Chapter 38 – Emil’s Heart
“Ranell! So what happened?”
“I’m curious too.”
In the end, Shio and Erina, unable to contain their curiosity, raided my room and asked me what happened yesterday.
Since I didn’t have anything to hide, let’s start with Aya in estrus attacking me and then tell her that I tricked her with a brooch.
Shio and Erina, who were listening with serious expressions at first, began to suppress their laughter as they listened to the story, and when they explained what had happened earlier, they burst out laughing.
“Push!! “How can he eat something and then not remember it?”
“Phew… I guess it’s just true nature taking over reason.”
Well, even to me, it seems a bit absurd.
I tried this once to see if it would work, but I was shocked because it really did not work.
After all, is it Danto or Danto?
“But it didn’t work out, did it?”
“Yes?”
“Of course, we don’t have much to eat, but if Aya had been invaded, we wouldn’t have really had enough.”
As expected, Shio was probably uncomfortable with the fact that he was sharing me with someone else.
“Well, I’m glad it’s because Aya-gong was simple.”
“It’s okay because it ends well.”
“Well, you can say that!”
After gathering the equipment we had prepared, we all headed outside together.
As if to explain what yesterday’s sparring was like, the lawn was especially mowed in the area where Emil and I fought, creating a strange shape.
As I was chatting with Shio and Erina, I saw Emil slowly coming from behind with a sword.
After Emil came, Aya also came out to the backyard, and Emil and I stood in opposite directions and slowly drew our swords and pointed at each other.
“Then I will throw the leaf, and it begins the moment the leaf falls to the ground.”
“Okay.”
-Whisk!
When I threw the leaf, it briefly floated in the wind and then slowly began to fall to the ground, fluttering like rags.
-Tuk.
The moment the leaves fell, I felt as if the world had stopped for a moment, so I wrapped my entire body in mana, spread out my sword, and approached Emil.
Since I was superior in speed, I finished preparations and rushed in before Emil, but Emil seemed to want to go heavy from the start and prepared a response with a holy sword that shined brighter than usual.
-Sigh.
-Pakang!
When the sword clad in purple steel collided with the sword clad in holy power, sparks flew from the blade and the sound of metal clashing was heard.
The holy sword was so strong that even though it was just responding to my sword, it felt like the blade was shaking, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly as if it had received the full impact of the sword hitting it.
I wanted to give my trembling hands a rest, but it seems that Emil wasn’t the one who returned my sword.
The sword was blocked, and she stepped back to increase the distance, but instead she came forward and swung the sword as she was holding it with both hands.
-Sweet!
Unlike me, who focused on speed, the sword focused on strength, so the sword made a sound like a jet engine and made a fast and heavy attack.
Obviously, if I block this attack with my sword, my sword will break.
-Cheekying!
Instead of blocking, I used Emil’s strength as much as possible to let the sword slide to the side so that I fell.
Perhaps because the blades collided, as the blades moved downward, sparks flew from the blades and an ear-piercing sound rang out, but it was okay.
As I let the sword slide to my side, I was looking underneath my sword and was in a perfect position to slash upward…
-Puck!
“Oops! Oh, my!”
“This is what you taught me yesterday.”
Yesterday, I showed him a situation where he couldn’t use the sword right away by using his feet or fists instead of the sword he used during the sparring with Emil, and he had already learned this and was using it against me.
When the fist hit my stomach, I felt like all the oxygen in my lungs was being drained, but I came back to my senses and tried to take a back step backwards.
Emil, who had already begun to take control of the battle, stubbornly stayed close to me every time I retreated, preventing me from regaining my stance.
Soon, he got too close to me, so his feet accidentally got tangled, and his body’s balance began to fall backwards, leaving a large gap.
“Line-dono!”
“Rine!”
-Sweet!
-Puck!
Before the sword that was trying to cut me reached me, I completely flipped my body backwards and kicked the hand that Emil was holding with my foot, causing the sword to change its path.
I definitely kicked the sword enough to send it flying somewhere else, but perhaps because I wasn’t in the right posture, I couldn’t blow it away, and all I did was change the path of the sword.
Soon, the holy sword stuck to the floor next to me, who had fallen, and before Emil could pull the sword out, he pushed it away with his foot and got out from under it.
