Volume 4, Chapter 9 – Dogfight in the Sky

Ignoring the Count’s eldest daughter, Yisi sat on Camilla’s shoulder and went over to her companions.

For some reason, the restriction placed on the Count’s eldest daughter did not apply to Yisi. When the Count’s eldest daughter jumped out of the carriage, the two were already more than ten meters apart, but Yisi’s consciousness did not return to her original body like a robot that had been powered off.

In addition, it was worth noting that aside from being unable to use [Second Form Awakening] and [Third Form Awakening], Yisi could even use magic with the Magical Fairy’s body that did not originally belong to it.

If it were a person with a girlish heart, they would probably love this kind of life. Being so small, they could hide in a big sister’s chest without any scruples—hmm, no, I’ll erase that last part. ¹ =w=

Not knowing if her previous thoughts had been transmitted to the Count’s eldest daughter, Yisi felt a bit guilty and shifted her attention to Mary and Tiffany, who were coming over. Both of them had noticed the Magical Fairy on Camilla’s shoulder, but they did not realize it was Yisi.

Mary’s voice was filled with anxiety.

“Miss Camilla, where’s the Master?”

“I’m right here.”

Flapping her red crystal-like wings to float in the air, Yisi waved at Mary.

Her gaze was full of hesitation. Mary looked at Camilla with an uncertain look.

“Miss Camilla…”

“No mana.”

“The Magical Fairy won’t sweat, so even if Tiffany licks it, it won’t have any taste.”

Struggling to push away Tiffany’s hand, Yisi gave a light cough.

“Anyway, because I made an agreement with the Count’s eldest daughter—I’ll call her Edith from now on—I will occasionally talk to you in my current state. But in reality, Edith will probably use it more often. Mary and Tiffany, were you in any danger just now?”

“Mhm, Miss Refina was with us just now. The bad guys were all driven away by Miss Refina.”

Refina playing with Mary? If I remember correctly, Refina is also a sadist, but this is not the right time to investigate. Yisi looked around her surroundings.

“As long as Mary and Tiffany are fine.”

“Onee-sama, what should we do now? Now that you’re back, we don’t have to follow that woman anymore.”

“No… Although I can live in this body, a doll’s body is not as convenient as a real body in all aspects. So I plan to wait for Edith to solve her problem, and then we’ll find a way for us to exist independently.”

Seeing Edith’s completely unhurried look, it seemed she already knew a way for the two of them to exist independently. Yisi also had some guesses about this—for example, by using the power of the Tower of Alexia to reshape a new body. After all, the Tower of Alexia could even grant immortality, so it should not be difficult to completely separate a soul from a body.

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Not knowing Yisi’s inner thoughts, Camilla showed hesitation on her face.

“If Onee-sama doesn’t mind, you can use my body… The two of us… can share one body…”

—Correction. Rather than hesitation, it was more like shyness. Camilla’s gaze was wandering on the ground. Although she had clasped her hands in front of her, her fingers were moving nervously, and her cheeks were even a little red.

“My everything… can be given to Onee-sama…”

Oh no, Camilla is about to conquer me.

If Camilla wasn’t only sixteen years old, no, if Camilla were a legal adult, Yisi would definitely hug her tightly with love—this was just too unfair. To prevent her inner thoughts from showing on her face, Yisi also turned her face away.

“Ahem, no. Not to mention whether my soul can enter Camilla’s body, first of all, it’s not fair to Camilla.”

From Yisi’s guess, even with her soul’s strength, she couldn’t enter a normal person’s body. Otherwise, everyone’s souls would have been able to jump around a long time ago.

“Mmph…”

Pouting unhappily, Camilla didn’t look very happy. Yisi could only pretend not to see. For her to fall, Camilla still needed to grow for another two years.

“A disgusting atmosphere.”

Tiffany, who was standing next to Mary, frowned. Mary’s purple eyes widened as she asked.

“What is Tiffany talking about?”

“An adult’s secret.”

“What? What?”

Probably because she had leveled up from 5 to 6, Tiffany could now say up to five words at a time instead of four.

