Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

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A week later, a murder case took place in the capital.

The assassin was only after the Knights and it turned out that the victim had already reached 10 Knights. It didn't take long to find the culprit. An SS-ranked User-type magician, Gio Sevarez.

He is actually a long-sought criminal, but until now Gio has always managed to get away.

This made the capital unsettled and unsafe. The curfew was imposed and the Knight was also added, but the casualties were increasing.

Is Gio that strong?

Is it because he has a special magic Soul?

"Hmmm... So this is Gio Sevarez."

Laila sat in the living room accompanied by a cup of tea on a glass table not far from her.

He was looking at the news, more precisely the information that the imperial government was spreading about the assassin named Gio Sevarez.

The screen of his phone showed an old man who looked scary.

"She must have attracted attention, but why hasn't she been caught?"

"Surely because he's good at hiding, Miss."

"Guh... I-i know. I mean why he hasn't been caught or why his hideout hasn't been discovered."

"Surely because he's good at hiding, Miss."

"Uggg.. "

Laila couldn't argue Shopie's words. Indeed what Shopie said was true, but Laila at least wanted to hear a slightly different answer.

Shopie stood near Laila and accompanied Laila on a chat.

But as it looks, Shopie is too serious when it comes to discussing things.

Although they actually wanted to discuss the matter with their mother or grandmother, they were both shopping together. Are they ashamed of their age?

Meanwhile, his sister was at his friend's house. His older brother was out of nowhere for traveling the world.

It is a holiday and it is the most boring day in Laila's life.

"Yeah..."

Laila sighed and picked up the teacup. He drank a mouthful and stood up.

"Shopie, get Hyura. I want to go somewhere."

"May I know your purpose, miss?"

"I just want to buy some books. So you don't have to worry."

"All right, I understand, but why don't you just order?"

"The book I bought was a private book, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Who was the masked man you were once rumored to be dating? Frankly, Madam Lia was very curious."

"Nw.. .."

Laila was now irritated. He did not expect his mother would follow him to discuss the masked youth.

After changing clothes, Laila drove Hyura to a bookstore not far from the elite housing.

Laila got off the train and immediately became the center of attention.

Her beauty was indeed on par with this imperial princess, some even said she was prettier, but Laila had never thought of that.

Laila's outfit today is a white sleeveless t-shirt and a red mini skirt. Small bags and red shoes also add to Laila's beauty. In addition, Laila's hairstyle is a little different today, namely twintail.

After asking Hyura to leave him, she entered the 5-story bookstore. It's a pretty complete bookstore, so Laila doesn't have to go to a bigger bookstore.

The personal book Laila was looking for was a picture book called manga.

Manga first appeared 100 years ago, but only 10 years ago the development of manga increased rapidly. This interesting and easy to understand story is the reason why manga is quickly popular. And the most popular manga right now is titled Fated Lover.

Almost all of Laila's friends had read and talked about the manga, and since Laila had never read it, she was always a listener. In other words, he missed information.

He hated that and also made him curious, what was the draw of Fated Lover.

After going up several floors, precisely on the 4th floor, he stepped into the section that sold manga and novels.

Laila was quite surprised when she saw hundreds of various manga titles that had interesting images, but she did not find a manga titled Fated Lover. Is it over?

No. gabe.

After searching for a few minutes, he found the book he was looking for. He was lucky enough that there were still a few books that had not been sold.

He picked up one of the books and looked at a few sheets.

"Whaa... What is this?"

Laila's eyes instantly sparkled with twinkle as she looked at the several sheets full of interesting images. Not only that, the story presented turned out to be very romantic. And most importantly, the male characters in the manga were so handsome.

As an inexperienced girl in love, the manga can be a good reference.

And being too cool to look at the book, Laila did not realize that the shopkeeper was already standing behind her with a creepy face.

"Miss, did you know that this store has a rule of 'reading means buying'?"

"Luck?"

Finally Laila looked back and smiled bitterly.

After buying the book she was looking for, Laila wanted to read immediately out of curiosity with the continuation of the story in the book.

He walked down the sidewalk and finally found an outdoor restaurant, but it was full except for one table. No. gabe. The table was already occupied by one man who was reading a magazine seriously, perhaps.

