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Frana Defensive Bladyr.
With thick ruby-colored long hair, crimson eyes, and a decadent yet striking gaze.
Of course, I know about her.
Not just because she is the top student in the Knight Department’s sophomore year, or that she can’t cross running water because she’s half vampire, or even because she’s the future head of the northern Ducal family supporting the Second Princess.
【Blood Combat Technique】
This is a morale skill that can easily reach at least Tier 1 in the Selenium saga.
Her main skill and identity, ‘Blood Combat Technique’, is a bloodline skill that is inherent to the ‘Bladyr’ family of the North, creating weapons from blood.
If one is born into the Bladyr family like my ‘Descendant of the Primordial’, they are born with a ‘special trait’.
There is absolutely no inherent elemental affinity.
And, like the twin assassins, she is incompatible with all elements.
She doesn’t use elemental swords in the first place.
Since she uses her own ‘blood’ for all attacks, she can be seen as a no-cost type of warrior character like a high-health light warrior, with her health decreasing during combat.
The higher her health, the more weapons she can summon, and as her health decreases, the damage dealt by each weapon created by Blood Combat Technique increases through a strange mechanism.
Therefore.
In boss battles where you need to time your damage output, she excels with high burst damage, but in prolonged boss battles, she can’t use her strength at all.
As much as her strengths, she has clear weaknesses.
She’s not my favorite type, and after watching the ending several times and completing the exclusive achievements, I hardly touched her.
Not even at the level of a sub-heroine, so in the ending, she just complains about being half-vampire.
Or talks about ancient northern sorcery that has been around for a long time, complete vampires, or the Elixir of Immortality, etc., with no significant story.
It didn’t have any remarkable story, just a brief introduction to a major northern city.
Anyway, there were two guys hoping to be the leader of the attacking team.
Reyna and Frana.
I’ll say it again, but for the final exam not as a first-year but as a second-year, this is my first time.
Instead of Professor Walnut, who left after telling you to decide among yourselves and inform me later, Reyna elegantly walked towards the lobby center.
“Miss Frana Bladyr, I’m well aware of the rumors surrounding you.”
“….”
“You seem to be competing for the position of leader of the attacking team. If it’s not too much trouble, would you be willing to come forward and stand before me?”
#### Translation:
Reyna nodded her head without saying a word.
Hm.
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She stood up with a sound…
“…Ah?”
A shadow fell over Reyna’s face.
Hm.
Maybe it’s because she’s from the northern region, or maybe it’s just her nature.
Reyna had to look up quite a bit to see her face.
Hm.
Reyna is not exactly petite either.
The difference is quite noticeable.
Of course, Prana is taller than me.
I’m not exactly short either.
She’s about a head taller than the average male student in Selenium.
Even so, I have to stand up and lift my head to see her face.
“…That can’t be true.”
Reyna looked at her for a moment, then looked down at herself and shook her head.
“She’s just a provincial girl,” “There’s no need to be fascinated,” “I have better proportions,” Reyna muttered with dead eyes, nodding her head alone and glaring at Prana with fiery eyes.
“Well, it seems like you’re not willing to give up on being the leader either.”
In response to Reyna’s words, she crossed her arms and made a sound of disdain.
“…Of course. I have proven my position as the top student. But you are just second best. Do you really want to be the leader when you couldn’t even surpass Daisy von Schkross?”
Ah.
I remembered.
Prana Vladir’s personality.
It’s exactly…
“Pathetic.”
She has a really naive knight-like personality.
No, is she even a knight major?
“Yes, yes?”
Reyna’s face was shocked for a moment, but she soon nodded her head again.
“Yes, fine. I’m just second best, as you say. But I don’t think I’ll lose if I fight against you. So, do you want something? A duel? A match? I’m fine with any method.”
A duel or a match.
As Reyna, who has not yet achieved the title of “Top Mage Major,” she wouldn’t be able to defeat Prana.
No matter how much she’s a warrior-type, she’s still the top student of the knight major.
Being the top student is not just about being good at wielding weapons.
