The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

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The Villainous Noble Who Kept Rewinding After Death: The Story Somehow Changed When I Committed Suicide

Chapter 360: Are You In Pain?

After Miria fainted and was carried away by Fiera and the others, the second match began.

Facing off against Lavienne in the center of the training ground was Iris, displaying an unusually serious expression.

“Wow. That’s some intense gaze. I feel like I might just get killed from it.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. If it’s you, Miss Assassin Lavienne, you must be used to this level of scrutiny by now.”

“Not at all. Sure, at first, people glare at me with murderous intent because they see my appearance, but once they see my abilities, they either run away or beg for their lives. So seeing you all fired up with killing intent after watching that last fight is really impressive and amusing!”

“I see. However, I’d prefer if you don’t get satisfied with just this level. I’ll make it more entertaining for you.”

“Yes, I’m looking forward to it!”

Thus began the second match between Iris and Lavienne, where Iris mercilessly surrounded Lavienne with water swords right off the bat, putting Lavienne in what looked like a cage of swords.

“This is just a recon, so please don’t get skewered, alright?”

“Ah ha! This is the best!”

And as Iris swung her arm down, that was the signal for the water swords surrounding Lavienne to be unleashed all at once.

“Hah…”

In response, Lavienne let out a short breath, and the previously playful atmosphere vanished. Suddenly, she met the oncoming water swords with the two daggers she had somehow drawn in her hands.

Lavienne deflected the water swords that closed in on her, slashing and kicking them away with magic-enhanced feet.

It seemed that Lewis had faced a similar situation when he fought Mejina, but Lavienne’s movements now were even more graceful and agile than Lewis’s back then. With her petite frame and feminine grace, she skillfully dodged and countered the water swords one after another.

Realizing that everything would be easily wiped out if things continued this way, Iris decided to shoot out additional irregularly moving water swords. Unlike before, these water swords now also attacked Lavienne in unpredictable patterns.

However, for Lavienne, who had entered a state of extreme focus as an assassin, even the erratic sword movements became something she could intuitively predict. Thus, Iris’s added magic had no meaning, and instead, the water swords collided with each other and vanished.

“Tch…”

Then, as the last water sword was sliced by Lavienne’s daggers, the training ground was left with an unharmed Lavienne and a slightly pained gasp from Iris at the sight of her, while the water created by Iris’s magic spread across the floor.

“I didn’t think you’d actually take everything without a scratch. I’m a bit surprised.”

“Ah ha. This much is no big deal for me! Once, I fought a whole army of golems in training, and it was so overwhelming that I fought for nearly an entire night! Compared to that, this is a piece of cake! Plus, thanks to you, Iris-chan, I had it easy too!”

“Haah… Truly… As Miria said, you’re just as much of a monster as Fiera.”

“Ah ha. Thanks! But I’m stronger than her, so it’s not a matter of being equal; I’m above her, you know?”

“Is that so? If you keep being so complacent, you’ll get tripped up. Just like this.”

With that, Iris snapped her fingers, causing the water that had spread across the floor to gather and wrap around Lavienne, enveloping her in an instant.

“Gulp…!”

“How does it feel to be trapped in a cage of water? Is it painful? Is it hard? Ah, since you can’t speak, I suppose you can’t answer. I’m a little disappointed I can’t hear your thoughts.”

While Iris looked at Lavienne, trapped in a sphere of water, she created water spears and aimed to stab the encapsulated Lavienne.

“Eh…?”

However, the moment Iris launched the spear at Lavienne, one of Lavienne’s daggers inside the sphere was enveloped in dark magic. In the next instant, not only the sphere but also the water spear rushing at her was sliced vertically, causing the magic constituting the water to dissipate and vanish.

“Phew. That was a bit surprising. I never thought you’d use the magic I taught you in such a fashion, which made me kind of anxious.”

“I never imagined that this technique taught by Lord Lewis’s father would be broken in such a way. I’m the one who was surprised.”

“I was surprised too! I can’t believe you converted residual magic to use another magic right away like that!”

The technique Iris had used earlier was devised by Edward, Lewis’s father. Normally, when magic is converted into a magic spell and then hits something or is nullified, the magic naturally disperses into the air as natural magic.

