Chapter 36: 15 year old Inglis and the Town Ruled by a Highlander (7)
「Yup, I’m not too bad.」
Inglis nodded to herself and followed the roughed up Cystia into the abandoned church.
She was able to evade the vehement attacks of a Hyrule Menace without relying on a weapon, and even delivered a strike.
Compared to three years ago when she could hardly handle Eris even after having drawn her sword, she could see that her skills had definitely improved over the years since she could easily advance on her opponent while thinking on her feet. With that in her mind, she nodded her head imperceptibly at her own growth. This was the result of her training by avoiding the rain of light from Rafinha’s Artifact to further improve her skills. Recently, simply avoiding what she could see or hear didn’t feel like enough anymore, so she had tried cutting off her senses while evading as well.
「… B̲a̲s̲t̲a̲r̲d̲!」
Cystia got back up on her feet while scowling at her like a feral dog.
「You still have a hidden ability, don’t you? Please show it to me. Miss Eris also seemed like she hid something from me, so I’m sure you also have a trick up your sleeves.」 「Eris? Ah, the Hyrule Menace affiliated with this nation…」 「Do you two know each other?」 「Don’t know her. Never met her.」
Eris was one of the two Hyrule Menaces affiliated with the nation. In short, she was a famous character, so it wasn’t strange for someone to know her name. The other one was called Ripple, if Inglis remembered correctly. Clearly, Cystia was not one of the two who was affiliated with their nation.
「If I may ask, for formality sake, who are you? Why is a Hyrule Menace who isn’t even affiliated with the nation here?」 「Hmph. Don’t you worry about that.」