Chapter 134 – Honest

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In the mansion of the Duke of Tromeia, there is a huge gymnasium that only the family’s battle maids can use.

No matter how violently the weapons clashed and the body moved, the floor and walls remained unscathed. And a soundproof barrier that prevents noise from escaping to the outside.

This is an area of ​​freedom that men cannot invade, and Percys Tromeia, the owner of the mansion and the head of the duchy, was no exception.

However, he only made and provided such a space as his wife had requested- no, as she instructed.

Aurelia Tromeia was a descendant of an ancient clan that guarded the royal capital in the shadows even before marrying Percys, and her family had a longer history than the Tromeia family.

She herself boasts considerable spear skills. She was a heroine skilled at stratagem, stratagem, and cunning, and in case of emergency, she too had the capacity to lead her troops at the forefront.

Therefore, Percys respected his wife her, tolerated and supported her in forming privates in order to continue the struggle to defend the kingdom on an equal footing, from light and shadow.

And, those privates are the battle maids of the Tromeia family.

They throw themselves into the fight to protect the capital under Lady Tromeia’s orders. Regardless of origin or race, they are women with skills and a soul that is not stained by evil.

It increased or decreased according to the change of time, but the current number consists of a total of 31 + one magic sword.

It was a group that boasted a fairly intense workload, performing not only household chores such as cleaning and washing performed by ordinary servants, but also self-discipline, town patrol, guarding agents, and sometimes even tasks that had to be handled in the dark .

However, even compared to other attendants, no, even compared to soldiers, they are receiving quite a lot of money, and most of them were ex-adventurers, so those who voluntarily quit this job where they have a fixed place to live and can eat a decent meal are now Until now, there was not a single person.

“Now, now. Go!”

A booming voice is heard in the gymnasium. What moves is a tall woman whose body is muscular and well over 2m tall.

Scales sprouted all over her body, and her eyes her had vertical slit black pupils in golden pupils, giving her an appearance reminiscent of her Luti her, but her tail or horns were not visible. I could see that she was of a different race than her.

The ears of her were protruding, the skin of the body of her was slightly reddish but close to white, and every time I moved violently regardless of the special maid clothes that covered the whole body, the muscles of the arms of her were slightly visible through the skirt of her. To the extent that the muscles of the

She was a woman who boasted a body that was bumped up enough to kill their spirits, even compared to well-groomed men.

The color of her hair was a mint color, a contrast to her fiery muscles of her, and her long hair of her was tied back in a ponytail.

What she held in her hand was a spear imbued with magic. She was a so-called ‘magic spear’, but unlike the demonic sword with a similar name, she did not have her own self of her, nor was it an object that allowed her to use magic herself.

It took the form of a huge white horseback lance, and it had an uneasy shape, as if it had cracks on its surface. Seeing the hideous red light leaking out through the cracks, the impression that it would be quite difficult for ordinary people to hold and use comes to mind first. .

Her name her is ‘Nora’. She was a woman of mixed blood between a lizardman and an elf.

The person facing her is her black hair, a white-skinned woman in black. Although her height was much shorter than hers, and the thickness of her body was incomparable. Her body her, which she also hides under her maid uniform, is an unmanned body that has been completed through countless trainings along with her scars her.

While holding onto the beautiful single-edged magic sword, Barisada, in her hand her, she dodges Nora’s attack like a tidal wave with minimal movement while peeping at her.

She puts her hand on the hilt of her sword, clicking her tongue at Nora’s swift movement of her, which is unimaginable given her enormous size of her.

[Distortion. Ruba is Nora’s-]

“Ahaha! Teleportation again!? That’s not possible!”

Nora, having learned her behavior patterns from her several sparring sessions with Rubera, swung her magic spear in all directions as Rubera tried to use her Barisada ability.

Then, an afterimage of her demonic spear remains in place, and Nora’s surroundings are filled with illusions of spears arranged like the thorns of her hedgehog her.

Annoyingly, all of those spears have substance, and even if they touch the side of a spear without a blade, the magic power possessed by the spear emits an impact, creating a force as if stabbed by the tip of the spear.

“Chit…”

It’s an annoying ability. Ruba thought, but Nora thought the same.

Rubera imbued her magic sword with a large amount of her magic power her, and then she widened the distance and swung a swift sword.

