Anime: Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation

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The sun shines on this quiet forest, the light penetrates the leaves, passes through the mottled shadows, and shines on the ground.

The black feathers scattered all over the ground, and a girl with black wings appeared out of nowhere.

The girl's facial features are very beautiful. Her purple-black hair sparkles with a fascinating light under the sunlight, and her jet-black wings add a different kind of charm to the girl.

At this moment, there was a person sitting opposite the girl.

It was a young man with blood-red short hair and blood-red eyes. He was sitting in an extremely arrogant posture. His body was covered with tattoos carved with blood-red stripes. When he saw the girl, he said to her with an arrogant expression on his face: "Hey, Restia, do you like that guy so much?"

The girl named Restia turned around and looked at the arrogant brat in front of her with disgust in her eyes.

She frowned slightly and said with an unhappy look on her face: "Gio Inzat, watch your words."

Inzat sneered and said casually, "Why, how about I let you see my abilities as the 'Devil King's Successor'?"

Restia's face became even more unhappy, and the girl showed a look of pity and sarcasm. She said to Inzat, "You know where your abilities come from. Don't fool yourself. Also, the so-called successor of the Demon King is just a self-importance. You are not as good as him, and even less than Lian Ashbel."

Restia's words were like a sharp blade piercing Inzat's heart. Inzat's arrogant expression froze, and he looked at Restia with anger on his face. Inzat said angrily: "You guy, do you want to die?"

As soon as Inzat finished speaking, someone appeared beside Restia.

It was a girl with long brown hair, but her eyes were dim at this moment, and there was an extremely dangerous aura around her from time to time.

The moment he saw the girl, Inzat's pupils suddenly shrank, with disbelief on his face. He said to Restia: "Are you crazy? Why did you bring him out?"

Restia's smiling face turned cold. Restia raised her eyes and said to Inzat expressionlessly: "What do you mean?"

Feeling the unpleasant tone of Restia's voice, the girl took a step forward. However, it was this step that made Inzat, who was originally fearless, take a step back.

Yingzat swallowed his saliva and said viciously: "Crazy woman!"

After cursing each other viciously, the three of them fell into silence again.

Restia was too lazy to explain anything, Inzat was just out of embarrassment, and the girl was because she couldn't speak at all.

As she spoke, she now only had a very weak consciousness. If Alice and Claire could see the girl's appearance, they would be very shocked.

Because she was the winner of the Elf Sword Dance Festival three years ago, and was also the girl who was crowned as the strongest sword dancer.

And her name is Lian Ashbell.

The girl who calmed the anger of the Fire Elf King with her extremely gorgeous sword dance now had a dazed look on her face.

And if Luo Ya were here, he would probably be able to tell the other party's current state at a glance.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 204 The storm is coming

This black aura was almost the same as the black mist that Roya had seen in his dream. The biggest difference was that the mist on Lian Ashbel was much more concentrated.

Three years ago, when Lian Ashbel won the Sword Dance Festival, he made a wish to the Elf King, and that wish was to kill the Water Elf King.

Although the Elf King cannot control wishes, and the operation itself is not controlled by the Elf King, it is still too naive to promise the Elf King's death in front of him.

The ending is self-evident, Lian Ashbel was directly swallowed up by the [Darkness of the Other World].

The thick dark energy can corrode the mind of the elves. Even a genius like Lian Ashbel cannot stay in the darkness of the alien world for a long time.

Restia performed space magic and prepared to send Lian Ashbel away. Even though Lian Ashbel had been contaminated by the dark aura of the other world at this time, she would at most lose some memories. This was not a big deal. Lian Ashbel, who was contaminated by this energy, could even become stronger, and the demon king status in her body could also be awakened.

But at this moment, problems arose with the elf's magic of time and space.

To be precise, there was no problem with her casting technique. As a dark elf, she would never make such a low-level mistake.

A fluctuation of time and space disrupted the space, and it was the impact of this moment that forced Lian Ashbel to stay in the darkness of the alien world for ten minutes.

It was during this period of time that the dark aura completely corroded the boy. If it were not for Restia protecting Lian Ashbel, Lian Ashbel would have been completely lost in the darkness and chaos. By then, Lian Ashbel would no longer be Lian Ashbel, but would have turned into a monster-level existence like Solomon.

But even so, the consequence of this short period of time is that Lian Ashbel has become such a being.

Not only has the gender changed, but the soul is also tainted with the aura of darkness.

