chapter 58
58. Succession (3)
Belle was looking around 1st Princess Brigitte’s closet, wearing only pure white underwear.
This is because there was not a single piece of clothing in Belle’s closet that could be worn to the capital.
These were all clothes that were extremely efficient.
Therefore, they were all inappropriate clothes for a man and a woman to walk around the capital and go on a date.
“The princess’s clothes are all too…bright.”
Belle was in despair when she saw the brilliant light blue dress!
“…I can’t wear it.”
Brigitte stared at Belle’s thighs, which moved elastically every time she bent her knees.
‘Wow, you have a pretty body.’
The muscles that wriggled as if they were alive were truly amazing.
Belle was weighing a pink cardigan and a light blue dress, but ultimately couldn’t choose anything.
“Uh, what should I do?”
Belle had her blue hair all tangled up.
Brigitte found Belle’s behavior, as if she was trying very hard to get a date with Yuma, very cute.
“Just like you do. It might not be a bad idea to go out as you normally wear.”
“yes?”
Belle’s eyes widened at Brigitte’s words.
“Wouldn’t it be okay to ask Yuma to buy some clothes? There are clothing stores all over the capital city.”
“…ah.”
Belle nodded slightly, as if she had realized something.
Brigitte approached Belle and whispered.
“Why don’t you just ask Yuma to pick out something pretty?”
“oh…!”
Belle became a little excited without realizing it.
“You know these things better than I thought. Your Majesty!”
‘Of course, I’ve never said those words myself.’
Brigitte didn’t say that thought out loud.
I really didn’t want to discourage Belle, who seemed determined to go on a date wearing the same activewear style clothes she usually wears.
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“Did you wait?”
Yuma wasn’t the type to dress up like that.
Nevertheless, in Belle’s eyes, it seemed like a very elaborate plan.
The dark brown trench coat, slightly thinner than the black coat he had been wearing since the battlefield, went well with Yuma’s dark gray hair.
“Yes, no, my lord. I just came out.”
We ate lunch and gathered again about 30 minutes later.
“egg plant.”
“huh!”
Yuma moved forward first. Bell followed Yuma, making the sound of his footsteps.
Barnak, the imperial capital.
As expected from a capital city, Barnak was bustling with activity.
“There are a lot of people.”
Belle’s pink eyes captured the vast scenery of the imperial capital.
Lovers laughing and talking.
The smell of food wafting from everywhere.
Summer on this continent was quite short.
Therefore, even though it was August, the bitter cold started to build up. So, people were standing in line at a place selling bread that looked similar to hotteok.
Yuma and Belle drank coffee with warm hotteok.
“Hoohohoho….”
It was very cute to see him puffing out his cheeks and basking in the heat of the hotteok.
Yuma slowly sipped the warm black coffee.
The scent of moderately bitter Americano welcomed my sense of smell.
“These days, I’ve been wondering if you’re hiding something.”
Yuma continued speaking slowly.
“I guess my suspicions were correct. That always bothered me a little.”
Bell ate the hotteok with his head slightly lowered.
Then he opened his mouth just slightly and spoke low.
“Yes, I have something to tell you…but it’s all over today. Can I say it on the way back?”
Still, he seemed determined to say something on the way back.
Belle smiled softly.
“I want to enjoy this moment, Yuma.”
“Okay, let’s all hang out and talk on the way in.”
“yes.”
Bell opened his mouth wide and chewed a large piece of hotteok.
“Umm…! It tastes like your tongue is melting!”
After enjoying hotteok and coffee, we headed to a clothing store.
“My lord, choose.”
Belle couldn’t bear to tell Yuma to choose her. The title ‘lord’ was brought up again. Yuma nodded his head slowly.
“I get it.”
Yuma thought very seriously.
It was a gift to a precious colleague with whom I would have to walk a difficult road for a very long time.
“Try it on.”
The first thing Yuma handed me was a pure white dress.
And the second was a leather jacket and jeans set that was both practical and fashionable.
“Are you telling me to wear this…?”
Belle looked at the pure white one-piece dress with wide open eyes.
It was my first time seeing such fluttering white clothes so close to my nose. There is no need for clothes like this in the land of the midnight sun. Because it wasn’t worth it.
“Customer! You can try it on over there!”
A short female employee walked over and pointed to the locker room very energetically.
Belle first wore a comfortable leather jacket and leather pants set.
The black leather brings out Belle’s original atmosphere well.
“It’s okay.”
It seemed like a good idea to wear it anytime and anywhere.
“Yes, it suits you well.”
Yuma also nodded.
After Belle swallowed her saliva once. He looked at the remaining ambushers.
