Chapter 150 – 43. Lucia and the Underground Arena (2)
The carriage carrying Lucia headed for my mansion. However, the only person who got off there was Eirin.
“Count Julian? Wasn’t sparring held at the mansion?”
Lucia asked in bewilderment. She dozed off in her carriage too. So it seems that she didn’t really hear what I said when I came here in her sleep.
“It’s an ordinary sparring, since the two of us often did it at Loia Hall. I want to do something a little special today.”
Lucia put on a puzzled expression. True to her words, I hired Lucia to replace Yuriel as her swordsman sparring partner.
In an instant, Lucia’s pink pupils widened.
“Okay. It’s not like I’m not satisfied with my skills because I’m not good enough… As expected, replacing Sir Uriel would be difficult.”
The cadets of the Combat Corps knew Uriel well. She is a genius who achieved a 5th rank Aura user in her early twenties.
Besides, he was an official knight of the White Night Knights. Lucia must have admired her too.
‘So there must be a lot of pressure to replace Uriel.’
And I’m afraid she’s not an impoverished heroine. I’m getting anxious soon. Lucia and I are just Pantheon motives. To be honest, it doesn’t matter.
As for the work at the last secret salon. An act done recklessly to avoid an emergency.
However, after that day. The look in her eyes as Lucia looked at me had changed to obvious longing. Although she has a dislike for men because of her biological father, Duke Pedro.
Conversely, when you fall for a man, you are more devastated by emotions than women your age. That’s another player, Lucia.
‘So if you want to use Lucia as the party’s main dealer. It needs close attention.’
If it is Lucia who has completed her growth, she can unleash firepower that surpasses Rosette and Chloe. But her pink hair seems to tell. Her Lucia has a label attached to her handling.
Even now, it was the look in my eyes that I was afraid of being abandoned by me.
‘Still, I am confident that she will grow well. Because I sewed her first button well.’
I responded calmly to her Lucia’s words.
“Not like that. If your skills weren’t enough, I suggested it to other cadets. It’s okay to have confidence.
“Confidence… That, I see!”
I calmed her down once her. Fortunately, at my words, her face immediately widened.
Although she was Lucia who usually had a hard expression like a prosecutor. In front of me, he was like a puppy clinging to his master.
And it wasn’t her empty words to placate her.
In fact, she is only behind Yuriel for now. In fact, her talent with the sword cannot be compared to hers.
Because Lucia has the qualities to become a swordsman of this era.
Grand Master Pedro de Orhein. Her father’s talent was passed on, ironically, to her illegitimate son, Lucia. That blood alone was enough to stimulate my swordsmanship skills.
‘Lucia, who was abandoned by her real father, has the greatest talent. She’s like a joke of fate.’
And with the Reinhardt family. Orha, who is credited with the founding of the empire. That lineage, like Reinhardt, also has a special body different from that of ordinary people.
So, if you tell her the mana that will support her lack of history and her practice method. She’s fast and her skills can skyrocket.
Also, Lucia was a heroine who would be more loyal even if she knew my identity at this point. If you know that my true identity is a demon. Rather, Lucia will fall for me more.
That’s good for me. I, who has the blood of Lucifer, the Demon King. For the demon king title quest after becoming a demon, she needed a reliable follower like Lucia.
‘And Lucia’s ending will be exhausting no matter what other man she gets involved with.’
In other words, it means that it can be a good relationship for each other.
Lucia had her say.
“But you said it was something special. What are you talking about?”
“Dalian is good, but sometimes combat is necessary. Both of them intend to warm up properly.”
“Practice. Ah! Are you referring to the imperial swordsmanship guild?”
Swordsmanship guild. There are gatherings of swordsmen called swordsmanship guilds in various parts of the empire. Although there are those who have been trained as knights since they were young and received systematic training.
If not, enter the swordsmanship guild and learn swordsmanship and mana practice.
‘The cadet representative of the tactical order. Leaf is from the swordsmanship guild.’
In particular, the swordsmanship guild located in the imperial capital is where the headquarters of the famous guilds of the empire are located.
Cadets who are not satisfied with Pantheon’s training receive separate training there again.
“The swordsmanship guild. Half right, half wrong.”
I said, handing a hairpin to Lucia.
“And Lucia, it might be a place you know well.”
After hearing my explanation, Lucia nodded her head as if she understood only then. And I added one more thing.
“At that place, there would be nothing better than practice. Also, it’s boring to swing a sword normally.”
I made a bet with her on what she’s going to do tonight.
***
Within a few weeks, they headed north of the Daeren River. Northern delights.
The destination for me and Lucia was there. Lucia was a little anxious when she didn’t know her destination.
Rather, her expression calmed down as she entered her entertainment district. I feel at ease in the familiar air.
‘A heroine more familiar with the back alleys and the night world…’
So it is also surprising that she has kept her virginity for another year after coming of age. But. Because of the chastity she cherished so much, the routes of exhaustion became more diverse when playing as Lucia.
Fortunately, I took that purity.
And more than Lucia chose me as the man to give her heart to. It means that the risk of impoverished routes has gone down a little.
In fact, Lucia’s fate grade recorded in the system is still A+. She didn’t change to D or Y rank like last time.
‘But that might also be temporary.’
I’m gentle and serious in front of Lucia. But she was playing a northern sweet guy who was kind to women.
