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Chapter 251
Incompetent Warrior
Ruri knew what she had done.
She had trespassed on the territory, ignored the warnings of those standing guard, and infiltrated deep inside.
Now the castle's entire forces would turn toward Ruri.
Ruri would now have to fight them.
In the past, she would have undoubtedly hesitated several times over, but Ruri's steps did not stop.
Ӗń ü m̆а
In her mind, only the image of the man Hudret had urgently carried on his back came to mind.
A foolish and weak human body.
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She knew that man, who only did reckless things with such a body, would someday be in danger.
Knowing it and it actually happening were worlds apart.
When his right wrist below was cruelly torn away and gone, Ruri's thoughts seemed to freeze.
Ruri moved true to her epithet of Wind, and administered emergency treatment.
Én̈ u m̃ а̂ .іd̃
She summoned Healing Wind and healed all the minor wounds.
But just one thing—the severed right hand—did not return.
With the resolve to give her life, she squeezed out her remaining mana.
With the mindset of making it work if it wouldn't, she poured it in and poured it in.
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But that didn't mean she could hope for a miracle.
Ruri was a warrior, not a mage.
Ẇӗ b̆nо v̂ еl̊ Е́ ǹ u.ma
After dozens of attempts, she simply staunched the bleeding of the lost right hand as is.
She sat quietly beside the man who had stabilized.
Time passes.
Her mind was blank as a white sheet, but with every passing second, it felt like a hammer driving a stake deeper into her chest.
As the pain dulled a little with time, and she became capable of thought, four syllables surfaced first.
'I failed.'
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As more time passed, a longer sentence formed.
'I have failed again.'
It had been like this ever since Ferda came.
Whenever she tried to do something, it only made her realize that Ruri was nothing but an ignorant, immature brat who knew nothing.
The mistakes and incidents she had caused at Heinkel Castle kept circling in her head.
Her situation could be summed up in a single word.
Wе b̂ n̄оv.еl Еň.um ǎ
'Incompetence.'
Without magic, she was incompetent.
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She was a warrior who had killed many demons and monsters, but in the end, she failed to protect the one she had to protect.
Ruri hates being incompetent.
The incompetent cannot survive.
What must she do to not be incompetent?
Еnu m̆а.і̃d
For the current Ruri, finding an answer was difficult.
That is why Ruri set foot in this North again.
Amidst the swirling blizzard, a silhouette caught her sight.
It was Silverwind's headquarters, Eisenfels.
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Ruri looked up at that fortress with dry eyes.
'Fighting family.......'
Ẇеb̊n о̆v̊е l_ Ė n̈ům̄а̊
Just one more step, and the attack would begin.
It was something she would have been reluctant to do, but there was no trembling.
She had already resolved herself.
If anyone stood in her way, this axe would return soaked in red blood.
Ruri moved her feet, and entered their firing range.
But there was no attack.
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The axe gripped tight in both hands floated in the air as if having lost its way.
Just in case, she took a few more steps, but still no sign of attack was visible.
It was a strange thing.
Ruri did not lower her guard and continued walking.
Thus, until she stood before the castle gate, not a single person attacked her.
Those who appeared to be gatekeepers did not express hostility toward Ruri.
Е̂n ǔm̈ а̌ .ï d
Rather, seeing Ruri's appearance, they wore tense faces.
"Are you the former Brigade Commander of the Special Mobile Brigade Silverwing, the one called Blade Wind, Ruri Silverwind...... Senior-nim?"
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The guard asked politely.
He had a face that seemed inwardly worried that the awkwardly uttered word 'senior' might seem rude.
But Ruri answered without minding such a situation.
"That was the case in the past."
Ё ňù mǎ
"Please forgive the rashness of this junior who failed to recognize you and asked. Senior-nim's achievements are well known to us juniors, but those who have seen Senior-nim's face are extremely rare—."
"Cut the trivial chatter."
Ruri said coldly.
"Since when did Silverwind's children engage in conversation?"
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As Ruri harbored killing intent, cold sweat flowed on the guards' faces.
A cold wind blew, but it flowed down their cheeks as if there was no time to cool.
Е̃ n u̇ m̆а̌
The guards didn't speak useless words and moved according to orders from above.
The guards opened the gate.
Instead of driving out the intruder, they let her into the castle.
That wasn't the end.
All of Silverwind's people lined the path she would walk, laid their weapons on the ground, and knelt.
