Succeeding as a Knight in a Gender-Reversal Game

15 – Practical Test (2)

I don’t feel anything.

-Eleanor. Those who carry on Marhen’s name must always be aware of its weight. Anywhere else.

Ever since I heard that Abi received money from her mother, the Duke, and left me alone in this mansion, leaving me alone in the countryside somewhere.

When she found out, she cried for two days and looked for her dad, but no one paid any attention to her.

This world was lukewarm, colorless, and insensitive to me.

-You are very talented with a sword. If he grows up like this, he will not only become a swordsman who will bear the name of Duke Marhen, but he will also be able to aim for the position of head of the family.

Although she is the daughter of a concubine, her talent with the sword is greater than that of her other sisters, and her mother, the Duke, did not spare me any praise for her sword skills.

My relatives weren’t particularly jealous of this, but they didn’t congratulate me or anything like that.

That’s how I lived using the sword, which was my gift.

Just train as given, swing the sword, kill and survive.

As a result, the blood of the creature, which had been hot, no longer becomes warm or cold. It just remains in my memory as something sticky.

The sense of arduous training is no longer entangled in the flesh.

The cries for help don’t ring loudly in my ears, but that doesn’t mean I can’t hear them either.

It just stands there like a landscape in a painting, like a landscape in a colorless painting.

While I was living in a state of insensitivity day after day, the day I entered the Imperial Knight Academy according to family tradition.

“Wow… Hey, hey hey Look over there. “My boyfriend is passing by.”

“What? You don’t have a fiance… No, that’s my boyfriend. “Look where you are, you b*tch.”

Beyond the place where the sound was confusing, there was a man in the background who looked like an artist had put his soul into it.

He is so tall that few people, even women, have it. Sharp and distinct facial features. And more than anything, the red eyes that attract people.

A man whose appearance was so intense that he thought color had been introduced into the otherwise colorless world, even if only for a moment, was looking at him with concern.

‘…Worried? Me?’

Eleanor Marchen must stand alone. You don’t need anyone’s help for this.

Until now, I have done well on my own without fooling anyone.

Not only does he not rely on his biological father, who abandoned him, but also on his blood relatives.

Only when I thought of that did the bright and dark colors of the world turn gray, and the man’s color also faded.

“…No need.”

I will stand tall.

I will stand tall in this place, alone.

So one day, in this insensitive world

I have lived like this, I have grown up like this without you guys.

It will be made to reverberate throughout the world.

It was the same for the written test as well as the practical test.

-Bwaaak!!

“Stop! The game has been decided! “Please keep the distance between the two test takers and leave the training room.”

I leave behind the examinee I defeated with my sword and wait for my turn again.

“As expected… Duke Marchen. It’s hard to even properly follow the sword swing I just made… “

“I hope it’s not just my opponent. “To be honest, I’m a bit scared.”

Whatever people around me say, it’s none of my business.

I wish this exam would be over quickly… I guess I need to do more training…

After the exam is over, I’m thinking about what I need to practice.

“Testee number 278!! And taker number 489!!! Please come up to the training hall!!”

It looks like a new game has begun in the training hall next door.

Out of curiosity, I suddenly looked up and saw a man who had impressed me earlier and a woman who looked like a gangster enter the training hall.

That paddle the blonde woman is wearing at her side… It looks like a gold-level mercenary card.

Although not as good as a knight, a gold-level mercenary is accustomed to dealing with both monsters and people.

Contrary to his promiscuous appearance, he must be a person who has accumulated his own experience.

And the sparring between her and that man that caught my eye

“Hey! Why, why is this man so strong!!”

“Because I decided not to do it roughly!!”

-Taaa!!

“I didn’t say that! “Do it gently!!”

I began to paint the training ground in colors that caught my eye, colors that shattered my previous common sense.

* * *

“Sparring is over! The winner is test taker John!”

“hehehe, hehehe… I can’t do it anymore… “

-Sharp!

Sharon sits down with her legs together, not paying attention to the sword being pointed at her neck.

Even though it’s a wooden sword, you have to be careful… Ugh.

“Be careful, Sharon. “It’s a shame because it’s a wooden sword. If it was a real sword, you wouldn’t have just gotten hurt.”

“If it’s a real sword, of course I don’t care! But Johan, how on earth are you this strong? Being pushed by a man… “I couldn’t even imagine, really.”

I held the grumbling Sharon’s hand and helped her up, and she let her eyes sparkle and her golden hair flutter.