In other words, the antithesis of the flippant southern man Lucia loathes. So, although Lucia’s admiration for me might be able to suppress her negative feelings…
Of course, what is important is the source of Lucia’s devastation. Lucia had to be freed from that source.
‘Lucia’s biological mother. I got dumped after being a one-night stand with Duke Pedro.’
Lucia’s biological mother was neither a street woman nor a commoner. She is the daughter of a countess with a lot of history in the south.
But Duke Pedro only quelled her one night lust against her. Abandoned Lucia’s biological mother, who was pregnant with a child of her own.
Because Duke Pedro was already married.
Unlike the ecliptic, the South is conservative. It was a time when there was no Medica Elixir. Naturally, Lucia’s birth mother became a disgrace to the family. Although her father, the Earl, forced her to commit suicide.
Lucia’s biological mother who could not give up her child in her belly. She ran away from the Countess. A young lady from an aristocratic family who had never even had a drop of water on her hand.
So, life after that was exhaustion itself.
Her biological mother and Lucia, who have been living in the slums by flowing. It was only when her mother died of illness that Lucia learned the truth about her own father.
And Lucia came to hate her biological father, Duke Pedro.
‘What is the driving force behind Lucia’s life? Because it was all about revenge against Duke Pedro.’
So Lucia and my interests coincided. I give her the strength to avenge her. She can be my sword
And Duke Pedro is their common enemy.
The Sentiac Knights, who will be the biggest enemies of the Empire and Essenmund in Part 2 of Demon King’s Death. And the Byrea Mercenary Corps.
Because the owner who moved the two forces was Duke Pedro. Even he is a grand master.
‘That’s why Lucia has to be my sparring opponent.’
The fact that Duke Pedro was able to become a grand master following Wilhelm’s change. The fastest attack that no opponent can stop. And because there was a perfect counter.
It meant that Lucia could serve as a textbook for dealing with that Duke Pedro. Because her talent surpasses her father’s, Lucia.
“Then let’s go in.”
Lucia nodded her head. The two stopped for a moment in front of a building in the entertainment district.
And even though this place is an entertainment district, the name of the swordsmanship guild was written on the signboard of the building.
[Niorungen Swordsmanship Guild Social Club]
A building masquerading as an ordinary social club. However, it was not an ordinary place as it was located in the entertainment district.
The two entered the basement of the building.
***
A security guard stopped the two at the entrance to the basement.
“This is not a place anyone can enter. Since it is a membership-based social club, you cannot enter unless you show your pass.”
Lucia and I showed him the pass. The pass was obtained through the Southern Golden Sun and Fabian, who were also regulars of the entertainment district.
“This. I had an entry pass. For a moment. Are you going to participate as a player, not as a spectator? Is this the first face you see?
The guard looked at the two men suspiciously. He checked the name of the swordsmanship guild written on the pass.
“And the Suderborn Swordsmanship Guild. It’s the first swordsmanship guild I’ve heard of here.”
“Essenmund, there is a swordsmanship guild in Reinheim. It must be unfamiliar since it hasn’t been long since I started there.”
“Hmm. He was a northern country boy. Then what It’s nothing strange.”
It was natural for the guard to react this way. The Suderborn Swordsmanship Guild is a false guild that I made up on the fly. So, no one in Island would have heard of that name.
Besides, the two of them are now disguised. I am a man with a vague impression by using the dream demon attribute, the nature of dreams.
Lucia changed his hair color to blonde with a magic tool I gave him, a hairpin.
‘Because pink hair stands out too much.’
What the two will do from now on is something that is forbidden for cadets. Disguise was essential. The guard opened the door for once.
“What. Still, we need participants who have to lay the groundwork for the tournament. Come in.”
Beyond the door was a long, dark hallway. The interlude moment. Lucia said to me.
“This is a place I’ve been to a few times while helping Carmen, the madam of the secret salon. I’ve run into that security guard a couple of times. He didn’t recognize me at all.”
Lucia now has blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked like a completely different person just by hiding his impressive pink hair and eyes.
“The hairpin I gave you is a magic tool, so its performance is certain. It would be nice to wear that hairpin when I go to work in the future.”
“Nice… Hairpin. It must be expensive, but thank you for giving me this. Count Julian.”
It would be difficult for Lucia to be expelled from the school if she was caught entering and exiting the entertainment district. In that sense, it was a magic tool given to me.
But Lucia seems to really like the hairpin I gave her. She was fiddling with the butterfly hairpin.
“Blonde and blue eyes… Um… Isn’t my face weird?”
And then she asked me, her face reddening again.
She hasn’t looked in the mirror yet. Only a glimpse of her changed hair color was visible, but Lucia did not confirm her own change.
“Even if the scabbard changes, the value of a good sword does not change. It’s not strange.”
Isn’t it an atmosphere that is openly pretty? She said so But when Lucia realized that what I was saying was a compliment, she blushed even more.
“The changed hair color…It’s fortunate that it’s blonde just in time. And blue eyes…”
And she seemed even more delighted when she realized that she was a blonde like me.
Soon the two arrived inside the underground social club. It’s underground, but it’s quite spacious. And in the middle of the space, there was a stage that could be called a ring.
“As expected, the underground arena is popular. There are so many people even on weekdays.”
It was as Lucia said. This is an underground arena created by the swordsmanship guild to make extra money.
“I heard that this place is quite popular. So the players you’re going to play against must be worth it.”
And the two of us were going up here tonight as players in the arena.
