Chapter 52 – Overdrive

#052.

“Lie. Bye.”
“Huh. See you in two months.”

After exchanging a warm hug with Eris, after falling, I turned my back to get on the carriage.

And as soon as I took a step, a huge commotion erupted from behind.

When I turned my head, I could hear people shouting at the same time as the buzzing sound.

“Wow! It’s Princess Arisha!”
“You are beautiful! You grew up really well..”

With those words, the crowd seemed to split, and then Princess Arisha walked out.

When we walked away and the distance had decreased somewhat, she asked.

“Princess? What’s going on here…”
“Hehe.. I want to come out to meet you.”

I said that, but I could see that I did it to keep what I said yesterday.

“I didn’t know you were coming.”
“Of course you should come. I owe you.”

Eris murmured softly at the princess’s meaningful words.

“Debt..?”

Then she exchanged her eyes with Nia and at the same time sent me an interrogative look.

So I tried to say something, but the princess was faster.

The smile on her lips was cute and charming, but the words that came out of it were not good at all.

“Thank you for last night. I didn’t sleep much, but it was good.”
“…Princess.”

Do you really have to play this prank? Let’s send eyes that say, the princess is hot! As she felt, she turned hastily.

“Ah! I forgot something important. Then I’ll go. See you in two months.”

Thud- thud-

As she turned her back and watched Princess Arisha walk away, Eris approached her.

“Lie. What did you do with the princess? Can’t you… Isn’t it?”

Eris questioned with a slightly uneasy look, but Nia was unexpectedly quiet.

Perhaps he was trying to keep his last word that he would no longer be angry with jealousy.

Of course, even if it was, staring at her to see if it bothered her gave a strange pressure.

“No. Isn’t it really like that? It just happened.”
“Really?”
“Really. How am I really with the princess? I wouldn’t be ashamed if I did anything!”

As if I was innocent, I expressed her feelings with all my heart, and Eris also tilted her head.

“Then what did you do last night?”
“Um… That’s a bit of a stretch to say.”

She couldn’t think of anything to excuse her, so she evaded her, but unexpectedly, Eris quietly nodded her head.

“…Okay.”

It seems that he has no intention of questioning further with his calm expression.

“Are you okay..?”
“Huh. Rai, if you can’t talk, it’s really difficult. You’ve never lied to me before.”
“Yes..”

In fact, almost half of what he said to Eris seemed to be a lie, but she couldn’t be honest.

Still, the fact that she loves her is sincere, so wouldn’t it be okay?

“Then, Bocchan. Song.”

Nia, who had been listening to Eris’s conversation with her, quietly spoke.

“Okay. Noona, then I will really go.”
“Bye.”

So she exchanged her greetings with Eris and got on the carriage.

“Oops.. It’s annoying to go back and forth every time..”
“Then will it just be in the mansion?”
“No. That doesn’t work.”

She shook her head resolutely at Nia’s words and immediately laid her head on her thigh.

Then Nia straightened her bangs and gave her a smile.

Sigh-

Nia lowered her head as she reached out her hand and gently kissed her lips in an arc.

She got closer and closer as she did so her lips met.

She didn’t move her tongue or anything, and as she quietly felt the texture, her lips fell after a moment.

“Young master. It’s okay even if the former Bocchan is a bad person.”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Nia’s words pleased her, but she was taken aback by her somewhat out of the blue.

Then she said Nia put her hand on her belly and patted it slowly.

“I don’t care what you do at night. Maybe the lady is the same.”

‘To be nice…’

I guess I’m worried that I’m going to suffer from the fact that I have something to hide from them.

‘I don’t have to.’

I think they look too lightly on my mentality of wearing the Orphan Prestige Edition and going to elementary school.

“Are you okay. I am fine.”
“Then I’m glad…”

Looking at Nia’s smiling face, her drowsiness poured out.

“Haam..”
“Are you sleepy? Well, Good night.”
“I wonder..”

I didn’t sleep all week for the sake of Karma Nogada, and I was quite tired.

I wanted to see more of Nia’s pretty face, but against my will, her eyelids were very heavy.

Eventually, little by little, her vision became obsessed with darkness, and soon she was completely black.

***

“Young master. Then I will be cooking.”
“Huh. Please.”

Click!

Nia got out of her wagon and stared there for a moment, then looked up at the night sky through her window.

“I need to contact you soon..”

She still hasn’t told Lucas about the destruction of the Church.

It was because he thought that if he talked about her in the middle, he would forget his location and come back to him at once.

Out of concern for Eris, not for me, of course.

Ugh-

When I opened the magic tool, entered the coordinates of Lucas, and injected magic, the connection was made immediately.

