Chapter 5: 5

Chapter 5 – The Female Warrior, Duel

“Now that I have finished altering the dueling application, you may begin.”

As soon as the priestess said this, the female warrior attacked me.

As expected of someone in a full-time profession.

She immediately took advantage of the wide range of the Blue Dragon Sword to pierce my heart with precision.

Of course, I didn’t let her do that, so I twisted my body to avoid her.

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“Not bad for the first dodge. But 30 minutes? That’s impossible.”

With that, the warrior turned around and used the tip of the sword to strike me in the foot.

But I also dodged this one in the nick of time.

Together with the subsequent attacks that followed.

“Ora, ora, oraa! Why, why aren’t my slashes not hitting!?”

“Useless, useless, useless! That’s because I can see all of your attacks!”

I really wanted to say those lines.

But even after ten, twenty minutes, the female warrior’s attacks did not hit, and soon thirty minutes had passed.

“No, impossible… why….”

Since the battle is over, I guess it’s time.

For her to know the truth.

“Do you know why people prefer using locally-made weapons?”

“Locally-made weapons? What is that?”

Sigh. I guess this is to be expected.

“For example, suppose country A exports arms to country B. If country A and country B go to war, country A will be digging its own grave as country B now know and have the weapons of country A. To prevent this scenario, the weapons that Country A exports to Country B must have some sort of modification.”

The female warrior still has a question mark above her head, as if not understanding what I am saying, but I have to finish, or else I won’t look good. If y ou a re a ble to r ea d th is me ssa ge, yo u ar e rea d i ng f rom an unau thorized agg reg ate si te. R ead at my Wo dPre ss at sta bbi ng wi th a syri ng e. ho me. bl og to su pp o rt me an d my tran sla tio ns.

“The modification is to make it impossible to attack country A by its own weapons. The Blue Dragon Sword is a similar case. I don’t know why you didn’t know this, but it is common knowledge that the craftsmen involved in the production of these swords, as well as myself who ordered them, are enchanted with blessings in a way so that we cannot be attacked by our own merchandise.”

Having said all this, the female warrior finally understood and bitingly lashed out at me.

“Isn’t that just cheating!?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. This is another merchant’s way of fighting. Besides, a full-time warrior challenging a merchant like me to a duel where your job is superior is already shameful enough, not to mention your moves are actually with the intentions of killing me is not something I can just pass by. Taking my life is one thing, but you want to scam me of my products? You still have a long way, brat.”

“Ehem.”

Amid the atmosphere that was about to turn into a quarrel, the priestess cleared her throat with a cough.

“I don’t care what you do after this, but I can’t leave if you don’t get your dueling applications settled quickly.”

“Ah.”

“That means…”

Looking at the duel application form that the priestess had pointed to, the female warrior and I let out a voice at the same time.

Yes. Now that the female warrior has lost the duel, she has to give her body – her chastity in full – to me.

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“This match is null and void! This match is null and void!”

The female warrior exclaimed as if she was not convinced.

“That’s not how it works.”

It was not me but the priestess who objected.

“You submitted an application for a duel and fought a duel under those conditions. And since I witnessed it in the name of the one and only God, the prestige of the Andersen State Church is at stake if you do not immediately execute the terms of the application.”

I shuddered at the words “prestige of the Andersen State Church.”

I thought of hundreds of clerics swarming from the church in packs.

It seemed to be the same for the female warrior, as her face was pale.

She was even trembling slightly.

“Oh no, that can’t be true. I don’t wanna….”

Being the gentleman I am, I was hurt to see her acting like that.

I wonder if she hated me that much.

But I’m still young, and I’m not that bad looking, you know?

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So, I said this with a very petty sense of male pride.

“If you don’t like it that much, I’ll leave you alone. This was your idea to begin with. I don’t enjoy forcing a woman who doesn’t like it that much either.”

“R-really?”

The female warrior’s smile suddenly became as bright and clear as the sky at the end of the rainy season. Th s ch apt er tran slat ion is mad e po ssibl e by st bbin g wit h a sy ri nge tra nslati ons. Ch eck on ly up-t o-da te tr an slatio ns on my Wor dpr ess si te.

Needless to say, I felt regret deeper than the ocean trench and remorse as fierce as a wild monkey.

…Ah. No matter how you put it, this girl is pretentious, but she is also too good to pass by.

But even if I hate the other party ―― no, it’s specifically because I hate the other party ―― that I shouldn’t accept her here.

Goodness who knows what she will do once I took my portion as a consequence for the duel.

This woman is bad news.

Still, I couldn’t help but be saddened that the female warrior’s dazzling thighs and soft breasts were getting far away.

I resented my own puny pride.

But things did not go so smoothly.

“No can do. We cannot tolerate such alteration of agreement.”

I was caught off guard by the priestess’s words.

“If you just submitted the duel application form to the government office, it would be fine. But this duel has been conducted under a notary witness of the Messianic Church, of which you, woman, even personally asked. Thus, the conditions indicated in the duel application must be strictly enforced, even if both parties agree to deny the application. Otherwise, woman, you will face God’s judgment.”

God’s judgment was, of course, a lynching by the clergy.

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If one wants to lynch this female warrior, one might need to mobilize quite a few people.

Still, the clergy will have no mercy on “those who defy the one and only God.”

Not only would they gang up on her, but she would also suffer a fate worse than losing her chastity or even death if she did not comply.

Nevertheless, the wind has now changed, and I was inwardly jubilant.

“Guh… even though both of us have already agreed….”

The female warrior’s smile faded again as she commented with disappointment

It was she who brought the notary witness in the first place.

In other words, it was she who dug her own grave.

“So what are you going to do now?”

I asked.

“I-I understand… do what you want.”

The female warrior turned her head away as if she had decided to give up.

Throb.

Meanwhile, my heart was pounding like it was about to explode, but I was not so naive that I would outright gobble up a beautiful girl in this situation.

“As I said, you don’t have to force yourself. I’m not going to do anything if you’re that unwilling.”

The female warrior and the priestess give me a look of amazement.

“Didn’t you hear her? God’s judgment will come if we don’t do something, and the priests will attack us in droves!”

“Us? no. Only you. Looks like it was you who didn’t hear what she said. It’s only you, woman, who will face God’s judgment. Isn’t that right, priestess?”

“That’s right.”

The priestess gave a deep nod.

“For me, I’m not that desperate to have sex with you, nor that perverted to crave for your body right away. In fact, I don’t care what happens to you, as it’s your choice. But if you’re eager to do it, then I’d be more than happier to have sex with you.”

“Y-you…”

Even with the naked eye, it was easy to see that the female warrior’s anger was rising.

Honestly, I’m scared.

However, I would be disqualified as a merchant if I bent the agreement over a threat.

So, I diverted the situation to the priestess.

“Priestess. I think she needs to learn the right attitude at a time like this. What do you think?”

This may be a dick move, but I wanted this to be over as soon as possible, so I figured she would do something to move this case along.

“I am a priestess by profession, so I am not in a position to speak to individual cases outside of my role as a notary witness.”

Damn it, how inflexible. But I guess that is also a part of her being a respectable clergyperson――

“But based on the common opinion, it is always appropriate to beg for starters, beginning with “Please ravage my body as you like~♥” “Or please fuck me senseless~♥” or something in between those lines.”

――I fully take back everything.

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