The person who protected me. (2)

“Oh my, you came again today. So, how many bottles do you want to buy?”

A back alley where the dark dawn has descended.

A gloomy time when even those living in the shadows are passed out drunk.

The merchants of Maeburi-ko were selling shoes and other goods as if it were the season.

-Slurp.

And the customer, who was neither man nor woman, wearing a black hood pulled down low, spread out three fingers while wearing thick gloves, as if he had no intention of even showing his hands.

“Huh, 3 bottles?”

-Dori dori.

“Kiya~! 3 boxes? Thanks to you, I won’t starve to death~”

The merchant, who kept complimenting the customer until his lips were dry as if he was pleased with his purchase, handed over three boxes with clinking bottles to the black-hooded customer and received a considerable amount of money.

“Kihihi! Thank you for using our service every time~”

“… … “

After selling something to a customer, he continued to let out a bitter laugh as if he was enjoying something so much, and put the money pouch into his bag. The customer in the hood immediately turned his back on him as if he had no more business with him and tried to walk away quickly.

-chuck.

“Hey, stand there for a moment.”

Until, in this dark dawn, a female student from the Academy stood in his way, with blond hair and golden eyes that sparkled brilliantly.

-Stop.

“You better not think about running away. I confirmed that you didn’t bring your sword when you left the mansion. If I rush at you like this, the ‘shoulder’ you’re holding the item on will fall to the ground.”

“… … “

The hooded man began to look visibly flustered at the words, as if he knew who the hooded man was.

The merchant with the beak-shaped nose, who was watching the scene from a little distance, was certain that the situation was serious and got up to run away, leaving the scattered belongings on the floor as they were and taking only the bag containing the money pouch.

-chuck.

“Sorry, but you should just stand there.

And then he was stopped by a handsome young man with blond hair and red eyes who appeared from the opposite side.

The merchant and the hooded man looked for a way to escape as the two men appeared, as if they had been waiting for this moment. However, a handsome young man.

Their plans were immediately ruined by a voice from Raoul Edmont.

“Senior Viola Violet. And the Dawn’s Darkness, Marybu Creed. Can I check the potion you’re holding right now by transferring it to you?”

“… How did you know that?”

“I told you earlier. I saw you didn’t bring your sword when you left the mansion.”

“Don’t you know that’s not what I’m asking? That’s why you beastly bitch.”

The woman let out a sharp voice as if she was annoyed. Viola took off her gloves and then her hood, revealing her purple hair. She glared at the woman in front of her, Ellis Portward, with a look of hatred.

“You stupid bitch. Why did you doubt me? “

“Because you got a trait level that doesn’t match your senior’s talent, ability, and effort too quickly. It’s a problem with your usual behavior.”

“What the hell. A bitch who only wags her tail at handsome guys is talking about my behavior?”

Ellis thinks.

I’ve never flirted with other men, nor have I ever gotten close to them on purpose, but what on earth does that senior know about me that makes him so hostile?

Moreover, the current situation is that he was caught committing a crime, so why is he looking at himself so leisurely?

Even though he thought he didn’t understand everything, he decided not to let his guard down, so he pulled out the real sword from his waist and wrapped it around his neck before speaking to her again.

“Put down the potion and raise both arms to the sky. I have already contacted Crown Prince Albert Dear Frisia. With the authority of the Academy Student Council, I will arrest Senior Viola. “

“Phew!! Oh, really? Both arms in the sky?”

Viola laughed as if my words were funny, but she carefully placed the potion box on the floor and slowly began to raise both arms.

And when Raoul, who was blocking the other side of the road, gave the same instructions to the merchant, he also did the same thing, giggling bitterly.

“The customer is responsible~?”

“That’s what’s going to happen, so hurry up and hand it over.”

“What the…!”

“What a stupid thing to do…!”

After hearing the meaningful conversation between the two, Raoul and I immediately kicked the ground and quickly released the auror to capture the two by force, but later they recalled that even that was too complacent.

The moment the backs of the hands of the two people standing back to back thought they were touching, what appeared to be the handle of a sword protruded from the hem of the merchant’s clothes, and Viola grabbed it without hesitation, and brought it towards Ellis, striking with a sharp blow.

-Kaaaang!!

“Ugh!”

“You fucking beast of a bitch, you think you can beat me?

“… Huh?!”

“Kihihi! Did you ever ignore a peddler who does business like this? Seriously, I shouldn’t ignore people in the shadows.”

And the merchant who received Raoul’s sword, wrapped his body in blue magic to strengthen his body and received Raoul’s sword with his bare body.

The fact that a sword strike with level 3 swordsmanship could not penetrate the physical enhancement of the Blue Magic meant that the opponent’s level was at least 3, the highest proficiency.

Or maybe it’s even at a higher level.

Raoul, who had no time to swallow his sighs at his complacency after disabling his aura, was quickly kicked in the stomach by his opponent’s kick, and Ellis, who had tried to capture Viola but was counterattacked after disabling her aura, was pushed back by Viola’s swordsmanship and ended up losing some distance.