Then, as soon as the blade was pulled out, her high-concentration mana she became a flying slash with physical power and flew toward Nora.

It was the same swordsmanship that cut off the head of Marquis Hughes in one fell swoop.

However, unlike Hughes, who was her walking chunk of meat her, Nora is an unmanned soldier who has already accumulated her experience her through many mayhem. As she also focuses on her spear her, the illusion of the spear that has spread around her her flies all at once and rushes towards Rubera.

Ruba’s slash was erased by it, and Ruba stopped her legs on the spot, unable to find a place to escape.

“Now! This time it’s my victory!”

The moment after Nora shouted that.

[Distortion.]

‘Rubera’ is enveloped in the illusion of a spear.

‘Nora’ is engulfed in the illusion of Chang.

“Huh!? Kyaaak!”

Nora let out a pretty cute scream and collapsed on the spot, engulfed in the attack she wielded.

‘Whoa…’ Ruba sighs and returns her barisada to the scabbard.

“Winner! Rubera!”

What shouted that from the corner of the gymnasium was a red-eyed girl with white hair who, like the two of them, was wearing a maid uniform. She looks younger than Sasha, but she is the leader of these battle maids and the most senior ‘Lavita’. Did she say that she, too, is of mixed race and human race? Thanks to her, she has to live with that exterior all her life, she says.

When Rubera’s victory was decided, half of the maids who were watching it in the gymnasium let out a sigh of regret, and the other half shouted cheers of joy.

“Damn it! This time Nora bet on the winning side!”

“So far, 16 wins and 15 losses. That’s 2 wins in a row.”

It was as if they had made a bet on the outcome of Rubera and Nora’s sparring.

I saw quite a large amount coming and going.

Lubera looks at her companions for a moment, then approaches Nora, who is attacked by her own self-transfer her.

“…Nora. Are you okay?”

“Uh, uhh… As expected, my spear. Even if it hurts a little, it’s okay…”

Nora raised her body her while saying “Ah yay”, And although it was said that she controlled her power her because of her sparring her, she could see that the bruises she had sustained were slowly regenerating.

[As expected, Lizardman’s blood! I’m glad you’re recovering quickly.”

To the words of Barisada, who returned to her human form with a voice, Nora nodded and replied.

“Yeah! I won’t lose next time!”

She must have been resentful, but more than that, looking at her with a bright and pure smile, as if looking forward to her next match with Rube, Rube remembered the face of Sasha, who was part of Cleon’s company her.

“Yes…?”

Then, Lubera picked up a small stuffed toy that had fallen on the floor. She was an object smaller than her hand her, and it seemed to have been tied somewhere and had come off.

The form… What is it is it a bear? Is it a rabbit I don’t know, but since it was a cute design, it wasn’t suitable for being away from a place like this.

And Nora looked at her Lubera’s in her hand, looked at it and said her ‘Ahh’in her own window.

“That, that…”

“It’s Nora’s. She hung it from the window, right?”

Seeing that there was a broken ribbon string attached to her spear, it seemed that what was tied there had been ripped off in the recent fight.

Ruba looked at it, untied the ribbon of her maid’s uniform, and attached the doll to her window her.

“You’d better use something more sturdy. For now, tie it up.”

“…”

Nora looks at her with her eyes twinkling at Rubera’s actions her.

Soon, he spreads her arms wide and rubs her face while hugging her Rubera.

“Lubera! Thanks! Ruba is my friend as expected!”

“Guguggeo…”

However, what came from Nora’s arms was not Rubera’s voice her, but Lavita’s, who had been watching the referee until earlier.

Just before Nora hugged herself, her barisada ability her had exchanged her position with her with her.

Lavita hit Nora’s arm her with her hand as if she was choking her, but Nora was so moved by her that she did n’t even properly grasp the person in front of her.

Ruba looked at Nora for a while, then she wiped off her sweaty body and headed to the dressing room prepared inside her gymnasium to change her clothes.

If you open the door like that…

“Hmm…Eup!?”

“Ooh, oh…! Lou, Rubera! Burr, it’s already over…”

Looking at the other battle maids who were stealing each other’s mouths in a state of half-naked in the dressing room, their expressions turned sour.

