Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 293 Ariel has been hooked by Alan, and Pilemon's night visit

Alan walked towards the edge of the dojo, step by step, as the apprentices watched him.

Came in front of Ariel.

The steps stopped, and the green eyes and the dark gray pupils were connected.

Both of them looked very calm and their manners were very polite.

But this scene seemed not so normal in the eyes of the people in the Water God School, a small dojo with a strong Asura aristocratic culture.

The atmosphere was very serious just now, and everyone was facing the shameful scene of being defeated by Alice in a challenge of more than 20 people. The moment they saw Allen, more people were concerned about the "result" of Allen's return, and did not focus on the "cause" of Allen's return.

But at this moment, after the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, after seeing the current scene, everyone's attention involuntarily turned to the reason why Alan came back.

Why did Alan come back suddenly?
——I owe a debt of love.

They saw that after Allen had a brief interaction with Sylphy, the alien girl who was basically confirmed to be the other end of the love debt, he actually ran straight towards the "Princess" who they thought was just passing by. They were all stunned and showed very surprised expressions.

Soon, it turned into simple emotions like "The Chief is awesome" and "He is a role model for our generation".

His eyes were roaming back and forth between Eren, Sylphy, and Ariel.

So there is a 2.0 version of "She, He and She"? Is there someone else who will be the final winner?

What kind of a bloody plot is this? After the childhood sweetheart who has been engaged since childhood, and the pure and naive girl of a different race in the countryside, now it is the time for the battle of the capital to fight for the second princess who has always been known as the "most beautiful princess of all generations".

This is too.
Exciting, right?
For a moment, there were whispers.

But this time, Alan did not turn around to suppress the looks and words of these gossiping nobles. Instead, he put on an attitude of letting it go and looked at Ariel with interest.

Ariel's bland expression faded.

The eyes are getting brighter and brighter.

But he didn't speak.

Alan laughed.

"It feels like you have something to tell me?"

Ariel glanced indifferently at the nobles around her who all looked familiar.

Then he smiled softly, but did not directly respond to Alan's words.

".Congratulations, Alan. I'm sorry that I was blind before. You are actually the Water King, and the youngest Water King in the Water God School that has been in existence for over a hundred years. You have an amazing talent for swordsmanship."

"From what you said just now, you want to hold another commendation meeting tomorrow in front of everyone? It reminds me of the scene that happened here a few years ago."

"I still remember that you had just joined the ranks of the Water God Ryu's seniors. Although I don't know what happened in the two years since you left the capital, and why you left, I still congratulate you on returning to the Water God Ryu Dojo. From what you said just now, you want to hold another commendation ceremony in front of everyone tomorrow."

Halfway through her words, she pointedly poked the doorpost beside her.

"I was standing right here at the time. Do you still remember me?"

Alan glanced at the gym pillar next to him.

Not impressed at all.

Because there were so many people that day, she could still remember the position of Isa Luti, which was not far from where she was standing at the time.

The girl was far less reserved then than she is now, and she was literally cheering on the sidelines.

However, some of the 'old men' in the small temple brightened their eyes and said "Oh" when they heard this.

So it was at that time that the two of them hooked up?
The whispers became louder, and Dantolis, who was whispering with Isaru about whether Allen could live in his house, frowned.

He glared at the apprentices who were obviously having fun, glanced at Izuruti who had already started sharpening his knives, twitched the corner of his mouth, turned around and wanted to turn the conversation between the two of them into a conversation between many people, so as to dispel some inappropriate new rumors.

Then, Dilik stepped over and grabbed his hand!
"Are you Lord Dantolis?"

Dan Toris:?
Dilic quickly glanced at Izuluti's hand touching the knife, and silently wiped the sweat from his forehead.

I tried my best, really tried my best, and risked my life to create an opportunity for Your Highness.

he said quickly.

"Although it may be a little presumptuous, I still have an unwelcome request. May I ask if I can pay a visit to His Majesty the Water God?"

When Dantolis heard this, Leta's face turned serious.

"Well, I need to ask my grandmother for advice later."

Isaruti ignored the two of them, stroked her sword and walked towards where Alan was.

Dilic took a step forward and wanted to stop them, but then he saw Izuluti grab the hilt of the knife at his waist and immediately retracted his steps. Looking at the fake smile on the opposite side, he swallowed silently and gave up the idea. However, he had already started talking to Dantoris, so he could only continue the conversation with him.