Laila thought like that because the man was reading right in front of her face so that her face was invisible.

The man ordered nothing. It could be seen from his clean desk.

(He wouldn't mind if I sat across from him, would he?)

Rather than be confused, he better ask directly. If not, Laila will go and find somewhere else. That was what Laila thought as she walked towards the table that still had 3 empty seats.

"Umm. sir, may I sit at this table, there is no empty table."

"............."

Laila asked and gave a reason why she wanted to sit at the table, but the man was silent.

Laila took that as the answer "Yes", which is why she unhesitatingly sat opposite the man.

Before long, the waiter came and asked Laila for an order.

"Umm. I ordered one cup of tea."

"If I order one cup of black coffee."

"All right, please wait a minute."

"Eh?"

Laila was surprised not to play when she heard the familiar voice of the man.

Meanwhile the waiter went to make an order for the two of them.

"Yo. We meet again, Miss."

"I thought it was you..."

The man was a masked young man.

The young man today was dressed not much differently while in the library. Could that be her style of dress?

The young man put the magazine on the table, then glanced towards Laila.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No, I'm just curious, could it be you ...... Stalker (Stalker)?"

Laila's face was red from anger and at the same time shocked.

"Huh.don't joke. Aren't you the Stalker? To be honest, I also wonder why I always meet you. Hoo... Don't tell me you're in love with me and trying to come after me? Look, I'm not a gam-girl"

"Ha ha ha..."

The young man laughed loudly when he heard that. He even made the people around them glance towards them.

Laila's face flushed red from feeling embarrassed to be the center of attention.

"Hey. What's so funny?"

"Let's remember our meeting. Am I approaching you or are you approaching me?"

"That-that's...."

Laila could not help but realize that what the young man said was true.

Lailalah who always came to/found the young man. Didn't that make Laila a stalker?

"That's it. Our meeting was just a coincidence anyway. So why are you here, miss? Could you be dating?"

"Ke-dating? D-don't joke. I don't have a boyfriend yet, so how could I date, you idiot!"

"so apparently. Too bad, when I thought you were dressed that sweet for dating."

"Ma-sweet?"

Laila's face flushed red from hearing the young man's praise.

This was only the first time she was said to be sweet by a man directly, so she had no idea what to respond to.

It is quite a lot of people who express love for Laila, but that is it. Most of the men were men Laila did not know, so how could Laila have any feelings for them.

That's the risk of becoming popular.

At that moment, the waiter came to bring their order. The waiter put them on the table and left them both.

"Yes. Sweet and pretty."

Unfortunately, the young man uttered in a flat tone.

"You must be playing me, right?"

"No. I say it from the bottom of my heart. Yeah, but if you think I'm playing you, that's okay. I don't mind or get angry at all."

"Am I not the one who should be angry here?"

"Ahh you're right."

"................................"

Laila fell silent. He can't say anything anymore.

He nodded and loosened his shoulders.

He was annoyed when being played by a man he didn't even know. But why is that young man here?

".................."

"............."

Silent. No one talks to each other or tries to start a conversation again.

Laila did not want to start talking because she did not want to be played again by the young man.

Meanwhile, the young man only returned to reading the magazine and did not care about Laila. This was the first time Laila had met such a young man.

Not knowing what to do, Laila drank a sip of warm tea and read the manga she had bought.

It took quite a while to read the book, but Laila already knew the core of the story in the manga.

The story between two people who start from an unexpected meeting, then continue to become a pair of lovers.

Romantically. That was what Laila thought while reading the manga.

"... Fated Lover, you guys really like cheap stories."

"Huh?"

The young man suddenly spoke up when he saw Laila as cool as reading the manga.

Laila didn't really understand the young man's intentions, but Laila knew that the young man was impersonating the manga.

It made Laila angry.

"What do you mean by cheap stories?"

"..........."

But the young man did not answer and stood up. The young man took something from his pocket.

That's money. The money was placed on the table and the young man walked away ignoring Laila.

"? was?Hey I'm not done yet."

"..............."

The young man ignored Laila. Even he looks as if he thinks Laila never existed.

"Khhh...."

That made Laila annoyed. This was even the first time Laila was that angry.

