The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

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The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

Episode 93: Rejection

With Lewis and Aido unleashing their magic and fighting spirit, two powers clashed, causing the air to tremble.

“Shh!”

The first to move was Lewis, who gripped a short dagger with both hands pulled from his storage and, cloaked in fighting spirit, rushed forward.

“Gahaha! That trick won’t work on me again!”

Aido defended against it just like before, using his battle axe’s handle and his body, enhanced with fighting spirit, to block Lewis’ attack. The moment Lewis’ hand paused, Aido swung his battle axe with all his might.

However, instead of dodging the oncoming battle axe, Lewis crossed his daggers to deflect it, lightly jumped, and intentionally created distance with the momentum.

“I knew it. That’s a magic axe, isn’t it? A gravity-type, no less.”

“Gahahahaha! You got it! This is the magic axe Gravelra! By channeling magic, I can change its weight at will!”

The magic axe Gravelra, as Aido said, was imbued with gravity magic, allowing its weight to be manipulated freely by channeling magic.

Moreover, the change in weight did not affect the wielder, so no matter how heavy the weapon became, it felt as light as its original weight to the one using it.

When Lewis was blown away earlier, it was because Aido had suddenly increased Gravelra’s weight, causing a massive impact from the centrifugal force of the attack.

“Good weapon you got there.”

“Oh yeah! It’s the best weapon ever!”

While Lewis didn’t want it since it didn’t match his fighting style, there was no denying that Gravelra was an excellent weapon.

“That’s why breaking through head-on is interesting!”

Lewis suppressed his magic and surrounded himself with fighting spirit, charging at Aido faster than before.

The flurry of strikes unleashed was so fast it was beyond the eye’s ability to track, leaving Aido unable to defend.

“Uoooooo!!!”

But Aido wasn’t going to just take it silently; realizing he couldn’t defend, he decided he didn’t need to. He wrapped his battle axe in fighting spirit and swung with all his strength.

The battle axe, made as heavy as possible by gravity magic and further infused with fighting spirit, packed an unimaginable punch.

In response, Lewis stored his dagger in the storage and grabbed the magic sword Ignido and the magic spear Igberia, ready to receive the incoming blow in a unique dual-wielding style.

“Guh!!!”

Lewis managed to block Aido’s full-force strike, but the impact caused the ground to dent, cracks spreading like spiderwebs.

“Aaaaaah!!!”

Lewis shouted as he braced himself, but his arms and legs were already reaching their limit. Skin, muscles, and even fine tendons tore, blood gushing out.

Even so, Lewis was enjoying the fight too much to let that stop him; he continued to endure Aido’s attack through sheer emotion.

Then, at the moment those feelings overflowed, Lewis pushed back Aido’s attack head-on, forcing Aido to stagger back.

“‘Thunder Spear Breakthrough’!!”

Seizing the opportunity, Lewis released Ignido from his left hand and gripped Igberia with both hands, unleashing his technique.

The power behind that thrust was far greater than what Gaizar, the previous owner of this magic spear, had wielded, sending Aido’s left arm flying off, obliterating even the forest behind it.

“G cough…”

Lewis crumpled against Igberia, bleeding from the internal damage he had incurred earlier.

“Guh…”

Aido dropped to a knee, pressing his remaining arm against the wound and immediately using rope to stem the bleeding, grabbing the fallen Gravelra with his right hand.

“That was some insane power. But it’s bad luck for you that you couldn’t finish me off there.”

“Haha. You really think that?”

“What?”

When Lewis looked up as he said this, he saw countless swords and spears floating in the air, threatening to rain down upon them.

“D-don’t tell me you!”

“Kwaha! Come on! Let’s bet on who survives this!! Gravity!!”

As Lewis used gravity magic on the floating weapons, they transformed into an uncatchable rain, pouring down on the two of them.

“Goooaaaaahhh!!!”

Aido raised his battle axe, desperately trying to withstand the torrent, but swords pierced his arms and legs, forcing him to kneel.

Meanwhile, Lewis, shielded by Sonia’s protective magic she had cast to keep him safe, was unaffected by the rain of swords.

“Gah! Hah, hah…”

When the storm of blades finally stopped, many weapons were stuck all around them, and Aido was impaled by several swords, on the brink of death.

Lewis cast a recovery spell on himself with the remaining magic power he had, slowly walking towards Aido and pulling a healing potion from his pouch to pour over him.

“Hah, hah… What are you planning…?”

“Well, usually I’d kill you here, but this time there are some circumstances. Regrettably, you’re going to be taken alive.”

“Tch. This kind of ending… is boring!”

“Then challenge me again. I’ll make sure to kill you for real next time.”

“Gah… haha. I see. Then I’ll become stronger… and come to kill you.”

“Oh, I’m looking forward to it.”

With those last words, Aido lost consciousness while Lewis sank down to the ground, exhausted.

“Hah, I’m tired. It’s been a while since I’ve been this worn out. But that feeling of satisfaction is unbeatable.”

Having fought a worthy opponent for the first time in a while, Lewis felt filled with satisfaction.

“Still, I’m not quite there with new fighting techniques. I need to pull out weapons more accurately.”

This time, Lewis had been practicing a new fighting style against Aido.

It involved instantly bringing out and switching weapons from storage and fighting in a way suitable for the situation.

However, when he tried it in combat, there was slight error in weapon switching, making it hard to attack as he intended.

“I’ll need to put this fighting style on hold. I’ll think about it after I get more accustomed to space-time magic.”

“Eir!!”

As Lewis was reflecting on the recent battle, Sonia rushed over, crying and looking terrible.

“Ah, Sonia. What’s wrong?”

“What’s wrong!? You were almost killed just now!”

“Yeah, but it didn’t happen because you protected me.”

During that moment when he suppressed his magic and unleashed his fighting spirit, Lewis had pulled out all the weapons he could from storage, aiming for the sky to avoid Aido noticing.

At that time, he had completely forgotten about Sonia, never thinking he’d be protected.

“Why are you acting so nonchalant about this? It’s like you’re blaming me for defending you!”

“Huh? I’m not blaming you. I just phrased it poorly. Honestly, I’m not that concerned about dying. But I do appreciate that you saved me.”

Despite having forgotten about it, Lewis was genuinely grateful that Sonia had protected him. However, he seriously thought that if he was to die from that attack, so be it.

Upon hearing these words from Lewis, Sonia sat down and started crying.

“Don’t say such sad things! I don’t know what happened to you, but I’d be sad if you died! Fiera and Shuvina would surely feel the same way!”

“Hah… what a hassle.”

Lewis’s heart, which had been filled with satisfaction just moments before, cooled instantly at Sonia’s words, causing him to uncharacteristically let his true feelings slip out.

“…Huh?”

“Being like that is a hassle, so stop it.”

Sonia was caught off guard by the unexpected response from Lewis, leaving her speechless for a moment.

“I don’t care who’s sad or what they think. To me, none of that matters.

You’re sad? Fiera and Shuvina feel the same? So what? What does it matter if I die and you all feel sad?

I’m not living for your sake. I’m going to do what I want with my life and die when I want. Your feelings or thoughts don’t factor into this at all.

Stop imposing your personal feelings on me. It’s nothing but a nuisance.”

With that, Lewis stood up, turning his back on Sonia, delivering his final words.

“I might have gotten too involved with you. We probably won’t cross paths again, so feel free to do as you like with Fiera and the others. Oh, but just keep your promise, okay? Whenever you have the time, show me the first sage’s grimoire.”

After that, there was no more conversation between Lewis and Sonia until Fiera and Shuvina returned.