When she first came, she was certainly embarrassed, but now that she was used to it, she rather resented herself.

Most of the facilities used by these maids were restricted to males, but the unit’s rules did not prohibit intercourse with males.

Occasionally, this kind of skinship between women was witnessed.

The Duchess didn’t even touch these things, but she seemed to see it as one of the means to deal with the stress from the intensity of her work her.

Two people with brown hair and indigo blue hair wiped their mouths in front of their eyes.

Rubera closes and opens her eyes for a moment to calm her mind before speaking with her expressionless face her.

“No. Please never mind. I’m just here to change her clothes to her.”

“Uh, uh. Mi-sorry…”

At Rubera’s words, the girls didn’t let go of their hands even though they looked embarrassed.

“Th-Come to think of it, it was tomorrow, right? Did you say Cleon…? The adventurer your wife is trying to call.”

“Because a few people got to work there. Oh, uh, come to think of it, Ruba didn’t apply there.”

“That… Lubera, that’s because there’s a job there too.”

“It did…”

“Come to think of it, it seems that Mr. Cleon is also on good terms with Mr. Aruru.”

“What? Really? So, Ruba and Lamb Legs?”

“And the party I go with are all women…”

“Ugh! Then how many legs do you have? Ruba… Are you okay?”

`The last time we exchanged letters was a week ago. After that, she gave up because she didn’t know what to write every time she grabbed her pen to write a reply. Would it have been better for her to send a reply after all. No. She was with me, so maybe she didn’t have to. However, it’s bad that she doesn’t contact me from there even after Iona returns. It’s like, if I don’t reply, they won’t send me a letter. What is that Are you waiting for me? Cleon doesn’t want to date me? It’s already been over a month since we last met in person, but he must have been working hard on meeting a girl and mixing her body with her. Sasha to Lyla to Quon. There was even a lady from this mansion named Aruru. I always have the image of Cleon happily mingling with a woman I’ve never seen before. Out of it. This is because of the curse that the demons spread over the capital. Not my will However, the nightmares he has at night must be sealed with the power of Princess Amelia. Is it better not to think too deeply? There is a limit to comforting myself alone every night. Thinking that I want to meet and hug Cleon right now, I must be in a strange state. If it were the original me, I would have been able to shake off those thoughts as soon as I thought about them. Okay. It’s all because of Yinma and Cleon. It’s because Cleon is something like a male demon. After all, the devil is bad. Let’s kill the devil Then to Cleon-`

“…Lubera?”

Ruba, lost in her thoughts without answering the calls of her colleagues beside her, suddenly came to her senses at the call of Barisada, who followed her, and looked down at her.

There, there was Barisada, a humanoid looking at Ruba with concern.

“…Barisada. It’s okay. I’m just a little tired.”

“Let’s go back to the dorm quickly today. That’s better.”

“Right… That’s right. Let’s do that today.”

Saying that, Lubera and Barisada lead her slightly swaying body and leave the dressing room with her clothes changed.

It was Nora and Lavita, who were secretly watching from the outside, looking anxiously from behind.

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The place Cleon and his party were guided to was a restaurant where a table was prepared to welcome the guests of the ducal family and share a meal.

As expected, it wasn’t a place that gave off a dazzlingly flashy impression like the rest of the mansion, but at least it was designed so that it wouldn’t disrespect the guests.

Since each person’s seat was already prepared on top of the long table, they sat down according to the guidance of the attendants.

“You don’t have to worry too much about dining etiquette.”

When Mrs. Tromeia smiled as she talked about it, Sasha, whose eyes tightened as she saw the forks and knives in front of her, flinched and reacted, then she laughed awkwardly.

Of course. Cleon let out a sigh of relief at that part.

“Let’s talk a little bit until the dishes come out. First of all, once again… Thank you so much for saving my daughter, Aruru, from the academy incident.”

When the hostess of the highest aristocracy in the kingdom, next to the royal family, lowered her head while talking about it, Cleon was a little confused about how to react.

“No. I also received a lot of help from Aruru-daughter at the academy. It would be nice if I could repay it even a little bit.”

“You’re humble. As expected, he was different from the rumors.”

Aurelia smiled with a slightly happy yet meaningful smile at Cleon’s answer to her.

