episode_0142

Adria Battle (3)

Jump, jump, jump, jump

Juno, along with Eliza and Catherine, headed in the direction of Heinrich County.

The three soon arrived at a place where the two armies were facing off, and Juno raised his voice towards Heinrich’s army.

“As promised, I, Juno Alexander von Windrage Balkan, Eliza Sinclair de Leonhart, and Catherine of Aragon came as representatives! Who is our opponent?”

As Juno’s voice was directed, the center of Heinrich’s army opened and three people came out.

One of them, as expected, was Count Speyer, who was the commander of the Knights of the Guard after Liechtenauer’s retirement, but one of the other two was someone they had never imagined, so Juno and Eliza had to open their eyes wide.

“Uh…huh? Sister Fiona?”

“Princess Fiona… why is she there?”

Fiona smiled bitterly as she saw Eliza and Yuno looking at her with surprised eyes.

“Well… I was sold as a mercenary in a civil war in another country for the crime of misbehaving with my father. His Majesty the King accepted Heinrich’s proposal with great acceptance. I don’t like it, but… I have no choice but to follow the king’s official orders”

“…. It’s a pity, but I won’t tolerate it, sister”

Fiona looks at Eliza who raises her sword.

“Hohoho Eliza has become a lot more arrogant while we haven’t seen each other, huh? I guess I should take a test as an older sister to see how strong you’ve become that you’re talking so arrogantly?”

While Eliza and Fiona were talking, another man walked in front of Juno.

“Hahaha, it’s been a while since I saw you at Streve. Prince Yuno”

Yuno tilted her head as she looked at the unidentified man who was pretending to know her. It was a face I felt like I had seen somewhere, but it was because I couldn’t remember it properly.

“….What about you?”

“Oops! The introduction is late. My name is Moritz Fleurtry Thiruen. Although I am lacking, I am the commander-in-chief of the Tesseito Kingdom army”

Yuno clenched his fists as he looked at Duke Tiruen, who was bowing in an exaggerated manner.

“… You were the one who sent that huge sword energy towards the gates of Streve Castle. The gift at that time was quite impressive”

“Hahaha, high praise… I was worried that the gift wouldn’t be enough, but I’m glad you seemed satisfied”

“Anyway, what brought the head of the Tesseito military here to Adria? There are plenty of people out there looking for your head. Do you even have two lives?”

As Yuno said, the knights of the Balkan Guard Knights looking at the duel were glaring at their ally, Duke Tiruen, with murderous eyes.

However, even as he watched the knights gritting their teeth and suppressing the life that threatened to burst out at any moment, Duke Tiruen’s eyes did not seem to waver at all.

“Hahaha then what should we do? Anyway, I am here at the request of your emperor. Of course, it was not free, so we obtained a treaty not to invade the Zenon Plain area currently occupied by our troops for ten years”

Tiruen’s words made Juno want to rush into the imperial palace and kill Heinrich, but she gritted her teeth and could barely resist it.

“….You probably know that a treaty like that will become a piece of paper the moment the emperor changes, right?”

“Well… I should also do my part to prevent that from happening. Then, wouldn’t it be possible for Tesseito to return to the empire in ten years? Hahahahaha”

Seeing Tiruen bursting into laughter in front of her, Yuno calmed down her boiling anger and instead smiled and provoked him.

“Well, we’ll have to wait and see if that’s possible. It seems to me that we should be more worried about whether a nation called Tesseito will exist on this continent in ten years?”

Tiruen’s forehead also twitched at Yuno’s words, which were full of provocation, and the two men pressed their foreheads together and began spewing murder at each other.

“Huh~ Can we test if that is possible by risking His Highness’s head today?”

“Hmm? Duke of Tiruen. I guess I looked easy enough, like you could test me with your skills… I have to let you know through your body that it was an illusion”

“Hahaha, it was a shame that I couldn’t cut off His Highness’s head in Streve, but I was able to achieve that today. I’m so glad”

Tiruen’s hand went to the sword, and Yuno’s fist was throbbing, and just as the duel was about to begin, a deep voice from behind made the two stop their movements.

“I am your opponent, the Third Prince. So, Duke Thiruen, please stop there”

“… Lord Speyer…”

When Juno recognized him, Speyer briefly bowed to Juno.

“Long time no see. His Majesty the Third Prince. It is a truly sad day to meet your Majesty, whom you thought would be the guardian of the empire, as an enemy”

“I am also extremely sad. Who would have thought that the Lord, who was more just than anyone else and more knightly than anyone else, would lead the Knights of the Guard under the immoral Heinrich!!”

