Chapter 281: Edelweiss's Ability!
"I really want to cut you to death with one sword!"
"Hehe, as expected, you also want to fight me a few more times, right!"
"…"
"??"
"Haah… forget it."
For a second, Edelweiss suddenly felt very tired at heart.
She felt that the nervous version of herself from earlier had been like a fool.
Sighing again, she decided to ignore this matter.
"As for the battles… sigh, I can agree to fighting you."
Lightly shaking her head and throwing the tangled emotions to the back of her mind, Edelweiss continued speaking to the boy.
"Actually, there would have been a second battle between you and me anyway."
"However, before I tell you anything more, first tell me…"
"How much exactly do you know about the Rebellion?"
After adjusting her state of mind and emotions, Edelweiss, who had calmed down, instantly noticed the hints in his words before.
"This… I don't know what specific plan the Rebellion has."
"However, I discovered from the very beginning that Arisuin was connected to you."
After receiving her affirmative answer about the battles, he immediately smiled in satisfaction.
At this point, he was already very satisfied.
Originally, through Arisuin's line, Luke had only thought he might be able to draw out a powerful opponent.
The appearance of Edelweiss, the strongest in the world, had greatly exceeded his imagination. More importantly, Edelweiss was a swordsman!
There was nothing that could excite Luke more than this.
"I see… so he had already been exposed from the very beginning. No wonder…"
"In that case, the information the Rebellion collected about you was also deliberately leaked by you yourself, right?"
After listening to the boy's words, Edelweiss immediately sorted out the cause and effect of the entire matter.
She looked deeply at him. After thinking in slight silence for a while, she made a decision.
Edelweiss closed her eyes and sensed her mental state. Although she had not completely recovered, she no longer had the dizziness she had felt when her Device had just broken.
Having her Device destroyed was the first time in her life. In the past, it had always been Edelweiss who shattered other people's Devices. Today, it had finally been her own turn.
Edelweiss, who felt that there was nothing major wrong with her, raised her right hand.
Buzz—!
Along with a flash of pure-white light, the platinum sword manifested once again.
However, what happened next was somewhat different from her judgment.
Appearing together with the manifestation of the platinum sword was intense pain, as if her soul were being torn apart.
"Ugh… why…"
With a clear clang, the platinum sword directly fell to the ground.
Edelweiss, who had slightly propped herself up because of the movement, instantly clutched her head and collapsed limply.
"Ugh… haah, haah."
The pain was so intense that she could not even speak. She could only lie on the cushion and gasp like this.
Luke, who had not expected this sudden change, walked over in both surprise and concern.
After briefly observing her condition, he understood where the problem lay.
"You'd better not summon your Device for the time being."
"The strike I used to sever your Device is rather special. The injury of your soul being cut apart will probably take some time to heal."
"During this period, although you can still summon your Device, the intense pain you just felt will also appear along with it."
What Luke had caused Edelweiss was not merely the simple damage of her Device breaking.
The ability he used was severing. Under the full effect of this ability, his strike was equivalent to carving a wound into her soul.
Unlike ordinary cases where a Device was shattered through force, this kind of injury caused through a concept was harder to recover from.
Although it could not be called extremely serious, she would still need to rest for a few days.
Before the injury to her soul healed, every time Edelweiss manifested her Device, which was the crystallization of her soul, she would feel this pain of her soul being torn apart.
Neither Luke nor Edelweiss had expected this result.
Fortunately, the platinum sword that had already been summoned did not disappear because of her weakness.
Reaching out to pick up the longsword that had fallen on the ground, Luke carefully observed this manifestation of the soul from the world's strongest swordsman.
The longsword called the Testament was very beautiful. The wing-like hilt and the patterns carved onto the blade, paired with that pure and sacred platinum color, gave people the feeling that this was what a so-called "holy sword" should look like.
Holding the platinum sword in his hand, Luke briefly tested how it felt.
Perhaps because the Testament did not belong to him, Luke could not feel anything different between this platinum sword and an ordinary weapon.
Just as Luke was playing with someone else's soul, Edelweiss, who had barely recovered, spoke.
"Can… Can you swear upon my Device, upon 'Testament'?"
"Swear?"
Luke looked at her, who had spoken, in confusion.
"That's right…"
"Although I am willing to trust you, the Rebellion values this plan very much."
"A verbal promise between us alone has no persuasive power, so I need you to swear."
"Swear that before the Rebellion's plan begins, you absolutely will not reveal any information related to the plan to anyone."
"In that case, the exchange condition between us can officially be established. I will also have enough reason to convince myself not to report your matter to the Rebellion."
"Of course, I will also swear upon 'Testament.' The conditions for the two of us will be the same."
Listening to Edelweiss's somewhat forced words, and looking at her body trembling slightly from pain, Luke hesitated for a moment before walking over to the small low table nearby. He took a kettle and two cups out of his portable pocket.
After pouring a cup of hot water and handing it to her, he asked,
"Since you specifically asked me to swear upon your Device, and you're so certain that I will keep the oath…"
"That means your Blazer ability is related to oaths, right?"
Edelweiss, who took the cup with a dazed expression, stared blankly at the hot water in her hands.
After freezing for a few seconds, she held back the urge to roll her eyes at the boy and nodded very helplessly.
"My ability is 'Contract.' By classification, it should belong to the causality interference system."
"However, although it is an extremely rare causality-type ability, which is said to be the strongest, my 'Contract' actually does not help much in battle."
"Anyone who makes an oath before my Device, 'Testament,' will have an oath wedge driven into their heart."
"Once they violate the oath, the oath wedge will immediately tear their heart apart and take their life."
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