The irregulars
Chapter 41
The Valiant Knight Claris swung her Sword, with her firm Blue eyes that perfectly Followed the Swung of the sword from her Knightly opponent, she dodged with only a bit of her deep blue Hair were cut.
She took the chance to strike, with her new strength, her Blade moves more stronger and faster enough to break irons.
as the Blade was about to hit the opponents shoulder armor, yet a sudden burst from the door, with a soothing voice calling out her Name.
"Claris!!!" She heard, it was Rein's voice non-other.
The tip of her sword stopped and only grazed the opponents armor, yet it's shockwave was enough to left the Knightly opponent staggering.
"R-rein!" She greeted, seeing Rein rushing, she asked. "What happened Rein?" Out of her Concerns.
"Look, this on is for you" Rein Handed the other pair of the bracelets.
"Ehhh?!!! But Rein! Isn't this expensive" surprised from the sudden gift, she blushed.
"Just take it, you helped me many times, i should repay it Claris"
Seeing rein's sweet forceful face, she had no choice but to take the gift.
as Claris wore the bonds of fortitude bracelet, she felt a rushing vitality in her body.
"T-this is awesome, with this i can train more harder" she said, Rein was surprised, his gift had made her work more harder.
"by the way Rein!?" she asked, lowering her voice.
"What is it?"
"u-um it may be Greedy of me but... do you have time?"
"well... yeah i do" Rein responded Naturally, planning to make time for Claris.
"then can you train with me?!"
".... oh i get it! you wanted to know more about Life energy right?... im sorry i can't help you much, but we can learn it together"
*Giggles* "that will do" Said Claris, smiling purely at Rein, as Rein smiled back at her.
As they are both standing on a training area, all the knights present fell silent, as if they were watching in a theater, sooner the two snapped out of their own world and got embarrassed, turning Red in front of the crowd.
*That Gen! how dare he told Rein about my Feeling's, now this is getting awkward!*
*Now what am i gonna do Gen?!* Rein asked in his thoughts as nervousness took his composure.
there the two stood on the middle of a training ground, facing each-other self-consciously.
"t-then lets go Rein" said Claris, rushing her walk out of the room.
"Y-yeah ah wait Clarisss!" Rein who got left behind by the dashing hopeless knight, tried to chase her behind.
meanwhile, as Claude casually walked out through the royal palace, as he stepped outside, a blonde chubby noble man came, reaching out his hand to Claude with letter with his household seal.
"You are sir Claude perhaps? i am Viscount Darl al Phirso, i would like to invite you to a formal greeting in my mansion"
"*a formal invitation huh, for now i just follow and see if i gain something*"
"i accept your invitation, when is the meeting time?"
"if you're free, i would like for it to be in this moment, my carriage is waiting"
"Let's go" said Claude in cold, precise and firm tone.
"*what's with this kid? his behavior, as if a military commander*" Darl guided Claude to his carriage.
as they were riding in the carriage, Darl asked.
"mister Claude, i heard you're quite talented for spiritual arts"
"I guess so"
"our family has produced Great spiritualist talents for generations, if you like, i could invite you to join my bloodline"
"i deny"
Claude was wary from the very beginning, henceforth his Gaze with his 'Appraisal' ability was activated.
"*..... i see he got a handful of spiritual spells... but his energy is weak, i think i know why he is talking about bloodline, for now let's confirm*"
a few moment's later, they arrived to the mansion.
"*The place is clean, everything is proper, there's no sign of poverty*" Claude scanned the area, and he meet's a young boy with a female child watching them with a hint of fear and unease.
Claude appraised and saw his status, the young boy has no talent, and so the child.
"Those are my children's, the eldest sister is above"
Claude felt unease
as they arrived at the 3rd floor of the mansion, they sat together for a dine prepared by 2 maids who's tending their needs.
"now let's begin mister Claude, i would like to offer various spiritual items along with support, in exchange i also need your support"
"*it sounds simple, however deep in that, its just greed, also i have lot's of question's first*"
"firstly, i like to ask a few things"
"yes, i hear it"
"why do you choose me? based on my observation, this kingdom has a lot of great spirit users"
"easy, they are just gathering to those who is stronger out of greed and fame, and i who is now close to ruin thanks to my children are out of league"
"*or it could be you have a bad relation's*"
"my wife died a few years ago, which makes me more pitiful"
"Marele, come here" Darl called out his elder daughter.
the pale young lady with blond hair with gray eyes has entered, carrying a scroll.
