The Heroines Who Have Regressed Are Obsessed Again

13 – The Arena (Interlude)

Eve, suddenly bursting into laughter by herself. Seeing her, I was taken aback. ‘Could she also be a saintess?’

-That’s unlikely, Master.

If what their lance said was true, wouldn’t I be hearing rather licentious moans instead of that hearty laughter? It probably has more to do with the duel than any masochism.

Just as I was thinking about this.

“Please, focus on me.”

Breathing heavily, she had somehow closed the distance and was now in front of me.

And then.

-Whoosh!

She whirled her sharp blade with hard-to-follow speed.

I, just barely deflecting her sword strike, took a deep breath.

“Huff!”

Mimicking her, I unfurled the same swordsmanship.

Suddenly,

“?!”

Her eyes widened in surprise.

She hadn’t anticipated that I would reveal the same sword dance.

‘I’m not always on the run you know.’

While she seemed to have grown quite a bit in the last year, I too have trained continuously.

I would be abducted if I didn’t do so!

-Crack!

In the end, unable to avoid it, she blocked my sword attack and retreated.

Simultaneously,

“Argh!”

A shallow groan slipped out from her mouth.

‘She must be getting tired.’

No matter how tough she is, it’s natural to feel tired after constantly dealing with spearman’s indirect attacks.

I needed to press the attack before she regains her senses.

-Master, this is your chance!

Spearman, having the same thought, shouted the command to attack.

Without an ounce of hesitation, I lunged forward.

Immediately, I poured an assault towards her head, shoulder and knee.

“hahahahaha!”

She blocked Spearman’s attack as if it was the happiest thing in the world.

Even whilst my curses were inflicted on her, delight filled her face during our confrontation.

By this point, a plausible suspicion arose, ‘Isn’t it just that Spearman isn’t casting any curses?

‘Spearman, if you don’t honestly tell me, I won’t groom you. Are you not using the curse right now?’

-Master, no! It’s unfair! Don’t you see how laboriously I am working?!

Jukchang responds with a wronged voice in the world. Seeing that there’s no falsehood in her words, she must be really trying hard. ‘No, but why do you laugh the more you get hit?!’

-I, I don’t know, Master.

Even Jukchang is bewildered. I was startled and pressed on more fiercely. The next moment,

“Heehee!”

She made a mixture of laughter and groan. But was it effective? It seems her movements have been noticeably shaking. I swung Jukchang horizontally toward her again.

-Bang!

She’s reeling from the hit of Jukchang. However, despite her apparently exhausted state, her eyes were more drenched in madness than before.

‘Damn. Is this a correct move that I’m doing right now? Isn’t it?’

-Well, probably, Master.

Jukchang does not confirm my question.

I am certainly preventing her from wearing an invisible raincoat, let alone me pressing her right now. Still,

-Blubber!

“Heeheehee!”

Isn’t she still laughing while soaked in madness!

‘It can’t be. I didn’t want to use this.’

Having sorted my thoughts, I infused power into Jukchang this time. Then,

-Huh?

Jukchang, shaking and letting out a strange noise.

Apparently, after experiencing my power after such a long time, I seem to be in quite a good mood.

“This kid really has lost her mind.”

– If the owner experiences this, they’ll be the same, too.

With great effort, I pretended not to hear Chookjang’s words and took aim at her bowl.

At the same moment,

“?!”

She flinches in surprise, her eyes wide open, and avoids the blow.

However, this gives me a brief moment of opportunity.

“Chook…Get yourself together! Don’t die!”,

I forcefully swung my attack mid-trajectory, like a baseball player hitting a home run.

Then,

“Kyaheueuk!”

She faints exactly as she was, quivering with a blissful smile on her face.

***

Eve, who had fainted soon after being hit by Chookjang.

It’s definitely desirable to shake after a normal hit from Chookjang.

‘Crazy woman.’

– Master. I’m scared.

She was unconscious, with the happiest smile in the world.

Even Chookjang being scared was not an exaggeration.

‘Both the saintess and her, why do they both like being hit by Chookjang so much?’

– It somehow feels like a defeat, master.

‘Indeed, it doesn’t feel like a proper win.’

That’s when I was agreeing with Chookjang’s opinion.

“Yes, the winner of this round is none other than guest number 3!” The voice of Walker, the master of the Underworld Guild, pronouncing the victory. Thus, the battle with Eve came to its end.

***

Meanwhile, at the same time. There were other Yanderes who had secretly participated in the auction. One of them was no other than Senna.

‘That man looks just like the Professor.’ Senna, spying disguised as a spectator. The reason she, who was to become the holy maiden, had come here was the same as other women – to acquire the necklace of slavery. Of course.

‘There’s also the matter of stopping the Demon King’s terror, but that’s not as important.’

That’s secondary.

