Chapter 17: The Great Five Family & The Villainess (Part 3)

Meanwhile when Silvi and Rowan were having their own conversations, Iris was deep in her thoughts and checking on her own status.

'Status.'

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[STATUS]

NAME: Iris Mei Welford/ Hanamachii Yomi

JOB : Magic Swordsman

TITLE : [The Other Worlder]; [The Villainess]; [Quick Learner]; [Magic Master]; [Sword Master]

[Level: 12]

[HP: 2020/2020]

[MP: 650/650]

[FATIGUE: 0]

EXP: 0/9000

STATUS POINT : 0

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STRENGTH : 32(+15)

AGILITY : 32

VITALITY : 32

INTELLIGENCE : 60(+15)

SENSE : 24(+15)

SKILL

<PASSIVE>

Magic Mastery Lv3; Sword Mastery Lv3; Super Growth LvMax; Darkness Magic Lv3, Light Magic Lv3; Magic Eyes Lv2; The Villainess LvMax; Etiquette Lv4

<ACTIVE>

Status Appraisal Lv2

Foresight Lv2

Restraint Lv3

Shadow Movement Lv2

Shadow Blade Lv2

Heal Lv2

Holy Light Lv1

Sword Dance Lv2

Vital Strike Lv2

Omni-Slash Lv2

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'I lost again, even though I used [Foresight] secretly.'

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[Foresight]

Active Skill

MP Cost: 50

A skill that allows individuals to read the enemy's next movement and intercept them by looking 5 seconds of the future. (There's a chance for the skill to activate on its own to see a future ahead)

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Iris sighed as she felt down that she lost to Rowan not too long ago.

To cheer herself up, she thought of a new magic on her own right now.

'Hmmm, [Shadow Blade] a magic skill that coats the sword with dark magic which I learned from Ray-sama on that battle between that [Boss Monster], I guess the [Super Growth] skill allows you to learn more skill by only imagining them huh.'

'But what I need is a long-range attack to keep my distances from my enemy... [Holy Light] can be used to blind them and purifies a demonic being...'

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[Holy Light]

Active Skill

MP Cost: 25

Cooldown: 10 Sec.

A light that has been blessed with the goddess of Light [Theia], it can purify any evil being and blind the enemy with its bright light.

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'But in the end... I can't use them in front of others because it's a rare attribute magic that can only be used by the one with [Saintess] job and I don't want to be connected with the Temple...'

Iris quickly shook her head and thought about it again.

'Let just focus on levelling up the [Dark Magic], but what should I do? Hmmm, let's just try to imagine it.'

When she thought about that, she extended her hand in front of her and when she started to focus while closing her eyes, she imagined something that came out from her palm.

Then when she opened her eyes, she saw a few small lump of darkness floating around on her palm.

"This is...what is this?...'

Iris asked herself as she observed the magic she created herself.

'Hmmm, let's try to condense them into a single point like I did with [Shadow Blade]...'

Iris started to focus as those lumps of darkness begin to move into a single point on her palm while she poured her magical power into it at the same time.

After that, those lumps of darkness begin to take form into a small dark energy ball.

*Bzzzttt*

*Bzzzzttt*

[Notice!]

[You acquired a skill!]

'A skill?! t-this is...'

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[Dark Pulse]

Active Skill

MP Cost: 150

Increasing the output: -10 MP/1 sec.

A dark energy that has been condensed and combined into a single point which could obliterate anything it touches.

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'[Dark Pulse]? wait...isn't this one of her skill in the game?!...if my memory didn't fail me, this magic looks a lot smaller than in the game...is it because of the level? or the magic power...?'

As her thought wandered around while she stared at the small dark energy ball on her palm, something unexpected happened...

*THUMP* *THUMP*

Her eyes becomes red as she felt a stinging pain from her head and began to see some unfamiliar image flashed across her mind.

A record of a man and woman having a conversation together.

"*BZZT* I... hope... *BZZT* we... *BZZT* free... from... *BZZT* all... *BZZT* this... and.... *BZZT* be together.... *BZZZTTT*"

The static sound interrupted the conversation between them. Soon, the image disappeared and her sense was back again as well as her eyes which returned from red to blue.

