Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

111. We still have the next year

Among the student knights who have participated in the Seven Star Sword Festival over the years, the lowest-ranked F-class knight is [Uncrowned Sword King] Kurogane Ikki.

He only had this title in the past few months. Before that, he was just a repeater known as the "Failed Knight". It was not until he won twenty consecutive victories in the Seven Star Sword Martial Arts Competition of Pojun Academy that his reputation gradually became known.

This was certainly not due to luck. After all, the video of every qualifying match would be uploaded to the official website of Pojun Academy, and anyone could see him fighting. And anyone with a bit of vision could be sure that his victory was totally unfounded!

Not to mention that he even advanced all the way to the third round of the Seven Stars Swordsmanship Festival. In short, it can't be that all the contestants of the Seven Stars Swordsmanship Festival are fake, right?

Therefore, the strength of the [Uncrowned Sword King] is genuine, and this is a fact that anyone who has watched the game can understand.

But even so, on the road to the top of the Seven Stars, the [Uncrowned Sword King] could not make it to the end.

But no one would question his strength because of this, it was just that the opponent he faced was too strong.

"The reason for Black Iron's defeat is their compatibility."

In the VIP seats after the third match, Sieg, who had already withdrawn his gaze, said so.

"Although I have never fought him, it seems that his trump card is a decisive battle move that uses all his strength in a short period of time to explosively increase his physical ability and magic power in one go. He was able to survive the hail of bullets and cruise missiles because of the magic power increase brought by this move, which allowed him to use magic power for defense."

"But on the other hand, because the duration of this move is too short, he will definitely lose if he delays for too long. That crazy painter did the right thing. He used the fake me and Kurogane himself to delay a lot of time."

"If Sarah's move wasn't so excessive, or if Kuroki used his full strength before Sarah got serious, he would have won."

Hearing what Sieg said, Moon Shadow Membrane opened his eyes slightly and said in surprise: "You are calmer than I thought. You participated in this tournament to fight him, right? Now that he has lost, you can't compete with him in the finals."

"Yes, so for me, this tournament has lost its meaning. Tomorrow's match with Stella is the last thing worth caring about. I will give up the final."

Sieg leaned back on the sofa, speaking rather helplessly.

"Cheer up, Prime Minister. Your dream has come true. Now only people from Akatsuki Academy are left in Area C and Area D. You have definitely won the Seven Stars Sword Festival."

After saying that, Zieg stood up and turned to leave the VIP seat.

Seeing this, Yueying Moya immediately stood up and said, "You haven't answered my question yet, Sieg-san."

"Hmm? Oh, the Roaring Blood Clan?"

Zigg paused for a moment, then tilted his head slightly and smiled, "You'll know soon. Before that, I have to finish what I want to do."

boom!

The door to the VIP seats was shut by Sieg with considerable force.

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In the blue team's player lounge.

Although the game was over, Sarah still stayed here, and Arisuin Nagi did not leave either. After all, the stage was still under repair because of Sarah's misbehavior, and the next game would not start for at least half an hour.

"Alice... did you say I used my full strength?"

Lying weakly on the table, Sarah suddenly asked this question.

Arisuin Nagi was silent for a moment: "Well... I'm not sure either. After all, you are the one who knows best whether you have used your full strength, right?"

"Lily, do you feel like you've given it your all?"

"...幀...I don't know."

Sarah thought back to her battle with Kurogane Ikki.

"I drew him very seriously. In order to defeat the Uncrowned Sword King, I drew the Flame Beast very seriously. I drew him...but why did he..."

The thing he drew did not obey his orders at all, and instead committed suicide on its own.

Sarah had never been in this situation before.

"Isn't it because he is so special in your heart?" Arisuin Nagi said, "Because he is the model you always dreamed of, and because he exists like that in your imagination, you can draw him so realistically. If you change the definition of "full effort", then I think you have used your full strength as a "painter"."

Did you give it your all as a painter?

Were the two paintings of Siegfried Fehr committing suicide the result of her putting all her effort into the painting?

Sarah recalled the two paintings, but no matter how hard she tried, the two paintings were extremely vague in her mind.

"No...I didn't draw with all my strength."

"Eh?"

"I don't know him well enough... I'm not familiar with him enough... I haven't touched his body, I haven't seen every corner of him... What I drew is just [what I think of Ziegfeld], not [the real Ziegfeld]."

Sarah covered her eyes. “I drew that… it wasn’t him.”

"Is that so... Then I must draw the real him next time." Arisuin Nagi smiled and touched Sarah's head. "Although I don't know if Sieg-san is still willing to meet you after this, I don't think you are the kind of person who would give up because of something like this."

814 The Thirty-year-old Kirin

“So, keep working harder next time.”

"Alice..."

"I say, could you two not make decisions on this sort of thing on your own?"

Suddenly, without a sound, Sieg's voice broke the atmosphere between the two.

At some point, Sieg was already standing at the door of the blue team's player lounge, with a look of disgust on his face.

Sarah raised her body slightly: "What...what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see how you're doing." Sieg walked up to her, "Arisuin, you go out first."

"Ah, but I feel like you're here to settle accounts with Lily." Arisuin Nagi stood up with a fake smile, "Well, Lily just broke an important agreement between you and Kurogane-san, so it's not strange that you're here to settle accounts with her."

