259. Examination of spouse (5)
“….”
Luke looked mesmerized at the sight of me remaining calm even after dealing with the magic swordsman.
Then he glanced at Leah.
“What are you doing? My knight wants three opponents.”
The first princess of the empire asked him in her calm voice.
His pride was hurt, so he sighed deeply and fell into trouble.
No matter how much you think about it, three people are fighting against one person.
It’s a problem even if you lose, and it’s a problem even if you win.
If they lose, the Confederate States will be perceived as a weak nation that cannot stand up to even a knight of the Empire.
Even if they win, it will be difficult to avoid being criticized as cowardice since the majority came out against the minority.
The Archduke closed his eyes tightly.
He was able to open his eyes again after Dyke, who was in the VIP room, came up and whispered a secret to him.
“….”
The Grand Duke, who had borrowed the old man’s wisdom, nodded his head in agreement.
And then, he looked towards Leah with him.
To be precise, I stared at ‘Margo’ who was standing next to Leah.
“I think I really underestimated that man’s abilities.”
Luke returned to his calm voice like that of an archduke.
“However, I still think it is unbecoming a knight to attack three people against one person.”
He pointed politely at the petite witch with her finger.
And, she said with a grin.
“So, if it is a battle between the guards, I think it would be better for the shaman to join in and play 2v3.”
After being singled out, Margot’s golden eyes grew so big that they became round.
She stammered, pointing at herself with her finger.
“Me too… ?”
At first glance, there is a shaman who looks small and lacks practical skills.
They seem to think that even if they add it, they won’t lose much from their point of view as magic swordsmen anyway.
No matter what the outcome is, it is still 2 vs 3, so I think we will be able to recover some of our honor.
Noticing this, Leah maintained her relaxed expression.
Then, she asked in a gentle voice, as if she were treating Margo as her own escort wizard.
“What about you, Margo?”
“I….”
The Witch of Connell was actually the first to engage in a form of fighting like sparring.
In the first place, it was difficult for shamans to go out somewhere because it was difficult for them to be treated well in the empire.
However, this is the Hawthorn Kingdom, where magic is used nationally.
Furthermore, the first princess of the famous empire wanted to give herself a chance.
At this, Margo swallowed her saliva deeply.
And….
“I will step forward!”
She spoke confidently, holding her staff tightly with both hands.
Leah, who found that look cute, chuckled.
And then, she stretched out her hand gracefully and said,
“Let me participate.”
Mago followed her princess’s hand and boarded her staff.
And then, in front of thousands of spectators, she floated up and began to come down to the sparring area.
“Margot… ?”
“Yes, Veil. “I told you to join too!!”
I looked up at Leah.
Then, she lifted the teacup and looked at her.
She seemed to have joined Margo because she knew that if she destroyed the three by herself, it would be discovered that she was not an ordinary escort knight.
“One more.”
The magic swordsmen looked at me and Mago standing tall on the rock.
The platinum-haired guard captain, who seemed to be their representative, guessed the size of the rock I cut with a single knife.
An overwhelming size that fills a large lake, with all the water overflowing.
After seeing that, he spoke calmly to his juniors.
“This guy is disguised. He is at least an Advanced Expert or Sword Master.”
He realized that I was hiding mana.
After that, I began to maintain more composure.
“Don’t let your guard down, and deal with it as rationally as possible.”
I, who was listening to this from afar, grinned.
He opened his mouth, making a crescent moon with his unique thin eyes.
“What is the processing? Since when did the guards start using such harsh language? Right, Margo?”
“Yes, I’m scared.”
The female prosecutor was furious and tried to argue.
However, the platinum-haired middle-aged man who appeared to be the leader shook his head resolutely.
“He is like a fox. “Don’t get caught up and stay calm.”
“Just looking at it, it looks like they’ll be using fire magic. “I see that he has an impatient temperament.”
I pointed at the female prosecutor with my finger and said.
Then, the guy just made an unpleasant expression as if he had hit the nail on the head.
I fell silent again as the captain said.
“Then, what should we do with that girl standing next to us?”
“They may be hiding their power like this guy, so spread out and attack from multiple angles.”
The captain spoke with cool eyes.
And, he added, drawing his sword.
“Me and Lucy read that article. Jack, you play the shaman.”
“I understand!!”
The full-scale attack of the magic swordsmen has begun.
Two young swordsmen scatter from side to side as if spreading their wings.
