Chapter 36: Venting out
Alex: Pardon me for the long wait.
Aqua: We're back.
When Aqua and Alex returned to the entrance, Darkness and her dad were still chatting happily with Walter.
Darkness came beside Alex and whispered to his ear.
Darkness: ...Hey, for your own good, give it up. If not, you'll experience something so bad that you will wish you were dead.
Alex: I am already experiencing that by staying with you and the other autistic children in my party, that threat won't work… Lalatina.
Darkness gritted her teeth in protest to his proposal. Her dad didn't notice her reaction, and didn't even seemed to mind Alex hitting her head back then.
Father: Well then, Mr. Walther, this way please. Lalatina, come with us too. Let's go to the meeting room.
When Darkness heard her father saying that, she squatted down and reached out to Walther.
Darkness: My heels seemed to have broken… Mr. Walther, can you lend me a hand?
Knowing that something would happen, Alex subtly used [Shackle] to his hand and [Soul Bind] to anchor himself on the ground, before he reached out immediately.
Alex: Young lady, allow me. No matter how much you admire Master Walther, you aren't engaged yet, so you can't trouble him like this.
Then he pulled Darkness up, while he felt the chains in his hand getting tighter, fortunately he was smart enough to use [Shackle]...
And the job to make sure that Darkness won't fuck everything started…
Soon, they reached for the guest room and Darkness and Walther sat facing each other with the white coffee table of the guest room between them.
Walther: ...Well then, let me once again introduce myself properly. I'm Alexei Barnes Walther, son of the Alexei family. My job is to assist my father in managing the territory.
Darkness: I'm Dustiness Ford Lalatina. I don't think I need to introduce my family. Even the son of some upstart landlo-...
She froze, making Walther a bit suspicious, meanwhile Aqua started to sweat cold when she saw something shining behind Darkness' neck. It was a sharp knife…
Walther: Are… Are you okay?
Darkness: I… I'm fine… It's just that seeing Mr. Walther's face is making me uncomfort-Eeep!
The dagger made a small hole, causing a really small trail of blood to come out.
Aqua: Y-Young lady Darkness' tummy has been acting up since morning. Isn't that right, Darkness!? Don't push yourself if your stomach hurts.
Darkness: N-No, I'm not…!
Alex coughed a bit as he dematerialized his dagger.
Alex: *Ahem* The young lady was really eager to meet Mr. Walther since early morning, but now she can't even speak properly, what a cute girl…
It seemed that Darkness' father knew about what was going on, so he covered Alex and Darkness with a topic to chat with Walther.
Father: Mr. Walther, I heard your mansion was destroyed not long ago. Where are you living right now? How about bunking in my place? Of course, you'll have to sleep in a different room from my daughter.
Walther: Hahaha! No, if I'm to live under the same roof with the beautiful Lady Lalatina, it would take tremendous self-restraint to stop myself…
[Later]
After saying "An old man staying around would only be a hindrance". Darkness' dad took his leave while whispering "I'm counting on you" on Alex's ear.
Right now, Darkness and Walther were strolling in the family courtyard with Aqua and Alex in tow, Alex really liked this place. The vast courtyard had a pond, and colorful flowers were blooming despite it being winter.
A whistle attracted Alex's attention, and he turned around to see Aqua clapping when she saw the fish in the pond. Soon, a school of fish gathered in front of Aqua…
How can this girl be so awesome and so idiotic at the same time?
Walther: Lady Lalatina, what are your hobbies?
Darkness: I hunt Goblins when I'm fre-Ugh!
Alex elbowed her waist from the side to make her stop, Walther smiled wryly, tilting his head as he asked Alex who was unnaturally close to Darkness.
Walther: ...The two of you seem to be really close.
It was in that moment that Alex's mind went at the speed of light just to find an excuse, and then his mouth opened.
Alex: Not that much, she asked my help for the matchmaking since she was too nervous to do it without any friend nearby.
Walther: Ah, I see. That's cute.
Darkness suddenly stepped away from Alex and said.
Darkness: I don't want to beat around the bush anymore! I can't take this!
Then she tore the skirt of her dress, making Walther averting his eyes from Darkness, who shouted at him.
Darkness: Hey, you're called Walther, right? Since you're a knight, you should know how to use a sword! My job's a Crusader, let's go to the dojo. I'll appraise your capability there. Come, follow me!
Alex: Pffft… Bwahahahahahaha!
His laughter attracted both's attention.
Alex: You… You want to appraise him in swordsmanship?! Oh god! My lungs starts to hurt!
Darkness started to blush a bit in embarrassment as her mouth was quivering.
Darkness: S-Stop!
[Later]
The four of them, Walther, Darkness, Alex and Aqua went in a dojo, then Darkness tossed a wooden sword to Walther.
Darkness: We fight until one party surrenders. Just try to make me say "I can't fight anymore", or "Please stop hitting me"! If you can do that, I can marry you or follow you anywhere!
