Chapter 40. My Teacher

“No defense is better than self-defense. You can have bodyguards and stuff but at the end of the day, it’s always better if you can defend yourself as well,” Reiner stated like it should be obvious.

I didn’t like where this conversation was going at all. The fact that we were standing in a secret underground room filled with weapons wasn’t helping either.

“I see…I don’t think I can beat anyone at physical combat though…” I mumbled truthfully.

Please don’t expect me to fight. That is something that I absolutely don’t want to do. Why does he think I never took up any self-defense classes up until now? It’s because I didn’t want to.

“Probably true. If you can’t fight them, then you shoot them,” Reiner said as he reached for a small pistol that was laying on a table close to his right hand.

Please tell me that that’s not real. Although, I knew that it probably was…real.

“Huh?” I gasped in shock.

One look at Reiner’s face and I could