Chapter: 549
When I put on the armor I received from Inuki and looked in the mirror, the first emotion I felt was disgust.
No way! Where’s the adult who thinks it’s okay to dress a girl who’s not even an adult in this kind of outfit!?
Pedophiles are the lowest trash among criminals! Even thieves and robbers would scoff at this kind of filth!
It can’t be that the perception is much different just because it’s this world. Why are there so many maggots like this around me!?
<…Honestly, this is embarrassing.>
‘Is feeling embarrassed all there is to it!?’
Thinking back, Inuki said he received a revelation from someone else before he found me.
Does that mean this armor was gifted to me as part of Lord Jushin’s plan!?
Haaah, a mesugaki dressed in a full-body suit and bikini armor? Am I dying over here!? Is that what’s being blabbed about up there in the sky!?
Or who is it? Perverted crow, is that you? Is this your style? Very noble taste, I pray you go die!
[But still, a skilled blacksmith puts his soul into his creation, doesn't he? Let's check if there’s something to it.]
‘Y-Yeah, I guess I have to.‘
My enthusiasm plummeted, but thinking I should get on with it, I inspected the armor through my emotions.
[Emotion level low…]
Ugh. Is it this again? Then, it looks like I’ll have to check it out myself. It’s a bother, but it might be a good thing.
The fact that I can’t confirm with my emotions means this armor is quite a piece of work.
Is it true that female character outfits get smaller as their level increases, regardless of whether this world is real or not?
Having reached this uncomfortable truth, I let out a chuckle and infused the armor with divine energy.
Maybe because it’s made out of mithril, it’s easy to move the divine energy. Plus, it’s convenient to bless it with enhancement. This armor must attract the…
Attracts energy? With a glimmer of hope in my mind, I used divine magic from a distance to see if it got pulled towards me, and I opened my eyes wide when I saw it being drawn in.
Is this armor trying to guide energy toward me!?
Gasping in astonishment from deep within my heart.
Perhaps this armor is even better than I imagined.
[Let’s test some other things. I need to find out whether it only attracts divinity or if it also swallows other energies.]
Having the same thought as Grandpa, I suggested to Erin, who helped me don the armor, to cast some magic. Any offensive spell would do, so I told her to shoot it beside me.
“But… that might result in me accidentally attacking you, Young Lady.”
“Sloppy Erin. Do you want to say you’d fall victim to the magic I all too easily used?”
After much hesitation, Erin bit her lip and activated the spell.
The ice arrow she shot was certainly aimed far from me. But the moment its trajectory reached my vicinity, it twisted toward me as if being pulled by a magnet.
“Young Lady!”
Ignoring Erin’s horror, I caught the ice arrow and crushed it with just the strength of my hand, grinning.
So it’s not just limited to divinity; it also pulls in magic energy.
If that’s the case, what happens to the sword energy that knights use?
What about the energy circulating inside a person’s body?
Is there even a way to counter this?
There’s a mountain of things to verify.
After reassuring Erin, I stepped outside and heard Inuki and Grandma Tailor’s astonishment,
I also caught Kale’s voice, filled with concern, wondering if it’d be okay for me to wear this kind of armor,
Lastly, I met Benedict, who stumbled upon seeing me, crying like a baby about how puberty hit our daughter.
Honestly, I thought I was going to die trying to calm Benedict down.
When I showed the armor’s power, he reluctantly accepted it, but still couldn’t help but raise his voice.
“Right! I get that this armor’s effect is impressive! But why does it have to be so empty!? Just looking fine doesn’t mean the armor’s effectiveness disappears!?”
Inuki, the armor’s creator, answered Benedict’s question.
“I don’t know. I just followed the revelation.”
“…Revelation?”
“Yes. How can a mere creature like me understand Heaven’s will? I merely followed the inspiration granted to me by the heavens.”
Just like how I use Lord Jushin as an excuse to my grandfather and those around me, Inuki suppressed all complaints with his story of receiving a revelation.
The difference is I’m lying, while Inuki is being genuine.
The blacksmith, who valued his pride above his life, didn’t flinch in front of Benedict’s fierce gaze and eventually, even Benedict had to acknowledge that this armor was a completed piece.
Afterward, it was verification time.
