chapter 32
32 – Blue (7)
The princess sat arrogantly in the brass chair and greeted me. She must have just finished her bath, and her hair was wet. I offered dried fruit from a high-end bakery. Wow, it was pickled in honey. Being in a position to ask for a favor, I naturally got down on one knee and chewed on the dried apricot with a sneer.
“How are you going to break the head?”
“First of all, I would like to apologize for refusing the meal offer without knowing the subject.”
Einkamphund twitched his lips and tossed a raisin at my chest.
“Answer the question.”
Why did you bring up this irritating story again? Now get down on both knees.
“I’m going to propose a pair with me.”
“Well, if you’re going to make pairs in the basic swordsmanship lecture, there’s no other way, right?”
Judging from this lukewarm response, Ein Kamphund never received a seal. Heoden here advocates equality, but does not realize it. Their own view of equality that is harsh only on the daughter-in-law of a rural viscount and the fittest of a knight. I swallowed my sadness and explained in detail what had happened to me. Let’s say a group of cadets called for a duel.
“So?”
“I was wondering if I could do better with the princess.”
“Why should I?”
─You’re right.
“Because I wasn’t the one who caused the teaching assistants’ nosebleeds.”
“Ahhh, that’s really absurd. Isn’t that what happened during sparring?”
The princess criticized that he was an idiot professor, and that’s why he shouldn’t be like Heoden. I didn’t know what Jijab meant, so I asked and dug it, but I didn’t have a chance to do that, so I swallowed it back down my throat. Not really, I don’t mean it in a good way.
“If you want to argue, go to Carlson. Because I had a fight with the teaching assistant and the cadets, and with freshmen from other departments.”
─What is it, was it a normal person?
Although I knew all of that, I was curious about the psychology of the princess who faced Dalian.
“Because you can win just by looking at it. I just shut up and accepted it, let the dog suffer.”
Gyeobguk, the professor kid, he probably couldn’t sleep, holding his stomach and laughing.
“You said that on purpose?”
“Does this bastard stuff his ears with wax?”
─Are you kidding me?
I had a lot to say, but I held back. If you are a member of the royal family of a country, you can laugh this much even after doing such a thing. However, aristocratic nabbers like us are in a state of trepidation even though we haven’t done anything wrong. Will Carlson’s shame go to Ain Kamphunt? I covered and suppressed the steam boiling from within, and cleared my voice.
“Princess, if I avoid the duel.”
“I know, bastard.”
He told me not to explain because he wasn’t a mess.
“Are you ignoring me as a princess?”
“No.”
I didn’t say anything, but I’m getting angry for no reason, maybe I felt a sense of qualification.
“By the way, why do you keep calling me princess?”
I can’t understand the lost logic, so let’s keep our eyes open.
“You heard that I am not a princess, but a princess. Hey, don’t you go around stuffing yourself with dick scraps instead of beeswax?”
“This is a very novel expression. Not to the ears, but to the extent that it is engraved in the heart. As expected, princess!”
“Should I really execute this bastard? Why do you want to be beaten up like this?”
For someone who came to ask for a favor, he was too picky, so he had his knee grafted. While brushing her hair under her ears, he pretended to vomit as he behaved discreetly like senior Trey. As she threw the dried fruits she could catch, she ate them well.
“Hey, tell me honestly.”
“Yes?”
“You f*cking hate me.”
“Yes.”
“This bug, hey, you want me to fight in pairs?”
“Yes!”
I immediately got up on my butt and kicked the brass chair. Looking at me with a sullen expression, I can see why the few combat cadets envied me. It made me feel very dirty, but it was a strangely attractive gaze.
“Are you really shameless or are you lacking?”
“I’m being honest.”
“Hey, don’t you think it’s a huge disrespect for you to refuse an offer from royalty?”
“You just said you were a princess.”
“Oh, why are you being so mean?”
As if he couldn’t beat himself, he shouted loudly and commanded the servants to use the axe. The guards hurriedly ran. Soon, two hatchets wrapped in bandages arrived in the drawing room.
“Let’s just open a game.”
“What if it opens?”
“Win. Then, I’ll listen to the bullsh*t.”
I got up without a word. After moving the objects in the parlor to one place so that they would not be damaged, he looked at the princess. She put her boots on her brass chair with a bored expression on her face. Seeing her carefully tightening her laces, she is ready.
“Are you done?”
“Just let me say one word.”
“Yes, I will consider it as a will and listen to it.”
I took a deep breath and, like a princess, had a false vision.
“How can buying food be a meal suggestion?”
“This is half talk again.”
“I came to ask for a favor, but I have to say something. I tease my tongue carelessly, but I don’t do it to hurt anyone.”
I straightened up, saying that I could start now. He was confident that he would not lose to anyone if it was fighting with an axe. It wasn’t the defeat that worried, it was the princess’s injury. Ein Kamphund looked at me and bit all the hired men waiting outside the door. It was a strict order to come back in an hour or so.
“So, do you prove that you are better than an asshole?”
“If I win, keep your promise.”