Without a second thought, Laila takes the money and puts it on the table then chases the young man, but-

(Where is he?)

Laila did not expect the young man to be invisible in the crowd on foot. This made Laila even more angry.

He ran to various places, but he did not find the masked young man.

Then, he arrived at a city park. Although he did not know why his feet drove him to the park, but it was not wrong to look at that place.

After a long search, he found a group of children who gathered at the place selling ice cream, but not only children who were there.

The masked young man was also there distributing some ice cream to the children.

"What's he doing?"

Laila didn't really understand, but it seemed that the young man was buying ice cream to all the children in their 20s.

After a few minutes, all the children got one ice cream each and left the young man.

But after the boy left, the young man ordered ice cream that was 3 times bigger.

"Aha. ha ."

Laila could only smile bitterly looking at that.

That young man cheated, didn't he?

Laila thoughtlessly approached. He still wanted to know why the young man said Fated Lover was a cheap story.

".........?"

The young man seemed to notice Laila's arrival and turned his head towards Laila.

"I can finally find"

"Do you want ice cream?"

The young man cut Laila's words, then he ordered one ice cream equal to hers for Laila.

There is no reason to refuse.

Finally after finding a long chair under the tree, the two of them ate ice cream together.

Silence occurred as they licked the ice cream on their right hand.

But it's not a problem because Laila feels that's the best. He would ask after he finished eating ice cream.

After their ice cream ran out, Laila finally had a chance to ask why the young man said Fated Lover was a cheap story.

"Hey. 'th"

But once again he undoes his intentions when he sees the young man getting a phone call. A busy young man?

The young man took his cell phone, and answered. He didn't seem to care much about Laila listening to her talk.

"Did you say you found him? Goody. Don't bother Huhh. You must be kidding. I don't want to do it."

The young man looked angry and immediately hung up his phone. But not long after, the young man's cell phone vibrated a sign of an incoming call.

The young man did not answer. He grasped his phone, squeezed it to pieces and threw it into a trash can not far from them.

Seeing that, Laila smiled wryly. This is the first time anyone has ever seen a phone ditch so easily.

"Hey.."

But Laila was startled again when the young man stood up and intended to leave again.

Of course Laila could not let this happen and immediately clasped the young man's hand.

"If you want to talk, we'll talk somewhere else. For now we better get out of here!"

"Huh. . What do you mean?"

"Miss, will you date me?"

"Eh? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhh?"

Somehow Laila was willing to accept the young man's date, but she did not refuse at all. After that, he was invited by the young man to go to a mall.

Laila's face flushed red as this was the first time she had walked with a man. This is her first date.

It took about 10 minutes to reach the mall, but why go to the mall?

"Hey why did you come to take me to the mall? Do you think I'm a girl who likes shopping?"

"No. My goal is the mall, but if you want to shop, I don't mind buying anything you want."

"No need. I have money, so you don't have to buy me."

Although rich, but Laila's pocket money is limited. It was intended that Laila learned to appreciate money, but now Laila's monthly allowance is a little, so she decided not to shop.

But now he went to the mall which was the most tempting place for the girls. It's really bad.

"You needn't be ashamed. We're dating today anyway, so let me treat you."

"............."

Laila was silent because she did not know what to answer.

Although technically they are dating, but Laila feels that the young man invites Laila for some reason or because he wants something.

Did the young man know that Laila was a paladin princess?

"Miss, you want to ask me why I said Fated Lover is a cheap story, right?"

"Eh? Yeah.so."

Unexpectedly, the masked young man actually started talking about the Fate of Love.

"Easy it's just my personal opinion, but why are you so angry?"

"Of course I'm mad because you're bad at something I like, but I know you have another reason why Fated Lover is such a cheap story, am I wrong?"

The young man smiled slightly when he heard that.

At the same time, they arrived at Lotus Mall.

The two of them entered through the automatic door and headed for the underground floor selling various magic items.

Lotus mall consists of 6 floors and has 3 underground floors devoted to selling magic objects. Floors 1 through 6 are the place to sell daily necessities and the latest technology that uses magic [Magitec].

The first underground floor, that was their current place.

The place was filled with various shops selling common magic items. Potions, rock stones, accessories, spell books, magic balls, and weapons also exist.

