19-1. The difference between a guard dog and a wolf.

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A few days after that commotion. I was sitting in a chair in the waiting room, waiting for my next match against Kynell.

My intuition was crying out that I should check Mardol’s gender even if I lost unfortunately. If the new heroine is right, we can make our saintess invisible.

‘When I think about it, there are many strange things.’

Like Ariel, she has a strangely feminine side that likes cute and sweet things, or her armor is heavy but her hands are small.

I thought she was really Lupus because of Nex who said she was the crown prince. In fact, in retrospect, she even made her speech awkward,

Mardol looked at Chartines and Nex and did not call them her sister or her brother.

Perhaps Nex was trying to hide his identity as much as possible when he said he was the crown prince. Or maybe he was trying to find out if I was a bad guy who approached knowing that he was of imperial blood.

Also, Mardol was the one obsessed with strength. She may have thought that it was her own weakness.

‘I couldn’t have noticed such a simple fact….’

Because of the many interruptions and thinking only of our saintess, I never assumed that Mardol was a woman.

She couldn’t have a harem if she wanted to take the saint’s route. There was so much information that my thoughts focused on that.

‘I have to go up to the finals.’

We have to go to the finals and break her glass armor to see if she really is Lupus’ older sister. If it’s a female character, it’s okay to keep your distance from now on.

She let out a long sigh. She thought so deeply of another woman. If the saintess knows, she will say one thing. Ariel has a coupling like Kainel, so she’s fine.

‘What route am I riding right now?’

Now that I think about it, I need to check how I behave in order to achieve the grand route. In the end, I had to work hard for the saintess’s happiness.

I really want to see the wedding dress illustration. It was the producers who killed him after not being able to achieve that.

In the end, Mardol’s help will be indispensable to capture the demon king. Their physical strength was really strong, and their magic and swordsmanship seemed to be superior to that of the hero couple.

‘..About Kynel and Nex’s fellow routes.’

If it doesn’t work, you can just take the fellow route like this. The protagonist of . Dennis never connects with the player. His only lover was the Heavenly Demon, White Magnolia.

I can’t believe the glass knight will connect with a player like me. If you see my name not appearing in the status window, there must still be a chance to get closer to our saintess.

Ignoring the ominous sensations running up my spine, I got up and headed for the arena.

Because I am only our saintess. I won’t sell anything like that.

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[Grand Hearts Academia’s grade exams are also coming to an end!]

Laplace’s voice echoed loudly, heating up the audience.

[Student Licht wearing a black knight helmet and Kanel student with impressive blonde hair! The semi-finals show by two prosecutors! Only one winner here will advance to the finals!]

As expected, the part about being a hero is hidden. I stood still in the arena and looked at the crowd. The glass armor glistening in the sunlight was visible from a distance.

I’m here to watch my game. Is it because it’s a fellow route?

“Licht. Are you okay?”

“..It’s okay.”

The blonde-haired warrior who stepped forward was worried about me. It seems that his frustration at cheating on our saintess was revealed through his body.

“Yes, I will believe you if you say so. There are things in the world that are hard to talk about.”

“Thank you.”

“I will definitely beat you this time. Licht! I can’t be indebted to you forever.”

A warrior of light with a kind smile and a positive line.

I drew a faint arc around my mouth from inside the helmet. These days, warriors are out of character somewhere,

“If you can, do it.”

They’re full of despair for the world. The same goes for the demon kings of the cult of warriors. Say you can do it until the fall. But why are you pointing the gun at other people?

This is obviously wrong. One’s faults and misfortunes must end there. That’s why I’m trying to ride the Grand Route and the Saint’s Route together.

Because only she doesn’t have a happy ending because of the evil producer.

“Licht.”

“Why is that? Mr. Cainell.”

It was then. He pulled out the Holy Sword of Light and looked at me with serious eyes unlike before. It seemed that he had something else to say.

“..Are we friends?”

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

I tilted my head and questioned his question. I’m not the kind of guy who says things like that. Did you have a change of heart after the showdown with Magic Hat?

“It just seems like we don’t know a lot about each other to be friends.”

“…”

Our careless Yellowy has grown a lot. I wish I could notice Ariel’s feelings for her in this way and kiss her quickly.

“You are our friend.”

“Oh, really?”

I gave a confirmation to him who expressed his anxiety. From To , You, Kynell, have been with me for 10 years.

“Why are you saying something obvious?”

“..Yes, you are right. Licht.”

Now that the trauma with Magic Hat has been fixed. There will be no way for our saintess to die by running away from the decisive battle with the demon king.

“I was worried about nothing.”

“Well, it’s nice that that eccentric side is like Mr. Kinel.”

