The white lace glove from Hailga seemed to cling to the villain’s face for a moment, then slid off, fluttering lightly before falling to the ground.
The villain’s gaze followed it.
As if to confirm what exactly had just hit his face.
“You… what are you doing…?”
Even while looking at the glove on the floor.
Even as Hailga picked it up and threw it, shouting into the microphone with all her might that she was challenging him to a duel.
The villain’s questioning voice was filled with bewilderment.
It seemed he could barely believe that Hailga had just challenged him to a duel.
“My! For someone who’s the child of a Count’s family, you don’t even know how to issue a duel challenge?”
“That’s not what I meant?!”
Probably.
No, definitely.
The villain bastard had meant to ask, ‘How dare a mere Baron’s daughter challenge me to a duel?’
Hailga must have noticed this as well.
Yet—
“Or what? What did you mean by that question?”
Hailga pretended not to know and asked back.
Infuriated by her nonchalant attitude, the villain’s face twisted in a scowl.
But that expression didn’t last long.
As if a thought suddenly struck him, one corner of the villain’s mouth twisted up crookedly.
And the look in his eyes was clearly one of condescension.
It was obvious he was looking down on Hailga and sneering at her.
“Ha, haha… You’re really challenging me to a duel…?”
His mutter, dripping with absurdity, was amplified by the microphone and echoed around.
“To cause such an incident you can’t handle, just because you can’t control a single emotion…”
It wasn’t the kind of statement someone would make after clearly refusing, failing to let go of their feelings, resorting to coercion, slander, belittlement, threats, and even spreading false rumors.
“What incident did I cause?”
“You’re regretting it inside, yet you act like it’s nothing…”
I can guarantee that Hailga just now wasn’t feigning ignorance; she genuinely didn’t know and asked.
But the villain, presuming to know Hailga’s inner thoughts, put on an extremely arrogant attitude.
Just as the question of why he was acting like this took root in my mind, the reason was revealed.
“Your family doesn’t even have a properly skilled knight, does it? Are you really sure you want to go through with this duel?”
A skilled knight would never swear loyalty to a mere Baron’s family, while his own family had many excellent knights.
He meant, why challenge to a duel you’re obviously going to lose?
He must think Hailga will put forward a knight—a champion—to fight on her behalf.
Based on the content of the original Nas-e before the remake.
If it were Author Senna, she would have written a development where the protagonist, Reysir, volunteers to be Hailga’s champion and steps forward for the duel.
The Opraushy Count family would have sent out their Knight Commander for the duel, citing reasons like overwhelming the opponent with sheer difference in skill.
Thus, she would have shown a scene where Reysir is pushed back at first, then uses his wits to strike the opponent champion’s weak point and win.
But in Episode 270.
Hailga said she couldn’t understand why she had tried to push the problem onto others and rely on them.
‘And after saying that, there’s no way she’d ask someone else to fight the duel she challenged him to herself, right?’
That would not only break her character but also destroy the story’s plausibility.
“Why would I need that? I’m angry because of you, and you’re angry because of me. Then of course you and I should fight. Why bring in a third party?”
As expected, it should naturally come to this.
Unlike me, who thought that.
“What?! You and me?!”
The villain reacted with surprise and disbelief.
Even though Hailga is a member of the Awakened Special Class and is scheduled to enter the Demonic Realm, did he think that as a woman, she wouldn’t actually step forward to fight herself?
‘Or was it because he himself had no intention of fighting?’
Well, the reason doesn’t really matter anyway.
Since.
“Why? Are you scared? Don’t think you can beat a woman?”
If she scratches his pride like this and pulls a ‘scared?’, he’ll have no choice but to accept.
Moreover, the number of spectators gathered here was immense.
Any attempt to cancel the duel or persuade her to use a champion would itself become a subject of ridicule.
“That’s not it!”
“Really?”
“Right…! No matter that you joined the Awakened Special Class, you’ve only been training for about two weeks, right? I was just speechless, wondering what kind of nerve you have to say you’ll fight yourself, that’s all!”
It seems that villain bastard doesn’t know.
The fact that if you spout such lengthy explanations, in others’ eyes, it can look like you’re trying to brainwash yourself to shake off fear.
“This is why I hate aggressive women like you! Because you can’t control your temper and jump into obvious losing fights on impulse, and someone has to clean up the mess afterwards.”
It seems he had been holding onto the countless ‘I hate you!’ remarks Hailga had poured out.