On the other side, Alan and Ariel continued their conversation.

The former looked at the pillar beside him and thought of Isa Luti that night.

By the way, I also thought of James.

He narrowed his eyes, glanced at Isaruti who was walking towards him, and glanced at the urine mother who was trying to get closer to him in front of the nobles, trying to prove the fact that "Alan and Ariel-sama have some secrets". He smiled and spoke, but lowered his voice, leading the conversation in an inexplicable direction.

"It's time to fulfill the price of the 'borrowing period'. Didn't you say you wanted to invite me to a banquet at the palace? I promise, but not at noon, but tonight."

Ariel's expression didn't change at all after hearing this. She continued to smile and pretended not to understand.

With a teasing and ambiguous feeling.

However, he did not try to challenge Allen's bottom line again, and also lowered his voice to a level that only the two of them could hear.

"The price? Tonight? Is it the 'price' I imagined?"

Alan looked at her expressionlessly.

They stared at each other in silence for a moment.

Ariel added somewhat awkwardly.

"I mean, although I don't have as much influence in the capital as my brothers, I can still help you in many ways. You don't have to pay for it in this way. I roughly understand your intentions. This kind of help is just for convenience."

"Oh? Princess, have you understood what Senior Brother is up to? Are you so impatient that you want to fulfill this 'price' at night?"

Izuruti had already come to the two of them, looking at Ariel with a smile and a sarcastic tone.

The latter stared at Izuruti's face with a very natural expression, as if the charming question linking the price with the night did not come from her mouth.

"Ms. Isaruti seems to have misunderstood something."

Isaruti narrowed her eyes and smiled softly. "I hope so."

She turned around, hooked her hand around Alan's arm, and walked towards Dantolis's position, leaving Ariel there.

Alan's expression didn't change. He just smiled and glanced at Ariel, then let himself be pulled away by Izuruti.

"Brother, I've already told my elder brother that you can all stay at my house tonight." Izuluti said in her personal, slow and leisurely tone.

"okay."

"How about I cook tonight? I guess you haven't eaten my cooking for a long time, right?" He enunciated each word very clearly, and spoke softly and slowly.

"okay."

"So you're going to sleep in my room tonight?", the speed of speech suddenly increased! !

"Yeah, ok???"

"It seems that Brother has agreed." He became gentle again.

"Huh? No?"

The words faded away.

Ariel stood there and was watched by the apprentices for fun, but there was not a trace of anger on her face.

The two sentences that someone had just said in the gym were still echoing in her mind.

——"The same old rules as four years ago. I will be the one to take the place of the champion. I will challenge him for ten rounds and that's it."

——"It will be a banquet. Both gyms will be used as venues. You can bring your family members to watch the battle. There is no limit on the number of people."

These two sentences sound like there is nothing wrong with them.

But it is worth mentioning that Allen was the only one who held a commendation banquet for the promotion of the Suishin-ryu main dojo over the years.

This is the exception, not the norm.

But this time, the "special case" was continued again.

Not knowing that Allen's announcement in the gym that tomorrow's commendation meeting would involve a selection for the Knights of Dawn, the perverted blonde girl, the second princess of Asura, stared at Allen's back.

The blue eyes were filled with an inexplicable brilliance.

Sweep away the downward trend.

Alan Boreas Graylat, it turns out that you have been rejecting my solicitations all along.
Waiting for a price
I see. This time, the special exception was extended and the nobles were specifically allowed to bring their families to watch the battle. The fundamental reason for not limiting the number of people was.
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"You want prestige?"

At night, the sun had already set, and the remaining light in the sky had long since disappeared on the horizon of the prosperous capital of Asura.

even so.

Ariel's eyes were still sparkling with orange flames as she looked at Alan beside her with a flickering look.

The night wind blew their hair.

——It was already 19:00 at nightfall.

The charming waves were not real water waves, because the latter were clearly under the mast in front of the two people, and were being broken by the cruise ship in front of the ship's side.

The orange flames in the eyes were not real rays of light, but came from clusters of flames burning far apart on both sides of the Altier River.

Those were manors in the upper aristocratic district that were extremely far apart but as bright as day at night.

The cruise ship swayed on the river heading to the Silver Palace.

