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The Reincarnated Thirty-Something Woman’s Otherworldly Reform Life

[Training Commences!]

Translated by: ME

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As expected, Plum voiced her concerns and worries, but Magnolia argued that since she was a member of the Gilmore family, the possibility of going to the battlefield in an emergency, like Gerald in the past, was not zero, citing this as one of her reasons.

In reality, for Magnolia, who hadn't received any training and was a girl, going to the battlefield would be an extreme situation, a last resort.

Furthermore, she explained that as a young lady of a marquess house close to a ducal house, she needed to prepare for assassination attempts or ruffians, and inevitably, Dean, being her footman, also needed a minimum level of martial arts.

「Even though I have guards, if the guards fall, ishn't it Dean, my footman, who will pwotect me? Or am I supposed to pwotect him, my footman?」

Using the "watakushi" (I/me) pronoun she used when speaking as a noble lady, she presented the logic that it would be strange for Dean, who would ultimately be close to her, to be the one protected by his master—and a woman at that.

Without martial arts knowledge, he would have no choice but to shield her with his body, and in that case, his self-sacrificing act would likely be futile resistance. Basically, the young lady would just end up going to the other world too.

Plum had no choice but to agree.

(...Yeah. Well, it's sophistry. Sorry, Plum.)

She bowed her head in her heart.

(It's for your grandson, please forgive me...!

The next morning, she asked Dean, who arrived a little early, about his progress with writing numbers and letters.

She had him write with a twig on the ground and corrected him.

「It sheems you did it pwoperly yeshterday. Let's do our besht today too! If you're tired and can't do it, even jusht one character is fine, but make shure to pwactice evewy day. You can do it, wight?」

「Got it.」

Dean, for his part, understood that the young lady had asked her two guardians for his sake, even though she didn't originally need it, and was even joining him in training.

Furthermore, she had lent him precious tools, likely mementos, calling him a "friend."

...There's no way they could be friends, normally.

Yet, she had properly accepted him when he was whining because he didn't want to do footman work or study, and on top of that, taught him properly that studying was necessary.

She also taught him that even if a job didn't seem likable to him, it was important to others.

(Even though she's small... even though she's younger, Magnolia is amazing.)

Normally, he wouldn't be able to complain even if questioned about what he meant by disliking serving her despite being the third son of a baron family. On the contrary, he should be grateful for obtaining a stable job from a young age.

(Magnolia is my precious young lady! Whether I become a knight or a footman, I will definitely become able to protect her!)

Dean engraved determination into his still-small chest.

Magnolia, going ahead of him, was being carried on Servas's left shoulder.

To the small back he needed to protect, he swore a silent oath.

The members of the knight order looked at the small girl on Servas's shoulder and observed with interest, wondering if this was the rumored young lady.

Servas and Claude had no intention of raising Magnolia in hiding and did not particularly control information.

The guards on duty at the mansion who were present at her arrival had informed the knight order that they seemed to be entrusted with a small girl from the Gilmore family in the Royal Capital.

Rather than rumors or rubbernecking, it was best to properly know the person they were guarding.

「This is my granddaughter Magnolia, and her footman Dean Palmore. To prepare for emergency attacks and the like, we will train them in self-defense and simple attacks. Be very careful not to let them get injured.」

「「「「「Sir!!」」」」」

(Whoa, the simultaneous reply of dozens of people is huge...)

Magnolia's internal monologue involuntarily returned to her past life's tone, but a beautiful smile was plastered on her face, betraying not a hint of such thoughts.

「Knights, thank you vewy much for always working for the people, the countwy, and the Margrave tewwitowy. I know participating in twaining might be a hindrance, but pleashe tweat us well.」

She performed a beautiful curtsy.

The dress she was wearing was a one-piece she brought from the Gilmore house so it wouldn't matter if it got dirty, so it felt a bit mismatched.

The members of the knight order stared intently at the incredibly small young lady sandwiched between two large men.

An appearance that would likely become... a beauty that would sweep social circles (albeit more than ten years later), and a childish tone with a heavy lisp. Yet her speech and bow were like an adult's.

((((((This is impressively unbalanced...))))))

Above all, the size difference between Servas, Claude, and the young lady was immense. They looked like humans and a bean.

Well, part of it was that Servas was practically superhuman... everyone thought the contrast was so strange considering she was blood-related to the little girl in front of them.

「P-Please treat me well!」

Seeing the boy greeting hurriedly next to her, the knights sent feelings of sympathy, thinking he must have it rough.

