Blessing Of Yuri Goddess-Chapter 430 - 22 - Hikari Duel

My hands gripped the sheath of my cursed Odachi tightly, emphasizing my status as the owner of this cursed Odachi.

My cursed odachi, which can fly freely and possesses consciousness, may have caught the attention of Duchess Kaori's daughter.

I don't want to brag my cursed Odachi or anything, but I can see a remarks, that's coming from spoiled girl, who wants Momo as her weapon.

The look in my eyes, full of hostility towards her, made the atmosphere in this family room tense.

"Hikari, don't say such harsh words to a Saintess." Before the situation could escalate into an unavoidable heated conflict, Yuna prevented it with cold and piercing words to her.

The relationship between these two of them seems unique, making me more wary to see Yuna further actions. Yuna seems like a rule-abiding girl, while Duchess Kaori's daughter seems like a girl who always bends the rules to suit her own goals. Her attitude and behavior are similar to Duchess Kaori's, making me believe that she is her real daughter.

A real daughter who is still kept secret from the public eyes, huh?

I'm sure there's a special reason behind it.

I've heard that some high-ranking noble families have a secret children to protect them from assassination threats, and it would make sense for Duchess Kaori to keep her only daughter out of the public eye.

From her outward appearance, she does resemble Duchess Kaori, with the same hair and eye color. She looks like a Duchess as a child.

Yup, she is her real daughter, so it's natural that she looks like her mother.

"Y-Yuna?" Because she got a reprimand from Yuna, that girl looked at me and approached slowly, but Furina held her back with one hand that pulled the collar of her iron armor.

The girl, named Hikari seemed confused by the situation, and the Goddess of Destruction was also hesitant about to give divine punishment for her disrespectful behavior or not. My hostile glance was the first sign that she wasn't welcome to touch my cursed Odachi, and her interest in possessing the cursed Odachi that Mio had reforged felt like an insult for me.

Glaarree...

Gllaarree...

My gaze was still piercing towards her, and I occasionally glanced at Duchess Kaori, who looked hesitant to interfere in this matter.

"Don't say such rude things, Yuna. Possessing something that already belongs to someone else is rude," Furina said as she pulled the girl away from me.

"E-Even Mentor Furina scolding me, too?" the girl muttered as if not understanding the current situation.

Such a confused reaction was natural, especially since she didn't know my status as a Monarch of Holy Destruction.

I've heard that ignorance is a blessing, and this is proof that ignorance is a blessing to save herself. She accidentally did something rude and was still get forgiveness because of her innocent ignorance.

What a blessing of ignorance, she was fortunate enough to have...

"Please forgive my disciple for being presumptuous, my Monarch." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"As her mentor, I truly feel ashamed and regretful for not teaching her manners," Jeanne said while lowering her head and looking awkward to look me in the eye.

I could have just let this matter slide, but my pride wouldn't allow that.

With a smile on my face and a flash of thought that I wanted to correct her behavior, I snapped my fingers and took out a glove from my magic storage circle formation, which it can be guessing... what will happened next.

Snap!!

A single glove that came out of my magic storage circle formation was already a sign that there would be a duel filled with pride as a noblewoman.

"You don't mind me... to testing your disciple suitability as a female knight, right?" I asked Jeanne and smiled coldly at her.

"I-It doesn't mind me, my Monarch."

"Okay, let's do this outside," I said with a smile and stood up from the sofa I was sitting on.

While standing up from the sofa, I threw my glove at the girl—I mean... Hikari's face.

I knew her mumbling about wanting the cursed odachi was a result of curiosity and admiration.

I was also certain it wasn't intentional mumbling.

Plllllappp...

The throw from my glove hit her face, and I immediately went to the front yard of the house, which was filled with Duchess Kaori's knights.

[ Oh my, Lily-chan... ]

[ You want to challenge a girl who is still innocent from the cruelty of this mortal world ]

[ The training you will gave to her... Looks like very strict, and I loved it! ]

Suddenly, my head was filled with words from my Goddess, who seemed to be enjoying the problem I was currently facing.

After the Goddess of Destruction, now it's my Goddess's turn to talk to me, huh?

[ Is my voice became a problem for disrupts your concentration, who wants to duel with her, Lily-chan? ]

"Ugh, that's not a problem for me..." I replied in a thin voice and stepped out of the wooden house where Jeanne and Furina lived.

While holding the cursed Odachi sheath, I looked like I was in a bad mood, and all of Duchess Kaori's knights who were guarding the front yard of Jeanne and Furina's house became noisy with unexpected whispers.

