Chapter 73

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nThis time, Mil… Evening Dress Mask is the one who attack.

nIt is a high speed combat.

nMile ready her sword and quickly dashed to attack the Earl’s left flank.

nAnd the Earl who receives it with his sword bounces back.

nMile swings the sword again to attack the Earl.

nAfter that, intense sword clash continued.

nBecause the Earl have a dignified straight-ahead match as a knight, so rather than moved around like the battle with Guren, Mile had change to more suitable power to face the Earl.

nThere was not much movement, a fierce battle that continued between attack and defend using swords.

nIt seemed to be a disadvantage for a hunter with small build, but it had nothing to do with Mile.

nOriginally, her sword skill as a hunter was also poor, so it didn’t matter much how she fought.

nSpeed and power. It was only what Mile pursuit.

nOn other hand, the Earl began to feel impatient.

nIt was because the skill of the opponent was very poor.

nUsually, the swordsman has decent sword skill can’t win against a very skillful swordsman. He can overcome by technique, exceeding speed, exceeding judgment and reading your opponent movements before hand.

nHowever, amateur make unexpected movements. You can’t read their movements. Although amateur is inferior in technique and speed but there’s a high chance they can land an unexpected blow on you.

nAnd his opponent has amateur sword skill but she swings sword with the speed and power exceeding the expert.

nIt was dangerous. It was a terribly dangerous opponent.

nA moment of careless will becomes a fatal injury, a powerful high-speed consecutive blow that he can’t read the movement ahead at all.

nThe Earl had to keep concentrating, which forced him to exhaust abnormally.

nIf it is normal amateur, he just need to bait his opponent to attack and quickly counter blow to defeat them.

nHowever,the small girl in front of him block all his attack. Why? how can she react to all his attacks while her skill is poor.

nThe battle continues and the end can’t be seen.

nThe Earl gradually suffered from fatigue, and the impatience began to rise.

n(In this way, equal … no, for real?

nHow can this little girl really all right with all this?

nShe kept attacking with ridiculous speed and power for a long time but neither her speed or power decrease.

nBesides, there are no fragments of fatigue and impatience.

nWell, no doubt, she was playing with me … , impossible, there can’t be such a thing!) (Earl’s inner thought)

nImpatience and fatigue create disturbances and a gap in his defend.

n*Ga chari* (SFX)

n“U~u …” (Earl)

nThe part near the handle of the blade was struck and Earl dropped his sword.

nThe Earl wasn’t careless. He was beaten with a speed and heavy blow and his hands is numbed to the point he dropped the sword.

nHis sword was dropped on the ground.

nCheers are rising up from the audience.

nAs a knight, what a blunder. What a humiliation.

nHe can’t stop the flushing of his face or the trembling of his arms.

n“Please, pick up as soon as possible” (Mile)

n“What …” (Earl)

n(She already win even without a victory declaration and it doesn’t seem like she makes fun of me.

nIf it is normal, I will hold my stupid pride, kicks the simulated sword and leave, but this time I didn’t go.

nThis battle is an important factor for my beloved daughter.

nI can’t allow her to keep doing dangerous hunter operations as she is. Definitely.

nI don’t doubt my son’s victory. And even if it is one thousandth, I can not ignore the possibility of exposing my daughter’s life to danger.

nNo matter how much hopeless this battle is, no matter how much I will be shame in public and show an unsightly figure, I can’t abandon this match.) (Earl’s inner thought)

nThe Earl picked up the sword and set it up again.

nAnd after 30 minutes.

nThere was a figure of Earl Austin with both hands and knees on the ground.

nIt was already his limit.

nHe has neither the power to stand up nor the power to grip the sword.

nComplete defeat.

nThere was no other word to express.

n“Is it okay that I win?” (Mile)

nWith Mile’s confirmation question, the Count silently nodded.

nAnd a big applause and cheers were raised for Mile which returns to the standby place and the Earl which borrowed a shoulder from one subordinate and returned to the standby place on the other side.

nThere are no one laugh at the Earl in this place.

nThe Count was strong.

nHe was strong enough to win B rank, no even A rank hunter.

nHowever, the other party was bad. That’s it.

nEven everyone applause, but the Earl was distorted.

nThere is no anger or hate to his opponent.

nOn the contrary, he was admired that girl strength.

nFor a hunter that young with poor technique but to have that strength and speed.

nIt’s self-taught, she put all effort just continued with self-discipline.

nExactly, she deserves praise.

nThe wrath of the Earl was against his own dishonesty, and it was a self – hatred for not being able to secure his daughter ‘s safety with his own hands.

nThe Earl who finally returned to the waiting place, telling his trusting son.

n“… Absolutely win, never give up.” (Earl)

n“…Yes!” (Weiln)

nAnd Austin’s eldest son, Weiln von Austin. (ウェイルン: Ueirun)

nTo bring back his beloved sister, he turn his heart into a demon, head towards his sister’s fight.

nWeiln regrets.

nAfter three boys, Austin family finally got the first daughter, Maevis.

nParents and grandparents as well as the three older brothers were loving her.

nAs a princess of the Austin family, Maevis was brought up without any inconvenience. After watching all three elder brothers training with sword and she said she also want to try it herself.

nThe three brothers don’t agree to it, but they afraid to be hated by Maevis. So they secretly tried to help her practice only some form and unexpectedly Maevis was quite a talent, three brothers were surprised.

nAnd since they don’t want their cute little sister to be attacked by a man. They teached her the necessary self-defense skills.

nAnd when Weiln was alone, he can’t resist Maevis who came to ask “Ani-sama, I want to practice sword with you”, and he trained her variously with the eldest son’s privilege.

nAfter that he found out that Maevis had also gone to other brothers and she was doing 3 times the amount of training he was thinking.

nAnd in their knight ceremony, their adorable little sister is staring at ceremony with shining eyes. For their cute little sister to admired them, made them many times happier becoming knights.

nAt first they thought Maevis was only admiring them, they didn’t realize that she yearning to become knight herself. Further more, they fail to stop their little sister to run away from home, chasing her dream to become knight.

n(…Failure. If I noticed it earlier, I might be can’t change Maevis interests, but at least I could have stopped her from running away from home.

nIt was a great failure.

nHowever, I will not fail this time.

nI will take Maevis home. In the name of the eldest son of Austin) (Weiln’s inner thought)

n“Had you been well, Elderst Ani-sama?” (Maevis)

nBrother and sister face each other in the center of the stadium.

n“It’s about eight months, we’ve been missing you a lot …

nHowever, I will not be able to get hold back today.

nI will be careful to my utmost not to injure you, but it may hurt a little bit.” (Weiln)

nMaevis smiles bitterly with the words of Weiln.

n“Elderst Ani-sama, I will not be a child forever,

nI’m a leader of a C rank hunter party 『Red Oath』

nI will show you what I have become!” (Maevis)

nWhen saying so, Maevis pulls simulated sword.

nWeiln also pulls out the sword.

n“Let’s fight” (Maevis Weiln)

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