The witch ladies want me to confess my love

Fourier's free right hand grasped the hilt of the sword. The blue crystal blade in his left hand moved laterally, pushing Kane's weapon aside. The cyan crystal blade in his right hand slashed Kane's body from bottom to top, drawing blood. The beads flew, and a long and narrow wound appeared on Kane's body.

"This is fate."

So said Fourier, who wielded two swords in both hands.

Chapter 9 Broken Rose·Hold

The encounter between people is a kind of fate. Both the Dimension Witch and the woman who taught Fourier swordsmanship have expressed similar views.

This is how he met Hei Zhen, and this is how he met Kane: for the sake of his client, he will do his best to realize his wish; in order to practice the strongest swordsmanship, he will not let go of every swordsman, and will fight against the enemy whenever he sees one. cut.

Kane stumbled back. Fourier's sword left a hideous wound on him, but his dominant hand was intact and still capable of fighting.A qualified swordsman will grit his teeth and swing the sword bravely, risking his life, but a rookie swordsman will only think about running for his life after discovering that the enemy also holds a krypton gold item and is cut to yellow blood by a sword.

Are you kidding me, asking me to fight such a monster? !

Gerald's eldest son was not in vain. He stared at the two weapons held by Fourier. The blue crystal blade in the terrifying swordsman's left hand seemed to have the ability to "freeze", while the cyan crystal blade in his right hand had the ability to "accelerate". "In the previous round of fighting, Fourier's blue crystal blade struck first, tempting him to defend and use the magic stored in the blade so that he could activate the ability in the blue crystal blade to counterattack.

After freezing his weapon, Fourier's cyan crystal blade hidden in the groove on the side of the blue crystal blade spun out and delivered a swift blow.

Therefore, the blue crystal blade is longer and heavier than the cyan crystal blade, but it is held in Fourier's left hand.Through rigorous training, a swordsman can roughly maintain a balance between his dominant hand and his non-dominant hand when using weapons. There are still subtle differences, so heavier and longer weapons will definitely appear in the dominant hand.

A left-handed swordsman.This is the conclusion Kane came to.

"Attack his right side."

The eldest son of the Gerrard family reminded the guards who rushed towards Fourier that this was the only strength he had at hand, and the rest was almost burned by Heizhen not far away.

Who would have thought that an idle leveling operation outside the Novice Village would attract a lawnmower monster that waved a flag and burned people, and an elite monster that became violent and meowing at the sight of a swordsman and locked in hatred.

Because of the spell, Kane looked at Fourier still shrouded in a layer of black smoke. My Little Pony's mask made people feel physically uncomfortable. The detection spell could only detect unexplained gibbering when it was shined through - —

The nightingale lives in the sacred linden tree and experiences the world through thinking and singing

She praises the weeping true love story and is willing to turn it into poetry

Kane took out the potion from his arms as he backed away. From the time he sprinkled it on the wound to when he raised his head again, five seconds passed, and his senses, which had been numbed by pain, returned to normal.

He found that his surroundings had become lonely.His guards fell on the road rushing towards Fourier, and huge ice spears rose from the ground, piercing the victims towards the sky, reminiscent of the cruel Romanian king in history who inflicted on his enemies. Cruel means.

"You won't really die if you die here, so I didn't break my oath." Fourier walked towards the pale Kane with his sword in hand. "There is an opponent hidden here who is worth fighting. Do you know anything?"

"what?"

Seeing the blank expression on the other side, Fourier raised his sword and said, "For people like you, it's better not to hold the weapon. In the future, that sword alone will be enough to kill you. Thank me, From today on, you are no longer a swordsman."

Kane did not understand what Fourier meant, but Fourier's sword path told him that this enemy did not intend to kill him immediately in this space. Instead, his arms would be cut off by the opponent.

A series of sonic booms rang in Kane's ears. He covered his ears and lowered his head as if on reflex. When he raised his head again, he saw Fourier already five meters away from him, and there was a long mark on the ground.

He restored the scene just now in his mind: Fourier's sword was about to fall on his shoulder. At this time, someone came from behind. With the help of huge kinetic energy, Fourier was knocked back, and Fourier was knocked out of balance. At this time, he seized the opportunity and attacked three times in a row.

Even so, the man with two swords in both hands did not suffer any damage due to the forced mistake, and he responded appropriately to the crisis. Kane felt that losing to such a swordsman was not unfair at all.

Food is one thing, death is another.

As soon as Fourier stepped into the arena, he noticed a powerful aura hidden around him, always keeping a reasonable distance from Kane, obviously protecting him.That's why he said those words, making a show of cutting off Kane's arm to persuade the rookie swordsman to retreat, and lure out the one worth fighting.

The new enemy wears a white mask with duckweed-like patterns engraved on it. He is slightly bloated, has long hair pulled back into a ponytail, and holds a sword with cracks everywhere in his hand.