“Customer, what are you going to do? Even if I get caught, I can run away and do business somewhere else, but you… “

“Kill them both. Judging from the fact that these bastards said they contacted the crown prince, the knights haven’t been called yet. If I kill them both and get rid of the bodies, even the crown prince can’t touch me, the daughter of the Violet family, without evidence.”

“Kihihi! I see, I just found out today that you are a woman. I really like your spending habits and personality~”

-thud!

As if responding to Viola’s story, the merchant with the beaked nose bumps his fists together, and a heavy sound like a hammer hitting the ground fills the back alley.

And Viola kicked one of the boxes that had been placed at her feet and cut open the box with her sword. She grabbed two of the potions that were falling down and poured out the rest. Then she opened the bottle and started laughing bitterly.

“Senior!! Stop it! That potion is…!!”

“Oh my, Raul, you’re worrying about me now? But what should I do? I know the side effects and ‘how to make it’ too. “

“… What? Who would call me a real crazy bitch… !!”

“Poohahahaha!! Half-breed bitch. You wouldn’t understand. The pain of not being looked at by someone you love, and the pain of being a talentless person. This is my only ‘salvation’.”

I gritted my teeth as I watched Viola drink the potion right in front of me.

Even when I faced her during the day, I felt like she was similar or had a slight advantage, but if I drink that potion and all of her trait levels go up by one, it means that she will become an opponent that I can never win against with my current self.

“Ellis…!!”

“Ugh… Raoul, stop that merchant! I’ll deal with this woman!!”

But it doesn’t make sense to cut through them in this remote alley just to change partners.

In the first place, that merchant who easily blocked Raoul’s sword is not ordinary.

Besides the fact that he was able to take a sword that wasn’t wrapped around an aura with his bare body, he also had the luxury of knowing that Raoul was a swordsman who could wrap around an aura.

It’s clear that he’s a strong person with at least level 4 in blue magic.

Eventually, the two people, who had encountered the worst situation due to their complacent initial actions, began an arduous battle.

-Kaaaang! Kiing!! Kang!!

“Ahahaha! What are you doing, you second-year genius! Is this all you can do? Is this the level of a genius?!”

“Kuuut… A human doped with a potion made by the Demons… !!”

“So what? Is it bad to use everything you have to become stronger? Did I hurt you with that? “

“Just today…?!”

I tried to refute Viola’s words as best as I could and swing my sword to show that I still had some composure, but the sharp attacks that were doped with level 4 swordsmanship and level 3 aura were something that I simply could not deal with with composure.

A sword strike with incredible speed, and a level 3 aura that can easily cut down a level 2 aura.

I bit my lip and was gradually pushed back.

-Bam!!

“Ahhh… !”

“Poohahaha!! What are you doing? Your stomach is completely empty. Did you really think my specialties were only swordsmanship and aura? Of course I have martial arts too, you mongrel bitch!!”

As soon as I was cornered, I was hit in the stomach with a sharp knee kick instead of a sword, and I staggered. Viola began to strike down her sword repeatedly, monotonously but heavily, as if she was going to split my head open at any moment.

In addition, when I tried to move my body to escape from the corner by finding a moment of opening, Viola seemed to know and continued to kick in that direction, hitting my stomach.

“Ugh…!!”

“Poohahahaha! Oh, this is so funny. Now I know why that fucking rabid bastard beat us up like this!”

‘I’m being completely toyed with.’

The fourth blow to the abdomen eventually broke his knees, but Viola deliberately struck him in the head, even though she could have easily inflicted a fatal wound if she had swung her sword in a different direction.

I ended up gritting my teeth and just protecting my head.

No. I couldn’t help but know that it was her inducement that she would not allow any other position besides this one.

-Bam!!

“Aaah!!”

“Puhahahahaha! Oh, this is so funny? Hey, put your sword straight up. My head’s gonna split.”

-Bam!!

“Ah, that, that’s enough… “

-Bam…!

“Booop…?!”

-Chaenggrang.

Even though I couldn’t even lift my sword high enough to protect my head, Viola kept kicking my stomach and enjoying herself, and eventually, when I dropped my sword and put both my hands on the floor, she laughed until dawn broke out.

“Haa! Haa! Hey, grab the sword, you mutt. If you keep doing that, I’ll split your skull open.”

“That, that’s enough… Not anymore… “

-Whoa!!

“Oh my… !”

-Bam!!

“Wow…!!

I no longer had the strength to resist, but Viola grabbed me by the hair, pulled me up again, and this time began striking my stomach with the handle of her sword.

Now, when I was in so much pain that I couldn’t even breathe and tried to protect my abdomen with my hand, she put the tip of her sword on the back of my hand as if it was fun and raised the corners of her mouth.

“Oh, you’re dirty. Did you just throw up? What should I do~ Your pretty face that used to attract men is now ruined?”

