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Three days later, in the morning, a carriage arrived in front of the hotel.

It was an ordinary carriage with nothing special about it.

Except that the inside is completely hidden.

Is it Leonor? It seems like he’s trying to avoid things that would attract others’ attention. I’m thankful.

I smiled slightly as I looked down at the carriage out the window.

Since I declined Isabella’s invitation, it would be difficult to completely rule out the possibility that this was a trap…

Leonora wasn’t the type to pull off such tricks, and even if it were really a trap, it wouldn’t be a problem anymore.

If you’re going to give it a try, feel free to give it a try.

I threw away the toy I was squeezing with one hand.

The dagger, crumpled like clay, rolled on the floor.

—-

After putting on my armor and black iron long sword, I headed to the carriage with Nigel.

The coachman opened the door.

Although he was disguised as an ordinary servant, he was unable to completely hide his strange elegance. The exposed skin was also clean.

He’s probably someone like Leonor’s close associate.

“Then, I will head toward the coach seat-”

“No. Both of you, please eat inside.”

A man blocked Nigel, who was heading towards the coach seat.

Of course. I came here deliberately camouflaged to avoid being noticed, but what’s the use if there’s a female knight sitting in the coach seat?

I entered the carriage with Nigel.

“It’s been a while? Although the appearance has changed a lot.”

“I guess I should say this is my true self. At that time, it was the appearance of a sick person.”

Princess Leonor grinned.

Just like last time, he was still dressed in similar riding clothes.

Perhaps because he was quite looking forward to today’s sparring, his eyes sparkled as he welcomed me.

“Endless honor to Wittelsbach. Nigel, Knight of Landenburg, gives an example. It’s an honor to meet you. Her Royal Highness.”

Nigel saluted her politely.

“It’s the Margrave’s sword that I’ve only heard about. There are rumors going around in the imperial family. Everyone was wondering what they were planning to do with ten masters? For now, you should sit there too.”

“Excuse me.”

I sat down on the seat across from the princess with Nigel. The cushions were quite soft.

The carriage door closed, and soon began to shake and move little by little.

Towards Princess Leonor’s private villa.

—-

“So, has your body completely recovered? The momentum is completely different.”

“You can say so. Because the feeling of helplessness I usually felt has completely disappeared.”

My muscles have proper strength, my senses are fine, and when I tested it earlier, there was no problem with the activation of karma.

Although it wasn’t to the level it was when fighting Natalia.

The strength at that time was probably not only my own, but also Durandal’s help or something like that.

It is a weapon that raises the owner’s abilities beyond their limits.

Honestly, if you think about the value of the name ‘Sword of Oath’ and ‘Durandal’, it is likely to have that level of efficacy.

“Thank goodness. It seemed like it would have been difficult to meet like this after the banquet. He said he declined his mother’s invitation.”

“Um…”

I was a little speechless.

That was tantamount to confirming that I was an enemy of your family.

Leonor grinned, perhaps taking my reaction as an expression of embarrassment.

I don’t really intend to criticize you for that, so please rest assured.

“It’s a wise choice. It’s truly disgusting to see the worthy knight you’ve met so long ago reduced to a prostitute.”

Oh, did she know?

My eyes brightened.

That’s probably Isabella’s fatal secret.

“I’m not sure what it means. Does this mean that if I had accepted the invitation, my personal life would have been in serious trouble?”

“Yes. It probably became a toy for nobles to play with until they got tired of it. It’s like a ‘gift for the solidarity of the Ernstists’. And that too voluntarily and without complaint. I don’t know how, but my mother is good at things like that.”

Leonor shook her head as if she was bored.

okay. That’s why I didn’t accept the invitation.

Because Isabella is that kind of woman.

It’s beautiful and has value, but it’s not safe to keep it on your side. Invite those people… and ruin it.

A noblewoman, a young female knight, or sometimes even a student at the academy.

They are incapacitated using drugs, marinated in aphrodisiacs, and their egos are distorted and their minds crushed with drugs.

Afterwards, he uses a brainwashing spell to turn her into a doll that obeys him, then holds a secret orgy and uses her as an entertainer for the nobles under his command.

My hobby is watching that.

It was a taboo and one of the well-hidden secrets of the Ernst school.

It’s surprising that Leonor knew.

…A woman who already destroyed the emperor left her children alone?

“It’s an unpleasant story, but is it okay to say something like that to me? It sounds like it means to run to Prince Leopold immediately.”

okay. Is it okay to speak openly about one’s mother’s evil deeds like this?

Any female noble who heard that would have committed themselves to the Leopold faction.

If Ernst and Isabella fall, Leonor will not be safe in the end either.

I guess I didn’t think about it at all…

Or maybe he understands his position, but more than that, he doesn’t like Isabella’s actions.

“What do you need to know? After all, there’s no one listening but us, right? Who would believe something like that if you keep talking about it? Even my mother would dismiss it as a slander. Plus, it looks like you’ve already made up your mind.”

