Book 9: Chapter 7
“Not bad, not bad.”
Shusia wiped her sweat on her forehead. She looked at Gerald, who stood in front of her and was in the midst of pulling his sword back. She continued with satisfaction, “Though you’re not a top-tier fighter, you could be considered a skilled fighter among the guards in the Royal Capital.”
Gerald chuckled awkwardly. They sparred for over ten rounds, but he was defeated by Shusia every single time. As a guy, he should’ve been going easy on her, but when they sparred, he discovered that he, at best, could only defend against her attacks despite his utmost efforts. After over ten rounds of sparring, Shusia was just breaking a sweat.
Gerald honestly admitted, “I never thought you were so formidable.”
Shusia hesitated for a moment before laughing with pleasure. She responded, “I am the Valkyries’ sword instructor, after all, and N(ier)-, our Princess’s favoured pupil. There’s no way I’d be poor with a sword.”
“Is the Princess… very skilled with a long-sword?”
Although he was in the Prince’s employ, Gerald didn’t know about the Prince or even the people around him. The only impression of the Princess was that she was an elf in an emerald dress by the Prince’s side. He recalled her from memory. He couldn’t see how the elf Princess was skilled with a sword.
“The Princess was the Valkyries’ sword instructor before she married His Majesty, and she was also Her Majesty’s favourite Valkyrie. There’s no way she could be poor with a sword now, is there?”
“What?! There was an elf amongst the Valkyries?!”