[ You say such things like that... ]

[ But your heart says otherwise... ]

[ I know... you feel embarrassed to do this duel, right? ]

[ The Lily-chan I know would used her abilities to silence the impolite girl and wouldn't have had to do something as troublesome like this... ]

[ Challenging a girl to a duel... It's look like you want to teach her that mumbling can get you into trouble, if the opponents hear it. ]

"A-Am I wrong to teach her gently like this?" I muttered in a small voice and asked my Goddess.

[ Fufu~ It's not wrong... ]

[ Teaching a spoiled girl, sometimes it takes a little bit gentler... to open her eyes. ]

[ That's a good thing, because her mother agrees with this. ]

The moment my Goddess said such a thing, I glanced towards the wooden house and saw Duchess Kaori coming out with a pale smile on her face.

"Yes, it was definitely approved by his mother because she had no other choice, right?"

[ There were actually other choices, like scolding her for being rude after muttering about wanting to have the cursed weapon of a Monarch of Holy Destruction. ]

[ It's an insult to say, the cursed Odachi is not suitable for a Monarch of Holy Destruction, and she want it to be her weapon as her new owner. ]

[ What she had done was seen as such an impolite act... and it make everyone speechless. ]

"That's why I challenged her to a duel..."

"Just think of this as a form of my generosity as the Monarch of Holy Destruction, who take her insult," I muttered in a low voice and stuck the tip of the cursed Odachi sheath into the ground.

Choomm...

[ Oh, are you going to prepare the duel? ]

[ I will watch the duel with sweet snacks... ]

Is it just my feeling, or am I really an object of entertainment for the Goddesses in the Goddess Realm?

[ That's just Lily-chan's feeling. ]

[ There's no way... We—the Goddesses would watch Lily-chan trying to correct a girl's attitude and behavior, along with sweet snacks. ]

Is my Goddess telling the truth or just joking?

I don't know the exact answer, as a human who can't go to the Goddess Realm.

I tried to shake off the negative thoughts in my head about my Goddess, and looked at the girl who had answered my duel challenge. With Jeanne and Furina looking worried, I thought I'd play around for a while before heading home.

Oh, that's right!

This could use as an excuse for me to return home early and continue my military expedition. Aiko must be busy with her task of maintaining the magic circle formation that continuously mapping the surrounding area.

That magic circle formation requires a large amount of magic input just to maintain the magic circle formation.

Yeah, that was a nice excuse to use.

I sighed slowly and imagined Aiko's nearly dry her magic core, which made me chuckle.

"I hope Aiko can last longer," I muttered as I watched the girl named Hikari walk towards me while removing her sword from its sheath.

Swiinngg...

As the sound of swords being unsheathed rang out, I sensed a sudden shift in the atmosphere. Some of Duchess Kaori's knights, seeing Hikari approaching me with her sword unsheathed, wanted to dismiss it as a misunderstanding.

However, Duchess Kaori's presence, who watching the duel, transformed the front yard into a dueling arena.

This kind of honorable duel, I haven't experienced it for a long time.

Somehow, it actually looks like I'm trying to release the stress inside my body.

The girl stopped in front of me while pointing the tip of her sword at my body. Her face looked pale after seeing me, who was already getting ready in the front yard of the house with the cursed Odachi sheath stuck in the ground.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to accept my challenge. And you've come... so let's begin this honorable duel... without rules," I said as I grabbed the cursed Odachi's sheath and pulled it up off the ground.

"A-Annooo... U-Uumm... c-can we talk about this duel amicably first?" she replied while smiling awkwardly at me.

I just smiled and said, "It's too late for that."

Baassshh...

After pulling out the cursed Odachi sheath that was stuck on the ground, I immediately leap my body forward and spun it to test her blocking or parry technique.

My body, who moving quickly forward her, shocked the girl, making her pull the hilt of her sword so it would be shorter to block my fast attack.

BBAAANNGG!!

The moment my cursed odachi sheath made contact with her sword, I heard the sound of hard objects colliding. My attack was perfectly blocked by the girl, but unfortunately, it still couldn't ward off the force of my cursed Odachi's heavy sheath.

My eyes moved slowly and saw the girl's body floating above the ground, being pushed back slowly.

"I-Is this kind of duel too much for her?"

As I watched her body being pushed back, I sighed after seeing this duel will end so quickly.

I feel a little bit guilty about this...

As my eyes were in a slow-moving time zone, I immediately used the blessings of the Goddess of Nature to grow vines arranged neatly, so that I could safely catch the body of the girl who was being thrown backwards.

Swuuurrll...

Swuuurrll...

"In this slow-moving time zone, plants can grow so quickly?"

At that moment, I was realized, that my Goddess' blessing had evolved in a terrifying and unreasonable direction with the other Goddess blessings.

"T-This... A good or bad sign?" I muttered as I watched the girl being caught safely in neatly grow vines.