The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 358



358 – Bet -8-

What kind of existence is the Holy Sword?

A sword with the power to cut down evil?

A righteous sword that drives away darkness?

A sword that only righteous people can wield?

All of these are correct, but fundamentally, it is a sword that gives power to make the swordsman stronger.

“Uhyoo!”

Shuen, holding the Holy Sword, clenched her fist and began to wield the power of the Holy Sword.

– Let go…! Arrogant woman!

“Shut up! If you’re a sword, act like one and stay silent. How dare a tool try to dine with its master!”

– My power can only be used by the chosen hero…

“Typical commoner. So noisy! That’s why commoners need to be cared for by nobles!”

– You…!

“Special move! Holy Sword Slash!”

Malik, who was watching the match between Michael and Shuen, let out a hollow laugh and voiced his concern.

“Even if Tetra Shuen can use the Holy Sword, she won’t be a match for Michael.”

“…”

“As you know, no matter how good a sword you have, it’s useless if the swordsman can’t wield it.”

“That’s right. Like a noble who can’t ride a good horse even if they bought one.”

“Exactly. Just like a child can’t use a great sword, Tetra Shuen also…”

– “Power… is overflowing!”

Before Malik could finish his sentence, Shuen, empowered by the Holy Sword, unleashed a massive sword energy towards Michael.

– “Kwa-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga!!!”

Malik was at a loss for words at Shuen’s technique, which emitted a sword energy that ordinary swordsmen couldn’t even imitate.

“…?”

I smiled slightly and leaned against the railing as I spoke.

“If it were an ordinary sword, that would be the case.”

“…”

“If it were just a sharp sword and not the Holy Sword, Mr. Shuen would inevitably lose.”

Malik let out a hollow laugh as he looked at the arena, which had cracked from Shuen’s single strike.

“…This is crazy.”

I threw my words at Malik.

“Even a demonic sword becomes a tremendous weapon when wielded by a child. Haven’t you seen someone addicted to the power of a demonic sword?”

“That’s right. When I was in the knight order, there was a mission to deal with people addicted to demonic swords… But even so, this is…”

– “It’s Shuen-gel!”

“A bit extreme.”

I also let out a hollow laugh and nodded.

“Indeed. I never thought Mr. Shuen could wield the Holy Sword so well.”

Whatever the case.

“It seems I’ve won the match.”

Malik let out a helpless laugh and nodded.

“That seems to be the case.”

Shuen was using the power of the Holy Sword without hesitation.

– “That’s not how you use it…!”

“Shut up!”

– “You must gather your strength with a pure heart and use it with respect, drop by drop…!”

“Be quiet!”

– “What on earth is going on in your head…!”

The Holy Sword was quite taken aback by Shuen’s tyranny. Despite clearly being far from righteous, she was freely using its power. Although not at 100%, she was using about 60% of its power, surpassing the current Michael.

– “Even that little brat could only use 30% of me… But you…!”

The holy sword was sensing it from Shuen.

It was clear that this woman was seeing the world as a flower garden.

Just like the bewildered holy sword, Mihail, who had his weapon taken away, also let out a hollow laugh, quite flustered.

‘This is troublesome…’

Because Shuen was stronger than expected.

In terms of skill, she was insignificant.

Shuen’s swordsmanship was at the level of children swinging wooden sticks.

But

“Here I come!!!”

Mihail let out a hollow laugh at Shuen’s sword energy, which was beyond imagination.

“Haha… I can’t win against that.”

Mihail thought as he looked at the sword energy Shuen had unleashed.

Let’s move calmly. The opponent is a novice swordsman. She was like a blank slate who didn’t know how to properly use a sword.

The only thing was, she was pouring out an overwhelming amount of sword energy, but Mihail thought that if he could reverse the flow of that energy, he could win.

Just once.

If he could counter it just once…

“Shuenjel… Sword energy blast!!!”

Mihail slowly calmed his breath.

“Hoo…”

He calmly looked at the opponent gathering sword energy in front of him.

Mihail asked himself a question. Was the opponent in front of him an unbeatable opponent? Was she a monster on the same level as the ones he had seen in the holy sword contest?

The answer that came back was ‘No.’

No matter how well Shuen was using the power of the holy sword compared to him, she was still cute compared to the monsters he had seen so far.

“Hooo…”

Mihail slowly inhaled and firmly grasped his sword.

He let the power flow.

