55 – – 400, Paladin contracted with the devil – 9

“Kyung. give me food buck buck.”

Those three short words, only six syllables, signaled the start of Aru’s day.

Whether it’s snowing or raining, he faithfully fulfills his indolence, waking up Oscar who wakes up late, and asking Oscar, who is in a daze, to have his own breakfast.

However, today was different from usual.

“Kyung-Kyung!”

When he opened the lid of the bottle Oscar had entrusted him with, the sharp, fishy scent tickled Aru’s sense of smell. After holding the bottle properly so that the contents would not spill, Aru moved around at a very high speed.

So that the smell of Black Wyvern’s blood spreads as far as possible.

“Quaaagh-!”

“Krrr… Kyaaagh!”

The monsters that sensed the smell let out howls. Even Aru, who had reached a certain level of strength through the past hundred years of training, felt his whole body tingle at their cries.

But Aru didn’t stop. Because one fact remained clear in her mind.

“Kyong-k-k-k-k-k-k-k! Knock!”

‘Command! assistant! It’s my first time!’

“Kyong kuk kuk kuk! Spread! The smell has to spread!”

‘It’s not hunting! It’s magic! Magic!’

Aru doesn’t know what magic is. The Oscar she knew had been hunting for a hundred years. Except for one time, when Aru was tamed.

Hana Aru vaguely guessed. That Oscar will do something fantastic again this time. Just like when he was tamed a hundred years ago. Remembering the thrill of that day, Aru excitedly started running.

With the two pieces of paper tucked into his pants, Aru ran frantically, holding the bottle with his hard teeth. Occasionally, a ferocious howl made Aru stop, but to Aru, Oscar’s magic wand was more terrifying than any other monster.

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Just like that, the southern part of the forest had been in an unexpected uproar from midday by a wolf.

*****

As I said before, everyone has something called desire. A lowly desire hidden deep in the heart.

Usually, humans wear their own masks to hide their desires. There are also those who extremely restrain their desires with morality and self-control. Usually, the saints of the denomination fall into this case.

The same goes for Beatrice Constantino, who was a Holy Knight of the Holy Order. Beatrice has led a life of extreme self-restraint, which makes her ignorant of self-awareness of her own desires.

Thankfully, that is.

Now that desire has become my tool. My tool to attack Beatrice.

“ruler! Sit there! You said you knew the rules of chess, right?”

“I know, but… .”

“That’s it! Take Sir Beatrice White! I’ll give you the first attack!”

“… When did you prepare that chessboard and pieces?”

“I worked hard last night to play chess with Sir Beatrice! hahahaha, are you impressed?”

Actually, I brought it from my hometown to use when I am bored to spend time alone.

“Come on, put it first. I am waiting for you like this.”

“Chess… Even if I can’t let you go for a while, please understand.”

Took-.

While saying that, Beatrice moved the white pawn forward two spaces. reckless chatter. It is extremely paladinous to rush in and see.

Took-.

I likewise put my phone out two squares. Diagonal from Beatrice’s pawn. Beatrice tilted her head.

“Are you going to throw away your phone? why?”

“hahahaha, let’s call it a handicap.”

“… I don’t want to be given a handicap. Even if you lose when you lose.”

Took-.

In chess, a pawn can only eat enemies on its diagonal. In other words, I intentionally threw away the phone to eat, but Beatrice refused and moved to another word.

This is the part where her upright personality that does not tolerate infidelity is revealed.

But I didn’t stop. As Beatrice’s other pawn moved forward two squares, I pushed my pawn forward again two squares. Beatrice let out a sigh as if in pain.

“Stop it.”

“why? I use my phone the way I want, right?”

“I didn’t say I didn’t want to be handicapped.”

“Kick-kick, actually, this is not a handicap. It’s all part of the strategy.”

“You mean there is a discard strategy in chess?”

“I thought I wasn’t there, but there was? Right in my head!”

As she shouted with a bright smile, Beatrice clicked her tongue softly. She put another pawn forward two squares. I replayed the process that had occurred twice before.

I gave up the first attack to do this, but I’m sorry if you don’t accept it. Beatrice’s expression grew cold.

“To be treated unnecessarily is very unpleasant. Other than disrespect.”

