74. Eunice Callia (2)

“Unlike a lot of fakes, it’s real.”

“… ….”

I was going to hurry back to the dorm and lay down on the bed, bruised and beaten.

Thanks to Yuria Callis, an uninvited guest who came unexpectedly, my plans went awry.

As much as mana is gathered and stored in the heart, the source of life. From the way you stared at my chest so earnestly. Unlike other imitations, I even said that I am a real man.

‘It seems like I’m one of those who definitely noticed the level of my level that Ainel said.’

Eunice Calia seemed to be one of those who clearly noticed my level.

Otherwise, in this world of gender reversal, there is no way I could confidently look at a man’s chest and whisper words into his ear without hesitation.

‘Because it’s the eldest daughter of the Calia family.’

Moreover, Eunice’s state known to the outside world is the same sword expert as Siabelle.

That’s because he is famous as an eastern knight who excels in swordsmanship, to the extent that it is said that he is almost out of the state of entry level.

If you had seen my swordsmanship exchanged with demons many times during yesterday’s chaos, you would have surely seen through my realm to some extent.

A dilemma.

How the hell do I have to overcome this ordeal to go back to my room and take a nap? While thinking deeply

“Ray, do you still need some more time to think?”

Seeing Eunice’s tenacious face, I hinted at it.

“It’s mana. It’s not fair. And moreover… It seems difficult to talk about it right now.”

Ainel will take care of things related to mana separately someday, so she won’t even have to agree here.

Although he is a timid and weak slave. She is a member of the Countess, who even wears Cianella’s mark on her breast pocket.

I thought Eunice would eventually let me go if I stubbornly refused.

“It’s not fair? You wrote it. Mana. I saw it with my own two eyes.”

On the contrary, Eunice began to cling to me even more.

At that rate, Eunice, like that dwarf b*tch, seemed like today wasn’t the only day. If he said he showed his face at the castle, it was obvious that he would come rushing over and try to entangle him.

I shake my head with an awkward smile, end the conversation with a formal greeting, and start moving again.

Eunice’s voice came from behind me again.

“Sell your time.”

“……?”

“The ancestors of Cianella and Calia’s ancestors were at odds with each other. Thanks to that, the relationship between the two families has remained ambiguous until now.”

“…Why are you telling me that?”

“If you sell me time, the Cianella family will be able to win the favor of the next head of the Calia family. As you said, this is an opportunity to form a deep bond with the daughter of a marquess who is infinitely close to the duchy. Wouldn’t it be a pity to miss it like this?”

… Apparently, something happened between Cianella and Calia.

Ainel just introduced Eunice Calia as a nobleman to talk with Sione, but didn’t tell me anything about Calia’s family.

I stopped at the young lady’s words.

“That’s not all. If you do me a favor… I’ll prepare a small present for you. It’s a very tempting story, isn’t it?”

Eunice laughed at her coyness, as if she was happy that my attention was directed back to her.

“If Lady Cianella asks about your whereabouts, you’re welcome to give me my name. Well, it can’t be helped, right? A young lady from a prestigious family like me is asking for a conversation like this. Who could refuse? Yeah. That too—”

“…….”

“A servant of Cianella, but a commoner without a last name.”

In the end, I agreed with Eunice’s words, who began to condescend about my identity.

“… If it’s a story that happened yesterday, you’re probably referring to what happened during the coming-of-age ceremony.”

At my words, Eunice began to show signs of infinite satisfaction.

It was a natural reaction. It’s like admitting that I can handle mana from the fact that I didn’t bother to say that I was a real man.

Eunice hurriedly responded to my words so that this opportunity would not disappear.

“Yes, and above all. Neither Shione Cianella-sama’s performance, nor Ainel Cianella-sama’s performance—”

Eunice, who was closer than necessary, said as she distanced herself from me.

“I want to hear about your performance. Would it be okay?”

“If I had to say my performance, it ended up exchanging sword strikes and defeating two demons… It’s not going to be a very interesting story.”

At my words, Eunice shook her head.

Her swaying brown hair shone in the sunlight.

Eunice’s lips slowly lifted as she gave a bright but warm color and a warm eye smile.

As her smile grows more complete, somehow my intuition begins to warn me.

Now more troublesome things will happen than now.

