Just reminder, Sword King is higher than Sword Saint on ranking classification for this series.
Anyway, both heroines (Lycia and Fiona) got teased by their surrounding and that's cute
Also now would be a good time to mention Len's motives since this is the part of the story where people(even some Japanese readers) begin to become confused about it.
Len's overall goal remains the same; keep his family safe, make them prosper and live a comfortable life himself.
However due to the previous events and Licia's influence, and events beyond his control and his growing feelings how he accomplishes that constantly changes.
As you can see right now, he became an adventurer for the sake of being able to bring money to the village and even take jobs from Licia's father.
Then later on
He becomes more convinced that to accomplish that he has to 1.) Protect Licia and make sure she does not die and 2.) Become much stronger with the sword which leads him to decide to go to the academy afterall despite saying he wont at the beginning of the story. So he basically decided to get involved with the story as time goes on.
Finally great news. Volume 4 of the Light Novel was a massive overhaul in the story with so much added and expanded so for those two read Volume 4 of the Web Novel, you might feel like you are reading a completely different story.
I posted this in the last chapter but this illustrates some of the plot changes in the Light Novel.
Looks like we'll have to wait until September for the next chapter!
But this is a momentum for Len. Looks like he will start to play along the original storyline and then tweak things up for Licia's sake.