112 – Failed Spar [2]
I couldn’t believe it, we went for the whole night. Aerin and I were stuffed with cum when dawn broke.
I got on my knees and cleaned Nira off with my mouth. It took just a few seconds for the used penis to blow its final load in my mouth.
The feeling of sweet cum hitting the back of my throat was blissful. However, my mouth soon turned empty.
The cum was still there, but the rod was gone. It simply disappeared from Nira’s crotch.
“Time’s up, huh?”
I licked Nira’s clit with my cum-stained tongue before pulling away and planting a kiss on her forehead.
Nira yawned. She smiled at me one last time before disappearing with Aerin.
My bed became much colder without them here. I hid my disappointment and dressed myself. It was almost time for me to go to the kitchen anyway.
But before that, I went to the communal bathroom to wash myself.
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I met with Erika in the training ground. Well…. Not really. It was a lush garden with many beautiful flowers. There just so happened to be a large yard overlooking the ocean in the middle of it.
Erika was already ready with her sword. It seemed to be a falchion from the look of it. Standing next to her was Swordmaster Gustav, who was caressing his beard and glancing around with scrutiny.
“Finally, you’ve come!”
Erika threw me a sword, but I didn’t catch it and let it fall to the ground.
“Apologies, master.” I bowed and winched. My thigh still hurt a lot from last night. “I’m afraid you’ll seriously get hurt if I use a sword.”
“What bullshit—! You’re just a 2-Star!”
‘So what?’
The difference between low-level Stars was not that great. A skilled 1-Star can even beat a half-ass 4-Star, albeit barely.
It wasn’t until 6-Stars onward that the difference in power became exponential.
“The maid’s right, Erika.”
Swordmaster Gustav, my man! He came to my rescue with a timely explanation.
“She’s already mastered Precision and half-way mastered Strength.”
“T-That maid?”
Oi, what was I in Erika’s eyes. Did she see me as a clumsy maid who could do nothing right?
Well, considering my blunder two days ago, it was understandable. But to form a conclusion after only 3 days was a bit too much!
“I-It doesn’t matter! We’ll know once the spar is over!”
Without warning, Erika’s body tilted forward as if wanting to fall. Her right hand held the handle of her sword near her left cheek in a careless manner. In her left hand was a small dagger pointed toward herself.
She began to fall,
Until a gust of wind carried her right before me. She swung her sword ferociously, and it was too fast for me to properly react to.
Sparks spewed out where my prosthetic and her blade. I gritted my teeth and allowed myself to be knocked back.
‘What the fuck!? Did I underestimate her?’
No time to think! The slightest waft of wind brushed the back of my neck, and I bent my body down to duck.
A silver blade whooshed through where my neck was. Suppressing the shivers of close death, I kicked the ground again to gain distance.
But that proved to be a mistake. Erika appeared underneath me yet again. She lunged her sword toward my crotch.
I hurriedly brought my arm down and wrapped it with Aura to block, and the force of her attack was so great that I was knocked onto the sky; almost reaching the roof of the estate.
Erika sheathed her sword and crossed her arms with a smirk as she watched me reach the apex of my ascend.
And then I fell.
Fear? No. I felt no such things. Only exhilaration remained in my mind. I extended my prosthetic and waited.
Closely, closely, closely! Until my eyes were a few inches away from the ground, I didn’t move. But as soon as it did, Mana surged from my body, and a pillar of flames was shot from my fake arm.
A loud sound like thunder rumbling happened right under me. A large charred spot appeared on the ground where I struck.
The force of the flames spewing was enough to slow my descent at the last second, though it still knocked me up a few meters.
Elegantly, I landed on the ground and held the hems of my maid skirt before bowing. Damned brat, there was no way I was going to let my nervousness show.
“An excellent show of power, master.”
I then got into a fighting stance. Although unarmed wasn’t my forte, I was still confident that I could still beat this brat up.
“That’s enough.”
Gustav placed an arm on my shoulder. He then pulled it away once he felt the heat of my prosthetic.
“E-Ehem, you’ll hurt little Erika if you attack. Today’s spar has shown that you’re not a good sparring partner for her. Luckily, I’ve anticipated this and prepared another sparring partner.”
Well, my prosthetic needed to be oiled and cooled down again anyways, so I gave the irritating young miss a good bow before leaving.
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This was supposed to be my moment of rest, so why were there two maids fighting outside my room?
They simultaneously turned their heads toward me as soon as they noticed me, and as I prepared to fight, they got on their knees.
“Miss Esther!”
They both held cards in their hands and extended them out to me.
“Please join Miss Angelica’s faction!”
“Please join Lady Ingris’s faction!”
Not knowing what to do, I accepted them both and gave them a non-committal hum. I skimmed through the cards and found all kinds of benefits and even threats.
“I’ll think about it.”
“”It’s fine!”” It was a little creepy hearing these two maids saying the same thing at the same time. “”You can decide after returning from the Capitol with Young Miss Erika!””
‘Wait, what?’
It seemed that these guys knew information that I didn’t.