I Possessed The Villain’s Childhood Friend

14 – Vulcanus – 3

“You just need to defeat me. Is it easy?”

“Marie? What is this….”

“Do you think this is a joke?”

Marinen rushed at me in an instant. She

She And She At me she swung a huge greatsword.

There was no hesitation whatsoever.

“Ugh?”

The attack was heavy.

And it was fast.

If he hadn’t reflexively used body strengthening magic, he would have been knocked out with such power.

“You want to be acknowledged by me and get a sword, right? Prove that you are worthy!”

Even in the situation where she was sword to sword, Marinen was smiling.

These were sincere eyes.

“… Is it like that? All right.”

I circulated her mana slowly spreading through my body.

Her greatsword unilaterally pushed the stance from above with force.

Ma Rinen immediately stepped behind her and took her position again.

“Good, good. Are you ready now?”

“Yes. Anytime is fine.”

“Don’t worry about scars. It’s because I’ve set up a simple barrier.”

“Is that so?”

“Go!”

It was Ma Linen who took her feet off the floor first.

She moves so lightly that it’s hard to believe she’s using a greatsword.

But she was never too far behind.

What I chose against her was to attack her from the front.

“Hey, are you confident?”

“To what extent?”

She raised her strength at once and forcibly broke her standoff.

And she immediately swung her sword diagonally.

Marinen’s reaction was also quick.

Using her hilt to slash the side of her sword, with admirable skill, the direction of her attack was forcibly reversed.

“Awesome.”

“Isn’t it?”

We looked at each other, smiled for a moment, then continued the fight.

“Keuugh!”

The balance of the fight was slowly shattered.

It wasn’t another problem.

The sword she received from Ma Linen is starting to crack little by little.

“Mr. Marie?!”

“Don’t stop, Ike! Keep going!”

There was no way Marinen was unaware of this fact.

But she had no intention of stopping.

“Damn it!”

If it was natural, it was natural.

My sword is an ordinary long sword. It is also a mass production type, according to Marinen, the blacksmith.

But on the contrary, Marinen’s sword is a huge greatsword.

In terms of strength and durability, there is no choice but to be pushed back.

Because I kept betting on an opponent like that head-on.

“Ha!”

With a scream, a greatsword strikes from the head.

It was impossible to avoid.

I had no choice but to raise the sword above my head to defend it.

The great sword stopped for a very short time.

Chang-Geurang!

In an instant, my sword broke and plunged to the ground.

Luckily, I was able to avoid the attack by taking advantage of the pause.

“This far. After all, you can’t fight long with a suddenly made sword.”

So said Marinen, and she drew her greatsword from the ground and wrapped it around her.

“If you know that, please do it in moderation.”

“That would be no fun.”

I couldn’t argue with her smiling, baring her fangs.

“You said it was a two-handed sword, right?”

Marinen asked after cleaning up all the fragments of the broken sword.

“That means….”

“Yes. I’ll make it. It’s been a long time since I moved excitedly.”

“Thank you. Please take good care of me.”

“Look forward to it.”

I had a handshake with her and her joy.

“Then it’s your turn now.”

After shaking hands, Marinen looked at Reina, who was standing behind me.

Reina and Ma Linen’s fight began, and she stood by Anna’s side without saying a word.

“First of all, it was late, and I said I would stay for five days….”

“Marie.”

“Hmm?”

“Can we talk for a minute?”

“… Well, good Then you wait here for a while.”

Reina, Anna, and Marinen went out to the garden together.

“Ha ha.”

When I looked at the sky, it was already completely dark.

She took a pocket watch out of her back pocket and saw that it was already ten o’clock.

You’ve been like this for an hour and a half.

“Come to think of it, what should Reina do?”

Marinen is strong.

She may not be as strong as Helen, but she is stronger than most would-be knights.

Of course, that doesn’t mean Reina is weak, but that wasn’t her talent as a knight.

If it’s a match like this, Reina will never be able to win.

Somehow….

“Ike!”

The moment I was about to fall into trouble, the door opened vigorously and Marinen entered.

“Until next Tuesday, you will continue to fight with me. The story is over. Go back today.”

“Yes? How about Miss Reina?”

“It’s okay, young lady. She’s through you know anyway Starting tomorrow, do it every evening like today.”

She unilaterally declared and disappeared.

What the hell were we talking about?

She asked on the way back, but Reina and Anna didn’t answer.

When I came to the lodging that Anna arranged for me, I threw myself on the bed.

Enduring the heat of the workshop that seemed to melt her body, she and Ma Linen shared the sword with her full power without a break.

It wasn’t hard, but I was mentally exhausted for some reason.

However, it was a good flow because I received a confirmation of order production from the first day.

It’s okay to take a breather and think about the most important issues.

The finals of the dance competition on Friday.

The opponent is a masked man with the pseudonym A.A.L.

A strong fighter who wiped out all opponents in a single blow in the finals.

“Can I win?”

I had no intention of giving up already.

If that was the case, she wouldn’t even think of coming all the way to Vulcanus.

The problem was that there was little information about the masked man.

Even if he wanted to analyze his strength, all of his final matches ended in a single blow.

On the other hand, I exposed quite a bit of information when dealing with Helen in the quarterfinals.

How to overcome that difference, I still haven’t been able to get a feel for it.

“Ike.”

“Yes, Anna.”

“Dinner is ready. Would you like to eat at the restaurant?”

“Umm, I’ll eat alone. Leave it behind.”

