Chapter 8 – Training, Sparring (3)
The Dalian ended in disarray.
Was it because I used a lot of mana in a single clash, or was it because my sister was mad at me?
Either way, it was because the aspect of sparring later led to close-range combat.
I use sunspots as much as possible——for example, I give [Reflection], [Slipperiness], And [Flexibility] To the sunspots to block my sister’s attacks, and when I attack, I attack from an angle that can never be hit by [Paralysis], And [ I somehow protracted the battle by granting a “Hit” And attacking by surprise.
In the end, it was a battle that could not be won if it led to close combat, so it ended with my surrender.
He attacked very persistently, so I was a little scared.
I asked if it was because of the surprise attack.
“What… ? … ! It’s okay!”
He said, ‘Isn’t it kicking my shin?
Of course, I don’t know why I’m angry, but…
I’m ashamed of myself and I don’t know what to do, but are you angry that I took advantage of that opportunity and attacked you? It’s kind of like asking honestly.
In times like these, it’s sometimes better to close your eyes and pretend you don’t know.
Anyway.
No matter how much I lost, there was no effective hit at all. When I looked at my sister’s condition, she was very fine.
No. Of course, your body will be fine. As long as it’s not lacking in blood, it’s a high-ranking vampire who’s practically immortal. I mean, that, your sister’s tights.
Yes tights. I deliberately pierced it with a thorn made by adding “Sharpness” Or “Sharpness” To the “Black line”—That is, the line connecting the black dots on purpose.
Why am I fine…
I know why. It must be because it’s obviously fantasy-like, something processed. It’s an auto-recovery feature…
Still, regret is regret.
Perhaps feeling that my eyes were staring at her again, the older sister, who was still stabbing her shin with the tip of her toe, looked up.
“Why?”
“No…”
If you ask me why my tights don’t tear and stay fine, how would I answer?
Shall I blush and be ashamed? Or will he calmly brag about how great his clothes are?
Probably the former
And I wanted to see my sister blush, so I asked with the most blunt face—- as if asking something insignificant.
“I stabbed it a lot to tear it on purpose, but the clothes didn’t tear.”
“Huh? It has an auto-recovery feature… , Uh?”
When I asked as if it was nothing, my sister, who had been answering like it was nothing, cut off her words, opened her eyes wide, and glanced at me.
Her cheeks, ears, and neck all turned red.
“Mu-mu-mu, what are you talking about?”
I guess it’s my older sister’s habit of pretending not to hear when she’s embarrassed.
So I lowered my back, grabbed my older sister who was trembling and walking backwards, and whispered in her ear.
“I tried to tear my clothes, but it’s a pity it didn’t.”
“… Hick!”
Puck!
Pushed away It doesn’t hurt, but when I pushed it with superior strength, I couldn’t stand it and was pushed away.
“Nu, nuna, say something like that. Can’t use it!”
As if to cover her breasts, she wrapped her arms in front of her chest and crouched down with her arms crossed.
… It’s not like you don’t know that doing it in full body tights is meaningless.
And.
+++++
Leticia Chepes
…
Status: excited. Pleasure. Unrest.
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Because this is too cheaty.
My sister seems to be trying hard to hide her feelings, but she can’t.
But how do you really raise your affinity level to 70, that one?
Every time I see it, I just sigh.
Only a month and a few days left. Within that time, I had to do something about my sister.
*
Even after that, I sparred with my sister every day or every other day. It was also to make use of my own combat experience, and also to increase exchanges with my sister.
And one thing.
After getting the headship back from my sister and returning to the head of Cepes, I started doing administrative work as well.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to do it properly, but my body remembers things, and I was able to adapt quickly, probably because my body is so smart.
Adapting doesn’t mean I’ve gotten better, I just do it because I have to.
Besides, Daisy helped me, so it’s a little more comfortable. No matter how much she is the daughter of the Wu family, she is from a family worth every count.
Since she was Black Wood, who was not only loyal to Chepes in name, but had officially served him for hundreds of years, there was no way she would send her low-level children to Chepes.
In other words, Daisy was a competent talent.
In addition, since all the simple repetitive labor was done by a ghoul maid and a ghoul butler, Daisy, who had nothing to do other than helping me by my side, was happy to help me with my work.
It seemed that he genuinely liked helping me.
Mmm.