However, Edward’s technique utilized a slight delay before the magic was converted into natural magic, allowing it to be transformed into another magic before it dissipated. Lewis had previously lost to Edward after being hit with the same technique during their match.

And when Iris had gone to the Valentine Duchy with Lewis, Edward had noticed Iris’s superior magical manipulation skills and suggested teaching this technique to her, and she’d bowed her head to learn it, wanting to grow.

“So, it was about how it felt being trapped in the water cage, huh? I couldn’t breathe, and it was tough because my body wouldn’t move the way I wanted it to. Thanks to that, I had to put in some serious effort.”

“Then, I think it would’ve been nice if you had struggled a little more.”

“Ah ha. I just didn’t think that far ahead! But more than that, let’s hurry and continue the match!”

“Oh, indeed.”

Honestly, Iris had realized that from the moment her magic was cut with a dagger, she had no chance of victory. But just as Miria had done, she decided to use various magics to stall for time, hoping to relay as much information as possible to Shuvina, Sonia, and Fiera, who would fight after her.

“‘Sea Dragon King’!”

Finally, Iris summoned a massive Leviathan with her signature spell. The water dragon let out a roar as if it were a real dragon, opening wide its mouth to devour Lavienne.

“This, I must say, can’t be cut with just a dagger. Guess I’ll have to go along with your plan as thanks for the fun you’ve provided. ‘Needle Shadow’!”

Unflinching before the approaching Leviathan, Lavienne quietly released a hint of her dark magic and took a single step forward.

In that moment, Lavienne’s shadow stretched straight toward Leviathan’s shadow, and the next instant, the two shadows connected. Then, a mound of black needles shot out from the Leviathan’s shadow, skewering the Leviathan, which promptly lost its form and dissipated.

“No way…!”

“Ah ha. In the end, it was Iris-san’s magic that got skewered! So, what’s next? Shall we keep it going?”

Surprised by the sight of her magic being so easily stopped and dissipated by entirely unknown magic, Iris was delayed in noticing Lavienne move, and by the time she realized it, a dagger was pressed against her neck.

“… No. I forfeit.”

“Got it!”

With that, Lavienne cheerfully smiled as she returned the dagger to the sheath strapped to her thigh before stepping back to look at Iris.

“This was a lot of fun! I’ve never been attacked like that before, and it wasn’t too shabby!”

“I see.”

Iris replied, a bit frustrated as she looked at the grinning Lavienne, and at Lavienne’s reaction, she laughed even more joyfully.

“Ah ha. As expected, you’re different from Ruu-kun’s fiancée. Even after losing to me, rather than being scared or in despair, you seem all the more determined to win next time!”

“Thank you. But if I didn’t feel that way, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with Lord Lewis. Plus, this isn’t my first time feeling this way.”

Iris said, glancing behind Lavienne toward Fiera and the others. Noticing the implication behind her words, Lavienne nodded in understanding.

“It must be tough for you, Iris-san. Your fiancé keeps wrapping up with girl after girl.”

“True. But you’re also one of those girls who’s gotten wrapped up with Lord Lewis, so I’ve grown used to this situation and don’t intend to say anything. Also, Lord Lewis tends to disappear like bubbles in unexpected moments, so having more fences is definitely a plus.”

“I see. Well, regardless, I look forward to working with you moving forward!”

“Yes.”

After exchanging pleasantries and shaking hands one last time, Iris, having lost, turned her back to Lavienne to leave the training ground.

“Oh, and I’m not interested in the competition for the main wife, so feel free to do as you please there. I just want to be with Ruu-kun, that’s all.”

“I see. However, in the end, it’s Lord Lewis who decides that. So whether or not I join the competition for the main wife, I’m not planning to lose to you. No matter what it is.”

“Yep. I’m looking forward to it!”

Thus, the second match between Iris and Lavienne ended in Iris’s complete defeat. Yet since Iris had managed to force Lavienne to use her race’s magic, it didn’t feel like a bad conclusion.

And after Iris exited the training stage, the next to appear was Shuvina, carrying a bow on her back.