Conversation About Armour
The day finally arrived, the day where I, Erza=Ractos, having her marriage interview.
Nervous... thought it was not to such extent, but I still felt like my heart slightly thumped, excited, beating so fast.
Well, I think the reason that my heart beating so fast like this was not because of excitent or anything like that, but because of the lack of preparation that my heart should make when facing the marriage interview that happened so soon after I was inford about it.
But, because today was not like the previous ti where armour was prohibited,it could slightly... made my heart calm,at least it was better than last ti when I had to wear a dress in big brother engagent party, as I stand in wait on the entrance while waiting for the opposite party to co.
Though since mother said [Please, at least take off your helt] with a scary expression on her face, I had to take off my helt and held it under my arms...
Rather than that, about todays guest. From what I heard from father, itll be soone nad Zen=Helix, a son of a family with military lineage, and also one of the mbers of chivalric order light unit.
From what I heard, he had the nickna of , and famous as the candidate for the next commander of the light unit.
And so, that was also the reason why my family permits to use armour.
Now that he said it, I felt like there was indeed soone like that in the chivalric order.
Probably when we do subjugation expedition, we t each other at so occasion, or maybe not... perhaps, we were actually acquaintanced with each other.
As I thought so to kill so ti, finally the opposite party arrived at the front gate.
A man with a trained body, around the sa age as my father, and a tall woman with a slightly nervous expression.
Probably they were Mr. and Mrs. Helix.
Now, where was my partner... Zen=Helix, for marriage interview today.
[Long ti no see! The eldest son of Viscount Helix house, Azolias Kingdom Chivalric Order Light Armour Unit, Zen=Helix here! Pleased to et you today!]- Zen
A young man with blonde hair and red eyes around the sa age as Big Brother ca into my eyes.
... And, in armour. Just like .
Well, it was light armour, so it was not a full plated armour that covers all his body like mine.
[ Thought its a bit rude on such an occasion, but since the other party is that Erza-sama, I thought to match with Erza-sama, and so today, I wore the uniform of a knight of Azolias kingdom!]- Zen
Sohow, it felt weird hearing other people calling my na while adding prefix sama like that, rather than that, what do you an with "That", huh? Also, I felt like it was not my place to said this, but going to a marriage interview with armour is a no-no, yeah.
Wait. Though this would be heard as an excuse, the armour that I wore was armour that could also be used as the uniform for a formal occasion.
The thoroughly polished black tal that glistened brightly, adding with red tal ornant, furthermore the dynamic streamline.
That was right, my armour was not just emphasizing on its utility but also designed for a ceremonial occasion, yeah!
On that point, the armour that Zen-dono wear was just the normal light armour, and in the first place the light armour that light unit wear had totally opposite function than the heavy unit, their armour mainly functioned as the protector when sothing unexpected happened, and not as the shield for the body, adding to that normal armour was not sothing that fitting to be a formal wear.
Thats why, please dont treat sa as... eh? I felt that his elbow and knee protectors shape were different from the standard one.
Sohow, it seems like there was so fra-like thing that inserted in it...
Ah! This was the now popular , right!?
A tal with high density that will be too heavy if used for full armour, is used as a skeletal fra and inserted into the armour, covered with normal light tal!
Furthermore, by the fact that I couldnt discern it with a normal armour at a glance, ans that he designed it to have the sa shape as the general knight armour on purpose!
Aah!? Now that I look closely what he was wearing was skin belt from Sutaz Black tal, wasnt it!! It didnt have any utility, rather, because of its weight, wearing that thing would only bring nothing but derit, but its really stylish!!
Now that it beca like this, the poor like red tal that decorated the joints, beca sothing of a high sense!!
... Now I get it, this was what you call to imitate, huh.
Respecting my only one stylish black tal armour that wrapped my body, and so, he didnt make those stylish things appeared on the surface and emphasizing the modest style on a place thats hard to discern by bare eyes.
Without harming the utility of the armour, at a glance it looked like a boorish thing but in fact, it doesn't have any uselessness.
Now I must rethink my impression on him. Honestly, I had been looking down on Zen-dono.
Zen-donos armour, it's a proper formal armour, yeah!
I got a better opinion of you!!
--- And so as I nodded my head re-evaluating my opinion on Zen-dono, it seems that father and Viscount Helix were already finished their greeting and left us together in the room alone.
Well, now that I already recognize how good Zen-donos sense in armour, I could face this marriage eting in more positive view, furthermore I rembered how the thing goes from looking at big brothers marriage eting before, there shouldnt be any problem with this, or so I thought...
[...]
In the room where the two of us alone, were filled with silence in present continuous tense.
Now that we were alone in the room like this, I didnt know what should I do after this.
Zen-dono also looked like he was nervous, the whole room was shrouded in still silence.
Hmmm... I wonder what should I do first? If I rembered correctly, what my big brother do was---
Ah, thats right, it should be talking about the weather!
[ Today is a really good day, huh]- Erza
[Eh, ah... yes!]-Zen
Then... what should I do next?
Hmmm, I couldnt rember it again. But I suppose it should be no problem to just let the conversation flow like this!