It was as if they were according the courtesy due to a returning hero.
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The young maid dragon spawn didn't know who she was, but knowing the name Ruri of the Blade Wind.
They had to accord courtesy to the legend who was the reason for the Mobile Brigade's founding and had received Silverwind's favor.
Ruri felt that feeling was strange.
She remembered the last words Goz had said.
He said there was no place for her to return to.
There was no way he would give her this kind of courtesy.
Ё ňu m̌ а̌
Was that why? Rather, her heart felt at ease.
Thinking of it not as a hometown but as a battlefield to die in, it was so.
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* * *
Upon entering Eisenfels' inner castle, a familiar old man's face came into Ruri's view.
It was Lance Silverwind, the dragon spawn who had survived longest by Silverwind's side.
"Ruri......."
W е b̄nо v е̊ l Еnu̇ m̃ ӑ
"It's been a while. Lance......."
"I heard the story. From Goz, and from Percival......."
"......."
"The Chief-nim is waiting for you."
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He made way, and Ruri lightly bowed, according courtesy.
Following the long carpet, Silverwind's audience chamber came into view.
Ёn̈um̀ а̄
The door opened, and the inside was visible.
The seat where Father, Silverwind, had sat.
That place had now become Goz's seat.
Taking Goz's form into her two eyes, Ruri's cheeks felt cool and stinging.
As if dozens of blades had grazed her body.
Ruri walked on the carpet and stood before Goz.
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"You came."
Goz didn't even give Ruri a glance.
"Did I not tell you clearly? That there would be no hometown for you to return to."
"You did."
"Then why do you brazenly set foot here?"
"I did not come thinking of it as a hometown."
Е n u m̂ а. іd
"......I suppose so."
Goz set down his liquor cup.
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As much as the time of silence, Ruri's heartbeat grew fiercer.
"I heard you fought as a warrior in the Heinkel Kingdom."
"......Yes."
"Your achievements are certainly something to be proud of as Silverwind's bloodline, I think. You yourself must have been proud too."
Ё n u mа̀.
Something to be proud of.
How many days would there be when Goz says such things?
In the past, she would have been overjoyed at being acknowledged.
"I am an incompetent warrior."
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Ruri said.
"In that battle, I nearly lost the one who would become my Lord-nim's partner."
We b̆n о̂ v е l̃ Е̊ n̄ u mâ
"......."
"Again."
Goz frowned as if displeased.
"So you ran away?"
"No. As I said, I did not return to my hometown."
"Then?"
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"I need power."
Ruri's gaze stared straight at Goz.
"That power which Goz-nim holds......."
Silverwind's Essence.
It was that tremendous power called the Dragon's true nature.
The atmosphere froze coldly.
Ĕ n̄ ũm а
"How many times did you think before saying those words?"
"Since the moment Ferda-nim's right hand was severed."
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"A bad move after long deliberation......."
Goz rose from the throne.
The light behind the giant warrior cast deep darkness covering Ruri.
"It's not a bad move. Longing for power is a warrior's virtue."
Ӗ nu ḿä .ìd
Ruri did not fear.
"Right, longing for power...... is one of the virtues a warrior must possess."
Goz nodded and looked down into Ruri's eyes.
"But the sight of you trying to use that as an excuse is terribly pathetic, brat."
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Silver eyes emitted an eerie light.
Cold, yet burning fiercely.
Ẃ е ḃ n̄ оv еl Ê n ũ.m а̇
"Father's power is not a tool to hide your weakness. You know that too, don't you?"
"......."
"You cannot defeat me. That means you simply lack the resolve to kill yourself, so you're telling me to kill you, aren't you?"
Goz was enraged.
It was the greatest rage Ruri had seen in her life.
"Do you have no regrets about your actions?"
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He spoke as if asking a death row inmate for their final will before execution.
Ruri thought.
A fight will break out.
She will die by Goz's hand.
But it was strange.
Even though the Goz she had feared so much was emitting killing intent,
Е́ ňû mӓ
Even though he was trying to crush her using Father, Silverwind's power,
Strangely, she wasn't afraid.
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Ruri knows the reason.
"Yes."
Ruri is already dead.
A corpse has no fear.
Еń ū m̌ a. і d̈
"Whether I break you, or I die, I will settle this today."
Ruri lifted her axe.
* * *
The next day, Ferda's office.
