Knight's Test.

( Yuuki's POV )

After Hilde accepted Tsukiumi's test, we moved to the arena near our castle, Hilde's test would be a fight with wooden swords, Tsukiumi was much stronger than Hilde so to make this fair, they would not use magic and Tsukiumi would reduce her power to Hilde's level, the battle will depend only on swordplay.

The battle was very intense but the longer it went on it was more noticeable that Tsukiumi had the advantage, They could block all of the other's attacks but Hilde was the only one who was getting tired, Hilde knew she wasn't going to last much longer so she prepared for a final attack and Tsukiumi did the same.

They dash toward each other and when their attacks clash Tsukiumi proved to be the strongest, Hilde's sword broke in the middle and she could not continue fighting, Tsukiumi put on a smile because she was satisfied with Hilde.

Tsukiumi: You have potential, I accept you as our family.

Yumina: no objection from us either.

Hilde: Thank you very much, may I ask where you learned to use the sword?

Tsukiumi: Yuuki's mother taught me most of what I know, the rest is self-taught.

Hilde: Yuuki's mother, I-I would like to meet her soon.

Galen: not so fast, I also have one last test, I want you to prove the strength of your feelings Hilde.

Hilde: Yes, grandfather!

After Tsukiumi the old knight Galen wanted to put his granddaughter to the test and this time he would not be satisfied with anything less than a victory on Hilde's part, Although her grandparents had already retired, He was the former knight king and adventurer of the highest rank, Hilde told us that her chances of defeating him were not very high, so the girls ordered me to do something about it, so I was left alone with Hilde in the arena.

In the short time we had there was nothing I could do to improve her swordplay but I could lend her some of my power but before that, I wanted to talk to her.

Hilde: Thank you for taking the time to help me, Your Majesty.

Yuuki: Please call me Yuuki, for my future wife to call me Your Majesty is something strange.

Hilde blushed at what I said and she responded with a nod, I love a shy female Knight, I approached her and put my hands on her shoulders, I wanted to kiss her and when she realized it, she became more embarrassed.

Hilde: I have no experience with these romantic things.

Yuuki: then why did you decide to come to our kingdom?

Hilde: After meeting you I couldn't stop thinking about you, and when my mother found out about it she practically forced me to come, I had no idea that you were thinking about me in the same way.

Yuuki: If you say cute things like that, I won't be able to let you go.

I slowly tilted my head to kiss her and when she realized what I was doing she closed her eyes and stood on tiptoe.

Yuuki: I'm going to lend you some of my power, I know you're going to win.

I kissed Hilde deeply and filled her body with power, When the process was finished, steam came out of Hilde's head and she fainted. It seemed like that was too much for her pure heart.

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When Hilde finally woke up she kept her eyes closed because she said that if she saw me she would faint again, The moment of her fight had arrived and she walked confidently to the center of the arena, I sat far away so that she would have no problems during her fight.

Galen: Are you ready Hilde?

Hilde: Yes, come at me without holding back.

When the battle started Hilde made the first move, dashing towards Galen but she went too fast and completely missed her mark, Since she had just woken up she couldn't get used to her new strength, Hilde did some practice swings and her grandfather, surprised by her speed, immediately became serious, Hilde moved again and she was able to land a hit, Galen blocked the attack and swung his sword back but Hilde dodged, again by moving further than she expected, The fight continued like this but the more her body got used to the power up the battle tilted in her favor but the old man was no pushover, They had the same sword style so he knew what moves she was going to use but she surprised us all when she used one of my moves, one that I used the day we met, The attack was a flurry of spinning slashes that pushed the old man back, the attack would have been more effective with a larger, heavier sword but that got the job done, Hilde disarmed her grandfather and put her wooden sword against his neck.

Galen: ohoho Impressive, it seems that I can finally let you go without worrying, Your Majesty, my granddaughter may know nothing more than to wield a sword but please take care of her.

Hilde: Grandpa!

After passing her grandfather's test Hilde stayed in the castle with us while her grandfather returned to the Lestia kingdom in one of our flying ships, To talk about the alliance of our kingdom and my engagement to the princess, Hilde said that she did not have many possessions and these could be sent to our castle later, The girls took Hilde to talk to her and while they were busy with that I went to Kouten because Matsu had important information for me.

Matsu: hey Yuu-tan~ incredible news, the girls in the W2A world found the place where the reincarnated one is hiding.

Yuuki: really?

Matsu was on a video call with Miu and she had a proud expression as she began to report the situation in her world.

Miu: [ That's right, currently Japan is completely clean of zombies, we couldn't find him in the country but we captured one of his lackeys and we got the location of his base, He is on an island south of Japan, currently we are preparing to raid the place. ]

Yuuki: excellent, the new frame gears are ready, I will take them with me in a couple of days.

Miu: [ We will accept the frame gears but you should stay where you are, we will take care of everything on this side. ]

Oh no, not this again.