The Human Saint is Bored, so I was Summoned to Another World

A Changed Man (Part 1)

**Lily**

The entire battlefield was silent as the smoke was rising and swirling around us. My partner, Her Holiness Ruro of the Wolf, was on the lookout for our enemy...

"He's here!" she whispered.

"!!!"

Amidst the smoke came a spearhead and then followed by a charging man. I quickly parried the spear and thrust my sword towards him, yet, much to my surprise, it was all a shadow.

"!!!"

For the real attack came from below!

"Princess!" Her Holiness Ruro of the Wolf cried out as she tried to shield me from the thrusting dagger, "Wind Current!"

"Guaahhh!!!"

Our attacker was hit, fair and square, by the wind that the Beastman Saint unleashed. Not wishing to let him rest, Her Holiness quickly followed up on her counter-attack.

"Guoh!!!" I could hear the terrible screams of the enemy as the Beastman Saint rained punches and chops on his body. And then, for the finishing move, she went for a roundhouse kick...

"Wait, Your Holiness! This is just practice!"

"!!!"

Her foot stopped a few inches from Kuro's face as he struggled to stand up. The practice spear and dagger that he was using were already broken, and he could barely keep his legs from wobbling. I quickly reached out to catch him.

"Y-You did well, K-Kuro!" I told him in between my breaths. It sure was exhausting to fight continuously for long, "I'll cast a healing spell on you; but unlike Maddie's magic, this one requires you to take a rest, okay? When you wake up, you'll be good as new!"

"Heh, fortunately, the Nerfes Princess was quick to scream that this was only a practice." Her Holiness said to Kuro, "You still have lots of practice to do before you could actually fight on par with me, Master!"

"Y-Yes!" Kuro suddenly stood up, though it took him a while to straighten his posture. He then went to the rack of practice weapons and grabbed a practice spear, much to our horror, "Th-That's why l-let's continue!"

"HAH?" the Beastman Saint and I chorused.

"M-Master! Aren't you injured enough already? Give it a rest!"

"Yes, Kuro! Please don't overexert yourself!" We both pleaded.

"Alright...I'll take a rest for a bit." he said, taking a seat on a wooden bench nearby, "Then we continue!"

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Her Holiness Ruro of the Wolf was bewildered by his insistence, "I know you wanted to get stronger as fast as possible, so you could fight properly. But doing these things for that broken sword, this is madness!"

"You wouldn't understand." he countered.

"Kuro, please, I beg you..." I tried talking him out of it, "Let yourself rest, for now, okay?" I hugged him so that he could relax. And then I nodded to Her Holiness Ruro of the Wolf.

"!!!"

Everything was quick and painless. The Beastman Saint sure knew how to shut the lights off a human being...

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When we finally took our rests, my body was throbbing, and I couldn't move much from the pain. It's been a while since I got exhausted like this, and it's not a good feeling.

"..."

"Lily? What happened to you?" Maddie asked. She was concerned about my dirty maid clothes, as well as the few bruises on my arms. Good thing she could heal and restore my injuries once again. Maddie's quite afraid that it won't work, just like what happened to us back in Amaranth, "Did you get yourself involved in an accident or something?"