episode_0023
by fnovelpiaLeona and I stood facing each other, waiting for the starting bell to ring.
Both of us were protected by Melania’s protective magic, our bodies glowing with a soft blue light.
Whoever destroys all of these shields loses.
“Are you sure you don’t have to use a sword?”
“Yes.”
Melania asks me.
Currently, I have decided not to use my sword in my duel with Leona and only use my fists.
“You’re so arrogant about killing Master Alex. Is it your pride that drove us to become thieves? Today, I’ll show you exactly what kind of being the Master is…!”
Leona, the werewolf, spits out threatening words between her teeth as if she finds this sight of me ridiculous.
‘On the topic of females.’
If I were to take up the sword, it would be too simple. Is there a need for an alpha male to take up a sword against a female? Melania is an exception. She is a different species altogether.
Anyway, I’m roughly guessing how much of a master Alex is by looking at him.
Masters are divided into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels, and Leona is currently a low-level Sword Master.
As I expected, beating Leona won’t be easy, but it can be done.
“You’re telling me for sure? Then how about making a bet?”
“Bet?”
So, I’m going to lure out Leona. She’s a female I can beat with my own strength. I’d better get her now.
“How about we give each other whatever we want?”
“… … .”
Leona begins to worry at my words.
It seems like he’s slightly hesitant about the word “anything.” Of course, since Melania has put up a shield to protect each other from dying, there won’t be any ridiculous cases where they demand each other’s lives.
“I guess I’ll have to hear what you want first.”
Leona, who comes out cautiously as always.
If you ask for more than I can give, I don’t think I will accept the bet.
“I want Leona.”
“Me?”
“Yes. I want to hug Leona like a female, like the females who come into the breeding room.”
“Ugh… .”
Leona gritted her teeth at my words that she was a female. I’ve never seen anyone say such things to her, who had become a Sword Master.
“Ha-!! There’s no way something like that is possible!! If you lose, you’d better be prepared.”
“If you win here, please tell me what you want. I will try to accommodate your request.”
“I will make you my slave. Breeders only mate a few times a day. When you become my slave, I will make you do it all day long. There are also guys who like men, so you can look forward to it.”
Leona glared at me with a menacing glare.
It’s scary too.
“Then… start-!!”
Perhaps because she had heard that I had easily defeated Alex before, Leona did not rush in right away and instead continued the standoff with me for the time being.
Leona and I are meeting for the first time today. Since I was summoned to this world, Leona has been continuously dispatched to subdue monsters.
That is, she only heard that I beat Alex, but she doesn’t know exactly how I beat him.
A long and drawn-out war of nerves ensued because of this.
“Go… !”
Finally, Leona, who had been watching me closely, rushed at me with her sword drawn. A large horizontal slash.
If you get hit by that swaying aura, you’ll get cut in half even if you’re wearing armor, unless you have some powerful defensive magic on you.
By the way, I wasn’t wearing armor. If anything, the weight of the armor would just be a drag. I’m already slower than Leona due to the absolute lack of mana, so I don’t need to wear armor like her.
Because thanks to Melania, I don’t have to worry about dying.
I took a small step backwards and dodged the attack.
Shhh-!
“As expected…!!”
Leona’s sword chased me like a snake, as if it knew this would happen.
This is obviously unavoidable.
Thud-!!
“Huh?”
But I kicked the side of the sword strongly before it could touch my body. The sword went up into the air and its trajectory was completely changed.
But is he really a master?
He quickly takes a stance and begins to launch the next attack. Unlike Alex, who relied on Auror and foolishly swung his sword.
A sword strike that stabs like a snake, as if to show what proper swordsmanship is.
Thud-! Thud-!!
However, I avoid some attacks and block the unavoidable ones by covering my hand with mana and accurately striking with my sword.
“This is it!”
Her sword rushes towards me, aiming for my neck.
Melania said that more of the shield is cut away in the critical areas. In other words, the duel we are in now is not decided in one blow!
But still, I have no intention of allowing Leona to get a valid hit.
He narrowly avoids the sword by bending down.
square-!
I felt a few strands of my hair being cut off by the aura as I swung the sword.
Phew-!
It was so loud that it was hard to believe it was the sound of mana clashing with mana, the sound of palms and armor clashing.
Thump, thump.
“Ugh-!!”
Leona takes a few steps back in shock.
“Keuhp… Th, what is this, how?”
Leona muttered with a dumbfounded expression, bewildered by my attack. Her ears perked up and she moved like a wolf on high alert.
Phew-! Phew-!
