I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

10. What Happened One Night – 02

The dance hall located in a secluded part of the mansion of Duke Dekaraznan.

In other aristocratic families, because of the huge amount of money, the grand physics and magic arts, which can only be applied at the castle gate, are coated casually, and it is indeed money. They were fighting each other with swords in their hands.

The man’s name is Cain von Estel. Until recently, he was a man who did not show any special characteristics other than being a minor duke of the Duke of Estelle.

And in front of him, there was a woman who was breathing heavily and raising her sword towards him with a slightly nervous look.

Her dark brown hair was tied up so that it would never interfere with her swinging the sword, and even though she was wearing armor made of soft leather, there was no way to hide the soft curves of her body that led to her slender limbs and voluptuous breasts. was a woman with

The woman’s name is Noel von Decaraznan. She is the only princess of the Dekaraznan dukedom that has been around for a thousand years, and if you look only at her sword skills, it is not impossible to surpass her brother, Perzel von Dekaraznan, and aim for the best swordsman of the time. It was she who was judged.

Currently, the reason why she is confronting Cain with a sword like this is really simple. First, at the direction of her father, the Duke of Decaraznan, and secondly-

Noel, because she wanted it herself. Because sparring with a strong man who shakes the continent was not an opportunity that came easily.

‘…As expected, a powerful person as rumored…!’

Noel looked at Cain, who was staring at him with an expressionless face, and unknowingly swallowed his saliva. The posture is properly held, but the loopholes are clearly exposed here and there. At first glance, even though he had lived a life like a hanryang with the sword in his hand for a long time, he was full of gaps that made him nod his head.

The left upper arm, the right lower arm, and the length of the stride were not even, and the balance of the body was slightly tilted to the left.

…But, this time, I couldn’t move hastily. She also had what are called ears. She had heard countless times how strong the person in front of her was that she couldn’t dare measure.

According to rumors, before Cain von Estel reached the level of master, even though he did not hold a sword in his hand, he thoroughly played the Duke of Tournigen, who had reached the level of master with only taijutsu, and won lightly victory.

And that wasn’t all. Although this was a rumor that was really unbelievable, he didn’t mind touching other people’s auras with his hands, and even fell into the enemy’s machinations and was defenseless and was attacked by first-class swordsmen and magicians. did you hold

And as if confirming his rumors, the news that Iris El Devhart, the princess who rose to the position of the first sword in the body of a woman, went to the Duke of Estelle to discuss the sword against his genius would turn the entire continent upside down. It was such an amazing news.

What was even more amazing was that even the princess had to leave Estelle dukedom lonely, unable to achieve what she had hoped for. At this, the people of the world were dumbfounded. Even the princess fell in love with his talent, but his talent was on a higher level. Perhaps, with this, the imperial family’s sire might have been decided.

Besides that, rumors disproving his strength were really overflowing. Of course, the script is all rumors. Noel was not an idiot who blindly believed in facts he hadn’t seen with his own eyes. However, even if only half of those rumors were true, it would be safe to say that her chances of defeating Cain von Estel were zero.

“…..”

It wasn’t that he thought defeat was disgraceful. The opponent was a seeker sharpening and polishing his sword just like himself, and a pioneering figure who was walking a long way ahead of her. Defeating against such a transcendent strong man was never something to be ashamed of. However, it’s just that he’s worried that he’ll act rudely in front of such a strong person without even showing all his skills.

“…This is Noel from Dekaraznan. It is truly an honor to meet the renowned Duke Estelle.”

I tried to look like a descendant of a prestigious family that has been around for a thousand years, but I couldn’t help but feel my voice cracking slightly due to tension. And as if accepting her greeting, Cain also nodded and opened his mouth.

“Cain of Estelle. Take good care of me. Lady Dekaraznan.”

Cain’s words were formal, but at the same time, they sounded chilly enough that strangers would mistakenly think he was nervous. Of course, as a renowned strongman, there was no way he would be nervous, so it must be the arrogance peculiar to a strongman.

But Noel didn’t feel any displeasure at seeing him like that. No, I thought it was cool. That is the ideal, cold-blooded soldier she was seeking—

“…Sheesh.”

But that was the time. As Noel was looking at him with twinkling eyes, a clicking sound returned to her from somewhere. Unknowingly, he turned his head to look at the source of the sound, and there was only a beautiful woman with white hair who seemed to be on the line between a girl and a woman.

Seeing him calmly standing in the city with his coat in his hand, at first I wondered if it was the lady-in-waiting he had brought with me, but seeing that the clothes he was wearing were very classy, I was a little puzzled as to what he really was.

Her face was very intelligent and even determined. No matter where I looked, it didn’t seem like I was going to do something rude, like kicking my tongue at someone I was seeing for the first time today. Soon Noel concluded that he must have been overheard because he was too nervous.

“…Then, let’s go. Little Duke Estelle.”

I know the swordsmanship that Duke Estelle uses. Estelle Duke’s unique swordsmanship, ‘Myeongsin’, had a reputation on the continent as an authentic swordsmanship that was very faithful to strengthening basic skills.

But at the same time, it was also a swordsmanship faithful to the basics that was too straight and unchanging. If that were the case, Noel would have some odds. Because the unique swordsmanship of the Duke of Dekaraznan, ‘The Shattered Sun’, was a swordsmanship that pursued anomalies and aimed at the opponent’s loopholes.