Want to settle the score?

Sieg glanced at Sarah and said, "...I'm not that willful. She didn't use any tricks and defeated Kurotsuchi in a fair and square manner. I have no reason to retaliate against her. To do so would be unreasonable."

"It's just that Black Iron is not strong enough this time. After all, he is the one. He will definitely continue to work hard to improve himself in the future."

"Anyway, he and I still have the next one [next year]."

Next one [next year].

Hearing what Sieg said, the alertness on Arisuin Nagi's face slowly disappeared: "Is that so... Well then, I'll leave this space to you. Hey~~~ This is my player lounge."

Having said that, Arisuin Nagi walked out decisively.

In the contestant lounge where only Zig and Sarah were left, Zig pulled a chair and sat down in front of her:

"Sarah Labdelily, tell me - do you still have attachment to this world?"

112. You belong to me

The sudden question made Sarah freeze in place for a moment.

[Do you still have attachment to this world? ]

What is the problem?

Are you asking her if she wants to die?

"Arisuin Nagi told me something about you yesterday."

Just when she was confused, Sieg gave an explanation first.

"He said that you no longer need to provide funding for the rebels' paintings, and after you regain your freedom, he hopes that I can protect you. Although I don't know why he trusts me so much, he did ask me to do so."

"I didn't agree at the time. After all, I didn't want to bring a burden with me, nor did I want to bring a nymphomaniac who had other intentions towards me. But after watching your game, I would like to ask for your opinion before giving my answer."

After Sarah regains her freedom, she will be hunted down by the rebels.

At first, Sieg didn't understand why Arisuin Nagi thought this way, but after today's game, Sieg completely understood.

Sarah is definitely not just a painter, but also a terrifying fighting force that can form an army by herself. If she fights seriously, she can easily make the rebel army have terrifying fighting power.

Her abilities are worth the rebels' efforts to win her over.

This is probably the reason why the rebels have been holding her captive. Even if Sarah doesn't want to fight at all and just wants to paint, the rebels don't want to release such a potential and terrifying fighting force to the Alliance and the Allies.

"...Are you attracted to my abilities?"

"You can understand it this way. I won't use too nice words to hide my thoughts. After all, judging from your ability, you can indeed help me in many ways." Zieg said frankly, "Also... I will consider letting me be a nude model later."

"Then I'm fine."

Sarah agreed immediately: "As long as you can be my model, I don't mind giving you my life. You can kill me after completing Messiah."

"...Why did you assume that you would die?"

"Isn't it? Didn't you ask me if I still have attachment to this world?" Sarah asked back, "If I have to say, it seems that I don't. For me, as long as I can paint, that's enough. After all, human life is short, but there are so many things I want to paint, so many that I can't finish painting even if I paint one picture in one second..."

"But if I can only finish one painting before I die, I want to finish my father's legacy no matter what."

This was Sarah's only wish.

After hearing her say this, Zieger also said: "So, I can understand it this way - as long as I can let you continue to paint and complete your father's legacy, then you are willing to let me do whatever I want? You don't have any attachment to this world?"

"Well, you could say that."

"I see."

Zieg held out his hand to Sarah. "From now on, you belong to me. I won't be your nude model yet, but I'll consider it once our relationship gets a little further."

"..."

Sarah hesitated as she looked at the hand that Zieg had stretched out in front of her.

To be honest, even if she didn't know much about this, she instinctively sensed that something was wrong. How come Sieg, who was so resistant to her before, suddenly changed his mind just after watching a game?

However, compared with this insignificant suspicious point, Sarah really wanted Sieg to be her model.

therefore--

"I see."

Sarah directly held Zig's hand and said, "For me, it's just a change of place to paint. I don't care how you treat me."

"Is that so? Then please go to sleep for a while."

Pulling Sarah into his arms, Zig tapped her neck lightly, knocking her unconscious.

Then...

(Miss Brunhilde, thank you for your help.)

[As you command, Lord Sieg]

Along with the response in her mind, a special magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground under Sarah's feet. After a flash of light, Sarah disappeared along with the magic circle.

(Is this okay? I don’t know if this is right or wrong…)

The place Sarah went to was naturally the Crest. When it came to a place that could protect her 100%, that was the only place Sieg could think of.

Although everyone on the Crainsheed had their own tasks under his instructions, they were not so busy that they could not take care of even one person.

(Then the next step is——)

"Eh? Why can't you let me in, Alice? Just let me in~~~~"

Suddenly, a young man's voice was heard outside the door.

Arisuin Nagi's rejection was also heard: "No, Amane-chan, someone is talking to Sarah inside, please wait a moment."

"But I want to meet Sarah right now."

"Don't make things difficult for me~~~"

It clearly sounded like two men were talking outside, but from the tone of their voices it sounded like two girls were talking.

Sieg stood up, opened the door and walked out.

Outside the door, besides Arisuin Nagi, there was also a boy who looked so cute that people might even mistake him for a girl.

"Shinomiya Tianyin?"

"Ah? It's Sieg-san!"

Seeing Sieg, the boy named Shinomiya Tianyin immediately showed a look of joy: "That's right, since Ikki lost, you will definitely come!"