Children grow up fighting
"Oh my god…"
The old man couldn't believe the sight before his eyes.
[Kwaaaaaaaaaa!!]
Along with the ogre's roar, a club the size of a human torso came crashing down…
"Do you think you can catch me with that?"
Leje, who snorted as she watched the scene, swiftly dodged the ogre's club.
"Haaaat!!"
[Kwaeok!?]
At the same time, Leje, who had dug into the ogre's bosom, put strength into her arms and uppercut the ogre's chin.
With a dull thud, Leje's fist slammed into the ogre's chin, and with a shriek, the ogre's body soared into the air.
Following that, with a 'thump!', the ogre's giant body collided with the ground.
[Uwaaaa!!]
The ogre, which had collided with the ground, fainted with its eyes rolled back, and as if enraged by the fact that its fellow had been defeated, another ogre rushed towards Leje.
The ogre roared and swung its club.
However, the attack never reached Leje.
Leje, who had easily dodged the ogre's attack, rushed into the ogre's bosom and threw a fist at its empty abdomen.
[Kuwook!?]
The ogre's stretched belly fat was sucked into its abdomen, and with a sound like air exploding, the ogre's giant body flew backward.
"Goddess…"
A bewildered voice escaped the old man's mouth as he watched the scene.
It was because he couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.
No matter how he looked at it, a girl who looked to be about fifteen years old was single-handedly dealing with not one but two ogres, which would normally require dozens of well-armed soldiers to subdue.
The old man considered himself to have lived for a long time, but this was something he had never seen in his life.
[Ewwaaaaaaa!! It hurts! I'll definitely eat you!!]
"Try your best. If you don't die, that is."
When the ogre shook its head vigorously and got up, shouting, Leje flicked her finger as if to tell it to give it a try.
As if realizing that it had been provoked, the ogre rushed in with a roar and began to swing its giant club haphazardly.
With a loud noise, the ogre's club only smashed the innocent surrounding trees, while Leje clenched her fists with a faint smile.
"Clench your teeth!"
[Kuheok!?]
A faint aura surrounded Leje's fist, and as her fist slammed into the ogre's abdomen, the ogre fell to its knees with a gasp.
The giant club slipped from the ogre's hand, and Leje, who snatched it from the air, turned around and slammed it down on the ogre's head.
A cracking sound echoed, and the ogre collapsed, bleeding from every hole in its face.
"Phew. That was refreshing."
Leje, who landed on the ground, brushed her hands off and stretched with a refreshed expression.
As expected, moving your body is the best when you're angry.
With that thought, she started walking towards the carriage again.
"Miss! Be careful!!"
"…?"
At the old man's urgent cry, Leje turned her head.
And what she saw was the other ogre, which she thought had fainted, getting up and raising its giant club.
"Oh no…!!"
Was she too careless?
It was already too late to avoid it.
Seeing the club approaching, Leje tensed her body in preparation for the impact.
But, at that moment.
-Shhhhhhhhik!!
[Kwaaaaaaaaaaaeok!?]
Something flew through the air with a whooshing sound and pierced the ogre's chest.
It was none other than a spear of flames made of blazing fire.
The ogre, which had stopped moving with a painful scream, shifted its gaze as if it couldn't understand the current situation.
At the same time, the sizzling flames spread and engulfed the ogre's body.
[Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!]
The ogre, engulfed in flames, began to thrash around with a painful scream, and a few trees caught in the flames collapsed with a loud noise.
[Gwaaaaa…]
A moment later, with a loud noise, the charred body of the ogre collapsed powerlessly…
"Leje!!"
"Rudell?"
Leje looked puzzled at the sight of Rudell approaching with an urgent voice.
Why was he here?
She didn't have time to think about it.
"Oh my god! It's the young master, isn't it!?"
"Hello, Brennan."
When the old man, who recognized his face, bowed his head, Rudell lightly raised his hand towards the old man.
"What are you doing here?"