And until now, I hadn’t paid much attention to it, but the agent was doing well on behalf of me as the lord of the estate.
I heard that Chepes has been using talented administrators as lord representatives for generations, is that true? I said that the lord’s deputy was from Blackwood.
Blackwood. How far can he be sincere towards Cepes…
The reason why Chepesch didn’t take care of the manor was obvious. He needs to understand human physiology and think about humans in order to run a normal territory, but isn’t Chepesch just a vampire?
It is also one of the three most noble families.
It might not have been a big deal, such as a battle with other territories, but it seemed like he was sick of each territory.
It might be a good idea to collect taxes. Unlike vampires, who are full of nutrients if they only drink blood when they are really hungry, humans need to eat well.
I don’t know what standard to set up the gnostic law. It is ultimately up to the lord, Chepes, to judge and punish the territories who have broken the law, but Chepesch did not know if he would judge how great a sin this human had committed by human standards.
So, no matter what I tried to do, I ran into difficulties, and it was already hundreds of years ago that I called someone from Blackwood, a family I could trust.
Only now, Chepesu understands humans to some extent, and he can act as a lord even without an acting lord…
Since it is a custom that has been going on for hundreds of years, it is said that they did not change it, but changed it to receive a report from the deputy lord every day, unlike before.
You don’t have to worry that the deputy lord may lie. Blackwood’s people who shared a blood oath cannot lie to Chepesch.
So every day, as the head of household——to be honest, there’s nothing special. After seeing the level of checking whether the money management is going well—after sparring with my sister, hearing the report from the deputy lord, I call Daisy to the room.
That kind of routine was repeated for days.
Even though he is nervous about attacking his sister quickly, he is stressed by the unchanging results.
I couldn’t show it in front of my sister, so I just kept my mouth shut. By the time such things pile up day by day.
Assistant manager Yeongju came.
“Meet the master of the night, the head of the great Chepes.”
To be honest, that greeting is a little burdensome. He cringes
“Sit down.”
“Yes.”
The 「Patriarch」 Trait is a higher rank of the 「Noble」 Trait.
When I open the status window, the fact that I am the head of Chepes is the highest modifier for my status, so only 「Head of household」 Appears, but in reality, the duke of the empire, the lord of the territory of Chepes, and other minor characteristics will be attached.
Here, ‘Cepesh’ in ‘Chepesu’s head’ refers to a vampire, and ‘Cepesu’ in ‘Lord of the Cepesu Territory’ refers to a castle bestowed by the empire.
Since he was given the title of the Empire, the Empire boasted that he made the surname Chepesch a nobleman’s surname, which means that Chepesche as a vampire and Chepesche as an aristocrat are distinguished.
Recognizing in the status window that he was the head of the vampire Chepes, not Imperial Duke Chepesch, as the highest modifier and writing only this in the status window, the fact that Chepeshu was a member of the other three great families in the society of outsiders including vampires—Nosferatu and Dracul It tells us that he is in a higher position than Leah.
It’s been a long chat, but anyway…
[Nobility], Which is a sub-characteristic of [Head of a household], Also has [Dignity] And [Nobleness], So after getting the headship back from my sister, in public meetings other than my sister and Daisy, an aristocratic attitude comes out without my knowledge.
Like now.
When I deal with the person from Blackwood who visits me, I look in the mirror and see a cold, cold man staring into the mirror.
Is this me? It’s so different from the usual me. When my sister saw me like this, he blushed.
Anyway. As I was about to finish my thoughts, the deputy lord sitting across from me cautiously opened his mouth.
“The estate next door recently… , So there is a constant conflict on the border with Haley’s estate.”
“Hmm.”
He roughly nodded. I meant to say more.
By the way, Haley?
“Yes. … It’s been about two months since the first dispute broke out, but I didn’t dare to report it because the lord was ill.”
“After I return?”
“Because it was quiet for a while, I thought the situation was resolved by recognizing the warning from our side and backing off. Sorry.”
“No. This can be happen. … Haley.”
“Yes. “
Where did you hear…
I heard the name somewhere, so I thought about it. I’m sure you heard it somewhere.
Hailey… Hailey…
Ah.
“Christina Haley.”
The female lead, Luna Taylor’s cousin and helper.
I heard that Luna was the only woman who stood by her side when she was bullied by the noble ladies in her academy at the initiative of her sister.