However, it was such a retired master sword that was evenly matched with Fourier in three rapid attacks and defenses.If the woman were younger, Fourier would consider pulling out other crystal blades to fight.

The young operator raised his sword and said, "It should be an honor to fight a poetic remnant of the old era."

"Get down and hold your head," the woman told Kane.

Kane opened his mouth. He vaguely felt that the other person seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who this woman was.When he lay down, the young operator and the mysterious woman disappeared at the same time, leaving only the flashing light and rumbling sounds.

People have the desire to die at any time. Kane was scared to death, but his curiosity pushed him to raise his head with a lucky mentality of "I will just look up."

The originally tidy environment was full of traces of raging power. There was no intact ground. There were jungles made of ice blocks everywhere on the ground, and some of them left traces of slashes.

The apartment where Fourier fell had been covered with spider web-like cracks. The two-handed swordsman who had left a psychological shadow on Kane was located at the commanding heights. The blue crystal blade of his left hand slashed horizontally, and the cyan crystal blade of his right hand slashed vertically. The two swords The light overlapped and rotated in the shape of a cross, falling into a storm.

The mysterious woman who assisted Kane sheathed her sword, and an amazing momentum brewed in her sheath.When the vanguard of the storm had arrived on the ground, blowing her hair and dancing wildly in the air, the woman drew her sword again, and the sky and the earth briefly turned into black and white. Starting from the bottom of the storm, along with the apartment, fine waves appeared. crack.

The storm disintegrated and the apartment collapsed. Among the fragments of steel and concrete, the figures of the two swordsmen intertwined with the light of their swords, pushing the falling debris farther away.

Fourier fell to the ground, and a black fire snake rushed past him, and turned into fireworks in front of the woman's broken weapon.The swordsman turned his head, and Heizhen was standing there, her eye-catching battle flag already put away.

Fourier looked down at the two weapons in his hands. The light of the crystal blade dimmed, and the color began to develop toward transparency. The time left for him was also very limited.

The woman who fought with him picked up Kane and left. Fourier did not chase him, so the woman easily got rid of the entanglement of Heizhen's flame. When she disappeared from Fourier's sight, everyone returned to reality. inside.

"Why didn't you chase him just now?" Hei Zhen asked.

"As long as she still has the idea of ​​helping Kane, we will meet again sooner or later. This is fate."

When he said this, Fourier restrained his fighting spirit, took off his mask, and the harmless aura of humans and animals surrounded him again.

In reality, their location was between the city government office building, the wealthy area on the east bank of the river, and the old Duke's Palace. Since the Duke of Orleans was pushed to the guillotine, that place had also been defeated.

Then a funny scene appeared: in the old days, the mansion where ordinary people would be scolded mercilessly by the guards even if they took a second look, is now filled with wanderers, drunkards and citizens passing by in a hurry.

Osh's face couldn't hide his fatigue. Because of the traitor's betrayal, the radical faction in the union lost some combat power, and he needed to adjust his plan.After the two sides parted, Fourier and Heizhen walked side by side on the street.

"Among the swordsmen I have fought against, she may be ranked in the top ten." Fourier commented on the mysterious female swordsman he fought against: "If she were 20 years younger, her body fat rate, strength, reaction and magic power would be better." My activity level can be raised to another level, and then I can use a krypton gold prop instead of a whiteboard sword that should be in the museum, and I might have to run away."

"Your swordsmanship is much more pleasing to the eye than your ability to show off your cleverness. I can only think of one candidate who is middle-aged, female, can fight evenly with you, and has the motive to aid Kane Gerrard. .”

"Sword Witch." Fourier and Heizhen said the same name.

Fourier continued: "When that woman appeared next to Kane, I could feel his blood resonating with her. The possibility of a blood relationship between the two is quite high. You see, it was also mentioned in the rumors. The Sword Witch had an ominous number of children with young Toby Gerald.

From the rumors and the facts we have gathered, we can deduce the following:

1° Kane and Sword Witch are related by blood;

2° Kane was not born to the British woman Toby Gerrard first married, it was just a deliberate cover-up to legitimize his status;

3°The Sword Witch settled in downtown Orleans so that she could protect her children at any time;

4°Neither Kane nor his subordinates knew about the existence of Sword Witch, which extended two definitions of Sword Witch: a. Sword Witch is a high-level chess piece placed on the chessboard by Toby Gerrard; b The Sword Witch exists on the chessboard, but she stands on the side of her children based on her mother's position, and thus belongs to the assister of Gerald's camp. "

Heizhen's patience was inversely proportional to the length of Fourier's words. She tried to interrupt at first, but then became more and more silent and just kicked the gravel on the ground.When she stretched her legs, the edge of the long skirt turned upwards, and a white line appeared between the short boots and the long skirt. The skin of the girl's ankles was delicate and as warm as the best suet.