“Okay.”

… If so, there is nothing to prepare.

I just need to prepare everything I can.

I am not a genius, nor is Ike, the original owner of this body.

Beomjaein, because all I can do is keep working hard.

I picked up the practice wooden sword on the wall and started swinging it slowly.

And Anna scolded me for not eating until the rice was completely cooled.

★

“… Lost.”

“Thank you.”

Chang-Geurang!

At the same time, the sword that barely maintained its shape was completely shattered.

“Awesome. Even the slightest mishandling would break it.”

“Because I paid the most attention to that part.”

Marinen stood up, dusting off his pants.

In the corner of the garden was the last greatsword that flew.

“I thought it was ridiculous when I first heard it, but I thought it would really work.”

Today is the Tuesday I promised with Marinen.

I had another appointment with her.

It was simple.

The condition is to win in sparring with the mass-produced longsword that Marinen gave you by Tuesday.

And it was a promise that if she succeeded, she would make the best sword she could.

The biggest challenge was the durability of the sword.

Mass-produced longswords were too weak to collide head-on with Marinen’s greatsword.

At first, I was conscious of that and fought while avoiding confrontation as much as possible, but in the end, the accumulated attacks broke my sword.

In the end, the strategy that was changed was swift.

Subdue Marinen before the sword breaks.

Of course, that also failed several times, but in the end it worked.

“Originally, even if it is made to order, it is usually made according to the price, but I will make your sword with all my might, not caring about that. The price is also free.”

“Yes? You don’t have to. Because I can pay enough.”

“No. That way, you end up paying attention to the price. I don’t want to bother with that now. I want to throw away all those thoughts and make it with all my might.”

“… Thank you.”

“Enough with that greeting. In fact, after making the Holy Sword, it was blocked for some reason. I keep thinking that I can’t jump over that sword no matter what. But seeing you not giving up even with such a crude sword made me feel like an idiot. So, this is the answer.”

Having said that, Ma Linen laughed, exposing her fangs.

“I will start right now. I don’t know if it’s okay to say this, but I want to concentrate as much as possible, so please go back. You should come to the studio around 10:00 on Thursday.”

“Yes. Please take good care of me.”

“I am eager.”

Raina came to me in her room, wielding her wooden sword.

“Anna?”

“I left because I had to prepare to go back tomorrow.”

“Ah, when Mary comes, she ate everything, so the food must be short.”

“Yes.”

Raina passed me and sat on the bed.

“Today is the last day.”

“Well, Friday is the final, so I have to go back.”

“That’s right. So, can we win?”

“I will. Because I came all the way to Vulcanus for that.”

I couldn’t figure out a strategy to deal with the masked man.

Still, she couldn’t show Reina that weak side.

“By the way, how the hell did you just get over it?”

“What?”

“To think it was over with just one conversation with Marie. Threats in the name of the family?”

“That is rude, Ike.”

“… Sorry.”

“Well, you’ll find out soon. So don’t worry about it.”

If you say that, it bothers me even more.

But in the end, Reina didn’t tell me until the end.

“Marie?”

After carefully knocking on the studio door, she slowly opened it.

“Oh, welcome.”

Inside was Marinen, smiling as she did the first time I saw her.

“The fire in the furnace is out?”

“Because the work is finished.”

The heat of the studio, which seemed like it would melt my body when I first came, had subsided to some extent.

“Now, here. A two-handed longsword and a dagger.”

Marinen approached and handed me and Reina a blue and a purple sheath, respectively.

“Check it out.”

Hearing Ma Linen’s words, she drew the sword from the blue scabbard she was handed to her.

She was longer and heavier than her original sword.

But it didn’t seem like it would interfere with her movement.

“It’s okay to swing it.”

Following Ma Linen’s words, I turned around and gently swung her sword.

The sound of cutting the wind was clear.

“… Incredible.”

I couldn’t think of any more impressions than that.

Starting with the weight, the feeling of holding the bag, and the center of gravity without any awkwardness.

There was nothing to complain about.

“It feels just right for me. Come to think of it, I didn’t measure anything like my hand size, so how?”

“You kept sparring. From the way you hold the sword, to how you wield it, I saw everything.”

“Is that possible?”

“Didn’t you say that Vulcanus is one of the three best skills?”

Ma Linen grinned, baring her fangs.

★

“Ike.”

“Huh?”

The way back to Heros.

Reina, who hadn’t said anything since before, suddenly spoke up.

“Here is your gift.”

And Ma Linen handed over her dagger, Diana, that he had crafted for her.

“Wait a minute, Raina. What is that?”

“It’s a congratulatory gift for advancing to the finals.”

“You got the present the other day, too.”

“That’s a thank you. This is a celebration gift. Totally different.”

“But isn’t that a custom-made dagger just for you? And this is not a weapon you can hand over to anyone.”

“No. This is what we talked about on the first day. I want you to make a dagger that suits you, not me.”

Come to think of it, Marinen never talked about Reina’s dagger.

“Why the hell….”

“I’m rooting for Ike’s victory. So I wanted to help.”

“Reina.”

“So please, accept it.”

I didn’t have the option of rejecting Reina’s gift.

For some reason, there was a very sad smile on Reina’s face as she looked up at me and said.

Let’s win no matter what.

Since I received such a gift from Reina, I had no choice but this.

Even if it’s an opponent with no information.

“Hello, Ike.”

“Before, ha?”

But on the day of the finals.

The one who stood in my way was the strongest and worst opponent.