episode_0064
by fnovelpia“Move quickly!”
The lord of the Viken Territory was busy with unexpected training.
The knights led the men out of the castle, which may have made security less lax, but Wellington didn’t care much.
Now in Yeongji Castle are Leona Montmartre and Irene Jember.
Because there were two sword masters.
Even if assassins suddenly burst in like crazy, there won’t be any problem.
“How is the level of our soldiers?”
“They seem to be well trained and can stand up to other territories.”
Wellington began to slyly brag to Luimina about the soldiers stationed at the castle.
“This should be more than enough to escort Miss Elisa.”
“I see.”
Louisa answered without changing her facial expression despite Wellington’s sharp words.
‘Ha! How they must have made fun of our family…’
The Baron Bikken family was not inferior to the Count Soryu family.
Even though there was a difference in rank, the family had an estate that was too affluent for a barony called the Viken Estate, so they were able to confidently express their opinions to the Soryu Counts.
So it was not unreasonable for Wellington to slyly talk about a political marriage with Elisa.
But the moment she learned that Wellington was trying to hand over the territory to Baron Kerens because of his revenge against Melania, his actions were tantamount to a deception to Luimina.
After marrying Elisa and handing over the territory, it was clear that the entire Baron Viken family, which was nothing more than a common baronial family, would try to cling to the Soryu family.
Although Elisa is not the head of the Count’s family, she is a direct descendant of the current head of the family.
In aristocratic society, not accepting members of the Baron Viken family, including Wellington, who married into such a direct line was a matter of trust.
Wellington’s actions were similar to a betrayal of the Earls of Soryu, but… it was not a direct betrayal, so even if it became known that he had handed over the territory on purpose,
That is why political marriages are always conducted with caution.
Even if the other party fell, if it had not betrayed them, they had to do their best to support the other party’s nobles.
That was the honor and duty of the nobles.
Well, most of the time, they would send assassins to kill them or make them go through all sorts of humiliating experiences before making them leave on their own.
That’s why Luimina was relieved that she had only talked to Wellington and that he had not sent her daughter away for a political marriage.
After spending time smiling meaninglessly in front of Wellington, Luimina met Leona and asked her cautiously.
“How long do you think it will take to send out all the soldiers and knights?”
“It will probably take at least a week, maybe two weeks.”
“… .”
I wish it had gone faster, but Luimina knew there was nothing she could do, so she kept her mouth shut.
Recruiting knights and putting pressure on magicians isn’t something that can be done overnight.
If Wellington realizes this and strikes first, they will be the ones in danger.
It won’t be hard for Luimina to escape since she has Irene, but she will completely lose control of the Viken Territory.
It was even possible that other vassal families might become independent if they thought they were being overly involved in the vassal’s territory.
In any case, this coup had to be led by Ertia and had to be portrayed as an attempt to remove Wellington.
That’s why Luimina decided to wait.
After all, Knight Commander Leona, who was supposed to be his greatest ally, was on their side.
Time was not on Wellington’s side.
It is not the one who smiles on time, but only the one who smiles on luck, that will win.
*
Irene was humming along, unaware that Luimina was stamping her feet in impatience.
“Huh~ Huh~ Huh~!”
Irene puts on her armor, takes off her clothes, and goes in to wash.
She was the type of person who would normally change into comfortable clothes to move in since she would sweat anyway, but today was not the case.
After training, you’ll be drenched in sweat again anyway, so why on earth do you have to wash up again?
This has been Irene’s thoughts so far.
But after meeting a guy named Jamer yesterday, Irene suddenly had a realization while taking a shower.
‘I… didn’t it smell?!’
While I was washing the sweat off my body with soap, a sudden thought occurred to me…!
She held his hand and pressed her chest against his strong back, saying that she would check his posture.
“You’re crazy! You’re crazy!”
Irene was so embarrassed that she thought she must have smelled like a mixture of sweat and hair, which was unique to Suin.
That’s why, starting today, I decided to wash up thoroughly after work.
“This is 5 gold… ?”
Irene arrived at the training grounds wearing the extremely expensive perfume she had received from Ertiage, who was quite knowledgeable about perfume.
As I went inside, I didn’t see a body so plump that I thought it was perfect, even after seeing it for the second time.
It was truly a shame that he couldn’t see his firm chest because he was wearing a top, perhaps because he was aware of his presence.
‘But seeing you wearing clothes means you’re aware of me, right? Hehe.’
Still, I thought it was cute that he was wearing a top to hide his embarrassment about coming.
“You worked hard today too.”