“It’s okay. There is a much more enjoyable way to listen to Ray’s heroic story than to just sit back and listen.”

“Yes…… ?”

Then sit still and listen to the heroic story. What else do you mean by listening?

She finished her smile before I knew it, and she took my hand, no, no, the sleeve of her dress near her wrist and dragged it.

“Follow me!”

“… Where are you going?”

“My room!”

“Yes… ? You mean Eunice’s room?”

“Yes! Any problem?”

If it’s a problem, there are many.

Why the hell do I have to go all the way to her room and tell her that we can finish talking here.

Are you grabbing someone you haven’t met yet and dragging them away?

If the social status was enough, I would have argued.

When I kept my mouth shut in amazement, Eunice smiled grimly, as if realizing it.

“Ah—. Don’t worry. ‘Cause I won’t do anything I’m not that kind of a naughty b*tch, am I?”

“… ….”

… I thought I had adapted well enough.

What the hell did I just hear?

Somehow, I don’t think I’ll be able to adapt to this crazy world of gender reversal even if I die.

* * *

Eventually, I was led into her room by the reckless Eunice.

Eunice quickly entered her room and headed to one of her corners, and I slowly followed her, examining the layout of her room.

The structure itself was not that different from Sione.

However, the number of furniture in Eunice’s room is remarkably small.

Did you remove all but essential furniture such as beds and wardrobes? There was not a single ornament to be found in her room. Thanks to that, the space is quite impressive.

So while I looked around the room. Eunice came back to me again.

“Now, shall we begin the story?”

Yeah, it’s nice to start talking…….

“Do you mind if I ask what you are holding in that hand?”

“It is a wooden sword for training. If you miss a day of training, you get a little anxious.”

Why the hell is this crazy bastard bringing her wooden sword to talk? One in each hand, two in total.

Looking at Eunice like that, a mild migraine gradually begins to rise.

“Because sitting still and listening to heroic stories is not fun. I want to hear what happened at that time as it is, while reproducing it.”

“… Are you serious?”

“Of course. And… Manado.”

“That word.”

“Please handle mana at the same level as you operated it back then.”

“Ha.”

Eunice Calia was an outlier. It’s not just a weirdo, it’s a terrible weirdo.

“What do you mean Eunice-sama is asking me to do that? I can’t quite understand the English language.”

Eunice didn’t pay attention to my words and put a wooden sword in my hand and said.

“Didn’t I tell you? He said that he wanted to see Nam Gi-sa from long ago until now.”

“What could be the reason for that?”

“I want to feel even more certain that you are a real man. Namgisa who handles mana and cuts down enemies for my lord.”

Having said that, Eunice stepped behind him and began to loosen her wrists.

“Although it is only a legend… …. Before demons and monsters appeared in the world, and the mysterious powers of divine power and mana were created. In the days called the Age of Mythology, spears and swords, as well as knights and warfare, were exclusively for men.”

After she loosens her wrists, she energizes her body with simple stretches.

“Well, it may all be fictional. The men of that time were on the battlefield. Among them, those who became knights said that it was such an honor to die to protect their country and their beliefs on the front line.”

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Eunice, fully relaxed, straightened her sword.

“Nearly 10 years. When the borders are confused due to the frequent attacks of the Imperial Army. Unlike Namgisa of our Marquis family, who was indulging in pleasure and flirting with the female knights when their help was not enough, creating only great confusion.”

There was a deep resentment in Eunice’s words.

I’m thinking about the person she says she is sending her grudges and leaving the writer after her.

Eunice managed her mana moderately and raised her momentum.

“I told you. He said he wanted to meet a real Namsa, both in the past and now.”

“… ….”

“Please, you are not a fake like the Allen Carlia I have seen so far. I want to show the true potential of a man as a knight.”

“… ….”

“And to confirm this, more than anything else, it is certain to cross each other’s swords.”

After saying that, Eunice smiled.

“Unlike our Allen, the figure of a real knight that I long for. Can I look forward to it?”

I roughly nodded at Eunice’s words.

The words are too long, so there are a few parts that I missed a bit after being in a daze.

Because I know roughly what she meant.

So, isn’t it that he wants to see a proper male knight he admires, not a sloppy dog who boasts that he is a male knight like his younger brother.