First, the young male warrior rushed towards Mago, who seemed relatively weak.
――――――!!
A magic swordsman who strengthened his legs with mana and jumped over rocks at high speed.
Margot’s golden eyes sparkled in his shadow blocking the sun.
She lightly swung the staff she was holding tightly.
The water scattered on the floor along the track began to oscillate.
Soon, the stream of water rose rapidly and rose between the magic swordsman and Mago.
Like a huge curtain.
Up to this point, it was just the water technique that the first magic swordsman had shown a while ago.
The knight who knew this rushed into the stream with his body strengthened.
With the power to cut through her and cut her down at the same time.
But, the moment your body touches the water curtain.
“… !!”
Margot swung the staff with the sharp eyes of a great witch.
Her eyes suddenly changed as if to prove that she was the mercenary leader of the most vicious city in the empire.
Then, just as the magic swordsman breaks through.
The stream of water froze in an instant and entangled him like a tree root.
“Veil! “Now!”
Mago shouted as one person was sealed in the air.
As if responding to this, I also jumped up and swung my sword at him at the same time.
Then, the other comrades who were spread out jumped up with all their might and took my sword instead.
‘Still, it’s better than the first one.’
A red-haired female knight and middle-aged guard captain with platinum hair.
The two accurately received my sword and held on together.
Kigigeek―――!!
Sparks flew between the sliding blades.
They barely managed to shake off my sword and land on the floor.
However, they couldn’t even catch their breath.
At the same time as I fall, I bend over and rush back.
I was just watching a mediocre water splash, and then I got interested when two people who knew how to use a sword properly appeared.
Kaaang!!
The first person I dealt with was a female knight with an impatient personality.
Swiftly swinging her sword with one hand, the woman grabbed her sword with both of her hands and clashed.
With our swords facing each other, I quickly attacked.
Then, the female knight’s weak body stumbled.
“Ugh… !! What power… !!”
Noticing this, a middle-aged knight quickly joined in and aimed at my back.
Then, I twisted her body and cut off the woman’s sleeve.
“Step back!!”
The guard captain shouts and rushes towards his junior, whose physical strength was suddenly broken.
He engulfed the sword he held tightly with both hands, wrapped in flames.
And then, the moment it swings towards me.
“… !!”
I furrowed my brows as the burning embers obscured my vision.
Thanks to this, the female knight barely gained distance, and I began a one-on-one duel with the captain.
“What a wonderful captain. “It gives the successor time to step down.”
“Same goes for you.”
I tilted my head in response to the meaningful answer.
Then, the leader of the enemy country spoke calmly to me.
“A little while ago, if I had wanted to, I could have cut myself off.”
A middle-aged man who immediately noticed my subtle strength control.
He lunged at me, raising his flame-covered sword again.
‘It’s definitely different.’
Beautiful sword skills, worthy of being the closest aide to the Grand Duke of a Kingdom.
Every time I swung the sword, the sound of cool wind cutting was exquisite.
Furthermore, when he realized that he was at a disadvantage due to his physical strength, he began to use his speed to determine the outcome.
As if to show respect, I also increased my speed.
Chaae Aeng!!
At the same time as they clashed their swords, they moved their feet and trampled on his military boots.
When he took his foot out, I pushed him in and broke his posture.
“Ugh… !!”
However, he did not lose his reason.
When I charged in, I instantly showed my wit and swung my sword with all my might.
If the thrust misses, it will be difficult to prevent the opponent’s follow-up attack.
As if showing respect for his bold attack, I also twisted my body to avoid it.
Then, the old swordsman quickly rotated his body and regained his balance.
Then, they barely matched the speed with my follow-up blow and clashed their swords.
However, that was the limit.
Fighting a single sword that would have been difficult for two people alone.
He also clenched his teeth as if he instinctively sensed that he would be pushed.
“Captain… !!”
The female swordsman began to emit an intense flame in one of her hands.
And then, the moment he turned it into a fireball and aimed it at me.
“No way.”
Margo, who was watching this, lightly tapped the floor with her staff.
Then, the ice that had been tying Namisa in the air turned into water again and poured out.
“aaah!!”
Thanks to this, the female prosecutor standing below got drenched.
The flames gathered in his palm went out and only thick smoke rose.
She collided with her man who fell from above and fell.
“If you lose, stay still.”
