After returning to the Lingle Kingdom after completing the journey to deliver letters, my body finally got used to the cycle of life in the lifesaving team.

I didn't miss any training on the road, but the training at the rescue team was completely different. Even if you were training alone, if you have a presence in the form of tongs that can incite each other, you can get tired of each other and do a more grueling menu.

…… No, it's just a selling word and a buying word, and it's developing into a sprint.

It's an environment where it's easy for me to move, but there's one thing I've been worried about lately.

 

"Bulllin, you...... You're fat, aren't you?"

"Fugua?"

 

I noticed it early in the morning when I was feeding Bulllyn in the stables.

It used to be big, but now it's kind of ...... It's all over the place.

For me, it's a good weight to carry on my back! I didn't care because I thought so, but I couldn't overlook it if it swelled so much that I could see it from the appearance.

 

"I walked all the time on trips, so I didn't gain weight...... You've been eating and sleeping, eating and sleeping and sleeping lately."

「…… Guu"

"I can't do it like this."

 

After eating the fruit, Burlin, who was about to coast into a sleep, shook his body and looked up.

Seeing such a bulllin, I decided to make my heart a demon and exercise the bulllin.

 

"You're a lifesaver, too."

"Gru"

"You can't shake your head like that, you know what? I can't go on like this."

 

Still, Bullin shakes his head.

…… Can't help it. I didn't want to do this.

 

"I can't help it, I'll leave it to the leader."

"Grua! Grurffa!"

"Oh yes, you're motivated! I'm glad you're motivated!"

 

I get up with a hunched body and smile at Bulllin, who has been punching my leg as if to show his motivation.

If so, why not start today?

 

●

 

Today's menu is a run-in with tongs.

I usually run with Bulllin on my back, but today I decided to have Bullin run with me.

Bulllyn has also gained weight, but he is a partner who has traveled with him so far.

The potential of the Blue Grizzly monster is not Itachi. He's breathing heavily, but he's keeping up with the pace of me and the guys.

 

"Oh, Usato, so is Bulllin, but you don't bring Nea with you?"

 

As I was running through the city, Alec, who was in front of me, asked me about it.

 

"I'm having Nea train at the rescue team's training ground."

"Are you with Nak and Ferm?"

"Oh, well, as far as she's concerned, it's just a run-in."

 

Naturally, Nea was reluctant to participate in the training.

I didn't like it to the point of sneering and infantile regression.

However, crying would not work for me to be a demon in my heart, but I felt sorry for forcing myself to participate, so I decided to change my ways.

After an initial unsuccessful attempt of persuasion, I went to the room to find a time when Ferm and Nea would be together.

 

"Ferm is normal, but if you can't do it, it can't be helped.

『……!』

"Ferm, that's what I mean, so let's pretend we didn't talk about it earlier. Nea can't seem to keep up with you.'

"What? Oh, oh! Well, that's usually the case! There's no way a mere monster can follow me! Besides, there's no reason for me to lose to you when you have something in the way in your chest!"

"No, let's do it!"

 

To sum it up very simply, this is how Nair ended up participating in the training.

No, actually, it was a decision that was reached after an hour of questioning and fighting.

Now is the time when he is desperately competing with Ferm.

 

"You're a pretty nasty guy."

"I feel like I'm starting to look a bit like the Leader."

"Come on, if you're the leader of the group, it's completely different because it's a use of force in the first place, I'm still a kind person."

 

Refuting Gomul and Mil's words, the tough men sighed in dismay.

Why do you sigh? Somehow, when these guys sigh, it's quite irritating.

 

"Speaking of which, are you going to do mock combat training with the Leader next time?"

「…… Ah, yes, yes."

"Are you sure you're okay, Sore?"

"I'm going to ask you the other way around, do you think it's okay?"

 

When he replied to Tong's words, everyone replied in unison, "I don't think so."

Well, I guess so.

They know Rose's horrors better than anyone. Because he knows, he understands his insane abilities and respects them.

Including me, of course.

 

"Nihihi, Usato and the Leader, do you want to bet on who will win?"

"Well, I'll bet that your sister will win."

"It's better to win, isn't it?"

"Gould, you...... There's nothing more than a bet that you know you're going to win."

"You can't bet that it doesn't taste so good."

"Well, the rescue team doesn't allow gambling, you idiots."

 

I agree that the winner or loser is decided, but it's annoying to be made a gamble on it.

