My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending

On that day, the new barracks in the corner of the Knights of the Holy King’s headquarters was all over the topic. It all started a few days ago with a notice issued throughout the Knights.

The content is just that new members will come. The mid-career enrollment, which does not go through the annual open recruitment exam, is certainly a small number, but it is not something that makes a special fuss.

The reason why it is talked about is that the age of those who decided to join the group was far below the original prescribed age.

Anyway, he is a 13-year-old boy. He is the youngest member of the Knights since its founding.

Even though there is no shortage of topics, I am not completely interested in what kind of person he is because he defeated dozens of senior knights alone in the enrollment test.

It was even more noisy in the barracks packed with the 94th generation, who was in sync with the boy.

The most prominent ones are the members of the 7th group of the 94th generation, who are in the same room as the boy.

“Hey, what if the newcomer is as rumored?”

Isaac, the leader of Group 7, was fidgety. Ask the group members such a question.

“Again, that story? The content of the rumors is unbelievable, and I don’t think it’s true …”

” But it’s likely that many of my seniors have been bumpy, so at least it’s not normal. “

” A muscular guy over 2 meters tall who beats his opponent without using weapons. , No attack works … I’m not confident that I can deal with such a monster. “

” Actually, the ghosts of the knights who died on the battlefield gathered together. Some people were talking about it, so they didn’t hit it. “

” It’s impossible … isn’t it? “

The words they spoke one after another were an expression of their anxiety. Rumors about newcomers that have spread among members in the last few days are so unrealistic.

I want to make a laugh, but there was credibility that I couldn’t do it. The ghosts are too crazy, though.

That’s why I’ve been hitting each other’s speculations about the newcomers’ identities if I have free time.

But that’s over today.

Because a hot newcomer is finally here today.

Suddenly, the door knob was pulled without being knocked. The eyes of the four people concentrate on the door all at once.

It gradually opens while making an old-fashioned sound. And what appeared from the other side of the door was-

“Slightly rude. Are you all together?”

He was a stubble man with his hair.

A few months after joining the group, they had no acquaintance with the man, but they took a salute stance when they sensed that they were superiors with their armbands on their shoulders.

“Yes, yes, I’m having a hard time. I just brought the delivery, so thank you for the rest.”

From behind, a boy about 160 cm tall looked into his face.

The expression is steep.

“It’s a courage to treat me as a thing. Cody. Would you like to plunge into a barrel and kick me into the sea?”

Suddenly, the boy cursed his superior without hesitation, wondering if he was nervous. In front of a completely unexpected scene, Isaac and the other four people open their mouths and freeze.

Not only do newcomers who have just joined the group not use honorifics for their superiors, but this is the phrase. Because it’s a child, it’s not enough to be dashing.

Behavior that is far from our common sense.

“At that time, I want you to fill a barrel with sake. For example, cognac that you can’t usually drink.”

“Lower ale” Be patient. It suits you. “

” It’s not a ridiculous drink. The last evening drink in my life isn’t a low-grade ale. “

, neither the superior nor the superior has a pretense to worry about it. Rather, he even had a smirking smile on his face.

While their heads can’t handle this anomaly, their superiors leave the room waving “See you”. Then, of course, only the boy brought in was left behind in front of Isaacs.

He is not a strong man with a height of 2 meters as rumored. It has a neat face that gives the impression of being a little mature compared to its age, but it still makes you feel that you are young enough for your age.

Black hair, black robe, and crimson eyes that attract the viewer.

The eyes are narrowed and a sharp line of sight catches the four people.

“Harold. You guys, take great care not to offend me.”

As a matter of course, and The boy, who called himself Harold, said so succinctly that he might miss it.

Unmanned by passing cheeky. Even though it’s the same period, as an elder, I should be angry, but if I can get through this far, I’m just annoyed.

“… Ah, yes. I’m Isaac. Thank you.”

I was stunned but managed to react. Isaac was barely able to respond with a polite wording while pulling his cheeks. No one blames the younger ones for their pity.

Everyone was overwhelmed by the strong presence of Harold. If you say pitiful, everyone is all.

This was an encounter with Harold that the members of the 7th group of the 94th generation will never forget.

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Is Harold basically quiet, and then I just exchanged the minimum necessary words. Partly because Isaac and his friends couldn’t talk to him because he was shy in the air of Harold.

The next day when I was greeted with such a breathtaking atmosphere.

From the early morning when it was still muddy, recruits less than a year old, including the 7th group, were gathered at the outdoor training ground. Nothing, it’s the usual early morning training.

The difference from usual is that Harold was introduced before the start.

“You may have heard about it, but this is Harold Stokes, the youngest member to join.”

The instructor’s In a word, the buzz spreads to the recruits. It’s probably because he looks like a normal boy, not a big man like the rumored one.

Most of the whispers are skeptical about whether they really have the ability. Harold, who stands next to the instructor, doesn’t move his eyebrows because he doesn’t hear such a voice.

“Because I joined the group, age doesn’t matter. I treat everything equally. Harold, are you prepared for that?”

“Don’t be foolish. It’s as warm as these guys.”

“It seems true that you don’t even know how to speak. It’s time to participate after 30 laps! Go! “

Everyone is scared by the instructor’s words.