Moreover, it’s a battle between a dealer-type pure mage and a close combat warrior.
No matter how skilled Reyna is at distance control, she will fall before Prana’s stamina is depleted.
“Hm.”
It’s not very pleasant that such a thing is happening just three days before the exam.
Anyway, the attacking team has to win, right?
From the search results, I have found the following translation of the novel excerpt:
Already, the internal conflict is troublesome.
“Both sides are necessary, that’s why.”
There is a way.
There are also games designed for this purpose.
“Then, how about going to the War Game?”
“Adrian?”
As I threw the question while sitting on the sofa with my legs crossed, the attention of those around me focused, and it became quiet.
There are some unfriendly gazes, but they don’t have the right to speak anyway.
I have already proven it to everyone during the sports festival.
[Some uncomfortable gazes can be felt from the surroundings.]
[However, no one can speak rudely to you.]
[There is no superior lineage! The noble lineage of Repelheit dominates the space. ‘The Dignity of Lineage’ cries out! The more you receive people’s hateful gazes, the more perfect your etiquette becomes.]
In other words, the more you provoke, the more perfect I become as a noble.
The dignity of lineage.
As a descendant of the ‘Origin’ and responsible for my life along with ‘???,’ it can be said that it is a skill.
And also.
[The title, ‘Producer of the Princess,’ is additionally activated.]
[You are the closest person to the ‘Imperial Family.’]
[According to the strict imperial law, any unfounded insult towards you is considered an insult to your lord, ‘Rizelrias Deidus De Sarennias.’]
The 6th Princess Rizelrias.
Her closest confidant.
The power that the Emperor of the Empire holds in this hierarchical world surpasses imagination.
Both the border nobles, central nobles, border aristocrats, and the Duke of the North must all bow their heads equally.
Since the sports festival, even if I am despised internally, it no longer shows externally.
Even if I am the worst scoundrel, a shield has been created that prevents these guys from directly harming me.
If you provoke, have a superior lineage than me.
“If it’s a War Game… I know too! I learned it during the Lord class. Is it okay?”
As Reyna said that, she soon felt that Prana’s gaze was a little strange.
“Vladir Yeongae?”
“You, you!”
Prana was looking at me as if she was seeing something completely absurd.
[Skill: Blood Magic: Long Weapon.]
Soon, she drew her sword and poured blood, creating a red spear in her hand.
Thrust!
The tip of the spear was aimed at me.
“Adrian! Why are you here! I will kill you here today! Since you have already been expelled from the family, even the White Lord won’t say anything! Be prepared!”
That was the moment.
“Oh my, don’t cross the line. [Intermediate Fire Element Magic: Fire Arrow], [Intermediate Lightning Element Magic: Lightning Arrow].”
As Reyna drew her staff, in an instant, four arrows of lightning and fire appeared behind her.
Crack!
Before I knew it, a green-haired elf ran up to me, brandishing a rapier at his waist and shouted, “【Intermediate Wind Elemental Magic: Guardian of the Gale】. Adrian, stay behind me. The wind will protect you.”
Seeing that sight made me chuckle. “It seems you haven’t wasted the past six months. But that’s alright.”
I placed my hands on the shoulders of the two individuals and nodded.
Moving forward, I spoke. “Prana Defensive Blade.”
“I have no words for traitors!”
“No matter how honorable a knight may be, one must listen to the other’s words.”
“Ugh… Kuh, but!”
“The North values honor and discipline. My comrade from the Snow White family, Kalen, is the same,” I said, looking into her crimson eyes.
“We can allow a brief conversation, can’t we?”
And what in the world is a ‘deok’?
* * *
A room adjacent to the lobby. There, with Relvian and Raina, I could hear another intriguing tale.
“I see. So that’s how it is.”
“Hmph, indeed.”
Deok.
So, the person referred to as ‘deok’ by the daughter of the Bladier family is…
“I was driven out of the family. So, the one you call ‘deok’ is no longer my father.”
“I already know that much!”
The current Lord Repelheit.
So.