Yisi felt like it would be troublesome if she became more talkative in the future. Yisi could already imagine Camilla and Tiffany arguing. In the end, Tiffany knew too much.

Hmm… I should cherish the current peace.

Cheering herself on, Yisi’s gaze drifted into the distance.

“Let’s not worry about that now. Let’s just get rid of all these noisy guys.”

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Meanwhile, the battle on the other side had reached a stalemate.

Edith, Refina, and ten other assassins formed a circle, their eyes fixed on the three Wyvern Knights in the sky.

“Three Wyvern Knights.”

Edith narrowed her eyes and murmured.

The imposter should have already told the soldiers that “the Loiswell Edith standing here” was an inferior product. Even if she were to defend herself, it would be a useless effort. And Edith disdained wasting her breath on the weak.

“I am very satisfied.”

Edith was more than aware of the importance of the three Wyvern Knights to the territory. As the heir to the Pescia Count, Edith’s training in how to lead soldiers into battle was almost on par with the Pescia Count himself.

To be able to dispatch three Wyvern Knights was enough to prove that the imposter had completely gained her father’s trust. And the reason the imposter had sent three Wyvern Knights was for no other purpose than to prevent her from approaching the capital of the Pescia Territory, ‘Elden’.

The other party’s fear made Edith cover her face with one hand and let out a low chuckle.

“Interesting… How very interesting. So you’re a coward.” Her low voice suddenly turned into a voice full of murderous intent, like that of a demon from hell. “A mere coward dares to use the name of Loiswell!”

Before Edith could finish speaking, the soldiers in full armor, riding on the wyverns, began to swoop down from three directions.

“Master, they’re coming!”

“Cover me!”

“Yes!”

Layer after layer of magical light fell from Refina’s hands onto Edith. After Refina finished chanting the magic, she put on a pair of metal gauntlets covered in spikes—this was Refina’s main weapon.

“Let’s start with you!”

Targeting the first Wyvern Knight that swooped down, Edith raised Gungnir, which was emitting a dazzling red light. The weak points of a Wyvern Knight were the base of the wyvern’s wings and the knight’s reins.

If something went wrong with either of them, the Wyvern Knight could only choose to retreat. However, the Count’s eldest daughter chose the Wyvern Knight himself.

[Guaranteed Hit]

Gungnir, filled with mana, flew out like a red meteor, heading straight for the Wyvern Knight’s chest. The Wyvern Knight subconsciously controlled the wyvern to make a sideways evasive maneuver, but Gungnir’s tracking effect came into play at this moment. The red meteor changed its original trajectory and, amidst the knight’s terrified shouts, pierced through his armor and into his chest.

Red blood instantly gushed out from the knight’s back.

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The wyvern, having lost its rider, writhed in the air and crashed straight into the circular formation where Edith was. Given the wyvern’s huge size, if it were to hit them head-on, even if they avoided vital points, they would definitely suffer broken bones or ruptured internal organs.

“Refina!”

“Yes!—[Levitation Spell].”

Under the effect of the weight-reducing [Levitation Spell], the Count’s eldest daughter first spread her wings, then jumped up from the ground, landing on Refina’s clasped metal gauntlets—a circle of earthy yellow light had appeared on the gauntlets at some point, preventing the spikes from piercing the Count’s eldest daughter’s long boots—and then, using the force from Refina’s push, Edith jumped straight toward the falling wyvern like a cannonball.

Landing accurately on the wyvern’s back, Edith first kicked away the knight whose chest had been pierced by Gungnir, then pulled out Gungnir, grabbed the reins with her free hand, and yanked them back forcefully.

“Stop!”

[Intimidation]

A natural skill of a Pureblood, it had a natural control over low-level monsters.

As if under a spell, the writhing wyvern suddenly changed direction, pulled up into the sky, then turned around and pursued the other two Wyvern Knights who were in the middle of a dive.

Normally, with Edith’s mana reserves, the sure-hit effect of Gungnir could be activated twice. But now, Edith found that Gungnir consumed more mana than before, and she could not use it a second time.

