Vol 13 Chapter 245 (2/2)

“You react fast”

Aria’s eyes turned sharp It seeears The normal Aria, and Aria in battle…

“Underestimate me too much and… you won’t come out unscathed!”

Her power rose in an instant, forcefully blowing em activated, it seems

I lightly leapt back, and landed, only for rass Aria before ht

“Quick!? No, a second stage!”

Aria’s own Skill To allow her to move swiftly for in instant, it had more explosive power than the Fourth’s Speed But its active time was extremely short

Having ht

“A faint… Left!

Even using the Second and Sixth’s Skills to ascertain her position, she was too fast that identifying her was a trial in itself

With the scabbard in my left hand, I took the spear she lowered at me My body enhanced with the First’s… Full Over… wasn’t able to endure the force, so I parried it

But she had instantly ain… she was behind me

I proround I was at before hollowed out, with grass flying through the air

I heard the Fifth’s voice

『Don’t hold back Give her an honest answer Things can’t go as they’ve gone before』

I took a deep breath, and took to using every Skill in my possession

Aria noticed a change in rass she swiftly raced through with Quick parted as if to make a path

I crossed over the sabre and scabbard to stop her attack With her weapon hardened, her power a her bloas dreadful

“So you used Quick… and Slash together That was quite dangerous”

Aria’s face was close And she smiled a bit

“You’re the one who started this match, Lyle!”

She disappeared from my eyes

To take in the surrounding terrain as a three dimensional map, I used the Fifth’s Skill… Diather even more information

Even using the Second’s… Select… I turned ic towards her As a number of fire balls pursued, I muttered

“Full Burst… leading into Full Drive!”

Using both the First’s and Fourth’s third stage Skills at the same time, I quickly approached her What surprised me was that even in that situation, Aria seerasp of me

In the slowlya little faster than everything else Her lips moved What I read off of them was…

【Boost】

… She mouthed

Right after, froht appeared, and Aria had stepped into the Fourth’s world She had caught up to his Skill

“There!”

Aria swung her spear, and unable to take it,even faster than th had exceeded mine

“I think I’ve said it before Vanguard Skills are unfair”

A Vanguard Skill’s characteristic was its offense-specialized explosive power Even for body enhanceressive than the First’s Skill Due to the burden on the body, they couldn’t be used for long periods of time, but even so their instantaneous force was different

As Aria slashed a shockwave at ed earth Because of the h the airs, the two of us were muddy and soaked all over

Seeing her seriousness, I spoke

“You’ve grown strong You’re really strong, Aria!”

When I lowered a sabre at her, her vulcanized spear broke the ments slowly scatter about, I extended a hand towards her

Grabbed around the collar of her clothes, and leapt close into a range she couldn’t swing her spear

And keepingforward, I pinned her down

The surrounding flow of time returned to normal, and I felt the blow of the wind The cold wind felt comfortable on my sweaty body

“It’s my win”

“… Right I lost again So why did you…”

… Why did I do so like that? Before she could finish, I spoke

“It’s my answer for yesterday You lost, so you have to obey me Stay by my side I need you”

Aria looked as if she was going to cry as she looked at , but she hid her face with a hand

“… I’ as everyone I’m weaker than you, and I don’t have any money! I can’t offer any irls prettier than me! I… don’t want to become your burden”

I got the feeling I heard a voice from her heart It was true; Aria had lied

“Even so… stay by my side”

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… Watching over Lyle and Aria, the Fifth pat his chest in relief

『Good grief, I’ about her fro, but… he really is a handful』

Looking at the Fifth’s relief as he sat on the table, Milleia spoke

『You could’ve at least done that much when it came to us, couldn’t you?』

The Fifth looked down, and spoke sorrowfully

『… Like hell I could I’m the worst sort of man, you know I put my family, and the territory on the scales I increased htBut even so… it’s all I could choose So I’m…』

There were plenty of probles ary of the Walt House To Baron Status in four generations It was impossible by normal means

What’s more, the Fourth succeeded in his rule He made it succeed So those around felt fear

The hero Sleigh Walt was a man of valor who attacked an areneral

There was no guarantee that blood wouldn’t revive They feared the Walts Milleia spoke a little sadly

『You could have talked with us h Even I had times when I wanted a word from you』

Milleia’s deh the mental state of another party She could determine it by the flow of their mana She knew the expressionless Fifth, always uninterested towards his children was always in sorrow

His dependence on animals was because his psyche wouldn’t hold up otherwise

Milleia spoke to the Fifth Correcting her posture, and showing off a graceful curtsey

『Please teach Lyle everything I’s The ht unnecessary are needed in the Walt House Isn’t it fine? Being bullied or taken the fool That the Walt House could creep up from there, and rise to Count status ithout a doubt because of your achievements』

The Fifth continued looking doithout giving an answer…