Remedios looked at Neia, her anger boiling over again, and she raised her hand to strike another slap.
But a delicate, small hand knocked hers away.
"Why are you hitting this sister?" Nana spoke up.
No one noticed when Nana had appeared beside them.
"What business is it of yours?" Remedios glared fiercely at Nana.
"Smack!"
Nana jumped up and slapped Remedios on the face. She didn't use much force, just the strength of an ordinary little girl.
Although the slap wasn't strong, it was extremely humiliating.
"Now it has everything to do with me!" Nana said in her childish voice.
"You little brat! You—!"
Remedios had been in a bad mood since coming to the Sorcerer Kingdom, and Nana's slap was the last straw.
Remedios swung her hand toward Nana with full force. This slap showed no restraint at all, and even an average adult wouldn't be able to withstand it.
If it had been a normal child, they would have been dead for sure.
Nana took a step back, and the slap passed just inches from her face, not landing at all.
Neia immediately stepped in front of Nana.
"Please spare her, she's just a child and doesn't understand."
The vice captain shook his head, thinking to himself, "Neia, you're going to get yourself killed. The current captain is no longer the person she once was, the one we used to respect."
It was clear that the vice captain had no intention of speaking out to stop her. Remedios was no longer someone he could stop.
Remedios was furious.
She immediately drew her sword (a regular sword, as the holy sword had been left behind in the Holy Kingdom).
Without saying a word, she swung it toward Neia, intending to kill both Neia and Nana.
Clang!
Nana, holding a pitch-black dagger, blocked Remedios' attack.
"Did you all see that? She drew her sword first, which means—!"
Suddenly, Nana disappeared from her spot.
"I can kill you right now!" Remedios heard Nana's youthful, yet cold voice in her ear.
Remedios swung her sword fiercely backward, but she struck nothing.
The others also drew their weapons, but they dared not act hastily. They couldn't even tell where Nana was.
"Onii-san said, when dealing with bad people, you have to be worse and more ruthless than them!"
The voice echoed in everyone's ears, but they couldn't figure out where it was coming from.
"Dammit, stop with your tricks, show yourself if you dare..."
Slap!
Before Remedios could finish her sentence, a loud slap landed on her face.
Remedios was knocked to the ground by the force of the slap.
"Captain!"
As the others rushed forward, Nana appeared in front of them.
Nana stepped on Remedios's face with her small foot.
"What did you just say? I didn't hear you. Say it again!"
Though it didn't hurt to be stepped on by a child, the humiliation was overwhelming.
Remedios grabbed Nana's ankle with her hand.
"Die, little brat!"
She slammed Nana toward the ground.
Nana wasn't worried at all. She supported herself with one hand on the ground and wasn't harmed.
At this moment, Remedios didn't let go of Nana's ankle. She stood up and swung Nana's entire body into the air.
Remedios intended to make Nana lose her balance and slam her to the ground.
In mid-air, Nana used her other foot to rotate her entire body.
Remedios noticed Nana's intent and immediately released her ankle, realizing that if she held on any longer, her arm might be broken. However, Nana's leg could also be damaged.
Nana's spinning motion was similar to the death roll of a crocodile, rotating at high speed, generating tremendous force.
"She's ruthless... a mutually destructive tactic," Remedios thought to herself.
But that was only what Remedios believed. Nana's defense had already surpassed a thousand, and her body was tougher than Remedios thought. A mutually destructive outcome was impossible.
After spinning five times, Nana landed smoothly on the ground.
After landing, Nana disappeared again.
Remedios started to lose her composure. To deal with a child, she had to stay completely focused. If she had hesitated for even a moment earlier, she might have been defeated.
"Spread out, keep your distance from me! Her target is me!" Remedios ordered.
Upon hearing her words, the others immediately distanced themselves.
Remedios closed her eyes, trying to rely on her hearing to locate Nana.
But just as her eyes closed, a loud slap hit her face.
In the midst of battle, if you close your eyes, you're just asking to be hit.
Remedios stumbled and opened her eyes, locking onto Nana's position.
"Martial technique: Flowing Speed!"
"Martial technique: Rapid Slash!"
Remedios swung at Nana just before she could disappear again.
"Clang!"
Nana also used her dagger to block the opponent's attack.
"Martial Technique! Immediate Reflection!"
The moment Remedios' sword was deflected, she swung again, aiming to strike at Nana.
"Stop!" Neia shouted loudly.
Nana had only acted because Neia had been struck, and now she was about to be killed by Remedios.
Remedios' sword slashed towards Nana's right shoulder.
However, in the next moment, there was no bloody scene. The sword was deflected again.
Nana's shoulder was covered only by a thin layer of clothing. When the sword made contact with her shoulder, it sank slightly into her flesh, only to be immediately deflected. There was not a single mark left on her skin.
Everyone was stunned. The strongest warrior of the Holy Kingdom had used three powerful martial techniques against a child, yet she couldn't even break the child's skin.
"Onii-san give me this clothes, it ruined because of you!"
"I'm angry now!" Nana said coldly.
Nana threw down her dagger.
She then delivered a punch directly to Remedios' face. Remedios blocked the attack with her sword, but the sword snapped in half. The punch landed squarely on Remedios' forehead.
Remedios was sent flying. She crashed into the crowd and was knocked unconscious by the blow.
"Tell her when she wakes up that this is not the Holy Kingdom, and this is not a place where she can act recklessly," Nana said before leaving.
The group looked at the unconscious Remedios, and no one wanted to seek revenge for her. First, they knew they couldn't defeat her. Second, she had just tried to strike Neia.
Even if Neia wasn't the strongest, she was still one of their own. Remedios had drawn her sword without hesitation, even threatening to strike without asking Neia to move aside. That was a bit too much—like killing the donkey after it has carried the load.
They felt some sympathy for Remedios, but it was minimal.
End of chapter
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