289 – Champagne Supernova (4)
Piel also pulled out the rapier he was wearing at his waist.
“This is what I hoped for. “I think we’ll talk quickly.”
With her upper body straight, Piel placed her right foot firmly in front and her left foot firmly in the back. He held the sword in his right hand.
This is her starting stance for a duel, like modern-day fencing.
Britney and P.L.
Less than three minutes after meeting, the two women pointed their swords at each other.
There was no more conversation.
“······.”
“······.”
The two women narrowed their eyes in silence, looking for a gap between each other.
An imminent situation.
But no one stopped him.
Everyone is just watching the current situation with interested eyes.
Sienna smiled brightly and pulled a chair next to Theo.
Kkii Iik──
At that sound, Piel glanced at Sienna for a moment.
That was the signal for the duel to begin.
It was Britney who moved first.
“Ha!”
Brittany’s longsword pierced Piel. The tip of her sword was aimed at Piel’s left shoulder.
Chang!
Two swords collide.
Piel turned her sword to the left and struck down Brittany’s sword.
“Huh.”
Piel immediately launched a counterattack. The target is Britney’s right shoulder.
Netting─
Piel’s sword moved in the shortest path.
“Ugh!”
Britney was taken aback by the speed, which was much faster than expected.
He was successful in defending himself, but his body’s balance was ruined. His front legs, which were firmly planted on the ground, shook.
Piel did not miss the opportunity.
Shoo, Shoo!
Piel stabbed his sword at high speed.
Likewise, her sword moved along the shortest path. The target this time was Britney’s thighs.
“Uh… Ugh!”
It was too sharp a stab to counterattack.
Britney did two back tumbles and got out of his position.
Piel immediately ran towards Britney.
But Britney quickly adjusted her posture, so Piel could no longer enter.
The two women glared at each other. The duel entered a lull.
Nay said.
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─Hmm, this is really fun. Child, did you see the movement of the two people?
─That’s right, Ney.
Piel’s simple, shortest-distance stabbing.
After Britney’s back tumble, correcting her posture.
Theo meticulously reproduces all duels.
So I know. The movements of the two women somehow resembled his own.
─You look like me.
─Yes. The child with lemon-colored hair seems to move instinctively… And the child with red hair seems to have learned his movements from someone. However, it doesn’t seem like she learned anything from a very strong person. It’s a long way off for this body.
─······Are you going to turn on me now, Nay?
─Is it obvious?
─Yes.
Theo easily recognized Piel’s teacher. She was her teacher and she was none other than herself.
‘When I battled the robot… It watched my movements.’
Piel was practicing swordsmanship that imitated Theo’s movements.
‘······No.’
With that level of precision, it goes beyond imitation and is closer to reinterpretation.
Just as Theo in the past reinterpreted Piel’s swordsmanship after seeing it.
After seeing Theo’s current swordsmanship, Piel reinterpreted it.
‘That’s interesting.’
At that time.
Kiik──
The door was opened.
There were two men there. They both looked like they were in their teens or twenties, and both had slim builds.
Theo looked at the two men.
‘Billy the Dwarf and Mike the Crooked Legs.’
Both are members of the Light Acolytes.
Crooked Mike said.
“Hey, Britney, are you already working out after eating?”
Billy the dwarf added.
“I want you to join me too! “I’m feeling a bit sore after just waiting for a week!”
Was it because of the sudden appearance of two men?
Sereung.
Piel and Britney seemed to have lost their excitement and put their swords back into their sheaths.
Piel smiled mischievously, raising one corner of her mouth.
“What? “I was a little scared because they said I was a practitioner of light… But it’s okay, right?”
Piel said this and looked at Adrien. That’s why Adrienne spoke a lot about the strength of the Light Acolyte in the carriage.
Adrien responded.
“······Britney, that b*tch is the weakest among us. Of course, it’s not the average practitioner of light.”
Suddenly, Brittany, who had returned to her previous expression, spoke to Adrienne.
“Who was the person who was robbed by the weakest last month? Oh my, it was here. “Adrienne, you’re a bad person, aren’t you?”
Enraged, Adrien placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.
“······You’re worried because you only won once. Hey, float again.”
“Yes~ I don’t~”
While Adrienne and Brittany were arguing.
Billy the dwarf and Mike the squirrel approached Theo.
