Chapter 271 – 27. Heaven in the Heart (1)
The podium erected really high, perhaps for the purpose of acting as a temporary arena or an execution stand, was therefore a special seat. It was reserved exclusively for Henrietta LeBlanc, who was restrained in extravagant clothes in a fancy chair. Even though no one cared about her well-being until now.
“Oliver and Kenneth, the parties to the dueling trial in Somerset clashed in this distant eastern Gaul!”
“How much more, behind them are the Crown Prince and Duke LeBlanc.”
“This is a complete miniature version of the Gallic War.”
The duel that made them sweat in their hands soon spread to a fight between the three strong men who transcended common sense. As a result, the spectators and spectators beyond the crystal ball cheered. While trying to somehow keep up with their battle as they clash without leaving even afterimages.
“Wow, are those really people?”
“I was ignorant before, but this doesn’t allow comparison. You just keep admiring me.”
“It has no choice but to be. All of them are skills that are counted among the top 10 on the continent. Moreover, there is a saying that a swordsman who has reached a certain level can handle special powers like a wizard. You’re seeing something you’ll never see again in your life.”
Even with a battle right in front of me that I couldn’t see or hear properly, I kept talking. Rather, it made me even more excited about it. Unlike war, which is fatal to the lives of the people, these trials were literally something to see and enjoy.
“But isn’t the baron tired? Why are you fighting so desperately?”
“Hmm, maybe he has a personality that is crazy about women. The way he declared the duchess to be his concubine, and that nobleman seems to be quite revealing.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. Anyway, I don’t usually do that. Besides, look at the impressed expression of Renoir’s courtier. The invincible knight of Lumiere must be fighting for the wise king. Otherwise, there is no reason to ignorantly endure a series of battles.”
Henrietta shook her head at the words someone suddenly uttered. She affirmed now with a heart heavier than her handcuffed and shackled body. She collapsed as she recalled the words of her ex-husband, who had fallen fiercely after her previous bloody battle.
‘No matter how the outcome of today’s trial goes, I will put my strength on keeping you alive as much as possible. What I need is to obliterate Henrietta LeBlanc’s social standing, not to take her innocent life.’
‘My life is already in your hands. Of course, the disposition has no choice but to follow the wishes of the ex-husband. Did you come forward to lead me to the judge just to say that?’
‘Until the trial results come out, we are still legally married. And I don’t want to let the woman who was once her wife continue to tremble in fear, even if it’s the Laura of the Tao. That’s not the Arnaud LeBlanc way.’
Slightly disheveled purple hair blew in the wind. Her eyes, wet with moisture, also had a subtle sheen inside, and shimmered like jewels buried in the seabed. Contrary to her first impression of her as a lowly and humble man, she turned toward a man who sincerely wanted to save me.
‘Then please be at ease. I don’t know what Kenna was talking about, but she’s thinking if things go well, she’ll be hauled out of the country like Veda so she can live out the rest of her life. Perhaps that will be my last greeting to you.’
‘I thought you knew. The fact that I orchestrated the assassination to kill you.’
‘It was a long time ago. I don’t know in what context they brought up such a topic.’
‘Then the prey was right. It’s a sense of distance from you that I’ve been feeling somewhere before. I also realized that she had never given me a chance. She was ashamed of herself for despising a dirty heretic for cheating with her witch.’
Tears dripped glistening under the dazzling sun. Deep in my heart, I felt a certain passion overflowing like a raging wave. He accepted the situation of having to just sit and watch Rom fight harder than any other punishment.
‘I don’t want things to get bigger because of me. However, given the circumstances, it would be strange for me to give up the trial. Maybe they think you put some kind of pressure on them. So please give me a small dagger.’
‘What are you going to use the dagger for?’
‘I will attract attention by saying that I want to call before the event. I’ll admit my guilt there and volunteer to make sure it doesn’t get into trouble for you. Instead, please promise me that you will return the baron’s party safely.’
‘That’s your idea.’
‘May I know that I gave permission?’
Yongmaenggong was a decent man. He was a gentleman who had never raised his voice to me during his short married life. He said he only had one shot, but he was the one who always respected his wife, who tried to kill him. As such, he would be lying if he said he wasn’t surprised by the sudden change.
‘Wake up, Henrietta!’
On the other hand, I also felt guilty. In addition to the fact that the man who was so kind had made me go against it, I faced myself for misinterpreting the baron’s true intentions and insisting on making selfish choices to the end.
‘I’ll be willing to go, so ask for a blade? Is that what her wife says to her husband? Don’t mess around like a know-it-all! Why do you think Baron Ardenne has come this far! Even where I have to risk my life! And have you ever thought about how your brother would feel about sending his husband to such a battlefield?’
‘Oh, Arno…’
‘Survive! It means to survive at all costs! If I lose this trial, there’s only one thing you have to do! Forget your damn husband and live happily ever after! If you knew it, put away the ridiculous guilt right away and raise your head proudly! Cheer on those who fight for you!’