“Strong, handsome and even mannered… I think both women and men will fall in love if this happens. This is a confession, right? It’s a confession, right? Tell me to confess quickly, John. “I need to find out about Meron and her wedding venue.”

“Don’t make weird jokes, come on. Do you see the person involved over there? You’re waiting with a potion. “The exam isn’t over yet, so good luck.”

Sharon dusts herself off and scratches her head with a regretful expression.

“It’s a pity that I only showed my unsightly side… Let’s spar with Melon later! “Our specialty is passing techniques, so we’ll be able to show a better side of ourselves then!”

A 2-on-1 fight might not look particularly cool or anything…

Still, the way they confidently appealed something made me think that they were even more attractive regardless of whether they won or lost.

At least I don’t think we’ll be bored or anything if we’re together.

“Yes, I look forward to it. “For that to happen, do your best and do well in the next sparring.”

“Oh!! It’s a handsome man’s support, so it gives me a lot of strength! “Sparring and all, we can do it 10 more times!!”

An amount of energy radiates from Sharon that makes it hard to believe that she is someone who has just been defeated. It’s really nice to see something lively.

After patting her on the shoulder and cheering her on, I come back down to where I have to wait.

What I felt as soon as I came down was a different gaze than before.

Now, the attention of those around us has changed from simply looking at a handsome man to looking at a strong man who is showing excellent performance in a practical test.

“That person just now…” “I don’t think he’s a weak person at all.”

“The thing you were wearing on your waist was a gold-level mercenary card, right? Isn’t that the level at which you can easily pass the Imperial Knight Academy? “There are many precedents.”

“Before that, men overpowered women like that with physical strength and strength… ? I can’t believe it even though I’m seeing it with my own eyes… “

This pleasure of changing the eyes and words of people who looked down on me.

This is it.

For this, I have worked so hard.

To never be looked down upon, and to crush those who look down on them.

I feel better from the slight heat generated by the light sweat I shed while sparring with Sharon.

Everyone wandering around me means they want to talk to me, but they can’t, so they look restless. Probably, if private conversations were allowed among test takers during the actual exam, there would have been an uproar around me.

Let’s just keep it like this.

In such a pleasant atmosphere, while cooling down my fever, I meditated for the next sparring match.

“Testee number 278!! Test taker number 36!! “Both test takers, please come to the training hall!!”

I hear my student number being called again from beyond the training hall.

With the provided wooden sword for practice in hand again, I went up to the training ground and faced the opponent.

“This is John. “Please take care of our last sparring.”

“…Eleanor Marchen.”

It was the human rights fan who took my ceiling sympathy.

Eleanor strikes a perfect posture while wearing a practice shield and sword.

As she, with her straight blue hair, looked all over my body with her depthless eyes like a cold lake, I got goosebumps.

Perhaps it was because of its inhumanly beautiful appearance, more like a doll than a person.

Even as I heard her sentiments, I felt excited and wanted to get closer to her.

Eleanor in the tutorial stage is a balance-breaking character in name and reality.

You can only recruit them after completing the Academy, which is the minimum tutorial stage, and even at that time, their initial stats were all over 50.

Well, you have to be strong. Eleanor you must be strong. No, it’s difficult if you’re not strong.

How much did I pay to get the right to recruit you… I invested all of my food expenses for three months in you, excluding chicken breast. And that’s during the off-season, when you don’t have to adjust your diet…

“…Hey, why are you crying… ?”

“Oh, no. There’s dust in my eyes for a moment… “

Only after listening to Eleanor’s words was I able to put aside the painful memories of the past for a while.

What kind of useless thoughts did you have before sparring? Calm down, Lee Yo-han.

Given Eleanor’s personality, she probably wouldn’t have talked to me first or anything, but I guess she was very bothered by my behavior. I feel a little sorry about this.

The past is the past, and now is the present. What is in front of me now is not the character Eleanor, but Eleanor, an experienced knight.

How much skill can I show against Eleanor now?

Of course, Eleanor isn’t equipped with special equipment right now, and she can’t use her special move here, but she’s strong enough even without it.

He is wearing a heater shield and his sword is pointed in this direction. The gaze is extremely sharp. It’s hard to find an opening to attack, such as the space between your feet or the center of gravity of your body.

Except for Lena and Aunt Lana, this is my first proper article.

Such an article and I

“Then, let’s start sparring now! “

As soon as I heard the supervisor’s words announcing the start of the sparring,

-Kwaaa!!

Through each other’s swords, we began to gauge the other person without saying a word.