Magic objects that are sold freely are common types of magic objects that can be used by magicians and non-witches. And if it wanted to obtain a rare magic item, then that person would have to look for it in a dungeon or defeat a monster. But rare magic objects also exist, but are certainly tens of times more expensive.

Currently he had already walked through dozens of shops, yet it seemed that the young man wanted to go to a special shop.

"No. I'm gonna have to ask. Well, you could say looking for information. But if you want something to say it. I'll buy it for you."

"Aha... I don't want anything, but if you're here to find information, could you be an eye again?"

"I'm surprised you still remember it, but this time it's not the eyes. We're the detectives who help my society this time... "

"We? Why am I included?"

Hopefully he's not involved in anything troublesome. That was Laila's prayer, but it seemed too late.

"Yes. Just chill. You're just keeping me company and you're not gonna get involved in anything dangerous."

"Ohhh..."

Laila could not believe the young man's words.

But now he knows the reason for being asked out on a date.

After a while, Laila and the young man stopped at a shop selling weapons.

Swords, spears, arrows, scythes, knives were available in the shop and they were all made of Magilium. In other words, the shop was a special shop that provided weapons for magicians. But why did the young man go to this store?

She's not a witch, is she?

"You wait here. I'll order some swords and ask the store owner. Be a good girl, do you understand?"

"Yes yes.."

After which, the masked young man entered the shop.

Laila could see the young man talking to the shop owner who was a big, fat man.

(Damn, I was treated like a child.)

Although angry, but he could not do much because this might be a way not to involve Laila, but he little heard that the young man called the name Gio Sevarez.

Could it be that the information sought was about Gio Sevarez?

A short time later the young man walked out of the store without carrying anything in his hands.

"All right, now I know what to do. So now let's go upstairs!"

"uh? Upstairs?"

Although not very understanding, Laila finally went upstairs with the young man, precisely the 4th floor.

The floor was where Magitec sold predominantly mobile phones and magic computers.

Laila now knew what the young man wanted to buy.

"You smashed your phone and bought a new one, you're crazy."

"Not really. I destroyed it because that guy was gonna keep calling me, so I had no choice but to destroy it."

They are now in a store that sells the latest model phones.

Dozens of the latest phones are on display at the store and make Laila sigh inwardly. Although his phone is not too outdated, but all the latest models have dozens of features that are not on his phone.

Cursed are the developers of mobile phones.

In addition, Laila's phone was purchased with money saved for 3 months. This was the life of the strongest paladin princess.

He and his brother were never spoiled by their parents.

"Why don't you just turn it off, then he's definitely not gonna be able to reach you, is he?"

"You know, the person who called me has magic that can remotely turn on a phone, so your advice is pointless."

"Is there a witch who has magic like that?"

"You don't know anything about him. So don't ask too many questions!"

"Yes, .. eh?"

Laila is shocked when the shopkeeper gives Laila the latest model phone.

"Receive it as payment for accompanying me. he he.."

"You bought me?"

"so. I always buy 10 phones at a time, so just accept one of them."

"Eh?"

Once again Laila played with the young man.

While he was feeling a little happy, the young man destroyed Laila's pleasure in a matter of seconds.

Laila was given the rest by the masked young man, but nothing. Laila still gets a new phone for free.

After paying for a mobile phone with a Golden Yold Card used as a substitute for money, the young man left and only brought one. Is buying 10 phones just a lie?

"Stop that stolen look of yours! I bought and asked to drive to my house like the sword I bought."

"Ahaa ha .."

Laila laughed bitterly.

After that they both walked to a restaurant that was on the same floor.

The boy ordered a steak. Laila was also ordered a steak by the young man. With no choice, Laila ended up eating steak with the young man.

From the way the young man ate, Laila knew that the young man was either a rich man or a descendant of nobility.

Or don't.

Why are nobles the eyes and detectives?

It's weird and abnormal, right?

About 15 minutes after they finished eating. The young man suddenly took his cell phone and contacted someone.

"I've got information about him. Get that bunch of dudes to the east of the capital and find Inferio's cafe, just underground. I'm sure you can find him there."

The connection was then cut off. The young man tucked a cell phone into his pocket and realized Laila was staring with a curious look.

