18-1. What was hidden was a trump card.

***

Ariel was curious.

As for Licht, she actually mentioned that she can’t take off her helmet,

Who is Mardol who doesn’t take off his glass armor like that? That is the question.

A lot of clues were given to figure out the identity.

‘Looking at Nex’s older brother, is he also a descendant of the 10 girls?’

In fact, there were many cases where the teenage girls were close. Because they were heroes who shared life and death during the war.

The last time they met at the swordsmanship training ground, Licht and the glass knight were separated from each other, so they thought they didn’t know each other. ‘Cause I haven’t seen you mix it up.

Even if Kainel didn’t know much because she wasn’t aware of it, she was an incredibly high-ranking person considering that she even called her immediate bodyguards when she was looking for Licht.

In the Grancia Empire, where wolves are the symbol, the only ones with that level of power were those of the imperial family. Leon, the son of the captain of the knights whom he did not know, had checked his face in the previous match.

‘..There is only one possibility. But.’

The only thing exposed to the outside world was the crown prince. Lupus Grancia. However, it was too strange to say that it was Mardol’s true identity.

A man who likes cute things and likes sweets like himself, and has the sensibility of a naive girl.

About what your favorite bread or sweets are, or recommending the menu you enjoyed eating at the Grancia Empire Bakery. The things that do

He was also a kind person who seemed ignorant of the world.

He tried to hand out candies made of expensive sugar and honey, or buy sandwiches. He also fought to the death for himself and Kynell during his battle with Magic Hat.

He had the reason that he was less injured, because Kynell protected him, but also because of the help of the glass knight.

Perhaps because of this, the smirking Licht also seemed wary of Mardol to some extent, but when he came out of the bakery a few days ago, they were embracing each other and talking.

Something was very questionable. Ariel’s red eyes stared at the glass knight in the distance.

Men can hug and soothe each other like that, but from her kind eyes, it was because there was something tickling in her heart.

‘Aren’t you a real girl?’

He is quite tall. It was strange that her hands were as small as his own, and the proportions of her body did not match.

There was a contradiction.

Even the eyes in the helmet are beautiful. A boy can have pretty eyes, but if it had to do with her hand, it was very suspicious, and the act of hugging or petting the black wolf spirit was strangely feminine.

“..Miss Ariel? Why did you call me?”

“Mr. Tugu, don’t you ever think that Mr. Tugu is suspicious of Mardol?”

“There are many enemies like that, but….”

She left Kainel, who didn’t notice her, and Mardol, who was her party, just in case, and called Licht, who seemed to be able to communicate with her, and she was talking.

“Think about it, even if you wear that armor every day, no one will say anything. She’s suspicious enough!”

“Perhaps for some reason.”

“No, Mr. Pugu!”

She began her reasoning by relating the reason for not taking off her armor. Taking it off makes you weak. What she said was what she heard.

At the time, I thought it was something I shouldn’t mention, so I passed it over, and seeing it in the match a few days ago, it turned out to be a really fraudulent piece of equipment.

‘An armor that nullifies all magic.’

She sighed as she flopped down on her chair. There was also a way to target the gap in her armor, but Mardol could easily block it.

When she saw the swordsmanship mixed with magic in the battle with Magic Hat, she came to know the skills of the glass knight to some extent. She thought maybe she was as strong as Licht.

Licht, who blew up half of the forest during combat training, was in first place, while Kainel, the strongest warrior she knew, was in third place.

‘Because Mardol was second place. Even during group assignments, I stunned all the bees when they flew in….’

After time passed and the semi-final matchup was confirmed, her concerns increased.

“At this rate, Mardol and I will fight today! There is no chance for me!”

“..I’m hanging out with Mr. Kaynell.”

“That’s it! Our Kai will win anyway..!”

The red-haired elf screamed and complained of her displeasure.

“That glass armor is against wizards! Foul!”

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find a way. Seeing that all wind magic was blocked, she fell into despair.

“..Equipment is just equipment after all. The user who uses it is what matters.”

Then, a man wearing a black knight helmet with his hand on his chin began to worry. After a while, a new opinion came out of his mouth.

“So, why don’t you take advantage of it and attack inside the armor?”

“Ah. Was there such a thing?”

Unlike the sky blue wizard named Windy, her magic is pure fire. She was focused on making her opponents burn and hot.

As I pondered over the identity of Mardol, I forgot even something very simple. Besides, her magic now is fireworks that explode continuously like fireworks.

“..Thanks for the advice! Mr. Tugu! I will definitely take off the Mardol armor!”