Billy said, looking at Theo.
“Oh, Theo Lin Walderk. The man the first saint is watching closely! “You succeeded in persuading me, Adrienne!”
Billy held out his hand to Theo.
“Hi, my name is Billy. “Theo, I’m very interested in you.”
“It’s Theo Lin Balderk.”
Theo held Billy’s hand.
Afterwards, Mike also offered to shake Theo’s hand.
“Hello, I’m Mike. I’m also very interested in you, Theo. “That sword on your belt is the ‘Demon Slayer,’ right?”
Theo expressed doubt.
“Demon Butcher?”
“Ah, it’s slang. The old members of the church called that sword ‘Demon Butcher’. Before I knew it, it had moved.”
Theo smiled and placed the [Demon Sword] In her hand.
“No, it’s plausible.”
Theo spoke directly to Ney.
─Ni. Congratulations on getting a new nickname other than ‘The Gray Princess’.
─What does that mean?
─It is said that high-ranking members of the church call Nei the ‘demon butcher.’ I think the practitioners of light also call it that.
─These beautiful things…! Of all the many names, why is it Butcher? I feel like I’m my butcher.
─Demon Butcher, Demon Butcher, Demon Butcher… Hmm, it sticks to the mouth and looks good.
─Shut up! If you ever mention such a derogatory term in front of me again, I will be shocked.
─I understand. After all, the previous byeolho would be better, right? Gray princess.
Nei screamed and got angry.
Theo quietly placed the [Demon Sword] On the table. Then I could no longer hear Ney’s screams.
Adrienne asked Billy and Mike.
“Where did Sarah go? “Didn’t we go out to eat together?”
Mike replied, scratching his head shyly.
“He said we should both go in first.”
“······I guess you went to visit Tre’s tombstone.”
Tre is a member of the Light Acolytes who passed away about a month ago.
Mike said.
“Wow, that’s right. That doesn’t mean the dead Tre will come back. Sarah, she’s been drinking alcohol ever since she died. It breaks my heart that Tre is dead, but the living must live. “I actually liked it when Rob died.”
Rob is a member of the Acolytes of Light who passed away about six months ago. He was the head of the Light Acolytes.
Of course, since the Acolytes of Light themselves were a small, elite group deployed primarily for special missions, they were closer to team leaders than captains.
After Rob’s death, the new team leader became Sarah.
Britney received the word.
“I see. “When we ate together before, we didn’t eat and just sipped champagne.”
“Well, Sarah especially liked Tre. I still remember what Tre said when he just joined. ‘If you are a true practitioner of light, you must lose your mind. ‘You passed.’ Right?”
“Yes, that’s right. I think Sarah was attracted to Tre’s skills. “Tre is strong, and he understands Sarah’s tactics and strategies better than anyone else here, right?”
“That’s right. “The strategy that I couldn’t understand even after working with Sarah for a year, Tre understood it after about a month.”
When Mike and Britney were talking.
Kiik──
The door was opened.
There was a pink long-haired woman who was very drunk. In her hand she held a silver bottle of champagne. Unlike other practitioners of light who appeared to be in their late teens or early twenties, she had a youthful appearance in her mid-teens.
Mike welcomed her.
“Are you here now, Sarah? We have a welcome guest who hasn’t been there in a really long time. No, no. “Is this your first time here?”
“······Hiccup.”
Whether Mike said something or not, Sarah glanced at Theo and his group with cold eyes. Her eyes were fixed on Theo.
When she tried to approach Theo.
“Sarah, I have something to tell you.”
Adrien approached Sarah.
Adrienne glanced at Theo and whispered something in Sarah’s ear.
When Adrienne finished her story, Sarah raised her right hand.
“Everyone ready for battle. The target is Theo Lin Walderk and three others.”
As soon as Sarah finished speaking, the eyes of the Light Acolytes changed.
The friendly gaze on Theo so far was gone everywhere.
Sereung─
Everyone took out their weapons and pointed them at Theo and his group.
Sarah crossed her back in the shape of an
“······How did you know internal confidential information? “There are more than one or two suspicious things.”
Then he muttered with his still cold eyes.
“Suppress everyone.”
Billy, holding the spear, asked.
“To what level do you suppress it?”
“It doesn’t matter as long as you can open your mouth.”