“ha-!”

At the same time as Noel suddenly struck forward, the sword in her hand grotesquely broke in a reversed hand, and attacked Cain’s blood fiercely. The next moment, dozens of meditation lines appeared in the empty space and attacked him.

However, Cain’s expression did not change at all. As he held out his sword straight forward, the trajectory of Noel’s sword was slightly disturbed without a moment to notice. And without missing the gap, Cain uses the repulsive force to dig into her blind spot.

However, Noel was not taken aback and turned his body and reversed his sword. The sword rotated gracefully in her hand, emitting a piercing blast. The ‘fading sun’ is a swordsmanship designed to exert its full power in any posture. There was no reason to panic just because the enemy’s location had changed.

In an instant, Noel’s body turned gray. This time, she lunges at Cain, swinging her sword at his torso. The speed was so fast that the trajectory of the sword she wielded seemed like a flash of light.

Tatada dadang-!

“…!”

But at that moment, the sword that Noel had swung bounced back at an invisible speed. It couldn’t be anything but reflexes with formidable speed. The figure of him who deflected her sword without even panicking was indeed the appearance of a master, so she was amazed again.

‘…yes?’

However, a strange sight came into her eyes. Cain’s arm, which stopped her from eating grass earlier, was trembling slightly. There’s no way a strong man like that would have gotten tired just by blocking one of them, and he was probably hesitant about whether he should swing his sword at the overwhelming minion himself.

After all, he was an ideal soldier who was great even to the point of being-

Noel admires once more and attacks Cain again. She swung her sword at him with all her heart, but Cain evaded all of her attacks with a truly nonchalant gaze.

shhh-!

The sword Noel wielded did not reach Cain. Every time the sword tried to reach him, the sword she wielded went off course like a lie. It felt as if Cain was artificially controlling the flow of his sword.

…Of course, it really couldn’t have been. In any case, his evasion skills must have been too good. To that extent, Noel had to admit deep in his heart that there was a difference in skill between him and her.

But, that was the time. He suddenly congratulated and dropped the sword he was holding, wondering what kind of change of heart had come. To an uninformed person, it was such a figure that it seemed as if his physical strength had been discharged after a series of extremely rapid movements. However, there’s no way a strong man like that would have already lost his stamina, so it must be a trap trying to seduce him.

‘…Should I go in?’

But at the same time, it was such a sweet trap. If she went on like this, there was no chance of winning. Even if she loses when she loses, she wants to feed him at least once. Ogi occupied her mind.

Pot-!

In the end, Noel’s choice was to attack. Gathering all her remaining strength, she rushed towards Cain’s heart at high speed. This was Noel’s last struggle.

…And that was her decisive defeat.

Quaang-!

“…!”

I couldn’t even comprehend what the hell had happened. Just when I came to my senses, the positions of the sky and the ground were reversed. Perhaps, only speculation remained that he had subdued himself using a counter.

complete defeat-

Yes. lost. She suffered a complete defeat in both name and reality. Besides, this was no mere defeat. Duke Estelle taught her many things until the very end.

Perhaps, what he wanted to teach himself was a message meaning that he should never be vigilant until the last moment. In order to carve it directly into her body, he must have pretended to be weak against the overwhelmingly weak–

“I lost. It is my complete defeat.”

A refreshing declaration of defeat flowed from Noel’s lips. And from her eyes, the look of admiration and admiration for Cain, who had defeated her, leaked out. Rumors were never wrong. There was no doubt that Duke Estelle was close to perfection both as a human and as a warrior.

“…Hey, Little Duke. Perhaps…”

It was at that moment when he was about to bring up the idea of having a cup of tea with him and talking about the sword, if he had time.

“Cain-sama, you did a good job.”

A white-haired woman walked lightly toward the little duke, deftly interrupting Noel and handing him a towel. The moment Noel was about to say something at that rudeness, an unknown force acted on Noel and pushed her back slightly. Looking at it now, the white-haired woman did not seem to be an ordinary person.

“…huh.”

The white-haired woman glanced at Noel once, then sighed and smiled. Normally, I would have said something about that attitude, but at this moment, I didn’t feel like it. It was because, with Duke Estelle watching over her, she had a strange feeling that if she put her position first, she would somehow lose as a woman.

Tzzle-

After having a snowball fight with that white-haired woman for a long time, Noel was able to recall one of the many rumors related to the Duke of Estelle.

Come to think of it, the Duke of Estelle was engaged to one of the five most beautiful women on the continent, Sarah Cernard, but he fell in love with another woman and broke off the engagement with her.

‘…Maybe it’s the Duke’s mistress.’

Indeed, even to the eyes of the same woman, the figure of the white-haired woman was indeed beautiful. It was to the point where the thought that it was worth breaking up with Sarah Cernard was enough.

‘…why.’

He had no intention of blaming the small duke. His father, the Duke of Decaraznan, also had two concubines apart from the head man. Originally, if he was a duke, it didn’t matter even if he had three concubines.

…It was just that the world was a little resentful. As for why, next to the proud man, there is a woman who is consistent with him. I was just a little jealous.

In that way, in a corner of Noel von Decaraznan’s heart, feelings that even she herself did not know began to sprout. very, very little.