Jobless Reincarnation: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events

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"Don't you want to punish Darius anymore, Isorti?"

Rudeus held his sword up in front of Izoruti and said, "Your master, the water goddess Lyda, is currently residing in Darius's residence. You should know this without me having to tell you."

"I...I don't know...I don't know..."

Izuru sniffed twice, her head pressed tightly against the ground. She dared not look up, or even open her eyes, her mind filled with the piercing pain of helplessness and sorrow she felt when she saw Albert die.

When she first met Albert, perhaps because she was still young, Izoruti didn't have any special feelings for him; she just thought of him as a noble young master of the same age as herself.

At that time, Albert knew nothing and was just a junior swordsman who was less than ten years old. A few years later, Albert finally went from knowing nothing to becoming a mid-level swordsman of the Water God style, and he had already stepped into the threshold of the King level.

Over the years, she witnessed Albert's growth. When Albert found someone he liked, he would ask her for advice, asking what the girl liked and what kind of gift to give her.

Later, when Albert told her that "Iriel and I have started dating," she felt a tiny, indescribable tremor in her heart.

But she knew that Illyr was the daughter of the vizier Darius, and she should offer her blessings.

Although Izuru was only fourteen years old at the time, it was already an age when she was just beginning to experience romantic feelings.

Two years later, Elijah and Albert broke up.

Albert came to the dojo to practice swordsmanship every day. Seeing Albert's helplessness after being dumped, Izuru unexpectedly felt a little excited and happy, but she didn't show it and didn't know why. However, she couldn't say any words of comfort. She just threw the wooden sword to Albert and said coldly, "Don't be lazy, concentrate."

When she truly realized she had fallen for Albert, it was after Noren arrived in the capital. Albert's doting on Noren, even though Noren was just a child, made Izoruti uneasy. Therefore, she rudely called Noren "little doll".

It wasn't until the First Prince Gravel married Illyr that Albert began to confide in Izzolte.

"So that feeling was love. Albert loved me too."

After that, although Albert still doted on Noren, Izzoluti no longer felt uncomfortable, and the term "doll" no longer carried a derogatory connotation.

The moment that truly made Izzo Lute happy was the first day of negotiations with Robert in Grape City. At that time, Albert's negotiations had been thwarted, but he had regained his direction. That spirit of regrouping and regaining confidence was the most enviable thing about Albert at his spirited age.

That night, they made love. Izuru felt a sense of security and satisfaction she had never experienced before, a happiness that was engulfed by a burning passion. Albert understood all her feelings for him, and Albert's warmth and sincerity seemed to reach every corner of her body.

That night, she thought about many things and many scenes: the scene of marrying Albert, the scene of the birth of their first child, and the scene of growing old with Albert after their child grew up.

But the dream shattered the next day.

Even though the Water God Style swordsman emphasizes calmness and tranquility, she couldn't calm her mind no matter what, and she could no longer use the Water God Style.

When she went to seek revenge on Rob with her sword, she was easily defeated by the North Emperor Ober, and from that moment on, she could no longer even hold a sword.

Back in the capital, Albert lay in an ice coffin while she lay outside.

She could no longer feel Albert's former passion and warmth, no longer see Albert's fierce triangular eyes when he was serious and his cheerful smile in the sunlight when he was relaxed, and no longer hear Albert's complaints and nagging as well as his heart-stirring sweet words.

At first, she fantasized that it was just a dream and that Albert hadn't died, but receiving Albert's funeral invitation brought her back to reality.

She began drinking day and night, and the obedient and serious Izoruti who had always been so devoted to the water goddess Reda disappeared, leaving only the person who used to drink to numb herself.

"Don't you want to punish the real culprit anymore?"

"You want Albert to die in vain, don't you?"

"Look at yourself."

Rudeus grabbed Izuru's hair and forcefully made her raise her head. The moment Izuru saw the gleaming back of the sword facing her, the back of the sword reflected a figure like a mirror—none other than herself.

Albert once said, "Izoruti's eyes are beautiful."

But when Izuru looked at her reflection in the back of the sword, at her blurry, swollen, dry eye sockets and her eyes sunken in them, her heart ached as if it were being stabbed.

"What are you still holding on to, Isorti?"

Rudius leaned close to Izuruti's ear and whispered, "Look at yourself now, spending your days drinking and living in a daze. You've long since broken the rules of the Water God School and your master's expectations. You accept my kisses without question, and the principles of the Milis Cult are just empty words. You have nothing left to lose. Pick up your sword, avenge Albert, and punish the real culprit—that's what you want to do most."

“Draw your sword, Izuru.”

"Draw your sword."

"Draw your sword..."

"I'm sorry, Albert, I couldn't even hold onto the last bit of affection you had for me."

A tear rolled down Izuru's dusty cheek, flowing from her dry eye and falling.