"Him? What do you mean Gio Sevarez?"

Laila asked because she was also curious about the development of Gio Sevarez's arrest.

"I thought you heard it. Yeah... I think it's okay to tell you. I'm sure he'll be caught soon. But we should go somewhere else to change the atmosphere, how? We're still dating anyway, right?"

"Ha ha.. Any other place?"

Laila did not understand, but she understood after going to the Game Center on the 2nd floor.

"Why are we here?" ask Laila.

"Certainly chatting while playing. Would you rather chat in the hot spring?"

"Stop that perverted joke. But if your intention is to challenge me, then I won't budge."

They finally started a match between them.

In the game center there are two types of games. Games that require magic and that do not require magic.

They tried the game of darts, but not the usual darts.

Darts in this game center have targets that move randomly. Players are allowed to use magic and only have 3 times the chance to throw from a distance of 5 meters.

It's an easy game, but no one has ever managed to hit the target.

"What about this game, do you dare to try it?"

Laila challenged the young man. He also looks more excited.

"of course. It's an easy game."

"Ho ho. You'll regret what you said. Then who tried first? Me or you?"

"Whatever. It makes no difference to me."

Laila tried first. He prepared to throw the first arrow and flow mana to the arrow whose tip was made of magilium.

He concentrated and noticed the middle of the target moving randomly at a fairly high speed.

"Yeah!"

He throws after predicting the target path, but the target turns out not to be on the path he predicted.

The throw will miss.

But it's not over. Laila quickly deflected the arrow and finally stuck it almost in the center of the target.

"Motor..."

"Is that your comment? Look, this is just warming up!"

Although not hit the target, but the results of the Laila throw attracted the attention of game center visitors.

Perhaps Laila's throw was the one closest to the target.

After that, Laila threw the remaining 2 arrows, but the result was not much different.

"Jeeeezzz. I can't believe I failed to do it."

Laila looked irritated because she couldn't hit the target.

"Don't pout. Your throw is good enough, but failure still fails, right?"

"Then just try it yourself and prove your throw is better than me..."

The young man took the first arrow and threw it, not only that, he threw the remaining 2 arrows almost at the same time.

And the result is-

"It's a lie, isn't it?"

Laila was in disbelief when the 3 arrows of the young man hit the target right in the middle.

Not only Laila, Game Center visitors also can not say what.

But after a while, shouts rang out from all Game Center visitors.

"I told you it's easy, right?"

"Aha ha ha... Are you human?"

"You know, I used to practice throwing things. Out of a hundred throws, no one misses the target."

After hearing that, Laila was now more convinced that the masked young man was not human.

He also realized that if he played a game that relied on precision, the young man would be invincible.

He felt regretful playing the game, no, that young man was cheating from having such power. What's the point of playing the game?

"But it's a pity that this game has no prize even though it's difficult, frankly I wonder why this kind of game exists?"

"That's not true."

""?!""

Laila and the young man were startled by the sound of a man in his 30s carrying a large pink teddy bear in both hands. The man was the guard who was watching the game.

"The game has a prize. Please take it for your girlfriend!"

The man gave Laila a teddy bear, which is when Laila turned to the young man to signal "Is it okay?".

The young man smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, but she's not my boyfriend."

"........eh?"

The man looked up for a moment, but he smiled.

"But why is this game just a teddy bear? Surely the real gift isn't just that, is it?"

"Hey, that's not polite to know. Is this gift not enough for you?"

Laila protested because the young man asked rude questions, but if you think the young man has a point.

"Calm down, lady, your boyfriend is right. It used to be that the reward for those who succeeded in hitting the target was money. One 500,000 Yold arrow, two 1,000,000 Yold arrows and 3 10,000,000 Yold arrows."

"Huh... 10,000,000 yolds?"

"Yahh but it was during the promotion. And since this is only the first time after 6 years, so we can only gift dolls. He he's..."

In other words, technically the young man had already won 10,000,000 Yold.

"Is the prize not enough?"

The guard looked scared and felt guilty.

Laila and the young man glanced at each other and smiled. Then they nodded at the same time.

"No. It's more than enough."

After getting a large teddy bear, Laila and the young man left the game center. They realize it's free to stay there.

