Chapter 23 – Victoria (2)
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Nassen caressed the wounds that hadn’t healed yet. It was an ugly scar drawn in a straight line around the belly. These are the scars left when Lina cut her body in half.
“He lived and died.”
“I was too careless. Nassen. Buhiik.”
“I’m not caught off guard. That blonde haired bitch is filthy strong.”
Nassen still couldn’t forget. A sword attack rushing towards oneself. The level of swordsmanship at that age was unbelievably high.
“Are they really there?”
“Nine times out of ten, I’m sure. They’ll definitely come. You can tell by looking in their eyes. Aren’t they crazy for revenge?”
“Buhiik! Buhiik! Those familiar eyes. It’s fun to kill those guys.”
More than anything else, if Rina and the others didn’t show up, Nassen would be in trouble too.
Seal of the White Witch.
Although those bitches pretended not to know, they must have had the White Witch’s Sealing Orb. There is no way the beads will disappear on their own because they have legs.
“Revenge is not yours alone.”
It’s been a long time since I’ve been humiliated like this. The wound from the blonde hair still throbs. The new leg was still awkward to move.
“Nassen. We’ve finally arrived at the castle where our next goal is.”
You can see a castle that looks quite large in the distance. There must be many people living in it. In the meantime, it would be nice if all the villagers were sacrificed.
“It’s been a while. It’s been a while. It’s been a while. But how do I confirm that those bitches are here?”
When Lina and Natasha are here, they cannot be ignored. Countermeasures should also be prepared for this. No more failures are acceptable. There is a limit to deceiving the eyes of superiors.
Nassen used witchcraft to hypnotize the patrolling guards. And they brought them to where they were. What followed, of course, was brutal torture.
It causes your arms and legs to rot and hallucinations. I even stabbed myself to the point of not dying.
“Quaaaaagh! If you’re an unusual blonde woman, you must have been here a few days ago! Please…Please save me!”
The guard begged, wriggling like a caterpillar on the floor. Got the necessary information.
“Were you here too?”
I thought I might have come first because I was a little late to treat my wounds. And now I realize that there is no chance of winning head-to-head.
“Damn it. If it wasn’t for that man who suddenly appeared… I wouldn’t have suffered like this.”
A man who appeared with a Molotov cocktail while aiming for a counterattack with Ghouls.
The game has completely changed because of that insignificant man. If you’re weak, you’ll be sacrificing yourself.
Nassen pondered for a long time on how to complete the assassination mission.
Furuku was a pig whose only thoughts were eating, so this was entirely her own business.
Looking around, Furuku saw the guard crawling on the floor and was drooling.
“What? You haven’t eaten yet?”
“Because I didn’t tell you to eat it. Buhiik.”
“At times like this, you needlessly listen. That’s enough. You can eat it because you don’t need it anymore.”
“No, no! Save me!”
“I will eat well! Buhiik!”
Uggs-uggs-
Nassen had a good idea as he heard the pleasant screams.
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‘Why me?’
Of course, sparring with the captain of the guard is a sparring conducted safely with wooden swords. However, wooden swords for sparring also have iron cores and hurt when hit.
Even in sparring, you may be seriously injured. You could die if you got it wrong.
Unlike superhumans like Natasha, who recover intact after being hit with an iron bat, Kerry was an ordinary person.
“Seobang-nim… Are you worried about Dalian?”
“…You know Natasha. I’m weak.”
It’s still a word.
“Then you can just say you don’t want to do it?”
How great would it be if you could do that? However, it is hard to pretend not to know when she sees Lina, who is full of thoughts of saving Victoria.
Although it wouldn’t come close to Natasha, who doesn’t know anything.
“If Seo-Bang-nim doesn’t like it, you don’t have to. Even if Rina-nim is uncomfortable, I’m there. She’s Victoria or she’s dying or not. She’s the first woman I’ve seen today .”
Well, Victoria is definitely the first woman I see today. She had nothing to do with Kerry.
If Lina hadn’t wanted to save Victoria, she and I wouldn’t have gone this far. Natasha will be fine. Because I don’t know anything
But what happened cannot be undone. I didn’t want to disappoint Lina by coming now.
In the end, Kerry had no choice but to head to the gymnasium where Lina was waiting.
Lina stood in the middle of her gymnasium. The figure of Lina standing in the middle of her gymnasium with her blond hair tied back was a painting in itself.
“You’re here. I’ve been waiting for you. Mr. Kerry.”
“Yes. A little late, right?”
I needed time to prepare my mind. Fortunately, the bet with Victoria was pushed back two weeks.
It was thanks to Lina asking for her time, saying it was a sudden couple.
Thanks to that, I was able to avoid getting a bowl of porridge right away. Kerry had asked Victoria out of her resentment.
[Why are you folding?]
[Because that looks fun.]
Pestilence. Victoria is said to be a former colleague of the hero, but her aristocracy is also delicious. If she wasn’t pretty, she would have insulted her inwardly.
Anyway, that’s why training with Lina started.
Incidentally, I hadn’t had a chance to properly learn swordsmanship during the two years I was in a different world. It was hard to even get a meal.
Somehow he found an old sword and lived by begging for it.
Although he developed his skills against monsters in his own way for two years, it is questionable whether he can call it swordsmanship.
Tack-Tack-Tack!
Two wooden swords collide. I rushed at Lina with all my might, but I couldn’t even create an opening.
‘Maybe I don’t have any talent for swordsmanship.’
