Chapter 638 : Lianlora's Relic Competition

"Felyn, I... want to go back to the school to practice now... and go to the Dungeon tomorrow during the day," Adelina said in a small voice.

The best way to relieve anxiety is to take action.

Now that the final stage of the relic competition had been entered, Lianlora would only appear at night.

Adelina wanted to return to the school now to organize her equipment and supplies, then go to the Dungeon to practice during the day, only returning at night.

Every moment of practice counted.

"Are you planning to go alone?"

Adelina tied her hair into a high ponytail with a blue hair tie, revealing her fair neck. "Mhm."

Adelina didn't want to drag Felyn, Viloti, and the others into her desire for victory.

She wanted to win, but she didn't want to implicate others.

"You mean, you'll practice during the day, and at night, you'll wait for news of Lianlora while continuing to practice at the school?"

"Mhm," Adelina nodded.

"Don't you need to sleep?"

"I only need about four hours of sleep a day, and I usually spend five minutes eating. That's how I got through exams before," Adelina said, speaking of heavy matters with a light tone.

What's more terrifying than a genius is a genius who is also exceptionally talented at working hard.

"I don't want to lose. I want to win the Hero's Festival, so... I also want to compete for the Hero's Sword."

Adelina told Felyn her thoughts. "Felyn, you guys don't have to mind me. I know this seems like a fantasy to others. I never thought I could get the Hero's Sword today either. I just want to try. With it, winning the Hero's Festival will be much easier."

"And, even if I don't get the Hero's Sword, if I start training hard now, I can still help you at the Hero's Festival."

Adelina glanced at Felyn, memorizing his appearance, and immediately prepared to walk out of the manor.

She wouldn't be able to see Felyn for a while.

And tonight, Felyn was staying over at Viloti's house.

The only failure in my life was brought by Viloti, and now it seems I've lost to Viloti again.

Between protecting Felyn and obtaining Felyn, Adelina chose to protect Felyn.

"Oof..."

Adelina, lost in thought, was suddenly tapped on the head by Felyn's hand. The young lady of the Claude family's shoulders trembled slightly.

"I'll go with you," Felyn said, taking Adelina's hand. "But don't go tonight. I'll go with you tomorrow during the day."

"But this is a goal I set for myself. You don't have to come with me, Felyn."

"Don't be silly." Felyn pulled Adelina to his side. The young lady, suddenly pulled like this, was a bit unsteady on her feet and fell into Felyn's arms.

When her grayish-blue eyes looked up, the sun had completely set.

But in the sky were her own pair of eyes, illuminating her world.

"I know you don't want to lose. You held a grudge for several years because of that incident with Viloti. If you lose to Dorothy, you might hold onto it for several more years."

Adelina let out a sound and shrank into Felyn's embrace, embarrassed by her past actions.

"So, I'll help you. Help you achieve what you want, help you obtain victory, help you remain undefeated."

"Felyn..."

"Although I might not be of much help, just like that night with the school festival budget..."

Adelina looked up at Felyn's face.

Her hand slowly rose, covering the side of Felyn's face.

Their foreheads touched, and her rose-colored hair enveloped Felyn.

Their noses touched, and their breaths merged into one.

Felyn had never smelled Adelina's fragrance from so close, nor had he ever felt her scorching passion so intimately.

Adelina's body was very warm, making one unwilling to let go.

Adelina was also very comfortable to hug. His fingertips sank into the soft flesh of her waist, gently enveloped.

"Felyn... I... I..."

Her lips were so close. Just a slight dip of his head, and they would touch.

Her rosy lips were tinged with the color of anticipation and desire, looking delectable, making one want to take a gentle bite.

Just at this moment, Adelina suddenly felt a rapid vibration from her embrace.

The detection art seal was making a sound.

Lianlora had appeared in the Royal Capital.

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After leaving Adelina's gentle embrace, Felyn immediately ran towards the church.

The three young ladies and Felyn all stood in the church's transfer device, waiting for the art seal to activate.