“Whoa… It was dangerous.”
“Rine. “As expected, it’s amazing.”
They raised their swords again, raised them to each other, and took their stance once again, showing all respect as knights.
I brought the hand holding the sword towards my body and pulled the other hand as much as possible to compress the muscle.
As soon as I stretched out my feet, the muscles that were strained in a low posture exploded and flew away like a cannonball.
-Shhh!
Because it is a thin sword compared to the Emil, when it cuts through the wind, it makes a sound like oxygen coming in from a vacuum, rather than a sound like the wind is being torn apart.
It wasn’t as fast as her mother had shown her in the past, but she hit it fast enough to hear something explode behind her.
-Whisk! Chang!
“Ugh!”
-Boom!
I blocked it with the side of the holy sword, probably trying to take advantage of my sword’s unbreakable nature, but it flew backwards with a popping sound.
***
Ah… I lost again.
I was able to win this time, but a wrong choice at a critical moment led to defeat.
However, I would definitely have felt bad if I had lost, but I felt relieved because all the emotions I felt earlier had disappeared through sparring.
Leene came to me while I was lying down and stretched out her hand.
Looking at this, it was like a knight I saw in a fairy tale long ago.
Was it just a feeling of admiration that made my heart pound just by looking at it?
I slowly got up, holding on to Line’s soft yet warm hand.
As she stood up, the faint smell of her sweat tickled her nose, perhaps because her line was standing right in front of her.
She doesn’t like the smell of sweat, but Line’s sweat smelled particularly different.
Come to your senses.
Why am I smelling a woman’s scent and thinking about whether it’s good or bad?
It’s just that all sweat smells the same. Of course, men’s sweat is different.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“It’s a shame… But it was a good match! “I feel like I’m stronger than yesterday?”
“I’m glad you found it helpful.”
Even though I lost, I have no choice but to acknowledge Line’s skills.
When I saw the bright smiling face, rather than feeling irritated, I felt better when Line smiled.
Yes, I’m laughing because I like it because her coworker is laughing.
It’s not strange.
Shall we play around like we always do?
-Wow!
I put her smiling head in her arms and put her in a headlock, pressing her against my side.
Because it’s okay for women to be like this.
“Eh, Emil! Let go of this!”
“So, who would let down their guard and smile brightly after winning in sparring?”
-Wow!
As I gave strength to her arm, Line began to tap my arm with her hand and pull it to ask me to let go.
Of course not!
-Excited… Excited.
Huh?
-Exciting!
It’s strange.
Why is my heart beating so suddenly…?
“Let go of this! “Ahh!”
“Uh, okay.”
As I slowly relaxed my hold on her arm, she opened it with her hand and the frost began to come out.
As her soft black hair passed my arm, Liné stood with her hands on her waist and looked at me with her slightly piercing eyes and said.
“Are you taking revenge for losing in Dalian?”
“It started as a joke. Stop.”
“Please be careful. “I almost crushed her head.”
“Yeah…”
Why does it look cute when her cheeks are slightly puffed out and her lips are sticking out?
Hmm? Women are cute… No, it’s okay to think that way when you look at a man, but what am I to do if you think this way when you look at a woman?
It’s not that she’s cute. It’s just that she’s mistaken because she’s androgynous.
“Rine! “Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Both Prince Linene and Duke Emile were wonderful.”
“As expected, warriors are something different.”
Except for Line, the other colleagues seemed to know that our sparring was over and came closer to us and complimented us on whether it was okay or that it was great.
But why does Shio keep trying to stick next to Lee?
-Kwaak.
[Hey, it hurts! Touch it gently.]
‘I’m… Sorry.’
Yes, since she is a saint, she probably wants to check if she is injured.
“Oh! The numb feeling is gone! Thank you.”
“Hehe… It’s not particularly difficult. “What?”
-Pat, pat.
Line was stroking the head of Shio, who treated her, and praising her.
I’m jealous.
Ah… No, I also want to get treatment quickly.
“Sio. “My hands are numb too, so please give me some treatment!”
“Ha… Yes.”
As Shio healed me with a blue light, her abrasions and muscle pain from the fall disappeared in an instant, and she felt relaxed.
Except that she went to Rine’s side as soon as she finished her treatment.
It seems like Shio is getting too attached to Rine these days.