To be honest, Restia is a dark elf and also the guide of the Demon King. She was previously called "Solomon's Ring", but the only person she has actually guided is Lian Ashbel.

The rest of the demon kings either died before meeting her or did not meet her. Almost all of them ended their lives before meeting Restia Ashdol, or awakened in irregular forms like the legendary Solomon, and were swallowed by a force they could not control, turning into a ball of resentment.

Who could have imagined that the demon king who brought suffering to this continent was actually a loser.

However, even such a failed product still hurts the nerves of everyone on this continent.

When Restia met Lian Ashbel, the gears of fate began to turn.

This was the first time she truly watched Lian Ashbel grow up.

Lian Ashbel has great talent, far surpassing most elf users. After a period of getting along with her, Restia can safely guide Lian Ashbel step by step to awaken the power in her body. In fact, the effect is surprisingly good.

At the Elf Sword Dance Festival, the fact that Lian Ashbel was called the strongest sword dancer was enough to explain everything.

But because of the mistakes, Lian Ashbel fell into the abyss step by step. Until now, Lian Ashbel is almost scrapped.

For her own good and for the sake of her own mission, what she can do now is to try to transfer the power belonging to the Dark Elf King to another substitute.

Therefore, when I learned about the existence of Roya, I felt very complicated.

Although she had been with Restia for many years and even she had some feelings for him, now all she could do was transfer that power away.

Restia looked at Lian Ashbel who was silent beside her, looked at her charming face, and finally sighed and said, "Forget it, let it be. This is also a good thing for him."

After saying this, Restia turned her gaze towards Inzat and said calmly, "In that case, then go and give it a try. Find out what that guy is like. If possible, lure him here."

Yingzat was slightly stunned, and then he laughed wildly. Yingzat's handsome face was full of arrogance. He smiled and said, "Okay, I'll show you who is the real successor to the Demon King."

Restia said nothing. When Inzat disappeared into the woods, she glanced and said, "A stink bug."

Lian Ashbel glanced at Inzat's back. She still didn't speak, her eyes cold and calm.

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After dealing with all these matters, Roya returned home and sent Alice to the infirmary. After hearing that Alice was fine, Roya asked Alice to rest in the infirmary while he went to Greyvas's location to deliver the task.

In the office, Greyvas raised her eyes, glanced at the leisurely-looking young man, and said with a faint smile on her face: "It seems that everything is going well."

Roya nodded and glanced at Greyvas. Her delicate face with a mature charm always had a smile on it, but this smile was more like a mask.

He curled his lips and said casually: "I have already taken action, what else can't be solved? Besides, isn't everything under your control?"

Roya's lightly sarcastic words did not cause Greyvas to be unhappy. Greyvas still smiled and said, "This attack was indeed beyond my expectations, but life is always full of surprises, isn't it? There will only be more things to come, not less."

Greyvas's pointed words made Luo Ya frown slightly, and Luo Ya asked coldly: "What else are you hiding from me, you guy?"

Greyvas shrugged, raised the corner of her mouth, and said to Roya: "Well, as long as you can obtain the Sword Dance Festival."

Luo Ya looked at Greyvas deeply and said casually: "Forget it, since you have helped me so much, I will help you to the best of my ability."

Then Roya turned and left. Looking at Roya's departing back, the calm expression on Greyvas's face disappeared. Greyvas rubbed her brows, sighed, looked at the scenery outside the window and murmured, "Really, the storm is coming."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 205 Negotiation with Esther

Greyvas knew some things, but the more she knew, the easier it was for her to become confused.

Although Greyvas was not confused, she was distressed because of these things.

The view outside the window was beautiful. The clouds in the sky formed a white ocean. Grayvas adjusted her glasses, feeling inexplicably anxious.

"Really, I hope everything goes well."

The morning was delayed because of the academy's affairs. When Luo Ya found Claire, she was looking at Luo Ya with an unhappy face.

Claire said to Roya, "Too slow, you guy."

Seeing the other person's completely clueless look, Luo Ya couldn't help but said, "You guys are really getting lazier lately."

Claire loudly retorted, "What? I'm lazy? How am I lazy?"

Luo Ya was too lazy to dwell on this matter and explained what happened this morning to Claire, who then showed a look of shock on her face.

"What? There are monsters attacking the academy?" Claire was shocked.

The incident happened in the morning. Although it was a big incident and had already been spread by students in those colleges, Claire was probably sleeping all morning, which was also within Luoya's expectations. That's why Luoya said that Claire was too negligent.

