talking about, but unlike back at the military headquarters, ever since we came to the frontlines, even breakfast time had a really cheerful atmosphere, and I truly loved this time of day.

As I was thinking that, Norn-san, who was sitting across from me, spoke to me.

“Oh right, Finn-kun. I wanted to ask you something, is that okay?”

“Yes, what is it?”

Hearing our exchange, Elena-san, sitting next to Norn-san, turned her gaze toward her.

“……”

Then, after a brief silence.

Norn-san spoke in her usual tone.

“Since I couldn’t ask yesterday, I want to ask now instead… about how my boobs looked up close when you saw them yesterday—”

“Hold on, Norn!!”

Cutting Norn off before she could finish, Elena-san continued.

“When you said you couldn’t ask yesterday, I thought it was something related to that conversation! What were you even trying to ask!?”

“Eh~? I can’t talk about something like that in a cheerful place like this living room~”

“Well…! …I guess when you think about it, that might be true, but even so, talking about boobs during a meal is obviously weird!”

“But—”

I couldn’t tell what they were saying exactly because of all the overlapping voices, but Elena-san and Norn-san were clearly arguing about something.

I-I wonder if it’s okay.

As I was thinking that, Sephia-san, sitting next to me, spoke gently.

“Everyone’s lively, it’s such a nice atmosphere.”

“Y-yes, it really is!”

Even though I was a bit worried because Elena-san and Norn-san seemed to be arguing, the overall mood was lively, and since I loved this kind of atmosphere too, I nodded. Then, after a short pause, Sephia-san continued.

“…After the meal, I’d like to give you the sword training we discussed yesterday, if that’s alright with you?”

“Ah!”

Sword training…!

She’s already going to start from this morning…!

Thinking that made me so happy, I couldn’t help but raise my voice a little as I answered.

“Of course, that’s fine! I’d love to, please!”

“Thank you very much.”

Though she said that, I was the one who should be thanking her.

Someone as amazing as Sephia-san personally offering to teach me swordsmanship…

I strongly felt that this was what people meant by “more happiness than I deserve.”

After that, I continued eating the food with everyone, and when we finished…

I went with Sephia-san, just the two of us, to the forest to receive her sword training.

“Let me explain again. What I’ll be teaching you is called Chevalier-style swordsmanship, and its defining feature is—”

While speaking, Sephia-san drew her sword from its sheath.

Then, as she enveloped the sword with her own magic power, she said,

“As you can see, it involves imbuing your sword with your own magic, and changing the characteristics of your techniques depending on the situation.”

“I see… So, that wave slash technique you showed me before was one of those?”

“Yes. The wave slash is a technique used when you want to attack over a wide area. On the other hand, when your opponent is alone and you want to focus purely on speed, there’s a technique called flash slash.”

“Ah…! It’s even faster than the wave slash!?”

“Yes. The range is more limited, but in exchange, its speed surpasses that of the wave slash.”

Even that technique felt impossibly fast for me to imitate, but to think there’s something even faster than that…!

“Swords are… amazing! Until now, I’ve only studied magic, but thanks to you, Sephia, I’ve become more interested in swords than ever before!”

“Ah… because of me… Hearing such honest words about something I’ve poured my passion into… I never knew it could make me this happy…”

Sephia looked into my eyes for a moment.

Then, she gave a small smile and opened her mouth to speak.

“If you feel that strongly, then I’d like to start teaching you right away… Finn, please, take this sword.”

“Y-yes!”

She handed me the sword she had been holding, and I took it with both hands.

I’ve hardly ever held a sword before, so just gripping it made me a bit nervous…

But as I held it, I could somehow feel Sephia’s deep feelings toward swordsmanship, and the nervousness slowly faded away.

“First, it’s the very basics, but something considered difficult until you get used to it—letting magical energy flow into the sword. I’d like you to learn that, Finn.”

“Putting magic into the sword…”

“Yes. It’s very difficult at first to completely infuse something other than your body with magic in an ideal way, so don’t worry if you can’t do it today… For now, try imagining your magic flowing from your hands all the way to the tip of the sword, and let your magic out.”

“Alright… I’ll try!”

After replying, I took a deep breath and cleared my mind like a soldier, facing the sword in front of me.

—The image of magic flowing from my hands to the tip of the sword.

Luckily, I’ve seen Sephia actually infuse her sword with magic during combat.

So I only need to picture her sword from that time.

Thinking that, I carefully began to pour magic into the sword.

Eventually, when I finished putting the magic in—

“I did it!”

I said that and showed Sephia the sword infused with magic.

Then, Sephia widened her eyes in surprise.

“This is… amazing. I already believed you were talented, Finn, but I never thought you’d be able to infuse it so perfectly on the first try…”

“It’s because I got to see you fight beforehand! That really helped!”

“Even so… hehe, it seems my decision to teach you swordsmanship wasn’t wrong after all. Now, let’s talk about stances next.”

“Yes! Please do!”

After that, I began learning from Sephia about stances, which might be the most important part when it comes to swordsmanship alone.

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“—This should be the place.”

A white-haired woman, an assassin, arrived near the Luvankrum Empire’s frontline base and stopped where she could see the entire area.

Then, she activated a magic spell.

“Life Detection.”

This spell detects living beings nearby.

It’s not very useful in crowded places like cities, but on the frontlines where hardly anyone is outside except during battle, it’s perfect for finding a target.

“Almost everyone is inside the buildings, but two people are in the nearby forest… If one of those two is the target, that would be great for me.”

She whispered and then erased her presence as she stepped into the forest.

If someone were to enter the forest from the Granzenia Kingdom side, it would be very difficult, but from the Luvankrum Empire side, it’s easy.

So, she continued into the forest.

Then, in a place where she could absolutely not be detected, the white-haired woman stopped and activated two spells at once.

“Vision Force. Hearing Force.”

In that moment, her eyes glowed with magic, and her enhanced hearing picked up voices.

“—Finn, in the Chevalier-style swordsmanship, what do you think is the purpose of a stance?”

Hearing the target name “Finn,” the white-haired woman smirked.

Then, she turned her magical vision toward the voice’s direction.

(So, Chevalier-style swordsmanship… That blonde girl must be Sephia Chevalier. If I fail to kill Finn Teraward with one strike, things will get seriously troublesome.)

Well, I won’t make such a mistake.

She added that in her mind and recalled the impression she had of Finn from the documents.

(A boy that young, yet so powerful that the Luvankrum Empire’s higher-ups are worried about him… I can’t even imagine how arrogant he must’ve become… just the thought is terrifying.)

And since he was raised as a commoner, he must hold resentment toward the nobles.

No need to even imagine what kind of expression he must have, but she still had to get a look at the target, so she turned her eyes toward Finn—

“I believe it serves the purpose of adjusting to the situation and, more specifically, controlling how the magic is released!”

(…!)

But the boy standing there wasn’t the arrogant, hate-filled type she had imagined—

(Wh-what… is that boy…?)

He had nothing but pure eyes, expression, and aura—

(He’s… c-cute…)

Her eyes, meant for hunting a target, wavered.

And she couldn’t help but whisper that in her heart—