Don't get me wrong, even if Hei Zhen lifted her skirt with a look of disgust on her face, others wouldn't see Pangji.Because she wore breeches underneath like a man.So when fighting, she didn't have to worry about anything at all, she just stepped forward.

"Miss Alt, what are you talking about?" Fourier sighed after finishing speaking, "From the perspective of others, it seems that I am talking to the air, which is really embarrassing."

"Do you still care about other people's eyes? It sounds like a..."

"A person with low self-esteem, unconfident, a coward, a follower, and a vulgar. These are the labels many people have given me, and unfortunately, these descriptions are so apt.

There are two types of people with low self-esteem. They either act too weak because of their low self-esteem, or they act too strong because of their low self-esteem——"

Fourier quickened his pace slightly, and he distanced himself from Heizhen. When the young man stopped because of the carriage approaching in front of him, he turned back, looked at the girl enveloped in his shadow and said, "Guess Guess which one I am, Miss Alt, and which one are you?"

"Boring question."

When passing by Fourier, Hei Zhen patted his sleeve and said, "Go back quickly, don't let me have only boiled chicken for dinner."

"Where are you going?"

"Go home, of course."

Hei Zhen left Fourier behind, and the young man followed him and immediately caught up. The client always felt that the man's eyes were on her back, and there was no actual evidence, so she felt a little uncomfortable.

I care a little about what he thinks of me, Kurosada thought, just "a little bit".

Fourier, who was lagging behind, thought of the mansion in Sufayela where he still had 15 years left to pay off the mortgage.While working for the Dimensional Witch, he often felt unsettled. When he sought answers from his boss, the Dimensional Witch's answer was that he needed a "home", which was an anchor for his soul.

He superficially thought that "home" meant buying a house, but after living in it, it was still empty.Today, when the client asked him to go back with him in a nonchalant tone, Fourier's heart was touched for the first time, 27 hours and 42 minutes after they had known each other.

Perhaps the "home" Ms. Yuko is talking about means having a fixed residence and having people to accompany you.Why did he go through such a long loop to think of such a simple truth?

However, it doesn't matter what.

Fourier smiled self-deprecatingly. When he was still daydreaming, he didn't really desire anything, and he didn't try his best for it, so he had room to dream.

And when reality shattered his fantasy and he woke up from his dream, the thing he truly desired, the thing he worked so hard for, was all in the distance that was out of reach, mocking his naivety.

It was probably at that time that he truly understood the emotion of "shame".

Chapter 10 Father and Son·Start

Because the sofa in Heizhen's house was too soft and too small, and in the living room, the shortcomings of poor sound insulation were magnified to the extreme. Fourier, lying there, could hear the quarrel of the couple next door, Phoenix's weak and useless persuasion, and There was the deep voice of Osh who came back very late...

An ordinary, seemingly contradictory and wonderfully cohesive family was sketched in Fourier's mind.

The only effective information Fourier gained from the short-tempered noises from these parents was that Phoenix and his brother had a normal relationship. When Osh spoke ill of Gerald's family, that was all. Mrs. Gerald was called "poor" by Phoenix. "People", and for Kane, Phoenix did his best to protect him.

In a sense, Phoenix has already made a choice between family and lovers.

Hei Zhen opened the door. Her head was covered with a towel, and crystal water drops kept dripping down. When Fourier passed by, he could feel the heat of her skin and the fragrance of bath salts.

The young man glanced at the bathtub and found that the water had been washed away. Heizhen leaned against the door and said to him: "Are you rushing in just to drink my bath water (@Durant)?"

"Pee, crackle, cheers." Fourier made a toast gesture.

"It's a pity that I don't have any left for you."

Fourier smiled. In order to avoid the quarrel in the next room, he put the weapon box within easy reach and spent the night in the bathtub.

The next day, he and the client parted ways. Heizhen continued to fulfill her duty as a student, and he also fulfilled his duty as an investigator.

After his battle with the Sword Witch last night, he realized that the fight between individuals and groups, outsiders and locals could not be bridged, even if he had an expendable "friend" like Osh.Time is on Gerard's side. The longer it goes on, the more hands Gerrard, who has been running Orleans for a long time, will have, and the more Fourier's information will be exposed.

Some shortcomings are quite troublesome to be caught by the enemy.Just like last night, Kane's rookie swordsman saw that he was left-handed and called his men to attack his right side. The tactical idea was clear and correct. It was only the lack of ability of the executor of the tactics that made him cosplay a piercing male.

When dealing with an opponent of Samurai Sword's level, his cosplay as the Impaler was simply looking for death.

Regardless, he needed information.Before coming to Orleans, he observed the city from the outside from a "foreigner" perspective. Now, he needed to deconstruct it from a "local" perspective.