“It’s only a matter of time.”

There was not much difference between dealing with two Wyvern Knights at the same time and dealing with them one after another. At most, the loss would be the group of assassins in a circle on the ground, and she could get as many of them as she wanted.

However, things had changed slightly. The two Wyvern Knights who were originally charging towards the ground suddenly turned around, spread out to the sides, and then turned back to pincer Edith from both sides.

“Hmph, you want to surround and kill me? Come back when you have twice as many.”

Without the slightest fear, Edith chose to pull up vertically. The other two Wyvern Knights followed closely behind. At the same time, following behind Edith was the wyvern’s breath of azure magic.

That was probably [Wind Bind Spell].

If you get tied up, you’re doomed.

But magic also had its limits in terms of distance and flight speed. A hundred meters passed in an instant. Edith easily escaped the pursuit of the [Wind Bind Spell], then controlled the wyvern to turn around and dive vertically, crashing towards one of the pursuing Wyvern Knights.

With the help of gravity, Edith soon came within ten meters of the Wyvern Knight. And at this moment, the Wyvern Knight had no other choice. Turning around and flying downwards like Edith would expose his back to Edith, and his speed would definitely not be able to catch up to Edith’s dive.

He could only raise his five-meter-long knight’s lance to meet the attack. He believed that before Edith’s two-meter-long red spear hit him, Edith would be pierced by his own five-meter-long knight’s lance. Likewise, Edith would definitely not have time to make an evasive maneuver at this moment.

If Edith made no preparations, that would indeed be the result. But this knight’s opponent was Edith.

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[Shadow Fang]

The rapidly enlarging Edith suddenly disappeared just before hitting the knight’s lance, turning into countless tiny bats that scattered and flew away. Then, the wyvern that Edith controlled screamed, and mixed with the knight’s shouts, the two crashed head-on.

Crack, crack, crack, crack.

It was not a loud bang, but a series of sounds of bones breaking and shattering. Under the force that was enough to crush stone, the knight’s shouts came to an abrupt end. Along with the other two wyverns, they turned into a pile of boneless flesh, falling limply to the ground.

“Dieee!”

The other Wyvern Knight, who had rushed over, targeted the scattered bats, swinging his knight’s lance while letting his wyvern bite the bats. The bats transformed from a Pureblood were also part of the main body. If the bats died, the injuries would be reflected on the main body. In the blink of an eye, five bats died from being pierced and bitten.

As long as I keep this up, I’ll win.

A desire for victory welled up in the knight’s heart. He kept swinging his knight’s lance. Although the five-meter-long knight’s lance was clumsy, every swing of the massive spear would kill two or three bats. It was at this moment that he heard a faint muffle.

From behind him.

“Gah!”

Thinking of the miserable state of his two companions, the knight made a sound that a vampire shouldn’t be able to make. He quickly threw away the clumsy knight’s lance, then lowered his upper body, drew a longsword from the wyvern’s neck, and swung it behind him.

It was too late.

When he turned his head, all he saw was Edith’s bloodshot eyes and a savage smile.

“All traitors must die.”

A sharp pain came from his neck. The knight wanted to speak, but he could only open and close his mouth like a goldfish, unable to say anything. In the air, there was only a grating sound, as if a blade was scraping against bone.

Edith twisted the short blade in the knight’s throat again and again, as if she were enjoying the knight’s pained expression before he died. Her smile became more and more savage as she savored the feeling of the windpipe and the artery being crushed together in her hand.

It was only after the knight, unable to breathe, clutched his own neck with both hands and his eyes rolled back that Edith pulled out the dagger, kicked the knight in the jaw, and sent him flying.

“Huff…”

Uncontrollably, due to the injuries reflected from the bats, blood trickled from the corner of Edith’s mouth. She gasped for breath, barely managing to control the wyvern to land on the ground.

But the disappearance of the Wyvern Knight did not change the battle situation. Because the enemy’s numbers were twice as many as her own, the ground troops had already begun to shrink their defensive line, and the situation had become precarious.