In the early morning training, first make 10 laps of the training ground after the preparatory exercise, and then perform physical training and swinging. Those who are late or judged to be loose are often forced to run additional training grounds as a punishment.

Still, it is rare to be charged 30 laps. This is the first number I’ve heard for the 94th generation, who have been in the group for less than half a year.

Harold’s attitude seems to have disturbed the instructor.

Harold, who was ordered to punish, starts running without saying anything. Immediately after that, the instructor raised his voice again.

“What are you doing! Do you want to run as much as he does !? If you don’t like it, run quickly!”

That My ass was hit by my voice, and I started running all at once saying that I was sorry.

The training ground is about 400 meters in one lap. 30 laps is about 12 kilometers. It takes 50 minutes for even the recruits to finish the race. If you’re about Harold, it’s probably over an hour.

I don’t think I have enough physical strength to participate in the training after completing it.

It will drop out from the first day. Everyone thought so.

However, around the second lap, they notice a sense of discomfort.

The difference with the preceding Harold does not shrink at all. On the contrary, it opens more and more.

“I skipped too much by any means”

“I can’t keep it until 30 laps”

Some people who were running in parallel with Isaac said their honest impressions. Everyone thought it was true.

However, contrary to that expectation, Harold overtook Isaac and others by the time of the fifth lap, lagging behind the lap. Still, the pace hasn’t slowed down.

Regular breathing, a stable body, and powerfully swung limbs. The light running is still far from the limit, and it seems that there is even room left.

I couldn’t believe it. If we were running at the same pace as Harold, we would already be out of breath.

Harold glanced backwards, thought about something for a few moments, and then muttered to no one.

“Do you want to increase your pace a little more?”

The person who picks up the voice with his ears is horrified. Is it still faster?

Harold’s stride increases as soon as possible. Harold accelerated in proportion to it.

Almost at the same time, my legs suddenly become heavier. At this point, I was so tired that I usually felt near the end of early morning training.

Why? The question arises, but it quickly melts. Being caught by Harold, Isaac’s pace was getting faster. I’m out of breath.

4 weeks left. It’s so painful that my legs seem to stop just by being aware of that.

Due to the disturbed pace, I ended up finishing 10 laps more than 5 minutes later than usual. Still, the color of fatigue is deep.

The most surprising thing was that Harold also completed 30 laps a few minutes after all Isaac and others had finished running. It was amazingly fast.

Even the instructor looks like he saw something incredible. Harold is sweating but not breaking his cool face.

“… It seems that you have a lot of endurance”

“Of course. I haven’t done it.

“Well, then I’d like you to shake this in the next Kata practice.” Perhaps he wasn’t satisfied with Harold’s light mouth, the instructor handed Harold a long sword that he wouldn’t normally use in Kata training. The long blade makes it much more difficult to handle due to its weight and centrifugal force.

It is difficult to even swing out properly with a body whose skeleton and muscles have not yet grown.

But that’s a general theory. Everyone here, including the instructor, was beginning to feel that Harold was an exception that was not bound by such common sense.

Whether or not he knew the spirit of such Isaacs, Harold who received the longsword was inexhaustible to check the center of gravity of the sword and the burden on it when he took a distance from the surroundings. Shake to. The free sword flash looked like a butoh.

At that time. The wind blew through.

It wasn’t as strong as a gust, but it shook the trees and scattered some green leaves. The leaves of the fresh green trees that danced in the air were guided by the wind and flowed to Harold.

At the moment when the leaves pass in front of you, Harold launches multiple slashes. At an astonishing speed, Isaac’s longsword shook and looked like an afterimage. Probably the same for other fellow students.

It’s obvious that Harold’s actions now are trying to cut the scattered leaves.

Is that possible?

That is my frank feeling. It will require tremendous skill and dynamic vision, such as tearing through the leaves of a tree that moves irregularly and escapes due to the wind pressure of the sword.

But for Harold it was a viable category.

The leaves of the six slashed trees are torn. Engraved in vertical, horizontal and vertical crosses, into a total of 24 pieces.

The finely chopped leaves are rolled up by the wind and disappear away. Harold, who doesn’t even care about those who see it off, stares at the longsword.

“Hmm, not bad”

This is just a trial cut. It’s just a small check, and it’s natural to be able to do it.

Harold’s attitude speaks for itself.

The blades of so-called swords, including longswords, are thick. It is difficult to chop the leaves that float in the air like before.

If possible, only a few millimeters of the tip of the sword that is sharply pointed to pierce the opponent.

Literally light enough to be blown by the wind, soft enough to easily change shape, and irregularly moving objects, accurately with only the tip of a heavy and unwieldy longsword Cut through.

If the slashing goes wrong even by 1mm. If you measure the gap by one sheet of paper.

This is a skill that cannot be achieved with just that much deviation.

What is Harold’s ability to do that easily?

Perhaps the rumor that it overwhelmed the dozens of senior knights I heard was also true.

Everyone in the 94th grade understood. Harold is at a height that we can’t reach.

I realized it with my instinct. It is close to the instant intuition that wild animals have for their natural enemies. An absolute order that has been set since the time of birth.

Harold took control of all the 94th generation students on the second day of joining the group, showing their overwhelming performance.