Chapter 36 (2/2)

Being severe, then immediately after showing just a slight bit of tenderness, women would fall by her hand. That was Ria’s rule of thumb in her previous life.

“If you’re finished, it’s my turn now.”

Being kicked another time, Ria went on the offense for the first time.

It took just one hit.

Slipping into her bosom, she struck her opponent in the pit of the stomach. s.h.i.+zuna’s legs trembled.

Together with the sound of the ground being struck, s.h.i.+zuna’s body flew away. She fell into the crowd.

She had held back sufficiently, but it was necessary for her to give moderate damage. Adjusting it was difficult.

She’d used a martial art technique to not penetrate her armor.

When Ria approached, the spectators quickly moved away. Though s.h.i.+zuna, who had just been knocked onto her back, was desperately trying to get up, it looked like she’d been given just enough damage, causing only her upper body to be able to sit up.

Since Ria walked towards her with a smile that looked like she was easily dealing with someone, she was obviously afraid.

However, a hindrance appeared.

“Would you please pardon her with that?”

Dividing the crowd, a huge man showed up.

He was tall. He was also a bulky man, swaying back and forth. His physique was similar to Gig.

But he had neither the fangs nor horns like an Ogre. He was completely human.

“O-old man…”

s.h.i.+zuna groaned. Though they didn’t resemble each other at all, this man seemed to be s.h.i.+zuna’s father. They definitely shared their red hair color.

“It’s Vargas…”

“It’s Vargas of the [Thunder]…”

The surrounding spectators began to clamor. It appeared he was considerably famous.

Not being distracted by the noise, Ria observed Vargas.

Despite his bulky figure, his footwork wasn’t dull.

“Anee-cha~n. Be careful, that guy’s strong.”

Serge’s carefree warning reached her. In other words, he was still weaker than Ria.

“Well, will the father follow the daughter and be my opponent?”

She tried a cheap provocation. Honestly, she still wanted to fight a bit.

But Vargas shook his head.

“There’s no reason to fight something I know I would lose.”

With those words, the crowd became noisy.

“Oi, Vargas said…”

“Thunder admitted defeat…”

“That’s just… what’s with that girl…”

It was anticlimactic, but he could clearly measure the ability difference between himself and Ria. He had combat intuition.

Regardless of whether it developed into killing each other, she wanted to fight him once.

“Then I guess our duel ends here? Well, how about a compromise?”

Ria looked at the magic sword in her hand. It was quite a performance. If it weren’t Ria, it would’ve been hard to fight against. Carlos or Gig would have been defeated.

“For now, I’ll keep this sword for a while. If you rely on it too much, your fundamental skills won’t improve.”

“Eeh!”

s.h.i.+zuna screamed, but that was probably the natural response, seeing as how valuable the sword was. Vargas didn’t respond, probably in consent.

“I’ll give it back after you raise your Swordplay Skill. After that…”

Compromising, Ria took s.h.i.+zuna’s shoulders, standing her up. Like a newborn fawn, her legs trembled.

“W-what…”

s.h.i.+zuna’s frightened lips were blocked by other lips.

With the tip of her tongue, Ria experienced the girl’s lips. It was just a moment of contact.

Letting go of her, she fell to the ground with a small plop. A different kind of cheer from those that had being going on rose up from the spectators.

“Yuri came!”

Serge shouted with a strength that seemed to cause a nosebleed.

“Wha-, wha-, wha-”

s.h.i.+zuna opened and closed her mouth like a goldfish. Seeing the expected reaction, Ria was pretty h.o.r.n.y.

“Compared to being killed, that wasn’t much.”

Vargas had an extremely difficult expression on, but said nothing.

“You, you’re interested in that!?”

s.h.i.+zuna shouted with watery eyes. She understood her feelings. If a man s.n.a.t.c.hed a kiss from Ria, she’d also want to cry.

But when she thought about that cute crying face, her sadism trumped her reason.

“I’m not interested in men. I prefer girls with a strong will like you. You can come at me whenever you want revenge, but when I win, we’ll do something more amazing.”

Ria smiled s.a.d.i.s.tically. Vargas made an even more intensely complicated face.

“Y-you idiot—! Stupid—! Die—!”

Basking in the infantile cries coming from s.h.i.+zuna, Ria walked through the guild’s doors.

“So cool…”

“Dreamy…”

Voices like that arose from the spectating women, though there were a small number of them.

“That s.h.i.+zuna, so easily…”

“Such a ladykiller…”

“Yeah, a ladykiller…”

Voices of horror came from the men.

Ria the [Ladykiller].

In Jaeburg, that was the moment that gave Ria her nickname.

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