188. Tailing (4)
Empty! Kagagak!!
Karen’s dagger and Rosnante’s decorative sword collided.
Since it was a decorative sword that had been hollowed out to reduce its weight, Rosnante had no choice but to deflect the sword as much as possible.
A fight like walking on a tightrope where even the slightest failure to control one’s strength would cause the sword to break.
However, Rosnante was used to dealing with daggers.
‘Because Iriel Justia uses a dagger.’
As if Iriel knew the future, he could intuitively grasp the flying swords.
Then, use that sense to catch the opponent’s loophole, and at that moment, use mana to poke the gap with explosive speed.
Even if you lose your guard for a moment, you can feel the cold iron on your throat.
However, when he first started sparring with Iriel’s sword, Rosnante was helpless.
However, as I kept repeating sparring, I finally found a way to deal with them.
It was clear that Iriel, who had a nimble body and fast mana, would be stronger if she wielded a different sword.
The reason why I ended up carrying a dagger.
Having lived as a princess all her life, she had never worked hard, so her endurance and strength were very weak.
‘therefore… … . hold on… … !’
Rosnante put his ornamental sword forward and lowered himself into a defensive posture until the opponent collapsed from exhaustion.
However, what Rosnante hadn’t thought of was
Turong-!
It is not the black dagger that Karen originally uses.
Teeing-!
Even after quitting the knight and becoming a lady-in-waiting, her endurance and strength improved
It was that Karen and Iriel, who always neglected training, could not be the same.
Turong-!
As it collided with Karen’s dagger, the decorative sword began to reveal its empty interior.
‘What, what!! Why, why are you not tired!’
It was a situation where time was delayed as they continued to defend without attacking.
However, the opponent was still attacking at the same speed as the beginning.
Now, if you take the sword a few more times, you will lose your weapon.
Impatience was rising in Rosnante’s heart, who had endured with the sword forever.
‘Bee, damn it… … ! It can’t go on like this. We have to make the decisive move! A number that the opponent can’t predict at all!!!’
Rosnante bit his lip.
‘What would Instructor Zeke Kleiman do… … ?’
… … .
oh
mana.
A miracle that makes an ordinary girl strong enough to break rocks, something people in this world have never even imagined.
But what Rosnante didn’t immediately come up with was
It was because he still couldn’t use mana properly.
It’s been a while since the filter was engraved.
Rosnante was just practicing the very basics of exchanging mana in and out.
He even said that his mana management method was the same as that of Instructor Zeke Kleiman, making it twice as difficult and arduous as other children.
Although he had been cautioned several times that the mana rod would be damaged if he forced mana in the current situation, Rosnante’s worries were short-lived.
‘As long as it’s clear that the sword will break anyway, there’s no more chance. I have to use everything I have.’
*
‘What… … ?’
Let’s just keep defending as if the guy who jumped at us vigorously at first suddenly became a turtle.
Karen leaned back slightly.
Silence passed between the two.
He still seemed unwilling to move.
A fact that I learned after bumping my sword into it a few times.
Since she is a maid, not a knight, she used the dagger she had been carrying for peace of mind instead of her original sword.
The opponent was also wearing a decorative sword that was hollow and looked like garbage.
Then even the simple ignorant woman had no choice but to know.
that something is strange.
‘It doesn’t make sense for an attacker targeting Princess Lilly to carry a sword that doesn’t even look like that. Also, his legs are shaking, probably for the first time in real life… … .’
Karen stared at her opponent and tilted her head.
‘But the thing I can’t overwhelm is that I’m sure he learned it properly from somewhere… … .’
‘Wait, where… … . learn… … ?’
A thought ran through Karen’s head for a moment.
Academy.
Apparently, there was a second prince at the academy who was taking classes with Princess Lily.
Karen was able to recall the existence of Rosnante belatedly.
And in an instant, as if assembling a puzzle, the current situation began to fit together.
‘What if the 2 princes taking class together came out for a walk in the middle of the night and saw the princess running with a limp? And since I was running behind the princess… … .’
Karen finally understood everything.
Why did he call Lily like that?
What happened to the absurd dance that doesn’t suit her age?
And even the fact that Rosnante misunderstood himself as a ruthless man who attacked Princess Lily.
Karen couldn’t stop the emptiness from rising.
Either that or not, Rosnante, who had been quietly looking forward, suddenly began to pick up his momentum.
Like the main character in a play.
It seemed like he was trying to show something completely different, a new look
It seemed like he was trying to escape from the main character’s performance or whatever,
Sharing a sword with the changed 2nd prince would be really fun, but
This ideal really crosses the line.
I thought I was just an attacker, and the option to fight flashed through my head for a while, but
It’s an invasion of one’s own pride, so dismiss it.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was impossible to continue the fight any longer.
I don’t know if I apply for Dalian separately later.
“Ehh.”
Karen let out a deep sigh.
Rosnante was bending his legs as if he were about to kick.
Just before Rosnante rushed in, Karen spoke up.
“That, Your Highness Rosnante… … . right? stir… … . I guess I misunderstood.”
Karen scratched her nose in embarrassment.
“Uhm, it seems like we’re the only ones who are really stupid. I am Princess Lily’s maid Karen.”
Then, Rosnante, who had been gathering strength on his toes, was momentarily dumbfounded by the fact that his opponent, who had been quiet until now, spoke in a frivolous voice.
It took a little while for her words to come into my ears and find meaning.
After a while. Rosnante’s eyes fluttered mercilessly, as if visibly embarrassed.
“… … Hey, don’t lie!!! There’s no way there’s a lady-in-waiting with a body like you!”
“Hmm, that’s honestly a bit of a pain. Excuse me Lady.”
“L-Lady… … !?”
“Now, look here. It is the mark of the Duke of Ira.”
