But, then that means that there was someone who needed to put the padlock on the door. Which reminds me, after the padlock fell down on the tatami, where did it go?.... Ah, let’s stop here, next time I need to ask father about my ancestors.」(Kazura)
No matter how much he thought about it, he wouldn’t found any clear answer, so Kazura brought his thoughts to a halt as he scratched his head. And then just like what he always did, he entered the stone passage to return to Japan.
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At the same time as when Kazura was going back to Japan to buy canned peaches.
At a training ground that was located inside Isteria City, Isaac was conducting push-up exercises together with his 100 subordinates to augment their physical strength.
Calling it a training ground was a bit exaggerated as it was just a lackluster open space enclosed by a 3 meter tall stone wall.
The giant wooden gate that connected the open space with the city streets was thrown wide open. There was just one soldier standing guard beside the gate.
In front of the gate, a large numbers of townspeople were passing by. Some of them showed their interest in the training that was being conducted in the training ground, the number of people who were conversing with the guard was also not small.
Every soldier who participated in the unit was still young, Isaac who was 20 years old this year and his aide were the oldest one at here.
「48, 49, 50! ..... Hm? What is this? There’s no one who fell behind?」(Isaac)
Isaac who successfully performed the number of push-ups that he counted out, started to rise up from the ground. It seems that every subordinate soldier were able to do push-ups at the same pace as Isaac, each of them also stood up and brushed away their sand covered hands.
For the last several weeks, Isaac had been detached from his unit and undertaking other duties according to Nelson’s instructions.
Even though he as the commanding officer wasn’t there, his subordinates didn’t slack even for a little and completely focused all their energies, so much so that even when the push-up pace was quite fast, surprisingly everyone was able to follow it.
Isaac had declared that if there was anyone who fell behind in push-ups then the distance on the running, which was scheduled to be performed next, would be doubled, but it seemed that there would be no need for that.
While Isaac showed his admiration to his subordinates, the male aide, who’d taken push-ups beside him, brushed the sand on his hand on his trousers and let out a sigh.
「When Captain wasn’t here, for some reason Zirconia-sama sometimes came to check on the unit;s state of affairs. Then she gave out a training regimen that was completely hellish. Compared to that, I believe that Captain’s training regimen was more like a god’s mercy.」(Aide)
「So Zirconia-sama kindly gave your her guidance.... Then I can understand where your guys physical strength comes from. It was really good, right?」(Issac)
After Isaac spoke like this, the male aide looked at him with serious tiredness on his face.
「Of course it wasn’t good. For 2 weeks, the training was very harsh and there was a lot people who unconsciously complained, however after that finished everyone needed to practice mock combat with spears, with Zirconia-sama as the opponent. And the result was......」(Aide)
「What!? You had a bout with Zirconia-sama!? How envious...... So, what’s the result!?」(Isaac)
Maybe because he’d really wanted to participate in the combat practice, Isaac showed a vexing expression.
Seeing Isaac like this, the male aid was thinking,