Feeling a bit uneasy about the ‘rumor’, Cleon asks the question without realizing it.

“… Rumors, is it?”

“Yes. There are rumors about this or that. As a magician of the Dark Demon clan, he mingles with numerous women and dominates them. That a seductive demon with emerald hair follows him around. Even the rumor that all beings are cut down. “

“Ku, Cleon-san isn’t that kind of person…”

When Sasha retorted to her Aurelia’s words to her, Aurelia responded with a smile as if to reassure her.

“Of course. If what I said above is true, Aruru wouldn’t have been attracted to him.”

Cleon feels some remorse. It seemed that Galatea’s laughter could be heard from somewhere.

Even though Raila also looks like she’s sitting on a cushion of thorns, she has a smile as bright as Aruru’s.

“Because rumors are exaggerated in many ways.”

“In addition, being a magic swordsman who possesses both a holy sword and a demonic sword is a special existence that has not been confirmed even in history. You seem to have a special destiny in many ways.”

Galatea and Caliburn were allowed to arm themselves for the reason that they were holy swords and demonic swords, and were now leaning against the wall.

The two of them were just quietly sitting there, probably not needing a meal and not intending to reveal their human form in front of Mrs. Tromeia.

“For me, it would be great if someone like you would be my daughter’s mate…”

“Coke. Coke…!”

Hearing her words her, Quon coughs while drinking her water.

She tries to calm her down somehow, but it does n’t seem to work, and one of the attendants by her side comes over and tries to help Quon.

“Are you okay.”

“Yes, yes… It’s okay. Rubera…”

The one who helped Quon was Ruba, who had been summoned to her seat her by Mrs. Tromeia.

She pats her cuon on the back and hands her a napkin.

Then, when her eyes met Cleon’s her, she averted her gaze for a moment, then turned her head away.

“But. It sounds like you’ve made connections with a lot of women. Usually, the undisturbed Rubera would show a puzzled look whenever you talked about it.”

As if to make fun of her Ruba, when Aurelia, who became her mischievous face of her, said that, Ruba flinched slightly, but she replied with her eyes closed.

“Ma’am, I never did.”

As she spoke in her low, undisturbed, unfazed voice, Aurelia glanced at her, and she replied, still smiling.

“But from what I heard from Lisa, the letter you crumpled up while trying to write to Cleon is said to be over 30 pages-“

For a moment, silence fell inside the restaurant. And what broke the silence was a voice that seemed to be drawn from the bottom of Rubera’s hell.

“…Bar…Ri…Sa…Da…”

The sound of her running to get away is heard in the distance, causing Rubera to turn her gaze towards it, but she is restrained by Aurelia.

“Now. I’m going to apologize for teasing you. How about being a little more honest? We’ll have to work together in the future.”

It’s probably the same kind of thing Rubera is helping her Aurelia with her and Aurelia trying to ask Cleon about.

Cleon understood that, so Luvera’s eyes met for a moment.

Ruba opened her mouth as if to say something of her own, then she closed it again and again at the voice that didn’t come out.

Barely, one word. She drew out the unsentimental words and put them into her mouth.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t reply to your letter… Cleon.”

“Ah, ah. No. I heard that things in the capital are busy, so that’s possible.”

She, Ruba, is conflicted as if her lips her do not come off easily, even as she contemplates what to say next.

Cleon too. She seemed to be at a loss as to how to react when Ruba, who usually scolded or made fun of herself, said something like that.

And, Layla and her party her, who were watching her from the side, looked at the strange atmosphere and had strange expressions.

“…No. Wait a minute. Is this necessary? What we have to talk about today is not about me, but about Princess Amelia?”

“Hmm. It’s fun to watch, but it sure is. I think Ruba can do well with Cleon too.”

When Rubera suddenly came to her senses her and said that, Aurelia nodded her head regretfully and changed her expression to continue her story in a serious tone.

“… If it’s Princess Amelia. Does she mean the imprisoned princess?”

“That’s right, Miss Layla. As expected, you know it well.”

“No… I don’t know the details… But why is his name her?”

At Layla’s question, Aurelia takes a deep breath. From now on, the story that came out of her mouth was also a story that could shake the entire capital.

“You are the guardians of the shining night of the royal capital. Do you know the legend of the ‘Saint Princess’?”