Karen took out the name tag of the Duke of Ira from her bosom and held it out to him.
Rosnante stared at it.
Cool—!
Bright red blood spurted out of his mouth as he coughed.
“… … See… … foot… … . that kind of thing… … . tell me from the beginning… … .”
Rosnante had no choice but to look at Karen resentfully with eyes full of resentment.
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Meanwhile, Lily was able to spot the incendiary a short distance away.
I was half relieved and half worried when I saw him wandering the streets alone fearlessly in the middle of the night.
Even so, the presence of an attacker aiming for the incendiary reminded me of it, and even increased my anger.
‘No, what kind of world is the world now! It wasn’t like that in my time!’
So I will just show my face openly and preach firmly.
Lily, who had made up her mind like that, felt a strange sense of deja vu.
‘Yes? That, something familiar… … ? here… … ?’
I hadn’t thought about it until now because I was running.
this way.
It’s probably a place you know.
Wasn’t this the road to the mansion where he had lived tirelessly before returning?
Originally, it was the mansion Serena was contracted to live in, but
While she was on her way to the academy, she met a goblin and was betrayed.
A mansion that came out on a sudden sale, where he lived.
In any case, there were plenty of things prepared for Serena.
To remember Serena, who died the earliest, even to the end.
Such an lingering setting.
‘Then, the place Soyi is heading to is Serena’s house… … ? Then, Zeke Kleiman also lives there!?’
However, if I had come this far, there was no way I wouldn’t have been caught by that monster scab.
You already know that you have come.
Lily, who was about to reveal herself to Soi, quietly followed her.
Without incident, Soyi arrived at Serena’s house, exchanged a few words with the butler with a complicated look on her face, bowed her head and went inside.
‘… … oh fuck It’s Kim. When I said something, we all got together and, well, we were playing… … ? Or night training?’
Write-.
Lily, who had to go back, licked her lips.
Since she was already caught by Zeke, she thought she just needed to know what they were doing inside.
“… … who are you.”
When Lily appeared at the front gate of Joheiden, the guards guarding the front spoke.
“Lily Ira of the Duke of Ira.”
The guard, who looked at Lily with a face that seemed to have a lot to say, sighed and called the butler.
And the butler, who was taking Soi inside, came out again at the call he received right away.
“What is it? Tonight’s guest was supposed to be Miss Soyi… … .”
“… … Ugh, it looks like there’s a new student in Instructor Zeke Kleiman’s class.”
“… … What!? Eh, at the duchy of Ira?”
“Yes, this is him.”
Then the butler turned his head and furrowed his eyebrows.
“… … Miss Lily. Are you?”
“yes.”
“… … Whoa. Oh my God Zeke Kleiman that man. How many women are you going to be satisfied with? I heard that it hasn’t been long since the new admission, ha ha. I don’t know if it’s really right not to tell the Duke about this. But, because we all came together. There’s a high probability that we’ve talked to each other… … . This piece of trash… … . Zeke Klayman, that man… … . really… … .”
The butler looked up at Lily, raised his head to the sky, and muttered something to himself.
“The butler?”
At her call, he looked at Lily again.
“… … Oh, excuse me. sorry. Big! What do you mean by saying this? Do you really know that you came here? As far as I know, I heard that you enrolled yesterday… … .”
If it came because of coercion, threats, or ridiculous appeasement, I thought I would just send it back.
It wasn’t because it wasn’t even if he cursed at Zeke.
“Yes, that is correct. I came to know.”
Lily wasn’t sure what the butler was talking about, but she nodded her head.
If I said I didn’t know here, it was obvious that I would be sent back.
“… … Wouldn’t it be better to think about it a little more seriously?”
“I am serious.”
“… … Really, do you have any regrets?”
“Yeah. I have no regrets.”
“… … Really, are your choices correct?”
“This is my only choice.”
The butler asked several times to confirm Lily’s intention, but in the end, she had no choice but to agree with Lily looking straight in the eye.
kiik-
Joheiden’s main gate opens.
Lily went inside.
“Really… … . If Zeke Kleiman hadn’t been Joheiden’s benefactor… … ! A person like that Parakho… … !”
The butler’s self-talk floated in the air.
with a bit of envy.
*
‘What the hell… … ? Seriously, what’s going on in this house?’
Lily was being guided with the glance of a maid.
‘You won’t regret it, think about it seriously, it’s your own choice… … .’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out what was going on.
Then, from somewhere, a woman’s coquettish groan was faintly heard.
─ Ughhh… … ! Oh, it hurts! Joe, live a little… … !
─ Be patient. Soy. Stay focused.
─ aaa… … !
‘uh… … ?’
And a thick man’s voice that seemed to intersect with that groan.
This, no matter how you look at it, is not that situation.
‘… … Soy? Zeke Kleiman? No, this is… … !?’
Lily’s head heats up at the thought that an old friend of hers is meeting with Zeke in the middle of the night and doing something like that.
Then, it suddenly dawned on me that everyone, not just Soyi, had decided to gather here.
‘This, this, this bastard… … . All the kids he teaches… … !?’
The things the butler said at the front door.
And the maid who blushed and glanced at herself.
‘uh? Now, wait a minute. And. I also?’
“… … In the end, it came.”
A voice came from the darkness.
“What did I say? You said you would come? It’s because of you, Iriel.”
“… … Ha ha, yeah, well, I can’t help it. It’s my fault for talking during the day. I’ll admit it this time.”
“Whatever… … . Lily suffered quite a bit during the day too. I need to be comforted… … .”
what are they talking about now?
what?
consolation?
“But, I can’t give up on this. I’m second after Soi. And Lily is fifth. You have to set the order of things early on.”
all, fifth?
Her eyes trembled like an earthquake.
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