A type of clothing that I have never worn before.
Druk-
Belle enters the locker room and takes off her clothes. She wore a pure white one-piece dress.
A female employee who saw Belle before Yuma ran over and said.
“Sister, you’re pretty! But the straps at the back need to be tightened a little more!”
The pink-haired female employee lifted her heel and whispered to Bell.
“Let’s ask that gentleman to tie the knot! Sister!”
Actually, the problem was that Yuma heard everything.
“Can you… tie the laces for me?”
At Belle’s words, Yuma tied the back strap of her dress.
Since her upper body was solid and lean, the tight-fitting dress seemed to make her body lines shine more gracefully.
“Goes well.”
“…is it?”
At Yuma’s words, Belle stared at her reflection in the mirror for a while.
A picture of himself wearing only practical clothes for battle. I was quite surprised at the discrepancy between my current appearance.
“Let’s wear it like this and go out.”
“Well, is that so?”
What eased Belle’s worries was the short female employee who had continued to guide her.
“Yes! Keep your white dress on! Let me help you with the bill!”
Gun gun!
Thanks to the quick progress of the female employee. In the end, Belle left her clothing store wearing her white dress.
“Hey….”
Belle walked away with a slightly stiff expression on her face.
It seemed like it would take quite a long time to get used to it in order to walk around normally wearing these white clothes.
Yuma and Belle left the clothing store and had a light early dinner.
Bell then realized that he had not given Yuma something. So, I dragged myself into any clothing store I saw nearby.
Muffler. Because I wanted to buy at least a scarf.
Belle was proud!
That’s because I received allowance from 1st Princess Brigitte!
“Light blue, pretty. Hehe.”
Bell lifted his heel and smiled brightly as he looked at the dark purple scarf he had handed to Yuma.
“Then let’s do this.”
“huh!”
In this way, each person gave and received a gift.
Yuma also came out wearing the same dress as Belle. She put on her scarf and she came out.
The sunset was slowly setting.
“Shall we go back now?”
“huh.”
Bell slowly nodded at Yuma’s words.
Even though there are so many people in the city. At some point, I could only recognize myself and Yuma. I had fun enough to think so.
Yuma and Belle walked side by side.
Jump and jump…
It was the moment I left the city and entered the road leading to the imperial palace.
Kuung──
Something started falling from the sky.
With red thunderbolt.
It was a red knight.
A knight wearing red full-body armor reminiscent of full plate armor.
Cooung— Coo goo goong—!
The problem is that there is not just one red knight who suddenly falls from the sky.
Total five.
Five red knights fell from the sky.
Yuma looked directly at one of the red knights who suddenly appeared with <Search Eyes>.
[Lv.???]
red knight
tribe : ???
Level: Sword Master
Note: This is a being created with divine power.
What cannot be interpreted as a search plan.
I’ve seen this case before. When using <Exploration Eye> on Shin, Increnu. Even then, there were parts that were left blank.
And the evidence supporting that inference was clearly written in the caution column.
‘Has it been sent by another evil spirit?’
Yuma spoke to Bell.
“Be careful, they are master level strongmen.”
Right after Yuma finished speaking.
Belle’s voice covered Yuma’s words.
“Don’t step forward, Yuma.”
The voice addressed to Yuma was clearly a voice of affection.
But a murderous light was shining in his eyes.
‘You can’t make Yuma use his power.’
What kind of clothes is Belle wearing now? That didn’t matter.
So that there is no need to use any force on Yuma.
To avoid putting too much strain on his body.
That was the most important thing to Belle now.
Kwasik!
I stepped on the ground violently.
The accident accelerated. It was now clear what sword technique to use in this situation.
<Zerten Ryu>
It’s time to use the ancient swordsmanship handed down from Yuma.
A blue air current spread throughout my body.
<Iron>
The first type of the Cherten family. A strong sword that falls vertically.
The red knight extended his sword towards the sword path.
Lots of cards!
The red knight’s sword that stood against Bell’s <Iron> shattered in an instant.
A battle between sword masters.
In the end, most of it ended in a split second.
A split second.
Because he has reached the pinnacle of sword mastery. That slight difference actually became more necessary than the previous levels.
Therefore, battles between sword masters rarely exceeded ten points.
Just one blow.
The body of the red knight in front was torn in half, including his armor, by the iron strike.
And it oxidized, scattering red air currents.
There are four red knights remaining.
Quack!
The three knights kicked off the ground at the same time and rushed forward.
Belle’s eyes were extremely cold as she looked at them.
“die.”
Belle was furious to the end.