"W-what was that... d-did [Foresight] acting up again..."

She asked to herself, holding her forehead with her other hand as she panted heavily due to the pain from before. But then...

*BZZT* *BZZT* *SWOOSH*

She felt a huge wind current coming from in front of her. When she turned her head to look at the source of it, she saw a large dark energy ball floating on her hand.

"E-eehhh?!!! H-how did this happen?!!"

In that moment, she realized that she accidentally pouring too much of her magic power into it and forgot to put it out when she saw those images in her head.

"W-what should I do?! W-wait how do you cancel the magic?! e-etto!!..."

Iris began to panic as she lost her control and poured more magic power into the dark energy ball that slowly got bigger every second.

"Ojou-sama!?!"

A shout came out from behind—it was Silvi's voice.

Her eyes widened in surprise along with Rowan who stood next to her. The two of them watched speechlessly upon seeing the amount of magical energy that she released.

"Ojou-sama?! That is..!" Rowan shouted.

"S-sensei... S-silvi... what should I do?..."

Iris asked while turning her head around to look at her teacher and maid with teary eyes.

"C-calm down! O-ojou-sama! F-first cancel the magic!"

Rowan suggested as he covered Silvi behind his back.

But Iris shook her head.

"I-i can't...! I-i don't know..!"

Iris shook her head rapidly, honest to god doesn't know how to do it. She's still new to this kind of thing and didn't think it thoroughly before doing things that could potentially backfire terribly.

The people around them getting scared but worried of their young lady so they stayed there instead of running.

"You guys! Get away from me!" Iris said while trying to control the magic that slowly going berserk.

*BZZT* *BZZTT* *SWOOSH*

"Ojou-sama?!!" Silvi shouted as she tried to reach her but was stopped by Rowan.

"U-ugggh... AAAGHHHHHH!!!" Iris shouted and trying to control the magic. But...a woman's voice cut in

"Heh, in the end I need to lay my hand down."

"Huh?" Iris who heard it, widened her eyes as she saw a silhouette in front of her...but the magic...

*BZZTTT* *BZZZTT* *BOOM*

Exploded, creating large shockwave around her. The force was powerful enough to blow Rowan and Silvi away along with other people around them.

The smoke began to surround them and they couldn't see their young lady.

"Ojou-sama!?!" Silvi who quickly get on her feet after being thrown away by the explosion, ran towards where her young lady was standing before.

Rowan also followed suit to help search for her but then they saw a silhouette of a person standing inside of the slowly thinning smoke.

*SWOOSH*

"So this is the daughter of the duke family magic power huh? Quite strong, but...still couldn't leave a scratch on my [Barrier]."

When the smoke cleared out, they found Iris sitting on the ground with an old lady standing beside her who was wearing a long robe and a witch hat. She has silver-white short hair, slightly droopy crimson eyes and a few wrinkles on her face. Other than that, she's not that tall and quite petite looking.

Around them was a barrier that have hexagonal structure on it just like honeycomb.

Iris was out of breath and couldn't believe she survived the explosion.

The old lady turned off the barrier as Silvi ran towards her young lady and gave her a tight hug.

"Ojou-sama!! Are you okay?? Are you hurt anywhere?!"

Iris began to cry and hugged her back.

"I-i'm sorry...!! I'm sorry..."

"It's fine now... it's fine..."

Silvi tried to comfort her as Iris cried her hearts out in her arms.

Rowan walked towards them and smiled at the old lady.

"It's been a while." Rowan greeted.

The old lady only gave him a glance and went back to watch the two girls comforting each other.

"Indeed, it's been a while Rowan."

And just like that, the two of them went silent and filled the whole place with awkwardness.

Iris gradually calmed down and turned her head around to look at the old lady.

'Who is she?...' Iris asked in her thought.

"O-obaa-sama...! Y-you are here..!?" Silvi called the old lady in surprise as soon as she noticed her.

'Obaa-sama?... wait... isn't she Silvi's grandmother, somehow she looks familiar.'

Iris wondered while looking at the old lady.

The old lady looked at her, showing a warm smile and slowly spread her arms wide.