After dismissal, the knight order began training.

Being in the knight order for a long time, it was not uncommon for children of the ruling family to join the training. Both Gerald and Claude had joined training and learned swordsmanship from a young age.

It was rare for a girl to train in the Gilmore family.

While it was significant that only boys had been born in recent years, it was also clear that since they were at war until recently, the emphasis was on boys who would actually go to the battlefield rather than training for girls.

Considering her lineage and appearance, there was no harm in training, but...

Given her excessive loveliness, they wished she could just be protected, while simultaneously feeling anxious that they shouldn't let a scratch get on that cute face.

((((((...Even so))))))

What is that mace wrapped around her waist?

A weapon that didn't match her cute appearance.

However, since it was small, it seemed easy for a child to handle.

((((((She is Lord Servas's blood relative... Could it be she already has amazing ability...?))))))

Gulp. Sounds of swallowing saliva could be heard here and there.

The knights turned their gazes to Servas and Claude, then immediately looked at Magnolia.

(...Am I not attracting a ton of attention?)

Magnolia felt piercing gazes and made a suspicious expression.

Next to her, Dean wore a very stiff expression, his previous high spirits nowhere to be found.

The knights doing warm-ups or practicing forms a little distance away were looking at Magnolia and her group, drifting a strange tension.

Even Servas, who would normally energize them, was fidgeting and glancing around.

...This is awkward.

Magnolia made a face like her uncle in front of her.

「...Do we shtart with wunning or warm-up exercishes?」

「Right, let's see how much aptitude you have first.」

Her unsociable uncle spoke bluntly in his usual mode.

First, Dean held a wooden sword and performed practice swings and several forms.

「Hmm. Dean, you have been practicing in your own style. It's not good to develop strange habits, so stop until you learn the forms. We will run later to build basic stamina, so go a little distance away and do warm-up exercises.」

「Yes!!」

A grumpy master and a disciple with sparkling eyes.

Next to the boy who was full of motivation after being spoken to by the knight he admired, she nodded, "Mhm, mhm."

「...Magnolia, concentrate and don't slack off. It's your turn now.」

「...Yes.」

Creating "Claude Canyons" between his brows, he glared at her.

Magnolia replied with a solemn face.

「I have never done shwordshmanship.」

「Try doing what you were taught by Lila.」

「...It wash basic twaining for using weapons, though. Is that okay?」

Claude nodded silently.

The quiet tension in the training ground reached its peak.

Magnolia held the small mace in both hands and lifted one leg alternately. She stomped like a sumo wrestler, braced herself, and moved back and forth as she was.

「Hup! Hah!! Toh! Yah!!」

While raising it above her shoulder, jump-step, turn. Jump-step, turn.

Crouch and jump!

「Ei! Yah!! Sah! Hai!!」

This time, with a somewhat severe face, she thrust out both hands alternately, doing straight punches.

「Yah!! Sah! Hah!! Toh!!」

「......」

「「「「「????」」」」」

Claude deepened the wrinkles between his brows even more and curved his mouth into a frown.

Among the knights, some were dumbfounded, while others were shaking in small tremors.

「Hup! Hah!! Hup! Hah!!」

Seeing Magnolia doing a suspicious dance while flaring her nostrils, Dean blinked his large eyes with a complicated expression.

In contrast to the atmosphere of the training ground, Magnolia was extremely serious and earnest.

「Pfft!」

One knight couldn't bear it and burst out laughing slightly.

Servas turned a demon-like expression toward the direction of the outburst with tremendous speed.

The knights desperately suppressed their voices, their abdominal and facial muscles trembling.

「Teiyaaaa~!! (Bishiii!)」

She struck a pose.

「「「「「Bwahahaha!!!!」」」」」

Several knights who couldn't hold it in collapsed, receiving gazes from Servas that could shoot them dead.

Claude said, looking like he had a headache.

「.... If you're going to do that exercise, do it only at the mansion. In the training ground, do the same things as Dean.」

「...Haaai?」

At Magnolia, who tilted her head while giving a reply that sounded like she understood but also didn't, Claude sighed a deep, deep sigh.

After that, she was made to run around the training ground with Dean, taught several forms, and swung a wooden sword.

She did sit-ups and push-ups, then ran lightly again. It was normally tough.

Meanwhile, the tension from earlier had vanished to who knows where.

To the knights who were smiling and nodding at her, Magnolia nodded back, tilting her head grandly in confusion.

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