Chapter 127: Chapter 14: The Deadly Duel Offer
To others, it might seem that Marianne and Lancelot didn't speak much, but in that short exchange, both of them experienced the frustration of an opponent they couldn't defeat easily.
Unlike Arthur, who was mostly strong due to his Excalibur.
Marianne Le Fay was an honest-to-good genius when it came to swordsmanship and close combat.
'Damn, that woman was scary...' He thought while holding Morgana's hand to restore the loose ether in his body from the high-speed thought and magic operation to counter her simple greeting.
[Wow... That woman tried to kill you over fifteen times in a few minutes.]
'That's how she is!'
Lancelot felt a strange feeling that she should support him and be an ally because he defeated Arthur. He was sure in his last life she was killed by her half-brother and father...
Something didn't add up, or maybe it wasn't the right time yet.
Edward was the first to speak while Maria and Laura were very quiet and noticed something wasn't right, but they couldn't analyse it fully, while the ice fairy began to eat the custard that Maria was trying to save for later.
"Brother... That woman, she isn't easy."
"Of the seven hundred nobles that have tried to court her, half were left eunuchs, and the others were crippled or left near death... I hope you don't have the idea to put your hand out."
'Is this guy insane!? That woman came here just to challenge me to a private duel to the death! How would put my hand out!'
[Well... if you made her your sex slave when beating her?]
'Morganna... I wouldn't do that...'
[You might ask her for one fuck, though, right? If you won.]
'...'
[One night with an incubus changes a woman, just like a succubus makes a human woman feel like the man is tossing a sausage down a hallway...]
"Will you fight?" Maria spoke with her slow, icy voice. It wasn't that she was mean, but her nerves and thoughts caused her to tighten too much and reply slower than when using messages.
"Are you worried about me?"
Lancelot was still in an overactive state due to the several mental battles of forcing his phantasmal swords to counter her simple ether usage.
He had several small cuts and wounds under his clothes, while she was the same, with her bra destroyed and her breasts completely marked.
It wasn't because he was perverted, but her other areas were heavily guarded.
To Marianne, they were just lumps of fat that caused her disgusting brother and father to ogle her, which was completely unwanted attention for her.
She wore ether barriers specifically designed to block large force penetration aimed at her body, but it was weak near her breast areas.
Thus, Lancelot ended up harming her there because it allowed his swords to push aside the armour with greater precision.
Shaking his head, not wanting to think about the duel, he looked at the strange rank-ten girl and watched her face change as he leaned forward.
"Are you?"
The next moment, her fairy kicked his face, with a soft foot with a completely flushed face, causing the table to laugh as he realised this "Ice Cold" woman might not be so ice cold in the first place... as she began to type rapidly on her phone.
When Lancelot read her message, he almost broke into a loud chuckle at her red face of Maria and looked shy at her aggressive message.
⁜ Who is worried... you are just our rank one; if you lose so easily, maybe it will affect all of us!
Hmph.... (Pout emoji) (Angry Emoji) Idiot!
Mimi is just scared you will get hurt!
Maria's message seemed like an angry lover; perhaps Lancelot went a bit too far... but it made his heart thump a little at how adorable she was right now, seeing her pout, especially after witnessing her emotionless expression since class.
[Careful...]
'About?'
[Breaking another girl's crotch]
'...'
'You mean heart, right... Right?]
Seeing her red cheeks and her sending Lancelot a cute emoji, causing the atmosphere at the table to improve, he patted Maria on the head gently, noticing her freezing eyes melting ever so slightly.
Edward seemed relieved as Maria was known throughout the academy for her cruel behaviour and actions towards men.
But he had known her for many years, and she used to be a kind girl, but the family when her father died and caused problems for succession and all of them rushing to marry her to their distant relatives seemed to cause trauma to her heart.
"Shall we eat and forget that woman?" Lancelot suggested while putting his custard to the side, giving it to Maria, whose eyes began to sparkle.
'So she loves custard and sweet pudding.'
'Wait... Can fairies eat human foods... She just ate custard a minute ago?'
[Taming a short stack with huge tits, huh... do you have a secret fetish? Is this bug, buxom mommy not enough anymore?]
'Come to my room tonight, and you'll see if you are.'