Margo swings the staff from top to bottom.
Then the stream of water that soaked the floor rose again and hit them.
It froze again and took the form of a white cocoon.
The area under Luke’s eyes, who was watching, trembled.
He looked with resentment at Dyke, who had advised him to let Margo compete.
“How did this happen, Lord Dyke… ?”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t know that he was hiding his powers too….”
Even Luke, who is naturally skilled in magic, knows that it is difficult to manipulate the elements.
But you can control the temperature of the water and freeze and thaw it at will.
Knowing that it would be difficult for anyone other than a Rize-level great sorcerer, he covered his forehead.
“It’s like playing the piano and violin at the same time.”
Leah looked at Margo like that and explained it in her own elegant way.
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“Isn’t that right, Archduke?”
“Yes, that’s right…” .”
The First Princess of the Empire exhaled deeply.
Her beautiful curves, full of vitality, also moved subtly.
“You look anxious because it feels like the match has become 2-1 in an instant?”
“….”
The Grand Duke of the Silent Southern Kingdom.
At this, the eldest daughter of the empire smiled leisurely while sipping her tea.
“Don’t worry. “Because Margot won’t launch a joint attack.”
“Yes… ?”
Luke frowned at the princess’s words that she would take the easy way out.
“Bale is quick-witted.”
Leah looked at Dyke who was fidgeting next to her.
And, she spoke in a haughty voice like a queen.
“He knows that you sent Margo to save face.”
The princess took out her tea bag from her finished tea.
“So let’s fight fairly one-on-one….”
And then, he put it down on the table like trash.
“I will make my opponent as miserable and shabby as possible.”
The princess’s doll-like cold expression sent shivers down Luke’s spine.
He became so nervous that he forgot that he had dared to love the woman in front of him.
Because she realized that she was a lioness that she couldn’t handle.
“It’s just a joke. “Would Bale actually do something like that?”
As her mood became vicious, Leah smiled softly.
She focused on the game again with a feminine smile, as if trying to control her opponent’s heart.
“….”
It clearly shows the difference in level between the empire and the kingdom in front of everyone.
For this purpose, I dealt with the guard captain alone, leaving Margo watching silently.
Very firmly.
“Whoa…” .”
He blocked the sword equally at first.
However, his breathing became heavier and the hilt of the sword he was holding began to tremble.
Seeing that miserable sight, the crowd became solemn, as if they were at a cathedral.
Only the sound of the knight’s breathing can be heard in the sparring hall.
“Ugh….”
When the captain aimed for his neck, he pushed him away and forced him to cut his own throat.
When I fell and barely managed to avoid it, they waited patiently for me to get up.
The people who laughed at me even covered their eyes and ignored the situation.
‘This must have been enough to leave an impression. Difference in level.’
I put blue mana into the final blow to see the end quickly.
And then, humbly, I tried to aim it at the guard captain’s neck.
That moment.
I turned my head to see the mana behind me, as thick and intense as a rock.
Then, a young man coming up to the sparring area caught my eye.
He is about 30 years old.
It was a man wearing a dress shirt with brown hair slicked back.
“That is the best sword in the South.”
The moment I saw him.
I said calmly, recalling the memory I saw at the window.
Then, the man also looked at me and spoke with dull white eyes.
The monocle over one eye was impressive.
“That’s right, Arthur Archmond.”
Intense golden mana nestled in his left chest.
It is not the red mana that Camilla had, nor is it the green mana that Echina had.
It was gold itself, the result of pure training in the basics and hard work.
“You are the best sword of the empire.”
Except for the emperor, no one noticed my hidden skills.
He knew who I was right away.
“Stop right there. I’ll come out.”
Jeilgeom looked indifferently at the defeated guard captain.
Then he lowered his head as if ignoring him.
“That’s right. I was waiting for that too.”
I kept an expressionless face for a moment at his answer.
Then, he raised the corners of his mouth and showed a sincere smile.
“You were waiting for me?”
The southernmost black man tilted his head.
He looked with a straight face upon hearing that he had already noticed his presence.
“Yes, that’s the sign of the South.”
Leah, who was watching from the royal seat, also uncrossed her voluptuous thighs.
And then, he looked down at me as I stood facing Arthur.
“It’ll be fun.”
She shows her interest by placing her finger on her red lips.
The princess felt ecstatic every time she saw my power, and a faint smile appeared on her lips without realizing it.