"this is my eldest daughter, among my children she is the only one with talent"
Claude appraised, her talents were average, his energy has the same amount of her father.
she handed the scroll to Claude, as he read's the scroll was a contract that only need's his signature and a bit of blood to be engraved.
"this is?"
"It's a contract, for you to get my supports"
"I see" Claude answered.
"*hahaha, just wait no damned people for mocking, sooner this kid will join my lineage along with my daughter, and revive the Phirso family, i just need a bit some time to get close to this kid's hearth, i can see it, his excellent power, they say this kid were originally from an outside village, bwahaha he will surely accept this*"
Darl smiled he felt joy as if his suffering is coming to an end.
"*just accept it brat!, among nobles, your talent's is great enough for me to accept an uneducated kid, then you will take all my burden's on your shoulder hahaha, your authority will be mine as your father bwhahahaha*"
"I refuse"
"What?!"
"Bye"
"Wait kid, you're not going anywhere!" Darl trew a punch, annoyed from the fact that he is at his lowest and none dared to help him and even got rejected by Claude who was uneducated in his mind.
*Smack! The punch hit Claude's cheeks, however.
"*Weak, is it because from the experience I get from all the life and death i been through?*"
"Your punch is weak"
"Shut up brat! Alright! I was having it easy on you, but now I will use my power!"
Darl's right hand flared.
"A few burns will teach you right? Bwahahahaha!"
The flame got concentrated aiming at Claude.
However within a blink of an eyes, Darl's spiritual arts was penetrated by Claude's
Claude took the flame from a candle and concentrated it enough to the point it became a laser.
The laser penetrated through Darl's spell, his right shoulder and the walls from behind, leaving Darl injured with a few burns, left groaning from pain.
"I have no need for people that can't think properly" said Claude as he walks away.
Darl who felt a great humiliation, decided to throw tantrums to his children until he decided to shift the plan.
"Ahh! i don't care anymore! be it spirit or magic! i need authority!"
"right, there's still two more left, if i'm right his name is Gen right? i need to take him as a hostage and power, then that Claude brat will follow me"
"F-father... please stop"
"Shut up Marele! if only you were born a man! our family name and history will be erased! if only your younger brother has talent!"
in rage, Darl punched his Daughter on the stomach.
Marele coughed, blood came out from her mouth. despite the fear, her little siblings came for her in which they also took the rage from their father
"my my, i followed Claude out of curiosity, yet i see something terrible" a deep voice came out from nowhere.
"W-whos there?!"
"hmmm... i am the harbinger of revenge and vengeance who lives from the vengeful hearth of people"
"*you're just having fun Gen*" Sylvara whispered playfully.
"*hehe just let me be*"
"I don't care who you are but you need to be killed"
"ohhh if that's something you can do, try it... but it's too late". Gen chanted his spell "Shadow bind" bounding Darl's movement's
"argh damn it!" Darl screamed in madness.
"due to your slothful blood your ancestor's glory will be forgotten, full from the mockery of your former competitors, you felt frustration and made a child to bear your problem while having the authority, however your wife only gave birth to one boy who's talentless, and two girls who cannot lead your family, you drowned in madness, all you wanted is revenge, yet why, why are things going wrong?" Gen stopped walking out from the shadow with a mask he bought somewhere.
"and then, out of anger you released it all to your family, calling them incompetent and drove your wife to her death, pathetic"
"do you know who's fault is this? it's yours, if only you tried to do your best instead of pushing your responsibility and duty to others, trash fool"
"H-how can you know!" Darl screamed in anger.
"simple, just by staring at a person like you and your surroundings"
"don't joke with me! you don't know a single thing!"
"I don't need to know, it's more like i don't want to because it's certain, your sin"
suddenly knight's came. "this is the knight's of Mistia, the house of Phirso is under suspension of murder attempt!"
"Murder attempt? ohh it's Claude, he's really fast to decide and move, probably he told it to the knight order right away, but i wonder how did he get evidence?, anyway bye, it seems you get arrested for a murder attempt to Claude"
"w-what! who are you?"
"me? hmm... call me Haze" after saying his name deeply, Gen disappeared within the shadows.
as Gen moved through the shadows, Sylvara asked.
"Hey Gen, there's something I wanna ask"
"What is it?"
"You made a blood pact with me an S rank demon in human ranking, and I know the reasons why, however I may take your soul away you know"
"Ohhh, then you have to rival Runa first, she wants to take my soul too"
"I'm not joking Gen"
"Hehe, And so I am"
"anyway, how's your allies?" Gen asked.
"They're fine, I contacted them, as you planned Genny"
"Okay, now let them come to me"