We looked at each other at the same time. It was not an easy opponent to look at, and I saw the reaction by swinging an ax in vain. Ein Kamphunt also observed my pattern with an appropriate distance. I have no intention of using an ax as a weapon anyway. Rather, he intends to hang the neck of the axe, the lower part of the blade, and blow it away. Disarmed, I’ll admit defeat. * Bu Wol-soo (斧 鉞 手) is a non-mainstream soldier, so there was no way the princess could handle her hatchet as well as I did.
“Doesn’t it look like you’re going to be afraid of messing around?”
He has a bad habit of provoking others saying he can’t give it away. The more I reacted, the more dirty words would pour out, so I had no choice but to think so. After deliberately making a fake move, he rushed in a surprise attack. As she tried to snatch her collar with her unarmed hand, she jumped behind her and kicked her in the foot. The moment the bottom of the boot hit my wrist.
“Hey!”
I had no choice but to scream.
“You can see the underwear!!”
I protested that this was an obvious foul play because the black petticoat was fluttering.
“You bastard, do you see only that?”
“Look at how dirty the horse is.”
Pissik laughs and slashes through her petticoat with the blade of an axe. Then he lifts her on one knee, and gets into a defensive position again. Even with one foot shifting his center of gravity, being so stable meant that his lower body muscles were developed.
“Now you can even see Drawers!”
“Breeches?”
“No, you really have no shame!”
“Did someone know that stab me in the ass?”
Even so, she asked if she dared to talk about shame, so she kept her mouth shut. It was an obvious accident. I kept silent for now, thinking that the more I made excuses, the more I would be at a disadvantage. Then, immediately see the gap and play with his feet. It’s always faster than expected, so it’s hard to predict. Using one of his feet as an axis, he kicked the other high up, but it swelled to the point where there was a sound of cutting through the air.
“What?”
Chii Iik───
At least the remaining petticoats were completely ripped and turned into rags. He put his body back and calmed down his breathing. It’s hard to focus on the battle right in front of you because you can’t handle the line of sight. I’m afraid I’ll get an erection, I’m really annoyed to death.
“Be fair!”
“You pervert, are you doing it right?”
This time, he kicks up faster than before. When I eat it with my arms, as soon as the attacking foot lands, I use it as an axis to kick the other side. Both feet were strong. Puck-puck, he hit the inside and outside of the elbow twice. It was a target.
“You mean it doesn’t matter what I do as long as I can win?”
“It’s a hundred times better than idiots who suck and can’t sleep.”
Axes are already useless. The reach is shorter than the princess’s legs. Besides, if I just wield this thing and break her foot, the fact-finding team will come to me. You are Pong Pong. Let’s go get pampered. No matter how much the power of the royal family has weakened these days, they would be detained.
Then you can only be released with a huge bail. It’s not an option at all for a poor semi-aristocrat like me. My father will be reprimanded, and while I’m gone, Kite alone has to adapt to Heoden. Just thinking about it is terrifying.
“Hey, I have something to protect, right?”
“This bastard is grinding his teeth again. Did you do it fairly?”
─It’s not coming to me.
I crossed her right hand holding the ax several times. If you do this, even if you aim at the joint, you will be hit by the sharp part. If you shoot down with a bell, you can hit the wrist or elbow joint, but the horizontal cut crosses the trajectory of the kick. In other words, it is my forearm even if I hit it well. Now, who gets sick more?
“You coward!”
“Who said what?”
As we closed the distance little by little, we drove to a place where we couldn’t use our feet. As the feet have a long reach, it is necessary to secure distance. Moreover, if you twist even once, you will fall right away, so the risk of failure is high.
“Now I will fight with an axe.”
I held the hatchet in reverse. It’s what Ivor’s father taught me, so it will definitely work.
“Baby, where did you learn only catching skills?”
“Prepare to buy expensive meat, even for two people.”
Without haste, I pushed it towards the wall little by little. Finally, beads of sweat were reflected on Ein Kamphunt’s face. I wasn’t the only one having a hard time. We were getting wet with hot breath together. It was at this point that he thought he could charge and hang the ax head. She smiled mischievously. Let’s not react because we want to be some kind of modification again.
“I also learned a bit about catching, didn’t I?”
Turn your back right away. I don’t know what I’m thinking, I just hold on to my seat, so I run to the wall and jump. Tak, percussion, tadadak. After kicking up the wall with his feet several times, he does a reverse somersault and lands behind me.
─Is this, even the head turned?
I threw the ax at her ankle, which landed on the floor with a thud. Puck, it was a short distance, so I hit it properly.
“No? For a moment! You despicable bastard!!”
The body, which had barely managed to balance itself, tilts right away. Without giving a chance, I rushed in as it was and pressed it with her body. As I rolled over, Ain Kamphunt was completely buried under my body.
“Are you stupid?”
“Oh, damn it! Is it because the place is different?”
He has never failed in the palace he has lived in. Find out something I pressed her forearms on both of her wrists as she groaned, pressing her weight down on her. No matter how long he trained, he was not strong enough to defeat me. He tried to headbutt her, so he pressed the crown of her head against her neck. Still don’t give up resistance.
“Stop it!”
“Shut up, f*ck you. Aren’t you done yet?”