I needed to know exactly how this attraction manifested so I could use it properly.
*
After confirming various things with the help of several knights, I eagerly awaited a duel with the First Knights.
I wanted to test the armor’s efficacy in real combat, so I was fidgeting with excitement.
And now, at this moment.
The opponent openly presented me a justification.
I beamed a sincere smile while facing a knight whose eyes were spun.
The weapon my opponent wielded was a sword—a typical weapon of knights. Judging by his movements, he seemed to carry the distinctive swordsmanship of royal knights.
As I infused the armor with divine energy while watching the knight wielding a colorless aura, that divine energy acted as a fuse, amplifying the power hidden in the armor.
I’m not sure about the theory, but somehow, it pulls in the surrounding energy.
“…What!?”
The aura is essentially the magician applying their magic power onto their sword.
Some might do it consciously, while others might do it unconsciously, but the shape of the energy remains the same.
That means the aura can’t escape the power of this armor.
*Pff♡
I easily caught the disrupted blade of the aura, and with a thunk, watched as the knight’s sword flew away, chuckling.
Is this all there is to it?
Is this the best you can do?
Bring on some real swordsmanship.
A royal knight should have at least minimal skills.
“How dare you!”
As the aura regained its color, the aura that had dulled became vibrant once more.
He regained control over each aura, preventing it from becoming scattered.
I had already confirmed this when I was in Allen.
Attracting energy is not absolute.
If you have a stronger power and will, you can break free from this.
However, maintaining that aura eats up a lot of mental energy, so movements inevitably become a bit awkward.
“Hahaha♡ The color of your aura looks like pee, doesn’t it?♡ Is that because you’re a pee-like person?♡”
I watched the knight swing his sword while biting his lip.
I observed the trajectory of the sword he swung. His attacks weren’t too different from what I knew of the knights’ swords.
Although it seemed faster and more intense than what I saw from behind a monitor, it was still nothing special.
Dodging his attack with just my movement, I met his gaze filled with confusion and anger and simply snickered.
“Slow~♡”
A sword strike aimed at my neck. I dodged by gently retreating.
“Can’t you move properly while you’re standing there?♡”
A thrust aimed at my thigh. I turned my body effortlessly to evade.
“How could being so small be a hindrance in any way?♡”
A flurry of strikes aiming to limit my escape space. Instead of dodging, I raised my shield and charged, shattering the start of his strike.
“So this is what you call skill, huh?♡”
The knight tumbled away, rolling after being repelled by the sword. Though his eyes were seething with rage, I wasn’t tense. My sense of crisis was calm.
“What are you doing?♡ Were you not eager to tear this fabric apart?♡ I thought you were trying to see a girl’s skin!♡ Did you give up already?♡ Is your stamina and will all actually premature?♡”
Since he was already enchanted by me, it was impossible for him to lose. As I watched the knight charging at me with a shout, I struck right into his chest, into the eyes staring blankly at me.
With a punch filled with strength into his hollow abdomen.
Thud! With the sound of armor crumpling, the knight flew off and crashed onto the ground, shaking a couple of times before ultimately stilling.
“Ugh♡ This is so boring♡ How did a premature like you become a knight?♡ Does the First Knights decide matches based on who falls quickest?♡”
As I felt the fierce stares of beasts directed at me, the knights from Allen, who were waiting behind me, all drew their weapons.
“In that case, does that big guy over there count as the fastest among the knights?♡”
“Lady Allen! There are things you can say and things you can’t!”
“Why?♡ Stung by the truth?♡ Just how fast can you get that red face?♡ Were you just going to leave after hearing my voice?♡ Is the inside of the armor all filled with a weird smell?♡”
Although I needed to be cautious of the knights behind me given the imminent conflict, the royal knights couldn’t take their eyes off me. Their rage eclipsed their survival instincts.
“If you had a wife, I’d love to watch!♡ I bet she’d talk about how pathetic you are all day long!♡”
I saw the knight commander charging at me, but I didn’t move. There was no need to.
That guy swung a greatsword, which was intercepted by Kale standing beside me.
“Are you trying to incite war, not a duel?”
“Exactly, Shoddy Dog♡ Why are you making such a fuss when you know you’ll just faint and fall over soon?♡”
“Get out of the way!!!!!”
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