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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 19: Teaching the Arrogant Young Lady Her Place
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"Leticia, can you stand?"
"Yes..."
When I held out my hand, Leticia stood.
Even if she would not die, she could still feel pain properly.
Leticia kept her head lowered and would not look at my face.
It was hard. But this was the trial imposed on the protagonist.
You were only just beginning.
"Listen, Leticia. Today's defeat is..."
"Tomorrow's victory, right?"
"You remembered well."
It was something I had said to Leticia eight years ago.
Leticia looked at my face and smiled in satisfaction.
Then Lilisha sent us a mocking look.
"...So you two knew each other. Are you her prince, perhaps?"
"Is that how it looked? If so, you have quite the romance-filled brain."
"Excuse me?"
"From the way you have been talking, aren't you the one who really wants to marry a prince? You were born into House Parsifam, so you ended up shouldering heavy responsibilities."
"Wha...!"
For the first time, Lilisha looked shocked after I struck the mark.
Of course I knew what was inside her.
In the end, she envied Leticia.
She was the heir of House Parsifam, and she believed there were things she had to shoulder because of that.
The reason she had been harsh on Leticia was really just venting.
Though the current her did not realize that.
Right now, she was trying to become an admirable heir of House Parsifam.
If the person at the top of the country, Leticia, was like this, of course it would not be amusing.
"Alphys Balfont. I have heard of your family. You provide large amounts of financing in various fields, yet your true nature is wrapped in mystery."
"You know quite a bit."
"If you are going to provoke me, that is convenient for me too."
Lilisha gripped her staff and headed back to the Safety Field.
"Teacher Rinrin, let me fight Alphys."
"Are you fine with consecutive battles?"
"No problem. This is not even a handicap."
I smiled faintly.
As ever, she was confident and prideful.
When I also headed to the Safety Field, Lilisha pointed her staff at me.
"That princess from earlier lost to me completely. What about you?"
"Kukuku! Considering you gained such an advantage with a preemptive attack and still took that long, there cannot be much difference in ability."
"Hah? Where are your eyes?"
"Leticia was not mentally prepared. It was probably her first time having someone she thought was friendly bare such hostility at her."
That did not change the fact that a fight was a fight.
That instant of carelessness could be fatal, but I did not need to say that.
"In other words, you only happened to gain an advantage. Did one win settle the pecking order for you? How hap-"
As I kept talking, a fireball flew at me.
I twisted my body and dodged it lightly.
"He dodged..."
"Your mana is well refined, but there is a lot of waste. You are tensing too much, so the fireball grows too large. Just like the pressure of House Parsifam."
"You arrogant...!"
Lilisha fired fireballs again, stubbornly trying to hit me.
No matter how many of these she fired, it was the same as not attacking.
"Why...!"
"I told you. You are too tense."
I would defeat her without using the magic sword's power.
On top of that, I would make her lose thoroughly.
I used mana reinforcement on my legs and arms as needed.
This not only reduced mana consumption, but also let me exert power at precise points.
For example, reinforcing only my legs let me dodge faster.
Switching to my arms, legs, and hips during attacks increased the power.
Lilisha's use of mana had far too much waste.
Just as in sports like golf, where one chose a club suited to one's strength and build, magic was the same.
The current Lilisha was trying to realize power beyond her size, so her speed was seriously slow.
"Hah... hah...!"
"See? You are already tiring. Mana also helps maintain bodily functions, so if you push too hard, you will stop moving."
The downside was not only power. It also affected her vitality.
It was the same as swinging a heavy club until the burden exhausted the body.
"Y-you are mocking me! Then how about this?!"
"H-hey. That is dangerous..."
Lilisha was clearly trying to use higher-level magic.
She was getting too heated, fittingly for fire.
"It is too late to panic now! Regret making me truly angry! Highest fire attribute magic... Flare!"
Lilisha released her mana, and explosions covered the field.
If this had been a refined Flare, I would have had no choice but to respond with magic, but there were far too many openings.
The explosions were scattered, and with my mana-reinforced legs, I could slip through the gaps.
In game terms, it was like a certain bomb man.
No matter how enormous the firepower was, if I identified the path to Lilisha, I could approach while dodging.
Like this.
"Hah... hah... hah... wheeze... wheeze... Huh?"
"Hey."
"Why...?"
"You cannot do anything anymore, can you? As mercy, leave the field on your own feet."
I pointed outside the field.
Lilisha seemed to finally understand the humiliation she was receiving.
She bit her lower lip and trembled.
"Do not... mock..."
"Then from here, I will hurt you without killing you. I will not let the field eject you. Shall I start by peeling off your nails?"
"Hih...!"
I took Lilisha's hand and touched her nail.
"Nooooo!"
Lilisha shook me off and fled out of the field.
She tripped with that momentum, ending up looked down on by our classmates.
"Auh... au, au..."
"...Maybe I overdid it a little. Teacher Rinrin, this counts as my win, right?"
When I asked Rinrin, she nodded silently.
"As expected of Lord Alphys!"
"Hey, hey, your voice is too loud."
The only one raising both hands and celebrating in this situation was Luchel.
Beside Luchel's excitement, tears began spilling from Lilisha's eyes.
"Ugh... ngh... hgh... fueh..."
Perhaps she had been truly frightened, because Lilisha sobbed and kept crying for a long time.
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