I Was Chosen as the Saint’s Husband

197 – Part 2 Episode 25, Battle Sisters.

A week has passed since the nuns began receiving training to become priests.

I seemed to be adapting better than expected, so while I was resting for a while, I stopped by the priests’ office to check the next class, and there was sword training written down.

Even the horsemen we were in charge of in the past had quite a difficult time training in swordsmanship.

However, this time, I started to worry that it would be even harder because they were nuns.

Nuns and swordsmanship don’t go well together, do they?

No, in the first place, all the nuns I hung out with were women, so even holding a sword would be difficult.

Among our classmates, more than half… more than half were women.

Anyway, didn’t you see them having a hard time while practicing swordsmanship together?

“Uhm… I’m worried…”

I thought it would be easy because there was one mountain missing, but I never thought there would be an even more difficult mountain.

Do you think you can just pass by without anything happening?

Even so, there is nothing I, as an assistant priest, can do.

Other than going to where the nuns are and telling them about the next class.

“It’s quiet even during break time… but it’s different.”

When I arrived at the front of the classroom, I couldn’t hear any loud noises.

The previous rider was so loud that it hurt my eardrums.

There is no one who sleeps or talks during class.

Thanks to this, there were fewer cases of people walking around in the middle of class to wake us up or warn us to be quiet, which made us feel quite comfortable.

Just… from now on, can’t we only accept nuns and priests as prospective priests?

I don’t think I can take it anymore if I see you harassing the assistant priest like last time.

Especially because there will be too much comparison with this rider.

“Pay attention.”

When I came inside, everyone was sitting in their seats, their eyes shining brightly.

It’s just amazing that they sit quietly even during break times.

Well, no one is missing.

“Starting this afternoon, you will receive swordsmanship training. You will probably receive it about three times a week, for about three hours a day, so please keep that in mind.”

It’s not much different from the old jockey.

You will receive swordsmanship training for three hours a day, approximately three times a week.

If you have a talent for magic, you can also receive magic training.

However, there are very few people in this world who have talent for magic.

Naturally, the nuns became noisy.

After all, is it even reasonable for a nun to hold a sword?

Nuns are protesting against the completion of preparatory training for priests.

Wow… I have a feeling something big will suddenly happen.

“Everyone can go back to the dormitory, change into sports clothes, and gather in front of the church parade ground.”

After making the announcement, I left the classroom.

In fact, it is not something that I, the assistant, should worry about, but the priest, who will be the instructor who will teach them from now on, should take care of it.

Right?

Priest Maxis.

*

After about 20 minutes.

All the prospective priests returned to their uniforms and arrived at the parade ground.

I thought they would lock themselves in their rooms and not come out, but they all came out.

In fact, there was someone in the room who boasted that he couldn’t do it last time.

I managed to convince him that he would not be able to become a priest if he did not complete swordsmanship training, and made him take swordsmanship classes.

He grew up surprisingly quickly and found out that he had a talent for swordsmanship. He successfully completed priest training and is now a low-level priest and working hard somewhere.

Well… I might have thought too much about it.

Just because they are nuns doesn’t mean they can’t swing a sword, and if you think of them swinging a sword to protect themselves, it doesn’t go against doctrine.

Still, there are people like Desmond Doss who reject guns based on their beliefs, so I don’t know.

“Well, I was a little worried because I heard that all the prospective priests this time were nuns, but it looks like they all showed up.”

It seems that Priest Maxis, the swordsmanship training instructor, had the same sentiments as me.

Priest Maxis, who is a priest and is in charge of training the knights, is a person of extreme strangeness, but I never imagined that he could think in such a general way.

“Your Majesty. Didn’t you just think of me as a strange person?”

“I’ve never done that.”

“okay.”

As expected, you are quick-witted.

I was a little scared to stand next to him, so I dodged to the side.

“Hey…instructor.”

As we were having this conversation, the person standing at the front of the prospective priests raised his hand.

The oldest is a nun named ‘Katharina’ who is 19 years old and has very good grades in class.

