Ria didn’t think about something like how to win.
Since coming to this world and becoming royalty, she’d done the opposite of repressing it.
Ria was a sadist.
The sword flashes were all either dodged or parried.
Already, looking at the girl in front of her on the street, Shizuna no longer thought her a weak Ojou-san.
Even the surrounding spectators, though Shizuna was one-sidedly attacking, they had noticed Ria hadn’t been scratched by her even once.
There were too many people’s eyes watching.
But with this many people watching, she, who had introduced herself with her nickname, could not afford to appear unsightly.
Something like her pride and vanity were one thing.
Another was her trump card, her magic sword.
“Warp.”
With that word, the sword multiplied.
“Ah, that’s the G[]rian Sword!” [1]
“You know it!? Serge!”
“That sword, or rather that bladed whip, is a hard weapon to handle. But with magic weapons, they can just move properly by being handled by a person’s magical power!”
Lulu’s tsukkomi was terribly calm.
Shizuna’s sword disconnected into segments, the blades attached to the whip attacking Ria from all sides.
“Ridiculous.”
Then, interfering with the magical power used to manipulate the whip, Ria created an opening between the blades for her to attack.
The bladed whip returned back into its original form as a long sword. Unnaturally, Ria just shrugged her shoulders.
However, when the opponent was a beautiful woman, furthermore a beautiful girl, it was a different story altogether.
And so, that bad habit of teasing kids one liked, was in Ria.
“What? You’re already finished?”
As expected, even though Shizuna’s face distorted, her mouth turned into a smile.
She held up her sword. She was obviously tempering her magical power.
“Blaze!”
Serge’s Identify had found the magic sword’s name, it was called the [Blazing Snake Sword].
The flames produced caused the damage that opponents sustained from it to be hard to recover from. Moreover, being able to move like a snake, it was a strong magic sword.
However, that was it.
Even with Lulu’s strongest fire magic, she wouldn’t be burned at all. The strength of the gift went to that extent. A magic sword of fire would likely have no effect on Ria.
However, Ria’s Gift didn’t work on the leather armor and clothes she wore.
“Warp.”
She didn’t want to risk the flame’s heat damaging the katana.
In addition to Heat Resistance, she had the Strong Body Skill. Speaking in a more specific status change, it gave her an extremely high stamina.
Grabbing the whip, she pulled the blades in one by one. Each time the distance shortened, the color of shock and panic appeared on Shizuna’s face.
(It’s good, that expression.)
Ria was smiling.
“Well, what’ll you do now?”
“Monster…”
“That’s rude. You’re just weak.”
She directly hit Ria’s body with her supple leg’s kick.
It was no good no matter what she did, perfectly crushing her confidence. It went to the extent that Ria didn’t appear injured in the least.
“If you’re finished, it’s my turn now.”
Being kicked another time, Ria went on the offense for the first time.
It took just one hit.
Together with the sound of the ground being struck, Shizuna’s body flew away. She fell into the crowd.
She’d used a martial art technique to not penetrate her armor.
When Ria approached, the spectators quickly moved away. Though Shizuna, who had just been knocked onto her back, was desperately trying to get up, it looked like she’d been given just enough damage, causing only her upper body to be able to sit up.
Since Ria walked towards her with a smile that looked like she was easily dealing with someone, she was obviously afraid.
However, a hindrance appeared.
Dividing the crowd, a huge man showed up.
But he had neither the fangs nor horns like an Ogre. He was completely human.
Shizuna groaned. Though they didn’t resemble each other at all, this man seemed to be Shizuna’s father. They definitely shared their red hair color.
“It’s Vargas of the [Thunder]…”
Not being distracted by the noise, Ria observed Vargas.
“Anee-cha~n. Be careful, that guy’s strong.”
“Well, will the father follow the daughter and be my opponent?”
But Vargas shook his head.
With those words, the crowd became noisy.
“Thunder admitted defeat…”
It was anticlimactic, but he could clearly measure the ability difference between himself and Ria. He had combat intuition.
“Then I guess our duel ends here? Well, how about a compromise?”
“For now, I’ll keep this sword for a while. If you rely on it too much, your fundamental skills won’t improve.”
Shizuna screamed, but that was probably the natural response, seeing as how valuable the sword was. Vargas didn’t respond, probably in consent.
Compromising, Ria took Shizuna’s shoulders, standing her up. Like a newborn fawn, her legs trembled.
Shizuna’s frightened lips were blocked by other lips.
With the tip of her tongue, Ria experienced the girl’s lips. It was just a moment of contact.
Letting go of her, she fell to the ground with a small plop. A different kind of cheer from those that had being going on rose up from the spectators.
Serge shouted with a strength that seemed to cause a nosebleed.
Shizuna opened and closed her mouth like a goldfish. Seeing the expected reaction, Ria was pretty horny.
Vargas had an extremely difficult expression on, but said nothing.
Shizuna shouted with watery eyes. She understood her feelings. If a man snatched a kiss from Ria, she’d also want to cry.
“I’m not interested in men. I prefer girls with a strong will like you. You can come at me whenever you want revenge, but when I win, we’ll do something more amazing.”
“Y-you idiot—! Stupid—! Die—!”
Basking in the infantile cries coming from Shizuna, Ria walked through the guild’s doors.
“So cool…”
Voices like that arose from the spectating women, though there were a small number of them.
“Such a ladykiller…”
Voices of horror came from the men.
Ria the [Ladykiller].
In Jaeburg, that was the moment that gave Ria her nickname.