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"Let's have a man-to-man talk."
Knight, Jed Swallow, stood before Ferda and said.
Ӗ n̆ u m̊а̀
His eyes seemed full of interest.
"......What talk?"
"A man's talk."
"So what is that?"
"What do you mean what? Haven't you become a true man?"
"......?"
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The more he talked, the less I understood.
As Ferda stared blankly, Jed explained with his characteristic oily eyes.
"So, didn't Regent-nim meet with His Highness Valdrova at the arcade yesterday?"
"I did."
"All night too?"
"Yeah."
W е̃ b ň ov̇ е l Ё n̂ u m̀а
"You gazed at the moon together, whispered love, and stayed together until the sun rose, didn't you?"
Ferda heard those words, got the gist, and replied.
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"Right?"
"Finally, Regent-nim has stepped on the stepping stone of adulthood and leaped. That's what I want to talk about."
Now I knew what he was saying.
"I roughly know what you're thinking, but nothing like that happened."
Ŵ ebn̆ ov̄е l̄ E n ü m̆а̀
"Come on, no need to be shy. We're men, you can tell me that much, can't you?"
"Do I look like I'm shy?"
Ferda lifted his face with a bothered look.
Jed scanned that face, and Jed's face also withered following that light.
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Only then did he know Ferda was telling the truth.
"Uh......."
Е́n umӑ
Jed tilted his head as if not understanding, then asked Ferda.
"You're...... 19 years old this year, right?"
"That's right."
"Huh...... A 19-year-old man, with a woman......."
Jed recalled his own 19-year-old self.
Even now sparks fly when our eyes meet, but at 19, I shot beams.
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Having gone through such a time, Jed couldn't understand Ferda's behavior.
'The vibe he always gives off makes it not incomprehensible.......'
A mature vibe unbefitting his age.
Despite being much younger than himself, there was a weight like facing a middle-aged uncle.
'But then...... the eyes he looks at His Highness with were fitting for that age group.'
The freshness of a teenager feeling attraction for the opposite sex, past the childhood phase of teasing the one you like.
Èn üm а
The vitality that seemed to constantly feel the urge to just go for it.
Ferda was a peculiar human where a teenager's face and a middle-aged man's face coexisted.
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"......Hah."
Jed let out another hollow laugh.
"Anything else to say?"
"Uh...... probably not?"
Ẃ ѐb̈ nо̄v̌ е̃ l̇ Ё.ǹuṁ ӓ
"Then, get out."
Actually, there were a lot of things I wanted to ask.
Just that they were questions that could lead to rudeness, so I held my tongue.
Jed was a human with that much tact.
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"Kkiyoooot!"
At that moment, a clueless demon barged into the office without warning.
Еnum̄ ā . î d̊
"I greet the Great Fire Aspect's Partner, the Great Regent Ferda-nim!"
An excessively rolled tongue making the greeting even more vulgar.
Penelope's eyes shone lecherously and greedily.
Where have I seen this? It was similar to the light Jed gave off when he entered.
"What is it?"
"It's just that last night, I received a report that you spent a full 14 hours with His Highness Valdrova and didn't even attend the banquet for Regent-nim, so I came to ask about the circumstances. Since I'm collecting data for cross-verification before asking His Highness Valdrova directly, I ask for your active cooperation. Hehehehe......!!"
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At the sight of her drooling, Ferda sent a pathetic look.
"Nothing like what you're thinking happened."
"......Oh my, how can you say that when you don't even know what I'm thinking?"
"......."
"......Really nothing?"
Penelope slyly lifted her eyes toward Jed.
Ẃе́ b̃ nо v̈ êl Е́ ǹ ǔm̂ а
Jed just silently shook his head.
"Th, that......!!"
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Penelope couldn't hide her shock.
"H, how......."
She opened her mouth again with a trembling voice.
"Why didn't you pounce!?"
Èn ū ḿ á. ïd
Is she crazy?
Jed's mouth gaped open, and Ferda's body stiffened.
Penelope didn't close the door to calamity.
"Does this make sense by common sense? A grown adult male! With the woman he likes! Nothing happened!! It's an absurd story like eating a single blade of grass on a fully set table and saying you're full so clear it away!!"
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It was amazing.
At that shameless and rude behavior, anger should have boiled up, but rather, his head cooled.
W еb̆ ň о̀ v е́l Ӗň u mа
With the mind of wanting to see how far that crazy behavior would go, he said to her.
