episode_0049

“Why are there people like that!?”

Amelia returned to the room and walked around the room eagerly. He seemed to be in such a bad mood that it was difficult to even sit still in a chair.

Certainly, I could see Amelia, who was there, gritting her teeth. Ted noticed Amelia’s condition and was just watching her.

“Grand Duchess, calm down. Prince Allen didn’t say anything particularly wrong… … .”

“Isn’t that wrong?”

Amelia exclaimed, looking back at me. that… … If I keep screaming like that, won’t it be heard outside? Anyway, I don’t want to hear that I had a fight with my master.

“Among my family members, I am the smallest and weakest.”

“Of course, that is the case among Delkisi people.”

“And the instructors who were teaching me all quit midway and left.”

“No, that’s… … But Elsie has a talent that no one else has. Actually, I was greatly helped by that talent back then.”

Amelia looked like she had a lot of things she wanted to say, but then changed her mind.

“That’s true, but that doesn’t mean you can tell the wolf to bite the prince.”

“… … Um.”

When I said that, Amelia looked at me quietly.

“So, you acknowledge that that power is yours?”

“Of course, it’s my strength, right?”

It’s almost a cheat ability, but it’s not my strength. The same goes for Pori, who Amelia is raising, and I have come here and tested my strength in various ways, and it turns out that this ability works on all animals other than squirrels and wolves. Due to the nature of the ability to ‘eliminate hostility and have the opportunity to become friends’, there are no limits.

I have once trained a pigeon that flew in from the forest, and I have also played with an incredibly fierce hunting dog raised by someone else. Perhaps you can become friends with fierce beasts in other areas.

Strangely enough, for a name like Druid, he only seems to be friendly with animals… … Still, I am trying to become familiar with plants. I can’t really feel the effect yet. Is this because the plants that can move are limited?

Anyway, although the ability is still limited to animals, I am developing the ability in my own way. If you haven’t received Delkishi’s superpower, you need to develop this ability and use it.

“… … It would be nice to know.”

Amelia muttered that, then raised her head and looked at me again.

“So, do you plan to spar with Prince Allen?”

For your information, Prince Allen was in high spirits after hearing his brother’s words. I was angry that he showed an expression that made me wonder if it was even necessary, but if it is true that Prince Allen’s swordsmanship skills are better than his brother’s and he can handle Aurors, there is almost no way I will win.

The auror itself cannot harm my body. Even though I am small, I am a Delkish person. Aurors, who are magical powers themselves, have no meaning to Delkisi people who do not use magical powers.

However, being able to control Aurors also means knowing how to strengthen one’s body. To be honest, if you only had the ability to wield a magic-encrusted sword, you wouldn’t have heard of him being a sword master. How is it different from a wizard shooting magic bullets?

By handling Aurors, one’s level of skill in swordsmanship can jump several levels, making one a ‘Sword Master’.

That’s why Amelia said at the time, ‘If you can control Aurors, there’s a chance you can beat Elsie.’

In that case, I thought it might be better to just spar. The reason I tried so hard to make excuses to avoid sparring with Prince Evan was because I had a very high chance of winning.

If you can lose in a sparring match with Prince Eren, it would be better to do so as it would naturally boost the other side’s pride.

… … If you think from an aristocratic way of thinking, then yes.

But that’s it.

“No, I don’t plan on doing that.”

That guy is planning to disparage the Delkisi family.

I am the only Delkisi person present right now. I heard that a few people were working as knights outside, but all of those people have now returned to Delkish. This is because it was important to punish the barbarians who used magic.

If a barbarian who knows how to open a portal heads south, there is nothing more catastrophic than that. Even if Delkish does not fall, if even one barbarian using that magic is missed, the royal capital will be in danger. The Duke of Grattenmount also knows this for sure.

The reason I can be here is purely because of Amelia’s warmth.

In such a situation, I am representative of a ‘Delkisi person’.

And if Prince Allen defeats me, from now on he will publicly say, ‘I defeated the Delkish man.’ Even if the prince doesn’t say that, the story will spread to everyone around him.

Normally, I would have left him to live in an illusion, but he was a prince who had caught up with Baron Delkisi.

To be honest, I felt quite bad.

However, I didn’t want to engage in a sparring match where I might lose. It was a pity that I had to worry about this because my abilities were low, but the truth was, so what could I do?

“So what are you going to do? Honestly, if you refuse to spar here, people will say you ran away. If Elsie was just the daughter of a baron, there wouldn’t be much of a story, but now she’s my ‘guardian’.”

Yes. I was in charge of protecting others, so if I chose to run away, that was a problem. There is a possibility that my personal honor and my family’s honor will be damaged.

… … Evan, why on earth did he do that? It’s not like you have any ill feelings towards me. I don’t know what to do if you have pure eyes but act like a gloomy nobleman.

“I have a method in mind.”

“Really?”

Amelia opened her eyes wide and asked again.

“Yes. Do you know anything about our family’s family motto?”

“Nature doesn’t lie, you mean?”

“No, not that one. That is the family motto that our family promotes externally.”

That doesn’t mean it’s not used, but it’s actually somewhat symbolic.

Rather, there was a phrase that had a more practical use.

Amelia searched her mind for a moment, then shook her head and said with an apologetic expression.

“I’m sorry. I’ve never heard of any other family mottos… … .”

“It’s not strange. Because it wasn’t something I said openly.”

I smiled and then recited the ‘family saying’ that our family uses.

“’If there is an obstacle in life, try splitting it, cutting it, and destroying it. Then you will see the road behind it.’”

“… … .”

Amelia’s mouth opened slightly when she heard what I said.

“I don’t know exactly who said it because it has been around for a very long time, but it is quite commonly used in Delkisi. There are not many cases where it is said to the outside world that one does not have hair.”

“… … Is that why?”

Amelia asked me as if to keep talking.

“Now that there is an obstacle, let’s take the first step, ‘splitting’.”

“… … … … Prince Allen’s head?”

“Why are you splitting the prince’s head?”

When I asked the question as if it were absurd, Amelia let out a small breath and said.

“No, it’s nothing. First, let’s listen to the story.”

“So, that’s it, right? If the opponent gives up on the sparring, the story will end without a blemish on our reputation, right?”

“That’s right… … .”

“In that case, let’s get discouraged and leave first.”

“Do you have any ideas?”

“Among the beasts that live in the north, there are many that are not very dangerous but when the situation becomes urgent, they raise their fur and inflate their bodies to look threatening. The same goes for squirrels. When you see a natural enemy, you puff up your body.”

Although it doesn’t get much bigger.

“With that in mind, I plan to utilize my greatest strengths to the maximum.”

I puffed out my chest and said.

“If the princes don’t have Aurors, their physical condition is no different from that of ordinary southerners, right? In that case, wouldn’t it be enough to properly show ‘my power’ so that the prince can clearly see the ‘possibility of losing’?”

Yes.

If there is a ‘chance’ that the prince will lose because he uses Aurors, then there is a ‘chance’ that I will not lose.

This means that it is a sparring that has the potential to damage the prince’s pride.

All you have to do is show evidence that ‘looks very certain’ that there is a possibility that your pride could be damaged.

And fortunately, even though I was small, I was from Delkisi.

Although his strength is a bit weaker than that of other Delkish people—

—That, after all, is the standard for Delkisi people.

So wouldn’t it be nice to show the weak Southerner what pure strength is?