5.5 Interlude: Gold and Silver(4)
The metal screamed as the atmosphere was torn apart.
Fireworks bursting out like a deathbed disturb the vision. The traces of gold and blue collided and a gale raged.
The number of sword attacks in an instant was beyond the criminal’s imagination.
Strange solid lines crossing straight lines, curves, and oblique lines.
All of that contained an explosive murderous intent.
Dozens of workshops passed in the blink of an eye, and the charter soon became clear.
Immediately after a sharp sound resounded, someone took a couple of steps back.
It was Seria, a girl with gray hair.
Those blue eyes were already bloody. It meant that I couldn’t control my overflowing emotions.
In her face, grieved at this, there was only a serious murder.
On the other hand, the blonde woman dealing with Seria was very calm.
Delphine Yurdina, the golden lion that protects the North.
If Seria’s sword was desperate, her sword was elegant. It was not enough to stand on the battlefield, but at the ball.
The difference in skills was so clear.
In the first place, Seria had never defeated Delphine except once.
Even that single victory was mostly credited to Ian.
There was no choice but to cross a river that was difficult to cross between Delphine, who had been fully supported as the successor since childhood, and Seria, who had been neglected as the daughter of a concubine.
Seria was not unaware of this either.
It was only about 20 years of life, but didn’t you feel it in your bones all your life?
Delphine is strong.
Even Seria’s brilliant talent would fade in front of this woman.
So I was jealous all my life.
Inferiority was like a swamp. No matter how hard she struggled, Seria was always the one who suffocated.
I tried my best to get out of that filthy mess.
But struggling alone didn’t change anything. Seria was getting more and more tired.
At that time, there was one person who reached out his hand.
‘Senior Ian.’
When a man’s face brushed past, a thunderbolt struck Seria’s unbalanced body.
Teeth digging into the tender skin of the lips, and the sweet scent of blood that began to drift in the mouth.
Knock, the girl’s body, which stepped on her back foot, gained momentum and was launched.
From the defensive, straight to the offensive.
It was a stab that cut through the moment.
Even if he reproduced the swordsmanship textbook as it is, there would not be a sharper thrust than this.
Most of the tests were at an impossible speed to even react.
Yes, if it is ‘most prosecutors’.
Unfortunately, Seria’s opponent wasn’t a person that could be lumped together like that.
Fire, and a golden aura burns.
Blade and blade slipped and made strange noises. Delphine’s body, which easily let go of Seria’s stab, touched her.
I don’t remember anything after that.
Seria gasped and came to her senses. My hands were burning, my breath was choking and my muscles were not responding.
It’s very brief, but I lost my mind.
I didn’t even know how it got to the end.
Due to the reverberation of the pain, I just guessed that he had been hit in the stomach with his elbow or foot.
The body had already been slammed into a corner and covered with household items on the display stand.
Seeing that, Delphine smiled seductively.
“It’s better than before, but it’s still too honest. You can clearly see his intentions just by looking into his eyes.”
“… … Shut up.”
Seria tried to stand up while gritting her teeth.
However, the hand holding the sword did not have enough strength. I could feel the heat on the back of my hand, which was burning red.
It’s a burn.
While letting go of the sharp blade, Delphine rather narrowed the distance. In the process, he suffered from a golden aura.
It wasn’t that he was directly affected by the aura.
Even so, the heat was enough to burn the skin enchanted with magic. The half-ripe muscles did not carry out the instructions of the brain properly.
It was a disaster.
Even if you don’t do that, you’re pushed out of your strength, and you even get burns.
Seria chewed her lips.
There was still a streak of blue life in his eyes. The jealousy of a girl who was deprived of her first love was so terrifying.
But that anger did not reach Delphine.
Seria hated that cruel reality.
“Did Ian-senpai do this too? By forcing it with your body, you must have played with senior Ian’s kind heart. Remnants of love? whooping… If so, is the food you ate the dregs of your lust?”
“Maybe.”
It was a word that was spat out carelessly, as if there was no interest in it.
Delphine looked at her sword body reflecting the light. The scenery reflected there was absolutely miserable.
It was a battle that lasted only a few minutes.
That alone made the office a mess for a long time.
The swords displayed on the wall were scattered on the floor, and various papers and books were burned or torn and scattered.
Delphine’s mouth drew a happy line as she watched the horror.
“But Seria, what matters is the result. Didn’t I always say It’s important to win in the end… The result is now in front of me. A loser who has to beg on his knees and a winner who stands proudly.”
“Are you proud?”
Giggik, Seria let out a ferocious laugh.
A cold murderous intent formed in those eyes that were raised again.
The reddish color was due to the blood vessels bursting from the anger that exceeded the limit.
“If you’re that proud, why don’t you call a meeting and announce it? She’s a slut who seduced men by rolling her body… Everyone believed in you and followed you, but now I feel sorry for us who have to serve you as the family head. It’s disgusting, disgusting… you are not even human She’s just a horny bitch.”
“Feel free to talk.”
Pick, Delphine looked down at Seria with a sneer.
Naturally, Seria did not like that level of attention.
very much
“Because that doesn’t change anything… Fufu, as an older sister, I can listen to your complaints as much as you like.”
“Shut up.”
For the second time today, Seria uttered harsh words with earnest wishes.
It was rudeness that I couldn’t even imagine before.
How dare you use profane language to your dear older sister.
However, Seria no longer had any respect for her sister.
No, she couldn’t even recognize that Delphine was her older sister.