The fact that he even held a wooden sword like this. It must be because I wanted to know how much mana I could use and wield a sword as a warrior.

I was thinking of giving it a rough match and going back to the dorm quickly.

With a sad expression, he started to use mana.

As Eunice said, there was no such thing as using mana as polarity as back then.

Even if she asked for it, I have no obligation to obey her words.

If you dare to pay more attention here, it will only annoy you, and there is nothing good about it.

Anyway, this situation is nothing more than a proper explanation and reenactment of what happened yesterday, not sparring or actual training.

Just good swordsmanship, and decent mana management.

That should be enough.

“At first, the enemy tried to harm the princess with a short sword.”

“Like this?”

“Yes, so I did this—”

Empty!

The sound of wooden swords colliding rang out loudly.

Because the body strengthened with mana has more than normal strength.

I don’t know how long the wooden sword can last, but if it breaks quickly, it will end quickly.

I continued talking roughly, and Eunice agreed with me according to my explanation.

“I swung my sword with the intention of hitting his wrist to avoid the stabbing attack through the neck, but he succeeded in blocking it.”

Empty!

“I stabbed him in the neck, and he scratched my sword to block his approach.”

Wood Deud Deuk.

Eunice’s wooden sword came riding on my sword.

“At the same time, he pushed my sword aside.”

Empty!

“I went down with the intention of cutting off my chest, but my teeth were also blocked.”

Tup!

“It was a struggle from now on.”

“… It is strong.”

“Because I am strengthening my body with mana.”

A situation where the sword and the eyes are facing each other at a distance where you can feel each other’s breath.

Why am I doing this right now when I was going to go back to my dorm and rest?

After laughing at this absurd situation, I went on to explain again.

“So I blocked the blade of the man riding up the sword with the back of my nose.”

Hung!

Using instant mana more quickly, he twisted his sword.

Eunice panicked at my attack, which suddenly sped up, and moved her sword.

Empty!

Wooddeuk…….

Eunice’s wooden sword, which received my attack, cracked, and soon fell and tumbled to the floor.

“… I cut my throat.”

Unlike the broken Eunice’s, my wooden sword stopped right in front of Eunice’s neck.

She rolled her eyes to check my wooden sword, then met her eyes with mine again.

Eunice peered into my pupils from a distance of about a hand from each other’s faces.

“Ray. You, it seems like the real male singer I longed for.”

As if in surrender, she playfully raised her hands.

Eunice took a step back and slowly drew her breath, closing her eyes and putting her mana to rest.

“Haa…… “.

With her sigh, her closed eyes opened again.

Her obsidian-like eyes contained only me.

“You are about to envy Lady Cianella. Get your hands on this Namisa.”

“… ….”

“I want one too… …. If only the Calia family had protected the kingdom from the demons like the Cianella family, not from the eastern border. Could I really have gotten you?”

I answered her words with silence.

Eunice skillfully led the conversation, shrugging her shoulders despite her non-reaction.

“Well, for now, I’ll be content with making a relationship like this and move on. Because obsessive women are not popular.”

After that, Eunice and I exchanged a few more words and ended our conversation.

The moment I turned around and tried to leave, thinking that I could finally go back.

“Oh, Ray.”

Eunice called my name.

“This morning, it was all I saw at a glance from afar. I don’t know what we were talking about-“

What I saw this morning. No matter how much I thought about it, it was like the story when the old witch and I were talking.

Let’s turn around and face Eunice again.

“It would be better not to fall for the elf’s beauty. Wouldn’t it be nice if she believed deeply in elves?”

I could see her smiling coolly.

“The elves I have seen while guarding the border myself… Contrary to popular belief. Because there was a clever and selfish corner than I thought. Got it?”

“…I’ll keep that in mind.”

I answered her words with a light smile.

Seeing through the essence of elves.

I had no choice but to nod my head at her words and give her a 100-point applause.

* *

Right after Ray left, Eunice Kalia sat down on the bed.

She looked at her own broken wooden sword and smiled brightly.

“Because I saw the real thing—”

With Eunice holding her smile, she lay on the bed as she was and gently closed her eyes.

She whispered serenely as she ran through her own hair.

“I don’t think I’ll be interested in fancy imitations anymore…”

Then she looked silently at the door her lay left.

“I hope to see you next time at our estate.”