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Episode 37

“Oh oh?!”

Amazingly, nothing happened.

“Ugh…”

If it were that easy to awaken the Sword Aura, everyone would be swinging the Sword Aura around.

It’s a shame, but I guess I should learn how to swing a sword or learn more magic.

Since I had some fun using boundary magic in the last battle with the mercenaries, I plan on learning some magic in earnest.

A ‘magic swordsman’ who uses swords and magic… isn’t that cool?

If I go around shooting magic with Sword Auror later on, who will be able to stop me?

No one can stand against me unless they are at least level 7 or stronger.

But why aren’t there many people doing this good thing?

Of course, there are reasons why others don’t do it.

The biggest reason is that there is not enough mana to kill two birds with one stone: sword aura and magic.

If you use all three: the mana used to strengthen the body and move it, the mana consumed to activate and maintain the sword aura, and the mana consumed to activate magic, you will need at least twice as much mana.

Ultimately, considering the continuity of battle, a magic swordsman quickly becomes a useless can with no mana, which is why most people don’t become magic swordsmen.

In addition, for swordsmen of rank 4 or higher, it is much more efficient to hone sword skills and swordmanship than to use magic as the rank goes up.

You can just dash to the enemy and use the magic barrier to take off their head before they cast their magic. There is no need to use a magic that requires preparation time.

‘But I just have to somehow become stronger.’

Learning magic will definitely be of great help in killing Clemente Baston, who has reached the rank of 8th-tier archmage.

As your understanding of magic increases, it will definitely help you deal with him, and the more magic you learn and the more options you have, the more things you can do in the future, so there are more advantages than disadvantages.

I should ask Alice to get me some magic books.

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Recently, I’ve been practicing in the morning and helping Alice with her work in the afternoon.

What do you do at night?

“Master, no matter what, this doesn’t seem real…”

“Swoop…! Don’t rebel.”

Master, no, Alice subdued me as I rebelled, and used the contract to force my body onto the bed.

Lately, she’s been insisting on putting me to bed herself, wondering how she knew I’d be having nightmares in the middle of the night and how I’d be able to sleep properly.

“No, I’m not the one…”

[Quiet.]

“…”

In the end, because of Alice’s orders, I was forced to lie on the bed without being able to open my mouth or move.

“Haha…I’ll cover you with a blanket.”

-Rustling…

Alice pulled the blanket up to my neck and covered me with it, then gently stroked my hair.

-Swoosh…Swoosh…

I feel the comfort of a warm and heavy blanket wrapping around my body and Alice’s soft touch.

‘Oh, this is the method…’

I feel better than I thought.

Something warm and protective?

-Squeak…rustling…

“…!”

I closed my eyes and was feeling relaxed for a moment when Alice suddenly climbed onto the bed and started lying down next to me.

“Master? No matter what, it’s ridiculous for a man and a woman to sleep in the same bed…”

“[Shh… stay still.] Don’t worry, just close your eyes and I’ll wake up soon.”

-Pat…pat…

Alice covered my embarrassed mouth with her thin, white index finger, turned over to my side, and began patting me on the blanket.

“Sleep…sleep…”

Alice then began to whisper a lullaby in my ear in a soft voice.

‘No, am I a baby?’

She was lying next to me, looking at me with a kind smile.

[Good night, Leon.]

I fell into a deep sleep without realizing it, along with Alice’s soft whispering.

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“Leon, are you sleeping…?”

-Thump…thump…

Alice, lying next to Leon, poked his cheek with her index finger to check if he was sleeping.

Leon, who doesn’t answer no matter how much you poke and call.

“You’re sleeping…”

-Gulp…!

Although I usually looked at Leon’s face up close before waking him up in the morning, this was the first time I was lying down right next to him and looking at his sleeping face.

“Sigh…”

The thick male scent coming from Leon tickled Alice’s nose.

“Just a little bit…I’ll stay with you a little bit longer? Leon might have another nightmare…”

-Rust…rustling…

Alice lifts the blanket slightly and moves closer to Leon.

As she lifted the blanket, Leon’s thick body odor and the warmth from his body temperature emanated from under the blanket.

“Ugh…”

Alice, who was completely glued to Leon and ended up covering him with the same blanket, felt dizzy as if she was drunk.

-Stutter…Stutter…

I reached out and slowly felt Leon’s body, and felt a thick, solid man’s body.

