I Became the Second-in-Command in a Romance Fantasy Novel

If I were to sum up the current situation in one word, it would probably be the most suitable.

“Pick up your sword.”
The face of the person with his eyes wide open is very familiar.
This is the first time I’ve seen it in person, but since being chosen as a royal trainer, the face of the royal family is the one I’ve learned the most from after defeating the sword, so it couldn’t help but feel familiar.
Princess Hestia.
Out of the ten royals, she possesses talent that ranks in the top three when it comes to swordsmanship.
At the same time, she is the one with the least pretense among all the royals.

Thanks to this, she receives attention and affection from many people, but at the same time, she is someone who receives concern and worry from many people, including the captain.
As for special things, the king sighed and asked who would take that, and the senior instructor in charge submitted a letter of resignation several times and it was rejected?
Since she was the person with the most trouble along with the third prince, information about Princess Hestia remained vivid in my memory. I read it all and thought, “Ah, I shouldn’t run into this guy!”
But why did he come first and start a fight?
He couldn’t even evade. This is something I’ve only experienced with Pokémon trainers in my past life!

‘Please save me!’
I looked at the captain silently with strong determination, but the damn captain shook his head as if he felt sorry.
I’m screwed.
To have to fight a talent recognized by the country called the Kingdom of Knights.
I’d rather lose with peace of mind.

“I can’t entrust my younger brother to someone who doesn’t even meet my standards.”
He glares and says that if his skills are lacking, he won’t acknowledge the position of instructor.
When I look at the captain again at those words, he averts his gaze again.
Damn old man.
I have no choice but to raise my sword.
That alone changes the momentum.
The murderous intent that seems like it could cut me down at any moment.

In my previous life, I was around the age of graduating elementary school. Does this make sense?
Come to think of it, I thought it might be possible if I thought about the elementary school kids who were on the news for juvenile delinquents.
If those kids were born in a fantasy town, one of them could end up like our princess.

The problem is that I have to deal with such a crazy person.
“Prepare.”
Tears are about to come out of my mouth, and the referee doesn’t even realize that his hand is tightly gripping the wooden sword. Instead, he tries to instigate the fight between me and the princess.

Well, he’s probably being mean, but from my perspective, I can’t help but find it really annoying.
“Start!”
I didn’t have time to pay attention to anything else as the princess charged forward like crazy as soon as it started.
“Hmph.”

I took a deep breath and the wooden sword struck hard at the same time.
I think I heard in my health class in my previous life that women grow faster than men. Even aside from that, I know that the opponent is older than me, but I was surprised by the heavy blows that were stronger than fighting an average man.
As I barely managed to block it, I was surprised once again by the eyes of the second princess that I met.

“You’re good at blocking!”
Wow, you’re crazy.
I knew that this wasn’t normal when you suddenly called out to fight someone I just met today, but when I raised my sword, I could tell that it was a fairy.
“Let’s block this too!”

“This is a bit…?!”
A red aura formed on Princess Hestia’s wooden sword.
It was very fragile, but it was filled with magic.
As expected, she was a talented person recognized by the kingdom, but at the same time, all her talents were focused on that side, so her other abilities seemed to be lacking.
Doesn’t this person know why we fight with wooden swords?
“Ha!”

I suddenly remembered a comic book that said that in my past life, I had been holding a reverse-bladed sword and hitting someone with the back of my sword, so it wasn’t killing.
I gave him a wooden sword to spar safely, but he put magic into the sword?
If the swords clashed, only my sword would /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ be unilaterally crushed, and if it hit my body, it could be a bonus.
“Don’t you have any pride!”

That’s why I quickly rolled on the ground to avoid the attack when the swords were about to clash, but all I got in return was abusive language.
It’s sad.
It’s an un-knightly behavior, but shouldn’t I live first?
“Die with honor!”
“……”

Hey, this is sparring.
Those words were about to come out of my throat, but as an educator, I also included not contradicting the words of a royal family member.
In times like these, you should just go along with the mood? As expected, that’s the prince’s way of teaching. Eul had to just keep his mouth shut.
- What if the prince is stronger than you expected? You’re asking the obvious.
That’s why he thought of what the captain had said as he watched the princess rushing at him again.

- Unleash your talent!
-… …
- You can do it!
As expected, this human is no help in life.
What good is a high-ranking official in the kingdom and a renowned swordsman on the continent?
He’s useless to me.
Even as he thought that, he clenched his teeth and raised his sword.
Yes, I came to another world.

In fact, I might have a talent I didn’t know about!
Unleash my talent!
“Hmph!”
He took a deep breath, took a stance, and swung his sword.
One of the promised defeat stances engraved on the Defeat Sword.
How to fight fairly and lose. The problem is that the opponent is much stronger than me, but if it’s the main character, wouldn’t it be okay?

“Ah.”
My talent exploded like that… No, looking at the fragments of the wooden sword, I could be sure that I was not the main character.
Hestia regained her sense of sanity as she watched the wooden shards flying in the air after being torn apart into pieces.

‘I’m screwed!’
To be honest, she had already passed the test a long time ago.
Even among those who were recognized for their talent in the kingdom, there were many who couldn’t endure the heat.
In that situation, she had already endured the heat at the same age as her younger brother, who was two years younger.
That alone was enough to pass, but even though she was a little excited and used her magic, she endured it with optimal behavior.
The fact that she criticized her rolling on the floor was only because she was momentarily upset that her attack missed.

