A Story of a Cannon Fodder who Firmly Believed He was the Protagonist

Chapter 008 - Fay's Hidden Talent

A month had passed since Fay, Tlue, Arthur, and Bouran joined the special unit. Fay and the others trained every day to become official paladins.

And Fay received corporal punishment almost every day, doing ten laps around the capital on his hands after training.　

"Ah! It's upside down nii-chan!"　

"Hey hey, why are you always doing that?"

"Tell me about it too!"

"Annoying... don't disturb me."

"I wonder what annoying means-?"

"He means you're being noisy."

At a corner of the wide royal capital, Fay passing by upside down already became some sort of boom and was drawing attention.　

"Oh, since that boy has arrived... I guess it's about time for the croquettes to go on sale."　

"Ah, it's already that time? I have to return quickly and prepare for dinner."

"Kuh- I'm addicted to drinking while watching him lap. Give me another serving."

Children looked at him with pure curiosity while the adults treated him as a human watch, an entertainment to go with their drinks, a signal to launch their sales, and various other things. Obviously, not everyone treated his presence favorably. Fay was well aware that some people gossiped about him and laughed behind his back.　

But he continued doing this for a month...　

Fay had been doing his swordsmanship training with Yururu every morning. She had fixed his weird habits and, as he gained more experience, his efforts piled up.　

Then, Yururu noticed a certain thing.　

...I didn't notice when we first began... but I think Fay-kun does possess a talent for swordsmanship. 　

She felt somewhat astonished at this fact. When she saw how his swordsmanship was initially, she thought that this boy was not talented since it was so ugly.　

I did think that his swordsmanship was weird when we first started... but as his quirks got fixed, his skill improved at a tremendous rate...　

However, that's not all. What makes Fay-kun so amazing... is the fact that he isn't afraid to change and dares to destroy everything he has built up so far for further improvement.　

Most tenacious people like Fay-kun tend to refuse change... but he is different. He kept breaking himself down and steadily rebuilt his prowess over and over. He easily abandons his past effort as long as there is progress...　

Fay was a serious person, more so than most. He misunderstood and thought that Yururu was the master character so he seriously listened to what she told him and did as she says. It was the first time Yururu had such an understanding and honest student, despite him being deadpan most of the time, so she was motivated to teach well.　

...Why did he develop such weird habits to begin with?　

The morning training was over so Yururu decided to ask Fay about it.　

"Uhm, was Fay-kun originally self-taught?"

"Aah... that's right."

"I see..."

Even if you were self-taught, one shouldn't develop so many quirks though... somehow, in Fay-kun's case, I feel that he was influenced by some sort of non-existant swordsmanship style...