“Is that a compliment? You, too, would become irrational if only the gray-haired saintess were involved.”

“..Let’s start quickly. Cainell.”

Oops, I took a shot before the match even started. It was a blonde-haired warrior with a mischievous smile like Ariel. They say that if you love someone, you will look alike.

[Then, the last game of the semi-finals. Let’s begin!]

That moment. The horn sounded, and the two swordsmen raised their swords.

Since I was ready for the air strike right away, I released the wind pressure on my right hand just like during the battle with Leon. The wind shot straight in front of Kainel.

“Shine Strike.”

Seeing that, he reacted and hit back. A sword of light like a crescent moon flew away. Their attacks collided and offset each other, creating a huge gust of wind around them.

“..You seem a little weak? Licht.”

“It can’t be.”

Kinel’s provocation continued. It’s like the fact that I brought up the story of the saintess, and she must have noticed that my swordsmanship is highly emotional.

Because he was a person who could easily see through the weakness of Drake’s style of swordsmanship and tell me about it. Burden on the body. Aiming for it I ran right into Wolffang.

“Your posture is too concise.”

“Keugh..!”

I have to focus on the speed of your skills, but this time it was slower than the void. After closing the distance with him, I turned and cut the mana protection with the reverse stab.

“Shine Strike!”

Kinel fires a sword of light at me once again. This time, I was at a disadvantage because I needed to prepare. I spread the distance behind me and took a blocking stance with a sword.

“Exactly. Cainell.”

Geugguk. I dragged my feet and scraped the ground. The power is stronger than before, and that’s okay. I felt something proud in my heart.

“As expected, I can’t beat you with existing technology. Licht.”

“..What?”

Looking at the blonde-haired warrior who kept smiling even after being beaten by me once, I had a question. What? Can there be any leftovers from Kanel at this point?

「Shine Advance.」

In an instant, his body began to glow. A skill that concentrates the ability of the Holy Sword of Light on the body and moves it at the speed of light for a moment. How could this be the current Kainel….

‘Can’t it be that I thought I should become stronger by looking at Ariel?’

Perhaps he had that mindset during the decisive battle with Magic Hat. The conditions were already satisfied. I was surprised by the unexpected development and showed a gap.

Lines of light rushing towards me.

“Where did the confident attitude from earlier go! Licht!”

“Quite, yes..! Cainell.”

Chaeeng, Chaeng! With a sound, I was struggling to block the attack of Kainel, who was running around like a flash by shedding his wings.

Kinel still seems to have a lot of skills. I didn’t finish it with one attack like I did before, but I’m on the defensive and I’m going to lose at this rate.

‘..If this happens, I have no choice but to use it.’

I’ve been saving it for Mardol. I had to pull out another number I had.

A holy sword is a holy sword. It is said that the fake cannot beat the real thing, but there is a basic difference in effort.

“I believe in love.”

Shoot it. It started to rain with a roar. A cobalt-colored sword landed in a flash of light.

“..I barely escaped! Licht. This is a bit of a surprise! The ability to summon a sword?”

“Hello. He is my son.”

Kinel avoided it with a momentary evasion, but this sword’s ability is not like that.

Because it’s my heart that I forged while thinking of the nameless saintess. In a way, it was a sword that could be called a son.

Pajik, Pajik. A sound came from Kynell’s body, and when he saw the sudden rain and the blade falling on him, he paused to assess the situation.

“Conviction. Rain.”

“It is a wonderful sword. Are you making the sword fall like rain?”

I don’t know if my instinctive intuition is excellent. If I had continued to attack, I would have been defeated right away. He picked up the sword and rushed back to Shine Advance while being wary of me.

“No. The true power of this sword is….”

“..Huh?”

I disappeared for a moment. Seeing that, Kynell was agitated as he turned his head around, reappearing from behind him and brandishing his sword.

Chaeeng! The sound of metal colliding with metal rang in my ears. You know this You have grown so much. Cainell.

“It can turn into raindrops.”

I mixed with those words and the rain that turned into water droplets. A sword that allows you to move around freely and easily let go of your opponent’s attacks.

“So what happened to that sword! In the end, just cut it down before it turns into water!”

“If you can, do it.”

Embarrassed, he aimed at me and continued to fire Shine Strikes. Originally, it would have been a threatening technique with the speed of light.

“..It should be enough to knock out all the raindrops. Cainell.”

He is still a rookie warrior. It’s not even , There’s no way I’ll lose with this sword that will replace the tears of our saintess.

Moreover, Shine Advance is a technology with a short usage time. The cast had already ended and his movements slowed down.

“As expected, I am still not at that level.”

If you don’t block all the raindrops, it’s impossible to hit me. I approached him slowly and struck the sword from top to bottom.