Chapter 23: It’s Over

Sunlight streamed down on me. The sunlight that had no warmth just moments ago, I don’t know why it suddenly felt so warm.

“Did you miss me, darling♥?”

All of this was because of this suddenly appearing young girl.

Being held by Aisilis, my entire body stopped trembling. Although there was no reason, I felt an unprecedented sense of peace and security.

“I will become strong, and then protect you, brother…”

The scene of her making that promise as a child suddenly appeared before my eyes…

Aisilis, is it your turn to protect me now?

“Oh! I was wondering who it was. So it’s Miss Aisilis.” Interrupting my recollection, Bailey resumed his smile and spoke. Although he seemed a little surprised just now, he quickly returned to his usual state. This composure was truly admirable…

“Although I felt someone was peeping from the side just now, I didn’t expect it to be Miss Aisilis. I wonder when Miss Aisilis developed such a hobby?”

“Tsk, I was wondering who it was. Isn’t this the ‘second-place classmate’? To interrupt such a romantic reunion between me and Yuren, you really are an eyesore. ‘Mr. Forever Second-Place’.”

Mimicking Bailey’s manner of speaking, Aisilis retorted with a cold, sarcastic tone. Upon hearing “second,” I clearly saw Bailey’s mouth twitch. Brushing back the long hair by her ear, Aisilis continued:

“As a wife, keeping track of my husband’s whereabouts is a basic duty. It is also a proof of the love between a wife and husband. To call my love for Yuren ‘peeping’ is truly impolite.”

“Is that so? I apologize for my misunderstanding of Miss Aisilis’s actions.” After hearing Aisilis’s speech, Bailey actually apologized.

“However, regarding the matter of Miss Aisilis’s husband interfering in other people’s family affairs, I hope Miss Aisilis will discipline him well.”

“I don’t like others commenting on my husband in front of me. As for Yuren’s discipline… training… I don’t like others telling me what to do. Especially… when that person wants to harm my beloved.”

As she finished speaking, Aisilis’s aura completely changed, her whole being filled with the presence of a superior. But I always felt that the conversation just now was a bit strange, but I couldn’t put my finger on where.

“It seems we’ll have to fight. The last time I fought with Miss Aisilis was at the dueling ground half a year ago. I’m really looking forward to it.”

“Do you remember it clearly? I always forget such trivial matters. So, who won that duel?”

Without answering, Bailey’s aura was completely different from before. I could clearly feel the dangerous aura constantly emanating from him…

“Aisilis, are you sure you’re okay? He’s very strong.” I looked worriedly at Aisilis standing in front of me.

“Is Yuren worried about me?” Tilting her head to look at me, Aisilis asked expectantly.

“Of course, I don’t want you to get hurt…” Touching my face with her hand, Aisilis interrupted me and said gently:

“I’m so happy that Yuren is worried about me. But don’t worry, your wife… is very strong.” She turned around, picked up the black greatsword stuck in the ground, and walked a few steps towards Bailey, then turned her head slightly to look at me:

“Enjoy… your wife’s martial prowess~”

At this moment… I felt that as long as Aisilis was here… then nothing else mattered.

Turning her head, she continued to walk forward. With her head down, the background completely changing to a field of flowers, Aisilis thought about the worried look in Yuren’s eyes. Aisilis smiled from the bottom of her heart.

‘So nice, the way he worries about me, my Yuren.’

Taking a deep breath, the moment she lifted her head, Aisilis was like a different person. The surrounding temperature seemed to drop a few degrees. She looked at Bailey before her with a cold expression.

“I’m very angry, you know, Bailey.” Ignoring Bailey, Aisilis spoke to herself.

“That frightened expression on Yuren’s face will probably pain me for the rest of my life. But that’s not what makes me angry. If he had just abandoned that woman, he might have been able to live. But Yuren had no such thoughts. The fact that he doesn’t care about his own life is the reason I’m angry!”

“But that doesn’t mean I’m not angry about what you’ve done! Who you want to kill or who you want to be killed by has nothing to do with me. But you made Yuren have such a frightened expression. Everything about him belongs to me, whether it’s his smile, his happiness, his sadness, his pain, his tears, everything can only be given to him by me.”

Aisilis raised her sword and pointed it at Bailey.

“Besides me, to make him feel pain… this… will send you to hell!”

“Oh~ then I can only look forward to it.” Bailey held two longswords and responded to Aisilis.

~~An ear-shattering sound was produced when the two clashed. Even though I was far enough away, my ears still hurt when I heard the sound. Because of Vivian and Bailey’s battle, although it was short, I also knew the destructive power of it, so I took Liya and hid at a distance from the battlefield.

Leaning against a large tree, I panted. Even though I wasn’t the one fighting, I became more nervous than anyone else. But I have to applaud my foresight. Even at such a distance, I was still affected by the battle. If I had stayed in the battle area, it would have been more than just my ears hurting.

After a rapid dozen strikes, Aisilis and Bailey stood opposite each other, and at their feet was a crater tens of meters wide.

“You’ve improved a lot since half a year ago.” Aisilis looked at Bailey and said, seemingly very relaxed.

“Is that so? I thought you had really forgotten.”

“How could I? But I did forget about the outcome. So, who won that time?”

“Hehe… you’ll find out soon enough.”

With that, Bailey suddenly disappeared from the spot. Aisilis raised her sword behind her back, and the sound of weapons clashing was heard.

“You don’t think this will work on me, do you?”

“How would you know if you don’t try?”

Then Bailey flickered, leaving an afterimage. Subsequently, a dozen Baileys appeared around the huge crater at the same time, forming a circle and surrounding Aisilis.