Well, looking at Zen-donos armor, perhaps its better for us to talk about monster subjugation or equipnt, yeah!!
[ On a day like this, we can pleasantly hunt monster]
[... monster subjugation, it is?]- Zen
Oh, Just as I thought, he took the bait!
[ Yes, monster subjugation. In clear day like this, dont you sohow felt like the joint on your armor move smoothly than before, your blade sharper, and its sharpness beco profound than usual]
[ Sharper, profound... sohow, I understand that feeling] Zen
It seems I got a response!
As I thought, everyone had the sa thought as , right.
Since on a clear day the gloss on the armour nicely reflected the light, I thought it was better to just go to around and hunt all the monster to our heart content rather than just running around the training place, yeah!
Alright, lets continue the conversation in this flow!
[... I am from the heavy unit, so I use a two-handed sword to slice my enemy into two, what about Zen-dono, what is your main weapon?] Erza
After this, I shifted the conversation about our partner... our beloved weapon.
Since the particularity when choosing a weapon were a lot more than when choosing armour, this kind of conversation is a sure thing for a knight!
[ A slightly long one-handed sword, and a slightly small buckler, I guess. I got told a lot that its too common of a weapon, but I think this style is what fits the most...]-Zen
Hm hmm. Indeed it was a normal choice of a weapon, but a person like Zen-dono who held a second na and also said to be the candidate for the next Commander should have an impressive technique on his hand.
I could imagine it, hearing that he used a sword slightly longer than the usual sword.
While showing that the buckler like a normal buckler, its actually order made. In other words, both the sword and the buckler should look like the mass production one.
From that common like weapon, the slash that ca from the sword that was actually slightly longer than usual. If he used a technique like that, a newbie will beco confused with the distance between the two people and get one-sidedly beaten.
He thought about it quite well, heh~
[Umm, is it alright if I asked sothing as well?] Zen
Oh, a question from Zen-dono?
Its alright, co! Ill answer it as long I could answer it!
[Why, did Erza-sama choose to beco a knight... even though youre a noble lady, you choose to drag your body into the battlefield, why?]- Zen
Ah, you really gonna ask that? Seriously, asked about that?
Ill tell you the story about it, you know~
... Well, even if I said a story, the answer to that question is actually just a simple one.
[... Thats, because its cool]
[Cool? What, did you an... ]
[ Just as it is. When I was small, I saw the knights mock battle at the countrys national foundation day... at that place, I got captivated by a female knight who wore black armour with double-handed sword. While she was a woman, she wore a full plate armor on her body, I felt her figure who swing that big sword as big as her body is really beautiful]- Erza
Really, it was so cool. The double-handed sword and armour that that woman wore. Armour that looks so fierce like a ferocious animal, the thorny... just like a claw that was sharpened, her knee and elbow cap.
Ominous and elegant blade of the double-handed sword.
[And so, I want to beco like that, I started to think that I wanted to beco soone like her]
Though it had been modified more into my taste, I wouldnt deny it that those armours were the base of the armor that I wear right now.
Well, I got little disappointed when I heard that those armours were not full black armor, but as I thought... it was sowhat that you call, imagination correction, right.
Even after knowing that truth, when I rembered the thing from back then, it was really an elegant design.
[... Wouldnt that be sothing too hard for you? I think, there should be many problems that will happen]- Zen
[ Indeed, there are a lot of problems that have happened. To reach the thing that I aim for, I have been passed through a lot of trial and error, it felt like thousand people already told to stop, and give up]
Seriously, it was quite a problem.
People were saying to sothing like, the full armor made fully from black tal were passed the limit of sanity, the cold resistant will be gone, rethink this, you dont need to make even the tilt to be the black tal, right?!, and so on.
Well, even so...
[But even so, I didnt give up, and reached the place that I am right now. Thats why, only proud that I felt, not sha, regret, not all of that!]- Erza
That was right, that was why, no matter how people keep finding fault to it, no matter how many ti mother scold for it, I will keep wearing my armor, yeah!
I will continue to wear this armour of mass of black iron, the crystallization of power!!
[... Erza-sama, as I thought, youre my ideal woman. Truly my ideal one, the one that cos in my dream that we are not balanced to be together. But precisely because of that, my feeling toward you, I cant hold it anymore]- Zen
Eh? What did he talking abo... Aah! That was right, we were in the middle of marriage interview!!
It was totally felt like an interview about my feeling toward my armour!!
[Erza-sama. Please, will you marry ?]- Zen
Said that, Zen-dono kneeled in front of .
... Ah! I saw this in play or sothing like that!!
Right now, I was proposed, right!
Well, in the first place, the marriage between us was sothing that was already set in place.
Looking from our conversation, I felt like this person was soone reliable who had a strong determination about armour, so I didnt mind with our marriage... but, it seems I better said it directly, right?
[Zen-dono]
[Yes]
[Please cease the honorific, while we are from a different unit, were both the sa knight... also, we will be wife and husband in the future, right?]- Erza
Now, saying sothing that I didnt usually say sohow felt really itchy.
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