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After returning to the surface from the basement where Lilith of the Raging Deity was sealed, I came face to face with one of my brothers, Camlen Salvatore, on my way to my room.
Camlen made a sneering smile and approached me as if to look down on me.
“Oh, it’s you, Luca. What are you doing here? Are you going back to your room?”
“Brother Camlen.”
To tell you the truth, I don’t like Camlen.
He’s a psycho, a human being of the Duke of Salvatore’s family, and he has a shitty personality.
He’s the kind of prick who enjoys torturing me, mainly because I’m weaker than him.
Exhaling a sigh inwardly, I answer Camlen’s question.
“Yes, that’s right. What is it, brother? Are you free now that training is over?”
“Yeah. That is why it’s perfect. I’m going to take care of you.”
“Don’t you mean ‘abuse’?”
“Don’t be harsh. It’s just brotherly skinship.”
That’s what he says.
I haven’t forgotten how Camlen took advantage of my inability to beat him and almost unilaterally assaulted me.
I’m not the weak guy I used to be, but I’ve done nothing but endure.
I raise the corner of my mouth with a smirk and concentrate my slightly kneaded aura into my right hand. I put all my strength into my right leg and strike Camlen in the chest with my upholstered hand.
Then, Camlen fell backwards from the unexpected attack.
“W-what the hell are you doing !”
“Sorry, sorry. My hand slipped a little. Are you all right? I’d be in trouble if you were hurt.”
I deliberately provoked my brother Camlen.
If Camlen is like me, he would probably take me up on the challenge right away.
“Hah? I’m not going to get hurt just because you hit me !”
See, so easy.
So I responded.
“Really? It looks like you fell down pretty hard…….”
“..”
Camlen’s face turns red.
His younger brother, who is two years younger than him, and who he had always made fun of, provoked him. You have such strong self-esteem that you can’t stand it, right?
Camlen responded to my smirk as expected.
“Shut up ! Don’t mock me !”
He stood up, raised his voice, and clenched his fists. He threw a straight right hand with all his might.
But just as I was about to intercept Camlen’s attack with my aura, a low, cold voice came from the end of the corridor.
“—What are you doing?”
[ [!] ]
Camlen and I stopped moving at the same time.
I glanced in the direction of the voice.
Ahead of us was a man standing nearly two meters tall. The scars on his face proved that he was a fierce fighter in many battles.
At the same time, both Camlen and I knew the man well.
None other than Lucius Salvatore.
–He was the present Duke Salvatore himself.
“F-Father.”
Camlen retracts his arm. His expression turns slightly pale.
This is a sign that he is afraid of his father. Even without using an aura, the dominance that Lucius Salvatore wears is special.
A normal person would not be able to make proper eye contact with him.
However, I dared to look at the head of the family with an imposing gaze. He also looked at me.
“I asked you once again. What are you doing here?”
“W-well….”
Camlen was about to assault me. Even my father, who called out to me, understood that.
Then, why did he ask?
It’s not that he’s angry. In the Duke of Salvatore’s family, where ability is supreme, bullying and violence are an everyday occurrence. It is not something to be blamed.
So I answer.
“Brother Camlen pick a fight with me. I’m about to return it.”
“Wha !?”
“Heh.”
Camlen was surprised, and my father squinted at me with interest.
The interest of the head of the family was caught. This alone was a big reason to beat Camlen up.
“You’re only five years old, and you think you can beat Camlen?”
“Yes. I am a member of the Salvatore family. Do I need anything but a victory to prove that I’m right and that I’m the best?”
The Salvatore family is a family of ever-victorious people. They consider anything other than winning to be garbage.
The relationship with Camlen, the abuse, the bullying, everything should be won and overturned. Isn’t that the proper way to be a duke? You psycho.
Inwardly, I humiliate my father Lucius.
On the other hand, the head of the family bent the corners of his mouth like a bow.
“That’s right. The Dukes of Salvatore don’t need losers. Let every absurdity be played off against victory. I will recognize you. I will allow you to fight your duel.”
“D-due; !? Me and Luca?”
“Of course. The youngest son is showing his will, but you, his elder brother, are frightened? A Salvatore?”
“! I-I understand….I’ll do it. I just have to do it !”
Camlen glared at me, he gritted his teeth.
It ended up being a bit of a big deal, but it was actually an opportunity for me.
With Camlen as a foothold, I would show the whole family that I had talent. That I exist ! That I’m a person !
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We moved to a different location, the training grounds.
Several servants, Lucius, and even Muriel, his second wife, are present to surround Camlen and me.
All of them were watching the duel between me and Camlen.
“Hehe. I was surprised at first, but I never thought you would prepare a stage for me to play an active role.”
“Hm? Do you think I’m just going to lose?”
“Of course. Do you think you can beat me? That’s even funnier.”
“Pfft. Then, I’ll beat you without hesitation. Be prepared for a few broken bones.”