“Illusions? No… they’re clones.” Aisilis looked at the clones that appeared around her with interest.

“You didn’t know this trick last time.”

“People always improve, and…” one of the Baileys said.

“I don’t want to lose to a woman for the rest of my life.”

“Is that so? What a pity, you’ll still lose to me today. And… you’ll die here.”

Towards the Bailey who had spoken, Aisilis charged forward. Arriving almost instantly, Aisilis raised her sword high and swung it down. Bailey quickly raised his swords to block, but he was split in half along with his swords by Aisilis, and then he dissipated into a white light.

“As expected, there are still illusions among them. There can be at most 6 clones.”

Looking at the remaining dozen Baileys, Aisilis frowned.

‘A bit troublesome.’

Before Aisilis could think, the dozen Baileys charged at her together…

The battle was still going on, and Liya and I had been hiding behind a large tree. Now I can only pray that Aisilis can win. Liya, who had been unconscious for a long time, finally woke up, looking a little weak still. After looking at me for a long time, she asked,

“Pervert, are we dead?”

“Not yet, young lady.”

“What about that Vivian? Did we escape?”

I rubbed my nose and said awkwardly,

“Although I don’t want to admit it, we were saved by your brother. Right now, Aisilis is dueling with your brother.”

“Is that so? Saved by him.” Liya looked very calm, even when she heard about her brother, there was no strong reaction.

To be honest, Bailey is very strong, definitely the strongest person I’ve met in this world besides Aisilis. I don’t even know if Aisilis can beat him. Thinking of this, I couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

“Don’t worry, Aisilis will win.”

Perhaps seeing my anxiety, Liya comforted me from the side.

“Because my brother has never won against Aisilis in the academy. He can only ever be second.”

I see, so that’s why he’s ‘Mr. Forever Second-Place’. But it’s useless to be anxious now. Leaning against the tree, I can only wait for the result of the battle…

As another white light dissipated, only 5 Baileys were left around Aisilis.

“I’ve already cut down 9 illusions and 3 clones. Are you still not going to make a move?”

Looking at the remaining 5 Baileys, Aisilis said with a relaxed expression.

The remaining 5 Baileys didn’t answer, and 2 of them charged directly at Aisilis. Aisilis raised Black Moon and sent one of them flying with a single strike, then appeared in front of the other Bailey.

Downward slash…

Of course, a single illusion couldn’t block Aisilis. The illusionary Bailey directly turned into white light, but Aisilis’s back was also exposed. At this moment, one of the Baileys who had been at the edge suddenly made a move. While Aisilis had not yet picked up her sword, he appeared behind her, his twin swords slashing at her.

“Took the bait.” A corner of Aisilis’s mouth curled up. She let go of Black Moon with her right hand, turned and bent down, punching backwards, directly hitting Bailey in the chest. Subsequently, Bailey turned into a white light…

The moment he turned into white light, Aisilis looked at everything before her with some disbelief.

“Behind…”

A bone-chilling killing intent came from behind. The real Bailey appeared behind Aisilis. The difference was that the real Bailey only held one longsword. The longsword slashed at Aisilis. In a hurry, Aisilis held Black Moon with her left hand and used its wide blade to barely block Bailey’s attack, but she was also sent flying by the force of the longsword. Even using Black Moon to stab into the ground to decelerate, she still slid for a dozen meters.

“Tsk, what a pity. It was the best chance.” Bailey shook his head, looking very regretful.

“You’re much smarter than you were half a year ago.” Aisilis stood up and took a long breath.

“I’ve said that people improve. But what a pity, I was quite confident in that strike.” Looking at Aisilis, Bailey’s face once again showed a charming smile.

“Although I’d like to settle the score here, it’s a waste of time to continue fighting.” With that, a magic circle appeared at Bailey’s feet.

“See you next time. I’ll leave my sister with you for now. I’ll come and take her away next time.” Then Bailey disappeared along with the magic circle.

Noticing that the battle was over, I also came to the scene of the battle and happened to see Bailey disappear… and Aisilis was standing alone in the huge crater.

“Aisilis, are you hurt?”

I slid down the huge crater and ran towards Aisilis. And as I got close, she fell directly on top of me.

“Aisilis… hey, don’t scare me.” I quickly hugged her in a panic.

“Sniff~”

“?”

“Sniff~ sniff~”

“…Hey… what are you doing?”

“Sniff~ Yuren’s scent, sniff~~”

With a look of intoxication on her face, I forcibly pushed Aisilis away. After being pushed away, Aisilis had a look of regret.

Then Liya also walked over. Although she still looked a little weak, it seemed that she had no problem walking basically.

“So what now?” Aisilis looked at Liya and asked.

“Mmm… you heard what he said just now. If we don’t take care of Liya, she’ll be in danger at any time. So…” I looked at Liya and extended my hand to her.

“Although it might be a bit cheesy to say this, do you want to go on an adventure with me?”

“An adventure?” She carefully glanced at Aisilis beside her, and Liya extended her hand hesitantly. Seeing this, I directly grabbed her hand. The moment I grabbed it, I thought I heard Aisilis click her tongue. But that’s not important anymore.

“We’re companions from now on. Let’s do our best together. Well, I’m sure Aisilis will come too!”

“Um, excuse me, can I refuse?”

“Sorry, you’re already on board.”

After that, I comforted the unhappy Aisilis, left the forest, and walked towards the Erisburg city gate. Although I felt like I had forgotten something, under the circumstances at the time, what’s forgotten is forgotten.