“Yeah…that’s right.”

There is no way my behavior will change if I tell this story without any evidence.

“……”

Nigel remained silent.

His eyebrows tightened, perhaps because he felt extreme disgust, but he showed no other reaction.

It is natural. For a knight under him, not the Margrave himself, to express his opinion in such a conversation could easily put pressure on the lord.

Regardless of her own feelings, it was wise to keep her mouth shut.

“First of all, I have to say thank you. Because it was a creepy story just imagining it.”

“Good. So, let’s stop this disgusting topic and talk about Dalian. First of all, the place in Dalian is my villa built on the outskirts.”

Leonor smiled again.

“It’s usually a place where our kids train, but today it’s mostly off-duty so it’s almost empty. If I were there, I would be able to fight to my heart’s content since no one would see me except my close associates. The news that I sparred with you will eventually become known.”

Going back to the story of Dalian, your voice is full of life.

It’s like watching a puppy jumping into the snow.

Even though its appearance and name are not dog, but cat.

“What are the rules? Things like armament, victory and defeat.”

“Armor is okay, but you should use a wooden sword as your weapon. I’m sorry, but I can’t help it. If we both get seriously hurt, it will be a problem later.”

I’m not sorry at all.

okay. If you’re sparring, you should use a wooden sword. Nigel, who always points his sword at me, is strange.

Armor… I guess I don’t really need it. You can take it off when sparring.

“Winning or losing, it will be difficult for me to win anyway, and since it is more like a map sparring, can I ask you to wait until we get tired?”

“If that’s the case. Because he gave me good advice.”

I knew this anyway, but since he showed me this much favor, I should return it.

It’s not that difficult.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Leonor giggled.

I smiled too.

—-

It was about forty minutes later that the carriage stopped.

“Arrived, princess.”

The man in charge of the coachman knocked on the wall of the carriage.

“Yes. Thank you for your hard work, Fel. Come on, let’s go out.”

The door opened, and a coachman called Fel greeted the princess as she got out of the carriage.

“So. This is my villa, also known as the Rose House. How about it?”

Leonor pointed to the building behind her as if showing off.

To be honest, the name sounds like a whorehouse.

…But I can’t answer like that.

“It’s bigger than I thought.”

“That’s because the knights need this much space to train.”

It was a place that I thought should have been called a training center or barracks rather than a villa.

Between two buildings facing each other, there is a spacious parade ground.

One was a simple rectangular two-story building, probably for female knights.

The design is not flashy, but it looks rather sophisticated.

The windows lined up on one side of the wall were also plain, without any special decoration.

On the other hand, the mansion opposite was quite luxurious, perhaps for Princess Leonor.

The marble walls were painted a rose color, and the roof spires and arched pillars showed off their formative beauty.

Next to it, there was even a small garden with roses in full bloom.

As Leonor said, there were very few people walking around.

Two female knights saluting towards us from afar. This may be a nickname, but the man was called Fel.

And…there are four people inside the mansion. Are you going to have servants?

Following the man’s guidance, I headed into the mansion.

“Can sparring be held in the private training room inside the mansion?”

“If it’s a narrow place, it might break a little.”

Even a stone wall will crumble with one hit.

“Hmm. That will be fine. When we built the villa, we dug up the entire basement and turned it into a training room.”

“It would be okay if it was that wide.”

A one-story basement.

This means that it is a building built with the foundation itself buried deep in the ground.

In that case, this villa can be said to be semi-hagi.

Could it be the most expensive semi-basement building in the empire?

—-

The training room was surprisingly comfortable.

I thought it would have the humid air or musty smell typical of a basement. Magic is really useful.

A large space that appears to be about a hundred meters long.

The walls and ceiling on all sides seemed to have been plastered with granite, with black patterns dotted on the white rock.

At this rate, there is no need to worry about damage.

The only ones who came here were me, Nigel, and Leonor.

At Leonor’s order, the man who seemed to be Fel went back, and she forbade the entry of others.

Nigel’s role was to prepare for any untoward incident.

“Can we start right away?”

Leonor unsheathed her longsword, leaned it against the wall, and picked up two wooden longswords.

I guess I wasn’t planning on wearing armor, so I was just wearing my riding clothes.

I also laid out my sword and armor on one side of the wall. Even gloves and shin pads.

Everything except the cloth top and leather pants.

It would be funny if there was a bare body over there without any armor, and I was wearing no armor.

“Yes. I’m ready.”

I picked up the wooden sword handed to me by Leonor and brought it in front of my eyes.

Just like Nigel back then.

Did you say this was an example of an article?

“Hashar Median Aishangior, the owner of the Median family.”

okay. I wanted to try it at least once. Honestly, it was cool.

What is it? It’s like a man’s romance.

Leonor responded with the same courtesy.

“Chief of the Order of the Rosy Cross. Leonor Wittelsbach. Please, please take care of me!”

After finishing speaking, Leonor rushed forward like a wild beast.