"What do you mean? I followed you because I was worried."
"Tsk. You're good with words. But you left someone alone?"
Leje narrowed her eyes and spoke in a sassy voice when Rudell answered her question.
"No. Well, that is…"
In fact, Rudell wasn't entirely wrong.
However, the moment Rudell followed Leje, everything became Rudell's fault.
It was ultimately Rudell himself who would be at a disadvantage if he argued with her.
"Forget it. It's my fault if you think about it."
"…?"
At that moment, Rudell looked at Leje with a puzzled expression as she sighed briefly.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Just in case… are you sick or something?"
Everyone says that.
They say that if someone does something they don't normally do, they're terminally ill.
It had been almost seven years since Rudell became friends with Leje, but Rudell had never seen Leje apologize first.
"Ugh! I apologized with a big heart, and you're saying such things!?"
"Ouch!? Leje! It hurts!! It hurts!!"
At those words, Leje blushed and started throwing punches.
With a painful cry, Rudell escaped Leje's side, but Leje chased after him and continued to throw punches.
She must have been controlling her strength, but considering Leje's physical abilities, which were already beyond human, even her controlled punches were quite powerful for Rudell.
"Sorry! I was just kidding! It was a joke!!"
"Oh, my…"
Unable to withstand it any longer, Rudell surrendered with a desperate voice, and only then did Leje stop punching.
"I almost died from a joke…"
Rubbing his sore shoulder, Rudell breathed a sigh of relief.
Should I really wear armor under my clothes?
Thinking that he might actually get beaten to death by Leje if he's not careful, Rudell made a sullen face.
Meanwhile…
"Um… Young Master…?"
Brennan, who was looking back and forth between Rudell and Leje with uneasy eyes, opened his mouth towards Rudell.
"What is it?"
"Well… who is this young lady…?"
If she's close enough to be on informal terms with a noble like Rudell, wouldn't that mean Leje is also a noble?
For commoners, nobles are an absolutely unapproachable existence.
As such, Brennan realized that everything he had said to Leje could be considered disrespectful.
"You mean her? This is…"
"I'm Leje El Lagrind."
Just as Rudell was about to answer Brennan's question.
Leje stepped forward and greeted Brennan lightly.
"Gasp!?"
At the same time, Brennan gasped with a pale face and prostrated himself on the spot.
The reputation of the Lagrind Dukedom was widespread even among ordinary people, so Brennan also realized who Leje was.
"Please kill me! I dare to beg you to end it with just this old man's life for the crime of disrespecting the princess!!"
"Huh? Huh?"
Rudell looked dumbfounded at Brennan's reaction.
What in the world happened?
Rudell looked at Leje as if to question her, and Leje shrugged and approached Brennan.
"You don't have to do that. It was quite helpful advice."
"R, really?"
Leje nodded at Brennan, who asked in a trembling voice.
"But. What we talked about is a secret. Okay?"
"Th, thank you! Thank you very much! I will take that secret to my grave!"
"Thank you."
As if relieved by her following words, Brennan, who had been bowing repeatedly, got up and hurriedly climbed into the carriage.
"Th, then I'll be on my way…!!"
"Take care!"
As the carriage started moving, Leje waved at Brennan's carriage as it moved away…
"What in the world happened between you two?"
"Well. What do you think happened?"
Leje winked as she answered Rudell's question.
Rudell groaned at her reaction…
"Well. If you say so, it must have been nothing serious."
He soon shook his head and said so.
"You! Just! You're asking for it! You are!!"
"Kyaaaaaaaaaa-!?"
What followed was Leje's backhand smash fueled by anger.
A sharp sound rang out, and at the same time, a painful groan escaped Rudell's mouth.
"It's always your mouth that's the problem."
"Le, let's go…!!"
Looking at him writhing in pain and collapsing, Leje started walking with a sassy voice…
Rudell shouted at her and followed behind.
Thus, a winter day was passing.
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