Dawn broke, and I was doing an early morning marathon run completely naked.

Just like last time, Lucia had sunk into the ground, so she was probably sleeping in her magma bath again. I had hoped she would magically return me to the right spot, but in the end, I had no choice but to run all the way back to the village where I had parted with Ilia — stark naked.

"Haa... haa... Finally, I can see the village. I was seriously worried I’d get lost... Haa... haa..."

I spotted a few early-rising villagers heading toward the fields, so I hid myself and snuck toward the hut.

"Damn it. Farmers really do wake up early. Has Ilia already gotten up? Now that it’s bright, I finally have a chance to check whether she has pubic hair..."

Yesterday, I had been suddenly teleported to that wasteland, so I missed the golden opportunity to sleep together with a fully naked female knight. Not only couldn’t I visually ravish her, I didn’t even get to confirm if she had any pubic hair.

"Hut located! Ah..."

Ilia was already awake.

She seemed to be doing early morning training — swinging her sword. A silver flash cut horizontally, then immediately shifted to vertical strokes. Her sword was so fast that before the silver afterimage could even fade from my retinas, the next streak was already carved into the air. Countless silver lines at different angles formed complex geometric patterns.

Incredible... She really did single-handedly annihilate around a hundred orcs.

"Haa... haa..."

"Ah! Masaharu! I saw a man breathing heavily from the shadows and wondered what was going on."

"Haa... haa... I just... went for a little run..."

"Where on earth did you go? When I woke up, you were gone, so I looked for you."

"Well, that’s..."

"Also, the dress I lent you as a waist wrap was lying in front of the hut..."

Ilia’s cheeks flushed slightly as she averted her gaze.

"...? Ah."

I finally realized I was standing in front of Ilia with my dick completely exposed and quickly covered my crotch with both hands. I timidly approached her, took the waist wrap, and put it on.

"So... that’s what a man’s looks like down there... It’s my first time seeing one."

"Y-yeah."

She’s embarrassed?

If she reacts like this to my dick in its normal state, I wonder how she’d react to seeing it fully erect. Just imagining it is getting me excited...

More importantly, the fact that Ilia was in the middle of sword training was actually perfect timing.

"Ilia, there’s something I want to ask of you."

"W-what is it?"

I stood directly in front of her (who was still avoiding eye contact) and seriously sniffed the scent of her sweat.

"It smells good."

"Please teach me swordsmanship."

"W-what?!"

"Of course, I meant your sweat smells good."

I want to become stronger.

"W-what are you even saying?!"

I know I’m asking for something unreasonable.

"I want to pierce a virgin membrane."

"V-virgin membrane? What is that?"

Oops. It seems my inner thoughts and actual words got swapped again.

"Anyway, please."

"So what exactly do you want?"

"Teach me how to use a sword. I’m a complete beginner with the sword. But I now have a reason why I need to become strong in this world."

"Eh? Sword training? I don’t mind, but you should have just said so from the start. You suddenly disappeared, then came back breathing heavily — I had no idea what you were going to say. Were you running around the area to train?"

"Yeah, that’s right. Haa... haa..."

"You’re still out of breath. Just how far did you run...?"

The real reason I was breathing heavily was because I was excited by the rich scent of Ilia’s training sweat. Her sweat had a thick, honey-like fragrance that made me rock hard. Thank god I had already put the waist wrap back on. If she had seen my erect cock, she might have refused to teach me.

"First, let me see your current ability. It’s dangerous to suddenly hand you a real sword, so let’s find a suitable stick... Oh."

There was a stick lying around about the length of a kendo shinai. Since it was near the hut, maybe a villager had picked it up thinking it could be used as a farming tool, but it was too thin and useless.

Ilia bent over to pick up the stick. Since she was wearing only my shirt with nothing underneath, her ass was exposed dangerously close to the edge.

"What’s wrong, Masaharu? Why are you on all fours touching the ground?"

"Ah, um, I was also looking for a stick."

Well, I was actually trying to peek under her shirt to look at her ass.

"I see. Try swinging this. I want to see how much you can do."

"Okay."

Even if she tells me to swing it, I have no idea how.

I’ve gripped countless cocks in my life, but I’ve barely ever held anything resembling a sword — only a shinai during kendo classes in PE.

Wait a second...

Highly polished kendo techniques are basically modern-day cheat skills, right?

Here comes my isekai dominance!

...

"I want to concentrate mentally. Give me a moment."

"Ah... Impressive, Masaharu. Understanding the need for mental training — you don’t seem like a complete beginner."

I closed my eyes and sang anime opening songs in my head.

Because I was rock hard. At this rate, I couldn’t even hold the stick properly. I needed time to calm my erection.

Hey, stop it. I’m trying to calm my dick down, so why is a fully naked heroine flying across the sky in my mental opening animation? Please just stand gracefully by the Uyuni Salt Flat and reach toward the sky...

...

Okay, it’s calming down. Let’s try doing what I did in kendo.

I held the stick at middle level, raised it, stepped forward with my right foot, and swung it down.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAN!!"

"...?!"

I immediately reset my stance and took a step back.

Ilia looked shocked. Of course she would.

I was the guy who terrified the PE teacher so much with my kiai that he turned away and muttered, "Your shouting is even louder than the kendo club members..."

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAN!!"

"...?!"

I repeated the same motion.

"Wait, Masaharu. Wait."

This female knight has the exact same look in her eyes as my high school PE teacher.

"Did you sense my natural talent for swordplay?"

"The slash unleashed from that flawless stance doesn’t seem like something a beginner could do...!"

It seems my kendo techniques look impressive even to a knight’s eyes.

"And that strange shout..."

"Oh? Was my kiai impressive enough to astonish you?"

"Yes. I was completely overwhelmed... I sense terrifying talent."

"As expected."

Well, when you think about it normally, an isekai reincarnator like me is supposed to be a cheat who dominates everything, right?

"By the way... that strange shout... or rather, what was that kiai?"

"Men."

"Eh? It sounded like the scream of a dying phoenix..."

"Phoenixes don’t die, do they?"

"Exactly. That’s why I said it was a strange cry I’ve never heard before... Does ’men’ mean face? Are you declaring that you’re attacking the opponent’s face?"

"That’s right."

"I see... Do it again."

"Understood."

I raised the stick high...

"IIIYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAN!!"

The moment I swung it down, Ilia grabbed my wrist and stopped me.