To return the ‘hate’ just once and then puff up with pride like that.
It’s truly laughable.
“Don’t worry about it! There will never be a time when I leave my mess for you to clean up.”
“At least regarding this matter, I can’t just turn a blind eye. If you lose, you’ll have to pay me compensation. For a poor Baron’s daughter, can you even pay that money properly? Tsk tsk tsk, only your father will be pitiful.”
“Don’t worry about that either! If I win, there’s no problem anyway, right?!”
Right.
For readers wondering what this is about, let me explain.
In this novel’s world, there exists a rule that the loser of a duel must pay compensation to the winner.
And regarding the compensation just mentioned.
It’s common for families to discuss and set the amount before the duel begins, even drawing up a contract.
But if the duel takes place first, there’s a setting where a member of the imperial family designated by the Emperor assesses the severity of the issue and sets the amount on their behalf.
“This isn’t good. I was going to let it slide if you got on your knees and apologized now, begging to pretend the duel challenge never happened… tsk tsk tsk.”
“Stop yapping and draw your sword already!”
Due to the Demonic Realm that can appear anytime, anywhere, many people have started carrying weapons for self-defense.
That villain bastard was one of those people.
With a sword conspicuously hanging at his side, it would be impossible to postpone the duel on the grounds of not having a weapon.
“Yeah, fight already! I need to see the result quickly and go eat! I’m hungry!!”
“Is the sword just for decoration?”
“Ooh~! Now that it’s time to actually fight, did you get scared?!”
The spectators also began to urge the villain.
“Right now…?”
“Why? Scared? Got cold feet?”
“Who’s scared?! There’s a school rule that if students fight outside class hours, more than one combat-related professor must be present to observe, that’s why!”
For a villain to bring up school rules.
It was absurd, but it was indeed a rule that must be followed.
Moreover, it wasn’t just students whose feet were stuck here after coming for dinner.
“Me, me, me, me, me~!!! I’ll do it, I’ll be the observer~!”
Skadi, who was bouncing up and down next to me with her hand raised high, was also one of those professors.
For some reason, a very excited Skadi skipped out, la-la-la.
Thanks to another professor also stepping forward, the duel was arranged on the spot.
***
The white lace glove from Hailga seemed to cling to the villain’s face for a moment, then slid off, fluttering lightly before falling to the ground.
The villain’s gaze followed it.
As if to confirm what exactly had just hit his face.
“You… what are you doing…?”
Even while looking at the glove on the floor.
Even as Hailga picked it up and threw it, shouting into the microphone with all her might that she was challenging him to a duel.
The villain’s questioning voice was filled with bewilderment.
It seemed he could barely believe that Hailga had just challenged him to a duel.
“My! For someone who’s the child of a Count’s family, you don’t even know how to issue a duel challenge?”
“That’s not what I meant?!”
Probably.
No, definitely.
The villain bastard had meant to ask, ‘How dare a mere Baron’s daughter challenge me to a duel?’
Hailga must have noticed this as well.
Yet—
“Or what? What did you mean by that question?”
Hailga pretended not to know and asked back.
Infuriated by her nonchalant attitude, the villain’s face twisted in a scowl.
But that expression didn’t last long.
As if a thought suddenly struck him, one corner of the villain’s mouth twisted up crookedly.
And the look in his eyes was clearly one of condescension.
It was obvious he was looking down on Hailga and sneering at her.
“Ha, haha… You’re really challenging me to a duel…?”
His mutter, dripping with absurdity, was amplified by the microphone and echoed around.
“To cause such an incident you can’t handle, just because you can’t control a single emotion…”
It wasn’t the kind of statement someone would make after clearly refusing, failing to let go of their feelings, resorting to coercion, slander, belittlement, threats, and even spreading false rumors.
“What incident did I cause?”
“You’re regretting it inside, yet you act like it’s nothing…”
I can guarantee that Hailga just now wasn’t feigning ignorance; she genuinely didn’t know and asked.
But the villain, presuming to know Hailga’s inner thoughts, put on an extremely arrogant attitude.
Just as the question of why he was acting like this took root in my mind, the reason was revealed.
“Your family doesn’t even have a properly skilled knight, does it? Are you really sure you want to go through with this duel?”
A skilled knight would never swear loyalty to a mere Baron’s family, while his own family had many excellent knights.
He meant, why challenge to a duel you’re obviously going to lose?
He must think Hailga will put forward a knight—a champion—to fight on her behalf.