She also used heat to process glass. The magic that isolated the person in the armor and made them look like rats in poison was the most appropriate.

Ariel smiled mischievously like a cat.

***

“hehehe, look forward to it! Mr. Helm!”

“..What do you expect? Even if you take off the armor, inside….”

“About Mardol, maybe Mr. Tugu will learn something new?”

“Yes?!”

What are you talking about? What’s new to know? Mardol is a boy. Also the prince. I can’t pass it up because it’s what the red cat with eyes says.

“…”

I thought of all the possible moves. That’s something new to learn here.

‘Could it be… That the genders were reversed like Magic Hat?’

I don’t think so. Never. That’s not all. When she heard that, she was startled by the light of her home that flashed through her.

“Ariel, what the hell are you talking about?!”

“A woman’s senses. Should I say..? Anyway yes!”

How close I have become to Mardol, our saintess would be extremely jealous if a woman was around,

Tomahawk indirect kiss. That was the biggest problem. Even if I excuse this, she will really try to kill me. I can see her patting her back with her two fists.

‘The knight flirts! Goat! Casanova! I’m sure he’ll say, but he’s so pissed off that he won’t even talk to me for years.’

A cold sweat broke out inside the helmet. In an instant, memories of the past passed by. Like clapping hands, hugging, swordsmanship….

“Heo-eok, hee-yeok”

I couldn’t breathe. My head is dizzy. If I had thought I was a woman from the start, I would have widened the distance, but there was no way I had this loophole.

The nickname “Sunae Black Knight” Can be contaminated. As a harem black knight. It’s only those kinds of people who unconsciously plant flags.

Puffed up. Both his legs gave way and he fell to the floor. I narrowed my brows with a throbbing headache.

“Mister Helm! It’s okay..?!”

“Wait.. Dizzy.. But why are you saying that all of a sudden..?”

I put my hand on the ground and didn’t get hurt. His tongue twitched like he was drunk, and his original way of speaking was sticking out.

“Anyway, there are a lot of things to hide now. Same goes for Mr. Pugu.”

“That’s true, but…”

I’m hiding from them that I’m also a possessor. It seems that Dennis and Nex already noticed me and misunderstood me as a hero.

‘No matter how much it’s a game, this isn’t it.’

I have been overlooking the fact that the creator of Is evil. Given that Magic Hat is a woman here, unlike in the sequel, maybe others are too.

‘Did Lupus have a different gender because it’s a prequel?’

The subject of using magic or taking the wrong potion was common because it was a game. It also fits my other assumption that there was a real prince from the beginning.

It was common to attract fans’ attention by making her into a heroine rather than being criticized. It was a common occurrence in real life that a love line that was not in the original was added.

“aaa!!”

“Mr. Pugu, what’s wrong with you all of a sudden?!”

The clues that popped into my head continued to haunt me. Words such as “A person who is weak” Or “A person like a golden jade leaf” Amplified the suspicion of ‘no way’.

How much of a fuss they made while scratching the floor like that.

“..I’ll go then! It’s a match soon!”

Ariel, who had been looking at me with a worried look for a long time, left for her semi-final match. In fact she saw me doing this and she might have gotten scared and ran away.

“No!! Oh, no!”

Kinel was running towards me in the distance, startled at what had happened. Mardol must have headed for the arena ahead of time.

She can’t be a real woman. Even if there are two sides of the sky, that shouldn’t happen. How long have I lived watching only our saintess?

There is no way he unconsciously wore a flag like the male protagonists in other romantic comedy cartoons.

***

[Finally the semi-finals of the grade exam! The first match is with Ariel, an elf wizard with impressive red hair!]

Laplace commented loudly, drawing a response from the audience. That person also belonged to the young axis, so is it natural? It was a character that had a slightly erratic side in the first place.

[Glass knight, Mardol student!]

Jumping. As soon as I heard that name, my body trembled abnormally. There’s no way the person inside that armor could be a woman. It’s a common development in romance novels.

“Licht Junior. It’s okay?”

“My junior Licht, my hands are shaking again.”

With Nex, Chartines, and Kainel right next to me like this, there shouldn’t be any flags on me. I shook my head and caught my breath, and the game was about to begin.

After the introduction, the characters on both sides walked out and briefly greeted each other.

[Then, let’s begin!!]

The horn sounded as usual, announcing the start of the match.

“First of all, let’s take off the armor and fight. Mardol!”

“..What?”

Ariel’s courageous proclamation echoed through the audience through amplification magic. I just closed my eyes and put my hands together and prayed to heaven that my assumptions were wrong.