Walther: Um, Lady Lalatina, I'm a knight. Even if this is just training, I can't point a sword at a lady…
Darkness frowned and said unhappily.
Darkness: What a gutless fellow. Alex who's standing right there threatened girls younger than him to not leave just because of a bet with someone else.
Walther looked at Alex when Darkness said that, Alex just shrugged and said.
Alex: For me everyone is equally worthless, any problem?
Walther shook his head and said with a sigh.
Walther: …I understand. To be honest, my father forced me to come, and I'm here to reject the marriage… But after seeing you, I changed my mind. You're different from the other daughters of nobility, as expected of the only daughter of the national chief adviser.
You seem to have a bold personality, but get embarrassed by your own words. That's cute. Your way of speaking is straightforward and isn't haughty towards the butler serving you, treating him as an equal. I'm very interested in you… Prepare yourself, Lady Lalatina!
After the sudden confession, he slashed at Darkness, quickly disarming her and hit her shoulder. Seeing that the attack was a success, Walther sighed in relief thinking that victory was in his hand. But Darkness picked up her wooden sword and said.
Darkness: Very good, next. Come at me!
[30 minutes later]
Darkness: What's the matter? Don't be shy, attack with everything you've got! Show me your determination to persevere to the end!
Even though Walther had the advantage, it seemed like he was forced into a corner, Darkness had multiple bruises all over her body, obviously tired, and always missed her own attacks. But that's far from enough to beat a masochist…
Walther: ...I give up, Lady Lalatina. It's my loss. Even if my skills are better than you, I'm not as strong as you mentally… I can't attack you anymore. You're a strong person.
Walther looked at Darkness with a dazed look and a smile. But Darkness just said with a shrug.
Darkness: That's it? Boring. Come back after you train more.
Hearing Darkness saying that, Walther laughed out loud and mumbled.
Walther: ...I've really fallen for you…
However, strangely Darkness picked up Walther's sword that he threw away before and tossed it… To Alex?
Darkness: Come, Alex. Show Walther your merciless side. Let him learn.
Alex: ...What the fuck are you saying? Did he hit you too hard in the head?
Walther: ...I too wish to see how does one trusted so much by Lady Lalatina fights.
Aqua: Ok?
Aqua was healing Darkness and already finished some seconds ago, Alex glanced at the wooden sword in his hands and sighed.
Alex: Whatever, I need to vent a bit after all the shit I went through…
Darkness: Great, that's the spirit Alex! I had always wanted to spa-Oof!
Before she continued to speak, Alex threw a punch to Darkness' abdomen, forcing her to gasp for air, then he went to grab her hair and slammed her face on his knee, before attacking the back of her head with the hilt of his wooden sword and then pushed her away.
She looked at Alex with a smile as her nose slightly bleed.
Darkness: As expected of Alex, not even a bit of mercy and shame…
Alex: [Soul Bind]
Chains danced in the air and coiled around Darkness, binding her.
Walther/Darkness: Eh?
Alex: What's wrong?
Walther: ...It's… It's nothing, just that a match with wooden swords usually would not allow magic…
Alex: Brat, we are living in a world where the slightest mistake could kill you out there, no one would really care if you use swords or magic.
Then Alex commanded the chain to tighten and extended one arm, summoning an Overfiend Blade of Nulgath.
Walther: W-What are you planning to do with that thing?!
Darkness: Yes… Give me the finishing blow…
Instead of going against Darkness, the sword floated behind her back, and acted as a wall while the chains also coiled around the sword. Meanwhile Alex rushed at her and tackled her hard on her chest with his head.
Darkness: Ugh…
Then Alex gave an uppercut on her chin and started to use her as a punching bag, mostly hitting her face, while Walther watched with horror as not only Alex didn't stopped hitting her, he also used Shackle and Unshackle to go even harder on her.
Alex: This is for every… single… bloody… fucking… time… you… acted… as a… shitty… bitch… IN HEAT!!!
After he gave a roundhouse kick on her face, she stopped making a sound as her head tilted down, unmoving…
Alex stood on his feet and took deep breaths as Unshackle stopped doing its miracle, normally this should not be enough to knock Darkness out, since he was still level 1, but due to the effects of Contract, Unsurmountable, Relentless Onslaught, and Tremble in Fear, he was able to do so.
At this moment...
Father: I heard you were in the Dojo, so I brought some beverages.
He arrived with a basket full of beverages, which fell hard in the ground…
Alex followed the father's gaze and saw Darkness, now that he was much more calm, he finally saw the girl's state, and he was also quite satisfied with his work as a LV. 1 Void Highlord, since her body was full of bruises and was bleeding from the gap between her teeth and nose.
Walther and Alex looked at each other, and Aqua pointed at both of them and said.
Aqua: ...They did this.
Father: All right, drag them out and execute them.
Walther: No, this is a misunderstanding!
Alex: Water Bitch!
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