[Aren’t you Fate!? It’s been a while…..]
[It’s been a while. Long time no see.]
[…..that’s one more surprise for me. You left here, then returned, but I never expected that you’ll return as a holy knight. Oops, I shouldn’t be talking so nonchalantly.]
[No, you can speak as usual. Let me reintroduce myself then. I’m Fate Barbatos, the successor to the Barbatos family. Now that I have, please call me Fate like before.]
[Alright. If that’s what you want, then I will do so. Anyways, there was a talk among the servants that Aaron-sama has returned. There is also the story about succession….but I never thought that it’s actually Fate…..you hid your real capabilities really well, didn’t you?]
With a bitter smile, teacher gardener told me while giving a look at the Barbatos mansion’s garden.
[Anyways, that seems to be in bad condition. By any chance, is Fate planning to fix the garden by yourself?]
I supposed he guessed it from the tools I put around me.
[Ah, yes, I am. I want to put into use everything you have taught me. Moreover, doing this makes me feel calm. I do know that it’ll take a while to restore the garden entirely though.]
[U~n, that’s true. How about this, why don’t I help you out?]
[Eh, is it really okay? Then what about the Heart family’s garden….?]
[Yosh, it’s decided. I’ll help you in a bit.]
[Yes, thank you very much!]
[I only looked her once in a while when working next door, but I don’t know that it was worse than I thought before. And……what’s with that!?]
[Eh, which one do you mean?]
[When one becomes a master in swordsmanship, even a simple practice will do this much damage.]
[But then, if it’s left like this there will be nothing growing on it, it will be a wasteland.]
While me and teacher gardener were wrecking our head for solution, the two main causes of this trouble showed up. Both had their weapon in hand. Since it happens quite often recently, it’s easy to tell what is going to happen next. They are going to spar again today….those battle maniacs!
A collision noise rang right in front of our eyes. The holy sword and the black axe clashed hard.
Parts of the garden were leveled in each clash. Teacher gardener stared at the fight dumbfoundedly, then left the spot and returned to Heart family mansion without saying anything.
[Please wait a moment! Aren’t you going to help me out!?]
[As I thought, it’s impossible. Even if we fix the garden, it’ll return to nothing if they fight like this again. No, it may be worse than that.]
[I have a good idea. Please wait here a moment.]
『Don’t hesitate. Fate, bring down the girl who destroys your garden in full wrath!』
[I almost thought that you are someone else…]
『Go ahead! Use the secret first form, finish it in one shot！』
[Are you stupid!? That’s definitely a no go. If I do that, not only the garden, the mansion will also disappear!]
『Just start up from scratch. Won’t that clean up everything nicely？』
[What’s wrong? Fate. Stay away, I want to play a little with Aaron.]
[I wanted to separate you two, that’s why I butted in. By the way, Myne…..that attack just now was too earnest, I thought I was going to die]
[There’s no such thing. You’ll be flying in the air already if I’m serious. Wanna try?]
Aaron shook his head, laughing as he put his holy sword back into the sheath.
[It’s not fun barging in another person’s battle. If you want to fight that much, then take turns. I have advance arrangement with Myne earlier this morning. But, since it turned out to be quite fun, I’ll be looking forward for another session.]
[No no, that’s not what I mean. I…..]
[Umu, I see. We understand, but then you’ll have to find another place to be used for training, that actually sounds good.]
[Yes, that indeed is. How about, using that corner at the West side?]
[So it’ll be a fight in a limited space…..interesting. How do you think, Myne?]
[It doesn’t matter for me. I can fight just fine anywhere.]
[Then it’s decided. Shall we go now?]
[Oo!]
[I’ve kept you waiting. Now the damage should be halted with that.]
[…..you people are…..really valorous bunch. That’ll really help. Although, this place looks very much like Gallia now.]
[Pardon me for the hassle.]
[No, it’s me who should be thanking you. It’s been a while since this old me has this big of a job. Now it’s mainly just garden maintenance. I’ll come and help you again. I’ll also inform the others.]
[Thank you very much!]
[Please! Please help us!]
[What, what is happening?]
[I’ve committed a terrible sin. I thought…..I thought it was okay to do it. But….]
[There were no problems so far, everyone sent returned back home. But this time…..more than 100 people than usual are sent out. Those people didn’t come back home as scheduled. Few was fortunate to be able to escape. When we asked them what happened….]
[Where have they been taken to?]
[It’s….it seems Burix family’s facility on the military district.]
So it’s in the military district……. That place really does need a proper inspection.
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