Vol 7 Chapter 115 (2/2)
His sharp eyes were directing hatred at her While finding that fact quite pleasant, Celes ran her mouth on how she wanted him more than the crown prince
As they passed one another, her rapier and his lance crossed
Sparks flew, and their heads turned to look at one another The knight took up his weapon in both hands, and used only his legs to maneuver his horse as he unfolded another thrust
“You monster!!”
The sharpness of his lance thrilled the young girl She used her slender rapier to repel the strike of the heavy lance Normally, that action would have destroyed his stance, but undeterred, he continued a stream of attacks at her
“How nice You, you’re really nice I’ll add you to uard No about you tellon your head”
She hadn’t been wearing a helmet from the start, and as she couldn’t see her opponent’s face, she opted to send his own flying off his head
His face visible, she caught sight of a young rabbing the reigns to take distance
The helrabbing it, she let it spin on her left
“Now say your name”
But the opposing knight…
“I refuse! I have no obligation to na without adown our city I will never forgive you!”
Celes’ smile suddenly turned to a bothersome expression
(Yeah, you can find them here and there These sorts…)
A voice came from the yelloel e voice, and it sounded as if its speaker was s
『Looks like you were rejected, Celes But ‘tis truly a pity I’hts in Bahnseim… ill you do?』
Celes inclined her ear to the voice
“Let’s see Do you have any fun ideas on your side?”
The knight before her twitched his eyebrows as he stared at Celes, and held up the lance
『A loyal knight, is it? H him alive to watch over the deht You’ve yet to try that one yourself, have you? I’ than what you’ll witness if you cut him down yourself 』
Celes’ lips warped into the shape of a crescentat the knight He also urged on his steed, and attacked with the lance
After crossing, they lowered speed, and came to a stop
A notch appeared in a portion of Celes’ skirt
“Oh my”
『You weren’t paying attention, were you Celes, why ance, won’t you? With that matter with Lyle, that makes this the second』
Hearing Lyle’s name, a crease spread across her brow
“… If Nove lives on is…”
A happy voice from the Jewel
『I told you to just keep the boy as a plaything, yet you’re so adamant about it I’d prefer to be loved by one like hi, you’d be referring to yourself as well』
Celes stroked her hair as she turned around and looked at the knight
“Hm, I hate that part of you”
Turning around in a siht spit up blood… His lance fell to the ground along with his right arm and all
And along with it came the horse’s head The moment it touched down, red blood spread across the parched earth, only to be absorbed into it at once
“D-damn you…”
Celes brought the quilin up close to him
“Ah~ looks like I went too far”
『He won’t last long like that Now then…』
But the knight continued to show his willpower up to the end He took out a concealed dagger with his left hand, and tried to jump at Celes
When her eyes narrowed, a spear suddenly iht’s body
“Oh”
Celes stared blankly at her own knight who had thrust the spear The knight who, to carry her own palanquin, had equipped light-weight armor, thrust the spear in deeply once more
With cold steel ee amount of blood
“Don’t think you’ll be able to do this sort of thing forever… soo to hell”
Letting off a sigh, Celes lopped off his head And she sent a look at the kneeling knight who had saved her as she brought her hands to the head of the knight who tried to kill her
She grabbed his hair, and observed his final expression
“You, what’s your name?”
“It’s Breid Vamper, Celes-sama!”
Maizel drew closer on his horse, and drew his sabre
“You… outstepped your rank!”
Maizel was about to kill hiht’s head and helmet towards Breid
“That’s no good, father You should reward hiht’s equipuard”
Hearing that, Breid…
“Y-yes!”
He was moved to tears
Breid Vaht who had been in a love relationshi+p with Doris of the Circry House But at present his loyalty lay to Celes alone
Celes dismounted her quilin, and returned to her palanquin
A voice came from the Jewel
『Are you satisfied with this measly amount of blood, Celes?』
She responded with a smile
“Surely you jest We’ll only go forward froht of the earth soaked in blood More is, won’t you?”