It seems that the current Duke of Bladier and the Lord Repelheit were like brothers.
Of course, Lord Repelheit was the elder and Duke Bladier the younger.
This detail wasn’t even in the guidebook.
It seems I’ll be vacationing in the North this summer, but Ebneis did mention something like that.
Going to the North for the entire summer and not returning.
In that case…
“Are we going to become cousins, Prana?”
“Tsk, blood doesn’t connect with lesser beings like you, but becoming cousins is shameful! I might as well commit suicide right now!”
He shouted, shaking his shoulders.
Is it that shameful?
“It is! Someone like you…”
The air grew heavy.
She sighed after seeing Reyna’s light laugh and Relvian raising his sword.
You must have used some devilish words to charm them like this. I can’t even fathom. Your eloquence may be hard to admit, but you’ve always been exceptional. Even if you try to bewitch me with your magic! I will never! I will never yield!
Hmm.
Cousin… Even so, it doesn’t quite feel real.
After all, we’re the same age.
I thought I had absorbed all the knowledge about ‘Eran’ through countless sessions, but as we proceed with ‘Adrian,’ information that was nowhere to be found in the guidebook keeps popping up here and there.
It’s not that it’s complex or difficult.
My heart races.
The fact that there are still things I don’t know, even after scraping the bottom, is incredibly delightful.
“But the current issue isn’t about our relationship, Prana, and you. Since all the attackers are paying attention, shouldn’t we proceed with the war game to test strategic tactics?”
“Ugh… true. Your captaincy may be hard to admit, but it made sense. With the final exams three days away, it’s not about sparring with each other but about testing tactical strategies through a war game.”
“Sorry, but what is a war game?”
“Oh, Rel. Remember the game we used to play occasionally in the Rubrium Hall lobby? That’s a war game.”
“Oh… isn’t that the game Raina kept winning?”
War game.
A mini-game that can be played during the game.
It’s played through a board like chess, and the rules are quite simple.
Just a strategic game similar to chess.
“How should we proceed with the rules?”
“Both follow the standard. The standard in the center is two rules in the north.”
“Uh, two rules…”
Gameplay.
Both teams have a castle.
Each has 2,000 troops.
A mini-game inspired by real warfare and territorial battles.
From the battlefield to defense forces, formations, and supply routes, everything must be strategized independently.
So, it’s a game where those skilled in strategy and tactics win.
In a siege, leadership is more about commanding others or one’s own strategy than personal combat prowess.
“Then let only the winner come out after the game ends. What do you think?”
“Sounds good.”
“…”
With those words, the two left, and Rel and I opened the door.
“Adrian.”
“There’s no need to worry, Relbrian.”
I flashed a light smile at the worried fellow.
Yes.
Though Prana Defensive Vladir may be a bluff, it’s purely in the realm of combat.
With her ability in strategy, tactics, and even the qualities of a Grand Magus, could a mere senior combat specialist from the Knight Academy win in tactics?
Moreover, Reyna’s ‘hobby,’ as stated in the guidebook, is war games.
During breaks, she studies strategy by playing war games against herself.
Hence, the winner of this leadership showdown is practically predetermined.
There is no way for Prana to defeat Reyna.
Upon hearing my words, Relvrian said,
“So, intentionally making the two play a war game? Still, Adrian truly trusts Reyna.”
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“…Hmm.”
As I nodded, Relvrian turned his face away and muttered in a low voice,
“Wow. Reyna might get jealous.”
“What did you say?”
“It’s nothing. So, do we just wait like this?”
Well, we wait.
That was right after exactly two hours had passed.
Tick-tock…
As the door of the room opened, all eyes focused, and the first person to come out was,
“We won, Adrian! Now, the leader of the attack team is me, Reyna von Wolfgang!”
With black hair, sparkling green eyes,
Always lively, never despairing,
Smiling, drawing a “V” with his hand, and
And.
“I lost. I was defeated? By me…? Why? I was clearly ahead… Ugh, I will commit seppuku and seek forgiveness!”
One of the knights with tearful eyes kneeling and wailing.