Alan turned over and leaned against the mast. He looked at the guards and maids on the deck, all of whom had obvious happy smiles on their faces. After the thrilling moment of being suddenly assassinated, the surviving guards and maids no longer had the mentality of "playing" with Ariel when they set out. The usual boring life in the capital seemed like a gift, attracting these passers-by who just wanted to get a whole night of peaceful sleep without fear.

"Yes, I want to seek reputation."

Ariel also turned her head and looked behind her. Not far away, Izoloti and Sylphy were standing together and discussing something, but both of them were looking straight at where they were.

During the day today, Ariel had been trying to find an opportunity to talk to Alan alone, but had failed every time. Until just now, Alan took the opportunity to walk to the mast while Sylphy, Izolo, and Alice were discussing arrangements for the night, and gave her such an opportunity.

There is hope
Ariel blinked.

"The 'price' you mentioned, if I'm not mistaken, is that you want me to help invite the nobles of the capital to attend the commendation banquet tomorrow afternoon in my name."

Ariel teased with a smile, her posture relaxed.

"But this is too unfair, isn't it, Alan? You want to hold another commendation party, which means that you have always wanted to participate in the battle for the crown prince. Now that I think about it, there were already signs. The expression you gave Lord James at the commendation banquet was a little inappropriate."

"Conflict between father and son? Unwilling to be inferior to others? Or is it an internal struggle within the Boreas family?"

"I am not very sure."

"But what can be confirmed is that you left the capital as a water saint, and returned to the capital as the youngest water king in the Water God School in the past hundred years, in order to use this commendation banquet to announce your existence to the capital."

"To show your rarity so you can get more."

"Doesn't this mean that I have to use my own hands to push you towards my two brothers?"

When there were only two of them in the conversation, Ariel omitted the honorifics and deliberately shortened the distance between them.

"That's fair." Alan responded rather unromanticly.

Ariel's expression froze, and she looked a little helpless.

She is very good at using words that break the safe distance to narrow the distance between two people, and then using words to induce them to achieve their goals.

But Allen remained unmoved from beginning to end.

This made her feel frustrated and confused from time to time.

However, his words were very sincere.

"Don't be so cold. I just want to say that there is no need to use the term 'price'. This is just a trivial favor. I am happy to help you, even if..."

She tilted her head to look at Alan and smoothed her hair that was messed up by the river breeze.

"It doesn't matter if you don't choose my side in the end. I just sincerely want to help you."

This posture made Sylphy, who was secretly observing not far away, show a cute expression with her mouth open, and Izolo's fists became hard.

Alan smiled and shook his head.

"If you are so sincere, you don't have to stand here and say such things to me at this time, right?"

Ariel's face was stunned and she suddenly became anxious.

But Allen waved his hand, interrupting her attempt to refute.

"Don't worry. You've been sincere to me now only because you have no choice. But when you really have a choice, things may change."

Ariel looked a little confused after hearing this.

Alan smiled brightly.

Literally.

Because in the time it took to say these few words, the boatman under the crowd, by paddling hard, had already gotten rid of the long area of upper nobles behind him.

Even at night, the brightly lit silver palace still caught everyone's eyes. A long row of bright lights on the top of the city wall and on the walls shone on everyone's faces, making the Tyrtis River at night as bright as day.

The boat passed through the city gate in silence, moved forward along the river, and cut through the waves beside the shining mansions.

Soon, they arrived outside Ariel's mansion.

The garden-style mansion was also brightly lit.

Even the small pier next to the princess's mansion was bustling with people.

It’s so lively.

However, Ariel had a look of obvious surprise on her face.

Because, the figures on the dock.

A bit too much.

Just as she was looking at the dock, a smiling voice came from the side.

"Why do I want to be famous? Because 'following' raises 'value'. When there are enough 'following' around you, your 'value' becomes more obvious. This does not depend on yourself, but on the competitive mentality brought by following the crowd."

"As long as the 'cluster' is large and strong enough."

"You become more and more valuable."

Ariel turned to look at Alan in a daze.

The latter stretched out his index finger and circled around himself, Isaruti, and others.

Pointed at Ariel.

"It's night time now, and the news from Flowfall City has spread back. The news that I was with you in the gym during the day has also spread."

“Some plausible facts have been established.”

"Your 'cluster' is by your side now."

"You are naturally a rare commodity."

The noise in the distance gradually became clearer.

clear.

It reached the ears of the two people.