It's A Misunderstanding That I'm Dating The Villain

 

“Then, let’s begin!”

Declaring in a loud voice, the knight acting as the referee threw up the silver coin he was holding upward.

The silver coin rose to the air before falling to the ground with a perfect parabola. The moment it touched the ground.

Swish!

I stamped my feet and jumped forward without a moment of hesitation.

Krosner, who took his stance by swinging his sword expecting my attack, looked caught off guard for a moment.

However, there was no reason for me to pay any attention to his expression.

Clang, clang!

Putting all my weight on the sword, I pushed him back by kicking him with a somersault. Krosner stumbled backward and barely held on.

‘As expected, although he’s rotten, he’s still worthy of being a member of the Diamond Knights.’

In most cases, he would have fallen as soon as he was hit with a kick loaded with my Spirit.

Needless to say, since Sir Geloic is the General Commander of the Knights Templar as well as a veteran warrior, it is likely that he has mastered the techniques of defence with Spirit.

While my mind was wandering around thinking these useless thoughts, my body moved on instinct.

Clang, clang, clang!

Perhaps because his pride was hurt by my preemptive attack, Krosner let out a huff and began channeling more of his energy to his sword.

If he were to follow the rules, he would also need to counterattack my sword strikes. However, he only moved sideways and avoided the strikes, while trying to scare me with his large physique.

In the end, Krosner, who could only waste his Spirit but unable to land an attack on me, began to insult me again.

“This is…! You are not even a knight!”

“Ah, is that your excuse for losing?”

“What….”

Krosner’s face turned bright red with anger.

“Aaaah!”

Shouting loudly, he raised his sword high.

The Spirit on the sword bent into a crescent shape as a huge wind was created.

‘How pathetic….’

As a Squad Leader of an elite knight order, I couldn’t watch him using such a vain skill.

I just wanted to teach him a lesson by embarrassing him as he did to my subordinates. However, his aim was so complacent that I almost yawned.

Slightly widening my stride, I dodged the upcoming sword flying in a straight line towards me.

Kang!

The sword, containing the Spirit of Krosner, hit the fence of the audience shade behind me, creating a loud noise.

“You…you! How dare you avoid it!”

“Even if I were to stand quietly, would you be able to hit me?”

“This…!”

Krosner ran straight at me again, swinging his sword around. The strike that looked like one of his special moves with Spirit, appeared as dull as a blank sheet of paper.

‘Hmm, it’s getting tiring avoiding his strikes.’

To be honest, I had a little bit of expectation from one of the Squad Leaders of the Diamond Knights. Who knew his skills were the same level of trash.

It was embarrassing to give my all to such a person whose skills were nothing but child’s tantrums.

‘I’m running short on time due to overtime, so I’d better finish it quickly.’

There was no benefit in drawing attention by using flashy techniques when my opponent could do nothing but throw insults.

“So, why don’t you come up with phrases for your letter of apology?”

“What…!”

At my sarcasm, Krosner let out an angry gasp.

Swoosh!

However, his body was pushed back with my strike.

“Goodbye.”

I grinned as I channelled my Spirit through his sword.

Krosner’s body trembled as if he had been electrocuted by the momentarily regurgitated Spirit.

Thud!

Then, both Krosner and his sword fell down with a thud.

“Ah, I forgot to adjust my strength. It’s been a while.”

He might not wake up today.

People around, who witnessed Krosner facing the sword but then suddenly collapsing exclaimed words of surprise.

“W-what happened?”

“Did Sir Krosner suddenly have a heart attack?”

Needless to say, I had no intention of revealing my technique to them, so I ignored the stares around me and nodded at the referee.

“I think he just lost the grip on the sword because of being incapacitated. Then, should I call it a victory?”

Only then did the knight posing as referee raised his hand and shouted.

“…Sir, Sir Clara Weyburn is the winner!”

At the announcement of a win that could not be contested, there was silence for a moment.

