A mysterious wild middle-aged man appeared.
Not only Hilde, but everyone in the knight order looked at one another in astonishment, asking:
"Who's this guy?"
"Never seen him before. Don't know him."
"Does the knight order have someone like that?"
"He's dressed strangely. Is he an adventurer?"
"Hey, you! Unauthorized personnel aren't allowed in the knight order's training grounds!"
Seeing that something was amiss, someone immediately stepped forward to stop him, intending to drive this inexplicable fellow out.
But at that moment, a voice suddenly came from above the training grounds.
"It's fine. He's a friend I invited."
"Do as he says."
Everyone looked up.
Water God Leda and the knight order's commander stood side by side on the second-floor balcony, smiling as they watched the lively scene below.
Clearly, they had witnessed the entire battle just now.
The members of the knight order immediately straightened up and fell silent, no longer raising objections as they left the grounds to Hilde and the mysterious man with the iron staff.
Hilde: "..."
So who exactly was this guy?
She watched the man before her suspiciously. From the way he was dressed, he looked like an adventurer, but...
Why was he carrying a stick on his back?
"Hm? Are you curious about this? It's just an ordinary stick. It's quite durable, though. I've used it for over ten years, and it's never broken."
The man smiled, drawing the stick from his back and showing it to Hilde.
Just as he had said, it was an utterly ordinary stick.
It did not appear to be a magical tool or an item enhanced with mana.
So this guy...
Wasn't a swordsman, but a warrior?
Hilde knew that there were people in this world who used techniques outside the three major styles, or who were