Thanks to the youth who have accuracy beyond human limits. Thanks to him, now they do not discuss the problem they want to talk about, which is about Gio Sevarez.

They are now outside the mall and walking without a destination. One thing that is known is, if you want to talk about a secret topic like about Gio Sevarez, they have to find a quiet place.

It was a difficult place considering this was the capital of the largest country in the Orladist land.

"Where are we going now?"

Laila asked because she didn't know their purpose now.

"It's up to you, whether you want to talk about this or not, but I suggest you not talk about this. So what's your answer?"

"I still want to know. I understand the risk, so tell me!"

"All right then. If that's what you want, then you should come with me. But you don't regret it or run away, okay?"

"............"

Although the young man's words frightened Laila a little, she nodded in understanding.

After walking for quite a while, they finally reached a place that Laila had never expected.

"So we'll talk in the hot spring? Hey.. Don't tell me you've planned this before?"

In front of Laila, a 3-story building that was a hot spring bath stood firmly.

Usually hot water is found near volcanoes, but with the help of magic, hot water can be felt even though it is in the middle of the city.

"Don't talk that isn't. Our goal is not this place, but next door."

"Huh?"

Laila then glanced at the building located beside the hot spring bath.

It was a building with a unique design similar to a Japanese building, and-

"IS NOT THE SAME!"

The unique design building was also a hot spring, which is why Laila shouted.

"Have it, don't fuss and just come along."

The young man ignored Laila and entered.

"Hey, wait for me!"

Laila had no choice but to follow.

Laila was immediately impressed when she saw the design of the building that she had never seen before.

The young man approached the guard and asked.

"Ghina, Tomo is there, right?"

"Yes. I'll call him right away."

The girl named Ghina already knew the masked young man. They even look familiar.

"Then I'll wait in the usual place, so tell him."

"All right, I understand."

After saying that, the young man unhesitatingly entered the deeper room after taking off his shoes.

Laila did not understand much, but she quickly took off her shoes and went after the young man.

After entering the room deep enough, they arrived in front of two red and blue colored doors.

"You go in the red door and you change. The doll just put it inside."

"..he.."

Laila let out a deep sigh, but she obeyed the young man and went inside.

Inside the room, Laila looked at the various types of swimsuits that were neatly hung.

"Don't tell me I was told to change into a swimsuit?"

Laila's face was instantly red.

But he now understood what he meant to have no regrets.

"Haa. better than wearing nothing.."

After changing into a red bikini, Laila went to another door.

He was immediately startled by a completely different sight.

The spacious room with many small bamboo trees was planted in various corners resembling an indoor forest. And in the middle of the room he found a pool filled with warm water and a masked young man wearing swimming pants.

Is he serious?

Laila could only sigh deeply when she had no choice but to enter the pool.

After getting into the pool and soaking her body, Laila could feel a sense of tiredness throughout her body slowly the land disappeared.

But it's not time to have fun.

"So first what do you want to tell me about Gio Sevarez, Mesum?"

"Don't call me that! I am interested in your body, but I can hold back. Besides it looks like 'it' is still in growth, right?"

"Ugg."

Of course Laila knew what the young man meant, which was about his little chest B cup. But it's okay, Laila sure could be bigger because her mother and grandmother had F cup breasts when she was young.

Enraged, Laila created a fireball in her hand and threw it at the perverted masked young man.

Unexpectedly, the young man struck the pool water and made it a shield. The fireball instantly disappeared and made the water into steam that spread out in all directions.

"You know magic is forbidden in this place?! If we want to discuss Gio, we have to wait for my friend, then we can start. So while waiting for him to come, you can ask anything. I will answer honestly. Think of it as an apology, how about it?"

"Alright, but you're really going to answer honestly, right?"

"Yes, but only one question."

Now what should he ask?

Name, address, phone number or who is he?

Laila was sure there was no need to ask that, but she had a question that had stuck up her mind since.

"Well, what I'm trying to ask you is the real reason why you call Fated Lover a cheap story, no. You must think that it's a trash story, right? So as you promised, quickly answer me honestly!!"

".........................."

The young man was only speechless, yet he suddenly showed a sly and dangerous smile.

Laila knew this was a bad sign. Is he asking questions he shouldn't be asking?