Chapter 50
Chapter 50
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: Heinrich's Wedding (3)
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As Yuria had feared, Isabella and Marie quickly found Yuno and Eliza in the imperial palace garden and were spying on their date.
Marie, who had already reached the level where she could freely command intermediate spirits, used a wind spirit to hide their presence. Even the masters Yuno and Eliza had no idea they were there.
Isabella and Marie watched the two stroll arm-in-arm through the garden, chatting sweetly, and vented their anger. But they couldn't explode right there, so they barely swallowed their boiling rage.
"Look at that! Look! I knew those two were suspicious from way back!"
"...Grrr, Eliza sis!! You betrayed meee!! Isabella sis!! Use image save magic to record that! We can't let them weasel out if we have proof!"
"Okay!"
Eliza glanced around the corner of the garden before planting a deep kiss on Yuno. Yuno responded by wrapping his arms around her waist and returning the kiss.
"Arghhh!! Leaving this cute Marie behind for Eliza sis!!"
"I'll kill you, Yuno... I'll definitely kill you..."
They nearly forgot they were hiding and charged at Yuno, but when he sensed their killing intent, stopped kissing, and looked around, they hurriedly crouched low and suppressed their presence again to evade his suspicion.
"Hm? Yuno? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I must've imagined it. No one's around here anyway..."
"Phew~ Don't worry about that and keep kissing me~"
Mwah mwah mwah
As Isabella watched them kiss passionately, as if devouring each other's lips, jealousy drove her mad. She canceled the image save magic she had been maintaining and tried to cast an attack spell. But at that moment, Yuno sensed real killing intent approaching and leaped away, embracing Eliza.
Boooom!!
"Kyaaah!!"
A massive explosion rang out along with Eliza's scream, and Marie raised her voice in reproach at Isabella.
"Sis!! What if you actually hit them?! Now we're busted! If you didn't want to just shove the evidence in their faces and announce it, you should've blackmailed them into hugging you..."
"It wasn't me!"
"Then who... Huh?"
A huge cloud of dust rose from the explosion, making it impossible to see who had done it. But Marie sensed a ferocious aura approaching the garden—the clear culprit—and hid again with Isabella.
Thud thud thud
Yuno set Eliza down from his arms, swallowed hard, and tensed up as he listened to the footsteps piercing through the dust.
"Impressive... They say you're the youngest master on the continent, and you live up to the hype."
The owner of those footsteps was Eliza's older sister, Fiona. Furious at her for endangering even her own little sister, Yuno lashed out.
"Princess Fiona... What is the meaning of this sudden attack?"
"Well... I was itching for a rematch from earlier, you see. Just testing the skills of the punk who seduced my Eliza. Hah!!"
Mid-sentence, Fiona suddenly charged and swung at Yuno's neck.
But Yuno had endured enough surprise attacks from Katrin to be sick of them. He deflected her sword with his palm and slammed his turned left shoulder into Fiona's body.
"Gah! Damn! You're pretty good!"
Even though she twisted to block it, the massive size difference sent a huge shock through her, making her cough.
"That's enough. In close combat, Your Highness isn't my match."
"That's right! Sis, stop!!"
"Hmph! Is that so?"
Eliza rushed to Fiona to stop the fight, but Fiona, already fired up, ignored her little sister.
Fiona drew another sword from her scabbard and gripped it in reverse, assuming an unusual stance. At the same time, thick killing intent swirled around her, blanketing the entire garden in pressure even Yuno couldn't ignore.
"I'll admit I was careless before and went easy. But from now on, it's different."
"...Come at me."
The moment Yuno spoke, Fiona's sword sliced past his cheek. It was so fast Yuno's eyes couldn't even track it—he'd barely dodged on instinct.
"Huh, you dodged that? Then how about this?"
Another swift strike flew at him, and this time Yuno blocked it successfully. But the other sword grazed his arm.
Though Yuno's skin and muscles were nearly immune to blades and impacts, a swordmaster's sword infused with sword aura was another story. Blood began to flow from the cut on his arm.
"Sis! Yuno, stop!!"
"No! Now that it's started, we'll see it through."
"Heh. I like that attitude... Fine! Beat me, and I'll allow you to court my sister!"
"I have no intention of losing... But Eliza is already my woman!"
"Hahaha! Save that talk for after you beat me!!"
Fiona's twin swords assaulted Yuno at blinding speed, laden with deadly sword aura and killing intent.
