*This chapter contains a little violence, read further at own risk or skip these parts*
"Look here, a swordswoman! How interesting!" He had a golden cane with him. He pointed it at me and smirked. "If you're coming with me, I'll spare your lover!" He didn't seem to recognise the duke and me.
I still held my sword tightly and glared at him. His gaze was fixed on something else, my sword. He narrowed his eyes but shook his head.
"Beauty, why don't we have some fun? Just the two of us, in my mansion" He licked his lipped, I was in disgust but didn't change my facial expression.
He came closer, in a fast pace. His subordinates were behind him, not moving an inch. He was a step away from me.... 'NOW' I clashed my sword into his cane. I saw that the bottom of the cane was a knife. He grinned and attacked me, I could block all his moves but he surely wasn't an easy opponent.
"Beauty, I'll sell you to a brothel once I win!" He was exactly like the marchioness. 'Just pretend that he's the marchioness!' I thought to myself, making me immediately more focused. I attacked, I made him unable to move his cane. The cane was stuck, I took the opportunity to break his arm.
"You-You're killing me!" He held his hand on arm and fell on the ground. I did feel very sorry for him, but he did bad things. The duke was finished with interrogating the woman we caught so he was finishing the others.
I used a piece of my jacket to tie the boss' hands and went to the duke to tie up the people he already finished.
I looked over at the duke and saw someone in his back. I quickly drew my sword, seeing that the duke couldn't dodge the swing. My sword clashed into the other. The duke turned around and saw it, he quickly handled the other subordinate and came to help.
"Tie the others up, I got this" I said in a confident voice. The duke nodded and let me handle it. "You're quite impressive lady, we should spar in the future" The man had a crazy smile on his face. His strength was definitely stronger than mine, but that could be taken into my advantage.
Our swords clashed again, this time I turned my sword. His hand was twisted so he couldn't use the sword now. I placed my leg on the sword and kicked it away.
*Crack*
I frowned, he broke his own arm without me even touching him. I quickly looked at how he did it, I sighed in disappointment. When his arm was twisted, he turned it back the wrong way... Even worse, he used his left arm to pull it....
I shook my head and tied him up. The duke was talking with the boss, it looked like the boss knows who we are now...
I sat down and something caught my eye, well actually it was reflecting the sunlight so it irritated my eyes but yeah... I walked closer to it, it was a gem. I couldn't see which colour it was so I just popped it out of the wall and put it in my pocket.
"I'm so sorry for invading your territory duke Florys! Please forgive me!" The boss was kneeling in front of the duke. I could see that the duke despised him. The duke looked towards me and sighed, it looked out of relief but you never know...
"You should apologise to my wife. Selling her to a brothel shouldn't be said, especially with a pervert like you sir Sed". 'Does the duke know him?'. I saw that the boss immediately turned my way.
"I'm sorry duchess Florys, please have mercy!" I looked down at him, he looked really stupid and greedy. He even asked for mercy.... I broke his arm, does he find that alright...?
"I'm a fallen noble, I was stripped off my title when I was trying to sell my wife to a brothel! My wife is someone of a higher title now, so she should be happy! Was that everything I needed to tell duke Florys?!" The boss didn't even look regretful.... What kind of husband would sell his wife to a brothel?! It also looked like the duke knew about this.... Just what is wrong with this world?!
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*Two hours later*
That pervert and his subordinates were arrested and guilty of robbery and selling weapons illegally. The duke never said a word on our way back, he didn't even thank me for covering his back! I made a pouting face and jumped on my bed. I immediately stood again, something was stabbing me on the side. I put my hand in the pocket, 'The gem!'.
I quickly turned on all the lights and put the gem in the air. It was a green one, could it be a Juplicore? I summoned Naralia, my seal began to glow and a bright light was appearing. Naralia popped out of the light and jumped on the bed.
"Master, what do you need?" I could see that her eyes immediately went to the gem. She began to jump up and down. 'Yup, this is a Juplicore! I sighed out of relief.
"Master, we only need to improve fighting together! After that I can evolve!" She said in an excited voice. Seeing her happy made me smile, but it also made me sad.
'What will happen when the duke discovers that Naralia is a magic rabbit?'