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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Daniel McLean acknowledged.
Valtory Mayas was indeed outstanding in defensive swordsmanship.
The fact that he said this much meant that Valtory not only had effort but also talent.
But no matter how much talent had been cultivated from a young age, she was only 17 years old.
Although she was used to 1:1 duels, a one-sided situation like a 1:2 duel was no different from her first time, so in the end, she started to be pushed back by Eve and Tana, who were attacking and coming out.
Bam!
“Ugh!”
Valtory had no choice but to fall on her butt due to Eve’s low kick that accurately hit her calf and Tana’s offensive shift.
“Yeah, that’s it!”
May clenched her fists and swung them around, saying the low kick she taught during the duel came out, giving off the feeling of an uncle swinging a fist wrapped in martial arts.
Tana, immediately slapped Valtory’s hand.
In the end, Valtory dropped her sword, and Eve quickly grabbed it.
“……”
“Ah……”
Realizing that her defeat was almost confirmed, tears welled up in Valtory’s eyes.
Her brother, Ben, hurriedly canceled the five principles and rushed in, but the victory had already firmly turned to this side.
Tana and Eve continued to chew over the advice Daniel had given them and didn’t let their guard down until the end.
“No!”
In the end, Ben also dropped his sword and sat down on the floor with his strength drained.
The two twins looked at the royal servant who was acting as the referee, but despite receiving their desperate gazes, he declared coldly and quickly.
“The winner is Tana Krista. Valtory Mayas, please pack your bags immediately and prepare to go to the royal palace.”
“No! Please!”
“Hic, waaah!”
Ben immediately knelt down and hit his forehead on the ground, and Valtory denied reality while shedding tears.
The moment when the dream they had dreamed of together as twins for 17 years crumbled was miserable and pitiful.
In the minds of the two, the past where they had ignored Tana flashed like a revolving lantern.
It wasn’t that the twins neglected their training.
As expected of being from a prestigious family, the two swung their swords every day and diligently built up their future.
But what was important here was…
They had looked down on Tana too much.
And the fact that they didn’t expect to be so perfectly exploited.
The twins simply came to have a duel.
But Tana had come to have a duel with the twins.
These two things had a significant difference, and it was proven now as the result.
“Both of you, stop it. You knew this could be the result, didn’t you?”
Belin Mayas, their older brother, stopped the two.
Belin already knew through his duel with Daniel that he had perfectly exploited the twins.
In fact, he had expected this result to some extent.
“The more you act like this, the more difficult it will be for Father. Valtory, go and pack your bags.”
“But brother!”
“Ben! How ugly do you intend to become after losing with arrogance!”
“……”
Blood seeped from Ben’s clenched fist.
They were all true words, so he couldn’t even spit out a rebuttal, let alone a complaint.
Moreover, it would make their father’s situation difficult.
This was a situation that the twins also didn’t want at all.
Belin Mayas had already called the twins and Tana and explained it to them once.
The reason why the 3rd Princess specifically demanded a maid from the Mayas family.
The current king’s condition was unusual.
It meant that the old light illuminating the kingdom was setting, and another sun was rising.
The 1st Prince, Oliver de Frisia.
He had won over the 3rd Princess, Elise de Frisia, and made her his supporter, and by placing the daughter of the Mayas family as Elise’s closest aide, Oliver was checking on the Mayas family.
Whether the Mayas family was a family he could keep by his side or not.
Whether they would go against him or devote themselves to this kingdom together with him.
In a word, this was a test given by Prince Oliver, using Princess Elise as a puppet.
The answer was too easy, but to write down the answer to that question, one had to write with the blood of the family, which was cruel.
The head of the Mayas family had simply chosen to write the answer while shedding blood from his fingers, and that blood had just been decided as Valtory.
Tana approached Valtory and gently whispered to her while placing her hand on her drooping head.
“Don’t ignore your big sister from now on. Even if I’m from a branch family, I’m a year older than you.”
“Hic.”
Valtory glared at Tana with tears in her eyes.
But she couldn’t say anything.
She had lost, and Tana had won.
Even considering the fact that an extraordinary existence named Daniel McLean was solidly supporting her from behind, Tana’s effort itself couldn’t be ignored.
In the end, it was Tana and Eve who had absorbed and accepted all of that.
Tana took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the girl’s tears, then hugged her.
“From now on, when you see my friends, greet them properly as ‘senior,’ okay?”
“……Huh?”