Based on the content of the original Nas-e before the remake.
If it were Author Senna, she would have written a development where the protagonist, Reysir, volunteers to be Hailga’s champion and steps forward for the duel.
The Opraushy Count family would have sent out their Knight Commander for the duel, citing reasons like overwhelming the opponent with sheer difference in skill.
Thus, she would have shown a scene where Reysir is pushed back at first, then uses his wits to strike the opponent champion’s weak point and win.
But in Episode 270.
Hailga said she couldn’t understand why she had tried to push the problem onto others and rely on them.
‘And after saying that, there’s no way she’d ask someone else to fight the duel she challenged him to herself, right?’
That would not only break her character but also destroy the story’s plausibility.
“Why would I need that? I’m angry because of you, and you’re angry because of me. Then of course you and I should fight. Why bring in a third party?”
As expected, it should naturally come to this.
Unlike me, who thought that.
“What?! You and me?!”
The villain reacted with surprise and disbelief.
Even though Hailga is a member of the Awakened Special Class and is scheduled to enter the Demonic Realm, did he think that as a woman, she wouldn’t actually step forward to fight herself?
Or was it because he himself had no intention of fighting?
Well, the reason doesn’t really matter anyway.
Since.
“Why? Are you scared? Don’t think you can beat a woman?”
If she scratches his pride like this and pulls a ‘scared?’, he’ll have no choice but to accept.
Moreover, the number of spectators gathered here was immense.
Any attempt to cancel the duel or persuade her to use a champion would itself become a subject of ridicule.
“That’s not it!”
“Really?”
“Right…! No matter that you joined the Awakened Special Class, you’ve only been training for about two weeks, right? I was just speechless, wondering what kind of nerve you have to say you’ll fight yourself, that’s all!”
It seems that villain bastard doesn’t know.
The fact that if you spout such lengthy explanations, in others’ eyes, it can look like you’re trying to brainwash yourself to shake off fear.
“This is why I hate aggressive women like you! Because you can’t control your temper and jump into obvious losing fights on impulse, and someone has to clean up the mess afterwards.”
It seems he had been holding onto the countless ‘I hate you!’ remarks Hailga had poured out.
To return the ‘hate’ just once and then puff up with pride like that.
It’s truly laughable.
“Don’t worry about it! There will never be a time when I leave my mess for you to clean up.”
“At least regarding this matter, I can’t just turn a blind eye. If you lose, you’ll have to pay me compensation. For a poor Baron’s daughter, can you even pay that money properly? Tsk tsk tsk, only your father will be pitiful.”
“Don’t worry about that either! If I win, there’s no problem anyway, right?!”
Right.
For readers wondering what this is about, let me explain.
In this novel’s world, there exists a rule that the loser of a duel must pay compensation to the winner.
And regarding the compensation just mentioned.
It’s common for families to discuss and set the amount before the duel begins, even drawing up a contract.
But if the duel takes place first, there’s a setting where a member of the imperial family designated by the Emperor assesses the severity of the issue and sets the amount on their behalf.
“This isn’t good. I was going to let it slide if you got on your knees and apologized now, begging to pretend the duel challenge never happened… tsk tsk tsk.”
“Stop yapping and draw your sword already!”
Due to the Demonic Realm that can appear anytime, anywhere, many people have started carrying weapons for self-defense.
That villain bastard was one of those people.
With a sword conspicuously hanging at his side, it would be impossible to postpone the duel on the grounds of not having a weapon.
“Yeah, fight already! I need to see the result quickly and go eat! I’m hungry!!”
“Is the sword just for decoration?”
“Ooh~! Now that it’s time to actually fight, did you get scared?!”
The spectators also began to urge the villain.
“Right now…?”
“Why? Scared? Got cold feet?”
“Who’s scared?! There’s a school rule that if students fight outside class hours, more than one combat-related professor must be present to observe, that’s why!”
For a villain to bring up school rules.
It was absurd, but it was indeed a rule that must be followed.
Moreover, it wasn’t just students whose feet were stuck here after coming for dinner.
“Me, me, me, me, me~!!! I’ll do it, I’ll be the observer~!”
Skadi, who was bouncing up and down next to me with her hand raised high, was also one of those professors.
For some reason, a very excited Skadi skipped out, la-la-la.
Thanks to another professor also stepping forward, the duel was arranged on the spot.
“If you make a fatal attack that could cause permanent injury or death, or an attack that could harm the students around, I’ll stop it right away~! So you have to be careful~? Got it~?”