But after a while.

“You’re amazing, Sir Clara!”

Lan clapped and congratulated me on my victory. As if her excitement was transited to them, others also began to applaud one by one.

“Haha….”

I returned the sword to its sheath with an embarrassed smile.

Receiving a letter of apology was one of the rewards for winning.

However, I didn’t have time to wait for that stinky guy to wake up. Therefore, I decided to ask him to come to our knight’s office later.

Then, my eyes suddenly landed at the audience shade, looking for familiar glistening silver hair. However, Ludger had disappeared without anyone noticing.

‘Gloves…I have to return them.’

Well, I might get a chance later.

With the feeling of joy of victory for the first time in a long time, I turned around with a satisfied smile.

 

***

 

“… It seems things will be more interesting than I expected.”

As soon as Ludger witnessed Clara’s sword technique, he decided that there was no need to watch the declaration of victory and left immediately.

It was a bit of wasted time in the midst of a busy schedule, however, he thought it was well worth it.

It didn’t seem that many people present there even understood the overall flow of the duel just now.

But Ludger knew. That Captain Clara of Ruby Knights did not reveal her true strength and dealt with the opponent in the quietest way.

Her movements did not appear in any way skilless as the Captain of an incompetent knight squad. Rather, her movements were precise, as if she was a Squad Leader of the Diamond Knights. Her skill was more than commendable.

However, the opponent had monstrous physique.

Maximum efficiency achieved with minimal movement.

The languid movement, which even felt she was bored to death, was impressive.

“Commander Geloic, do you believe that Sir Clara has the ability to capture Heilbronner?”

“Yes. Because she has excellent talent. The best of all the knights who have passed through my hands.”

“I don’t think it’s a lie.”

The owner of genius swordsmanship skills, who revealed a strong antipathy towards the Phantom Thief Heilbronner.

Just the thought made his instinctive fighting spirit boiling all over.

However, will she be able to break through the perfect disguise and reach him?

Ludger felt excitement coursing through his veins, as if he wanted to start the chase right away.

Licking his lips, Ludger thought of his next ‘plan’.

 

***

 

After that, well.

The post-duel processing was left to the Diamond Knights, and the information related to Heilbronner as originally planned was transferred to our knights.

“Hey, Captain. I heard you ran into an accident?”

“….”

And as soon as I returned to our office, Lionel cheered happily.

“News travels faster than wind.”

“I got the news right away through the communication box!”

“Okay…. Were you scolding me for doing that?”

“No! An apology from the Squad Leader Krosner’s rudeness was less than expected.”

“Hmm….”

Although it was no use complaining about it now, in the end, I had nothing to lose. So I couldn’t ask for anything other than a letter of apology.

Lionel asked me, scratching his sharp nose.

“Did it feel good to go wild for the first time in a while?”

“No… Not really… The other person was just a rude son of a bitch.”

“Wasn’t he the Squad Leader of the Diamond Knights?”

“Yes. Wouldn’t it be better for Commander Geloic to train the Diamond Knights like he used to train me in the past?”

“Hmm…?”

My words stopped as soon as Commander Geloic was mentioned. I couldn’t stop myself from shedding tears inside imagining how much I would have to suffer by his hand once again.

“Nevermind. That’s okay too, let’s have dinner. I remember you promising that you would treat me to grilled shrimps.”

“…You seemed like you lost your soul, so I just mentioned whatever I thought would catch your attention. I can’t believe you actually heard it like a ghost.”

Grinning widely, I patted Lionel and Billy on the shoulders.

“Okay, let’s finish the rest of the paperwork before we go to dinner!”

At the same time as I declared to finish the work first, both people seemed like they wanted to cry. However, there was nothing they could do.

Because if we couldn’t get work done today, it would only increase the next day.

 

***

 

By the time we went to the nearest pub for dinner, it was past 9 p.m.

Taking a seat at a table in the corner, I shouted with an energetic mood.