"It's been a while Silvi~ come here my dear Granddaughter~"

Silvi immediately looked at Iris first to ask for her permission.

Iris smiled and nodded her head, giving her the green light to go for it. Silvi stood up and ran to give a hug towards the old lady who is her grandma.

"I missed you... Obaa-sama~"

"I missed you too...sweetheart~"

Seeing Silvi smiled and got teary eyed because of meeting her grandmother made Iris smiled wider towards them.

"So...this is the rumored duke's beloved daughter huh?"

The old lady slowly pulled away from Silvi's hug and stared at Iris.

"Y-yes! My name is Iris May Welford."

Iris quickly rose up to her feet and slowly bowed her head a bit while lifting her skirt up a bit, showing her a proper etiquette.

"Hmmm, such a proper greeting. I expected that you were some arrogant and barbaric girl, but I guess you shouldn't believe on rumors huh."

Her comment felt like stabbing words to the young girl.

"Why thank you, Matilda Threston-sama~" Iris replied while smiling weakly.

'Matilda Threston, the [Witch], her husband and also my teacher Rowan Threston was the [Sword Saint], if I remember correctly the two of them are the one who fought together with the [Hero] who sacrificed himself fighting against the [Demon Lord].'

'I never thought two legendary people would be standing right in front of me...'

'And I guess those rumors of me being arrogant were still around huh.'

Iris thought to herself and slowly looking up at her.

When Matilda heard her name being called, she seemed to be quite surprised.

"Ohh~ it seems that you know about me?"

"Of course I know Matilda-sama, it will be foolish of me for not knowing the greatest mage in our kingdom." Iris replied.

"Hoho~ this little girl know how to flatter~ despite having a strong magical power and strong swordsmanship, such an interesting little girl~ it makes me want to have a research on you~"

When Matilda spoke, she began to smirk while Iris noticed that her red eyes slightly glinted.

'Hmm? Did her eyes just... wait...what did she said?'

"Is there something wrong? Little girl."

"N-nothing! Madam Matilda, Ahaha~"

Iris broke a sweat for a bit as she wondered how did she found out about how high her mana and her swordsmanship is despite being in such a young age.

"Matilda, why did you come here?" Rowan asked.

Matilda only gave him a glance.

"Well that stupid disciple of yours asked me to be a teacher of this little girl."

'Stupid disciple? does she mean father? did he asked her to come here...?' One of Iris' eyes twitched when she heard it.

"At first, I was going to watch over her from a far and reject the invitation. But...I changed my mind."

'Hmmm...let's see what level she is?'

When Matilda spoke, Iris secretly used [Status Appraisal] on her but...

[Notice!]

[The target rebound your skill back]

Iris widened her eyes after seeing the notice as she felt a tiny stinging pain on her eyes.

"U-ughh...!"

'W-what happen...!?' Iris asked herself.

Matilda who noticed her reaction begin to smirk as she walked closer towards her. She leaned her head down to look at her face closely.

"Isn't it quite rude, to look at someone's status, little girl?~"

Iris widened her eyes once again in surprise because she knows that she tried to take a peek at her status.

"W-wha–"

"Don't be cautious, no one can hear us here~"

When Matilda said that, Iris noticed that they were surrounded by a barrier.

"[Sound Barrier] it's a barrier that prevent the passage of sounds from the inside to the outside and likewise. Or in a simpler term, a two-way soundproof barrier." Matilda explained.

Iris blinked in surprise, a bit dazed but fascinated at the same time at the neat looking skill. She could see Silvi and Rowan's bewildered look towards the barrier from the outside.

*CLAP*

Matilda clapped her hand so suddenly, getting Iris' full attention.

"Now~ little girl~ it seems like you have something that you are hiding from me." Matilda said while tapping her chin with her index finger.

"W-what do you mean?"

"I'm asking your title."

'M-my title?! How did she know that?!'

Iris stepped back reflexively, cold sweat broke from her forehead and cheeks. Feeling cornered. Iris didn't know what to say to that and it made her very nervous.

"Well...?" She prompted with a knowing smirk.

Iris gulped.

'What should I do?!'

To be continue...