Maybe it’s because my older sister in the other world sucks in the corner of the room and even likes lilies, so she asked me to draw Christina and Luna with her GL water, so I knew who it was.
By the way, a dispute?
“Is our territory weak?”
“It can’t be! Cepes is one of only seven dukes in the empire. Other ducal families have changed owners several times, but never like Chepes. The estates are richer than anywhere else in the empire. Chepesch is…”
Guess who isn’t from Blackwood, praise Chepesch again. If I leave it like this, I will talk for over 30 minutes, so I decided to hang up.
“So Haley is high enough to look down on us?”
“No. The Hailey family also goes to the same count as Blackwood. We were Marquess, so we’re probably worse off than Blackwood in terms of actual impact. It is not particularly rich.”
“Then what do you think is the reason?”
“I heard that there is a lot of confusion within the Hailey family recently due to the issue of succession. Perhaps the starving ones take advantage of the chaos and act as thieves.”
“Right.”
After nodding his head, saying he understood roughly, and conveying good work to the deputy lord, Haley ordered the estate to send a warning letter one more time, and told him to go back.
It was a bit pity to see a reputed county from Blackwood go home hunched over.
But you’re doing it because you like it…
I asked if he had any complaints before, and he said he came because he applied.
It was also because he wanted to come to Chepes since he was young, so he was sent to stand out within the family, from administrative work to all sorts of small things.
So, did Blackwood send someone who excelled in all fields to work in another estate?
…
I wondered what would happen if I went there later.
I think going will be a hassle, so let’s send my sister.
*
Count Hailey’s family had been living every day for the past half year, with no quiet day.
After the sudden death of Count Hayley, his two sons have been greedily feeding themselves, while his youngest daughter has been feeding herself by going back and forth between her two brothers.
Even her Countess, scorning Christina Haley, who genuinely cares about Countess Haley and her Haley estate—probably because Christina is not her only daughter, rumors have spread among her employees—her sons and daughters. They were pushing them from behind her.
Cristina, in a situation where she has only a few vassals left on her side, she is aiming for the count’s throne, and instead of watching her government affairs, she is struggling every day. Didn’t seem to
In the meantime, her sister, who was half her brother, harassed Christina with her mother on her back as soon as her father, who had been sheltering her, collapsed.
She seemed to be getting exhausted day by day.
Rather, Christina, if she herself had been an illegitimate child, if she had been pushed away from orthodoxy, she would have been sad, but she would not have been unfair.
Rather, the stones that rolled in were the older brother and her younger sister.
Originally, Count Hayley was married to Christina’s mother, but before that, he had twin illegitimate children born one night playing with fire.
While keeping it a secret, after marrying the mother of a famous author, Christina, and giving birth to her daughter, Christina, he secretly took the mother of her illegitimate child as his mistress.
Cristina’s mother was against her way, so she was not accepted as a concubine and left as a mistress, but Count Haley seemed to regret it in her heart.
However, how can a partner who played with fire all night compare with a wife who is the daughter of a marquess who loves her sincerely.
Countess Haley cared and loved Christina and her mother with all her heart.
Unfortunately, her mother died young, though Earl Hayley remarried him, the mother of her illegitimate son, the woman of a suburban writer.
She was dearer to her count than Christina at least; she had never hated her father.
But.
As much as this moment, she hated her father.
She hated her, but there was nothing she could do, so she swallowed her tears and stayed up all night in her office to protect the county and the estate with her vassals.
Soon she has to leave for her academy. What should I do at that time? Such worries covered her eyes, but she was immediately struck by what was right in front of her eyes, and she did not have time to even think about it.
Just like that, when Christina was dying day by day, a document was delivered to her manor.
『Notice from the lord of Chepes.
The lord of Hailey ignored the request for cooperation from the lord of lord of chevesu twice, even though he had the duty to investigate the disputes that occurred in the borders of the lord of zepesu sufficiently and faithfully, and then ignored the lord of zepesz’s warning. .
This was the last step in trampling on the good will of Lord Chepes, who was considerate of Lord Hailey, so Lord Chepes will visit Hailey in person to protest against this a week later.
At a visit a week later, if he can’t find an acceptable and satisfactory answer, Chepes will retaliate against Hailey with the red raven’s flag. 』
Looking at the paper full of direct rhetoric without the rhetoric peculiar to aristocrats.
Cristina thought she might pass out.
