Chapter 24
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 24. Indeed, My Daughter
It didn't take long for the board to be set.
Before they knew it, the two people stood in a nearby training ground.
A corner of the 5 Great Dukes of the Empire, Denar Blaze.
The Number One Under the Heavens in her previous life and the Blood Flower Sword Demon in this life, Elise Blaze.
A fight between father and daughter.
For Elise, it was the start of the prelude to an immoral showdown.
While Duke Denar barely suppressed his headache with his hand between his eyes, Elise held Rina bearing a faint smile.
‘I am confident.’
I am confident.
Confidence overflows, feeling it is sufficient.
To what extent did I grow my skills over the past half year.
It has been half a year since passing the 4th Rank, but now it's at a level where the foundation is firmly established.
It's a level sufficient to aim for the 5th Rank by building up skills just a little more.
Even if I die off soon due to this Heaven's Mandate Great Yin Severed Meridians….
Right now, at this moment, am I not burning brighter than anyone else.
Therefore, Elise decided to cherish this moment.
Therefore, she was sincere in every matter.
Clack—.
Gripping the handle tightly, Elise looks at Duke Denar standing on the opposite side.
Even up to this point, Duke Denar was swallowing a groan holding between his eyes with his hand.
“Hoo….”
After a long silence, Duke Denar, who let go of his hand, looked at Elise standing on the opposite side.
And then he muttered lowly.
“It won't work. Elise.”
“…Father.”
“There is no way it would work, is there. Elise. I have reached the 7th Rank. Do you know what this means.”
Duke Denar, who removed his hand, looked at Elise with emotionless eyes.
“It means I have reached a place you can never reach in your current situation. Elise.”
“….”
“Phew. Let's finish quickly and go back together. I will end it shortly.”
At that time, Grand Duke Gayrad intervened appropriately.
“Oho. I have said it several times, but your eyes really are knotholes. How about this? If she lands even one effective hit on you, it's Lady Elise's victory.”
“I don't know if it has meaning, but…. I understand.”
While he muttered like that, Elise was tilting her head.
‘…Mm. Mm?’
Elise finally realized her situation.
‘Wow. Was I just looked down upon right now.’
Gasp.
Good heavens.
This cannot be.
“This is new.”
Elise muttered without realizing it.
Wow. What is this. It's new.
An emotion of marvel lingered in her two eyes.
It's been a very long time since I was looked down upon like this.
None of the Seven Wolves of the North ever looked down on her.
Even the Seven Wild Monsters of the North never looked down on her.
But to be looked down upon so openly like this.
Even expanding the scope to her previous life, it's been a very long time since this happened.
Did I experience such humiliation from martial artists bearing the title of Dragon given only to promising rising stars in the past.
I didn't know I would experience this here.
And from the person called her father physically at that.
Of course, Duke Denar wouldn't have had that intention either.
Rather than underestimating, it must have been based on a worrying heart.
But isn't that underestimating in the end?
Elise, who felt the emotion of being new, soon shut her mouth tightly and frowned.
So that was it. I was looked down upon.
Clack—.
Elise raised the blade of Rina she was holding.
Since it has come to this, the thought that she should definitely win to the extent she was looked down upon lingered in Elise's head.
“Father.”
“Hoo. Elise. I have said it several times, but….”
“Just watch.”
“….”
“You will know how it is.”
It was the moment the fight between the father and daughter began.
***
“Duel start!”
The fight that started according to the signal of the Northern Grand Duke, Grand Duke Gayrad, who took on the role of referee.
As soon as the words fell, Elise rushed towards Duke Denar.
At the same time, she decided to lightly test the waters.
However, slightly strongly.
Snow White Wolf Fang Sword.
[Yes? My sword, you mean?]
[Haha! My sword. It is quite fast. Watch carefully.]
[Although it is to the extent of matching Flora.]
[Actually, I'm saying this secretly, but I am faster.]
The signature technique possessed by Lightning Richard.
The path of lightning unfolding densely towards the world.
World Thunder Path.
And Elise's sword, newly born by refining this, is exactly.
‘The path of plum blossoms unfolding densely towards the world.’
Heavenly Flower One Path.
Right now, this moment.
The one path she roams is the path of plum blossoms.
All the paths she roams are soon her wings.
