Hey guys, today's chapter is here!
I know I owe yesterday's chapter, but as I said in sunday's chapters, I'm a bit busy recently, so my time to write has been slightly compromised. Hopefully, everything will return to normal tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
Enjoy, Aidka :p
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Ten minutes later–
Bloed, Regina, and Liu Ying were seated around a table eating breakfast.
The atmosphere, though, was pretty tense.
Bloed was trying his best to eat normally, but the pressure coming from Regina's body made the food to feel tasteless. Bloed was someone that liked to eat good food. A lot. But in the current situation, he could hardly swallow what was in his mouth.
As for Liu Ying, she had not touched the food yet. Instead, she had a guilty look on her face and was looking around as though trying to escape from the table.
Only Regina seemed relatively normal, but the cracked bowl and the bent spoon on her hand showed that her mood was not as good as she showed.
When Regina finished eating breakfast, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, she looked at Bloed.
"Master, can you leave us alone for a while?"
Bloed smiled wryly. Inwardly, though, he was panicking.
Regina was not going to kill Liu Ying, right?
To be honest, Bloed was a bit afraid of Regina right now.
Unfortunately, Bloed's experience with women was almost zero. So now that he was found 'cheating' (Regina was not her lover yet, though) he found it hard even to meet Regina's eyes.
"Bloed, don't worry. It's alright. I also need to speak to her." Liu Ying smiled softly and nodded. Seeing that, Bloed could only sigh.
"Okay. I'll be in my laboratory."
After Bloed was gone, neither Regina nor Liu Ying spoke for a while. Instead, they looked at each other silently.
Finally, after almost five minutes of heavy silence, Regina narrowed her eyes.
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Liu Ying bit her lips and bowed. "… Sorry."
"… Nothing else?"
Liu Ying hesitated. But soon, her expression turned firm, and her eyes shone with determination.
"I like him."
Regina tapped the table twice before sighing. "I know. It was pretty obvious."
Liu Ying smiled wryly. Well, she thought she had hidden it rather well.
Regina took a deep breath and looked up at the roof. To be honest, what just happened was something she feared was going to happen sooner or later.
And she was not happy with that.
"What are you going to do then, Liu Ying? Are you planning to become my enemy?" Regina asked with a bit of killing intent leaking from her body.
"Huh? N-No, of course not!" Liu Ying denied it flustered. "Is it a joke? You can kill me, like, with a wave of your hand. I'm don't want to seek death like that."
"Then–"
"Well... If you don't mind it, I can be the second one." Liu Ying suggested after a bit of hesitation.
"Second one?" Regina narrowed her eyes. "Are you asking me to share master with you?"
Liu Ying looked at Regina with uncertainty and nodded. "Is anything wrong with that? Father had three wives and a lot of concubines. My mom was the main wife."
Regina was stunned.
It was then that she remembered something she had forgotten until then.
This world was not the same as the Human Confederation.
Here, polygamy was widely accepted. In fact, most nobles had more than one wife.
The question was... What did her master think about that?
Regina frowned. For an instant, several thoughts passed through her mind.
In the end, she sighed.
"You said you like master, right?"
Liu Ying nodded hurriedly. "I do!"
"Then, do you swear you will never betray him?"
Liu Ying was briefly startled, but she soon understood and raised a hand. "I swear!"
"Good." Regina nodded. But instantly after that, an incredibly powerful killing intent drowned Liu Ying.
Then, with a voice colder than the coldest ice, she spoke.
"Demon, if one day you betray this oath, I promise you I will find you, and I'll kill you!"
Liu Ying paled and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. For an instant, she felt as though she was going to die.
Fortunately, the killing intent disappeared as suddenly as it appeared, making Liu Ying sigh in relief and fear.
When Liu Ying recovered from the sudden killing intent, Regina stood up from her chair and turned around, walking towards the courtyard.
"I accept you as my master's friend, however, anything beyond that depends on you. If master accepts you as his wife, I will not refuse… Maybe with your help, we can replace the shadow in master's heart more quickly.
"What do you mean?"
"My mother, Camila Norman. Master will not truly accept us as long as her shadow is still in his heart."
Liu Ying tilted her head. But then, she smiled confidently. "That is easy. Mom once told me that if I like someone, I only need to take the initiative and he will definitively fall... She said something about most men being unable to resist the advances of women."
"... Is it so? Take the initiative..." Regina fell deep in thought before nodding. She then stared at Liu Ying. "Follow me."
"A? O-Okay."
Soon, the pair was in the courtyard. Regina brought Liu Ying in front of a tree and opened her mouth.
"Demon, how much have you advanced in your martial arts?"
"Well, I still need a bit more training, but I have grasped the essence of almost all the martial arts Bloed taught me." Liu Ying replied. "According to Bloed, I'm very talented in close combat."
"You are." Regina nodded. "You have a bloodline that gives you superhuman strength and explosive speed, and your aspect amplifies these advantages even more. In close combat, these factors are the most important... However, you are not using your talent at your full potential."
"What do you mean?" Liu Ying asked confused.
"You have clashed twice against the devourers. I'm sure you noticed something."
Liu Ying lowered her head before nodding. The two times she clashed against a devourer, she lost most of the energy in her body. In both situations, she would have died if she was fighting alone.
Regina smiled and extended her hand. "When it comes to fighting against devourers, nobody is better than us Valkyries. I use a technique called [Positive-Negative Energy Conversion], but unfortunately, that technique is not suitable for you."
Regina then clenched her fist and raised her hand.
"But–"
With a soft smile, she punched the air, stopping one centimeter away from the tree.
The punch seemed like a normal punch, and Liu Ying did not notice anything strange with it. But before one second passed, the tree in front of Liu Ying shook, then, it exploded into splinters!
Liu Ying opened her eyes wide. That was–
"[Silent Touch]," Regina said calmly. "It is one of the methods developed to fight against the devourers and the combat technique of a powerful Valkyrie.
"Like you, that Valkyrie specialized in superhuman strength and close combat. However, the way she used her strength was different than you. Instead of hitting the target directly, she stopped just before touching it and transformed all the energy in her body into kinetic energy, then, that energy was transmitted through the air to the target, delivering a powerful destructive blow directly in the target's body."
"That is..."
"Amazing, right? Unfortunately, I don't know much about that technique besides the theory and information in my database. I can barely imitate it through my ESP ability, but that is far from the level of that Valkyrie.
"However, I'm pretty sure that with my guidance, you will be able to replicate it. And believe me, if you master this technique, your combat power will grow around three or four times."
"T-Three or four times!?" Liu Ying was surprised and excited. If Regina's words were true, that technique was godly.
However, Regina's next words poured cold water in Liu Ying's excitement.
"Don't get too excited. At its highest level, [Silent Touch] allowed that Valkyrie to ignore any defenses. Moreover, she could form an armor of kinetic energy around her body that reacted when someone attacked her, stopping the attacks and delivering a powerful counterattack automatically. It was so powerful that in close combat, she was virtually invincible. However, if you want to reach that level, you need to train for many, many years. To be honest, I'm not even sure you can reach her level in your life."
Liu Ying's excitement faded slightly. But not even one second later, her face lit up with determination.
"I can! I'll definitively learn it! Regina, please teach me!" Liu Ying said and bowed her head.
"Very well." Regina nodded with a smile. "If you want to be master's woman, you need to be strong enough to be at his side. Get ready, I'll not go easy on you."
"Understood!
When Bloed left the laboratory, he was surprised to see Regina and Liu Ying training together in the courtyard.
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