-What’s going on this time?-
“A few days ago, I was attacked by an assassin sent by the Church of Destruction.”
-Are you talking about that now?-

It seems that Lucas doesn’t understand why he reports after several days.

Then, I asked if she was crazy about her belatedly beloved daughter.

-Wait… Then what happened to Eris? It must be all right!-
“The attack happened while I was alone. There is nothing wrong with Eris.”
-That’s right… Hang up for now. Contact me again.-

─Tap

“What?”

I don’t think I’m going to run right away, but I don’t know what I’m trying to do.

After looking at the night sky for about a minute, I got a call from Lucas.

Ugh-

“What are you doing?”

When he asked what he was curious about so as not to turn his back on Katabuta, Lucas answered as if it was nothing special.

-Sent the 2nd Knights to Eris. It should probably arrive in three days.-
“…Yes? You sent the whole Templar? Can I still?”

The Knights weren’t just playing around.

They should be alternately stationed on the border and guarding the empire.

If the whole knights were dispatched, there would be a big vacuum in the armed forces when they invaded from the empire.

However, Lucas was annoyed at my concern.

– There’s no problem with me. Why didn’t you speak sooner than that? What if something happens to Eris before the Knights arrive?-
“The Irias branch of the Church of Destruction has already been razed to the ground. Processing is over. There’s nothing dangerous about Eris. And if something happens, I will risk my life to protect it.”
-You? What could someone weaker than Eris do? Let’s talk more about that than that. How did you destroy the Church of Destruction?-

I sighed at the thought that I was finally getting to the point and began to tell all the stories about the incident.

From the first raid to the encounter with the shadows.

And the identity of the princess, the process of tracking down the Church of Extinction, the reason for not telling Lucas in advance, and the ending.

Since I had already been given permission to talk to the princess, I said everything without hiding it.

-Hmm… A shadow. Yes, there were things like that. If you capture one branch, there won’t be another raid later.-

Lucas said that, as if feeling a little relieved about Eris’s safety.

“Then you know Eris is safe now, right?”

It was intended to allay Lucas’ anger, but it backfired.

-Okay. I’m sure you’ll be safe right now. But what did you say earlier? Are you risking your life to protect it? To do that, you must be stronger than Eris. Come back and see you-

Pop-

It was a calm voice, but the coolness in it could not be hidden.

Goosebumps all over my body, even though I was far away.

I really did not expect what would await me when I returned to my hometown.

‘Fuck… Should I run away?’

She thought about that for a moment, but then she shook her head to clear the thought.

Nia is here, so where is she running away?

If that happens, Lucas will sincerely disappoint me and put a stop to Eris.

If that’s the case, she’d better roll over for a month thinking she was dead.

As I was thinking about the ordeal that would come later, I heard a high-pitched voice from outside.

“Young master! The meal is done. Come out!”
“Oh, okay!”

Let’s leave the later work to the future me.

After getting off the wagon, he sat down in front of the campfire and said,

“Let’s take it easy!”

There’s nothing good about going fast anyway.

***

Time passed in an instant, and the next day after returning to the Francia estate.

When I arrived at the gymnasium, Lucas made a shocking condition that made his eyes pop out.

“You can’t go see Eris until you realize her strength.”
“…Yes? What are you talking about? That is.”
“Didn’t you protect Eris with her life? Then, of course, you have to become stronger, right?”

‘Fuck..’

I came a little later than usual on purpose, but I never thought I would respond in this way.

I shouldn’t have been late.

“No… Er, would Eris want to meet me too?”
“Hmm.. Yes. You want to start right away? Raise your sword.”

Whee-ae-ae-aek- Boom!

“Keeck!”

Lucas mercilessly thrust out his sword, and I, who blocked it, flew dozens of meters and rolled on the floor.

‘Crazy man!’

If I hadn’t expressed my aura in a hurry, I would have split in two and almost died.

“It’s dangerous..! Omg!”

I was about to raise my head and say something mixed with resentment, but Lucas was striking the sword right in front of me.

Taat-

I used the cool island to lighten my body weight and stepped back, but there is a weapon to avoid completely.

“Huh..”

Boom!

Maybe it’s because I jumped backwards and blocked it, but this time I flew farther than before and reached the entrance of the gymnasium.

He straightened his stance right away, but Lucas did not continue the offensive.

Slightly relieved, he let out a breath and shouted.

“What are you doing! Are you determined to kill me!?”

He shouted to lower the intensity of his training, but instead, Lucas raised his sword as if he thought he had regained his strength.

“Originally, people tend to exert great power before they die. Please don’t die.”

That’s what you say, but in fact, it seems that you want to die.

Shrilyric-

At the same time as he said that, Lucas’ sword flashed silver, and then the aura extended and attacked like a whip.