He tried punching back at the Fiona circling and tormenting him, but she was so fast that whenever his fist came, she blasted sword aura to widen the gap.
"Damn it! This petty trick!!"
"Hmph! Petty or not, victory is victory! You gonna complain it's unfair even after your head rolls?"
Yuno tried firing aura blades in retaliation, but Fiona countered every preparatory motion with her own sword aura, leaving him without a clear solution.
He kept dodging the relentless twin swords on instinct, but the damage was accumulating.
'Damn! Just dodging won't end this. I need to find an opening for a counter...'
"Hahaha! Is that all you got?! What a waste of that build! Time to finish this!!"
The moment he got distracted, an opening appeared, and Fiona's twin swords thrust in swiftly.
One aimed for his crown, the other for his heart.
'Now!!'
Shiiiing
Yuno gritted his teeth and charged straight at the incoming swords. He twisted slightly to deflect Fiona's mana-charged blade, then successfully closed into her inner space.
"What?!"
With Fiona's startled shout, Yuno's mana-packed fist slammed into her belly.
"Guheok!!"
Fiona's waist bent as a massive shockwave burst from her back.
Saliva and bile spewed from her mouth, but Yuno's hand didn't stop.
He smashed her stunned body into the ground, embedding her deep enough that she couldn't move.
His fist then descended toward her head.
Isabella and Marie, watching, turned away imagining the gruesome sight—but Yuno's fist stopped.
"Stop!!"
Eliza's shout halted Yuno's fist. Realizing he'd gotten too heated, he pulled back his punch and helped Fiona up.
"Are you alright, Princess Fiona?"
"...Do I look alright, you bastard? Damn... Your punches pack a wallop. I cut you way more."
"Your Highness was far stronger than me. It's just..."
"Yeah. How'd you block my finisher? That was pretty serious."
"If you'd kept up the rapid strikes, you'd have won. I lacked the skill to pierce them. But that frontal finisher? I was confident I could deflect it."
Fiona recalled her final attack and gave a bitter smile.
"Whew~ Total defeat... Losing to a kid 12 years younger. And I reached master seven years before you."
"Who reaches master first doesn't matter. Martial artists test each other's skills—win or lose isn't the point, right?"
"Well... true... Heh heh heh. Next time, I won't hold back. Get ready. Ow ow ow."
As Fiona undid the front of her military uniform and pulled her pants down slightly to reveal her aching belly, a massive blue bruise had formed on her lower abdomen.
"Tch, this'll last days... You jerk. Hitting a woman's sensitive spot that hard!"
"Oh my god, that's too much! Are you okay?"
Eliza rushed over with a worried voice, and Fiona felt quite satisfied with her little sister's warm heart.
'This Eliza... No matter how much she loves her boyfriend and moves to the empire, she worries about her big sis the most...'
"Oh my god... Look at this blood... Sis!! What did you do to Yuno?! If anything happens to him, I won't let you off!!"
But contrary to Fiona's expectations, Eliza clung to Yuno and started healing his wounds. Fiona stared blankly at them, forgetting to fix her open uniform.
A short while later, the commotion drew the Imperial Guard Knights, Empress Dowager Yuria, the crown prince, and even Rachel. Yuno got an earful from Yuria and the crown prince, while Fiona got reamed out by Rachel.
The next day, Rachel, Eliza, and Yuno saw Fiona off as she returned to Leon.
"Rachel, Eliza, take care. If anything happens, come to Leon anytime. Your big sis will always welcome you."
"Hee hee, you too, sis! If Dad causes trouble, contact me right away."
"Fiona sis~ It was great seeing you after so long~ Come to me anytime if you need anything~"
Fiona stroked Rachel and Eliza's heads before stepping onto the magic circle.
"Yuno, if you make Eliza cry, I won't let you off!"
"Hahaha, yes, ma'am. Princess Fiona."
"Fiona! Call me Fiona sis. You're gonna marry Eliza, right? Then we're family—'Princess' sounds too distant."
"Got it! Fiona sis."
Satisfied with Yuno's response, Fiona felt the spatial transfer magic and returned to Leon.
"Phew~ Back to the grind starting today... With Rachel gone, I gotta stay sharp. Ah, but this still bugs me... It's not just pain... Should I drink another potion?"
Fiona rubbed her lower belly once more, where Yuno had punched her the night before.
A tingling sensation persisted there, mingled with a faint pleasure.
Not knowing what it was since it was her first time feeling it, Fiona failed to notice her pussy gradually wetting with arousal and headed to her office to tackle her piled-up work.