Want to live I don’t want to die. And if possible, I want to be by the side of the man I fell in love with so that I don’t regret this life that is so precious. I just want to be happy, regardless of the standards as trivial as morality. As my husband had hoped, at the same time as atonement.
“Win, please…”
Henrietta let out a sob. She had already dealt with over a hundred Somerset knights following Kinard and the duke, and she shamelessly asked. She earnestly wished for the baron who was fighting back while the famous swordsmen of the foreign country rushed fiercely.
“Don’t worry.”
Then a wonderful thing happened. His figure, which disappeared like the wind, suddenly appeared briefly, and their eyes met. Furthermore, I don’t know if it’s hallucinations, but even a clear voice rang in my ears.
“I will win, to protect you.”
It was an extremely fleeting moment. However, for a knight engaged in a three-way battle with two swordsmen from Somerset, it was an act of taking too much risk. However, I was able to endure it because the sword fighting that others couldn’t even catch up to was nothing more than a light touch at their level.
“Why is that, Kenneth? I bet you didn’t think you’d be able to fight me with a joke like this.”
“Shut that snout!”
“Get it right. Thinking of Master, even if I chew on your bones, it won’t be enough!”
Rom rolled his eyes from side to side. As an intangible sword is shaped with energy, the user’s subjectivity is heavily involved in making the size and shape.
‘Somerset’s strong sword is fundamentally a defense-focused swordsmanship.’
Naturally, Oliver Somerset embodied the black Flamberge, a dual-wielding sword that took the form of blazing impurity and flowing waves.
‘Sumerset’s quick sword is a swordsmanship that puts more emphasis on operation with speed as a long term.’
On the other hand, the sword implemented by Kenneth Somerset is epee lapierre, a single-handed sword that can also cut, but, as its name suggests, specializes in stabbing.
‘Even if Kenneth Somerset is calm, Master Oliver is undoubtedly a strong man. I’m not the type of person who can win with this kind of physical condition. I chose to provoke because the situation was unavoidable, but it would be disadvantageous if I went to a long-term battle.’
The sword embodied by Rom is nothing special, a military armed sword, the most practical and versatile sword, worthy of a knight who roamed the battlefield.
‘It must be the same with the quick sword over there. Neither of them are showing their skills yet, but each might be better than me in pushing power or unmatched speed. Of course, that doesn’t mean I’m worse than them.’
But now, I couldn’t say it was a good choice.
‘Okay, you two.’
With both hands clasped, Rome materialized a new invisible sword. It was a curved sword called a saber in Gaul. It was not a curved blade reminiscent of a crescent moon like the swordsmanship commonly represented by western dance swords, but a blade with a gentle curve like the wind.
‘I’ll show you my sword.’
Oliver and Kenna’s blades grew faster and stronger. In the meantime, attacks on Rom were added from time to time, but it was only an act of catering. The two, blinded by hatred, couldn’t see anyone but each other.
“Did you put your sword down all this time? You are weaker than when you were carrying a child in your belly!”
“Dare! How dare you discuss him in front of me?”
“If you’re going to keep playing around with it, I’ll finish it with the next move. I’ll break it all by defending and evading it, so if you want to counter it, you’ll have to bring out at least half of your old skills.”
“Under.”
“… Strong enough to be unstoppable.”
Oliver, who was brainwashed like a sneer, raised his sword above his head. In the meantime, as a check, I blocked the knife that was directed at me, and finally gathered my strength and struck Kena.
“… Inevitably fast.”
Of course, Kenna wasn’t standing still either. She kept squinting and quivering as if her body felt uncomfortable, bit her lip so hard that it was torn apart, then threw back one knee and shoulder and put her foot in lapierre.
Wedge juice, kang!
The flash exploded.
Kkang, Kkagang, Kkagang!
It happened over and over again. And Oliver and Kenna, who felt the physical abnormality before the sound, widened their eyes with dumbfounded faces. It was because the two arms of the steel sword with all its strength were bouncing back from the head that was raised to strike earlier, and the sword of the quick sword with all its strength turned in the opposite direction and turned around.
“What was the last one, everyone?”
The reason was simple. It was because someone in the middle received the attack that each of them sincerely uttered. There was a certain origin for Rome to do something that would not be easy even for an invincible knight of Lumiere.
“It was so soft that it couldn’t be broken, wasn’t it?”
Kenna muttered in disbelief.
“Simon’s death sword… ?”
Oliver murmured as if it were absurd.
“The swordsmanship that I was only taught verbally over 10 years ago, you have perfected to this point by self-taught?”
Somerset’s three swords are complementary. The strong sword, the quick sword, and the short sword can rise to a higher level only when they have each other. In other words, they are a community of destiny.
“Master Oliver and the Freckles Princess.”
While the two powerhouses were absent-mindedly, Rome, seizing the opportunity, nodded and declared.
“From now on, I will stop the two of you with only three sums.”
“… !”
“… !”
It was finally Baron Ardennes’ time.