A strong and trained body, completely different from your soft and fragile body…

The male body, which was completely opposite to her own, slowly made Alice’s lower abdomen rise.

“You seduce me every morning by getting up in a sexy outfit and sweating…”

As Alice stroked Leon’s firm body, she recalled how Leon trained every morning with his upper body exposed and drenched in sweat.

The hand that had been groping Leon soon passed over his firm chest muscles and reached his sharply sculpted abs.

“Ah…”

If we go down a little further from here…

-Slimy…

Alice’s underwear slowly began to soak with sweat from the heat Leon was radiating.

Alice, whose body was tingling and hot, took her hand away from Leon and stroked his calloused and rough hand.

How good would it feel to have those firm, rough hands caressing her body?

-Gulp…!

“Le, Leon’s body is mine now…so I can borrow it for a little bit..?”

-Sseuuk…

Alice slowly pulled Leon’s arm with trembling hands.

-Swoosh…Swoosh…

“Ahh…ahh…Leon…ugh…Leon…!”

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“Haam…”

Recently, I’ve been having nightmares about things that happened with Rose and it’s keeping me up at night, but thanks to Alice last night, I didn’t have any nightmares.

-Wet…

“Hmm…?”

When I reached out to get out of bed, the bedsheets were a little damp.

-Sniff sniff…

“It smells a little fishy…is it my sweat?”

There was no way I could have peed at this age, so I got up and checked my body, but other than the sleeves being slightly soaked with sweat, there was no other trace.

My body felt a little uncomfortable because of the sweat, and the saliva that had dripped during the night had dried and was stuck around my lips, so I wiped it away with my hand.

“You must have slept really well, you’re even drooling like this.”

My body felt so refreshed that I thought that I would sometimes have to ask Alice to help me sleep if I had trouble sleeping.

-Knock knock knock…

“Leon, are you awake? I’m going in.”

“Uh, yeah.”

-Squeak…

Alice, who entered the room with a bright smile, must have slept well last night, because her face was unusually lively today.

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A year has passed since Leon left the Duke of Baston, and Rose de Baston has finally risen to the fifth place.

-Kugugugu…

Rose was controlling the storm of mana swirling through her personal training grounds, her silver hair blowing in the fierce flow of mana.

-Clap clap clap!

“That’s great, Rose. You’re already in the 5th tier at this age.”

Clemente de Baston, who appeared behind her, began to applaud and praise Rose.

“…”

“Now we’re one step away from the 6th level.”

“Leon…what is Leon doing now?”

“Well…? As you know, it’s been over a year since we heard that you were sold to the blonde woman who leads the top, so I’m sure the two of you are getting along well by now, right?”

-Ugh…

“Ahahahaha! Don’t worry too much, daughter. Leon isn’t the type of guy who would open his heart to just any woman, is he? ”

“That’s true, but…”

“I’m looking forward to the story of Leon and me, but Rose, I’m also really looking forward to the story of you and Leon. How will your story end?”

“…Leon is mine. No one will take him away. ”

“Hoohoohoo… Then shouldn’t we hurry even more? Before Leon flies so high that he can’t be caught anymore. ”

“Of course…I’ll make them mine even if it means breaking all of Leon’s wings.”

“That is also a truly beautiful love story.”

The two women of the Duke of Baston looked at each other with smiling faces and their eerie blue eyes sparkling.

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How did it turn out like this?

“Leon, come here.”

-Swish! Swish!

Alice was definitely like my little sister…

“Leon?”

Why…!

Since when did it become normal for Alice to treat me like a baby?

[Come here.]

At Alice’s command, I lay down with my head on her soft, elastic thigh.

-Swoosh…Swoosh…

“Hoohoohoo…Leon, I told you to listen carefully when I speak, right? ”

Alice looked down at me with a loving smile, lightly stroking my head.

“…”

[answer.]

“Yes, master…”

“Hoohoo…good job~”

As Alice bowed her head and praised me in a bright voice, the shadow of a huge bag fell over my face.

Alice’s huge pockets came close enough to brush my nose, and beyond that, Alice’s amethyst eyes met mine.

Alice opened her eyes wide like half moons, smiled brightly, tore off some bread and put it in her mouth.

“Okay~ Let’s eat~”

“Master, I can eat this alone…”

[Eat.]

“Yum…”

“Is it delicious?”

-Nod…

I don’t know why it happened like this.

He lay on Alice’s lap and ate the food like a baby bird until he had eaten all the food Alice had brought.