Snow White Wolf Fang Sword. 3rd Form. Heavenly Flower One Path.
At the same time she bounded forward, Elise's sword began to bloom flowers.
At the same time, Denar's eyes flashed.
No, good heavens.
According to what was reported, they definitely said it was the 4th Rank.
Along with that, I definitely heard it clearly with my two ears.
That it's the 4th Rank.
But this is…?
‘What is this. This proficiency…?’
Duke Denar's thought did not continue.
Because right now, a single blade stretching towards him was rushing in fiercely.
‘This!’
Duke Denar immediately moved his sword.
The Blaze swordsmanship passed down through generations in the Blaze Ducal House.
The moment he tried to elegantly parry Elise's sword while intactly unfolding the shape of that sword.
‘…She smiles?’
Duke Denar saw it.
Elise's smile approaching riding the path drawn elegantly as if a straight line was drawn with a brush.
The fatal hidden move contained in that refreshing smile.
That moment. Duke Denar saw it.
The nine dragons slowly blooming at the tip of her sword.
The nine dragons opening their maws having thickly harbored the chill from the snowfield down to their lungs.
The first move of the Snow White Wolf Fang Sword.
It was the move of the Nine-Headed Dragon Sword.
Bang!
Duke Denar immediately moved his sword.
Nine dragons are rushing towards him, each harboring vitality one by one.
Even while moving the sword ceaselessly for several, dozens of exchanges, the Nine Dragons show no sign of disappearing.
What on earth. Is this?
‘This good heavens.’
Duke Denar almost spat out admiration but did not put it into action.
I don't know what level of stage my daughter has reached.
For now, I had to face her and fight.
“Hup!”
For an instant, he steps a heavy stomp towards the front.
At the same time, the figure of Duke Denar who had been retreating until now shoots towards Elise as if exploding.
Bang—!
At the same time the floor splits like a spiderweb, Duke Denar's figure sprints towards Elise.
Her Nine Dragons breaking apart to the extent of overshadowing the destructive power shown until now.
However, Elise's expression was not dark.
Rather, it was joyful beyond compare.
And the sword that followed was precisely.
‘Snow White Wolf Fang Sword.’
It continues.
The signature techniques the Seven Wolves taught her, newly born from the Grandmaster-level talent called Elise, writhe towards the world.
If the Seven Wolves had gathered in this place, they would have spat out admiration with their mouths wide open before they knew it.
Elise was not simply at the level of inheriting their signature techniques.
As if optimizing them for herself wasn't enough, even developing the lacking parts.
Elise's Snow White Wolf Fang Sword was to the extent that it would be insufficient to contain in the two letters 'development'.
‘More.’
However, Elise was feeling a lack.
More. More! More!!!
While her desire was fully spewing out, the fight between the two people was reaching its peak, forming a fascinating spectacle.
“Good heavens.”
The three Deltarch siblings had their mouths wide open before they knew it.
Who is Duke Denar Blaze in front of their eyes right now.
Isn't he the master of the First Sword of the current Latensio Empire, Visuhel Mervinar, and a powerhouse whose own martial prowess reached a whopping 7th Rank.
How could such a person show a serious appearance against Elise, who is merely at the 4th Rank?
Good heavens.
This was a nonsensical confrontation.
“No, what on earth is going on here…? Elise going this far against His Grace Duke Denar?”
“That's what I'm saying. Ravia. Just what is this….”
“Ha. You two. You lack faith in the Young Lady. I recognized it early on.”
“Ha. Seriously. Brother Hardger. Please throw away those strange bean pods over your eyes.”
While the three siblings were being noisy to the fullest, someone softly revealed their appearance on one side of the training ground before they knew it.
“…This good heavens. Coming after hearing the rumors.”
A member of the Seven Wolves, Kalix.
Along with her, the moment even the other Seven Wolves softly peeked their faces out.
It was a situation where all members of the Seven Wolves gathered in this place before they knew it.
“No. Good heavens. How did everyone gather in one place like this?”
At Ravia's question, Kalix scratched her head and spoke to her.
“It's also our regular report day, and…. Along with that, hearing there is a tremendous duel, we all came together.”
“No, that's already rumored?”
“Originally, when Northern warriors hear news that there's a fight somewhere, don't they run over in a hurry.”