Frankly, even if the terror wasn’t stopped right now, it wouldn’t really matter.

After all, most of the people who came here were annoying individuals who wouldn’t care even if they died.

Anyways.

‘Why is the Professor here though?’

It was a strange sight seeing the kindest man among all nobles in such in such a dreadful place. As she puzzled over it, a hypothesis brushed through her mind.

‘By any chance… is he here to stop the Demon King’s terror?’

That could definitely be a possibility.

Had he not moved to catch the instigator of terror during the class he previously attended? Even in such a weakened state, due to regression.

“So let’s quickly fulfill our goal and help the professor,” Senna, who seemed to have misunderstood something, wore a grave expression.

She didn’t even know that the truth is, he was trying to steal something by using the terror event!

***

Everything before her was pitch black.

Although her instinct insisted she shouldn’t rise yet, she had to open her eyes, immediately.

If not, their dance would never end.

Having quickly gathered her thoughts, she popped her eyes open.

And then…

“Ahhh…”

Unexpectedly, a stranger’s ceiling was in view.

She must have fallen unconscious after taking the final blow from him.

She let out a shallow gasp and lifted her upper body.

-Swish! Swish!

Just as she thought, the criminals trembling all around her came into view.

No doubt about it, they were beaten by Eli.

There was no other reason for them to be mumbling like mental patients otherwise.

The moment Eve was sure of it…

“Did you wake up? Guest number 1.”

A walker approached her.

Eve nodded and replied,

“Yes, I did.”

“Well then. It’s a shame. If it weren’t for guest number 3, you would have won.”

Just as he said, if it weren’t for Eli, it would have been certain for her to win.

No matter how tough the criminals and nobles that were brought in as representatives, defeating her now was nearly impossible.

“Only someone of the house head’s level or perhaps a knight commander could do it.”

Eve thought this as she slowly opened her mouth.

“It doesn’t matter. I’m still satisfied.”

“Hmm. I see.”

“But just in case, who won?”

“Obviously guest number 3 did.”

“I see….”

It doesn’t really matter if Elick obtained the invisible cloak.

Though she had intended to get it to secretly watch him…. Ahem. There was also that.

‘Perhaps I stepped up to prevent other nobles from getting it.’

The invisible cloak is a perfect item for committing a crime.

So, she must also have participated to not let the participating nobles take it away.

‘It wouldn’t matter if Elick took it.’

Even though he pretends to not care outwardly, he secretly has a kind side.

He wouldn’t use it for bad.

Just when Eve makes a satisfied smile.

“Guest number 1, the auction will start soon. What will you do?”

Walker asks with a respectful voice.

Eve’s other objective is none other than the necklace of servitude.

Therefore,

“Of course, I will participate.”

I will definitely participate in the auction.

***

Meanwhile,

The winner of this gambling game, I was looking at an invisible cloak.

‘Hmm. It looks more ordinary than I thought.’

I thought the invisible cloak would be white, but contrary to my expectation, it was just coated in ordinary black.

While I was admiring the invisible cloak,

-She looks worse than me, master!

An envious spear exuding jealousy.

Seeing it’s jealous of an object confirms the fact that it’s a weapon.

‘Originally, can’t you change your appearance freely?’

-Therefore, she looks worse than me, since I can change into something cool and pretty, Ahem!

‘Yes. You are great.’

-Thank you for the compliment, Master!

Spear didn’t realize my sarcasm and thanked me.

Sigh. When will that spear grow up?

-Anyway, Master, are you okay? Didn’t you push yourself a little towards the end?’

Then, Spear asked me in a worried voice.

It seems to have read my feelings or has grown up already.

‘Well, my magic power and body are tired, but thanks to your healing, I feel a lot better.’

-Hmph! As expected of me!

‘By the way, why are you suddenly worried about me?’

-“Of course. If my master dies, who will take care of me?”

“Trusting this brat to understand this was my mistake.”

-“Hmm? I feel like my master just said something negative about me.”

“It must be a misunderstanding. Anyway.”

“I need to consider the upcoming auctionhouse.”

“It’s about to start soon, but the Demon King’s army is likely to cause terror.”

“Therefore, there’s almost no expectation that the auction will go smoothly.

“In this case, I’ll need to use my invisibility cloak during the terror.”

My original plan was to get the items in the auctionhouse while defeating the Demon King’s army, but it’s pointless.

“With only an invisibility cloak, wouldn’t it be possible to secretly steal items in a chaotic situation?

“This is all thanks to the invisibility cloak!”

-“Praising other items instead of me!”

Ignorantly disregarding the spear’s outcry, I just waited for the auction to start.

About an hour later from that point.

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“Yes! The auction our guests have been waiting for will begin soon! Everyone, please take your seats in the designated areas!” Finally, the long-awaited auction began.

That day, I realized once again.

The world does not flow as I think!