Chapter 23 (1/2)

Chapter 23

““Aegir-sama!!””

As i went back to hotel after i got a fight (tl: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) with Claudia, Nonna and Celia welcoming me with a hug as they’re crying .

“Aegir-sama, are you okay? I thought that you got caught and got jailed . ”

“We want to do something for you but we don’t know what should we do!”

I embrace and stroke their head until they felt relieved .

“Alvens Mallord is it? Does Nonna know about him?” (tl: [アルベンス・マロードル] . Does anyone have better suggestion?)

“Yes, Alvens is a name of big city, and Mallord is a name of the most influental aristocrat of the Federation . Don’t tell me …”

She shakenly stepped back .

“She seems like the-hugged-girl from yesterday . So i called by her mother . ”

Nonna face becomes pale .

It seems that she can’t take a joke .

“Le-Let’s get out from the Federation! If we go to the Empire, they can’t track us anymore!”

“It’s okay . If it’s about the mother’s satisfaction, there shouldn’t be question need to be asked . ”

Silence…

“Are you possibly … have s.e.x with marquis’s wife too?”

“Yea, she’s fainted many times too”

“s.e.x maniac!! Why are you lay your hand on anyone you met? Are you an orc?!”

Since she go out from Elektra, Nonna jeer and her headb.u.t.t became stronger .

And i always get healed by caressing the narrow-eyed Celia .

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“On the Red side! The First Knight, Captain of Imperial Guard, Viscount Cedric Orion . ”

“On the White side! A veteran mercenary, A fierce G.o.d with herculean strength, Aegir!”

How come the MC (tl: Master of Ceremony, not Aegir) always come up with a new name every time .

I don’t even remember to be a veteran .

Captain Cedric prepare his sword in silence, he seems to be the type that never speak with a commoner .

He held his sword with his two hand, even the size is the same with my sword . It seems that we’re the same type .

As the starting signal sounded, he’s charging to me .

He don’t even bother to glare .

I’m absolutely confident in my ability .

His strike is twice as heavy and twice as fast as Luciff (tl: ルシフ . Any better name suggestion?)

In term of strength, i’m still better but with my speed, I can’t hit him . If I show him some chance, I’ll lose for sure .

In a flash he shorten our distance and jump behind me .

It seems that he wants to end this fast .

Then I bring my sword in opposite of my chest and meet his sword (tl: ならばと逆に懐に突っ込み鍔迫り合いに持ち込む。I give up . _ . and it sounds so gay with “swordXsword” xD)

This circ.u.mtances is related to the other party difference in ability .

I know that Cedric is waiting for me to make a move . (tl: really, it sounds so gay)

If I push forward and ward it off and not draw back, it should be the end for me .

Even I know that it was hopeless situation for me, it will be my loss if this continue .

That’s why I decided to rely on Nonna .

So I pull back my sword, I decided to give up swing my sword and head-b.u.t.ted Cedric .

Because of that, his sword didn’t slash me .

This turns my forehead into a sword .

Cedric unexpectedly able to cover our difference in abilities .

The meaning of this head-b.u.t.t is to distance myself .

I place my sword on my right shoulder and put my left foot slightly forward .

There are neither defense nor movement, this posture is to make strongest blow possible .

His sword and my sword length are identical, he must jump in to break my sword defense range to win .

If he really did jump in, he can’t evade to side so he can do nothing but to ward my sword off .

My ability is lower, but my speed and strength is higher . (tl: it should be different term of speed with the last TL . maybe swinging speed and movement speed is different but wrote by a same text)

Come!

The bitter-faced Cedric’s pride can’t tolerate a glare confrontation with me .

My experience tell me that Cedric’s distance almost getting closer to jump in to me .

I won’t get fooled with his feint by seeing his muscle and eyes movement .

His eyes is angry .

He’s coming, thus that can’t be concealed . (tl: I’m trying T_T I don’t know what is “that” in this sentence)

I saw that he’s laughing a bit .

He’s jump in, and I ward off his sword .

He tries to slant my sword trajectory diagonally . (tl: the raw said “the-person-who-hates-exchange-full-powered-blow tries to …” too long xD)

I knock his head .

Metallic sound reverberated in audience seat as his helmet throw in air .

My sword sends his helmet flying and …… cut nothing but air .