It was nearly impossible to fully counter Shuen’s sword, which had received the power of the holy sword, but Mihail thought that if he could preserve that power and reverse the flow, even Shuen, who was blessed by the holy sword, wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Shuen’s sword was slowly approaching Mihail.

“Just die already!”

She spat out harsh words.

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Slowly…

“Hoo….”

-Whooong

Waiting for the right time to come slowly….

“Today is the day to elevate the dignity of the nobility!”

“…”

“The secret technique of the Tetra family…!”

Mikhail let out a hollow laugh as he watched the gigantic sword energy approaching. No matter how you looked at it, that was a bit too much.

“This is a bit too much…”

“Commoner….”

Shuen gritted his teeth and poured all his long-held desires into the sword.

The feelings of unrequited love for Mikhail. The feelings of being used as a contact by Mikhail. He began to pour all his pent-up resentment into the sword at once.

“Chop…!”

Mikhail closed his eyes.

‘I can’t block that.’

Mikhail had properly experienced the power of the holy sword. At the same time, it was the power that Mikhail had to reach.

*

After the finals were over.

After finishing my guard duties, I was wandering around the academy.

I was casually checking if the convenience store was running well and reminiscing about the changes in the academy.

“Still, it’s a relief that I won the bet.”

Malik acknowledged his defeat and went to give a closing speech for the ranking match. Shuen, who had exhausted the power of the holy sword, collapsed in the arena and was carried to the infirmary.

Even while being carried on a stretcher, Shuen’s expression was priceless.

-Hehe… I won! I’m going to suck up all the empire’s money.

Thinking of Shuen made me laugh. In the novel, he was a tragic character who exited with the pain of parting, but now he was enjoying the academy more than anyone else.

I was smiling as I slowly walked through the academy corridors, spending my time of farewell.

There was something I had to do before that.

-Tok.

My steps were heavy as I headed there.

After the ranking match ended, my steps heading somewhere were unbearably heavy, in contrast to the heated excitement.

-Tok.

In the hallway, the sound of students’ conversations was incessantly heard.

Someone from a certain department got first place.

Or a student from a class made it into the top ranks.

-Are we all going to the after-party? If anyone skips, they’ll be dead!

-Of course! Someone from our class got fifth place!

-Let’s go!!!

Listening to the students chattering, I moved my body slowly to the first floor of the academy, with a small smile on my lips, and calmly inhaled the stories coming from the place where I stopped.

“Hoo…”

-That’s amazing…! You did well against Mikhail.

-No, I didn’t do that well. And Mikhail went easy on me… haha.

-No way. If I had faced Mikhail, I would have been knocked out in one hit.

-It’s embarrassing, so don’t praise me.

-Why…! I’m praising you because you were really amazing.

Hearing Yuria’s voice brought a smile to my face. And the smile faded at the voice of the man talking with her.

‘I should say it….’

-Shut up! It’s so noisy I can’t sleep!

A smile appeared again at the voice that sounded like a rebuttal.

-Knock. Knock. Knock.

At the sound of knocking, the conversation inside the room ceased. ‘Thud.’

‘Let’s go in.’

Slowly opening the door, I looked at the faces of those inside the room.

Mikhail.

“Oh…! Ricardo?!”

Yuria.

“Huh…?”

Shuen.

“Pyongmin?!”

And.

Crown Prince.

“…What is it?”

The person I needed to see was that man.

The one who would become the sun of the empire, and the man with the greatest power in the academy. There was something I wanted to ask him.

I greeted him lightly and walked briskly towards the Crown Prince.

“Crown Prince.”

“…”

“Could you spare a moment?”

Let me say in advance, I dislike him.

He is Desmond’s enemy.

And I dislike his eyes that judge lies.

“…”

The Crown Prince sighed lightly and looked at me. His expression, as if annoyed by being summoned, made me give a vague smile.

“I won’t take long.”

“…”

“Three minutes will be enough.”

The Crown Prince glared at me once, then smiled at Yuria.

“I’ll be right back, Yuria.”

The Crown Prince, who came out of the infirmary, sighed deeply and glared at me. He wasn’t pleased to see me.

“Why has the one who supported Shartia come to see me?”

“Didn’t Lord Theo also bring the royal treasure?”

“…”

The Crown Prince frowned at me. He didn’t like being called ‘Theo’ instead of ‘Crown Prince’. Nevertheless, I stubbornly continued to address him as Theo and spoke to him.

“I have just one question.”

“…”

“What do you think about the West?”

“…Ha.”

“If you have any intention of nurturing the West…”

“…”

“I think you should be careful.”