Chapter 60 Party Hosted By The Lord (Part Four)
"I thought I'd leave you immobile and use you as bait for the orcs, but... I don't want you to talk too much. I'll finish you off here. I don't want the room to be stained with blood, but I can't help it."
Baronet Marqifasso said that and thrust his sword towards me.
But even faster than that, I rotated my body to avoid the thrust. Having completed the rotation, I swiftly stood up. Baronet Marqifasso's eyes widened in surprise. Taking advantage of that moment, I grabbed another sword that was hanging on the wall.
"You... how can you move?"
"Don't spout typical villain lines."
I spat out a large amount of saliva as if washing my mouth.
"It's obvious I haven't drunk any. I'm not so foolish as to fall for such a trick."
"However, you certainly drank from the glass. There were no signs of it spilling on your clothes or the floor."
I grinned. This is actually a simple magic trick. Pour mead into a newspaper without spilling it, then after reading the newspaper, pour the mead back into the glass – that's the trick.
It's because a part of the newspaper is folded over twice, with a plastic bag hidden inside. My trick is similar to this. I had sheep bladder concealed in the cuffs and chest in advance. I concealed a piece of cotton cloth in the cuff and inserted one end into the sheep's bladder. I then pretended to drink from the glass, soaking the cloth hidden in my hand with the mead.
The mead is collected in the sheep's bladder in the cuff due to capillary action. With just a sip or two, it looks like I've had enough to drink.
(Although I didn't think it was such a powerful drug. Just a touch on the lips, and I feel a numbness in my fingertips...)
I also prepare my sword.
"I don't need to reveal the trick to someone like you. Instead, how about you talk a little more about your human trafficking?"
And I said this to Alice.
"Alice! If your healing magic, you should be able to nullify the effects of any poison. Don't let that aphrodisiac defeat you!"
Alice looked at me with determined eyes and nodded slightly.
"Don't underestimate me! You brat, you're not worthy of being my opponent!"
The arrogant demeanor from earlier was nowhere to be seen as Baronet Marqifasso contorted his face in anger and swung his sword sharply towards me. I evaded it by moving my body.
(I see, as rumored, his swordsmanship is quite impressive)
His sword techniques were sharp. Thrusting, sweeping, and targeting vital points with the tip of his sword. In a one-on-one duel, especially in close combat, he would boast considerable strength.
(But I have been trained extensively in close combat by my master.)
Baronet Marqifasso's swordsmanship is primarily based on fencing. The sword he uses is thicker than the foil, the sword used in fencing in our era, but it is still lightweight enough to be handled with one hand. The goal is to pierce and finish off the opponent.
I first used a kendo-style move to sweep the sword and aimed for the opponent's wrist. In other words, the form of "kote ari" (a strike to the wrist). The goal is to disable the opponent's fighting ability. There are still many things I want the opponent to reveal.
However, Baronet Marqifasso is wearing a longer bracelet on his wrist. Furthermore, it seems that he is not intimidated by a cut on the wrist.
(There is no choice)
I decided to attack him with the determination that I don't mind if he dies. Baronet Marqifasso must have felt that my attack targeting his wrist was a "mockery." He becomes even more furious, swinging his sword vigorously and thrusting it towards me. When he thrusts the sword with his whole body...
I lower my body and thrust the sword up from the position of kneeling on one knee. It's a technique called Boaz Thrust, known as the "strike of the boar." I was thoroughly taught this technique by the Elder of the Black Forest. He was a master of this technique and was called the "swordsmaster of the beast." In my world, he is said to be the "person who has had the most duels in history."
Baronet Marqifasso looked at the sword pointed at his throat with a surprised expression. The tip of the sword pierced the skin of his throat shallowly, causing a small amount of blood to flow.
(It's surprising that he stopped there. Well, I had thought that with his skills, he wouldn't die...)
With that thought in mind, I stood up. Due to the sword being pointed at him, Baronet Marqifasso recoiled and fell backwards.
"Now, let's have a talk. Why did you target Alice?"
"B-Because I heard rumors that she is a very beautiful girl."
Baronet Marqifasso answered with a pained expression.
"Don't lie. There's a girl in town who looks just like Alice. I don't understand why you would specifically target Alice when she's not that famous to begin with."
"I always have someone hidden as my eyes and ears in my territory. That person informed me that among the adventurers from foreign lands, there is a girl who fits my preferences."
"You haven't answered all of my questions yet."
"The townspeople make a big fuss when someone goes missing. That's why no one would notice if a stranger from another country disappeared."
"Is that so? It's suspicious that even though Alice was the type of girl you liked, you never made a move even though there's a girl in town who looks just like her."
"..."
"And the fact that you had this kind of medicine prepared means you were expecting me to come with Alice. If that's the case, the most likely possibility is to target Alice from the beginning and kidnap her, and then get rid of me who's with her."
He glared at me with hatred. At that moment, something occurred to me.
"The most natural way to lure us in would be to hold a party as a thank-you for protecting the town as the lord. In that case, could it be that someone arranged the attack on the town..."
But he vehemently denied it.
"No! It wasn't me who planned for the monsters to attack the town! On the contrary, I tried to minimize the damage to the town!"
"Even so, you knew that from the beginning, didn't you?"
Baronet Marqifasso's face contorted violently, as if in ugly distortion.
"Tell me, who asked you to do it? How did you know about the monster attack!"
At that moment, something flew from somewhere and pierced his carotid artery. It was a green magic stone upon closer inspection.
I turned my gaze to where the magic stone had come from, outside the window. The window was slightly ajar, and there was a black figure there. However, the figure disappeared in an instant.
"Wait!"
I rushed to the window, but when I looked outside, there was no sign of the figure.
(Such speed, and at this height of the wall... it's not human movement.)
"Akito-kun!"
Alice shouted. It seems that the effects of the aphrodisiac that entered her body were canceled out by recovery magic. When I looked inside, Baronet Marqifasso was convulsing violently on the floor.
(Is it poison?)
Thinking so, I approached, and Alice also approached me. Baronet Marchifasso's face had turned green. Not only his face, but also his arms and neck, all visible parts of his skin have turned green.
"Ga-ga-ga-ga-kyu-ga-kyu-ga-kyu!"
Baronet is in pain, writhing violently and making strange noises.
"If it's not dead yet, can Alice's recovery magic fix it?"
I said that to Alice. She still has something she wants to ask Baronet Marchifasso.
"I don't know, but I'll try."
When Alice said that and looked into Baronet's face... Baronet Marqifasso's lower jaw was split right sideways.
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