The only thing that was reflected in Seria’s eyes right now was the single bitch who stole her precious senpai.
“Don’t speak human language… On the subject of a bitch, I’d rather bark like a dog. Because it suits her better.”
“Don’t be so mean, Seria.”
As the girl staggered to her feet, Delphine pointed her sword at Seria again and said,
A gentle smile appeared on the woman’s face.
“It hurts my heart as an older sister to be a younger sister begging on her knees to a bitch.”
Seria held the handle of her sword with trembling hands.
There was only one chance.
It was a failure anyway.
Even if he managed to avoid fatal wounds, that golden aura was the problem.
Its presence alone was a source of heat that raised the temperature of the room several degrees.
Even just brushing the damage was bound to accumulate. In the past, he wouldn’t even be able to properly hold a sword.
There was only now to see the match.
Seria’s momentum subsided at once.
The blazing life was abandoned coldly. Just as hot iron becomes harder through quenching.
And the following radix expression.
Both arms fall off. There was no sign of counterattack in the fully relaxed arm muscles.
Only the swordplay was aiming at Delphine while chanting.
At first glance, it seemed as if he had given up on the game.
Even so, Delphine was not vigilant.
Rather, it was to the point of taking a jockeying ceremony and sending a wary gaze.
Because her blue eyes were burning with a magical light.
one two.
As the breath continues, the sound of the breath becomes more frequent.
As a result, the passage of time slows down more and more, and even the sound of the heartbeat stops.
The black light explodes.
There was not even a precursor.
As if it should have been from the beginning, a dark blue flash crossed the world.
It was not a swordsmanship with a beginning and an end.
Rather, the expression ‘appeared’ would be appropriate, as if out of nowhere, it was truly the fastest blow.
not clogged
can’t counterattack
There were numerous people who could not even imagine that such swordsmanship existed in the world.
Without prior knowledge, there was no one who could receive this secret sword.
Instead, Seria couldn’t control its power, but it didn’t matter.
It was a knife that I wielded with the intention of killing anyway.
Her reason had long since burned with jealousy and anger.
Seria was confident of victory at this point.
Delphine’s body flinched and reacted first, but it was too late.
It was not a skill that could be blocked with just one sword.
No matter how strong a tree is, it will break in front of a typhoon.
But what Seria didn’t notice was the fact that Delphine’s sword blade fell to the bottom left.
The lion’s claws pass, leaving golden lacerations.
There were seven scars in the air, a trajectory drawn without even a parallax.
Golden claws struck the blue horizon vertically.
Kang, Kang, Kang, Kang!
Seria’s sword, which exerted all its strength, broke the four claw marks at once.
Around this time, Seria gritted her teeth.
I didn’t have enough strength in my hand.
It was because of the burn.
Sensing that her arm strength alone was not enough, Seria turned around.
It was a big enough move to allow for a fatal wound if it failed.
However, it was also an unavoidable choice for Seria, who had already thrown the game.
Kang, Kang!
Two more claw marks crumbled as if the outburst had worked.
And that’s it.
Seria felt like she wanted to scream.
Originally, it should have been her victory.
At least the last time I saw it, Delphine’s golden sword had five lines at its maximum.
But why
Why now?
I was about to slit that woman’s throat!
However, Seria’s resentment could not be vomited through fostering.
Before that, it was because Delphine’s kick had hit Seria’s side directly.
It was a neat blow with the foot as the axis and the rotational force added.
Seria, who had already exposed its loopholes, had no way to accept it.
My intestines were crushed, and blood flowed up my throat from the increased pressure in my body.
Seria had to roll on the ground without even screaming.
Until you hit a wall and stop.
It seemed that they collided with the bookshelf, and the books fell and hit Seria’s weak body.
“… … I’m surprised, Seria.”
Is it admiration or ridicule?
Delphine burst into exclamation and moved on lightly.
“You could have been beaten. Didn’t the head of the household almost lose face?”
Cool, while spitting blood.
Seria struggled to get up.
As I touched the ground with my twitching arm, the books that had covered my body fell one by one.
That was the end.
It was Delphine’s sword that was waiting for Seria who had escaped from the Tomb of Paper.
“But in the end it’s my victory, Seria.”
Seria was stunned, then trembled.
He clenched his fists and shrugged his shoulders.
I was used to defeat.
Haven’t you lived your whole life like that?
But why, today, I feel madly resentful and unfair about that fact.
Seria said as she swallowed her tears.
“… … Kill me.”
Yeah, I’d rather do that.
Every night, I would like to think of the scene of the senior I love and the older sister I respect overlapping each other.
My heart is burning and desolate, and I want to hang myself.
It was better to die at the hands of a rival.
Sarah was sincere.
Even with that empty confession, Delphine’s eyes did not show any shaking.
just being silent
It was just a voice mixed with a sigh.
“Seria… … .”
And then.
“miss!”
With a bang, the office door opened and a group of people entered.
They were Yurdina’s vassals.
The commotion in the office had leaked out.
Oops, Delphine and Seria’s eyes hurriedly turned to them.
I didn’t notice because I was so focused on the duel.
It was because Seria had lost her temper for a long time, and Delphine didn’t know that Seria would promote this much.
So, the vassals of the Yurdina family had no choice but to look devastated.
The ophthalmologist in the office is a mess, and Seria is in a mess.
And even Delphine’s knife aimed at the uvula.
Delphine and Seria remained silent, but soon regained their reason and looked away from each other.
I wanted to make an excuse, but yes.
It was the epitome of a bean flour family.