“No shit!”

Paaang!

Likewise, when he struck the whip with the aura-covered sword, a powerful shock was transmitted to his grip with a gong sound.

As I stepped back at the shock, the whip hesitated for a moment, then came back to me, swimming through the air as if it were alive.

“Ah, little!!”

When he threw his temper at Lucas, who was raging without a chance to breathe, he laughed as if he was rather happy.

“Okay. Get a little more angry. Because that anger will give you strength.”

‘You crazy bastard!’

As the last time, when he mentioned his anger, a vein formed on his forehead.

I felt like I was going to die from high blood pressure and my brain vessels burst.

“Did I say Aura Explosion? Try using it.”
“If you use that, your sword will break!!”
“Whoops… Take care of that yourself.”

Shririk-

The whip flew again.

I was about to hit it with the aura-covered sword, but the whip made a strange movement.

‘Is this… Yusoo?’

It moved gently and stealthily, like a salmon running up a waterfall, but like a snake moving on its prey.

Without colliding with the aura, the whip flew as it wrapped around the sword gently.

‘I can’t avoid this!’

It’s too late.

Unstoppable.

‘Of course not now.’

That was the assumption before the manifestation of the aura.

It’s different now.

‘Cut it down. Reckless!’

It emits a strong will and uses an aura to give the sword great cutting power!

As per my will, the aura rotated vigorously, and after drawing a certain path, headed for the sword.

Buwaaang-

The aura vibrates violently and emits transparent light.

“Haaaaa!!”

With a straight swing, Light resolutely tore apart the vicious snake that was climbing it.

Viscount!

“Omg! Omg..! Done..”

She gasped for breath as she watched the silver snake splatter with mana in front of her eyes.

“Hmm.. As expected, his life is in danger, so he gets stronger right away. But too many wasted auras. Make sure to adjust it next time.”

A large amount of aura was consumed in an instant, so I was trying to catch my breath, but Lucas gave me a sigh.

“Let’s do it in moderation. Even if you do this, there is a limit!”

Seeing Lucas raise his sword again, he tried to recover his physical strength even a little bit, but there was no rest.

“I don’t know. We are going in earnest.”
“Serious? What the hell.. Ha..! Haha..”

At the same time as Lucas said, the aura whip split into five, each moving as if it were a different creature.

One drew an S shape, one a straight line, and one a circle.

It was just an Auror, but to my eyes it looked like five different five-star swordsmen.

“Don’t die.”

Shiah-!

With those words, swords flew from all sides.

…

Dump!

As soon as I managed to get the last aura whip off, the strength in my legs was released.

My aura was completely depleted and I couldn’t move anymore.

Blood was dripping from the scars all over his body.

“Kill it… I can’t move anymore! Siipal..”
“Hmm.. This is the limit. The priest will come in a little while. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Thud- thud-

Lucas didn’t care about my double desires and left the gymnasium promising tomorrow.

After a while, the priest came to visit, and after treating his wounds, he went out after reciting the warnings he had heard so many times.

“Haa.. I want to see Eris..”

At this rate, I don’t know when I’ll be able to see Eris.

Even so, it seemed like it would take several years to reach the level of 7 stars.

‘Should I just see her on vacation?’

I said vacation from November, so now I only have to wait 4 months.

There’s no chance of reaching 7 stars anyway, so I’ll just endure moderately and from next year…

Match!

“Relax!”

‘I’m going to scold!’

I never thought I’d have these rotten thoughts.

Do you mean that I am a man who has had a daughter for over 10 years!

It was so humiliating, and I felt sorry for myself.

“That’s right… There’s nothing like this!”

It reminded me of memories from middle school.

Waking up from an unpleasant sensation down below.

The gaze of classmates who followed him.

Contempt, ridicule, disgust.

Among them was a girl I had a crush on at the time.

Feeling confused in those gazes, I looked between my crotch and saw that it was damp.

In other words, he had a wet dream while sleeping during class.

It was a nightmare back then, but now it’s a beautiful memory.

“A horn..”

I wiped away the tears that had welled up before I knew it.

I somehow endured this.

But it’s only a little bit painful to compromise.

No, this wasn’t even a compromise, it was just an evasion.

If vacation comes, let’s say I spend a few months with Eris.

Then what will you do when you go back after vacation?

Are you waiting for November again?

“No!”

It was so weak that I was so dejected that I was only cut a thousand times by the sword.

“From now on, go all-in on your senses!”

Physical ability or stamina is sufficient.

My mana is overflowing now, so I need to raise my senses.

Because the senses help me learn swordsmanship.

“Gazuaaa!!”

I will definitely reach the level of 7 stars as soon as possible!