When I put on the armor I received from Inuki and looked in the mirror, the first emotion I felt was disgust.
Oh no. Where in the world would an adult dress a girl who isn't even an adult like this!
Pedophiles are the worst of the worst of the criminals! Even thieves and robbers are the kind of people who curse at me for being such trash!
Even in this world, the perception shouldn't be that different, so why are there so many maggots around me?
<...To be honest, it's a bit shameful.>
'It's a problem that should end with shameful!?'
If I think about it carefully, Inuki came to me after receiving a revelation from someone else.
So, could it be that the sloppy god's scheme that gave me this armor!?
Haaak haaak. Messagaki in a full-body suit and bikini armor is the best! I'm dying! Are you talking about something like that up in the sky!?
Or who are you! Are you that pervert crow!? Is this your taste!? You have such noble tastes! I wish you would go out and search for it!
<Still, that's what it is. It's something a skilled blacksmith made with his soul. Let's check if there's anything there.>
'...I guess I should do that.'
My motivation was at rock bottom, but I thought I had to do what I had to do, so I examined the armor with my appraisal.
[My appraisal level is low...]
Hmm. Is this going to happen again? Then I guess I have no choice but to check it myself. It's annoying, but in a way, it's a good thing.
The fact that I can't check it with my appraisal right now means that this armor is a considerable item.
Will the providence that female characters' clothes get smaller as their level increases be okay even if this world becomes reality?
Having reached the inconvenient truth, I let out a hollow laugh and tried to breathe divinity into the armor.
Since the armor is based on mithril, it's easy to move divinity. On top of that, it's also easy to grant blessings from the reinforcement series. This armor draws energy...
Draws energy? Just in case, I used divine magic far away from the armor, and my eyes widened as I saw the magic being drawn towards me.
Could this be a magic that draws energy towards me!?
Amazement seeped out from deep within my heart.
Maybe this. This armor might be even better than I imagined.
<Let's try out other things. I need to find out if this simply draws divine energy. Or if it devours other energy as well.>
Thinking the same as my grandfather, I told Erin, who helped me put on the armor, to use magic. Any attack magic would do, so she told me to shoot it next to me.
"But if I do that, I might accidentally attack the young lady."
"Clumsy Erin. Are you trying to tell me that I'll be affected by a magic you used?"
Erin hesitated for a while, but when I raised my shield and urged her, she bit her lips and activated her magic.
The ice arrow she shot was clearly aimed at a place far away from me. However, the moment its trajectory reached my vicinity, it twisted toward me as if it was drawn by a magnet.
“Miss!”
Ignoring Erin’s shock, I grabbed the ice arrow and broke the arrow with the strength of my hand, then raised the corners of my mouth.
It’s not limited to divinity, but also attracts magical power.
Then what about the knights’ sword energy?
What about the energy circulating inside a person’s body?
And is there a way to deal with this?
There’s a mountain of things to check.
After I relieved Erin and went outside, I heard the admiration of Inuki and the seamstress grandmother,
and I heard Carl's voice worrying about whether it was okay for him to wear this armor while spitting out words of praise,
and I met Benedick who stumbled and fell over as soon as he saw me, and started crying, saying that our daughter was going through puberty.
I really thought I would die trying to calm Benedick down at that time.
I somehow convinced him when I showed him the power of the armor, but Benedick raised his voice as if he couldn't accept my armor.
"Yes! I know this armor is very effective! But why do there have to be so many empty spaces! Just because it looks fine doesn't mean the armor's effect will disappear!?"
The one who answered Benedick's question was Inuki, the creator of this armor.
"I don't know. I just followed the revelation."
"...Revelation?"
"Yes. How could a small thing like me understand the will of heaven? However, since the heavens gave me that inspiration, I just followed it.”
Just as I used excuses to make up for my grandfather and the people around me, Inuki suppressed all his complaints by saying that he had received a revelation.
The only difference between us is that I am lying, but Inuki is sincere.
The blacksmith, who values his pride more than his own life, was not discouraged at all by Benedict’s fierce gaze, and in the end, even Benedict had to admit that this armor was complete.
After that, it was time for verification.
I had to know exactly how the pull worked so that I could use it properly.
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After that, having confirmed this and that with the help of various knights, I eagerly awaited the duel with the First Knights.