She originally abandoned her name and used her baptismal name when she became a nun, but after quitting being a nun and becoming a priest, she regained her name.

I heard that when you become a nun, you offer a piece of paper with your name written on it to God, and you have to bring it back with you before you can go back to being a member of society.

There is no such thing as a priest.

After all, you are a civil servant.

“What is it? I tell you in advance, prospective priests cannot avoid training.”

“That’s not it.”

“Then what is it?”

“Actually… if there is a weapon that can be used more skillfully than a sword, is it okay to take classes using that weapon instead of the sword?”

“Hoo…?”

Priest Maxis was genuinely surprised, saying it was his first time hearing such a question.

No, I was surprised too.

What does that mean?

Is there a weapon better than a sword?!

“For example?”

I was curious, so I asked Priest Maxis.

So the nuns started talking about their main weapon very confidently.

“I mainly use the window. And next to me…”

“I mainly use blunt weapons.”

Blunt weapon…?

Can that be called a weapon?

I saw it used in a way that felt like Thor’s hammer.

“I mainly use polearms.”

Plus, I never thought a polearm would come out.

The polearm was clearly a long and heavy blunt weapon.

“…These are pretty minor weapons.”

Priest Maxis looks back at me with that question in mind.

Even if I look back at myself, the problem will not be solved.

No, I was told that I was also a nun?

“Everyone… where did you learn such a weapon?”

“I learned it when I was a nun at a cathedral…”

Hmm…what on earth does a cathedral do?

They teach you how to use weapons such as swords, spears, polearms, and blunt weapons.

I don’t think it’s a place with any religious significance that I’m familiar with.

“Your Majesty, it’s nothing particularly strange.”

When I was confused, Priest Maxis put his hand on my shoulder and laughed loudly.

Weren’t you just as confused as me just now?

“Is that so…?”

“Aren’t there churches and cathedrals all over the country? Then, of course, they are also found in cities and rural areas where public security is poor.”

Is that so?

Well, in remote areas, you have to protect yourself.

And the monsters and animals will also have to take care of themselves.

Even if they were nuns, they couldn’t avoid that duty.

I didn’t think of that…

It’s not like they learned it because they wanted to, either.

“First, I will go back and look for instructors who can use special weapons.”

“Please come back.”

Then, Priest Maxis entered the church headquarters and headed towards the place where the knights’ waiting station was located.

You can learn other weapons besides the sword.

There were quite a few people like that in the Knights.

Because there are special forces that use things like sun and moon swords.

***

Afterwards, people from the Knights Templar who used special weapons came and helped with training.

In the meantime, we have nothing to do so we just stand still and watch.

There’s nothing we can do to help either.

However, when I look at it like this, I can clearly see that it is different from before.

One thing that is a little different from before is that before training, he would always carry a weapon and run in an endless race of death, but that has disappeared.

That’s what we experienced too.

I can’t believe Priest Maxis took that away.

Did you have a change of heart, or did you just not feel the need to?

Or, are you afraid that if you mistreat the nuns, it will be a big problem?

Since they are nuns, they must have good physical strength.

If you think about the things you have to do, you will never be able to survive if you are not physically fit.

However, I don’t know if I can withstand the endless running of Maxis Priest, who runs the knights…

“Honestly, I was a little curious.”

“so do i.”

Dave also had the same opinion as me.

Actually, I wondered if the nuns could run harder than us if they ran hard.

In the case of Dave, I heard that he trained his physical strength by going up the mountain to fetch clear water.

In my case, I didn’t do any exercise, but I still had the guts to run to the very end, right?

So what about the nuns?

How much physical strength do you have?

“Is it meaningful to compare?”

So, Eri joined our conversation.

Does it mean to compare…

“No.”

“All I can do is watch and think that it will be more difficult.”

The only thing we can do is to further strengthen support for prospective priests as auxiliary priests.

Or, you can talk to the priests and ask them to lower the intensity of the training…

Huh? There’s a lot to do?