Skadi took the microphone from Hailga and stated the precautions.
She also snatched the microphone from the villain’s hand and gave it to the Swordsmanship Professor.
One can’t help but suspect she misunderstands the concept of a duel observer.
“Uh… then… I ask both students to take appropriate distance, stand, and draw your weapons.”
The Swordsmanship Professor, who had the microphone thrust upon him, gave the starting cue.
At that, the villain drew the sword at his waist with a sullen expression.
On the other hand, Hailga stood still, her arms hanging loosely at her sides.
“Student Hailga…, are you ready?”
“Yes! I’m ready!!”
The Swordsmanship Professor asked with some puzzlement, and Hailga answered in a confident voice.
Perhaps seeing her confident appearance made him nervous?
I could see the villain’s hand gripping the sword tighten.
‘Hailga hasn’t been training for long,’ ‘she’s jumping into an obvious losing fight on impulse.’
Right.
Even though he said those things himself.
The fact that Hailga, far from regretting challenging him to a duel, was trying to proceed.
He might have unconsciously thought, ‘What if Hailga is actually incredibly strong?’
‘Hailga’s Ether ability is fire, so if she’s not careful, there’s too high a risk of it escalating into an accident, so she can’t go all out. She just started learning Martial Arts and Weapon Arts…’
‘Realistically speaking, unless the villain is incredibly weak, Hailga’s chances of winning are low.’
But I wasn’t worried at all.
Because this is the world of a novel.
No matter how far this situation is from the development the original author had planned.
If Author Senna is truly an ‘author,’ she would naturally know.
‘That a scene where Hailga loses here absolutely must not happen.’
So she’ll somehow prepare a scenario where Hailga can win.
“Alright, alri~ght! Then ready~, staaart~~!!”
Skadi announced the start of the duel in a cheerful voice.
But neither Hailga nor the villain moved.
Hailga still stood motionless with her arms hanging down, just glaring at her opponent, while the villain cautiously observed her and maintained a defensive stance.
Because her posture, which seemed just ordinary, made him think she had a hidden trick.
He seemed to have judged that he should wait to see her move before reacting.
The villain’s thought was correct, but his judgment was wrong.
‘Because Hailga isn’t just standing still right now!’
So faint that you wouldn’t notice its existence unless you looked closely.
A thin wire tinged with a faint red aura was slithering along the ground, extending toward the villain.
Its starting point was, of course, the tips of Hailga’s fingers hanging down.
She might still be inexperienced at directly handling the wire, but her Ether control ability is excellent.
She’s moving the wire by manipulating Ether.
It even seemed she was getting the hang of it in real-time, as its speed gradually increased.
Whether it was the intervention of the original author’s will or not, not a single spectator jeered asking why she was just standing there.
They whispered among themselves in low voices, but that was it.
In the end, the villain’s cautious, wary attitude became his own downfall.
No, was it just his ankles?
The wire tinged with red aura, starting from his ankles, crept higher and higher.
By the time the villain, who didn’t know Hailga’s weapon was a wire, realized the fact, it was already too late.
“Wh-what is this…!”
The moment the villain panicked, the red aura on the wire intensified and tightly bound his entire body.
And then Hailga’s fist flew toward the face of the villain, now unable to move a muscle.
-THUD!!
A dull sound echoed once.
“Ouch… this kinda hurts?”
Hailga muttered this, then wrapped her fist in Ether as well and began pummeling the villain’s face and torso indiscriminately.
Thud, thud, thump thump thump!
Amid the incessant sounds of impact, screams of ‘Argh, aagh! Ugh, gah! Kehk!’ rang out.
“Student Hailga, that’s enough now…”
“Huh~? Why are you stopping her~? He won’t die from that~, won’t be permanently injured either~. No harm to the surroundings either~.”
“Well, that’s true but…”
“Maybe he’s not admitting defeat because he has a way to break free~? As a professor, you should believe in the student’s potential and wait~!”
“Listening to you, that makes sense.”
One of the two professors acting as observers did consider stopping it, but literally only considered it.
Even though it was clear he wasn’t refusing to admit defeat but was unable to.
For that reason, the villain was hit, and hit, and hit again in front of countless spectators.
Very harshly, and miserably.
Continuously, until a tired Hailga finished him off with a final uppercut that knocked him out.
Isn’t she lovely? 🙂
Wow, thats my girl. If see like this in the original novel, she will became more popular.