Published at 5th of August 2023 5:53 pm

Chapter 354: I Knew It, It's Eleonora neesan

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「Al! Get up! It’s practice time!」

Hearing a familiar high-pitched voice, I open my eyes.

Looking at the person waking me up while rubbing my eyes, Eleonora-neesan stood there with an imposing look today too.

Unlike me, it looks like she doesn’t feel any sleepiness in the morning.

「Eehー? Practice? I’m entertaining Gregor today so I’ll pass」

「What are you saying now. Viscount Dole already returned to his territory you know. You can’t use that as an excuse to skip practice anymore」

Just when I was trying to slip under my futon again, Eleonora-neesan took the futon forcefully.

Aah, my futon is so far away.

And when I was trying to pull it back with the non-attribute magic Psychic, Eleonora-neesan hit it with her fist. Due to that hit, the magic power covering the futon dispersed, and the Psychic was interrupted. The futon then falls to the floor again.

Kuh, even though she’s Eleonora-neesan, she learned how to deal with Psychic.

「……what are you doing?」

「No more going back to sleep. You didn’t practice for five days so you have to do it today!」

Saying that, Eleonora-neesan grab my arm and drag me from the bed easily.

There’s no chance of victory if you are doing a physical battle with Eleonora-neesan.

Despite such slender arms, her grip and arm strength are ridiculously strong. I should not resist her since this is also for my own good.

Eleonora-neesan kept dragging me outside to the courtyard even though I’m yawning.

Wearing practice clothes with the wooden sword in my hand, I am shocked by the heat outside.

The season has already entered the ninth month and the summer sun is getting better――or so I thought, but the sun still continues to shine brightly overhead as if telling us that summer is not over yet.

「……Eleonora-neesan, don’t you think that today is a little hot?」

「It’s still summer. So it’s obvious that it’s hot, don’t you think?」

Despite suggesting that we should stop the practice for today, - maybe because she didn’t notice it or she didn’t pay attention to it even if she noticed that - she said that to me as if nothing had happened.

Does Eleonora-neesan not find this heat painful?

Even when I doubt it inside, Eleonora-neesan still moves toward the place where Nord-tousan is waiting and begins to do stretching.

In any case, I have to do some stretching first before practice. And so, it would be better to do it under the roof’s shade.

I sit down on a shaded place by the roof, extend my legs, and start stretching.

「Al, good morning」

「Sylvio-niisan, good morning」

As I was stretching my right leg, Sylvio-niisan came over.

Unlike Eleonora-neesan that does it under the blazing sun, Sylvio-niisan didn’t do so as he also sits down in the shade like me.

「It’s really hot today, isn’t it? I thought that it was getting cooler recently, but it’s like summer is back again」

「That’s right. It would be great if we don’t do any practice on a day like this」

「Al is saying something similar every day」

Sylvio-niisan wrily smiles when I complain like that.

Was it really like that? I said it automatically so I don’t remember saying it.

「Al, can you push my back?」

「Un, sure」

There are two of us. It’s easier for someone to push your back rather than bend your body by yourself.

Going behind Sylvio-niisan’s back, I slowly pushed his back.

「Fuu～」

Sylvio-niisan bends his body forward while exhaling. We are properly stretching every time we have practice so our bodies are flexible.

After holding that position for several seconds, he returns his body’s position straight and then I push his back again.

「Thank you Al. I will push your back this time」

「I’ll leave my back to you」

「Eh? A, yeah, leave it to me, buddy?」

When I tried the line said in the heroic book inside the mansion, Sylvio-niisan went toward my back despite being embarrassed about it.

It’s great he didn’t ignore me. It was doubtful whether he will go along with it but I thought that Sylvio-niisan - who loves books - would perfectly remember those lines.

Then my back was suddenly and forcefully pushed when I was satisfied with the somewhat boy school-ish atmosphere.

Hm? Does it seem like Sylvio-niisan is using a lot of strength? Oh well, it’s fine I guess. Despite feeling something out of place, I still bend my body forward and stretch my muscles.

And then, just as my body’s muscles started screaming, Sylvio-niisan sensed that and maintain that position.....or not, he pushed my back even further.

「Wa, wait a minute Sylvio-niisan? It’s impossible for me to do more than this?」

「What are you saying. You can do a bit more」

Despite raising my voice because of the feeling of discomfort, the one replying is not Sylvio-niisan. It was Eleonora-neesan.

「Wait a minute Sylvio-niisan, I told you that I leave my back to you, right?」

What does this situation mean when you disappointingly betray me after we exchanged words of trust with each other?

「Ahー, un. Sorry. That’s because neesan seemed like she wanted to do it」

Sylvio-niisan embarrassedly said while scratching his cheek.

So you’re saying that in front of our neesan, the bonds between us mean nothing, huh.....

「Al’s body is a little stiff and your movements are bad. Move your body more starting from your lower back」

So Eleonora-neesan said, but my lower back made a cracking sound when she pulled my waist with a jerk.

「Just now, there was a crack in my lower back but it’s fine, right? The bones in my lower back didn’t get dislocated, right?」

「There’s no way it will get dislocated with just this. Come on, I’ll push your back 」

Despite asking in a worried tone, Eleonora-neesan didn’t care about it and she continues to push my back.

And for some reason, my body easily leaned forward. It felt like I can now use and move my body around, like, it is now flexible.

「Huh? It’s easier to lean forward than usual」

「That’s because Al tries too hard when you try to stretch your arms and legs」

So it’s like that? But even if it’s flexible, I can naturally do it if I imagine trying to move my lower back a little more.

Eleonora-neesan stopped pushing me just at the limit of my body’s flexibility and then returned to my body’s position after a few seconds.

After that, she gently pushes my back again just like before.

Kuh, even though she was usually rough, she can adjust herself in this kind of situation, how unpleasant.

I wish she can show this kind of gentleness in spar though.

Or rather, she’s strangely good at instructing even though it’s neesan we’re talking about.

Could it be, she became good at teaching people after participating in the Knight’s Order in the royal capital!?

So Eleonora-neesan may teach us well and gently in today’s practice then.

「Okay then, it’s about time we start our practiceー」

I moved after hearing Nord-tousan gave his signal to begin our practice while holding such a faint expectation inside.

We practice by jogging, practice swinging, and other stuff, and ended up throwing myself in the practice with Eleonora-neesan, but.....

「That’s why I told you that’s not how you do it, Al! You pull your sword at this point like *swish*!」

「Eh? What do you mean by *swish*」

「What I mean by that is...like, how should I put it? Uh, in any case, you have to pull it fast with the move」

Eleonora-neesan forcefully said despite being vague.

Do you think I will understand that?

She took the trouble of showing me the example of the move and pulling out the sword in front of me, but the only thing I can see is the fact that her hands appear to move in a blur.

Maybe this is already considered slow for Eleonora-neesan.

「 Can you explain it in a bit more easy-to-understand manner just like when you did the stretching before?」

「Yes? I’m explaining it to you right now, aren’t I?」

Even when I asked her like that, Eleonora-neesan tilted her head to the side with a genuine expression on her face, that shows no ill will.

I knew it, Eleonora-neesan can’t teach others swordsmanship.

The practice today made me fully realize this fact again.

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