Luo Ya sighed helplessly, walked away, and said to the girl behind him: "Come on, I will continue to teach you."

Hearing this, Claire's eyes lit up and she followed Roya's steps.

Even she couldn't help but be moved by being able to appreciate such a sword dance.

The day was like any other, nothing special.

But what was worth Luo Ya's attention was that when teaching Claire, Esther transformed directly and stood aside to watch.

Generally speaking, in order to save energy, elves do not walk around the world directly in physical form, but instead exist in a way similar to consciousness, attached to the elf master. When the elf master needs to summon the other party, they connect to the gate of the elf elemental world, and the elves then appear in the world with their divine energy.

But as a sword elf of the highest level, Esther has her own will. She stores some divine power in herself, and Esther has signed an elf contract with Roya. The connection between the two is very deep. With Roya's consent, it is more than enough to mobilize some divine power to maintain her form in the human world.

Roya didn't feel anything special about Esther secretly transferring the divine energy.

Apart from other things, Roja's magic power and divine might alone can almost become the vast ocean.

Although the divine power that Esther stole might be considered a lot for ordinary people, for Roya, it was like opening up a stream and pouring water from the ocean into the stream.

It was just a drizzle, so much so that if Roya didn't feel it carefully, he might not even be able to notice the disappearance of his divine power.

One lets his contracted spirit use his power at will, the other knows his master's power and steals the divine power with abandon. One of them dares to take it, the other doesn't care.

After realizing this, Esther simply stopped transforming into an element and started to stay with Roya in this body.

But now Esther's expression became extremely cold.

Esther's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and that cold little girl's face showed a slight change, the change was probably from the original indifference to even colder.

At this time, Roya was teaching Claire swordsmanship wholeheartedly.

During the break, Esther came forward, grabbed Luoya's sleeve, and said to him, "Master, I want to learn too!"

Luo Ya: “???”

Luo Ya was dumbfounded. He looked at Esther who was in the form of a little girl, and his expression became very strange. Luo Ya opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but the words were about to come out, but they were swallowed in his throat.

Claire was sitting on the side with sweat all over her face, trying to adjust her strength. When she heard what Esther said, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Aren't you Roya's contracted elf? What can an elf do by learning sword dance?"

Esther turned her gaze to Claire, her expression cold and slightly impatient, and she said directly: "I will not let you enjoy the master all to yourself."

"Only for myself???"

With a swish, Claire's cheeks turned red in an instant, and her face, which was already red due to exercise, became even redder.

Claire yelled and glared at Esther, saying to Esther: "What do you mean by exclusive? Roya is just teaching me sword dance. I don't have any other ideas. Is that right?"

After saying that, Claire turned her gaze to Luoya. Luoya's mouth twitched. He really wanted to tell Claire that you seemed to have let something slip just now.

Esther didn't even ask you, so your last sentence was just self-destructive.

Esther keenly grasped the loopholes in Claire's words, and her eyes gradually became unfriendly.

Esther's eyes flashed coldly, and she said to Claire, "You have other thoughts, do you really have any thoughts about the master?"

Claire was stunned when she realized that she had let the cat out of the bag. Her panic expression became even worse. She tried to defend herself: "Who would have a crush on that pervert? Well, I do have some crush on him, but that's all because Roya taught me sword skills. Don't think too much about it."

The corner of Luo Ya's mouth twitched. This attempt to cover up something made it even more obvious, which really made Luo Ya want to laugh.

Just looking at the other person's expression, he felt that if he laughed out loud, he would definitely annoy the other person, thus becoming an outlet for him to vent.

Luo Ya suppressed his laughter, looking funny as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.

Esther finally said to Claire: "I don't care about your things. Anyway, the master is mine."

As if asserting her sovereignty, the girl reached out and hugged Roya's arm. Esther's behavior was undoubtedly irritating Claire.

Claire said angrily, "What belongs to you? Roya should belong to everyone."

Luo Ya secretly complained in his heart: I belong to myself.

Esther took a step forward, released Roya's arm, and walked in front of Claire. Looking at the girl with dazzling red hair in front of her, she raised her eyes and looked straight at her, snorting coldly: "I am Roya's contracted elf, what are you? A puppy?"

Esther's words were so sharp that Claire didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Claire opened her mouth, her face flushed, but she couldn't say a word.

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was not right, Luo Ya quickly came up to smooth things over. He grabbed the slender little hand facing Esther and said to Esther, "Okay, Esther, stop making trouble."