Chapter 28

In the end, I still need to train with that monster. At least it was only once a week.

At the next training, he didn't tell me to do what he told me before. And he became strangely silent as we began the training. But for some reason, he keeps glaring at me. I feel that my back might have a hole from his sharp gaze.

The training ended after I finished running around the training ground for five laps like before. I have prepared myself for today's training. I even do some warm-ups before coming to this training.

I am able to not lose consciousness today after finishing running for five laps. But my body feels so tired.

"I'll excuse myself because I have finished the training that you tell me to do."

He didn't say anything and only not after he heard what I said.

I get back to my room after forcing my body to quickly leave that monster's place.

At least, I could feel a bit happier because of the chocolates that Brother Winslow made this morning. I keep it in my room.

I took the chocolates and put one into my mouth. After getting tired from the training, sweets are the best solution.

As I enjoying my chocolates, I could hear the sound of someone running to my room. I hide the chocolates as I know that whoever is coming, they will come to this room. Because there is nothing except my room around here.

Bang.

"Young miss! The Viscountess said that you have a new class that will start from tomorrow morning."

It was Sister Ancelina who rushed into my room. She was being ordered to give any news or notification from the Viscount family? It happened because she accidentally talk about how I cried before to the head maid. They thought that I was crying because Sister Ancelina had bullied me.

"Do you know what class it is?" I decided to ask about the detail.

"The Viscountess only told me tomorrow morning you have to attend the etiquette class. And she also said to warn you to act respectfully to the tutor and don't come late because her friend is the one who will teach you." Sister Ancelina repeated the Viscountes's order.

"Thank you for your hard work. Do you want some chocolates?" I offer the chocolates that I hide before.

"Thank you for your hard work. Do you want some chocolates?"

I thank Sister Ancelina and offer some chocolates to her.

"...Um...is it the same as the chocolates that you give me before?" Sister Ancelina fidgeted and there was fear in her eyes.

Hmm? Did she didn't like the 70% dark chocolate that I asked Brother Winslow to make for me before? It was good for helping to make us able to feel more relaxed.

"That is not sweet but it's more like medicine," Sister Ancelina muttered in a small voice.

"Hmm, what do you say?"

"No, it's nothing."

"This one is different from before. It was 50% chocolate so it should be sweeter than the one you have before. But if you consume it too much, you will easily gain weight." I told her to beware of the dangerous part of delicious sweets.

"Then please let me try it." Sister Ancelina has an expression as if she will go to life or death battle.

As she took one of the chocolate into her mouth, her expression seems to melt and turn into a smiling face.

"This is...! How should I describe it? Its bitter-sweet taste that melts inside your mouth is quite delicious and unique. How could there be such taste in this world?"

"It's delicious, right?"

"Un, yes, it's more delicious than the one that I had before. But why do you make it taste like that before? Do you want to trick the head chef?"

"I don't need to trick them because they won't dare to taste it."

"Why do you so sure that he will act like that?"

"Because he will think that this chocolate looks like mud when Brother Winslow cooks it. And I like the taste of the previous one to help me get more relaxed."

"...What a brave choice of taste," Sister Ancelina muttered in a small voice.

"What are you saying?"

"No, it's just that I just remembered that today is your sword training with that person, right?" Sister Ancelina panicked while answering my question.

"Oh right, you said that you have seen him before, right?"

It was something that happened after my first swordsmanship training.

***

Sister Ancelina come to my room when that muscle monster gets out of my room.

"Young miss, are you alright?" She timidly asked.

"I'm alright. Why do you ask?"

"I-I'm sorry." She suddenly apologized and bowed her head.

I am confused by her unexpected guilty feeling. As I don't know what kind of answer I should say to her so I look at Brother Winslow.

"Haa..., Ancelina had seen that you were being carried by that muscles teacher but she didn't dare to confront him so she went to tell me about it." Looking at my gaze, Brother Winslow explained.

I could understand her feeling as I also don't want to get close to that creature.

"Don't worry about it, Sister Ancelina. I understand how you are feeling because I also didn't want to meet him if I could." I said as I want to lessen her guilt.

"Eh..., but how you can have such composure when you are facing him, Brother Winslow?"

I just realize that except when the first time he saw him, Brother Winslow was quite calm when facing him. What a strong mental power!

"It's not like what you are thinking." He suddenly said.

"How do you know? Did you have mind reading ability or you could read it from my expression? I think I have trained my expression to be hard to read by another person." I said as I feel that I am quite good to hide my emotions from being shown in my face.

"Pff..., You are right, but I have known you for a year now. That's why I could guess the possible questions that you may ask me." Brother Winslow holding his laughter for some reason.

'Is there something funny about what I said.'

"I have met that person before. He was the person who helped my village from the monster wave before." Brother Winslow continued his explanations.

It's a kinda unexpected answer.

"Then did you mean that he was an adventurer?" I was quite surprised by that muscle creature's real identity.

"Did he didn't introduce himself to you?" Brother Winslow seems to be surprised by my words.

"Un, he only tells me to call him teacher and he also said that he wouldn't tell me his name because it will scare me," I answer truthfully as I repeat what he's saying to me before.

"That's quite..., he is right. The adults in the village often use his name to scare the naughty children to prevent them from doing it again." Brother Winslow said with an awkward expression.

Brother Winslow's words seem confining when I remembered that person's appearance. It will make most children cry when they saw that appearance. Even the adults will be stuck speechless when they met him for the first time.

"Then do you know his true identity?" Sister Ancelina timidly asked.

"I only know his nickname as an adventurer. He was known as the 'Steel Body Adventurer' as he was famous for his sturdy body. But the children knew him as 'Monster Adventurer' as they saw his body as big as the monsters that attacked our village. And I was only surprised because I never thought that I would meet with him here." Brother Winslow tells us the information that he knows about that person.

Hearing what Brother Winslow said, I feel that I could understand how they would feel when they met him. They might have mixed feelings between fear and respect. Because although they respect him as their saviour but at the same time, his appearance will make most people fear him.

Unfortunately, the Viscount decided to continue the training after he talked about it with that Adventurer.

***

"Although I know that he was a good person, but I still feel uncomfortable every time I get a glimpse of his appearance. I'm sorry I can't help you about it." Sister Ancelina timidly said.

"Let's stop talking about that person. I don't want to remember that disturbing appearance for now. Do you know how hard it was for me to leave the training ground as fast as possible?" I said with an annoyed tone.

"My condolences, young miss. But...I think he was acting strange in front of you." Sister Ancelina said as if she remembered something.

"What do you mean?"

I feel strange when she said that he was acting strange in front of me. He didn't have some strange preferences such as liking a loli like me, right?

"He seems to care about your condition when he made you collapse from fatigue before. Some of the servants said he was asking some questions about you after your first training. But no one told me about what he was asking them." Sister Ancelina told me about what happened after the first training session.

He seems to not believe what Brother Winslow said. Or does he want to be sure? I'm a bit curious about the reason why they decided to continue the training.

"He might be asking about my age." I decided to tell her about the possibility of his question.

"Why???" Sister Ancelina was surprised and confused by my words.

"Because he think that I was a five-year-old child," I answered her question.

"Huh!?" Sister Ancelina has a dumbfounded expression.

"Because he said that usually, the earliest age for the children to start their training is five years old," I explained the reasoning.

"W-Wait, then why they still forced you to do it? Isn't it too early for you?" She seemed to be angry at the truth.

"They just like to do that as they thought it would become the usual harassment for me. Just ignored it because you will be too tired if you try to understand what they were doing. They never did something based on our normal logic." I casually said.