Art of Lust
We were facing each other, and I began to discreetly gather power in my hand; it would be a quick and precise blow. I sensed her anatomy beforehand, and she was a mage.
Even so, she is not far behind the powerful ones of her generation, such as Celestine or Maximilian, and it is very likely that my attack will not be effective, even more so because I am only a doppelgänger.
Not to ntion that, being who she is, she will clearly have defensive artifacts and other things; but I’ll try anyway.
I’m going to finish her off.
Even if I fail, it will serve as a warning that I’m not afraid to kill her, that she will have to pay a price if she wants to ss with , and that her life may be included.
"What, now you’re the one who has nothing to say? Did the mouse bite your tongue? Or are you just all talk?"
I tried to provoke her; it would be better if she was the one who lost her temper and attacked first. That way I would have more leverage in my alibi if I succeeded.
I sensed my surroundings and there was no one close enough or powerful enough to interfere, so I had room to make more follow-up attacks, giving a better chance of finishing her off.
Fifth Stance
’W-wait, Chris... ugh—fine, whatever-."¿’
Only Silvia, who was next to , seed scared because she noticed my movent. She seed to want to stop , and she spoke to ntally, but then she stopped, and for so reason, I felt her strengthening .
It seems she silently cast so powerful strengthening spells on .
I don’t know why she’s helping do sothing like this, but I appreciate it, although I’d rather she step aside a little so she doesn’t get involved.
"No, but I’m asking you: you said you’d line up our heads, would that include my sister?"
"No, why would I include Rowyn in sothing her suicidal sister is getting herself into?"
It was a sha, because if I eliminate this dwarf, I’ll lose a potential friend, but as with Evangeline, I’m not going to cling to friendships that haven’t even begun.
I’m not going to try to protect the future by sacrificing my present. If Rowyn seeks revenge later, I’ll take care of her too.
’Okay, I convinced Elena to cover for us, and Alice will also attack discreetly... I’m almost there too. I’ll self-destruct with that bitch to get the job done. Let’s be quick.’
My doppelgänger was as focused as I was on getting the job done. This woman, in my eyes, was no different from soone who was already dead, and she brought it on herself.
Tempting—
"Oh! Perfect... junior, you did very well. That was another lesson from your elder."
"..."
I’m not going to believe any nonsense. Even though I don’t have the eyes of lust, I could clearly sense that she was being honest; otherwise, I wouldn’t imdiately consider her a potential dangerous factor that needs to be eliminated.
She seed to realize that I wasn’t believing her words and kept talking.
"It was to see if you would be intimidated. If you were, I would teach you not to let yourself be intimidated, as that could be fatal. But I see that it’s not necessary. Ahem. So you can stop looking at like that, and I’d also appreciate it if you could withdraw that thick murderous intent. Ah, why are you holding so tightly?"
"Stop playing dumb. I know you were serious. I don’t know if you noticed what I was about to do, but tell : are you planning to do sothing against the people close to ?"
She was very close to , so I reached out and put my hand on her shoulder. She wanted to cover up her previous words with a silly excuse, but I also noticed that she seed to want to backtrack on what she said.
If she was just saying that to buy ti, I would attack; if she really changed her mind, I won’t do anything.
"You know what you’re doing is dangerous. If I weren’t controlling several of my attack-type defensive devices, they would have been activated."
"To the point. And I would recomnd you not lie."
"Haaah~ I see you’re very similar to in this regard, no, you’re much worse. I touched sothing I shouldn’t have, huh? Fine, I’ll be honest. For starters, I only threatened you half-seriously. I just want to know where you heard about it and who else knew."
"..."
"I thought that would be enough to scare a junior. In the worst case, I was just going to send soone to beat you up and get the truth out of you."
"That’s all?"
"I don’t know what you think of , but I’m not that extre... well, at most, if you continued to be stubborn, I would use those close to you. Hey, but don’t hold so tight, it hurts; ugh! Let finish."
"Go ahead."
"Uff... I would use them, but with my favorite thod, which is to give them a lot of money to betray you and get the truth out of you or sothing like that; it always works. But if that failed, I would keep trying other thods, but I wouldn’t kill; personally, I feel like that’s a bit too extre just for a possibility."
"..."
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"Well, I understand why you misinterpreted it because I said it that way on purpose... But I see that with you, I can’t do that kind of thing without consequences. You know, for a mont I felt a chill down my neck when you said that about the heads; you really ant it, and I realized that wasn’t the right way to go, so I backed off."
"That was good judgnt on your part."
"Yes, a lot of my work depends on that. Besides, as far as I know, you have nothing to gain by spreading that information, and you don’t seem to have anything against my sister, or am I wrong?"
