The Baby Who Raised the Devil
Destroying Vallua (4)
The work went as Leblaine had planned.
Duchess Vallua relies on Sir Lane for every little thing, like the color of her dress.
Lane enters society with Duchess Vallua on her back, and is in the process of associating with many nobles.
And virtual battles are ...
"Have you heard it? Virtual battle of the year...!”
"We're just talking about it."
“What the hell are they thinking? A nine year old boy and a girl?”
“This is an event that the Dubbled children cannot attend, so they try to show off their military might with that adopted child.”
“He's really cold-hearted. All the rumors that Duke Dubbled cared about the fate of this child seemed to be mere gossip. A father who cares about his daughter will not send him there.”
“That's true, but.. whatever it is, there must be some kind of reason.”
The nobles gathered in the meeting continued to speculate. Leblaine's participation in the virtual battle stirred up the community.
Duke Vallua, who was nervous said, "The bad guy. They always get in my way.”
He looked at his sons in front of the table muttering.
Niel, Duke Vallua's second son, looked at his brother and shrugged.
The eldest son, Hayton, smirked.
"The participating knights were child knights under the age of 17. The Dubbled kids won't participate, so what are you worried about?"
Aura users were unable to participate in virtual battles.
Vallua would be supported by the knights trained secretly in the church, so no matter how powerful the Dubbled military was, the difference in skill would not be significant.
“It is the leader's ability that counts. Will a nine year old girl beat me up?”
He continued with his arrogant lips lifted.
“Most importantly, the Dubbled knights would not consider him a leader, and they would regard him as protecting that stupid little girl. It's like being held up before it even starts.”
“……”
“In that situation, a spoiled little girl is no match for me.”
Upon hearing his son's confident words, a smile appeared on Duke Vallua's face.
"Yes, my son can't lose to a lowly adopted child!"
Laughing loudly, he pointed towards Vallua.
As his son approached, Duke Vallua whispered,
“The rules are not to hold the opponent accountable for injuries sustained in the game. Don't send the girl back unscathed.”
"Of course."
The man facing her grinned and raised his lips.
***
I glanced at my brothers around me.
"One."
I shouted loudly at Isaac's words.
"If you think you're gonna get hurt, run!"
"Two."
"If you meet a knight in the opposing camp, you must threaten him!"
Henry smiled and asked, "What did I tell you to talk to?"
“Dubbled doubled what we received and returned it. This is our family specialty to destroy. ”
As I told him, Isaac nodded with his arms folded
"Good job."
“.....but can I really do that?”
I asked them with my pitiful expression. It was a rule not to retaliate in virtual battles.
Retaliation would not only lead to punishment, but the Emperor would also show disapproval.
Isaac replied in high spirits.
“Don't worry about that. My brothers are good at dirty tricks. If they threaten you, your brothers will take care of it.. gasp!”
Isaac, who said so, was kicked by Henry.
Johann gave me some papers.
"I'll give you a detailed description of the virtual battle, so sit down."
Then he dragged me to the chair, so I nodded and sat down.
When Johann said so, the attendant and Nos opened a large map on the table.
“Two weeks later, 23 children will be in the marked area on the map.”
I opened my eyes wide as I looked at the map.
"We did it in town?"
It also includes several shop districts.
“Yes, the preliminary round is “Hare Hunt.” and hidden card owners can advance to the final until the deadline expires.”
“How many cards should I find?”
Henry answered my question.
“There are ten.”
"I understand…"
“You just need to follow some rules. Intelligence is important.” Johann said as I nodded.
Simple virtual battle rules.
[Don't kill.]
In other words, we can do anything without killing anyone.
In the early days of virtual battles, enemy information was discovered by punishing a captured knight.
However, it is only in the early days, and it is customary not to cause excessive damage.
“The families of the participating nobles are already preparing the children. No, I, Henry and Isaac will help you through virtual combat.
“I will definitely win!”
I'll get back to the people who helped me and get Nogak.
When I said firmly, Isaac laughed.
"Okay, let's start with training."
"Yes." Yeah."
They brought knights to participate through teleportation scrolls.
“……?”
While looking at him, I asked with my eyes, 'You can't possibly ...'
"Me?"
You want to train me?
We only have two weeks left, so we don't have enough time to think about a lot of tactics.
Isaac threw a wooden sword at me, and I got it unexpectedly.
"You have to learn how to avoid it."
“I have holy power, so if I..!”.
"Do you know there are only people who use swords in virtual battles?"
“My resistance is strong enough.”
I opened the barrier for demonstration purposes.
Gwang!
In an instant, it was crushed by the wooden sword thrown by Isaac.
I wasn't hurt. Henry opened the barrier to stop his wooden sword in the air.
I looked at Isaac with stiff eyes, and he shook his hand and laughed.
"strong?"
“......I was wrong.”
Henry laughed as he spoke,
“Only because your holy power is strong does not mean you can make a strong barrier.”
I pouted, and Isaac said,
"Follow me."
"Yes…"
Before the virtual battle, I had to learn to dodge, haunt, and blackmail.
And after 2 weeks.
The virtual battle has begun.
***
The nobles gathered in the imperial palace focused their attention on the battle, and,
The young nobles wearing armor carved with the patterns of each family bowed with determined eyes.
"Life empire ...!"
The nobles said when they saw the children shouting with their hands pressed against their left chest.
“This year the participants are many."
“That was probably because of the Imperial Guards. Two dukes also participated..”.
People watched as Hayton wore a robe engraved with a Vallua pattern in the center.
And turn their eyes to the side.
There is a Dubbled pattern on the shoulder of a young woman.
"God…"
Small-time.
He looks so small.
Leblaine was smaller than her age, and among the teenagers, she looked like a chick with a bunch of tigers.
"Duke Dubbled is too greedy."
When someone whispered, most of them nodded.
Camilla, who was looking towards Leblaine sighed and glanced at Duke Dubbled's desk.
Duke Dubbled and the three brothers stared at Leblaine, who vigorously propped up her helmet with both hands without blinking.
Most people were worried, that child was not a match for the virtual battlefield.
[Runing.]
The vice head of the Imperial Knights, who was acting as the referee, shouted.
Participants bow their heads with one knee bent.
Hayton and Leblaine, Duke's children, were each approaching the podium.
Both of them simultaneously lit a large candle.
The 16-year-old Hayton lit the fire with ease, but Leblaine barely managed to light it, due to his heavy armor.
When the candle burns, a drum sounds.
Dum-dum, dum, dum—!
When the referee waved his hand in the air, the witches marked the time limit in the air.
[10:00:00]
It was the beginning of a virtual battle.
The nobles watching groaned.
“The first person to be knocked out is probably Lady Dubbled..”.
That's when someone mumbled. Leblaine immediately thrust the sword into Hayton's neck.
“……!”
“……!”
Then the boy smirked at Hayton, who looked pale.
The Dubbled knights, who were hiding in the square, jumped out and surrounded Hayton and Leblaine.
The nobles opened their mouths to the child's daring attack, which they believed would be obliterated first.
***
When I pushed the sword inside him, Hayton, who was pale, said to me.
“Why did you do it from the beginning! It is customary to attack after returning to camp!”
“That's a habit. That's not a rule, is it?”
I learned it when I was a beggar.
How to win.
Fighting is the way to win.
'I'm sure he'll do something, but I can't let him go to the battlefield.'
