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Lucia Morgan, the youngest daughter of the Duke of Morgan, a prestigious magical family, challenges me to a duel.
That’s a great turn of events for me.
But …..
“My Lord. Do you mind if I accept this duel?”
I firmly confirm this with Lucius, the current Duke of Salvatore.
The answer was obvious from the beginning.
“Of course. The Dukes of Salvatore must always be victorious. We cannot be underestimated.”
Even if it’s Morgan, who is of the same rank.
I’m really like my father, aren’t I?
“That said. Let me have some fun, Lucia.”
“That’s my line. You little shit.”
She’s got a mouth on her.
“Fufu. You’ve decided, haven’t you? Come on in. I’ll show you around.”
Seeing how Lucia and I were doing, Her Highness Cornelia led the way.
While following her back, I thought about how to draw out her power.
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We arrived at a corner of the back palace, an area called the training ground.
Besides me and Lucia, all the heads of the three great dukes are gathered here. Ignace is with us.
Cornelia prepares wooden swords for the two of us, and we each take a sword.
Lucia’s true strength is long-range attacks with magic, but that doesn’t mean she is incapable of close combat by any means.
Besides, a battle is a mixture of all distances. There would be no harm in having a wooden sword.
We hold our wooden swords as we look at each other.
Her Imperial Highness Cornelia took up a position a little further away from the center of the room.
“Yes, yes. I will be the judge. Do your best and show me something interesting.”
Saying this, Her Imperial Highness Cornelia immediately gave the signal.
My raised arm fell and I kicked the ground at the same time.
I was the first to go.
In order to get Lucia to give her all she has got, I close in on her, cloaking my entire body in an aura.
Now, go ahead and shoot your magic !
“You idiot !”
With a snap, Lucia lightly reaves the hand that is not holding the wooden sword.
Immediately after, there is a reaction of magic. Something flew.
Quickly, she wraps the wooden sword in her aura to guard it.
This is…..!
“Wind slash.”
It’s an orthodox attack. It’s wind, so it’s invisible to the eye. Moderately powerful too. It was perfect.
“Heh. It is indeed possible to defend against this level of magic. I thought it would end with a single blow–wha !”
This time, Lucia stomped on the ground.
My feet are shattered, and a wall of earth rises up. It bounces me up into the air.
“Wind, then earth.”
“Earth comes to fire.”
Lucia’s left hand glows red as I am thrown into the air.
She creates a huge ball of flame the size of a balance ball and tosses it lightly toward me.
My entire field of vision is engulfed in flames.
Roar.
I’m blown away in a cloud of smoke.
Twisting and turning in mid-air, I deftly landed on the ground.
No damage. But,
My clothes got a little scorched……
The hem of my right arm, which I used as a guard, was burned. The fire was extinguished with a quick wipe.
“Tsk. You’re too strong now to not even get hurt. That’s a pain in the ass.”
“Is that so? I’m having a little fun.”
This is not your full potential, is it? Go ahead and show me a bigger blow.
I kick the ground again.
Lucia kneaded her magic power in time.
It’s the biggest one so far.
“Regret it. You should have finished while I was holding back.”
Rubble rubble rubble.
Blue electricity flashed around Lucia’s left hand.
Can a twelve year old transform magic power into lightning !
I can’t help but smile. This is a higher magic that even adults can’t do easily.
How powerful will it be? How long can I withstand a direct hit? How long will I be numb? What is the range of the attack?
Everything intrigued me so much that I no longer felt like defending myself.
“Goodbye, young Salvatore. With any luck, you won’t die.”
A roar emanates from Lucia’s body. It turned into a bolt of lightning, destroying the ground as it approached me.
I catch it without defending myself.
My vision turns white.
My whole body is in unbelievable pain. Flesh and bones burned.
But it wasn’t strong enough to knock me down. I could endure it because I had already strengthened my body with my aura.
“K-kekeke……!”
I looked at my own body, which was smoking.
My skin had turned black in places. The cells must be dying. I caught it in my vision and cleared my throat in a high voice.
“Hahahaha ! !”
“W-what? Are you crazy?”
Lucia shook her shoulders at my reaction.
Away from the room, the Duke of Morgan was standing,
“How can you laugh after that blow?”
He was muttering something like that. It’s not that shocking.
Lucia’s magic was just too weak. She couldn’t kill me, who was four years older than her.
I temporarily released the aura that was circulating around my entire body, and let a new power circulate around me.
The name of it is–divine power.
I’m relying on the artifact, but I also use the artifact to boost my magical power. It’s a win-win situation.
I healed my physical injuries in no time at all. I can’t use enough divine power to heal me completely, but as long as my body can move properly, it’s fine.
“That power…,don’t tell me you can use divine power !?”
“Yeah. You’re only using magic, right? Do you envy me?”
“Tsk ! Don’t get carried away. You can’t beat me with a body like that.”
“No, no, no. I’ve had enough of your power,….so let’s get this over with.”
As soon as the healing is done, I will be able to release my aura.
The amount of aura emitted by the magic sword Muramasa has increased dramatically. The amount of aura that can be controlled.
I kicked the ground with my Aura at full throttle.
I appeared in front of Lucia at a speed she could not react to.
“!”
Lucia’s gaze barely falls on me. But her body didn’t move.
No.
Before she can get into a position to counterattack, my fist–gouges out her abdomen.
“Gahaa !?”
I went easy on her, but she was too weak. With just a small poke, Lucia was blown away.
Bouncing on the ground, she slammed into the wall behind her.
The inside of the back palace is strengthened by the effect of the artifact, so it was not easy to break.
I walked up to Lucia, who was bleeding from the mouth and looking distressed.
I’m not done yet.
“Well, next is, break one of your arms–“
“That’s it.”
A snap.
I was about to ready my wooden sword, but my movement stopped.
I heard Duke of Morgan’s voice coming from the other side.
When I glanced over there, Duke of Morgan was shaking.
Is it frustrating to have your precious daughter turned into a wounded animal? This is what happens to you because of your bad education.
On the other hand, there is no advantage for me if you do this any more.
If I make an enemy of Duke of Morgan, I will lose.
“Yeah, yeah. I won’t kill her, so can you please turn off the killing intent?”
“……Hmm.”
Duke of Morgan honestly turned off his killing intent.
It was a war between Morgan and Salvatore.
In that case, Salvatore would surely win.
“Luca !”
“Oops.”
Suddenly, Her Royal Highness Cornelia came up from behind and hugged him.
Am I feeling burnt now?
I turn my gaze behind me, thinking so.
She said with a very happy expression on her face.
“Finally……I found the man of my destiny♡”
……Yes?
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