Badgered by Celes, the char voice from the Jewel continued on
『Fufufu, that siht, how about surrounding a village, and having the villagers kill one another? It’s usually quite a show』
Hearing that, Celes…
“Oh, nice! That’s it! We e at once! Father!”
She immediately called out to her father
Maizel responded to that
“What’s the e out of those blood spattered gar plenty of dresses and armors for you, after all”
Using thea new tax for the girl
But not a soul came forth to find fault in that Thus has been shoould happen if someone did
“I want to play in a village nearby Let’s finish up here, and move on to the next”
As if to spoil his child, Maizel smiled
“I see Plunder is also an important duty of feudal lords I’ll start the preparations at once Oh, before that…”
Maizel issued orders to the icians
“We’re good Playtime is over Erase it from the map”
The nals to come caan to pull out
After a bit, Maizel nodded to Celes, and she…
“Bang!”
Protruding out her thuer pointed at the town
The surrounding forces rained down their ic
Fire, water, earth, wind, lightning… all cae disappeared At the same time, a few thousands lives disappeared as well
But unrelated to that, Celes…
“Ahaha, I guess Bang was a bit uncalled for”
When she laughed out, Maizel smiled
“What of it You’re cute no ed, so perhaps I should use the word beautiful?”
Celes inflated her cheeks
“Don’t tease me so, father Now…”
She urged Maizel on
“He at once Oy, we’re heading to the next site Find a village another lord has yet to attack”
Watching her father give orders to the nearby knights, Celes seemed satisfied
And from the Jewel, she looked at her
『Celes, you sure are cute』
And let out such words…
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In a café in Bei for a certain individual
Lyle’s party was on a break day, so itsseparately Unbeknownst to all, Novem had come there to come into contact with that person
The door of the sh the store Nove around, she knew the one that had called for her had arrived
The shopkeeper went to guide him to a seat, but the customer spotted Novem, ordered a drink, and walked over to her table
Carrying along a package, he sat across, and cut straight to business
“It’s been quite a while I doubt pleasantries are necessary, so I’ll say what I must It happened as you said it would, Novem”
Novem sipped her tea
“Is that so”
That’s all she had to say
The other party went on
“… A viscount of Bahnsei was brushed away”
“I was sure it would come down to this”
Not shrinking back at her attitude, he presented the package to her
“It’s from father And today, I’ve come to break ties with you”
Novem looked at his face as she accepted it
“… You’ve decided to follow Celes-sama have you, onii-sama?”
The young man named as her brother thanked the shopkeeper as his drink was brought over, and took a sip
He looked outside
His seat was by the , and there was a considerable number of people in the shop There were couples and parents and children
“Father says he is unable to betray Maizel I will abide by his decision Because with Lyle-sa left the Walt House, only Celes-sama remains”
It wasn’t just Novem who had their mysteries
The Forxuz House itself had its fair share With their loyalty towards the Walt House rather than the throne, they were seen as heretical by others
“A our household, I’m sure you’re the one with the thickest blood You’re always cal You can process everything so indifferently, after all”
On her brother’s words, Novem answered as indifferently as ever… and stopped
“… Onii-sama, the thickness of one’s blood is irrelevant We all have those memories”
“That’s right, but you’re the only one who inherited them so clearly, Novem”
Taking sips, and continuing their conversation bit by bit, it came that there wasn’t a drop left in their cups
“Next we meet, we’ll be enemies”
“Yes”
“You’re not one to be flustered with us standing before you, but… what of Lyle-sama?”
Noveht about Lyle
“He’s on the kinder side, so he may hesitate”
“I see I wanted to serve him too”
Watching her brother say that with a sorrowful se, and stood to leave She took his check as well
“Being treated byI have left, you know?”
At his joke, Novem smiled
“It’sall the way out here Now then, see you on the battlefield”
She went off the counter to pay Watching her back, her brother called out for a last time
“Novem, you think Lyle-sama will take you?”
As she left the store, she looked at her brother’s face, and s his head
“I see…”
Giving a response her sibling could understand, she left the store, and held the package quite preciously as she walked down the streets of Beim
But rather than expressionless, her face was just a little sorrowful…