The reason was simple. This was because he felt that those knights were approaching only towards Yuma, not towards him.
Awesome!
The sword of the red knight in front rushed towards Bell.
Ugh!
The sword shattered at once.
<Breaking Sword>
The entire sword and sword were destroyed.
And Belle’s wrists were twisted.
To perform the third meal immediately.
<Thunder Island>
Kwaaa!
A stab like lightning was shot through the air.
The second knight was oxidized.
‘Weak. Durability.’
Those red swords are very sharp.
However, it was just like a human. If you cut it, you die.
If the fundamental principle was the same, there was nothing to be afraid of.
‘Not a single one.’
You can prevent them from approaching Yuma.
You can end in your own line.
So bad ──
The strong energy that had spread throughout Bell’s whole body was concentrated in the sword.
swing it
Geomro, which was in full bloom yesterday, again.
Cherten Ryu, 4 meals.
<Yellow Spring>
Blue-black. Blue flames flowed endlessly from the texture of the sword energy.
Write it, write it, write it!!
An extreme horizontal cut swept away the space.
The waists of the red knights were mercilessly cut into pieces with their red armor intact.
One, Belle’s eyes shook violently.
This is because only two people were oxidized.
“….”
Yuma looked at a red knight running towards him with bored eyes.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssss!
A stab shot with red sword energy swirling around like a gust of wind.
<Ultra concentration>
Contemplate the attack you are facing.
‘The end of the storm.’
The tip of the blade.
Yuma took out Balmung from his belt and swung it at the same time.
Kaaa!
A clear sound of metal rang out.
The golden circular impact, indicating successful parrying, spread out in a circle.
<Absolute Counterattack>
Kwagwagwagwagwagwang!!!!!
The sword energy of the retrograde red gust swept through the entire body of the one remaining red knight.
A whirlpool of thick sand rose from the ground.
The moment you think the commotion is over.
A strange voice came from next to me.
“Mortal.”
Yuma looked to the side.
There was a woman standing there.
A woman with orange hair.
It was a woman wearing a very plain brown shirt and black skirt.
Tuk… Took-
Thick blood was flowing from the mouth. Blood was flowing from both her eyes.
The right arm and left leg were malformed and twisted.
The woman slowly approached Yuma like a zombie.
“I’m sure you killed Incrinyu….”
Every time I spoke, blood poured out rapidly.
Yuma looked directly at the woman with his searching eyes.
[Lv.81] Yuriana
Race: Human
Alignment: Neutral
Class: Nun
Note: She is a nun who worships an unknown god.
Currently, the unknown god has become a ‘strong god’ in Yuriana’s body.
The body is rapidly disintegrating.
“I still don’t understand the logic or principle of your power. Once you see it… wow!”
A trickle of blood spurted out from Yuriana’s mouth.
“Are you an evil spirit?”
The corner of Yuriana’s mouth twisted strangely.
“Well…I’ll see you later, human.”
Wow!!!
Yuriana’s head exploded.
A body with its head missing was lying on the floor. Her blood soaked the floor. Even the remaining body began to slowly disappear, emitting a red air current.
It was complete evaporation of the body.
Even the clothes disappeared in the fire.
The only thing that didn’t disappear was the necklace.
A necklace with a silver pendant.
Yuma opened the pendant.
There was one photo. With Yuriana, who just died. Next to her was a boy who appeared to be her younger brother.
“….”
Yuma put the pendant necklace containing this photo, which seemed unlikely to be a clue, into his subspace pocket.
What is clear is that one more evil god has recognized his existence. He said he was starting to get interested.
‘This guy seems like a pretty cautious type.’
As in the case of Increnu, without descending directly. He approached me with a strong spirit.
After gathering his thoughts for a moment, Yuma stared at Bell next to him.
“bell.”
In Belle’s pure white dress. No, the once-white dress had a thick layer of dust on it.
“Why were you so reluctant to come forward?”
Belle’s pink eyes shook violently.
“I think it’s time to hear the reason. You’ve been worrying about me unnecessarily lately….”
Yuma swallowed what he was saying.
This is because Belle suddenly wrapped her arms around herself and hugged her.
Belle buried her head into Yuma’s chest.
“Because Yuma is sick… Because Yuma is sick….”
And he said it in tears. Very slowly. Very quietly.
“The thing about vomiting blood. The fact that you said you didn’t have much time left while going up the stairs… It was all because you were using too much strength….”
Belle raised her head.
“It’s because I’m incompetent. Situations where the lord has to step in keep coming up….”
There were tears in both eyes.
Yuma thought.
I need to quickly go back to the princess’s palace and have a very long talk with Belle.