Leona, who is from another world, attacks me again with explosive speed and strength using the mana she possesses.
Faster and more powerful than before.
Did he decide that a long-term battle would be disadvantageous for him as he would have to dodge everywhere and then attack at a crucial moment?
But I am used to seeing Erica and Alex’s attacks. If I had seen this speed and power for the first time, I would have been taken aback, but I have had too much experience.
Avoid Leona’s attacks by circulating mana through your body only when needed.
Then, mix in attacks here and there.
“Ugh, ugh. You… were a fighter?”
“No.”
I did learn martial arts. For about a month. Of course, I mastered most of the techniques during that time.
But if you ask me if I’m a fighter, well… my job is a manager anyway. If I specialized in fighting, I would have killed Leona by now.
By the way, I think it’s time to end it now. I let it end in the middle to save Leona’s face, but not anymore.
The swordsmanship of this world was too crude and unbecoming of a Master.
A pearl necklace on a pig’s neck. This was the swordsmanship that fit this proverb perfectly. Despite possessing the ridiculous techniques of mana and aura, the swordsmanship was so crude and crude.
No, rather, it may be that this kind of swordsmanship was created because of such absurd power.
If you have an aura, there is no need to break through the opponent’s defense. You can just cut them down with the sword.
In a duel between knights who don’t use Aura, you wouldn’t realize this fact. When dueling, you would think about how to suppress your opponent with Aura rather than trying to block his attacks.
In fact, Erica says that most of the training of the Knights is about mana training, not swordsmanship training or physical training.
It’s laughable that knights, not wizards, are training mana.
In this situation, it would be unreasonable to expect swordsmanship to develop.
“Lower pressure-!!”
Leona also seemed to be coming to an end, so she started to run at me with all her might.
But no matter how many times I do it, the result is the same. Leona’s swordsmanship skills are not enough to defeat me.
“Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!”
After dodging Leona’s rushing attack, it was close to one-sided violence.
After breaking the hand that was holding the sword, he used his elbows and knees to strike her sides, stomach, face, and any other places he could.
“This kid-!!”
As expected, the joint is easy to release because the force is strong. However, even if the joint is released, the result is the same.
He grabs Leona’s hand as she slashes horizontally and spins around following the power of the sword. In that moment, Leona’s body loses its balance.
He hooks one leg over hers and knocks her down. Leona, lying on the ground, blinks as if it is the first time she has been hit by her own strength.
Thud-! Thud-!
I’m not one to miss that opportunity. I immediately start stepping on her body here and there.
“Stop it!! The winner is Alpha.”
Melania stopped Leona’s duel, either because she couldn’t stand to see Leona being trampled, or because she thought the outcome was already decided if she continued.
“Leona. You will admit defeat, right?”
“… Yes. I lost.”
Leona, who had admitted defeat, just stared at the floor with her ears down as if in shock.
“Hahaha. I really like you. However, I have no intention of using you as a knight right now. You said that, right? You can prevent the Black Death. You better get results quickly. My patience is not that great.”
“Okay, we just wanted to use up some of the money that was leaking out of the estate.”
“Yeah. You guys figure that out among yourselves.”
He told her to do as she pleased, but now that it has been revealed that the reports going to Melania were manipulated, there is no way he will be siphoning off money anytime soon.
Judging from their reactions now, it seems that Melania was not unaware of this, but was somewhat turning a blind eye to it so that they could breathe a little easier.
Probably everyone here knew that fact.
It’s funny. If they were going to turn a blind eye to embezzlement, they could have just raised the salaries, but they did this.
“Leona, I will call you to the breeding room later.”
“… Ah, I see… .”
Still, today’s harvest was great.
Unlike Elisa, I have earned the right to become a Sword Master and have also secured money. Now I will be able to run the department properly.
To some extent… .
*
‘Thank goodness. No! What’s the big deal? Come on!’
Elisa felt conflicted at the sight of Alpha’s victory over Leona.
A mixture of relief that he wasn’t hurt and jealousy that he had called the Knight Commander to the mating room. These two emotions clashed and made Elisa’s heart constantly weigh itself.
‘… That bitch didn’t do this duel on purpose? She’s a commoner!’
And finally, as the scales tipped further, Elisa internally chewed Leona out like crazy. How could a knight commander of a territory, and a sword master at that, shamelessly seduce men like a female!
If that had been done confidently, I could have understood it to some extent. But to seduce a man under the pretext of a duel in such a dark way…!
Elisa thought she had to hurry up and do the operation.
The next day.
Alpha could see the woman he had been waiting for, wearing sunglasses, walking in and looking around.
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