A few seconds earlier.
'Damn it! I was too careless and let my guard down. If I don't do anything now, I will definitely lose the fight.' he thought holding his stomach with one of his hands in a kneeling position.
'The fireball that I made that day was powerful but didn't show much effect. Is it because I could not control it? Or was I unable to control it because of the size?'
Right then an idea snuck into his mind he raised his right hand pointing it beside Victoria.
Soon his hand started sucking air, and a small fire appeared beside his hand. Swirling at an extremely fast speed.
He launched it a little sideways from where Victoria was standing.
Victoria's body shivered seeing the impact. She knew she would not have been able to dodge it if not for Charles.
Charles was also surprised to see the impact, he didn't think it would be this strong.
But using that skill more than half of his mana has been depleted.
'This skill this too OP, it's a pity I could not use it more than once a day.' he thought seeing the impact, the fireball has created.
But he didn't waste the opportunity. He immediately stood up and charged towards the still-dazed Victoria.
Victoria who was still in a daze felt a weird feeling. She instantly jumped backwards creating a distance between them.
*Swoosh* *Swoosh*
She then flung two shuriken's at Charles, wanting to catch him off guard.
Charles Dodged the first one by leaning back 30 degrees and used his sword to block the second one, but Victoria appeared behind him.
This time Charles was aware, he let his guard down knowingly. His lips curled up making a grinning face.
At that moment, Victoria also noticed his grin. She immediately knew something was wrong but she was midway in the air.
Charles turned back to face Victoria who was still in the air.
He swung his sword making a horizontal slash, but Victoria disappeared and reappeared behind Charles from his shadow.
She used her Stealth and Steps of the Wind God skill to get behind Charles.
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Stealth
•Stealth is the ability to perform actions undetected or unnoticed.
Steps of the Wind God
•Steps of the Wind God is a movement technique. It is composed of light footwork that catching up to the user is almost impossible for the same-grade opponent.
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Charles was startled but didn't panic instead, he was calm and stopped her attack using his Mana barrier skill.
Victoria took a few steps backwards and launched at him again but this time the blows that Charles was getting were very heavy instead of soft.
Victoria was giving her all to defeat Charles. Charles was also getting pushed back, he was fully focused on defending against Victoria's attack.
Victoria used this opportunity to get behind him this time he was a little late to react to Victoria's attack.
But at that moment, time seemed to have stopped for Charles he could see Victoria's attack coming. It was as if she was stopped in her position.
Charles had used his thought acceleration ability. But he had to get things done fast before his mana would run out.
*Swoosh*
In the next second, Charles's sword was pointing at Victoria's neck.
Victoria clearly saw Charles's movement it was as of he had already read her movements and counter-attacked her where she could not make the next move.
"You are defe..." Charles could not finish his word as he dropped to the ground.
But Victoria caught him, Her lips curled up making a smile, from her expression she was very satisfied.
"You are very interesting, Charles Kingsley," she murmured, laying Charles on her lap. She was embracing his hair, looking at him with affection
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On the other side.
After Charles fainted, Inside the Star Sea Inn, where Charles was staying in. The mother-daughter were working meanwhile,
Lita was left alone, she was feeling awkward, Looking around the dining, sitting there anxiously like an alert cat who is abandoned by her owner.
Ring!
Suddenly someone entered the inn. He was a young boy around the height of Charles, he was quite handsome with brown eyes and purple hair, wearing a white suit which made him look more good. From his actions and wearing he looked wealthy.
He looked around to see if the people are looking at him like always but this time their gazes were on someone else. The purple-haired boy followed their gazes, he saw the back of a lady looking around anxiously. Even from the back, he could tell she was a beauty.
He walked forward in the direction of that lady.
Hearing the footsteps coming closer, Lita turned around to see a boy walking towards her.
The purple-haired boy was mesmerized by her beautiful yet cute face. His heart skipped a beat, wanting her even more, and an unknown feeling arose in his heart.
'Is this what they call love at first sight?' he thought placing his hand on his chest, trying to calm his heart down.
Meanwhile, Lita stiffed and turned her head forward hurriedly. Thinking that she had done something wrong.
But the purple-haired boy misunderstood her actions, he thought she was convicted by his charm and turned around in embarrassment.
He was filled with even more confidence. He was sure he had captured the heart of the beauty sitting in front of him.
Eventually, he reached for her seat, tapping on her shoulder "Excuse me, is this seat taken?" he said pointing at the seat in front of her. She didn't say anything, lowering her head a little, she was not that confident after what she had gone through, and it was very difficult for her to engage in conversation. Even when she was sitting with Charles and Christina, she didn't talk instead she was only listening.
But the boy mistook her silence as yes and sat on the seat.
"Actually I saw you when I entered, I was instantly captivated by your beauty." The purple-haired boy said, "So I just wanted to ask if you are single?" He said with a dazzling smile, seeing his smile she was filled with trepidation because it was the smile of those lustful men that could not wait to do the deed. He once again mistook her action, thinking she was mesmerised by his dazzling smile, he was this confident because he had done it many times.
He then tried to engage in conversation with her, but to his avail, she didn't reply to anything he said. He was getting frustrated, as a noble he could not bear it anymore.
But then did he notice her fox ear, now he understand why she was so shy because she was a slave.
"Hahaha..." he laughed like a lunatic, thinking that he had been made fun of. "You bitch dare to ignore me, Vex Wallting, the son of the count!!!" he said in a loud voice attracting more attention. "Who do you even think you are to ignore me? Bitch!!"
Even though she was wearing nice clothes for a slave, Vex was not afraid even if she was a slave of some noble. As he knew there was a chance for the king to stay here and other than the king he was not afraid of the noble as his family was on very good terms with the duke's family and he was also a good friend of the eldest son of the duke family so he had nothing to be worried about.
Lita became even more frightened, she was on the verge of crying "Ahh..aah." Lita screamed as Vex grabbed her by the hair and started dragging her "I should teach a filthy bitch a lesson for disrespecting a noble." He started dragging her to his room, and even though there were so many people no one came to stop him, fearing of offending the count family.
Eventually, he lead her to his room and locked the room.
Meanwhile, the daughter and mother pair were outside buying groceries. Initially, they also asked Lita to tag along but lita declined.
They had no idea what was happening inside the inn.
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Author here,
Hey, I was thinking of removing the idea of aura and body enchantment.
So, fuck aura
Fuck enchantment.
Hope you have a good day and thank you for reading.