It was two weeks after that when Luru’s father returned home.
Around noon when the sun was high, his father who was riding a carriage from the neighbouring town was wearing neither sword nor armour, and was lightly dressed like any old villager so from a glance you could not really tell that he was a skilled swordsman.
He had a gentle and calm atmosphere, and in his luggage were a number of heavy books, and even now was reading while wearing the Magus Tool that he always put on when he did so. Because of that, rather than a knight, he seemed more like a scholar.
Alighting from the horse carriage left at the entrance of the village, with a few books and a large-ish bag, he noticed Luru who had come to meet him and leisurely waved his hand.
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“Hey… It’s been a while, huh, Luru. Have you been well?”
His father spoke in a kind tone, befitting of his appearance, and though it wasn’t as though they hadn’t met in years, Luru thought that it was something he missed.
“Yeah, I’ve been well… It’s been a while. Will you be able to stay a bit longer this time?”
His father, Patrick, worked in the royal palace in the royal capital, so he didn’t have that much leave. That’s why Luru asked what he did.
Normally his family should have been living together in the capital, but his mother took a liking to this village, and his father didn’t want to take Luru and his mother to the capital either.
It seems that his mother had lived in the capital in the past, but after marrying with his father they came to this village, and she had lived here ever since.
Perhaps it was because the two of them didn’t like metropolises, or perhaps there was some other reason they didn’t mention so Luru didn’t know, but anyway, because of their circumstances, Luru hadn’t been to a large city yet.
“Let’s see… This time… I don’t think I can stay for too long either. Though it’s not like I have to go back immediately either. So there’s enough time to train you and Rusty.”
Said Patrick with a smile.
Each time Patrick came home, he would teach Luru and Rusty.
There were quite a few people who had learned swordsmanship in the village, but the only one who was skilled enough to teach people properly was Patrick.
Because of that, he would often teach the children of the village swordsmanship when he came home.
While he was in the village, Patrick was completely on holiday without anything else to do, so he had a lot of free time.
Having said that though, there was no way that a knight could let his skill decline, so he trained in the sword every single day, and it seems that the children who saw him do so asked him to teach them, and that was how it began.
There were a few children who learned under Patrick, left the village, and became adventurers, and Rusty was working hard to be the same.
“I think Rusty’s burning up this time. He’s probably frantically trying his best, so… could you tell him not to overdo it?”
“Mn? Did something happen to him?”
“We’ll tell you about that later… There are a whole bunch of things we have to tell you, after all.”