A Realist & An Idealist | COTEXEITS

Part 1.4

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It has been a week since the night Cid found the Possessed in his last bandit hunt, or that was what he always liked to call his exploits against every group of criminals/outlawyer.

Many things have happened since then.

I was a little shocked when I found out that Cid didn't even try to contain the overcharged mana from the Possessed specimen like he did when Claire's mana went out of control and her body started to rot in an attempt to get accustomed to hew overflowing and unrestrained mana.

I also used this opportunity to perform some experiments on this specimen. So, it has become my routine to visit Cid's hideout in broad daylight, retrieve the specimen, carry it to my laboratory and conduct experiments on it.

The day after tomorrow, I will be leaving for the capital city of Midgard kingdom with my father. And we would be having an audience with the king of the Midgard kingdom.

Three days ago, a royal envoy visited our state to inform Father about the summon from the king of Midgard. It was for the inventor of new swordplay, which was unfortunately me. All of this ordeal happened due to the little stunt I demonstrated on the evening of the last week.

I did come to regret my performance in the event.

Claire once again declared war on me after a long period of ceasefire. Then she tried to force me to spar with her on every occasion she got. It was all because she felt that her swordsmanship, which she carries with pride, was inferior to mine after seeing that one move. She even declared that she would be willing to take the time I spent in the warehouse as hostage and she would also be willing to always remain attached to me if that was how she could convince me to spar with her. And she would do all of that until the day, she would be able to beat me at swordplay.

It was a bothersome time for me.

So, I had to spend a lot of time and effort explaining to her that the move I had performed on the day of the event was not related to swordplay at all, but it was indeed magic, and not just any magic but ancient magic.

I'd once again had to demonstrate the same move in front of her, but this time I'd not use a sword. I had to perform the same motion using my hand as I'd on that day with the sword and chopped down a whole tree.

But she didn't get convinced by my explanation and demonstration.

So, I then did the next best thing I could think of and told Claire that the move I had just shown her right now was indeed a secret move used in ancient times and I always used it to restrain intruders from my laboratory who were after my research report on ancient magic.

It was an emergency when I was put in the spotlight during the event held at our estate. So, as a member of the Kagenō family, I could not let anyone swollen our family name or let anyone badmouth my big sister due to my poor performance in an event held for her, so I decided to use my secret move in front of everyone to demonstrate our household's might.

But! I also could not let anyone find out about the ancient magic, so I decided to disguise it as swordplay to keep everyone present there in the dark about it. And I also told her that this would be a secret between the two of us.

In the end, I was able to convince Claire that she was better at swordplay than me. It was a necessary step to keep her motivated about her skill level at swordplay.

As for Cid, he has been secretly watching us the whole time. But! he decided to stay away from Claire as he did not want to become her new target. He was also muttering something about me being the protagonist and Claire being the possessive older sister.