“Three beers! And grilled shrimp, smoked duck, corn cheese, and buttered potatoes!”

“Got it!”

The lady at the counter wrote down the order right away and disappeared behind to deliver it to the kitchen. Lionel narrowed his eyes as he grumbled.

“Hey, if anyone hears it, they’ll think you’re the owner of the pub.”

“Uh, what, why? Do you know how hard I worked to win today’s bet? I completed the duel in the shortest amount of time, even using Spirit.”

“… I think you need to use that talent in something more productive.”

“As expected, Captain is amazing!”

While I was laughing at Billy’s heartfelt compliment, a cold beer mug and corn cheese were first placed on our table.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve had a proper meal since I had to fill up my stomach with a cold lunch from my cold lunch box.’

As I started scooping up the corn with a spoon, Lionel suddenly asked a question.

“Come to think of it, I heard that Duke Kassen was also at the scene?”

“What? Even that news was spreaded so fast?”

“It was more than interesting news to spread quickly. I heard it while exchanging information about the aftermath. They said that Duke Kassen was tacit about the duel.”

“Ah….”

Shrugging my shoulders, I nodded lightly. As soon as the name Ludger Kassen was mentioned, my mood naturally fell down.

‘What happened today… I hope I wasn’t photographed.’

To be honest, I didn’t want to worry about getting involved with the villain, nor did I want to care about what he was doing behind everyone’s back.

No matter what he did, it was the main characters who won in the end. This world was built for the main characters who would have a happy ending without me having to do anything.

I didn’t want to lose my precious job by fooling around with a high-ranking villain because of unnecessary interactions.

‘Therefore… even if a letter of warning is sent to me, I should just ignore it and pretend to be busy.’

Whatever happens, it was not someone I could easily catch even if I wanted to.

“Ah, maybe because he’s the Duke of Kassen.”

“Huh?”

“I left my cloak behind during the duel, so I didn’t have any gloves with me. He lent me his gloves.”

I carefully took out the gloves I had received from Ludger earlier from my pocket and showed them to Lionel.

As soon as he saw that, Lionel’s eyes widened.

“Hey! Aren’t those Roussanne Boutique’s limited edition gloves?”

“…Oh really?”

Thinking about it, when we were placing a bet, this guy said something about the new Roussanne Boutique’s gloves and something like that.

“Is this what you wanted?”

“No, what I wanted was just a ready-made product. However, the one you are holding is a limited edition product made by the master craftsman himself! I, I only heard about it, but it actually exists. Can I try it on?”

“…Why on earth would you touch someone else’s stuff?”

Sighing, I pulled back the gloves from Lionel’s paws before he could touch them.

“I’ll wash it well and return it to him later when I need to see him.”

“You would go to meet such a high-ranking person?”

“The Duke is in charge of Imperial Relics and Cultural Treasures. So he would be helping me in the case of Phantom Thief Heilbronner.”

“I see….”

The expression on Lionel’s face suddenly turned solemn. Perhaps he just realized the influx of work we were about to get due to the number of Heilbronner cases.

“Ugh, drink. Let’s just have a drink. We came here to drink and eat.”

“That’s right, Captain! It is time to capture the Heilbronner and raise the reputation of our knights!”

At Billy’s declaration of his wild dream, I smiled faintly and raised my glass up.

“For the long and steady lifespan of the Ruby Knights!”

“… For my poor self who has a careless Captain.”

“To overthrow Heilbronner!”

As each person voiced their thoughts with a toast, the glasses clinked cheerfully.

…However, the very next day, I realized for myself that the Phantom Thief Heilbronner was more wicked than I thought.

 

***

 

“Captain! Letter! Letter of warning! The Phantom Thief Heilbronner sent us a letter of warning!”

“….”

Holding my aching forehead, I sighed deeply.

Transfer of the information wasn’t even over then why couldn’t he just give me some time to prepare…?