177 – Scene 177# Bad Boy
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“Tell me honestly.”
“What do you mean?”
“How much do you usually practice? fence.”
By the time I got to the office, Bella hadn’t taken my suspicions off of me.
“I didn’t do any practice.”
“lie.”
In a match against her a while ago, I narrowly won a draw.
Bella’s attack with her twin swords was like a shower.
He was aiming at my gaps at a speed that even my ‘jealousy’ couldn’t keep up with.
It was an impossible battle to win in the first place.
I just desperately blocked her attack with the will to not lose.
There were a lot of really close-knit moments, but we managed to pull the time and draw.
Bella couldn’t accept the result, as if she was sure she would win.
“Actually, you practiced every day until now, right?”
“not.”
“Look at your hands. If you’ve trained swordsmanship that much, you can’t help but notice it.”
Bella grabbed my hand and began to look closely.
But I’m a newbie among newbies.
Bella’s expression softened as she looked at her hand.
“I don’t have calluses… ? Are these really male hands? Besides, why is it finer than my hand? Because of my calluses, how much… .”
As she spoke, Bella hid her hand.
She had been handling a sword since she was young, so there were calluses on her palms.
Seeing my hands, he was probably ashamed.
I thought it was cute inside and told her.
“Bella.”
“Yes?”
“Reach out your hand.”
“… What if you don’t like it?”
“Reach out your hand, even if you don’t like it.”
“… You are really stupid. But I hate what I hate.”
“hand.”
“Because I don’t like it.”
“hand.”
“no. count. Do you think I am your dog?”
“hand.”
“… … If you want to see it that way, you can catch it.”
Bella wiggled her hands as if telling her to do whatever she wanted with a very disapproving face.
Is it a cat and not a dog?
I slowly took Bella’s hand and gently caressed her. Indeed, I could feel the calluses on my white palms.
Bella muttered without making eye contact with me.
“… Did you want to touch my hand that much? Mr. Poor.”
“They say my hands are fine.”
“Yes?”
I said looking at her hand.
“It is nothing compared to this hand. Perhaps no one dares to look at these hands and think that they are not beautiful.”
“… … Even if I suddenly say that, you won’t do anything?”
“I never asked for it. I just wanted to tell you the truth.”
Bella still had a disapproving face, but she didn’t look too bad.
“huh… . You’re probably lying to me again.”
“I didn’t lie.”
“I practiced swordsmanship and then lied and said no… .”
“that’s-.”
“Don’t say no. i know At least the fact that the swordsmanship you showed me earlier imitated my swordsmanship. But do you think it’s easy to imitate someone else’s swordsmanship? Out of all the people I’ve dealt with, there has never been anyone like you.”
sharp point.
As expected, Bella must have felt many things while swords facing each other.
To say that I just imitated it was because I must have learned the swordsman too fast.
“I understand that the Count said it was just a mimic. Surely you’re the first to show a crack. His attitude and manners are not like a swordsman, but the atmosphere changes from the second round. So, the conclusion I can draw is this. Just by looking at you, you either have a natural talent for imitating swordsmanship, or you have been trained to imitate swordsmanship.”
“… … .”
“If it were the former, you would have been known as a renowned swordsman long ago. Because when you were young, you were the type to show off that you have such a talent. So my opinion is the latter. You must have been training to imitate. how is it? Am I right?”
Surprisingly, it was almost correct.
It’s not because I’ve been training my ‘jealousy’ to imitate anything.
I couldn’t believe Bella would have deduced this far… .
Since this happened, I decided to look around in moderation.
“… I don’t know about talent or training, but today in Dalian I tried to understand your movements.”
“My movements?”
“yes. I think I’ll know if I’m sword-to-sword with you. You will understand why you take that posture and swing your sword like that.”
I said as I let go of her hand.
“The reason why I was able to imitate him so easily is probably because the master who learns by watching is an excellent swordsman.”
“… … hehehe. Are you flattering me now?”
“Do I look like someone to flatter?”