Okay. I have no intention of wielding a sword in a different world. All you need is magic.
“Your sword is quite clunky.”
“…There was no one to teach me swordsmanship, so I learned it by myself.”
Although he occasionally heard advice on how to hold a knife or how to cut well, from adventurers who were good at killing.
“Yes. It seemed that way. But after learning it on my own, it’s not bad.”
“…”
Is it really not that bad? Could it be that I also had a talent for swordsmanship!
But she knew that wasn’t the case when she saw the expression on Victoria’s face as she was watching us.
I could see Victoria shaking her head at Lina’s praise.
‘Cheer up, Lina said her empty words.’
Well, if I had a talent for swordsmanship, wouldn’t I have been a better adventurer?
Two years isn’t a short time.
“The sword is clunky, but it pierces its own loopholes well. But…”
Lina cut her off and started pushing me. Even though I never let go of the wooden sword as if I was adjusting my strength, I was being pushed with only my skills.
It was when I brought the sword to block Lina’s wooden sword. Lina’s sword wrapped around my wooden sword, and before I knew it, her wooden sword was pointed at my neck.
“…Swords for actual combat are good, but there are many skills that you can’t help but be defeated if you don’t know swordsmanship.”
“How did you just do that?”
“It’s not a difficult skill than it looks. Rather, it’s more like a small skill. But it’s also a skill that’s hard to block for someone who doesn’t know swordsmanship. And it’s a skill Kerry-sama needs to learn from me in the future.”
“Am I?”
“Yes. Two weeks is not a long time to learn swordsmanship. It’s such a short time. Of course, I’ll try to raise the basic skills as much as possible in the meantime, but it’s better to have at least one hidden trump card.”
A trump card. Victoria is watching all of that trump card right now.
“You don’t have to care about her. She’s just for fun anyway, and she doesn’t do anything cowardly.”
Lina seemed to think highly of her Victoria, but Victoria didn’t look very pretty to me.
Who am I suffering for?
‘But learning swordsmanship from Lina isn’t bad.’
She didn’t know much about swordsmanship, but it was clear that if she was Lina, she would be a skilled person who wouldn’t be outdone anywhere.
The opportunity to systematically learn swordsmanship from an excellent swordsman like Lina would be a very expensive tutoring in terms of money.
“I was worried at first, but I also thought that this opportunity turned out well. It’s not bad for Kerry to improve her skills.”
“If you think positively, then yes.”
It would have been easier to think positively if it weren’t for Victoria, who was still grinning in the corner of the gymnasium.
“And most of all, you follow me better than I thought. I don’t think the experience of working as an adventurer was in vain.”
“It’s nice to hear that.”
Anyway, we have to defeat the guard chief. That way things will go smoothly in the future.
‘It wouldn’t be bad to learn it as a self-defense technique.’
Swordsmanship meant just that much to Kerry. Kerry preferred magic over sweaty swordsmanship.
It was the time when Lina’s swordsmanship tutoring continued. Victoria, who was watching with a soft smile from the corner of her gymnasium, sneaks up on her. What. What’s up?
Victoria’s playful expression on her childish expression was only felt uneasy.
“Did what I see bother you?”
“No.”
Lina said she quickly said no, but I didn’t answer.
“…”
Although Lina poked her elbow and said no, she did. Victoria laughed a little as if it was funny.
“As expected, it was uncomfortable for me to see. Whoops. But there’s no need to hide her skills.”
“?”
What kind of nonsense is this again? You’ve seen me break up with Lina so far, but you’re hiding her skills.
Victoria laughed again as she looked at Kerry, who gave her a bewildered expression. He was also a fun guy.
‘How can you hide your skills so well even with a half-joking bet? He’s a thorough man. At first glance, I think I’m a real beginner.’
Victoria assumed that Kerry was hiding her skills when she saw her break up with Lina.
Victoria’s misguided expectations made Kerry increasingly difficult.
‘No. I can’t really fight! I’m not pretending to be bad!’
First of all, I am not a savage medieval.
Even Victoria would have held her sword before she grew up, and so would Lina and Natasha.
But Kerry saw her hold her sword for the first time she came to this world. How could a Kerry like that beat those who had been holding her sword since she was born? I’m really excited.
“You feel uncomfortable even hiding your skills, so it would be rude for me to stay here any longer. I’ll just let you go. I look forward to a fun match.”
Victoria walked away with her meaningful smile. Lina was silent, then she said with a smile.
“I have no choice but to work harder. A prosecutor who hid his skills.”
“…Lina-sama.”
As Victoria left her gymnasium, she laughed amusedly. Seeing Victoria smile happily for the first time in a while, her escort driver asked next to her.
“What are you so excited about?”
“Isn’t it fun? That Kerry.”
“I don’t know… Isn’t he just an ordinary guy? If he catches his eye, rather, the women around him stand out.”
“That’s why it’s fun.”
“Yes?”
“My father always told me. People are smart and don’t sincerely follow those who are less than themselves.”
“That seems right.”
“But what about that Kerry guy? Is that man superior to the women around him? To be honest, I still don’t know. But those girls are following Kerry. Even if the red-haired woman is like that, that Lina is not normal. That kind of strong man secretly relies on that man. I don’t know if he’s conscious.”
“…Certainly there was a sense that the man had the upper hand.”
“That’s why this guy named Kerry is funny.”
Victoria’s steps were light. It’s like a god.
‘I won’t be bored for a while.’
She was Victoria, who smiled at the thought of Kerry.
