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Chapter 12 Part 2

The Melancholy of Katia

Katia's POV

"...Katia-san you're really kind you know that right?"

Zekudo said that to Katia while being really happy.

*Dokun*

Zekudo's cute smile made Katia's heart beat faster.

It's the same feeling that Katia felt when she was shown the difference in their abilities.

The thrill of despair.

Wait is it the same as that?

What's going on?

What's this throbbing feeling in my chest?

Isn't it despair?

I don't really know.

What is this feeling that I'm feeling for him?

"Why do you think that I'm a kind person?"

"To be honest I kind of thought so. I thought that you were a nice and wonderful person."

"I'm nice and wonderful..."

This time not only Katia's face became hot but her whole body as well.

The pounding on her chest also became crazy fast.

It was the first time that somebody told me that I have a nice aspect in me.

And also it was said by a man.

No, wait.

I need to calm down first.

He's a younger first-year student.

...But he's much stronger than me and also he has a very cute smile.

No, wait!

What am I thinking?

Am I going crazy over something such as this.

"But Katia-san?"

"Wha...what?"

"I'm very grateful that you care about me. But you should choose your words a little more carefully next time.　Otherwise, I might have misunderstood you as Katia-san is a really beautiful woman."

"What do you mean misunderstand me? There's nothing to be misunderstood!"

"No, I just thought that maybe Katia-san likes me that's why you said that."

When Zekudo said that the blood in my whole body boiled.

"Ba.. ba.. ba... ba.. BAKA! How can that be! I'm not interested in someone younger than me!"

"Is that so~"

This guy!

He really frustrates me!

"If you want to know the reason why I want to cook you dinner. I'll tell it to you! I want to do that because I just want to know the secret of your strength."

Katia got up from the wooden chair and she pointed out at Zekudo.

Zekudo looked confused when she said that.

"The secret to my strength?"

"That's right! It's really strange that you mastered such a technique in a very young age! What did you do in order to achieve that?"

"Even if you ask me... I just normally go to school, then sometimes after school I hunt together with my friends."

"What are you doing when you aren't doing those things?"

"No, not that much."

That's ridiculous.

But I was certain that I saw no signs of him training in the morning.

As the first time I visited his house, he's still in his pajamas.

"Then what about the Dragon Killer Slash, how did you learn that?"

"I learned that from my father."

"Eh? Wait, but your father, ten years ago..."

Katia decided not to further inquire on that matter and she hesitated to say anything else.

"Oh, you know my father?"

Of course I know him.

He was a hero.

"My father started teaching me how to use a sword when I was just four years old."

"F... four years old? Wait, wait, wait! No matter how I think about it, that's crazy. I don't even remember what happened when I was four years old!"

"I can. I clearly remember what my father said when he taught me how use the sword."

"What he said?"

Zekudo nodded.

"Listen Zekudo if you want to be popular with women all you need to do is to become strong. You know men are often said to be weak and dumb but no one ever says that men are strong and boring."

What is that hero trying to say to a four-year-old boy?

"I believed in my father's word and trained my swordsmanship really hard since that day. And before I knew it I was able to do the Dragon Killer Slash."

"I don't understand what you mean."

"Eh? You don't understand it, why?"

"Why? Are you hearing what you are saying? You tried to learn how to do the hero's Dragon Killer Slash technique using such an impure motive. Ah just thinking about that is making me sick!"

"But I actually did it you know~"

"Shut up! You... you just want to be popular with women right?"

"Yes I do as my chivalry is money, muscle, and women."

"Don't belittle chivalry like that... Don't you want to defeat an S-class dragon to avenge your parents or to protect the people living in this city?"

"Well... even if I was told to take revenge on the dragon that killed my father... but that S-class dragon is no longer this world right? Also..."

"Don't you have any desire to protect the people from the threat of the dragons?"

"Yes, I do have that desire. I have a strong desire to protect the girls from the threat of the dragons."

*Gong!*

"Ouch!"

"A knight exist as a shield for the weak. Protect men and women equally."

"I'm just kidding, of course I know that you know."

Zekudo is scratch his head while smiling.

When Katia saw that she sighed then she sat down on her chair.

I'm so dumbfounded I can't even say anything.

She then covered her face with her hands.

And then she thought that men are unfair after all.

A man is an unfair creature because he can be strong even with that kind of thinking.

I wonder how much I struggled with this woman's body until I became an S-class female knight.

No matter how hard I train, if I don't work several times harder than a man, this female body of mine will be easily surpassed.

How much more do I need to work in order to make up the differences between the physical ability between me and a man?

No, I need to stop thinking like that.

It's not Zekudo's fault.

It would be wrong to blame him or to be cynical about him.

"Ah, Katia-san? Did you get shocked by that?"

"Of course I am."

There's no way I can understand a man's sexual thought and his motive on wanting to be popular with women because in the first place I'm a woman myself.

"I'm sorry but that's the reason why I'm motivated and why I can do my best when I fight."

Honestly this guy.

The secret of his strength is because he wants to be popular with women, I can't say I like his reason but I can't do anything about it.

"I understand, that's enough."

"Eh?"

"I'm going home as for some reason I'm really tired."

"Ahaha, I'm sorry..."

"That's fine"

Katia then gets up from her chair and she heads for the entrance.

Zekudo followed her.

Katia then stopped as she was about to open the door and walked out.

"By the way, I almost forgot to ask you Zekudo."

"Yes?"

"What do you want to eat for tomorrow?"

"Eh? You're coming back?"

"Didn't I already told you that? Also why are you asking me that?"

"It's because of what happened earlier..."

"That is that, and this is this, they are two different matters. Also I want to talk to you about the future of the unit so as not to waste my time meeting you every night."

"Are you really sure? You might spoil me with that?"

"I don't mind. Don't hesitate as you are much younger than me and also I will spoil you a lot so be prepared for that."

Katia wanted to see his cute smile again.

For Katia it would be good enough as a payment for her handwork if he can see Zekudo smile and say delicious to the food that she cooked.