“Nope. whooping… .”
Thankfully, Bella gave up the questioning after he praised him this far.
But suddenly, an unexpected offer came.
“count. If you’re interested in swordsmanship, why don’t you formally learn Izakhelyu?”
“You know that it can’t be taught unless you’re a member of the Isakhell family, right?”
Isaac Hellyu is a noble swordsmanship handed down from Alonso Isaac Hell, the hero who defeated the second demon king.
Therefore, it has been inherited only in the Isakhel family.
It wasn’t something outsiders like me could learn if they wanted to.
“Oh, of course it is. But it is possible if you become Tristan Isaachel instead of Tristan Ruelberta.”
“… … what?”
Are you asking me to come to Isaac Hell as your son-in-law?
I couldn’t understand the expression Bella was making.
Seeing my reaction as if it were funny, Bella smiled.
“Whoops… . just joke. You can’t just officially inherit it, you get at least a disciple. how is it? Would you like to be my disciple?”
“Not required.”
“I don’t get anyone.”
“Neither do I.”
“Chit… . Then, since you worked hard sparring with me today, I will specially accompany you at the festival next week.”
“no. It needs to-.”
“It must be necessary. Maybe if I’m by your side, there won’t be useless people at the festival. Isn’t that comfortable for the count?”
“That premise is wrong. In the first place, I thought of going to the festival-.”
“Nope. Since you have listened to my request since morning, I must repay you. Then you will know that I agreed.”
Bella made a face as if she would reject my rejection.
When this happened, I had no choice but to accept her insistence.
“… … yes.”
“good job. whooping… .”
Bella nodded in satisfaction. Contrary to that appearance, I had no energy.
I felt like I was exhausted from an intense workout in the morning.
“Then what should we do at the festival? Is there anything the count wants to do? Well, there’s nothing I can’t do if you ask… Wait, what are you doing?!”
“I will change my clothes.”
I took off my top.
Because the sportswear I wore during sparring was soaked with sweat.
“If you change, say that you will change!”
“Didn’t I just tell you?”
“There are cases where you do it after taking it off! really!”
Bella was ashamed and walked out as if not knowing what to do.
Surprisingly, he seemed to have no tolerance for this.
“Whoa… .”
I was alone then
I wiped my sweaty body with a towel.
Today Helga is at the mansion for work, so I had to do it myself.
It wasn’t uncomfortable though.
just a little empty
‘Have I gotten used to this kind of life… .’
Maybe it’s because I became a noble and time passed.
I realized that there are many people around me who support me.
Wearing a jacket, wiping sweat, and wearing a tie were all done by someone other than me.
This was the life of an aristocrat.
In the quiet of my office, I opened the closet door to find a shirt.
There I met eyes with big eyes.
“… … Wendy?”
“Hey… ?!”
Somehow, Wendy was in my closet.
Seeing my bare upper body, she covered her eyes in surprise.
“Oh, I didn’t see anything! Oh, I didn’t see it! I can’t see you!”
“… If you cover your eyes like that, it’s natural that you can’t see.”
Wendy is shivering in the closet.
why the hell is she here
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure it out.
“Re-create again… ! I didn’t do well! I-I didn’t even know I had an appointment with the princess… !”
“… Appointment?”
The more I listened, the more I couldn’t understand the language.
I calmly asked her.
“What were you doing here?”
“That, that’s the door… .”
“… that’s?”
“Yeah…?”
At that time, what caught my eye was the white piece of cloth Wendy was holding tight.
It was the shirt I had taken off.
Wendy, noticing my gaze, desperately shook her head.
“Oh no! It’s not like that… !”
“Calm down.”
“Ugh… . I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
“Get out of there first.”
“I-I am a bad boy!”
After saying that, Wendy passed me by in an instant.
It was so fast that I couldn’t even catch it.
She ran out of the office, shedding tears like a girl from a comic book.
I couldn’t help but mutter as I watched it in vain.
“I have to give you my clothes… .”