The two finished warming up.
“Should we start now?”
Nod, nod.
The two faced each other with wooden swords.
“…”
“…”
A moment of silence passed.
Usually, strong fighters engage in a mental battle before clashing.
And now, a mental battle is taking place between the two.
No, to be precise, only Kaine is doing this.That’s because…
‘Hmm? Why can’t I find any openings?’
Willy was extremely surprised inside.
She had heard the rumor that Kaine had changed to the point that it was stuck in her ears.
However, she didn’t believe it much.
She knew better than anyone else that her brother had worked hard since he was young, until he became a jerk.
She had witnessed it every day.
So, to be honest, she didn’t believe the rumor that he had changed.
How much could he have changed in just half a year?
And she had been thinking that way until just now.
‘…Could it be that he has really changed?’
As she was thinking other thoughts with a surprised expression,
-Whoosh!
Kaine kicked off the ground and swung his sword horizontally.
She was caught off guard by the unexpected attack and the speed of the attack, so she lifted her sword a little late.
As a result,
-Thud!
“Ouch!”
She blocked it, but not perfectly, and the wooden sword grazed her head.
Kaine, seeing her, raised one corner of his mouth.
“How does it feel? I’ve changed a lot, right?”
Nod, nod, nod.
At Kaine’s question, Willy nodded her head three times in a row.
She was genuinely surprised.
To be honest, when Kaine suggested sparring, she was worried that she wouldn’t be able to control her strength and he would get seriously injured. But now, seeing his movements, that thought disappeared.
Willy decided not to let her guard down twice and used aura to enhance her body.
-Whoosh!
Blue aura burst out of her body.
The aura she exuded felt sharp, like a sword.
That was the impression.
From the aura she was emitting, it was clear how much she had swung her sword and how hard she had worked.
Moreover, it was clear that she was holding back the amount of aura she was emitting.
‘With this much talent, she might not even lose to Eileen.’
It’s not an overestimation.
The girl in front of me is a year younger than Eileen.
But even so, her strength doesn’t seem to be much inferior to the top students at the Royal Academy.
‘She must know how to use sword energy too, right?’
She definitely does.
However, she didn’t use sword energy because she thought it might hurt Kaine.
‘Hmm. Then I should try this.’
As he thought this, Kaine used magic to enhance his body.
-Whoosh!
His body was filled with clear and transparent magic power.
Seeing this, Willy widened her eyes.
‘Magic power? And body enhancement?’
She was curious about how he had magic power, but that wasn’t the important thing.
The important thing was that he was using body enhancement.
Moreover, the magic power was very clear, and the way he was using body enhancement seemed extremely efficient.
As she was surprised,
-Whoosh!
Kaine swung his sword without giving her a chance to catch her breath.
Willy lifted her wooden sword to block it.
-Clang!
A sound that shouldn’t have come from the wooden sword echoed throughout the training ground.
Seeing Kaine’s changed appearance, Willy steeled herself.
‘Don’t let your guard down.’
.
.
.
Meanwhile, the family members watching the situation were so surprised by the unexpected scene that they opened their mouths wide and gasped.
“H, has the eldest young master really changed, the rumors were true?”
“I, I thought he had changed just in terms of personality and behavior, so I thought his strenght was just a rumor.”
“Me too. I thought the same.”
At their words, the butlers, maids, and soldiers nodded in agreement.
In fact, before the start of the second semester,
During the summer vacation, Kaine had only changed in terms of personality and behavior, so it’s not surprising that they thought that way.
Hearing their conversation, Lise and Philip, who were standing next to them, laughed as if they were proud of themselves.
“Hahaha.”
At the laughter of the two, Lien turned to Kage and asked.
“Kage, why are they laughing?”
“Maybe because they are the exclusive maid and butler of the young master.”
“Hmm…”
Was the young master that much of a jerk?
Kaine was famous as a jerk noble even in the Cult, but to be honest, when I first saw him, he showed such great abilities that I couldn’t imagine him as a jerk.
Kage also seemed to have the same reaction as me.
As the two of them tilted their heads in confusion,
Thomas slowly walked towards them from behind.
The family members all stood up from their seats to greet him, but
“Everyone, focus on the sparring.”
Thomas raised his hand to stop them.
They all nodded and focused back on the sparring.
Then Thomas also looked at the sparring ground.
His face stiffened.
‘…Is he holding on?’
To be honest, I didn’t expect Kaine to hold out against Willy.
No, to begin with, I thought it would be a great achievement if she used body enhancement against him.
However, what she is using right now is body enhancement.
Moreover, Kaine is holding his own quite well while using body enhancement.
‘I didn’t expect him to grow this much.’
He exceeded my expectations.
In just six months, he grew to an unimaginable level from an ordinary person.
‘Is it aura or magic power…’
Looking at his power, it’s not the David family’s specialty, aura, but magic power.
His magic power was clearer than that of countless magicians he had seen before.
‘What happened in six months…’
Out of curiosity, Thomas approached Lise, who was laughing as if she was proud of herself.