If Alec hadn't stopped him, he would have been so annoyed that he would have accused Rose.

 

"So, how are you going to actually fight?"

"What's going on...... With the help of Nea, they fight in the flesh ...... I wonder. I'm probably going to knock him down with a ranged attack or something like that."

 

Perhaps the magic of restraint does not buy time as much as Mr./Ms. Charon.

But there's no point in doing the same thing when you're fighting Rose, who has everything at a higher standard than me.

 

"For the time being, the first thing to do is to avoid the first shot of the leader, but then I will take a shot."

 

I have an image of it, but I know that Rose will move beyond my image, so I will keep in mind that she will move more than I expected.

Perhaps the corners of his mouth had naturally been raised, and the tough faces who saw it were frowning at his ugly faces.

 

"The only person who doesn't notice is himself."

"When I first came, I was just a kid...... It's supposed to be."

"Now I'm the second monster after my sister."

"And when you get mad, it changes all of a sudden, and sometimes it seems like you have two sisters......

"No, it can't be helped, can it? If you take your sister's serious training, it's impossible for you to be like this."

 

Blood vessels float on the forehead.

No, I can't get mad at these guys without saying anything.

He desperately smiles and squeezes out his voice without letting his inner anger out.

 

"Haha, you can say as much as you want, or this monster together."

"'Oh?'"

"Oh?"

 

Glaring at him while running.

Bulllin, who runs beside me, looks at me and looks at me alternately, but we still don't stop glaring at each other.

 

"Teme, haven't you been doing well lately? We're seniors."

"What is Senpai?" Do you think I'm going to be intimidated by that? If that's the case, I doubt what I've seen so far."

「……」

「……」

 

Silence reigns the place.

The only sound is the sound of running footsteps and the sighs of the people of the kingdom who want to say, "See ......you again."

After about ten seconds of silence, the tongs emit a pressurized voice.

 

「…… The goal is the lifeguard dormitory. There's only one winner."

"Obstruction, incitement, shortcuts, whatever."

"This isn't a fight, you know?"

"Oh, of course, this is——"

 

I glanced sideways at the tongs running closest to me, and took a breath of air as much as I could——、

 

"It's a competition!!"

 

He threw a side kick from the tongs with no motion, but everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing, and the six people in the room kicked at the same time, interrupting each other.

Perhaps because of the bad timing, they are slammed into each other's abdomens and blown away at the same time, but they quickly get up and start running separately.

Bulllin, who can't grasp the situation, is rushing back and forth, but I shout at him while giving him a thumbs up.

 

"If you slack off while I'm not looking, you're going to skip food!"

"Gua!?"

 

With a shocked Bullyn behind me, I kicked the ground and ran out of the spot, looking at the tough guys who were running ahead of me.

As expected, he is given black clothes, but his feet are not those of ordinary people.

But it's the same for me.

 

"I'm not going to lose!"

 

There's no shame in losing to these guys.

If you do it, you will definitely win.

I made up my mind to do so, and I started running to catch up with the strong face in front of me.

 

●

 

"So, is there anything else to say?"

"I'm sorry......"

 

Waiting for me, who had barely won the victory while obstructing each other in the rescue team, was Rose, who gave me a cold stare that would have made even the Grim Reaper run away barefoot.

The six of us who arrived at the rescue team were immediately captured by Rose and were now forced to sit upright.

 

"Well, you guys...... I started competing over boring things. It's okay to make noise, but how many times do you have to tell people that you shouldn't bother others? You idiots will never understand that, can you?"

"Leader, I don't think you can put me with this monster in human skin."

"That's right, sister, don't put us in the company of this super-creature in the skin of a herbivore."

"Shut up."

 

Rose grabbed her face and lifted her with one hand, and the screams of me and the tongs echoed through the deserted forest.

When Alec and the others saw us, they just turned blue in the face and looked down.

 

"What if I do the same thing next time...... You know what's going to happen?"

"Ha, yes...... Whew!'"

 

Freed from the Iron Claw and dropped to the ground, Tong and I wriggle around on the ground, barely replying.

Looking down at us, Rose sighed in dismay, and after nailing Alec and the others, she turned in the opposite direction from the lifeguards' quarters.

Alec asked Rose if she wondered too.

 

"Leader, are you going out somewhere?"

"Call me to the castle, I'll be back by night."

 

Was he called by Lloyd?

Maybe I'm being self-conscious, but when Rose is called to the castle, it's mostly about me, so I'm a little worried.