[Oho... my little Lancelot is getting all confident! I'd make you cum in four minutes]
'Then let me cum all night long.'
[!?!? Where is my innocent and sweet Lancelot!]
'He died after enjoying the pleasures of sex and battle.'
With Maria calming down a little, Lancelot relaxed alongside Edward and Laura and began eating while chatting about the school and enjoying lunch as Marianne disappeared and acted as if Lancelot and she didn't have that brief battle a minute ago.
"Oh yeah, Edward... Have you finished looking for your partner for the first competition?"
Lancelot said casually while sipping a delicious honey cake dessert that Laura prepared from ingredients and asked everyone to taste it.
Likely for Lancelot as he gave him to Maria, who still took the honey cake dessert.
Edward had a face of annoyance as he nodded and responded, clearly displeased about whom he found and then spoke loudly.
"My partner is, well, the guy dropped out; now he's paired with one of Arthurs's goons..."
"Hmmm... well..."
"Wanna be mine?"
Lancelot asked without any serious thought. Normal people would look up to their partners and take weeks or months to learn about them; it was a very important tournament for those like Lancelot, who had no noble backing.
The winners would be crowned as barons.
It was good for Edward as he was only an heir of many sons, so it gave him a chance to make a name for himself and push his marriage with Laura forward more easily.
Edward looked nervous, but Lancelot just smiled, "Honestly, if it were mixed sex, I would have asked Maria, Sumika or Guinevere."
"Since it's Males and Females separate until we fight in the eliminations, I want to partner with you."
Maria stopped eating the honey cake as a slight pink showed on her cheeks. Not even realising he said her name before Sumika and Guinevere on purpose for this effect. The playboy nature of the Incubus sank into his very soul.
Laura tilted her neck curiously, and Edward clenched his fist... finally nodding his head happily and thanking Lancelot in his way, which was not weird or odd; it suited Edward and made Lancelot enjoy having him as a friend.
"Let's set up a week to train together then; by the way, do you guys know where in Avalon you are?" Lancelot smoothly asked, wanting to get some information, but sadly, the lunch bell sounded...
"Well... let's speak about it later. I am in a weird place, and there are strange things that I'll speak about later."
Edward rushed off to class since they needed to attend different elective classes while Lancelot felt that Maria grabbed his arm for a moment, her face seeming shocked at her action too, before the fairy queen suddenly flew out of her body, and the green eyes returned to their normal colour as she looked at Lancelot.
"Ah... uhm....!"
"Messages.... not annoying?" Maria said quietly as Mimi returned to her body; Lancelot laughed as he enjoyed the cool grip, telling Maria that messages weren't annoying at all...
His shoulder seemed lighter, and Lancelot finally met a new companion; slowly, his life was changing, with the feeling of dealing with his life as a human, a demon and a lord.
Maybe it might be stupid or seem like too much work to some, but for Lancelot, as he looked at the beautiful ice maiden who was tapping her phone rapidly...
'This life, I feel so fulfilled...'
[Did you forget that woman asked to meet in the library privately later?]
⁜ Can I ask questions from time to time... I don't want to be too annoying!
(Cute penguin Emoji) I will repay you! With sweets... or snacks!
⁜ Sure Maria. Talk later, study and eat custard properly. Don't feed it all to Mimi, okay?
(Big Smile emoji)(Sweating penguin Emoji) Hahaha, you look cute when eating cake.
(Mariadrooling.jpg)
The moment she saw the image, her mouth opened wide; standing on her tiptoes as she looked bright red with ice dancing around her body, she rushed away with a strange squeal.
Lancelot just stared quietly as Laura shook her head as Edward and Maria left while realising that, maybe, he should be more careful... as there were things that might need to be avoided.
[Don't worry, that strange girl was probably really happy...]
'Maria is cute, though; she doesn't show her personality often.'
"Just like Morgana." Lancelot suddenly commented aloud while heading back to class with Laura following him with little sounds of her feet echoing behind his.
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"Don't worry, and I will do everything it takes to keep Edward safe and to become a baron."
"!!!"
Her steps stopped while Lancelot continued into the classroom, well aware that Laura was worried about her lover but couldn't say it while he was there.