Chapter 108

TL: Zimming

The work went as Leblaine had planned.

The Duchess of Vallua relied on Sir Lane for every little thing, such as the color of the dress.

Lane entered the society with the Duchess of Vallua on his back, and was in the process of associating with numerous nobles.

And the virtual battle is…

“Have you heard? This year’s virtual battle…!”

“We’re just talking about it.”

“What the hell are they thinking? A nine-year-old child and a girl?”

“It’s an event that the children of Dubbled can’t participate in, so they’re trying to show off their military power with that adoptee.”

“He’s really cold hearted. All the rumors that the Duke of Dubbled cares about this child of fate seem to have been a mere gossip. A father who cares about his daughter would not send her there.”

“That’s true, but… whatever it may be, there’s got to be some sort of a reason.”

The nobles who gathered in the meeting continued to speculate. Leblaine’s participation in the virtual battle was stirring the society.

The Duke of Vallua, who was nervous said,

“Bad guys. They’re always standing in my way.”

He looked at his sons in front of the desk as he mumbled.

Niel, the second son of the Duke of Vallua, looked at his brother and shrugged his shoulders.

The eldest son, Hayton, grinned.

“The participating knights are child knights under the age of 17. Dubbled’s children are not going to participate, so what are you worried about?”

Aura users cannot participate in the virtual battle.

Vallua will be supported by the knights secretly trained in the church, so no matter how strong Dubbled’s military, the difference in skills would not be significant.

“It’s the leader’s ability that counts. Will a nine-year-old girl beat me?”

He continued with his arrogant lips raised.

“Most of all, the Dubbled’s knights won’t think of her as the leader, and they’ll think of it as protecting the stupid little girl. It’s like being held back before it even starts.”

“……”

“In that situation, a spoiled little girl is no match for me.”

After hearing his son’s confident words, a smile came to the Duke of Vallua’s face.

“Yes, my child can’t lose to a lowly adoptee!”

Laughing loudly, he gestured toward Vallua.

As his son approached, the Duke of Vallua whispered,

“The rule is not to hold the opponent accountable for injuries sustained in the game. Don’t send the girl back without an injury.”

“Of course.”

The man facing him grinned and raised his lips.

***

I glanced at my brothers around me.

“One.”

I shouted loudly at Isaac’s words.

“If you think you’re going to get hurt, run away!”

“Two.”

“If you run into a knight in the opposing camp, you threaten him!”

Henry smiled and asked, “What did I tell you to speak?”

“Dubbled doubles what we received and returns it. It is our family’s specialty to destroy.”

As I told him, Isaac nodded with his arms folded

“Good job.”

“……but can I really do that?”

I asked them with my pitiful expression. It was the rule not to retaliate in virtual battle.

Retaliation will not only lead to punishment, but the Emperor will also show disapproval.

Isaac answered in high spirits.

“Don’t worry about it. My brothers are good at dirty tricks. If they threaten you, your brothers will take care of it…gasp!”

Isaac, who was saying so, was kicked by Henry.

Johann gave me some paper.

“I’ll give you a detailed description of the virtual battle, so sit down.”

Then he dragged me to a chair, so I nodded and sat down.

When Johann said so, the officer and Nos opened a large map on the table.

“Two weeks later, 23 children will be in the area marked on the map.”

I opened my eyes widely when I saw the map.

“We’re doing it in the city?”

It also includes some store districts.

“Yes, the preliminary round is “Treasure Hunt.” and the possessor of the hidden cards can advance to the finals until the time limit is over.”

“How many cards do I have to find?”

Henry said to my question.

“There are ten.”

“I see…”

Johann said when I nodded.

“You only need to follow a few rules. Resourcefulness is important.”

The rules of virtual battle are simple.

[Don’t kill.]

In other words, we can do anything without killing anybody.

In the early days of the virtual battle, the enemy’s information was founded out by punishing a captured knight.