"His Highness and I are engaged. Since we promised marriage, slowly building time for each other is the important thing."
"What stiff, square-headed remark is that? That's not the trend of today's youth! You just go for it first! Body chemistry over heart chemistry!"
Ferda replied calmly with an annoyed expression.
"Her Highness is noble, pure, and chaste, so don't bring up such pathetic trends."
"Then is it a coincidence that Valdrova-nim said she's interested in sexy lingerie?!"
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Ferda's body flinched.
Before he could open his mouth, Jed beat him to it.
"She said she's interested?"
"No way. She is interested, but she doesn't know what it is. She said it's roughly something used when eating. So I said if it's tasty, she'd like to try it later, and that appearance was just like a country village maiden, puhek! Surrender! I surrender! I won't act up again!!"
Ferda strangled Penelope's neck with shadow.
It felt like tears of blood would flow from his eyes.
Ё n̊.ūm̂ă
Why the hell is this guy Valdrova's friend?
Why the hell does this guy have the Great Demon Sitri's Life Vessel?
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If not for that, we wouldn't have met, and there would be no need to keep her alive.
He lamented his damn fate.
After making her suffer appropriately, he let her go.
"If you're going to spout nonsense, get out. Whatever you guys think, there's no reason I have to do dirty things with my fiancée right now."
Е̇ n̈ù.m̄ а̇ ._ĩ d̃
"No, I can refute that."
He shut Penelope's trap, but this time Jed opened his mouth.
"Like Penelope said, isn't it possible that His Highness Valdrova desires it?"
"That will not happen."
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"A woman's heart isn't that simple, how can you assert that? Even I, who've seduced dozens, still don't know."
"Is that bragging?"
Еňu m̌ а̊ . і́ d
"That's not it. It's not good to assert that you know His Highness's heart."
"......."
Jed advised Ferda with a smug voice.
"Most suppressed people can't properly express their desires. Even disliking it is actually just hesitation from embarrassment."
"Hmm......."
"If you practice opening up your true feelings just a little, you become honest with your desires. Then...... yes."
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Jed gave a thumbs up with a lewd expression.
A lecher and a lust-crazed demon were babbling about making bold physical advances.
Normally, ignoring them would be the proper procedure.
But Ferda began to seriously agonize in that direction.
'I am not Valdrova.'
Even if I know her heart to some extent, I cannot say I know it completely.
Е̌nûm̃а̂ . і̇d
'She says just being together is enough.......'
In reality, it wasn't so.
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Ferda likes talking with Valdrova.
But the 1 second of touching her hand was more meaningful than a hundred words exchanged over several minutes.
Ferda honestly confessed his desires to her yesterday.
He spoke of what he had only worried about—that she might get hurt, that it might be awkward.
Ӗ nū mа̃ . ǐd́
And how was it?
He became able to properly face Valdrova's face.
And he felt with his palm that face he had only imagined.
'And she touched my face too.'
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He recalled the places her touch reached.
Valdroba moved following the trajectory of Ferda's hand.
Е́ ń u_ṁ a.і́ d
And even stopping right before the lips at the end was the same.
Perhaps......
She might want the same thing.
If they both want the same thing, isn't that okay?
It was right when he was almost completely swayed by Jed's persuasion.
#@%#@$!@$!!!
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"Ommayaaa!"
A sudden shout.
Penelope, in Jed's arms, trembled and made a fuss.
"Wh, what is it?! A monster? A new species emergence?! Whatever it is, I'll hide in the Lair first!"
It wasn't that.
It lacked that characteristic unpleasant feeling of a monster's cry.
Е̇ň um̈ a
This was unmistakably a 'human shout' heard from the West.
Ferda turned his head toward the source of that shout that almost shattered the window.
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After casting Search and Magnification magic spells to verify, he could accurately identify the source.
Ferda, having confirmed its identity, said this.
"......Your persuasion just collapsed."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
E n u m а .їd̈
Ferda pointed his chin toward below Hestia Village.
Jed could see what Ferda saw.
In front of the village gate.
A woman on a white horse stood there.
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She was King Hudret's loyal knight.
A Sword Master, a female general called the Destroyer General.
Е n úm а
She was shouting like this.
-Jed Swallowwwww!!! Take responsibilityyyyy!!!
It was a shout that made one's spine chill instinctively.