The pain subsided from her face, so she got up normally, and Rose, who was about to head to the castle as if she had suddenly remembered something, turned to look at her.

 

"Oh, yes, Usato."

"Yes?"

"We're going to have a mock battle tomorrow, so get ready."

 

　……。

 

"That's all I want to say, so don't skip training."

 

Ignoring me, who was unable to move with a stiff face, Rose went straight to the castle.

Tomorrow? Isn't tomorrow early?

If you tell me more like this, about a week in advance, I can prepare for a lot of things.

 

"As expected, this can't be teased."

"I sympathize with you, seriously."

"Well, hit it and shatter it, at worst, it might really shatter, but do your best."

"Don't die, Usato."

"From the looks of it, it looks like my sister is looking forward to it."

"You guys think it's someone else'...... problem!"

 

Receiving the sympathetic gaze of the tough men, I staggered out and headed to the training ground to tell Nea about tomorrow's mock battle with Rose.

Along the way, he finds a blue blob lying in large letters.

 

"Oh, Bulllin."

「…… Guo!"

 

When he noticed me, he got up and ran towards me.

He ——— to lash out at me with anger in his eyes, but I take it head-on.

 

"Mmmmmmmmm."

"Grrrrrrr......!"

 

I take a slight step back, but I still take it in stride and apologize for leaving Bulllyn behind.

 

"Hahaha, I'm sorry I left you, I did my best today, and I'll leave you with a lot of rice as an apology."

"Gufu"

 

If that's the case, he snorts and smiles wryly at Bullin, who sits on the spot.

He ran as I told him to do, and he went to the training ground while casting a healing spell on him.

 

"I'm sure there will be Nea, Ferm, and Nak at the training ground......

 

"It's cowardly! Is it still human to use a strange technique to disturb you?!"

"Ho-ho-ho! You idiot! I'm a monster, so there's no cowardice! Baa-ka, baa-ka!'

"What's that?!"

 

When he arrives at a position where he can see the training ground, he sees a strange sight of Nea and Ferm lying near the center of the training ground, and Nak watching them with his forehead pressed against his forehead.

Nea and Ferm aren't fainting, they're just collapsed from exhaustion and unable to move, but instead they're taunting each other.

Needless to say, it's a very surreal sight.

 

"Oh, Mr./Ms. Usato! I was just about to call you."

"Nak, what the hell happened, this?"

 

He asks Nak, who runs up to him, why he is in this situation.

Then, with a subtle expression, he began to explain how this had happened.

 

"No, at first, we were using the training ground to run in, but Mr./Ms. Ferm and Mr./Ms. Nea started fighting, and we started competing to see who could finish the quota first......

"Ah, I see."

 

They had a fight, but the two of them, who understood that fighting was the law, tried to settle it in a different way.

Or rather, they were doing what we were doing earlier.

But why is Ferm falling because of it? I don't think Nea can beat Ferm in terms of physical strength.

 

"Why Ferm, let alone Nea?"

"Mr./Ms., is that some strange purple magic? I put something like that on Mr./Ms. Ferm. Ferm Mr./Ms., who didn't realize it, went on to compete with Mr./Ms. Nea ......."

"Oh yes."

 

Nea, you didn't want to lose so much?

Let's take notice of Ferm's chances...... The spell of restraint is not such an elusive magic, .......

For the time being, I can't watch it, so I touch the backs of the two people who are still lying on their backs and cursing each other, and apply a healing spell.

 

"Usato, listen! I've defeated this nasty demon tribe!"

"I guess you cheated! Damn it, ...... to a guy like this!"

「…… Sigh."

 

I don't know what to look like at Nea, who has a big smile on her face, and Ferm, who is half-crying.

It's dumbfounded, but it's also smiling...... yes, they're kind of alike.

In the meantime, I'm going to let Nea know about the mock battle with the Leader now.

 

"Nea"

"Hmmm, what? If you're going to compliment me, it's okay to exaggerate, okay?"

"A mock battle with the leader has been decided for tomorrow."

「……」

 

Nea froze with a smile on her face.

I know how it feels, but I have to accept it.

You have to be prepared for a fight with Rose.

I'm sure I'm going to see a lot of pain.

I'm so scared that I shudder.

But still, somewhere in my heart, I want to show my own power that I have grown into a mentor named Rose.

 

"Also, maybe it's because I don't like to lose......?"

 

That's the only advantage that hasn't changed since the original world.