“… Ugh. That’s it… “

“Phew! Okay, I’ll stop. Let’s see, okay. Your stomach hurts, right? That’s why you’re covering it with your hand. But… weren’t you a prosecutor?”

-Phew.

“Ugh…?!”

“If you pierce both hands and the stomach like this, it’ll look really good. You’re a genius from the talented second year of the academy. What do you think?”

“Ah… No… !”

It’s unfair to die here, to be killed by this woman, but what scares me more is the thought of both hands holding the sword becoming crippled.

-Ellis. Your hands are not for killing someone, but for swinging a sword to protect someone you want to protect someday. So, don’t blame yourself.

The voice of the boy who once laughed bitterly with blood on his hands and face to protect me and my mother echoes in my head.

I don’t remember when it started, but I was led by the boy’s words and picked up the sword.

And now, thanks to that boy, he was running towards the end of his talent, but here everything ended.

When I think of all that, I feel so wronged and miserable and I feel so ashamed of myself that tears flow.

-Don’t be proud of yourself for knowing you have talent. You have to keep trying. Look at your mother. How much effort a level 5 swordsman puts into feeding you every day, and how much she swings her sword every morning after that.

I was proud.

-You are the proud daughter of the great inspector Yuria, and you are also gifted with talent beyond that. So you must never become arrogant. Your current efforts must not end.

It was arrogant.

I want to kill myself a few minutes ago when I tried to erase the aura and capture him, knowing that we would be evenly matched after fighting once already.

I want to grab my own hair and rip it out, trying to force myself and deal with this woman, thinking that I can stop her on my own.

“Please, save me… Please… Please give me your hand… “

“Huh…? Ahahahaha!! Wow~! Is this kid crazy? Trying to kill me with laughter? You’re really amazing~! Even at a time like this, you’re trying to kill me!”

I want to tear myself apart and kill myself, while desperately seeking sympathy from the enemy.

Even though Raul is being pushed by the opponent in front of him, he is being shouted at from afar, and no helping hand comes.

I really want to kill my miserable self who only wants to save others.

-Hey! Rudis, stop for a second! What the hell did you do today?! If it were you…!!

-Hey, I can’t help you forever. If I join the student council, should I, who is not a member of the student council, help the students every time an incident occurs? Please, if you’re joining the student council, take some responsibility.

-Still! It’s just sitting there while other students are being attacked by monsters…!

– So I made a suggestion to the student council, right? That the atmosphere in the forest was strange, so it would be good for the professors to be closer. Why are you guys not responding at all and just getting annoyed at me?

-Rudis… What’s wrong with you these days? You weren’t like that before…

-Byebyebye~ The old Rudis has ended its service! Rudis, who would come running whenever you and Nora cried and complained, entered the academy and died~ From now on, the strongest disciple of the Black Tower! The Rudis service begins~!

The man who was my hero, my benefactor, is no longer by my side and is no longer there to protect me.

The man I banished no longer exists in this country.

“Hahaha! Whoa~! That crazy bastard had to see this. Oh, good! I’ll cut off your hand and send that bastard a package~”

“Ugh… !!”

I scream for help as I feel the fear of the sword slowly stabbing my wrist as if it were deliberately enjoying itself.

And Viola, as if she enjoyed my reaction, lifted her lips as if they were going to tear, and slowly but surely pierced the back of my hand.

“[Black Hand]”

“?!”

-Peepit!!

It’s over now. The moment I gave up, I heard the black magic of canceling the window.

Viola mercilessly moved the sword she had been stabbing into the back of my hand to the side, ripping open the back of my right hand, and then fell away from me, cutting through all the black hands that were rushing to grab her.

And then, I knelt down on the floor and looked into the darkness beyond where the magic chant came from.

‘No way. Rudis…?’

-Thump, thump.

“…Fuck.”

no.

It’s not a man’s voice, but a split woman’s voice.

“The investigation is over now, so why are you suddenly interfering?”

I felt a strange sense of regret and gratitude at the fact that a dark magician other than Rudis had saved me, but the voice was approaching us with anger… no, resentment.

“Ha, that’s annoying. Hey, are you Viola Violet?”

“… What the hell are you?”

“I asked if it was right, you idiot. [Sword of Darkness]”

-Kakakakakan!!

“What the heck…?!”

And then she appeared on a street where moonlight gradually reached the back alleys.

Dressed in black robes that looked like they had been painted with dawn, holding a book that glowed with a black light that dyed the moonlight.

He continued to speak, looking at Viola emotionlessly with his dull eyes that looked like he hadn’t slept in days and his eyes that looked clouded and dead.

“‘Mad Dog’, a senior in the Academy who got beat up by Rudis for 3 months. Are you sure you’re right, you bitch?”

‘… What? Rudis, a mad dog…?’

Nora, disciple of the black magic tower Piana Stone.

She had not attended the academy for more than two weeks and was only following Rudis’s movements.

He had a pale complexion that seemed as if he had lived his entire life, and he exuded a damp, murderous aura that made even the cold morning air feel warm.