I was stomping my feet because I wanted to try out the effects of this armor in real combat.
And now, at this moment.
Now that the other side has openly given me an excuse.
I smiled sincerely in front of the knight whose eyes had turned red.
The weapon the opponent was using was a sword. A typical weapon for knights. Judging from his movements, he seemed to have the swordsmanship unique to knights of the kingdom.
I infused the armor with divinity while watching the knight swinging his colorless aura.
Then, the divinity became the fuse and amplified the power of the armor.
I don’t know the theory, but it was a power that attracted the surrounding energy.
“...What!?”
An aura is ultimately a swordsman directly wrapping his magic around his sword.
Some people do it consciously and some unconsciously, but even so, the energy that has a form doesn’t change.
That means that the aura is also drawn to the power of the armor.
“Hmph♡”
I easily caught the sword with the aura in disarray and laughed at the sword that bounced off with a light thud.
Is this all I can do?
Is this the only attack I can do?
Show me a more proper swordsmanship.
If you're a knight of the kingdom, you should have at least some skill.
"How dare you!"
As the color of the aura was added, the clouded aura regained its density.
You directly controlled each aura to prevent it from becoming chaotic.
This is something I had already confirmed when I was in Aln.
Attracting energy is not absolute.
If you have stronger strength and will, you can escape from here.
However, maintaining the aura itself is quite nerve-racking, so your movements are bound to be clumsy.
"Poohahaha♡ The aura color is just like urine?♡ Is it because you're a human who's like urine?♡"
I look at the knight swinging his sword with his lips tightly shut.
I examine the trajectory of the sword he swings. His attacks weren't much different from the swords of the knights I know.
It seems faster and more intense than what I saw on the other side of the monitor, but that's it.
I evaded the attack with just my steps, and met his gaze mixed with confusion and anger, and let out a snicker.
“Slowly♡”
A sword strike aimed at my neck. I evaded it by slowly stepping back.
“You can’t move properly because you’re standing there?♡”
A stab aimed at my thigh. I dodge it by twisting my body with light steps.
“It’s so small that it won’t be a bother♡”
A sword that mixes numerous consecutive strikes to leave no room for evasion. Instead of evading, I charge forward with my shield raised and destroy the start of the sword.
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“So this is what you call skill?♡”
The knight, who bounced off with his sword and rolled around, glared at me with his bloodshot eyes. However, I didn’t feel tense. My sense of crisis was also quiet.
“What are you doing?♡ Didn’t you want to rip this cloth?♡ I thought you were going crazy because you wanted to see a girl’s skin~♡ Did you give up already?♡ Are you lacking in both stamina and tenacity?♡”
There was no way I could lose to an opponent who was already captivated by me. I watched the knight who was rushing toward me with a shout, and before his swordsmanship could strike, I dug into the knight’s arms.
Then, I smiled at his eyes that were staring at me, and then I punched his empty stomach with all my might.
Boom! The knight, who had risen up with the sound of his armor creaking, soon fell to the ground with a loud noise, trembled several times, and stopped moving.
“Huh♡ This is so~ boring♡ How did such a premature person become a knight?♡ I guess the first knights of the kingdom compete to see who can fall the fastest?♡”
As the beasts’ fierce gazes glared at me, the knights of Aln who had been waiting behind me each took out their weapons.
“Then that big guy over there must be the fastest in the knights?♡”
“Aln Young-ae! I have something to say!
I have something I shouldn't say!"
"Why?♡ Stabbed?♡ How fast must it be that you're blushing and angry?♡ Are you just going to leave after hearing my voice?♡ Is there already a strange smell inside your armor?♡"
Since we're about to clash, I should be wary of the knights behind me, but the knights of the kingdom can't take their eyes off me. The anger in their hearts is overtaking their survival instincts.
"If I had a wife, I'd definitely want to see her!♡ Because I think she'd go on and on about how pathetic you are all day long♡"
I saw the knight commander running towards me with his eyes wide open, but I didn't move. There was no need to move.
The sword next to me blocked the greatsword that guy swung.
"Are you trying to start a war instead of a duel?"
"That's right♡ You piece of shit♡ I don't know why you're making such a fuss when you're going to get hit and fall down anyway♡"
"Get out of the way!"