“Lise, the exclusive maid of David von Kaine, greets the head of the family.”
“Yes. I’ll keep the greeting brief and ask what happened to Kaine during the second semester?”
At his question, Lise explained what happened during the second semester.
Of course, she hid some parts.
After listening to her explanation, Thomas narrowed his eyes.
‘It seems that Kaine inherited more talent from her than from me.’
As he thought this, he looked at the sparring in front of him.
In the match, Willy was leading, but Kaine wasn’t far behind.
“Huff!”
However, compared to Willy, Kaine looked quite tired.
He barely blocked the wooden sword coming towards him.
-Smack!
He couldn’t dodge her bare-handed attack and ended up rolling on the ground.
‘Damn. Is she really holding back?’
It seemed like he was adjusting his body enhancement to match my strength, but I didn’t feel that way at all.
Moreover, Willy seemed to be adapting to his movements as the fight went on.
‘Hmm. This won’t be good if it drags on.’
As Kaine thought this,
‘Brother, you’ve worked so hard…’
Meanwhile, Willy was genuinely surprised and began to respect Kaine anew.
In fact, the reason she despised him was none other than his behavior.
I understand that he couldn’t grow because he lacked talent.
I also understand that he became desperate when his growth stopped.
However, apart from that, his actions of causing trouble to others using the family’s power were truly disgusting.
It was nauseating to see him causing trouble to others as if he was something great when he hadn’t achieved anything on his own.
That’s why I planned to become the head of the family and kick him out of the family.
No, not only me, but Mark must have also had the same thought.
If Mark became the head of the family, he would have kicked Kaine out as well.
That’s why Thomas was surprised when he heard that Kaine could become the head of the family during the summer vacation.
If things went wrong, the family could be ruined.
Although I felt that he had changed at the time, I didn’t fully believe it.
Maybe he was just acting.
But now, seeing his power, I was convinced.
He’s not acting now.
He has truly changed.
If Kaine becomes the head of the family now, I have no complaints.
After all, the reason I want to become the head of the family is not out of greed, but to protect the family.
Of course, Mark can also protect the family if he becomes the head, but…
‘I’m not sure about that.’
His talent is not outstanding, and he’s not as smart as Kaine.
He’s just average.
‘But I’ll have to see.’
I acknowledge that Kaine has grown tremendously during the second semester, but I can’t say for sure whether he’s stronger than Mark.
Mark is weaker than me, but he’s not weak enough to be looked down upon by others.
As Willy looked at Kaine, he stood up from his seat, brushing off the dust from his clothes.
‘Then let’s end the sparring soon.’
Kaine used magic to change the nature and color of his Demonic magic power, making it look like aura.
The Demonic magic power flowed through his body like aura.
The circuit burned hotly.
But I can endure this.
Blue magic power filled the training ground.
-Whoosh!
Willy opened her mouth for the first time.
“Huh? What?”
I knew that he had grown, but I never imagined that he could use not only magic power but also aura.
No, I knew that he had aura.
But I never imagined that he would have this much.
And it’s not just Willy who is surprised.
Everyone in the family, except for Lise’s group, was shocked beyond words.
Willy, thinking that she might lose if she continued to watch him leisurely, released her aura with all her might.
-Spark!
Sparks flew in the training ground.
Their aura clashed.
The amount of magic power that Ashard possessed was not much less than that of the top students at the Royal Academy.
No, maybe it was even more.
So is that why…
The power that Kaine was emitting in the training ground was not much weaker than Willy’s aura.
If he had used his magic power properly, Willy’s aura would have been overwhelmed.
Kaine realized that he wasn’t using his power properly and clicked his tongue.
‘Damn! Even with the elixir, this is my limit right now.’
He looked at Willy for a moment.
She had a surprised expression, but she was smiling with one corner of her mouth raised.
I don’t know why she’s so happy, but I don’t have time to think about it now.
I have no advantage over her.
The only thing I have is the total amount of power.
Apart from that, I’m far behind in everything, from swordsmanship to the use of power.
So I have to finish this before she adapts to my movements.
Having decided what to do, Kaine kicked off the ground.
-Whoosh!
He kicked the ground once, and the ground sank.
Moreover, he moved towards her at a speed that was on a different level from before.
But…
‘His movements are too straightforward.’
That’s right. It’s undeniable that Kaine’s movements are incredibly fast.
However, despite that, his movements are too linear.
‘Maybe he hasn’t had time to adapt because he grew too fast.’
Willy thought this and wrapped her wooden sword with sword energy, reducing her strength a little and swinging it.
‘With this much strength, he won’t die.’
As she thought this and was sure that she had won,
Kaine, feeling that her attack had lost some strength, raised one corner of his mouth.
At the same time, he added magic power to his body, doubling his body enhancement.
-Whoosh!
“Huh?!”
Normally, Willy’s attack should have reached first.
However, before that, Kaine doubled his attack speed by using body enhancement powered by Demonic magic.
Realizing this, Willy put more strength into her attack.
And so, a life-or-death blow clashed.
-Clang!
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