Is there a dojo that teaches how to use a shield, like a "shield path"?

Returning from the church, I was thinking about Dishia. Even though he should be able to handle it with his property, his exhausted appearance was abnormal. Work always finds busy people in any world.

Walking while daydreaming, I reached Ast's house. Returning home, I greeted Teisha.

"Welcome back. I've heard various things about you from others. Take a break for a bit? Your body won't hold up." Teisha spoke worriedly. "And if you don't take a break until you collapse? Riza is also worried."

Although the person was energetically hunting goblins and planning to train next, in the mindset of a Japanese salaryman, it's completely fine. There's still plenty of room.

"Thank you. I'm okay." I acted playfully to show my energy. Since I returned early, Ast hasn't come back yet.

"Riza? Let's train?"

Knocking on the door and confirming the response before opening it.

"Yeah. Let's go." An energetic reply.

"Aren't you tired? Are you okay?"

"That's fine. Hiro, even though you've been moving around all day, are you okay?"

"We're told that by everyone."

The two of us laughed. Holding a shield and a hammer, we went out to the courtyard. We rolled with some short sticks and longer sticks picked up along the way.

"Now, regarding the shield, but you don't know how to use it, right?"

"Yeah."

"There are basically three patterns for this shield."

Picking up the shorter stick.

"Cut from above, so hold the shield."

Swinging the stick back, I swung it down toward Riza's head. With a dull sound, it was caught solidly.

"Yeah. Well done. Try to catch it as close to the center as possible. Next, let's sweep from the right."

Right to left. Left to right. Continuing several times.

"Next, let's lift and parry."

Cutting diagonally upward from below. All cleanly caught at the center. Good reflexes. Probably due to being a hunter, good at predicting movements.

"Now, sweeping in the same way as before, try to parry with the center in mind."

Sweeping left to right, but the shield was parried and bounced back.

"This is more active defense rather than just blocking. It's especially effective when the opponent uses heavy weapons or long poles."

Several slashes in various directions were cleanly parried.

"Now, I want you to practice this on your own—using the shield to attack."

"A shield? Aren't we supposed to defend with it?"

"We can trip the opponent, make them drop their weapon, and so on. Let's try to use the shield like a mace."

I repeatedly swung and thrust with the imitation wooden sword. Once she got used to it, switching to the longer stick, we continued cutting, sweeping, parrying, and thrusting.

"Yeah. Good form. Let's keep going."

After that, everything conceivable was tried, all cleanly caught or parried.

Shield usage? Don't know. Just practicing what I thought it would be like based on movies and such. It's more unusual for a modern salaryman to know how to use a shield.

"Amazing, amazing. Riza is incredible."

Riza keeps a cool face, but I'm getting tired. Even with wooden sticks, constantly blocking and parrying gets tiring. Ast returned before an hour had passed. Good thing, I was about to collapse.

"Just my own style, so ask Fia about the proper way."

"Is that right? It seems correct... Yeah, I'll ask Fia."

The sticks were leaned against a wall, and we went back inside. Dinner was already prepared, so I sat down immediately.

While eating, the conversation naturally turned to the daughter's adventurer life.

"Oh, you can make that much?"

"Yeah. Surprised."

"Don't get complacent. It's thanks to the other two." Ast drove the point home.

"Got it."

After finishing dinner, she seemed intent on continuing practice. She hurriedly went out to the courtyard.

"You Work hard!" Blushing slightly, she waved goodbye. "Don't overdo it. Be careful."

I returned to my room. It was rare to have some alone time, so I checked my TODO list.

[x] Buy shoes.
[x] Go to the guild tomorrow morning.
[x] Defeat the Huge Slime.

Good.

[ ] Prioritize taking quest requests for extermination.
[ ] Improve skill transfer efficiency using 'Acquisition'.

Delete this. It doesn't make sense.
Add two points.

[ ] Go get the shoes.
[ ] Go get the knee guards.

It's tough not being able to pull out my phone in front of others. Can't even manage my TODO list quickly.

Fiddling with my phone, I thought about Japan and felt a little down.