Tana let go of her arms, winked with a smile, and patted Valtory one last time before getting up.
The girl who had been comforted blankly followed her back.
“I’m sorry everyone helped me. Even if it’s the main family and a branch family, I’m still your older sister to some extent.”
“Tana……”
Eve respected her decision, but couldn’t hold back the tears that welled up in her eyes.
Tana looked at Daniel once, took a deep breath, and declared to the royal servant.
“I will go as a maid.”
And so, today…
Tana Krista left Aios Academy.
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The royal carriage was called the Cheonggeuk Chariot.
It meant that it could run to the end of the continent, thousands of miles away, and it was faster and sturdier than any other carriage on the continent, made of steel.
It was truly a dream carriage for carriage enthusiasts, and if they saw this carriage, it would become a point of pride in their lives.
“It’s coming over there.”
Of course, how could the fruits of technological progress simply be sweet?
Not only was the number of horses that could pull this carriage extremely limited, but there was also the disadvantage that their lifespan itself was not even half of that of other horses due to being pickled in drugs and magic.
Elise took a deep breath as she watched the Cheonggeuk Chariot entering her villa.
The carriage was so fast that she couldn’t even hear who was coming in advance.
“Shall we go, Bertia?”
“Yes, Princess.”
Elise, who had taken a deep breath, didn’t lose her grace, but she left the room and went down the stairs with a more urgent gait than usual.
Normally, it would be natural for a princess to not have to personally greet a mere maid coming.
But for her, recruiting a maid was a kind of rescue request.
It was a sign of asking for help, so she was wondering if the other party had properly understood this.
The Cheonggeuk Chariot in front of the villa was shaking violently, unlike its usual behavior. Even the coachman who was driving the carriage had a surprised face.
Elise gestured for the coachman to come over and instructed him to open the carriage door, and he bowed deeply according to etiquette, but hesitated for a moment while holding the door of the carriage that kept shaking, as if he was anxious.
With resolve, he quickly opened it, and…
Elise, Bertia, and the coachman.
They could immediately tell that the Cheonggeuk Chariot had excellent soundproofing when the door was closed.
“You saw it, didn’t you! You saw it! You trash! You bad guy! Aren’t you sorry to Eve?”
“No, there was nowhere to hide! Should I have just gotten caught? And I told you I had my eyes closed?”
“Don’t bullshit! I saw your expression change when you went under my skirt and when you came out! Where are you playing dumb!”
“Wait a minute! Are you making me out to be a bad guy? Wasn’t it you who suddenly told me to come in even though you were flustered!”
Tana, who was wearing an elegant dress but whose behavior and tone were not, and the black-haired boy on the opposite side of her, shouting in annoyance.
Daniel McLean.
“Ah, aah……”
The moment she saw his face, Elise wanted to jump into his arms right away.
“Please leave now.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The coachman, who had been fidgeting, worrying that the sparks might fly to him, deeply bowed his head and retreated as if running away at Elise’s command.
“You’re still the same.”
Bertia, who was next to her, said with an awkward smile, and Elise nodded her head.
He understood her sign.
Moreover, Daniel McLean had personally come to save her.
“Daniel! Daniel! Ah, Daniel!”
Overwhelmed with the surging emotion, Elise took a step forward and opened her mouth.
“Be quiet for a moment! We’re talking right now! I’ve been accused of being a molester! Once at the academy and again by Tana! Does this make sense?”
“Then you shouldn’t have looked! Was it that hard to keep your eyes tightly closed?”
“I said I saw it while going under your skirt!”
“You saw it! You admitted you saw it! You kept saying you didn’t see it until just now! And why did your expression subtly change after you went in?”
“Um, excuse me……”
Bertia tried to intervene to save the face of the princess who had been ignored and disregarded from the start, but…
“Ngh.”
The princess she served was quietly holding her body, blushing, and drooling slightly, feeling it in response to the forceful words to be quiet.
“Tell me honestly! Why were you wearing that kind of underwear? Is that even considered wearing? It’s not wearing!”
“You! You! Do you think I wore it because I wanted to?”
Tana, whose face turned bright red as she clenched her fists, rushed at Daniel like that, but he twisted his body and skillfully avoided her fists in that narrow carriage.
“Haa, ngh.”
“……You’re feeling it for a long time since it’s been a while.”
Bertia sighed and blankly looked at the blue sky, having experienced several times how foolish it was to try to handle this situation.
‘The clouds are really pretty today.’
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