“Ah. Irene. I was warming up and practicing as you taught me yesterday. I definitely feel like my muscles are moving well. ”
“Of course. This is the warm-up exercise that we… no, all ordinary knights do!”
‘It’s not a family holiday, so this should be okay.’
Yesterday, while teaching me the swordsmanship stance, Irene also told me about the sufficient warm-up exercises that must be done before swinging the sword.
The warm-up exercises Irene taught were different from what most knights learn.
It was a special type of exercise that awakened the mana in the body through warm-up exercises that the Gember family had designed and created over a long period of time.
It wasn’t exactly a secret, but it wasn’t something I told just anyone.
Irene, who was about to tell this fact, shut her mouth.
You said you taught him one of the family’s training methods…! Doesn’t it seem like you’re interested in him!
‘Well, well… If Jamer is so inclined, so am I… Well… No, no. I was just drawn to his talent.’
Irene raised her sword, thinking that she would have to ask Leona tomorrow if she could hand over this servant to her.
And he gave the necklace to Jamer.
It was a defensive artifact used by knights when they sparred with wooden swords.
“Today, I will teach you swordsmanship. Before that, I will practice once to see if you have any habits.”
“Yes.”
She saw that Jamer’s basic sword swinging stance was perfect, so now it was time to learn swordsmanship.
Irene was planning to check out Jamer’s habits and improvisation through the current training session and teach him swordsmanship that would suit him.
I couldn’t teach her the family’s swordsmanship, but Irene knew a few common swordsmanship techniques, so she could just pick one out of those and teach it to her.
‘And huhu… ‘
Irene, who had a strange thought in her mind and let out an invisible smile, immediately began to practice.
“Then let’s start!”
Ta! Taak!
‘Huh?’
Irene’s sword swung at Jamer at the start.
Irene broke out into a sweat on her forehead at the sight of Jamer blocking her attack so easily and even counterattacking, even though he had his hands full.
‘amazing.’
The original plan was to make Jamer, who had no sparring experience, fall by surprise, and then, as if he didn’t know he would fall so easily, fall with him so that their chests touched each other…
Irene was purely amazed by Jamer’s outstanding skills.
“Good!”
Since she couldn’t emit aura during the duel, Iren surrounded her body with mana to make her movements faster, which seemed to be more to her liking.
Taak-! Taak-! Taaak-!!
“You’re blocking this too?”
Irene was astonished to see Jamer blocking the family’s vision swordsmanship, which was performed by a beginner Auror user without any proper swordsmanship, with only his wild instincts.
If it happens once, it could be a coincidence.
Twice, that’s possible.
Three times is amazing.
In this way, 4, 5, 6 times… the number of times the swords clash increases.
Are you truly a genius?
Could this be the talent of the emperor who, a long time ago, was a slave and founded a unified empire with only a sword?
Irene slowly started moving her body faster in shock.
I wanted to see how far Jamer could go now.
To think that only you know about this talent…!!
If a child is born between herself and a man with such incredible talent, it is certain that the child will become a Sword Master before reaching adulthood… .
I must ask Leona for this servant tomorrow.
*
A spark appears in Irene’s eyes.
It’s not easy to deliberately appear weaker than your opponent.
Hiding my mana and intentionally not moving was like holding my breath while running, so I continued to feel suffocated.
“Try blocking this too!”
Irene, as if she was possessed, sped up again.
Now, I think I’ve reached a point where I’m somewhere between intermediate and advanced Aura users.
At this point, I thought I could just pretend I couldn’t win and give in.
There was no need to show off such overwhelming talent.
WHEEK!
“I lost.”
“That’s amazing.”
When I saw the wooden sword touching my neck, I immediately admitted defeat.
I wanted to show off my skills and seduce her even now, but I held back.
If I had enough time like I did with Helen, I would have carved Irene’s body with the name of the master by the next morning’s sun rise…
It was impossible now.
If she, who has to protect Luimina, doesn’t come back after coming to the training ground.
Because others will come looking for it.
If that happens, I will be dragged away and executed.
It is said that it is human nature to submit to a defeated opponent, but Leona did not come to me on her own until I came to her.
Isn’t that what you were worried about until then?
Since I didn’t know much about Suin yet, I had to proceed cautiously.
Well, it won’t even take a week.
So now is the time to wait while showing affection to Irene. When she truly wants me, I will reveal my identity and tell her who my master is, and it won’t take more than two hours.
“Any sword style would suit you. A sword that emphasizes speed would be good, and a heavy sword would be good too… ”
Until then, I was Jamer.
I saw Irene smiling at me nodding, and I smiled back.
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