Ahh !? Break them if you can !”
The butler acting as the referee announced the start of the match.
At the same time, Camlen kicked the ground.
As a member of the Salvatore family, Camlen was also born with a high level of physical ability.
He quickly closed the distance between us and swung the wooden sword in his right hand.
A direct hit would break my bones.
Therefore, I avoided Camlen’s attack.
“!”
Camlen was slightly shaken, but immediately readjusted his stance and connected with a series of blows.
Sharp attacks struck from the left, right, and diagonally.
I repelled them by concentrating my aura in my right hand.
“What the hell !?”
This time, he was strongly shaken.
Once he moved out of the distance and backed up.
“H-how can you—“
“Deflect it?”
That’s right. You’re two years older than me, and I can’t match your arm strength. You wouldn’t believe that I could repel a barrage of blows, let alone once.
I’ll tell you the secret.
I further refined my aura. I made as much as I could just barely control.
“Hmm? Is this reaction…..an aura?”
My father, Lucius, was the first to notice my secret.
I smirked and answered.
“Yes, I have mastered aura.”
“No way !? Impossible !”
Camlen’s voice reached me, almost like a scream.
“I haven’t mastered aura yet either, so there is no way that you, a five year old, can do it ! !”
“I don’t care if you say that. In fact, I have an aura in my hand. Do you doubt the words of the head of the family?”
“Ugh !?”
Using the Celestial Sword, the symbol of the Salvatore family, as a shield, I will cut Camlen’s heart.
It’s so disheartening, it’s so special to see him in pain.
[You look like a devil, Luca.]
Lilith says something unnecessary behind my back. Who’s the devil, who?
“How did you master the aura?”
Ignoring Camlen, who was at a loss for words, the head of the family, Lucius, continued his question.
That’s a wild question in the middle of a duel, isn’t it?
“I’ve been able to use it for some time now. I haven’t practiced it yet.”
“You’re kidding me !? Do you think you were born with an aura in your body !?”
The servants were in an uproar.
The head of the family still maintains a calm expression, but the butlers and maids, who are knights of many battles, were so surprised that their faces changed color.
No wonder. Originally, aura is an ability that is awakened in men and women of about 15 years of age on average. I was the only one who had awakened it at the age of five.
It was thanks to Lilith, but if I told them that, it would be the end of it. Let’s make the most of it.
“I see…..you have a talent.”
“I don’t know yet. However.”
I pointed the tip of the wooden sword sharply at Camlen.
I laughed out loud.
“I guess it’s better than that Brother Camlen over there. Fufu.”
“B-bastard !”
Camlen’s face turned red as he ran, even though I hadn’t finished my conversation with my father. He’s coming straight toward me.
He swung down the wooden sword he had prepared.
“Oh, dear.”
As a member of the Duke of Salvatore family, don’t lose yourself in anger.
There is no way that such a monotonous sword will hit me now.
I ducked a slash from Camlen and swung the wooden sword with my right hand, which was covered with my aura.
It was, oddly enough, exactly the same as the first series of blows Camlen had shown me.
Camlen’s body was hit in five different places.
He fell into the ground.
“Guhaa….!?”
His bones were broken. Camlen could no longer stand.
He let go of the wooden sword while holding his arm, and rolled around on the ground, miserably drooling and crying.
Looking down at the situation, I suddenly thought to myself.
–If I kill him here, my plan will be more advantageous later on.
I tightened my grip on the wooden sword.
I was about to kill someone, my own brother, but strangely enough, I felt calm inside.
There is no need to be anxious. No fear. No sorrow.
I just hold the wooden sword in the upper position if it is for my own good.
–But.
“That’s enough, Master Luca.”
One of the butlers who had been watching the duel turned behind me.
He grabbed my arm and interrupted my attack.
“Why are you interrupting me? Is there a problem with killing the loser?”
“No……it’s just that I don’t want anyone to die in the dueling commotion.”
“I seem to recall that there have been deaths in the past.”
“That is……”
I glared at the butler.
However, my murderous intent was drowned out when I heard my father’s voice.
“Enough. Forgive him, Luca.”
“My Lord…..I understand. I forgive you for your foolishness, Brother Camlen.”
I looked down at Camlen, who was still in pain.
The only thing on Camlen’s mind is the intense pain and fear. He didn’t seem to hear me or the voice of the head of the family.
He has lost all interest in the man.
I make sure the butler takes his hand away and turn on my heel.
Lucius calls out to me from behind.
“Luca.”
“Yes.”
“Good work. I’m very pleased with your talent.”
“I appreciate your words.”
I stop, turn around and bow.
I can’t stop grinning inwardly.
I love it when someone compliments me. I have a high need for approval.
I have no interest in being the head of the Duke of Salvatore’s family, but I will gladly accept praise from the powerful.
It would be great if I could eventually defeat even the head of the family.
This time, I will leave the training ground.
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