People turned around at the sound of footsteps. Naella stopped in front of Garlow. No one was more willing to appear with a calm expression. The moment Garlow was about to open his mouth, Naella raised her hands.
Taaack─
The friction between her bare hands and his cheeks, without gloves, spread in the quiet mist.
Naella slowly opened her mouth and spoke faintly.
“Oh, I forgot to bring my gloves, that is why I can’t ask for a duel, so please understand that I’m replacing it with a slap on the cheek.”
Ronche realized that Naella’s calmness was like the eye of a storm.
“It is not a big deal.”
Taaack─
When Garlow was about to say something with his puzzled face, the friction echoed again and his face turned the other way.
“I just hit you because I wanted to. We will receive a formal protest later on about this.”
Garlow, who had been absent-minded for a while, shouted as if he couldn’t believe what was happening.
“What are you doing!! No matter how great the Grand Duchess may be, this kind of behavior is unacceptable!!”
The Grand Duchess had said earlier, if you hit her one more time I'll be angry. And, her eyes were hawking at those guy. The guy looked a little polite now.
“No matter how much I beat the maid, I did not expect a woman asking for a duel!! You hit me on the cheek to replace a duel!!!”
“Is there a problem with that? Although I am a woman, I was a member of Mahocherdi and grew up in Mahocherdi. Don’t look down at Mahocherdi’s name.”
Naella reached out to Ronche.
“Lord Ronche Vantmore, can you lend me your sword?”
After a moment of contemplation, Ronche handed over his sword to Naella. The sight of it made Garlow even more perplexed.
“This is a duel request from Naella Mahocherdi, who grew up as Mahocherdi.”
Naella, who was looking at Garlow’s swollen cheeks, took the sword out of the scabbard which made a rumbling sound. The blade reflected the sunlight and shone brilliantly.
“Still can’t accept the duel?”
Garlow opened his mouth with a bleak face. No matter what, Garlow is a knight and no matter how much she learned how to use a sword, Naella was still just a woman. She must have grown up beautifully in the duke’s family.
“Ha, but a lady known for her weakness, uh, how...”
“I challenged you to a duel as a knight from Mahocherdi, not as a Grand Duchess. Are you saying it is ridiculous to ask a knight for a duel just because I am a woman or do you doubt Mahocherdi’s ability?”
“Oh, no matter how bad it was, it was just one maid......!”
“I can’t believe you’re still saying that. You don’t seem to not know that there’s enough justification.”
It was overflowed with justification.
Jian was Naella’s maid, and she was like a friend that has been glued with her all her life. On the surface, she is the beloved direct maid of the Grand Duchess, and since the Grand Duchess belongs to the Grand Duke of Noheska, she is also a maid of the Grand Duke as well.
There were countless more reasons, but Naella did not speak of it as the list is long.
“Go get another sword. Don't use your sword as I am not using my sword as well and I am also wearing a dress, so that the conditions are almost equal.”
That remark made Garlow even more perplexed. At first glance, he was angry. Naella's words suggested that he is going to look at her because she is much better than him.
When Naella glanced at Garlow, the knights that were holding him scattered away immediately. It was unclear if Naella was indeed a knight of Mahocherdi, but the name had weight.
It’s hard to believe because she is a noble lady, but ironically he knows the weight of the name more clearly than anyone else because he’s a noble as well.
She is a member of that Mahocherdi.
Meanwhile, Jenny got a sword from someone and put it in Garlow’s hand. He took the sword out of the scabbard while staying still.
Some swordsmanship takes you to the next level just by looking at it.
Naella's swordsmanship was much faster than that of a typical knight, perhaps in order to compensate for her lack of muscle strength. With that being said, the sword was not light either.
Her sword contained acceleration and weight because of her speed.
Garlow quickly lifted his sword and focused all his energy on it. He was in a hurry to block her attack. As a result, his posture naturally collapsed. His slow response showed a lack of experience.
Garlow was an easy opponent for Naella, who is smaller compared to men and is quicker with her changing of posture.
He quickly blocked the sword that was striking to his right, which resulted in him getting a cut on his waist on his left. When he blocked the sword coming from above, he took a cut to his thigh.
Another way to express Naella’s swordsmanship is her flexibility. A strong lower body supported her posture. Not even a man with muscles could have pulled it off.
Garlow, who was a knight, could not handle Naella.
It was a completely one-sided duel, but Naella didn't finish it easily. She didn't aim for any vital spots. However, a fist or a front kick to the middle is exactly the price of a vital spot. Just enough to not pass out.
“Hold on, wait for a second. Su Surre-!”
Even before the word surrender came out of his mouth, Naella put her name on her knees and that shut his mouth.
They realized that they were in the haze as they saw Garlow’s increasingly terrible state and his inability to say surrender.
What skills do you need to say that you are a knight of Mahocherdi?
"Surren...e.........."
After a while, it wasn't until Garlow couldn't say the word surrender, and Naella stopped her sword. Some knights turned their heads because Garlow's face was covered in blood and dirt and was like a rag.
Finally, Naella stared at the troubled Garlow and kicked his calves strongly with her feet.
Crack- everyone heard that but no one dared to open their mouths. They were sure that if they opened their mouths, they would be next.
I comeback but... why here is so quite? I'm so sad
So I just read comment section on the raw site. They said in the first half of the story you can't find any romantic story, so it might be a slow burn love story. But it has interesting plot and strong FL. We have to wait longer because it still ongoing so there's no spoiler yet
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*Female: Naella Mahoserdi - An endless trick comes to a woman who only wanted to protect her people. She wants to protect her precious people and protect her love, and the last revenge is the cunning and greedy emperor.
* Male lead: Chedran Noheska – a man who grew up hard but affectionate in an unfortunate past who didn't even know his family's affection, suddenly meets a woman like an unprecedented storm.