The fact that she was doing her best for victory seemed good.
Even though he felt an overwhelming gap, there were nobles who thought it was disgusting that he clenched his teeth and challenged to win somehow, but at least Hestia wasn’t like that.
That’s why he gave it his all.
To someone who is doing their best, Hestia thought it was polite to do their best.
Seeing his opponent hold out despite the repeated attempts, he felt resentful.

Let’s see if he can hold out this too. Huh? Then what about this?
After repeating this a few more times, he ended up attacking with all his might.
“……”
And the result was the disaster before his eyes.
Fragments of the wooden sword scattered across the floor.

And the sight of blood flowing out from a part of the fragment embedded in his neck would be a traumatic scene for an ordinary person.
Of course, since this was called the Land of Knights, it wasn’t all that surprising.
Accidents during training or sparring were common.

But that is only forgivable when they are rivals of similar level.
The current situation looked like someone who had pressured with his power (right) and forced a promising young man into the fight (right) and unilaterally beat him up, and not only that, he had also filled his sword with magic power to cause bloodshed. (right)
“……”
Even though the child was squirming on the floor and urgent voices were heard from around him, Hestia could not move.
It was also because she was aware that she had crossed the line, even though she was the princess of a country.
It was also because it was her first time seeing such a tragedy.

No, beyond that.
‘I…’
Hestia’s eyes shook violently at the fact that she had created this tragedy with her own hands.
The sword in her hand felt heavy.

‘To become a knight, you must be able to overcome the weight of the sword.’
It was something that one of her teachers who had taught her how to use the sword always said. Hestia smiled brightly and swung her sword around, saying, “It’s not that heavy!”
However, now she knew.

The weight of the sword that her master had been talking about did not refer to the weight of the physical sword.
From the moment she was born, she was born in Leon, the kingdom of knights. She had held the sword as if it were a given, so she had forgotten.
The sword was a weapon. It was a tool for killing.
The sword could be used to save people, but it was an undeniable fact that its main purpose was to kill people.
When she really felt that, she was overcome with fear.
The sword was heavy. The moment the sword that had been so familiar, that she had thought of as a friend, felt alien.

“Adam!”
Along with the commotion around her, the boy covered in blood stood up.
He held up the half-broken sword, thinking that he had not yet lost.
As if.
Hestia opened her eyes wide at the sight.

Why did she get up?
She looked like she would fall down if you prodded her.
What could she gain by fighting more?
“Ah.”

The moment she thought that, a word came to mind.
- A knight is someone who takes up a sword even though he knows he will lose.
It was what her father said when he first put a sword in her hand when she was young.

Why did she forget?
Why did she only forget things that she shouldn’t forget?
The sword that had felt scary and heavy felt like its usual weight again.
No, it had actually become lighter.
However, she let go of the sword that had become lighter.
Because.
“I lost.”
Because today’s match was her own defeat.

I collapsed at the same time as Princess Hestia declared defeat.
Because it hurt so much.
“Are you alive?”
The captain quietly asked me as I was carried out on a stretcher.
Are you alive?

“I think you’ve fallen.”
“You’re alive.”
At the sight of her calmly nodding, something inside me rose up and made me cry.

“Don’t worry about the treatment. The royal family will also provide compensation.”
“How much?”
When I heard about the compensation, I lowered my head.
As expected, this is the country of knights. Even the compensation was hot.

“Is it okay to give you this much?”
“It’s okay. You’ve done a lot for me.”
Princess Hestia had never lost to someone her age.
Not just in terms of entertaining the princess, but in terms of skill, there was no one who could beat her.
That’s why she became so arrogant.

To the point where everything could fall apart the moment she fell.
And that moment was today.
“At that moment, if you hadn’t gotten up, Princess Hestia wouldn’t have been able to hold her sword for a while.”
Was it that big of a deal? I had been wondering if I should just lie down until the moment I got up.

“Good job.”
“It hurts.”
A pat full of praise hit my head. It hurt. No, it really hurt.
“Lady, there’s a piece stuck in there!”
“Heh heh!”

I was hospitalized for a while, but since getting hurt was a daily occurrence in the kingdom of knights, everything was completely cured after just a few days at the treatment facility.
No, it went beyond completely cured and I became stronger after taking an elixir purchased from the royal family.
And as a result, everything became perfect.
I was the greatest talent the captain had ever acknowledged, and at the same time, I was the benefactor who rehabilitated Princess Hestia, who had been a worry to the royal family.
No one would object to me taking charge of the 5th prince!

… There was a time when I thought that.
“Huh?” “Wow!”
Princess Hestia, whose neck was pointed at the tip of the sword, opened her eyes wide.
The fifth prince, who had defeated his sister for the first time, also opened his eyes wide and rejoiced.

However, the ones who were more surprised than anyone else were me and the captain next to me.
“What the heck?”
The curse from my past life burst out without me knowing.

However, there was nothing I could do.
It had been a year since I had learned swordsmanship.
Princess Hestia, who was one of the most talented people in the royal family, had lost to her younger brother who had only been learning swordsmanship for a year.

It was a result that could only be described as crazy talent.
And the problem was… I had to be the pacemaker for that crazy talent.