Despite Yuno’s harsh words, Speyer maintained a calm expression.

“As a former royal guard, I only protect the imperial family and faithfully carry out His Majesty’s orders”

“… I guess there’s nothing more to talk about. Now then, let the duel begin! Who will come out first there?”

At Yuno’s words, Fiona raised her sword and aimed it at Eliza.

“Eliza? I said I would try to beat this girl… but I guess she won’t end up curling up now, right? Hehe”

“Who cares what to say!! Sister, don’t cry because you were hurt by your brother!!”

“It’s good to see that you’re overflowing with confidence… but I’ll have to see if your skills are up to par. Hohohoho”

Sisters Fiona and Eliza, who were already engaged in a war of nerves, stepped forward, and Juno looked at them and took out a coin from his pocket.

“The duel will begin when this coin falls on the floor. And… Eliza. After this battle, I will officially propose to you, so I must win! Got it?”

Eliza’s face turned bright red at Yuno’s sudden words.

“Yu, Yuno. You…you~!! Wow…what are you talking about all of a sudden!!”

“Hwiyu~ Who would think that this is not a battlefield but a garden behind a palace? Would you like me to make a bed here? I don’t think it would be a bad idea to do it thickly once, right?”

“You’re noisy, sister!!”

Yuno, who was watching Fiona teasing Eliza with soft eyes, erased the emotions from her face and tossed the coin upwards.

Teeing~

As soon as the coin fell to the floor, the duel began as the two sisters stabbed each other with swords full of sword energy.

Cheaeng! Cheaeng!!

A similar level of sword energy emanated from each other’s swords, making a loud noise every time they clashed. Fiona and Eliza both bit their lips, thinking that it would be difficult to easily suppress each other.

However, as time passed and the duel continued, it was surprisingly Eliza who took the lead.

Eliza, who had been steadily learning about each country’s swordsmanship under Liechtenauer since childhood, knew even more about the royal swordsmanship of the Kingdom of Leon, and based on that, she exploited Fiona’s weaknesses.

“Hoo~ Our Eliza. Pretty sharp, huh? I guess you became a master by just ignorantly increasing your mana?”

“How much I suffered under Master!! It’s sad to say that!!”

Even as Eliza’s sword continued to pierce her gaps, Fiona effortlessly blocked her younger brother’s sword strikes.

“Giggles But didn’t you spend more time clinging to your seat than rolling under Lord Liechtenauer?”

“What… what?”

“So, you’re easily distracted during an attack and showing loopholes, right? Ha pressure!!”

Eliza, embarrassed by her sister’s obscene remarks, tangled her hands for just a moment, and Fiona did not miss the opportunity.

Chaeae!!

However, Eliza also became a swordsman worthy of the title of master after sparring with Lichtenauer and Yuno, so she was able to successfully defend herself by barely taking her sister’s counterattack.

“Hoo~ Can you stop that? But what if we do it this way?”

Whirly, whirly, whirly~

Even though Eliza blocked her sword, Fiona did not miss the opportunity and hung on.

A splendid sword strike unique to the Kingdom of Leon unfolded, and sword energy poured out sharply at Eliza, as if coloring the entire space with flower petals.

And at the same time, Fiona’s sword was also shot straight at Eliza, and Eliza gritted her teeth against the attacks coming from all directions.

‘It’s impossible to stop all of this! But… if you take it too seriously…’

Eliza forced most of the mana from the mana hole into the sword.

Ugh

Eliza smiled for a moment at the pleasant resonance sound of a sword crying, and then launched herself into a storm of deadly sword energy.

Squeak, rustle, spot, spot

Eliza did not block the sword energy pouring down on her with her sword and did her best to avoid it, but as the sword energy passed through her body, she suffered numerous wounds.

‘Give flesh and take bones! By doing this, I can cut down my sister’s sword!! ‘My sister’s sword, which momentarily consumed mana while holding the sword in check, will not be able to defeat my sword!’

Although fresh blood was flying, Eliza was confident of victory and was able to strike Fiona’s sword with all her mana.

However, the sword energy in her sword collided with Fiona’s sword and shattered, and the smile disappeared from Eliza’s face as the sword shattered as well.

“Uh… how? My sister definitely has some spare time…”

“Giggle giggle Did you think this girl had done her best so far? Eliza, you lost because you couldn’t feel the difference in level even though you were crossing swords”

In the end, Fiona’s sword touched Eliza’s neck, and Yuno looked at it and admitted defeat in the first duel.

*Eliza lost in the match but won in breast size

Eliza on the left Fiona on the right