Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

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The ship party was held on a luxury passenger ship owned by the Duke’s household.

Although Duke Wischurs claimed it was a party to promote friendship among young nobles, in reality, it was hosted to confess to Beatrice.

But now that his favorability had dropped to 5%.

Whether the Duke would confess to Louis as in the original story was uncertain.

While thinking such thoughts, the carriage had already reached the harbor.

The harbor was already full of carriages that the nobles had arrived in.

I got out of the carriage and felt the refreshing sea breeze.

Thanks to the cool wind, my stuffy feelings seemed to clear up completely.

The surface of the sea under the sunlight sparkled as if hundreds of diamonds had been scattered across it.

Kaisis, who had also gotten out of the carriage, came to stand behind me.

Somehow we ended up coming to the sea together, Kaisis and I.

I tucked my hair that was fluttering in the sea breeze behind my ear and looked up at the ship we would board.

The ship we would board had 10 floors.

The ship named Maria was incredibly large. People were already on the deck.

I reached out my hand to receive Kaisis’s escort as usual, then quickly withdrew it, realizing my mistake.

Since Kaisis was someone who would leave soon, I shouldn’t rely on him too much.

So I planned to board the ship by myself.

Kaisis had also reached out his hand, but hesitated when I withdrew mine.

But soon Kaisis also withdrew his hand.

As we entered the ship.

“Wow.”

The ship looked very large from the outside, but it felt even larger once we were inside.

I took Kaisis and slowly looked around the interior of the ship.

Since there was still time before the party began, we could spend our time freely until then.

The ship would depart in an hour, and the real party would begin then.

“Kai, have you ever seen the sea before?”

“No.”

“Then this is your first time?”

“Yes.”

“How is it?”

“What do you mean?”

“The sea. Isn’t it beautiful?”

When I looked at Kaisis while brushing back my hair that had been disheveled by the sea breeze, he seemed to hesitate for a moment before meeting my eyes.

He didn’t answer but stared at me intently, making me feel embarrassed, so I looked away first.

“The wind is really refreshing.”

“It is.”

Kaisis and I slowly walked around the deck.

Many nobles who had boarded the ship were also looking around the ship and the sea.

I stood near the railing and looked out at the horizon.

It felt like my chest was opening up. It would have been really nice if not for the window showing [67% until World Destruction] floating before my eyes.

I swallowed the sigh that was about to escape and looked out at the horizon.

I had boarded this ship today not simply to attend the party, but to find information about the necklace and black magic.

First, I needed to meet Louis.

But Louis was nowhere to be seen.

While I was walking around the deck like that, a ship’s horn sounded, indicating the ship was about to depart.

Soon after, the bow began cutting through the waves as we set off.

At the same time, the real party began.

Musicians played their instruments, filling the ship with soft music, and people gathered in small groups to eat the prepared food or chat.

Then, I heard a commotion from far away.

What happened?

When I took Kaisis to the noisy area, there were Louis and Duke Wischurs, whom I had been searching for.

Normally I would have cheered for their intimate time together, but since the Duke’s favorability was at 5%, I didn’t get my hopes up.

They’re probably talking about swords again.

As I approached them, the Duke glanced at me and continued his conversation.

“How about we determine who the real strong one is this time?”

Around the Duke were young ladies dressed up like peacocks.

The ladies fluttered their fans or blinked their eyes excessively, trying their best to catch the Duke’s attention.

But Duke Wischurs didn’t spare them even a glance.

Instead, he kept glancing at me.

Watching such a Duke, Louis smirked and threw the glove he was wearing at the Duke’s feet.

Isn’t that what you do when challenging someone to a duel?

The Duke picked up the glove that had fallen at his feet and took Louis somewhere.

Since Louis had promised not to cause trouble after the incident of disciplining the Crown Prince, I felt somewhat relieved.

But I was curious about how things were unfolding.

As I watched Louis disappear with the Duke while peeking around, the young ladies followed them in a long line.

I also mixed in among them and followed Louis and the Duke.

The place where the Duke’s steps stopped was a spacious banquet hall.

So there’s even a banquet hall on the ship.

I was looking around, amazed by this, when the Duke suddenly called for a servant.

Soon after, the servant brought wooden swords, and the Duke threw one of them to Louis.

Surely not?

Even while doing this, the Duke kept glancing at me.

I bit my lip anxiously.

If they’re planning to have a sword duel, that won’t do…

Louis caught the sword with a thud and examined it from various angles as if he was about to duel with the Duke right away.

Worried, I hurried to call out to Louis.

“Beatri…!”

Thud.

“…!”

But Louis only examined the sword before returning it to the Duke.

“I don’t do swordsmanship anymore. Let’s compete with something else instead.”

“Something else, you mean…?”

“For a real test of strength, it has to be arm wrestling.”

Louis rolled up his dress sleeves and gestured for the Duke to come forward.

Then the Duke also put down the wooden sword and approached Louis.

“Even so, arm wrestling against a delicate young lady…”

“But swordsmanship is okay?”

“Well, since we’re both Sword Masters.”

“This is the same thing.”

Louis gestured for the Duke to hurry up and come forward, and eventually the Duke grasped Louis’s hand.

I looked at Louis and the Duke in confusion.

What’s with the sudden arm wrestling!

From the rules I’d observed about when the world destruction gauge rises, it tended to rise higher the more we deviated from the original story.

So arm wrestling would make the gauge rise less than swordsmanship would…

Just don’t compete with the Duke at all!

Thinking I should stop this since it was an event not in the original story, I approached Louis, but the servant acting as referee approached the table where Louis and the Duke stood.

“Ready, start!”

As soon as the servant’s voice fell, Louis and the Duke simultaneously applied force.

I could see the muscles in the Duke’s arms bulging prominently.

At the same time, the young ladies began screaming at the top of their lungs.

“Kyaaah!”

“Your Grace, you’re so cool!”

“Do your best!”

I covered my stinging ears and walked toward Louis and the Duke.

I was planning to take Louis away, but the young ladies who had flocked to see the Duke absolutely wouldn’t clear a path.

Moreover, the match wasn’t ending easily either.

No matter how much Louis was trapped in a girl’s body, he had been a gangster in his previous life, and was currently a Sword Master.

Swords were heavier objects than one might think, so Louis, who wielded such things effortlessly, was quite strong too.

He wasn’t someone who would lose easily to the Duke.

The Duke also seemed a bit surprised by Louis’s monstrous strength, as I could see his eyes widen.

“You’re quite good.”

“You too.”

Louis arm-wrestled with the Duke, grappling back and forth, while I, blocked by the young ladies, checked the world destruction gauge first.

[68% until World Destruction]

It had risen a little, but fortunately it was a minor increase.

Still, it shouldn’t rise any more.

Meanwhile, the young ladies were full of praise, saying the Duke was so cool, his muscles were amazing, and so on.

Was the Duke really that impressive? Well, he was handsome since he’s the male lead.

Just then, Louis’s arm trembled as if his strength was failing him.

Yes, just hurry up and finish the arm wrestling!

The Duke didn’t miss that moment either.

The Duke quickly pushed down Louis’s arm and stood up with a confident smile.

While countless exclamations about how cool he was and how amazing it was filled the air, I only looked at Louis.

Louis approached me with a sly smile and quietly whispered in my ear.

“What do you think of the Duke?”

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