Hentai King System

”Oraa!”

Together with a sharp shout, Rigel’s sword cut the wind.

In an instant silver light ran.

But the girl in front of him did not flinch.

”Too naive!”

Aria declared it in a cool tone and deflected it lightly.

The movement was smooth as a dance, without waste.

Gakin!

A high sound of metal striking metal.

Rigel tried to pierce a momentary opening in the clash of guards, but he got no solid feel.

”Tch.”

”See, you’re full of openings!”

Aria’s sword flash ran as if glittering.

Rigel reflexively twisted his body and evaded it by a hair.

(…This one is pretty strong.)

In the gaps of offense and defense Rigel muttered inside.

The average level of Royal Academy students was high.

Among them, those who entered the Academy Martial Arts Tournament were all people with pride in their own ability.

Still more, this was the third round of the tournament.

Those who had survived this far could not be weak.

But even so, Aria stood out.

”Fu!”

Aria stepped in sharply.

Footwork that seemed to gouge the ground, then a sword swung through.

Rigel’s reaction lagged for an instant.

”Uoh!?”

Steel mercilessly split his side.

Together with a dull pain, his vision swayed.

(Crap… For me to take a wound.)

Impatience ran through his mind.

But there was no time to flinch.

Ignoring the heat overflowing from the wound, Rigel thrust his sword.

The aim was Aria’s center.

”Useless.”

She declared it in a cold voice that was somehow pitying.

Her sword received Rigel’s blow without hesitation.

A high impact sound rang, and his attack was easily nullified.

In succession Aria slashed diagonally from the shoulder.

”…Kuh!?”

He evaded by a paper-thin margin, but his balance broke.

His feet left the ground, and his vision tilted.

She did not miss that instant.

”It’s over!”

A cruel pronouncement.

The tip of steel closed in to deliver the finishing blow.

”…Tch.”

Rigel’s back teeth ground.

Then he swung his sword sideways as if brushing everything away.

””—!!””

Voiceless voices.

Crossing swords.

Sparks scattered.

At the strong impact the two took distance as if flung apart.

While exhaling rough breaths they exchanged gazes.

”Th-that movement just now…?”

Aria muttered quietly.

She looked at her hand.

Numbness remained from the shock of the sword clash.

”…A shame.”

”Ah? What’s a shame.”

Rigel asked back irritably.

Aria narrowed her eyes a little and continued.

”Not a bad sword line. If you hadn’t done criminal acts and graduated properly, you could have become a capable talent.”

”Heh, too bad. I do what I want to do.”

”I see…”

Aria quietly agreed.

”And treating people as criminals isn’t good, you know? Do you have evidence? Solid evidence that I’m a criminal—”

”Of course I do.”

”…What?”

Rigel’s brow furrowed.

Aria looked straight at him and spoke plainly.

”Did you think I was late for no reason? I was gathering evidence until the last minute. I had done a certain amount of investigation beforehand, but our fight was only decided yesterday. Time was tight, but even so I gathered a sufficient amount of evidence.”

”…Hoh.”

”Fufufu… Evil never prospers in this world. I will condemn you.”

Aria approached him step by step.

The walk was by no means fast.

But it was certainly cornering him.

Dull red hair swayed, and every time her gaze shone cold the density of the air changed.

There was a quiet yet irresistible pressure there, as if a reaper were reaching for prey.

”…”

Rigel was silent.

But behind that silence a little impatience and suspicion swirled.

(Evidence, huh… Did someone talk? I should have thoroughly raped them and made them submit…)

Faces of past women floated and vanished one after another in his mind.

In the royal capital alone his rape victims easily numbered in the dozens.

He should have given despair and joy by turns, worn down reason with fear and pleasure, and bound them with violence and money.

He should have taken families as shields, threatened with social standing, and crushed even escape routes.

Even so, even with the cheat skill [Rape] he could not peek into the deepest part of a person’s heart.

If even one person, just one, had left a light in the depths of her heart…

(Or there might have been a witness? …Thinking about it has no end. What I should do now is—)

While swallowing saliva in the back of his throat, Rigel pretended to be calm.

If he let his feelings be known, that alone would tilt his position.

”…A proposal.”

”What is it?”

Aria did not stop her feet and did not even move her gaze.

With eyes that stayed cold she only looked ahead.

”Destroy the evidence. Then I can let you off.”

”Ha?”

For an instant Aria’s eyebrow moved.

As if slowly tilting her head she looked at him.

”And here I wondered what you would say… Do you think I would take a condition like that?”

”Why not?”

”Because I am clearly winning.”

Aria’s words were heavy and full of certainty.

Not mockery, but a presentation of cold reality.

In that instant the air swayed.

Wind rose, and in the next moment swords were dancing around them.

Not one or two.

Dozens of swords danced in midair as if they had will, embodying Aria’s will.

”This is my unique magic. [Blade Marionette].”

At the same time as the voice, a torrent of mana filled the space.

A heavy wave of air crawled over skin, and Rigel’s eyebrow moved slightly.

”Heh… Unique magic. To be able to control this many swords.”

Rigel said it as if impressed.

For an outstanding magician, mana had a certain versatility.

With the cheat skill [Rape], Rigel could imitate telekinesis by directly manipulating mana.

A few swords he could control on the spot.

And if he constructed and refined a dedicated spell beforehand, controlling more than ten swords was not impossible.

But whether he could control dozens was dubious.

The scene before his eyes of many swords dancing was proof that Aria was an excellent magician.