The Girl Who Is Said to Have No Talent, Turns Out to be a Talented Monster
Episode 8
“I go!”
“Goodbye! Be careful and do not get hurt!”
Litty always wakes up in the morning. He wakes up in the restaurant before the sun even rises.
I cannot laze around before the Sword Swordsman Guild Training Facility is opened. I have to fulfill the duties of the Adventurer Guild.
This time his job is to deliver milk to dozens of homes in the city. It was a difficult job for one person, but with my stamina, it was not a problem.
By the time I finished, people were slowly starting their day. The emptied milk containers were returned to the Adventurers Guild. It shows the end of the task.
The prize is not much, but I am still satisfied. I love being able to help people, and most importantly, it is part of my adventurous activities.
It was far from what I dreamed of, but I enjoyed the job.
“Yo, Litty! You should help us next time. ”
“Ya~!”
“This is it, Litty-chan. Here's some freshly picked peach bread.”
“Wow! Thank you!”
Litty's energetic and laid-back personality makes him a good fit in the city. He was responsible for moving things, tending to the Shop, looking for pets, and even cleaning the sewers.
Litty handles almost all of the tasks assigned to a Rank 6 Adventurer. He was eager to be given the task of exterminating pests.
The people in the Adventurers Guild had already declared him as the most energetic adventurer they had ever seen ranked 6th.
Speaking of which, the Adventurers Guild did not only exist for adventurers. There were various perks in registering to an Adventurer Guild, even if one had to pay the registration fee.
Before the adventurer guild was established, one needed to do advertising to hire people. Not only is it difficult to get the right person for the right job, but it also costs a lot of time and money. It is also difficult for job seekers to get the right job (task) according to their abilities.
The Adventurers Guild pondered over it and cleared the situation, as a result, most of such job advertisements (tasks) disappeared from the city.
“You work tirelessly every day, can your body handle everything?”
“Haha, I'm not enough!”
“That's cool!”
Litty's innate vitality and mindset amazed everyone around him. In the past two months, the number of merchants who wanted Litty has increased tremendously.
Litty was not afraid of some troublesome things, considering she was even able to adapt to the ill-treatment of Yggdrasia. There were also those who wanted to hire Litty permanently, but his goal was certain, and that was to become an adventurer.
Litty also felt worried about the people approaching her with that intention, but she would think about it later. Thinking so, he walked towards the Swordsman’s Guild training center as quickly as possible
“Good morning!”
“Oh, you came early as usual.”
Once the training center opened, Litty was the first to arrive. While the man at the reception desk yawned, Litty was the only one waiting for training today.
Two months have passed since then. Originally, I worked hard to obtain the title of Swordsman and take the exam to rise to the 5th rank. However, I suddenly found an interesting piece in the Adventurers Guild. I was so caught up in it that before I knew it, I hadn't even finished half of the lesson here.
Thanks to my work, the residents became fond of me, but I was unable to move forward. Although it was not a total downfall, I needed to do something about this situation.
That day, I attentively listened to the lecture again, and as soon as it was time to exercise.
“301, 302, 303…”
“Quite swinging! Next stage: Survive !”
Instructor James may have sensed that if he hadn't stopped Litty, he would have continued until he ran out of steam. No one in the training center could exceed that much repetition.
After that, I did the exercise “Strike” and “Defence” paired up with Bildet, the man who once mocked me. We continued to exchange blows, unknowingly exceeding 300 swings in Bildet practice.
The only thing visible on his face was the determination to defeat his opponent.
Our exchange was exhausting, but I was still pushing.
“Haah..haah..I can't, I can't take it anymore.”.
“You don't have to force yourself, Bildet. But we can't continue this.”
“I'll do it.”
Rome advanced. Although she was busy finishing the exam eventually, she was here to find out more about Litty.
Is he really a beginner? He wants to get to the bottom of it.
She dislikes male-oriented society, and enjoys seeing Litty, a little girl, become strong as well.
However, his desire to not want to lose was the same for men and women.
“Litty-san, let's go..hah!”
Roma is a missing student who lives another year away from his final exams. His determination had caused a commotion at the training center.
It was a serious blow, different from before. The Litty that received the blow was unable to withstand the impact and fell.
“Ah Litty-San.. forgive me.”.
“No, it's okay.”
Roma regained consciousness and pulled Litty's hand to help her stand back up. Instructor James also pondered his carelessness, thinking that it was indeed reckless.
He should have stopped it. Although Litty showed signs of talent, there was still a lot of experience gap between them.
Just as he was about to tell Litty to partner with someone else…
“Roma-san, let's do it again!”
Litty wasn't desperate or surprised, and she took the attitude of “Bertahan”. The instructor wondered why Litty was so stubborn.
Instructor James noticed that even though Litty had been defeated by Roma’s Strike and knocked down, he was still holding his sword with one hand.
If this continued, then it was no wonder that he was injured. Since that was the case, instructor James decided to stop this exercise for now.
“Alright, we have to end it here...”.
“Please, let me continue.”
His tone was the same as before. It was not directed to Instructor James to obtain his permission.
It was a request to Rome that was equally excited. Finally, Rome could not help but continue.