My defenseless trunk and my sword is. .h.i.t, and then my sword is leaving my hand and struck the earth .

I lost the winter sword skill tournament in semifinal .

I stand up as straightening my hit trunk and take a breath .

There’s Cedric in front of me .

“It’s my win”

Did you just waited for me to say it? What a narrow minded person .

“Yea, it’s your win”

After I said it, I leave .

Probably, I’ll be asked by Nonna later .

A n.o.ble is really troublesome .

It wasn’t a sarcasm .

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~ Cedric’s POV ~

“What a beautiful victory”

I received a victory praise from my subordinate .

Cedric doesn’t say a thing, he threws his sword and walk away with a strange face .

(That’s why you’re no good!) (tl: it’s cedric’s line)

When they’re the one who fight that mercenary, they would lose instantly!

If it’s a serious match, he would be defeated .

That mercenary’s sword hit his helmet .

If it’s a sharpened sword, his head would be cracked too .

Of course, it was Cedric’s win .

There’s no one who doubt it either .

However, he feels uneasy that he barely won .

Cedric go to a room with n.o.body in it and kick hard a chair .

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~ Aegir POV ~

“It’s my complete defeat . ”

I tell Kristoff and Agor in a drinking bout .

They seen the game it seem .

“If it’s a serious match, that blow would cracked his helmet”

Agor theory is a bit strange .

“That match had a condition that use a bladeless sword . If a sword user that win against lance user, there should be no difference with brawl”

“Is it really like that~ ?”

With empty gla.s.s, Kristoff is seeing his surrounding but no one fill his gla.s.s .

“If you already experienced a real fighting you should know . But your equipment now is the one that used for real match . Of course, one vs many is not counted”

“I ashamed that my real combat experience is come from extermination monster and thief . I just can’t say that was a proper combat experience”

“Same with me~ We don’t get real batle living in White City”

Isn’t it nice to live without fighting?

Even I said “If you change your mind, marry me!” to Lucy .

But Nonna seems to hate it .

“So, the tournamet had ended, I should go to other city soon”

“Ah, Aegir is still on the way in his journey, right”

“Really? What a boring person~”

Kristoff, you only want to see Nonna breast, right?

Incidentally, after Nonna saw him, she put towel on her cleavage .

This city is a good place, but I can’t stay here .

There’s no need to rush, but I have no time to relax either .

I want to see the next city, too .

I want to be the next king of that place, moreover I don’t want to pick a fight with the Federation .

But, it’s difficult to rise in a already stable society, this Federation is the best example .

Though I don’t know about the empire, with the chaos around the world, it should be like central plain .

There’re countless country grouped together that suddenly rise in power, and then collapse .

In the middle of that chaos, there’s a chance to rise a flag (tl: rise a flag to make new country I guess)

“Next, where will you going?” Agor said .

“I think, I’ll return to the south side of the central plain . Triea…… . No, maybe Goldenia”

I don’t know why I thought about “wing of dawn” (tl: 「夜明けの翼」wing of dawn . Any other suggestion?)

“If you want to go south, it’s nice to go in April, rain in southern area of Federation will be ended . The road become muddy when raining and you can’t continue your journey”

Agor said something serious for once .

it seems that this is a trusted information .

“Then I’ll take it slow . For once, I can let loose my purse if Celia and Nonna want to go somewhere around the journey”

As the citizen, there’s no problem when a single woman walking alone .

Celia and Nonna glad that they don’t need to feel uneasy .

“I wonder, what is Aegir-sama doing now? It’ll be good if we go together”

“Of course . When I’m free, we’ll go together”

Because I have something to do, too .

“………Please give your tool some rest, too”

I heard Nonna’s sarcasm when gulping my sake .

“Ah, Welcome!”

I’m hugging Claudia in her private room .

But, I don’t force her .

In the first place, I don’t live in n.o.ble district . Even she summons carriage for me, the employee glance was painful .

It’s too hillarious to be a comedy when someone that aims to be a king has to be someone secret lover .

“Quick…… Though I want you to come to somewhere for now”

Claudia is taking something out from her purse and put it in a desk .

There’re 100 piece of gold coins there, as expected from marquess . But, what about it?

“Ufufu, please do accept it . After all, because of my charm, that person give me this much”