Chapter 182: Princess Tiana (2)

Princess Tiana led us outside the castle after showing our bedrooms. There was a large straw doll in the courtyard. It was used for practicing swordsmanship, among other things. Everyone else seemed to understand when they saw it.

…Swordsmanship…or maybe even martial arts practice, I guess.

Celseus said with a look as if he understood something.

「I see. So she’s a tomboyish princess. That’s why the queen is angry. 」

Eich nodded slightly.

「But I do like her. She’s much better than those who order their subordinates around. 」

「That’s right. Even though she’s a member of the royal family, she’s training her body to join the battle in order to save the world. It’s not a stupid thing to do. 」

I felt a little relieved with such words. I thought she seemed vague, but it seemed that she had a strong core. I felt Princess Tiana’s passion to “save the world”, and I felt proud.

Princess Tiana approached the straw doll.

「I’ll show you the results of my training. 」

After taking a deep breath to focus, Princess Tiana removed her bandage and pulled her right arm back.

「So it’s martial arts. 」

When I said that, Celseus also muttered, placing his hand on his chin.

「Her stance is similar to Hakkei*. 」

「Princess Tiana is probably a “martial artist”. 」

Colt’s words excited me. In addition to her simple Healing Magic, she could also perform martial arts, which put her on par with a “paladin” **!

「Hey, Seiya! Princess Tiana is amazing, isn’t she! 」

I shouted, but Seiya looked at Princess Tiana with suspicion.

「I wonder about that. 」

And then…Seiya’s doubts became reality. Princess Tiana slammed the back of her hand, not the palm, on the straw doll and shouted loudly.

「 “Why don’t you attack”!! “What is it that you want”!! 」

「…Huh? 」

I was stunned and didn’t understand what she was saying. I wasn’t the only one. Colt and the others were silent as if they had been hit by a stone, and the only sounds echoing in the courtyard were Tiana’s screams and the sound of the straw doll being hit.

I yelled in order to break the silence.

「What are you doinggggg?! 」

Tiana faced me and smiled.

「I want to be able to make first-class thrusts! Hmm, maybe I should snap my wrist a little bit more…」

I was speechless. Tiana slammed her hand into the straw doll as she continued her thrusts. Her hand was swelling and looked red from the intense, but useless thrusts.

…You’ve got to be kidding me…!! Did she hurt her hand from thrusting too much!? Actually…

「That’s completely different from what I thought! No wonder the queen gets angry! This is really a stupid thing to do! 」

I completely agreed with Queen Carmilla’s scolding. I thought she was improving her martial arts skill in order to save the world, but it seemed that the owner of my previous life was practicing useless thrusting skills.

「Besides, doing that won’t make you better at thrusting! 」

I screamed, but Princess Tiana continued hitting the straw doll. She seemed so engrossed that she didn’t hear me.

I couldn’t stay still any longer, so I told John Dae.

「Why are you allowing this!? 」

「I…well, the princess wants to do it, so it can’t be helped…」

Next to John Dae, I noticed that Colt gave a cynical smile, and Eich said frankly, “Oh gosh. I take back what I said. This princess is crazy.”

…It was so embarrassing!!

It was Princess Tiana who was doing this stupidity, not me. But Celseus and Seiya’s gazes were piercing me. Their faces were like, “It’s you from your past life after all.”

My face got extremely hot, and my inner shame kicked in.

…I had been an idiot since I was human!?

「 “Don’t mess around with me”!! “Come on, stop it”!! 」

「You’re the one messing around, and you’re the one who has to stop! Now! 」

Princess Tiana finally stopped her thrusts after I shouted. She looked at her hands, which were red and swollen.

「Ugh! My hands are already…! But I won’t lose! 」

Princess Tiana used some basic Healing Magic spell and began with her thrusts again.

「I won’t lose! Until I can make first-class thrusts! 」

「Stop it alreadyyyyyyy! 」

I yelled out of embarrassment with tears in my eyes.

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*Hakkei, or Fa Jin, is a group of exercises that help to develop the ability of using force in an “explosive” way. This ability cannot be developed without using basic training methods. The force must be transmitted through the whole body, from feet to head and fingers.

**Paladin, which came from Latin Palatinus, is a very brave knight (a soldier trained to fight on a horse).

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