My Wife and I Became Sages in Another World-Chapter 52: The Weakest Knights

It had been a few days since Reinar joined our training in the forest. After he completed his first Healing Potion(+), he went on to learn the other recipes and managed to brew them without too many test runs. The only one he couldn’t brew was the Holy Panacea, which required a lot more MP to be poured into it.

I decided that he would join us in hunting and gathering too. That way, he could increase the amount of MP in his body and be able to brew even more potions.

Not only that, but I was hoping that when I registered as an adventurer and left town for months, Reinar could take care of himself in the forest and keep on making potions.

He was extremely nervous at first, saying that he had no experience in combat and that he had never even seen a monster that was higher than G rank.

That was more of a reason for us to teach him to fend for himself, so the princess and I began giving him magic lessons while the maids taught him how to use a weapon.

It took him a few days to gain some confidence in his skills until we finally thought that he was ready.

I told Reinar that he would be coming with me and Yoru while the rest of the group went the other way. If we had all gone as one big group, we probably wouldn’t have found anything.

He ended up killing lots of the cricket bugs and even one terror bull that we coincidentally found wandering alone. For whatever reason, Reinar seemed to control air magic better than the rest and casted tens of "air slices" as he waved his hand toward the monster.

The cuts from his spell were too shallow to finish off the terror bull with one slice, so he decided to cast it a dozen times, making the cut and bruised bull’s body finally lay dead on the ground.

While I was glad that he could take it down, I told him to keep the kills cleaner next time so that the monsters were easier to butcher.

During those days, Reinar also learned how to butcher monsters since some of them had valuable ingredients that could be used in potions. At first, he seemed dubious as to why he needed to learn something like that, but I told him that to become a Master Alchemist, he would have to look for his own ingredients at some point.

I explained to him that I didn’t get my title from simply making potions, although that was a big part of it. But I believe the main reason was due to all the different experiments I conducted with the ingredients found solely in the forest.

Reinar had to come up with a potion of his own that could be compared to the quality of mine. I had a feeling that if he managed to do that, he would definitely get the title.

He understood my perspective and confidently said he would try his best. From then on, Reinar didn’t question a single thing that we taught him and ended up surpassing all of our expectations.

He was still a bit shy when it came to socializing, but his confidence and workaholic side showed now that he was accustomed to being around us.

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A few weeks later, we returned to End Town to take a small break from the forest and for me to see if there were any pending jobs that needed to be done at the town hall. However, before I visited Jackson, I passed by the knight’s barracks to see how they were doing.

A group of around 30 knights were in the courtyard, which they used for training, and they all seemed to be sparring with a partner using wooden swords. However, I couldn’t help but feel like the knights were extremely weak. Not as weak as an ordinary villager, but still relatively weak for a supposed knight.

Commander Thomas, who was present in the courtyard, saw me and greeted me as he walked me around the facilities. He told me that the knights were quite happy with their new headquarters and that everyone had been enjoying the hospitality of the villagers.

I was happy to hear that, but I was still worried that these knights wouldn’t be able to protect much in the area. End Town had the protection of hundreds of shadow dogs, and 95% of the village was able to command them as their own pets.

We also had the protection of Vespera, whose demon spiders trapped any monster that got close to the town’s perimeter, making it almost impossible for low-ranked monsters even to approach our gates.

Any monster that was able to break through that line of defense would be a threat to the entire town, and I truly didn’t think that these knights would be able to handle something like that. Especially when I had seen them struggle against a troll before that wasn’t even S-ranked.

"Hey, Thomas..." I said while staring at the training knights. "Allow me to train your guys for a little..."

The commander looked at me, a bit shocked, but quickly went back to his serious expression. "Are we that weak?" he said with reluctance in his voice.

"You are..." I responded before explaining to him my point of view.

Any monster that was a threat to the demon spiders and the shadow dogs would be even more dangerous to the knight’s order. To survive in this area, they all needed to get much stronger.

I asked the commander if all the other knight orders were the same, but he denied it instantly, saying that the 4th order was not only the weakest but the one with the fewest members.

On the other hand, the 1st order had hundreds of members and was considered the mightiest in all of the kingdom. Their commander, William, was a man recognized as the strongest knight whose magic and swordplay were unmatched by anyone, so it was natural for his subordinates to be strong too.

"That... sounds like bullshit to me. I could make you guys the strongest..." I muttered after listening to the commander’s story.

He looked at me in shock and switched to a solemn smile. "Have you ever been told you don’t act like a kid?" said the commander as I stared at him with an awkward smile.

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The next day, my training with the knights began. Only about half of them knew who I was since they traveled with me to the capital and greeted me with smiles, asking me when we were going to have another hot pot.

The others seemed a bit uneasy with my presence, murmuring between them, wondering, "How would a kid help us train?"

For starters, I inspected every single knight to look at their information and make sure to have them train in whatever suited them best.

Someone with a very low amount of MP probably shouldn’t focus too much on magic and improve their close combat instead, and even then, they would still have to train to increase their MP pool.

As for my training regime for them, I decided to switch it up to something more familiar to me and do military training.

To begin with, I told them to start running laps around the courtyard for 20 minutes while wearing their armor. Cardio was a vital part of fighting monsters, after all.

After that, I told them we would start with a magic lesson, to which some of them argued. However, I ignored their comments and told them to watch and pay attention.

The commander yelled for everyone to shut up, and they promptly did while staring at me standing in front of the group.

I raised my hand and index finger forward to point at the target located about 10 meters away from me. Without uttering a single word, strands of fire accumulated at the tip of my finger and shot them straight like a bullet, completely destroying the target dummy.

The knights were perplexed, asking themselves how such a powerful spell could be cast without even muttering an incantation. I turned around to look at the group of confused knights and explained to them my view on magic.

I told them that their incantations were not only unnecessary but were actually hindering their progress in getting stronger. Imagination and MP were the only things required to cast magic.

The knights couldn’t believe it a first. Some of them even mentioned that they had been to the academy, and that’s how they were taught since they were kids.

Others said that they had witnessed Sage Johann in battle, the strongest mage in the kingdom, and even he muttered the name of his spells before casting them.

I told them that saying an incantation or the name of the spell could help them visualize their attacks, but if they knew exactly what they wanted to cast, there was no need to talk.

With a newfound resolve, the knights spent hours with me training their magic as I carefully went one by one to ensure everyone understood the concept.