'You called it a duel, but you did it in King's Landing and I won, didn't I?

It's not working!　The magic of the third party, Miss Shelka, has flown in!

　Bram strongly denies my words. Apparently, he is not satisfied with the events in the royal capital.

　However, it is an event that I knew about after seeing the letter. I've at least thought of something to say in reply.

''That's what I calculated and positioned myself to be. I just lured them into a field I was good at and won. 'What's the problem?'

That's true, but that's one way to put it.

　Eric, who is beside me, lets out a voice that is half-amazed and half-impressed.

''Gu, it's true, but a duel is a one-on-one fight!　When someone else's side-stepping comes in, it's invalid!　In the first place, you'd have shrugged off a duel with me!

Then I'll be fine with it, I flunked it. So do whatever you want, whether you want to challenge Sister Elinora or not.

　As I start to walk away from Bram, he reacts with an agile move and comes around.

'Wait, wait, wait!　Don't let that convince you!　I am determined to take you down and take on Elinora again!

Yeah.

　That's Bram's situation and has nothing to do with me.

　I want you to take the liberty of defeating me and challenge Elinora sister or whatever you want to do.

　Well, looking at the skills I saw in the King's capital, I'm sure I'll just get beaten back.

''Aloo, this guy is in the way!''

　When I'm in trouble for being tangled up with Bram, Ra, the girl next to me, says something really straightforward.

　He seems to be angry with me for interrupting his walk.

　I feel the same way with Ra-chan. I want to get rid of this nuisance and go for a pleasant walk.

"What do you mean by disturbing me? You are so rude to me,

　Following Meena, Bram stepped on a mine.

'Moo!　That's no disrespect!　It's Rah-chan!

Rahulan?

　Bram tilts his head at Ra-chan, who is angry at being called rude by someone he's never met before.

　The two of them were in the same party hall, but they hadn't greeted each other in loco.

　I guess they don't know which nobleman Ra-chan is.

"Which one is rude?　How dare you try to blow a duel without addressing the head of the House of Slaulet or any of the other guests, even though you were invited to do so?

'Oh, Miss Alecia!　Hey, I'm sorry about this!

　Perhaps finally noticing Alecia's presence, Bram belatedly greets her.

　As expected of an earl, Bram, who is an earl, also seems to be vulnerable to a duke of higher rank.

''By the way, she's the daughter of the Misfied family, right?

'Yes!　It's Rana-misfeed!

　Furthermore, when Alecia introduces her, Ra-chan puffs her chest out with an ehemism.

　At a further chase from Alecia, even Bram, as expected, turns blue in the face.

''The Misfeed family!　I am very sorry for this. My name is Bram-Baamlal.

Bram, that's rude!

Totally. We were just about to head out for a nice walk.

I'm sorry.

　The bullying of the Countess by the Dukes is amazing. Bram, who was so strong earlier, is becoming much worse at it. Is this what power is all about?

　It's troublesome to get involved in the aristocratic society, but it might be good to raise the family's status to shake off the fire that's coming down.

　When Brother Silvio becomes the head of the family, he and Father Nord will be very active.

　And I won't work, I will only get the benefits of power.

　If I am given a job, I can hire a good civil servant to do it for me.

Now that we've said our hellos, may we go?

Okay. Yes, sir.

　Alecia says this bullishly, and Bram easily opens the way.

　Since there are no more people in the way, I start walking after Alecia, Ra-chan and Eric.

　Then, as we passed each other, Bram blurted out, "I'm not going to give up, okay?

I won't give up. I'll make sure you take the duel.

　I'm not sure I can do anything about it when I say I'm losing.



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Thank you for your time, Lady Alecia.

'Don't worry about it. I was just about to interrupt the walk I was looking forward to, and I was in trouble too.

　Alecia smiles as I thank her for her earlier, and she smiles at me.

　However, I remember that before, he suddenly offered to mediate with Bram and was in a position to encourage a duel.

　He's a person whose behavioral pattern is vaguely unreadable.

　I want Alecia to continue to get rid of Bram, but if I do that, I'll be working with Alecia all the time, and I'll be in debt.

　It would be best not to rely on him too much.

'Ah!　I can hear the water running!

Lady Rana, you shouldn't run around too much.

　A maid chases after Ra-chan, who has started to run. Such a scene makes me smile.

''Al and the others hurry up too!