Zervanie stared at Adelina beside her for a long time. "Adelina, you've been blushing for ten minutes. What did you and Felyn do just now?!"

"N-Nothing."

"You're even stuttering. That's even more suspicious! You didn't sneak off just now, did you? Did you and Felyn go into the woods and do something?"

"Of course not! Stop asking, Zervanie."

She definitely, definitely snuck off!

Zervanie stomped her foot in anger.

While transferring, Felyn also sent a message to Eitani.

He had to keep his promise to the Demon King's daughter, otherwise she would definitely cause a scene again.

The four of them used a nearby transfer art seal device to arrive at the church closest to Lianlora, then immediately rushed towards her position.

Once the battle started, the guards would be coming.

The relic Felyn was preparing to snatch now was not the Hero's Sword, but the relic the Claude family had discovered before.

Therefore, there weren't that many people competing for it.

The group's location was already far from the center of the Royal Capital District, having arrived in a mountainous area almost at the edge of the district.

"I think the place where we bathed before was around here," Felyn said.

"Mhm!" Zervanie nodded. "After the battle is over, let's all take a bath together... Mmph mmph mmph!"

Felyn tightly covered Zervanie's mouth. The songstress's eyes widened as she struggled in the air.

"Don't say things like that! If you say it, today's battle will definitely not be simple."

But it was too late. Zervanie had already said it.

Thanks to the detection art seal, Felyn and the others quickly found Lianlora's location, right in a patch of woods.

She was holding a small box, very similar to the box containing underwear that Felyn had taken from Eitani's room.

Lianlora, not yet discovered, was squatting on the ground, curiously poking at ants with her finger.

"Is anyone around?"

Zervanie's divine art unfolded, covering a distance of several hundred meters in an instant.

"No."

"Moonlit Sanctum" originally couldn't be used as a detection-type divine art. Only someone with a special constitution like Zervanie could use the very hard-to-obtain divine affinity for detection.

This was very extravagant.

After Zervanie's divine art unfolded, Lianlora looked up in a panic and discovered Felyn's group of four.

She hugged the box tightly, got up, and prepared to flee.

"Viloti, directly attack her escape route!"

"Mhm."

Viloti didn't hesitate at all. The crimson divine chains burst forth with a dazzling light.

Felyn's "Final Praise" smashed towards Lianlora, while Viloti's "Final Praise" landed on her likely escape route.

"BOOM—!"

The violent explosion set off a terrifying shockwave. The earth cracked, and smoke and dust shot into the sky.

In the split second before the explosion, Lianlora's petite figure shifted sideways, dodging Felyn's "Final Praise."

Despite this, the powerful shockwave still sent her tumbling in the air, landing messily on the ground.

The moment she fell and was controlled, the rose was unsheathed.

Under the boost of Zervanie's Tier 5 art seal, Adelina rapidly closed the distance with Lianlora.

Her rose-tea colored hair flowed in the air, the friction between her saber and its sheath creating a heart-pounding sound.

Her vision began to narrow, and Lianlora's figure became clearer and clearer.

Lianlora wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, then she opened her mouth and took a deep breath.

Her child-like body leaped into the air, her leg raised to draw a perfect arc.

She turned and kicked viciously towards Adelina with her heel.

"Thud!"

Lianlora frowned tightly, not understanding why she heard such a strange sound.

Her full-force strike didn't even make Adelina's wrist dip.

The black light of Order covered Adelina's blade. Below the blade, her grayish-blue eyes were even sharper than the blade's edge.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

A series of muffled but pleasant collision sounds rang out. Adelina's blade left behind black afterimages in the air, dazzling to the eye.

Not only did she perfectly defend against all of Lianlora's attacks, but in the gaps between each block, she launched a counterattack.

The blade's edge always appeared at Lianlora's most uncomfortable positions, forcing the legendary dragon-slaying princess to retreat step by step, gradually falling into a disadvantage.

(End of Chapter)