Chapter 361: I Face Agnes

"If Lord Marie can use a sword this much, going hunting in the southern forest might have flavor too?"

When the clan chief said that Sonia clapped her hands.

"Oh! That is good! I want to see Lord Marie’s real-combat movement in a hunt."

She raised both hands and agreed. But I have only a bad premonition. Wherever I go trouble is always waiting I think?

"Hunting, I do not know if you can call that hunting, but from the royal capital to the territory capital I had plenty?"

Agnes seemed to have the same thought as me and made an opposing comment. But looking around the opposition is only Agnes and me two, and everyone else is hugely in favor. Is hunting that interesting? I think, but I have never experienced hunting so I do not deny that strongly. A feeling of somehow I dislike it, about that, so after that I match suitably. Are these people a hunting people? I only hope no sudden event happens.

After that I was made to do a clash of Agnes’s bow and my sword. Meaning reproduce what we did on the roof of Count von Kirchhoff’s house in the royal capital. I do not want to show my hand that much, but this situation and it cannot be helped. Last night I was let to enjoy myself, and to be taken tonight too I have to give a little service. At that time Rudolf was there, but now he is not so I will do it with Lily two. Agnes does not have Mosley and Esalidge so she decided to use ones chosen from the older brothers as helpers.

If we go up on the roof it cannot be seen (natural), so we decided to draw a line on the training ground and fight.

When it began Agnes’s arrow all at once hits me. Gong gong gong! it hits my gut. It hurt and of course I crouched.

"Arere? Lord Marie, what is it?"

Agnes herself who hit the arrow is surprised. Around they are saying the princess is amazing! or was the minstrel’s talk a lie? A hyoro boy like me losing to our princess is hard to accept, it seems.

"Itaa because compared to that night the arrow speed is different! And the force is different too."

I try to give her the flower for form. If I thought to dodge I could have managed somehow. But before it was night and now it is day.

"Eeh, was that so? I have not changed at all?"

You have changed! Even if we say three dropped the wyvern, if I ask whether Agnes’s arrows did not work, they went through properly. Light but faster, so if they hit it hurts. That time Agnes from the start had flown too much, and by the time she faced me she had used up mana, and on top of that Eisleben-made arrows were about to run out, so for Agnes it was only unfavorable materials I suppose.

But now Agnes is full of energy, and all at once my eyes are not used, and also because I did not try to dodge by force.

I sit up, muku.

"Next I will try hard!"

I declare, and,

"Hun. I will hit arrows without stopping once more and drop you!"

Agnes says it puffing her chest. Nnn. A regrettable chest.

"Lily, next we move fast. Do not hold back. We go full force!"

"Understood."

Agnes holds an arrow. Seeing that I step zigzag. I make that faster and faster and go forward. Flustered Agnes shoots an arrow at the afterimage. I dodge that with room and stand in front of Agnes.

No one raises a voice. After all they cannot accept that the princess lost?

"O-one more time! Let us do it one more time! Just now I was careless."

"Understood. Let us do it."

No one stops us, rather they watch bouncing.

The third time Agnes’s expression has become serious too. Already she is putting the arrow’s aim on me. I look at Lily and indicate with my chin, and Lily seemed to understand and nods.

When I take one step forward three arrows fly. They spread to the side so that even if I move a little to the side they will surely hit. I move right and cut an arrow down. Agnes who shoots the next arrow. This too I move further right and drop the arrow. Agnes gets stubborn and nocks an arrow. At that time Lily arrives right beside Agnes and points the sword. Agnes is struck dumb. She was only conscious of me and Lily did not enter her eyes I suppose.

"Dammit!! One more time!"

Agnes, blood going to her head, but no one says anything. At this rate I feel it will never end. Until I lose so Agnes’s feeling is satisfied.

Even so I have no will to lose, so Agnes has to drop me with real force.

"We go at full speed."

"Yes."

I instruct Lily in a small voice. Agnes nocks an arrow. When I make a tan! foot sound the arrow flies. I dodge that and close on Agnes. Agnes tries to nock the second arrow but it does not make it. An attendant man draws a sword and tries to protect Agnes but it does not make it.

Kin!!

I bounce the man’s sword. There Lily’s sword is inserted and closes to the edge of Agnes’s throat.

"Kuuuuu!! Odd! It is odd! Lord Marie loses because he does it with two!"

Agnes stamps the ground and is frustrated, but of course here the clan chief came out.

"Agnes, this already the result is visible. However many times you do it Agnes cannot win."

"But, as it is! With a result like this!"

Agnes twists her body and says. Even so what you cannot win you cannot win. Even if she twists her body neither chest nor backside comes out, so I feel like a pencil was twisted. A very rude impression, but.

"Impossible impossible. Your speed is not keeping up with Lord Marie’s speed. Accept the result."

"Yes. Even watching I have no feeling at all that you can win. Strive!"

Together with the clan chief even Sonia said it. Agnes crumples her face, spills tears drop by drop,

"Uwawawawaaaaan!!"

and while crying disappeared toward the mansion.

That, should I chase after her and comfort her? Looking at Sonia’s face she has a leave-it face, but originally it is also my fault so,

"From the flow I will go comfort."

when I said that the clan chief and Sonia said,

"I see. That is sorry. Then I ask you. With this tonight taking Lord Marie again is decided."

The clan chief says it cannot be helped and still has a glad face.