However, it was only in the early days, and it was customary not to cause excessive harm.

“The families of the nobles who participate have already prepared the children. Nos, me, Henry and Isaac will help you through the virtual battle.”

“I’ll definitely win!”

I will repay the people who help me and get the Nogak.

When I said determinedly, Isaac laughed.

“Okay, let’s start with training.”

“Yes.”

They brought in knights to participate through teleportation scroll.

I thought that Isaac would train them, but people stared at me.

“……?”

While looking at him, I asked with my eyes, ‘You can’t be…’

“Me?”

You want to train me?

We only have two weeks left, so we don’t have enough time to think about many tactics.

Isaac threw a wooden sword at me, and I got it unexpectedly.

“You have to learn how to avoid it.”

“I have the divine power, so if I…!”

“Do you know there are only those who use swords in virtual battle?”

“My barriers are pretty strong.”

I opened the barrier for demonstration purposes.

Gwang!

In an instant, it was destroyed by a wooden sword thrown by Isaac.

I didn’t get hurt. Henry opened a barrier to stop his wooden sword in the air.

I saw Isaac with stiff eyes, and he shook his hand and laughed.

“Strong?”

“……I was mistaken.”

Henry laughed as he spoke,

“Just because your divine power is strong does not mean that you can make strong barriers.”

I became sullen, and Isaac said,

“Follow me.”

“Yes…”

Before virtual battle, I had to learn to dodge, haunt, and blackmail.

And after 2 weeks.q

Virtual battle has begun.

***

The nobles gathered in the imperial palace focused their attention on the battle,

Young nobles wearing armor engraved with the patterns of each family bowed with determined eyes.

“Long live the empire…!”

The nobles said when they saw the children shouting with their hands attached to their left chests.

“There are a lot of participants this year.”

“It’s probably because of the Imperial Guard. Two dukes also participated…”

People watched Hayton wearing a cape engraved with Vallua’s patterns at the center.

And move their eyes to the side.

There was a pattern of Dubbled on the shoulder of a young lady.

“Oh my…”

Small.

She looks really small.

Leblaine was smaller than her age, and among the teenagers, she seemed like a chick with a bunch of tigers.

“The Duke of Dubbled is too greedy.”

When someone whispered, most of them nodded.

Camilla, who was looking at Leblaine sighed and glanced at Duke Dubbled’s table.

Duke Dubbled and the three brothers looked at Leblaine, who was eagerly supporting her helmet with both hands without blinking.

Most people were concerned, the child did not fit in with a virtual battlefield.

[Align.]

The deputy chief of the Imperial Knights, who played the role of referee, shouted.

Participants bent their heads with one knee bent.

Hayton and Leblaine, the Duke’s children, each approached the podium.

The two simultaneously lit a huge candle.

The 16-year-old Hayton lighted the fire easily, but Leblaine barely managed to set it, because of the heavy armor.

When the candle caught on fire, a drum sounded.

Dum- dum, dum, dum —!

When the referee waved his hand in the air, the mages marked the time limit in the air.

[10:00:00]

It was the beginning of a virtual battle.

The nobles who were watching groaned.

“The first person to be eliminated is probably Lady Dubbled…”

It was when someone muttered. Leblaine immediately pushed a sword into Hayton’s neck.

“……!”

“……!”

Then the child grinned at Hayton, who looked pale.

The knights of Dubbled, who were hiding in the square, jumped out and surrounded Hayton and Leblaine.

The nobled opened their mouths to the bold attack of the child, who they were so sure to be eliminated first.

***

When I pushed the sword into him, Hayton, who was pale, said to me.

“Why did you do it from the start! It’s customary to attack after returning to the camp!”

“It’s a custom. It’s not a rule, is it?”

I learned it when I was a beggar.

How to win.

Fighting is a way to win.

‘I’m sure he’ll do something, but I can’t let him go to the battlefield.’

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