“Taaah!”
An even stronger sword attack landed on Litty's sword but the result was different from before.
This time, Litty's bottom remained glued to the ground in a perfect position as his stable center of gravity was in the right position to take the blow from the Romans.
When Litty's sword stopped with the Roman sword, Litty's eyes were like a bottomless pit, not precisely directed at Rome but merely staring blankly. It was a gaze that could make people feel their souls sucked in.
It was the same look he showed many times when he was with Yggdrasia.
It was that unusual power of concentration that shocked Aldis, even if only for a moment.
“Ugh..!”
No wonder Rome was intimidated to forget to give a second attack.
Litty hastily let go of her position and lowered her head.
“I, I'm sorry!”
“Why are you apologizing? How could you take that blow from the start?
“We, well, you see”
He had still not forgotten his weak temper since he was with Yggdrasia. Litty reminded herself that she couldn't go on like this.
He once again maintained his stance and urged Rome to continue, which Rome responded with a series of punches without hesitation.
Litty gritted his teeth and endured a relentless barrage of attacks.
“Enough! Stop!”
“Ah!? Yes..”
The voice of instructor James choked from within his stomach, as if he sensed danger in Rome's continued sword attack. It was not because they attracted the attention of the other adventurers and instructors in the training center.
The reason was simple: Litty had already completed her nurse. He repeatedly received a reprimand from one of the best apprentices who was preparing for the final exam.
Considering his own Defense attitude, he was already at a level far from a beginner.
Instructor James has yet to fully access Litty's potential, but he has decided to get Litty to learn his next steps.
“Litty, since you are done with the Defense style, let's switch to the Cleavage mode .”
“What? The teacher! Isn't that too fast?”
“You can try practicing new attitude a few times first. If you think it's too early for you, we'll stop. Then, Litty, take your position.”
“Ya!”
He was in no position to oppose the instructor's decision. In order to receive Litty's sword, Rome prepared herself to the best of her ability.
As soon as they clashed, he immediately wanted to retreat. But his pride as a senior and more experienced hardly deterred him from doing so.
“Haah!”
“Uhh...!”
The power of the punch was sharp and heavy. It was a punch that shattered his center of gravity, which he had trained in countless times.
The impact from the punch passed from sword to hand and continued throughout his body. It was as if the blow was slowly crawling his body until it felt all over his body.
He pressed down on his trembling knees and tried not to make it clear. He did his best to hide his discomfort.
Litty, unaware of Roma's feelings, unleashes another ruthless blow.
“Ugh..!”
At that moment, Roma realized that he could not withstand the third blow. This time, it was his turn to be knocked down.
Where in this little body did he gain this kind of strength? Is he really a beginner?
The next blow proved that there was no room for such thinking.
“Ah!”
“Ah, Roma-san!”
“Stop there!”
Unable to restrain himself, Rome fell. It was Litty's turn, to help Rome, who was surprised enough to take off her sword.
He stands up but avoids eye contact with Litty.
“Litty-san..you are amazing.”
“Sorry..”
“Don't apologize! And don't get me wrong, I, rather, want to thank you.
“Eh?”
Rome clenched her fists as she stared at Litty.
“You have allowed me to develop without showing arrogance. I've always been praised for being in the last stages of my final exams in a year.I think I underestimated you too because you're a beginner.
“Ha, huh..”
“Now I have a rival who is the same age as me, I feel more inspired!”
“Rival..”
For Litty, it's a new experience. A rival is someone who shares the same aspirations and is willing to correct them. And the person who most wants to avoid losing.
Whether Litty can think of Rome as a rival is still a mystery to him.
But seeing Rome's cheerful attitude, he understood that such was his rival.
“Instructure James! Can I pair up with Litty-san for a while?”
“Oh, sure. I don't mind, but you have to replace the instructor in charge.. ”.
“Yes it's fine. I don't mind the change.”
Caddock, who was older than James and the others, accepted the task. He had a gentle deposition, and after retiring from the frontline, he devoted himself to training the younger generation.
Due to a challenge from someone, he left the Knight’s Order and transferred to the Swordsman’s Guild. And because of his years of experience from his long career, he was given the post of a higher-ranking instructor.
“However, it will involve some adjustments for the final exam. So, don't hold back.”
“Yes! Thank you very much!”
“James, his name is Litty, right? From the looks of it, he should also be ready soon for his final test.”
“What!? But, as you can see, I don't think he's there yet. ”.
“Do not fixate on formalities. A brilliant student should leave his nest as soon as possible.”
Although he had worked as a knight until retirement, he had doubts about the rigid atmosphere within the Knight Order and the way they worked.
There are powers that come with commanding a group of people, but Cadoc believes that there is also something missing, but become an achiever after adventuring in the world.
Because of this experience, Caddock deliberately emphasized flexibility.
“Then, Roma and Litty, I look forward to meeting you two in the final exam.”
“What? How what..”.
“Don't worry about that. For now, let's start.”
Caddock's comments about the final exam of his words caught his eye, but he quickly brushed it off. The reason, Rome is more enthusiastic than ever to suppress Litty.
Litty is back in “concentration” state when facing Roma.