Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

"That one"

"If Alan doesn't like it, I'll learn magic from Rudy. It doesn't matter. Magic is fine. I can help you, Alan, blow dry your hair."

A gust of wind blew and made Alan and Rudy's hair messy.

They both had incredible expressions on their faces and stared at Sylphy in a daze.

"what?"

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"I see. Sylphy has never performed offensive magic properly on anyone."

After a flurry of understanding, Alan suddenly realized that Sylphy had never seen attack magic, his father, Roltz, was only good with the bow and arrow, and knew nothing about magic, and his mother was a typical good housewife, skilled in sewing, cooking and boiling water, but could not perform magic.

So compared to the magic of "just releasing hot water and blowing hair", she would rather learn the magic of being able to smear mud on someone's face with just a flick of her hands.

The latter looks more aggressive.

This really fits the value of a few-year-old child who is interested in whatever is cool.

"That's right. Rolts' mother, Elina Lise, was also a swordsman, so it's normal that he was raised without learning magic. And Sylphy is only five years old, and in such a remote village, it's normal that she has never seen magic."

Allen looked at Rudy, who was using the Burning Hands + Blowing Magic to chase Sylphy around the tree, while shouting "Hurry up and learn how to do this and blow the hair of your beloved Allen!" and held his forehead helplessly.

"What the hell is this about blowing the hair of my beloved Master Allen?"

"Rudy!"

Rudy chased after Sylphy and turned to look at Allen.

"what?"

"Stop messing around. Since she has never seen proper attack magic, you should show her how to do it."

Rudy pulled a face.

"Can't I learn swordsmanship?"

Alan glanced at Sylphy who was staring at him cautiously and sighed silently.

"I've observed that her physical condition is not suitable for learning swordsmanship. Swordsmanship requires talent. Don't be fooled by Master Bao's cynical appearance, as if he can achieve high attainments in swordsmanship with just a little practice. In fact, strictly speaking, he is a swordsmanship genius."

Rudy was stunned.

"That's it"

Alan looked at Rudy, and the smile on his face gradually faded, because he suddenly realized that Rudy had reached the saint level in magic attainments.

".Rudy, according to Luo Qixi, your talent for magic is terrifyingly high. You can cast spells without chanting, and you have reached the level of a Water Saint magician. Moreover, you have reached the Water Saint level because the highest level of magic she can master is the Water Saint level, not because your strength limit is the Water Saint level."

As Rudy listened to Alan's words about Loki's praise of him, a smile gradually spread across his face.

But the following words made his smile freeze on his face.

"So, I'm very curious about your current strength. If we are far enough apart, who is stronger between you and me?"

Rudy looked at Alan's serious face and spoke in surprise.

"What are you talking about? You are my swordsmanship teacher, so of course you are stronger, Alan."

Alan looked at Rudy, expressionless.

"I mean, who's stronger, my swordsmanship or your magic?"

Rudy's face fell even more.

"You can fight with father, so of course you are better."

"Do you really think so?"

Rudy opened his mouth and looked at Allen, unable to speak for a long time.

With his mild and non-aggressive personality, he felt helpless about the unexpected developments. Even though he had been awarded the title of Water Saint Magician by Roxy, he still did not feel it was real, let alone fighting against others. Even if he became an adventurer in the future, he would try his best to avoid conflicts with others.

“This is only natural.”

"Use your full strength to attack me, and let Sylphy see the power of attack magic."

Rudy was so flustered that he didn't even realize that Allen was talking about Sylphy instead of Sylver.

".Are you kidding me?"

The next moment, Rudy felt a gust of wind blowing across his face, and a blade flashing with a cold light was already on his neck.

Under the sunlight, the slender blade gleams like a mirror.

Rudy saw his pale face on the blade. Even though the back of the knife was facing his neck, he still felt the chill from the blade.

He swallowed and looked along the blade.

Alan, who was only a few meters away a moment ago, was now within reach.

He lowered his head, squinted his eyes, and leaned over to look directly into Rudy's stunned pupils.

"I said, treat me as an enemy and use offensive magic on me."

Rudy stared at Alan's eyes and realized that he was serious.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 26 Don’t fight anymore

Just as Rudy and Allen looked at each other and the atmosphere became increasingly tense.

