Shin, Rionne and Gadras visited the training grounds that the knights used.
“I want to confirm something. For the time being, we’re not going to fight next to soldiers that are training, are we?”
“No, it won’t go well if we were to fight there. Today, half of the soldiers are out for practice and the rest have other work that’s not in the training ground. Though some may sneak a peek, it can’t helped with so many people. Or, is Shin the type that does not want to be seen by people when he fights?”
“To tell you the truth, I want to refrain from exposing my abilities expressly. At the guild, we fought in an empty training center.”
“I see, you’re a cautious one, aren’t you?”
“Isn’t that how an adventurer should be?”
Unlike knights, adventurers often traveled alone. And in case of emergencies, they would have one or two trump cards prepared, Shin thought.
“Well, if I had to say it, most adventurers try to show off their power to gain fame. If their talent is recognized, then they can also enter government service like me.”
Gadras, who was a former adventurer, answered Shin’s question.
“That’s how it is, huh?”
“Of course there are also guys like you who don’t reveal their hand and hide their trump cards.”
Although it didn’t seem to be unusual, somehow people like Shin appeared to be in the minority.
“Personally, I don’t prefer the types like Shin. People who think that they can act that way, even if they’re powerful, I don’t like them for some reason. By simply having power, you must think about how to properly use it.”
“The obligations of a person with power, huh?”
“It’s the duty of the strong. When I notice a strong person with power, I often think, ‘What kind of influence does their power have on themselves and their surroundings?’ Even though what I hope to see doesn’t always happen.”
“Since I’m from the royal family, I’d say that I tend to think that way”, Rionne continued and smiled wryly.
From the beginning, for royalty, their existence would significantly affect people with their actions. In some ways it could even be said that both royalty and chosen ones were somewhat similar.
That was why Rionne was taught by the royal family to live the ideal life of a person with power. At the same time, she also noticed the existence of the unreachable status known as a princess.
She felt obligated to fight and swung her sword day and night, to control her power. She learned more about military knowledge than etiquette or her studies. Looking at her hand, which held the sword, no one would ever think that that was the hand of the country’s princess.
“It’s difficult, isn’t it?”
“Though I’m telling you about someone else’s problems, I guess even you can commiserate, huh, Shin?”
“It’s because I don’t serve the country, isn’t it? Again, I have my own way of doing things as an adventurer. Besides, it’s tiring to think about such things around the clock, so I do everything moderately. If not, then you won’t feel relaxed, right?”
Shin didn’t mean to deny Rionne’s thoughts.
In fact, it was important to act with such thinking in mind. However, different people have their own viewpoints and capabilities. If there was a person who had their own way, without noticing it existed, there would also be a person who acted their own way and yet noticed it existed.
As for what would happen as a result, only God may know. Of course, it was unreasonable for Shin to entrust everything to the heavens, so he moved and thought accordingly. Whether or not it went smoothly, it was hard to say.
“I’m a bit jealous, for you to be able to say that.”
“Well, when something bad happens, the troublesome ones usually don’t change though”
“If you enter the military, you may be able to decrease the troublesome things a little, you know? Though I can’t say it will be as a General, I can promise you a reasonably high position.”
“An additional bonus comes along in various other ways instead, huh? I’m terribly sorry, but I’ll still have to decline.”
Shin evaded the casual invitation from the second princess smoothly.
He didn’t have any intention to enter a military which would restrict his movements. For Shin, who lived in a world without a class system such as nobles and royal families, their ideas were beyond his understanding.
Although he was familiar with the meaning of a fantasy system in games and manga, he didn’t understand it in this world.
“That’s too bad. It’s not easy to encounter an upper grade Chosen One. So, it seems like we’ve arrived?”
Rionne shrugged while stating her disappointment, she probably thought that Shin would have agreed.
And then, she stopped in front of a somewhat ordinary door.
“Here?”
“This is because you requested a fight that no one will see. So we will borrow this place.”
Saying that, Rionne pushed the door open.
Inside, there was a transition point similar to what Shin saw in the adventurers’ guild. (T/N: metastasis point had been changed to transition point)
“So we are going to tel