Kalix chuckled and looked at the fight in front of her eyes.
“But this. It seems we did well to come. This good heavens. To think it's a fight between His Grace the Duke of the Blaze family and Lady Elise. Moreover, a duel where swordsmanship learned from our signature techniques runs rampant? Isn't this too heart-trembling a moment!”
In a situation where a duel that even the Seven Wolves watch clutching their chests unfolds before their eyes.
The duel between the two people was rushing to its extreme pinnacle.
***
The moves of the Snow White Wolf Fang Sword unfold one after another, pressuring Duke Denar.
Duke Denar, who was indifferent at first, was already receiving all of Elise's attacks without being able to hide his excitement.
‘Good heavens!’
Duke Denar could not hide his admiration before he knew it.
What on earth is this.
Is this really his daughter, Elise Blaze, who was sickly as he knew her?
Grin—.
Eventually, Duke Denar ended up showcasing a deep smile.
This cannot be.
I thought I would never be able to see such elation from my children other than my eldest son!
“Kuhahaha! His Highness the Grand Duke's words were right! My eyes were too narrow!”
Duke Blaze swung his sword largely once, making Elise retreat backward.
A brief state of confrontation.
Duke Denar looked at Elise with an expression saying he is truly surprised.
Hoo—. Hoo—.
In the meantime, Elise was lightly catching her breath.
Although she increased her stamina this way and that until now, it is still a frail body.
Therefore, it cannot help but be burdensome.
Duke Denar looked at such Elise and showed a hint of pity.
“…Hoo. Elise. I can understand your feelings even a little. Is that why you pulled the strong move of running away to the North.”
“Yes. Father.”
“Right. Right…. The gaze of the family seeing you only as a sickly daughter must have been unbearable. That is why you came to the North to get an opportunity….”
Hoo—.
Along with Duke Denar's sigh, he spoke.
“It is the last chance. Elise. Come clashing with all your heart.”
At the same time Duke Denar raised his sword, he fiercely looked at Elise.
“If you succeed with even a small move, I will follow your will.”
Along with that, a fiercely erupting aura.
It was not the main body's power Duke Denar possessed, but it was the moment he unfolded the maximum power befitting Elise's Rank.
Facing this.
Elise softly let her sword hang down.
And she was lost in thought for a moment.
Recall.
Elise Blaze.
While looking at the red Aura of Duke Denar Blaze burning red in front of your eyes.
Recall a move to pierce through that and feed a strike to the Duke.
Elise Blaze.
What move would be good.
What move would be certain.
All sorts of moves come to her head, but soon the sword she will grip comes down to one.
Ah. It's you again.
Plum blossoms.
Plum blossoms….
I spent numerous moments and lifetimes, but what is gripped in my hand was always you.
Let's hold hands and stroll together this time too.
Along with a thick scent.
“Ah.”
A single leaf fell from Elise's blade.
A single plum blossom leaf dyed red, so very red, fell.
They say the scent harbored by that single leaf is immeasurably thick, filling the world with scent.
If so.
If so….
Ah.
It is you.
Right. The sword that will deeply engrave the scent towards the opponent in front of my eyes is you.
“Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword.”
Elise lifted her sword.
Along with that, she prepared the move.
Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword. 20th Form. Lingering Scent. Plum Scent Piercing the Bones.
The gently remaining scent will pierce to the bones.
“Here I go! Elise!”
Duke Denar's Blaze swordsmanship occupies all directions and rushes at Elise.
The moment the blade, like red flames, occupies all directions of Elise and tries to burn up in an instant.
Slice—!
The figures of the two people cross each other.
And the thick scent that pierced through the gap in the flames drew across Duke Denar's cheek.
“…Huh?”
Duke Denar, realizing that thick blood was flowing on his cheek before he knew it, naturally turned around.
Hoo—. Hooo——. Hoooo———.
Even while her breathing was getting longer, Elise was barely standing while resting on the ground with her sword.
Because to face a big shot like Duke Denar Blaze, who had reached the 7th Rank, she also had to exert her strength this way and that.
However, she turned around, looked at Duke Denar, and naturally smiled.
“…I won, right?”
“Huh. Hahaha. Hahahahaha!!!”
Duke Denar had no choice but to laugh as if he lost his mind on the spot.
Indeed. You are my daughter.
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