Suddenly, a sob was heard in the air, and a small hand stretched out from the side and firmly grasped the hilt of Alan's knife. Sylphy looked at Alan with tears in her eyes. She tried hard not to avoid his sight as usual, and spoke stutteringly but very seriously.

"Ai Allen, we are friends, we can't fight."

As Alan's gaze gradually became dazed, Sylphy burst into tears.

Seeing this scene, he hurriedly sheathed his knife, but was scratching his head because he had only scared children in his past two lives and had no experience in comforting them.

Rudy came back to his senses from his daze and looked at the bewildered Allen in silence.

".Aren is a boy with a lot of youthful spirit. He actually drew his sword against his companion just to find out who is stronger and who is weaker. It's just a reverse-edged sword, but he seems to be calm. So, does that mean he is serious about letting Sylphy realize the power of magic by competing with me?"

"But it's really scary, Master Allen! Children really can't hold sharp swords!"

"So do you really want to compete with him? Now is not the time to think about this, let's comfort Sylph first."

Thinking of this, Rudy sighed, showing an expression of an adult having difficulty dealing with a child. He walked up to the dumbfounded Alan and grabbed his hand.

With a horrified look on the latter's face, he pushed Sylphy into Eren's arms.

She also considerately put Alan's arm around Sylphy's back.

Alan watched Rudy complete this series of operations, his pupils trembled, and he was shocked on every level.

Then he heard Rudy whisper in his ear.

"Comfort him quickly. Come on, you can do it!"

Then Rudy stood up like an adult, put his hands behind his back, stepped back a few steps, sat on the grass, rested his chin on his hand, and began to watch the show.

It's like an old father watching his children playing house.

Alan looked at Sylphy who was sobbing in his arms, and then looked at Rudy who was punching him to cheer him up. His eyes twitched so much that wrinkles were about to appear.

It's really hard to hold.

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"Don't cry, we're just competing! Not really fighting."

Sylphy covered her face, looked at Alan, whose expression was stiff, through her fingers, and hummed.

"Why did you cry all of a sudden? Alan doesn't like others crying. You must never cry again in the future."

She had only known the two of them for less than a whole day at this time, and the time they met was earlier than the story line in the novel. She was also younger and timid. Compared with the young version of the White Mother in the novel, who had already shown the prototype of the future gentleness and delicacy after spending some time with Rudy, she still needed some time to adapt to the relationship.

"But he didn't look so sullen this time."

Alan blinked, and seeing that Sylphy had calmed down, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just stand under the tree and watch, okay? I'll compete with Rudy, and then I'll let you see the power of magic. After you see it, you'll naturally understand the charm of magic."

Sylphy subconsciously began to avoid Alan's sight again, looking at her shoes and humming softly.

Then Allen pulled the still reluctant Rudy back down the hillside a few dozen meters.

"Okay, this distance is about right."

Alan was holding a knife that was shining with cold light and measuring the distance, while Rudy shrank his neck as he looked at his knife.

"Do you really want to compete?"

Alan rested his chin on his hand and considered for a while.

"In the original novel, Rudy started to improve the power of various low-level magic two years after Roxy left. At this time, I would have chopped off his head before he could get close enough. So today, it is more important to show Sylphy the power of magic first. As for the competition, take it slow. It is better to induce Rudy to increase the power of his magic first, and also the mixed magic suitable for the battlefield."

"Then let's stop here today. You will cast the magic and I will resist. How do you think?"

Rudy's eyes lit up.

"can!"

Then I heard the second half of Alan's sentence.

"But in two months, I will seriously challenge you. So you have two months to study and improve your magic, and then we can compete again."

Rudy's face froze.

"Is it not possible to have a competition?"

Alan's face turned serious.

"No, have you ever thought about your future?"

Rudy was stunned.

"The future? Maybe I will marry a beautiful girl with low self-esteem and live a peaceful life. It would be nice if I could see Luo Qixi often. But probably not. I don't know when I will see her again."

"When we parted, Luo Qixi told me that her goal was to become a water god-level magician. What about you?"

Rudy looked up in surprise.