lNaga woke up early and prepared for his visit to the City Lord"s Mansion. Old Samuel bought him expensive clothes but he still chose from his commoner clothes as these are more comfortable for him."Good Morning, young sir!" Naga was greeted by a servant when he opened the door of his house.
The servant told him that the carriage is already waiting. He was informed as well that the baquent will start at sunset and only the member of their House will be there.
"Thank you. You"re a big help." Naga said smiling to the servant when they reached the carriage.
"Thank you, young sir." The servant bowed and lightly smiled.
The House of Iron Crow is treating their servants and guards fairly and kind so these people became loyal and diligent at their tasks.
It did not take long before Naga"s carriage reached the City Lord"s Mansion. Naga thanked the driver before entering the mansion"s gate. Naga asked the guards if he could wait in the garden instead. The two guards agreed since they were advised to follow Naga"s requests.
"Thank you. Please tell the young miss that I will wait here." Naga said and smiled.
"As you wish, young sir." One of the guards said. The other guard immediately left to look for their young miss.
The City Lord is looking at Naga from the window of her office. Her grandfather is also there and drinking tea.
"The Seven Sword..." The City Lord said while looking at Naga.
"Those idiot swordsmen will face a huge calamity this time. The young man with Ancient Prime will not even need to act." The old man said.
"They started as a righteous sword clan then became an rganization that focus on profit instead of improving their art. It is time for them to go down." The City Lord said.
"They are fated to go down." The old man responded.
After a while, the City Lord said "Bella is getting closer to young master Naga."
"My dear little princess likes that kid." The old man said smiling.
"Grandfather, the arrangement you..." The City Lord was about to remind her grandfather about a certain event when she was interrupted.
"I know. The arrangement with that old duke"s successor..." The old man said and sighed.
"Bella doesn"t like that arrangement anyway." The City Lord said.
"Oh my cunning princess, are you suggesting to use the House of Iron Crow to break the arrangement?" The old man asked smiling.
The City Lord looked at her grandfather seriously and said "No, Grandfather. We don"t even know if the young master likes my sister too."
She smiled and continued "All we can do is to wait and see what will happen. Bella"s happiness is important.
"Wait and see... I understand. You did not also like that arrangement before. I am sorry for failing both of you." The old man said with a sad tone.
"Don"t think about it, granfather. You are only doing what is best for our city. I understand your situation." The City Lord approached her grandfather and hold his hands.
"I"m glad that the House of Iron Crow arrived." The old man said and lightly smiled.
"The coming destruction of the Seven Sword Society will open everyone"s eyes. The empire will not be able to do anything about it." The City Lord said and looked at the window.
In the garden, Naga is looking at the plants and flowers. It"s very much relaxing for him.
"Do you like those flowers? Liking flowers are only for us, girls, do you think so?"
Naga heard Bella"s voice so he turned around and smiled at her.
"Greetings, young miss." He lightly bowed and said.
He continued, "As promised, I am here to deliver your orders. These flowers won"t mind this lowly delivery boy, right?" Naga said while looking at the flowers.
Bella smiled and lightly shook her head "They won"t. Thank you."
"I heard from my sister... the Seven Sword Society is planning to cause trouble to your House." Bella said with a low voice.
"That"s what they said. Let them be." Naga chuckled.
"Are you not afraid? I heard that they are one of the biggest organizations in the capital." Bella asked.
"I am scared but Lord Willard will take care of them." Naga looked at Bella and said smiling.
"You don"t look scared." Bella said and smiled.
Both of them laughed after that. They talked about the products that Bella bought and Naga gave her some information he learned from the Book about mana since she wants to improve her mana reserve.
While they are talking, a young man wearing golden armor approached them.
"Greetings, young sir and Miss Bella." The man said.
Naga looked at him and smiled.
"Naga, he is Sir Ludwig. A knight from the empire. One of the emissary"s guardians." Bella introduced the man.
Naga smiled and nodded at Bella. He looked at Sir Ludwig and said, "Well met, Sir Ludwig. Please take care of Old Drun."
"Rest a.s.sured. He is important to us." Sir Ludwig said smiling.
"What do you need?" Bella asked.
"I heard that people from the House of Iron Crow are extraordinary. I want to seek advice from the young sir." Sir Ludwig said.
"What advice?" Bella frowned. She noticed that three more knights are approaching them.
"Sword. I want to request a sparring match." Sir Ludwig said with a serious look.
"Did we hear it right? A sparring match? Good thing we have two ordinary swords. You can"t use your magic sword, Ludwig." An old knight said.
"He is not a swordsman but a mage." Bella said with a heavy tone.
"A mage? This commoner is a mage? Hahaha!" One of the knights said and laughed.
"You are inside our city and we will not tolerate it if you cause trouble." Bella frowned and answered. These knights are irritating her.
"A spar? Sure." Naga responded.
"What?" Bella was surprised.
The three knights chuckled. "Here take this, kid."
One of them threw a sword to Naga then the other one approached Ludwig and gave him a sword.
"Hey... are you serious? You know how to use sword?" Bella asked worriedly.
She knows how powerful Naga is with his arcane but this time they will use sword instead. Ordinary sword at that.
"Yeah. Don"t worry." Naga said while looking at the sword. He drew it and checked the blade.
"Tsk. Arrogant. Trying to impress a lady." One of the knights said.
"Thank you, young sir." Sir Ludwig said. He lightly bowed and drew his sword.
They went in an open area in the garden. The servants and guards noticed it so they hurriedly went there to watch.
One of the knights gave the signal for them to start the match.
"You can attack first, young sir." Sir Ludwig said.
"Did you already experience a war?" Naga asked while looking at the scabbard.
"What?" Sir Ludwig frowned and asked.
"Then, here"s your advice." Naga said.
Naga firmly gripped the scabbard and threw it. "Swish!"
The knight was surprised since it was thrown with great speed and accuracy. He deflected it but he was shocked when he saw Naga at his side.
Naga attacked him with a piercing strike but he blocked it.
When the sword was blocked, Naga used the momentum for a turn around kick. "Pah!"
Ludwig was. .h.i.t and fell to the ground. "Argh!"
"A commoner once cornered will use any means to attack or survive. There are soldiers dying in war because of that." Naga said smiled.
"You!" Ludwig stood up and attacked Naga.
He slashed but it was parried by Naga who jumped backward after the clash. When he tried to attacked again, he suddenly stopped when he saw a flying sword coming at him.
He deflected it and immediately looked at his side but didn"t see Naga.
"I am here!" Naga said and threw a punch. "Bam"
"Argh!" Ludwig was. .h.i.t and fell again. This time with a b.l.o.o.d.y nose.
"Woooh!" The servants and guards are now cheering. Bella was greatly astonished and smiled.
"Throwing your sword. Don"t you have any honor, kid?!" An old knight shouted.
"Another advice. Don"t forget that I am not a knight." Naga said smiling.
"b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" Ludwig got angried and generated his mana.
"Hold it." Naga said. He summoned his great flame bow fused with fireball magic and aimed it at Ludwig.
The three knights also drew their weapons.
"Do you want to test which is faster?" Naga asked and smiled. He summoned three more arrows which are all aimed at Ludwig.
"Stop!" An old man wearing an elegant robe is running towards Naga.
"Young master, I am the emissary from the empire. I hope that we can drop this matter. Your House is important to our empire." The old man said to Naga smiling.
"Sure. This is only a spar after all." Naga dispersed his arcane bow and lightly bowed to the emissary.