“Disrespect is subjective. Am I being polite in my own way?”

“… ok, eat it I’ll look forward to seeing if I can be so confident even after losing this game.”

Beatrice finally moves her phone diagonally, burning with a competitive spirit to break my proud nose.

Took-.

One of my phones was killed by Beatrice’s. I didn’t care and made the next move. The ‘three pawns to die’… No, the guys who had become ‘two’ were left alone.

Took-.

Took-.

Took-.

Took-.

four number exchanges. Two pawns are eliminated. All the dead guys are mine. The game of chess is getting more and more inclined. I just smile and smile.

Took-.

Took-.

Took-.

I continued to drive my horses to limb. Beatrice questioned my consistency, but took my words step by step. Not excited, cautious.

Even though she had the vision of a chess beginner, Beatrice did not catch my words hastily, as if she wanted to benefit from my tricks as much as possible.

It’s an admirable act, but it’s meaningless. Because now I’m not plotting anything. I was just handing over all my words to Beatrice with a really pure heart.

Until the last two words remain to stimulate her desire.

I silently abandoned my words. It wasn’t just thrown away. Pouring out all my words, I concentrated on catching one of Beatrice’s white ‘queens’.

Took-.

Took-.

Took-.

Took-.

Took… … .

“… Seriously, I don’t even know the truth.”

Looking at the two black horses placed in my camp, Beatrice broke the silence and opened her mouth. I’m still smiling innocently.

“Why do you think so?”

“At first I thought you were up to something.”

“is it so?”

“But, what can you do when you have only two horses left? I think it was just intended to give me away. I am not particularly happy.”

Well, he thinks he’s already won.

it should be

That way, it’s fun to break expectations.

“Since I don’t know much about chess, I thought everything you threw was a plan.”

“Ahahahaha.”

“I guess it wasn’t. A win that feeds you. It didn’t taste very good.”

I’m absolutely certain of victory.

The smile on my lips changes. The atmosphere, air flow, and situation change. I, with a sinister smile on my face, speak in a new light.

“I’m sorry. But, all of my actions were based on a strategy?”

“… don’t say anything weird How can throwing away words like that be a strategy? No matter how much I don’t know chess, I know that it’s bullsh*t to say that self-killing is a strategy.”

“Kick-kick-.”

There are several pieces on the board. On my side, the king and queen are alive, and on Beatrice’s side, most of the pieces except for the queen are alive, scattered while catching my pieces. It’s because I poured all my props and finally captured Beatrice’s queen.

The plates are all laid out.

I turned my head and looked at the clock hanging on the wall. About 40 minutes had passed since Aru left. It means that I have only about 20 minutes of free time left to finish this chess game.

I opened my mouth accompanied by a gloomy voice.

“Sir Beatrice, you know what?”

“What do you mean?”

“The score each piece has in chess.”

Took-.

My queen killed one of Beatrice’s pawns.

Due to the nature of the pawn that can only move forward, Beatrice’s pawn, which has already entered deep, cannot catch my queen even if she wakes up from death.

“… It’s the first time I’ve heard that there is a score.”

“hahahaha, it’s a kind of ability. Or should I say fighting power? The fighting power of each horse? After all, there is such a thing.”

“Why are you bringing that up now?”

“A pawn with the most limited ability is 1 point. Knight 3 points. Bishop also 3 points. In this case, the knight is more valuable when there are many horses left, and the bishop is more valuable in the late game when the obstacles disappear and the mobility is released.”

After Beatrice removed her eaten piece, she made a new move. I have nothing to do, so I just let it go.

I didn’t care and continued talking.

“The look is 5 points. The most important king in the game, in terms of combat power alone, is worth about 4 points. By the way.”

Taking my queen, taking one of Beatrice’s bishops.

“This queen is worth a whopping 9 points. That’s the power of 9 pawns by yourself. Of course, there are only 8 pawns in one faction, so in fact all pawns together are worth less than one queen.”

In chess, if the king is a word that must be kept unconditionally.

A queen is a horse that has the most important job to do. Or, a word that has to keep a lot of people in check alone.

It can go anywhere from front to back, left to right, and does not hesitate to attack diagonally. Since the queen’s attack path is omnidirectional, some chess players call the queen the ‘joker card’ of chess.

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