"No, in fact, I have a certain fondness for her and her personality."
"That’s a good thing. I really don’t want to make an enemy of a junior who, according to my research, is a monster in her generation. But I still want to know, and this is not a threat, just a request. I just want to know where you heard it; it’s a very important secret and I don’t want it to spread."
She went back to acting as she had before, and as if understanding that I was evaluating her honesty, she was very explanatory, and she wasn’t lying. What she said was true.
If I think about it, I did fall into her trap, of course; at no point did she say she was after our lives or those close to , she just hinted at it a little and threatened to put a price on my head, although she didn’t say it was to kill .
It was clear what she wanted to achieve, but I didn’t act as she expected, and she realized that I was serious.
In the end, as she said, it seed that it was all just to intimidate , to protect her sister’s secret, although I know that it will eventually co to light.
I guess I escalated this on my own; when I think about it, it’s a bit like Rosy’s case.
When it cos to a potential danger, and on top of that, one that is totally unknown in terms of its scope, I tend to beco very drastic and imdiately give it the highest priority.
I don’t think that ntality of decisively eliminating unknown dangers is wrong, but I must assu that I shouldn’t be so hasty.
If I think about it, I could back down and return to words without resorting to threats; I’ll try to be calr if a similar situation arises again.
It’s better to calm down and find another possible resolution.
Well, in the end, it was a false alarm, and what I was preparing wasn’t necessary, so I canceled it.
Now the thing is, even though she backed down in that sense, she doesn’t seem willing to give up, because for her it was already a fact that I knew about her sister, and I feel like it won’t end here if I don’t give her an answer.
’I have to stop acting like this in the future; it could get into trouble.’
If, in hindsight, I was the one who got myself into this, I guess I have to resolve it peacefully.
"Haa~ okay, I’ll tell you. Yes, I know about your sister, but no one told anything, so you don’t have to worry about any leaks and it being paid for sowhere you don’t know about. I found out on my own. I’m not going to give you any details, but sothing in allowed to notice that about your sister."
"Ufff~... so that’s all it was. I was a little paranoid after all, with so many people waiting for to slip up... Junior, you’re not going to go around spreading it around or anything, right? And it’s not a threat, no; it’s more of a request."
"I had no plans to do so... well, beyond my acquaintances, but I’ll refrain."
Well, it doesn’t matter if I don’t tell the girls; after all, Rowyn isn’t a potential mber.
I guess if any of them ask why, I’ll just say that I see her as a friend, like Silvia or sothing.
"Sa goes for you, another cute junior, who cooperated with that dangerous attack."
"I... I won’t."
"So you did notice."
"So you were up to sothing, lucky I backed off."
This girl was just testing and I gave myself away; no, Silvia was to bla. I guess we need to have a few more classes so we don’t expose the flow mana.
She, who has an ability that allows her to see it, should be the most skilled, so it must be because she neglected her training; I’ll give her an intensive class later.
"Well, it wasn’t just that, I kind of knew; I have a rare device that detects mortal dangers, but I didn’t think a junior could do sothing that my generation couldn’t; but it seed like it was serious. Junior, were you really going to kill or sothing because of what I said?"
"You’re very direct and curious, huh? And I’ll tell you just as directly that yes, after all, problems must be eliminated at the root, don’t you think?"
"Wow, what a mindset you have when you haven’t even graduated yet. But tell , were you sure you could do it?"
"Why are we still talking about how I wanted to give you a deadly attack?"
"Well, I’m very curious, as you said; so, were you confident?"
"No, I wasn’t sure; you must have of defensive artifacts. Even so, it’s difficult to have many, since it’s hard to find artifacts that don’t affect the functioning of others; I think that if the right circumstances arise, I could.눈_눈"
Yes, from the beginning I wasn’t 100% sure, but with several powerful attacks and the self-destruction of my doppelgänger, the chances weren’t slim; at least I would have seriously injured her.
"Ugh! That gave the chills, don’t look at like that. I really wonder what you’re capable of; my logic tells it’s impossible, but it doesn’t seem like just talk."
"Nothing is absolutely impossible, senior."
"You’re right, ugh, look, I ended up being the one who learned a lesson here... Well, aside from whether you’re capable, that’s actually the right mindset, I think exactly the sa way. I really like how decisive you are, as well as your way of thinking. I’ll make sure not to do anything like that again, not even as a joke."
"That would be best for both of us."
"Anyway, we’re okay now, right?"
"...I guess so. I don’t want to be on bad terms with an influential senior; I’m soone who always seeks the path of peace if possible."
""Hahaha~ alright, yes, it was my fault—I started all of this, after all. How about I treat you to a al later as compensation for this little incident?"
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