The library contains the richest and most basic information, so it became Fourier's first stop.The young man bought two pieces of bread on the road and paired them with the endless boiled chicken for lunch.Because he looked very young, he naturally misunderstood that he was a college student who was studying for an exam soon.

For college students, there are two completely different states between taking exams and ordinary life.

The first thing Fourier focused on was searching for information on "Toby Gerrard". As expected, there were only two types of information in the library: those who praised Gerrard and those who praised Gerrard very vigorously. Those who were for money. And the writers who betrayed their conscience simply turned Gerald into a reverse Napoleon——

The reason why it is reversed is that Gerald was beaten in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life he made a killing in the business world. Among them, he bought the Orleans Machinery Manufacturing Company worth 80 million for 1000, which can be said to be power, resourcefulness and money. An example of a combination of forces.

Not that there were no attempts to eliminate these oligarchs. Two years after Gerald acquired and renamed Shinra Corporation, a provincial prosecutor launched an investigation.

Fourier found the prosecutor's ending on a newspaper clipboard in the library: two months after launching the proceedings, the prosecutor was forced to resign due to the "prostitution" scandal, and the investigation was abandoned.

Afterwards, Gerrard became a member and behind-the-scenes funder of the Orleans United Front Party. By helping fellow members of the party become members of parliament, he built a strong enough protective umbrella. Internally, as his monopoly group grew larger, his influence on the Orleans area The control becomes more and more stable.

So when Fourier started investigating in order to fulfill his wish, some clients in the capital gave him great convenience. They also expected the Dimensional Witch's people to make some noise in the city. For Fourier The same goes for him, as long as he can play a role in dealing with Gerrard, that person is his expendable friend.

After Fourier obtained the information about Gerald's rise to the present, the next target of his search was the "Sword Witch". Compared with official/quasi-official records, it is easier to find supernatural beings in folklore, monsters, and fantasy books. The shadow of the person.

In a novel called "Old Times", Fourier found traces of the Sword Witch: on an elevated stage that was obviously a reference to Orleans, a story was told:

The story takes place in an empty city, where extraordinary beings who serve as sword maidens have settled in the past. They can pass on their superb skills in sword weapons through their bloodline - but the strength of each generation depends entirely on face like a lottery ticket.

This generation of sword witches is the irresponsible product of the previous generation of witches. She was sent to other people's homes as a menial maid since she was a child, earning the lowest salary and doing the most tiring work.

However, in an ironic sense, the maid fell in love with the young master of that family, which is unacceptable behavior in the world.Facing the killer sent by the family, the maid who had given birth awakened her abilities. She became a sword master and fought fiercely with the enemy. She gave birth to her and the young master's child in the rain and the enemy's corpse.

The maid died, and the young master threw the child into the river and returned to the family. After returning from studying abroad, he became the head of the family and a pillar of society praised by everyone, and lived a happy life.

This is a story full of biases, conjectures and supplements, but it must be based on reality.The author of this book is likely to be an insider of Toby Gerrard's love affair with the Sword Witch, and his pen name is even more interesting——

Alonso Quijada is the real name of the protagonist in the famous anti-chivalry novel "Don Quijada".

Did the author use this name on a whim, or did he place the same emotion as the lonely and stupid knight Don Quixote in the book?

Unknowingly, it was time for the sunset to fall again. Fourier raised his head and rubbed his forehead.He has not been engaged in the clerical industry for a long time since he followed Miss Yuko.

The public library became empty, and the employees who left did not come back. Only the ashes of the sky reflected in the glass curtain wall and the interlaced shadows on the floor accompanied him. Those shadows squirmed on the ground and merged into the fog that fell on the ground. .

A ray of cold light struck from the direction of three o'clock. Fourier picked up a chair and threw it over. The moment the chair collided with the attacker, he had already run towards the bookshelf at high speed. Through the gaps in the books, he could see The afterimage of an attacker running.

At the end of the bookshelf, when two shadows touched the wall at the same time, Fourier took the lead and took out his pistol and pointed it directly at the attacker's head, while the opponent's weapon was still a few centimeters away from his vitals.

The attacker raised his hands and said depressedly: "Aren't you a swordsman?"

"Pistols are also part of being a swordsman, so don't play with them if you don't feel comfortable with them."

"Okay, okay, this style...is yours."

The attacker, Jota Gerrard to be precise, threw away his weapon, looked directly at Fourier and said: "'Friends today, friends tomorrow, friends forever'. Do you remember this school motto, senior? "

Half of the members of the Gerald family were vacant for dinner today. Mrs. Gerald still refused to have dinner with her husband and children because of "sickness" today. The unattractive Ruota didn't know where she was fooling around, so Only Toby and Kane, father and son, were left at both ends of the long dining table.