　Rah-chan called me, Eric and Alecia and I also quickened our steps.

''Oh, it's a small river, but the water is quite clear.

It's true. I can even see the fishes in the water clearly.

　Eric and Alecia peering curiously into the creek.

　In the reflected water surface, I can see Eric's face, which is vaguely concerned about Alecia.

　Probably, I shouldn't look through the water's surface because he's probably aware of it.......

　What a thought, while Rah-chan was crawling on all fours right beside me, staring at the water's surface.

　From the fact that her clingy eyes are locked on to the fish swimming lazily, Ra-chan must be planning to catch the fish.

''Yeah!''

　As I gingerly watched, Raa stuck his hand in the river and grabbed it.

　Then he lifted his arm and pared it to check, but there was nothing on it.

'Fish, I can't get it,'

Okay, I'll take care of it.

　I crouch down next to a slumped Ra-chan and stare at the water.

　The fish here are small and very fast. They're hard to catch with your bare hands unless you set a trap to catch them.

　But I've been watching them in this creek since I was a little girl. I can tell how the fish move in the water.

　Instead of just staring at the fish in the water, I look at them from a bird's eye view.

　I try to blend in with the natural surroundings.

　Fish are surprisingly sensitive to the atmosphere of their surroundings. By reducing their presence of mind like this, we can make them lower their guard.
It is.

...cloaked form.

'Oh, my God. I was so close and I lost you for a second.

It's like the eyes you see when you squeeze a fish.

　I think I heard some rude voices from nearby, but ignore them.

　If I yell at them now, the fish will run away.

　I slowly sink my hand into the direction of the small fish that are swimming leisurely.

　The little fish doesn't seem to notice me, and instead of running away, they come to rest on my palm.

　I carefully move my arm to keep my hand out of the little fish's line of sight, and then I scoop it up in one fluid motion.

'See, I got it,'

'Wow!　Al, wow!

　Rah's voice sounded happy as she saw the little fish bouncing in the palm of her hand in amazement.

'Give me your hand,'

Yes.

　I moved the little fish into the palm of Ra-chan's hand, who honestly held out both hands.

　When I filled it with a little water as an added bonus, Ra-chan smiled and poked the little fish.

I want to catch it!　How do I get one like Al?　Can you do it with eyes like a dead fish?

　Wait a minute, Ra. That's a very bad analogy.

'No, I don't think I could do it with my dead fish eyes. I guess experience is the only thing that matters in this case.

Okay.

But with magic, even Ra-chan can do it easily, right?

　I created a water ball using the water within range of the small fish swimming in the river to show it.

　Then I was able to grab five small fish at once.

''Mm, no chanting. Alfried-sama is very good at magic, isn't he?''

　Seeing my magic, Ra's maid sounds impressed.

　How about this?　I expected her to be pleased, but Ra-chan's expression is rather dissatisfied.

''I can't use the water magic method.

　Ler says with a pout of her lips.

　That was it. Rah-chan's characteristics were no attributes and wind attributes. From that kind of Rah-chan's point of view, her current magic might have looked like she was being bragged about.

　I didn't give it enough consideration because I could normally use magic of all attributes.

''Then you can take it with a psychic with no attributes.

Psychic manipulation of water?

No. We're going to use a few things.

"Thing?

　In front of Ra-chan, who tilts his head back while parroting, I take out a handkerchief from my pocket. I spread it wide and dunked it in the water with a psychic.

'All that's left to do is pull it up when the little fish is on top.

'Wow!　I got a fish with a handkerchief!

　Rah's amazement at the little fish that pitter-pattered on his handkerchief.

'It's like net fishing,'

Fishing?

　Rah wondered if he'd ever seen fishing before.

'When we catch fish in the big rivers and oceans, we catch them by hooking them in nets.

'Heh!　Did Al copy that?

'Yes. I was wondering if I could make everyday things easier with magic. You can do a lot more than you might think if you just flex your psychic mind.

'When you can't be bothered to open the door by hand, or to go get things!

　That's Ra-chan. It seems that the correct use of magic was immediately sparked.

'Oh yeah!　Also, for fun, there's a way to unlock a door with a psychic.

Oh, my God!　How do you do it!

'Oh, um, Alfried-sama. It's not a good idea to teach Lady Rana too many strange things...

　I just taught Ra-chan some magic, but for some reason the maid warned me about it.