She groped for the sword hilt and used it to support herself as she stood up.

"To avenge Albert...to punish the real culprit..."

She entered the secret room and saw a long-eared woman tied to a listening rack inside.

She was a very beautiful woman with a slender body, beautiful long golden hair, long, delicate ears, and long, arched eyebrows.

The woman's left arm was missing, and her right arm and legs were tightly bound to the iron frame. She was probably asleep, her head tilted to the side, her chest rising and falling steadily, with faint breathing sounds coming from her.

Izuru raised her sword and placed it against the long-eared woman's snow-white neck. She hesitated for a moment but did not strike.

"What's wrong? Do it."

Rudius said with a hint of disappointment.

"Rudeus, my master taught me when I was very young that the swordsmen of the Water God School are primarily focused on counterattacks. When faced with harm, they transform their swords into weapons to protect themselves and others, which means the sword of protection."

Izuru choked back tears, "But...but I have to use the sword in my hand to end other people's lives...I don't understand, what is the point of me picking up the sword again..."

"A sword is a weapon, and swordsmanship is the art of killing."

Rudeus moved closer to Izuru, putting one arm around her shoulder and holding her sword-wielding hand with the other. "Whether it's a sword of protection or a sword that takes lives, it's the essence of a sword. No matter how beautiful the words you use to disguise it, you can't hide it."

"And what you need to do, Izuru, is to use the sword in your hand to make the guy who took the person you care about pay the price."

Rudius slowly increased the pressure on his hand, the blade grazing the long-eared woman's snow-white neck, leaving a shallow bloodstain. "Are you prepared to make that guy pay the price?"

"me..."

Izuru's hands began to tremble. Her kind heart was resisting. She turned her face away, not wanting to see the sword cutting through flesh, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of the shallow wound on the snow-white neck where the sword had cut.

"I will make those who took Albert from me pay the price..."

“Very well, let me see your resolve, Isorti.”

Rudius released his grip and stepped back.

"Drink up!"

Izuru closed her eyes, gripped the hilt of her sword with both hands, pressed the sword against the long-eared woman's chest, and forcefully thrust it in.

The piercing pain roused the long-eared woman, but after a couple of thrashing movements, her eyes rolled back and she fell still.

Crimson blood splattered out, staining half of Izoruti's body. She pulled the sword from the long-eared woman's corpse and skillfully flicked the blood off the blade.

This move had been practiced countless times in the dojo, but this was the first time Isorti had actually done it in person.

"Let me take a shower."

Izuru threw the sword on the ground and looked at Rudeus with cold eyes, saying, "Do you have any clean clothes? Could you please find me a change of clothes while you're at it?"

"This house is yours from now on. You can wash it however you like, and all your clothes are provided. Just tell the maid later. When I come to see you next time, that will be the time to fulfill my promise."

After Rudius finished speaking, he left the secret room.

Immediately afterwards, two rabbit-eared men dressed in black armor entered the room and took out the long-eared woman's corpse and the sword that Izoruti had just used.

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"That King-level swordsman of the Water God School has returned, and he's stronger than ever before."

On his way back to the Boreas family mansion, Rudeus felt somewhat tired. In a daze, he saw a mirror. He walked up to the mirror and looked at himself. Gradually, the image of a woman appeared in the mirror. The woman was all too familiar to Rudeus.

"Lilith Aiolos Grerat".

Rudius murmured her name, "I think I'm about to become like you."

Chapter 302: Like a Dream, Like an Illusion

Jobless Reincarnation Fanfic: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events [Chapter 302] Like a Dream, Like an Illusion

Chapter 302: Like a Dream, Like an Illusion

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months ago:

"Now that Rudy's staff has been delivered, it's time for me to go."

Luo Qixi bowed slightly to Xilufei and Alice, then turned to leave. "Thank you for the hospitality of the Boreas family. Please convey my regards to the two ladies, Mr. Paul, and Miss Senis, that they take good care of themselves."

"Wait, Ms. Luo Qixi."

"Could you please stay?" Sylphie called out.

I have done what I needed to do, and I have no reason to stay.

Luo Qixi bowed again, "Xilufei, and Miss Alice, I wish your babies grow up well. I... eh?"

Before she could finish speaking, she was embraced by Hilfi.

"Teacher Luo Qixi...you can't leave! I can't let you take such a risk!"

Luo Qixi was taken aback for a moment, then said evasively, "What adventure? Alright, alright, I need to keep going."

"no!"

Hilufi was actually stronger than Luo Qixi. She still held Luo Qixi tightly, and no matter how much Luo Qixi tried to persuade her or struggled, she showed no intention of letting go.

Alice felt like a little fool, not knowing what to say or do, and could only stand there blankly.

"No! I can't let Teacher Luo Qixi go to the battlefield. Rudy will be heartbroken if something happens to you!"

"Hilfi shouted."

It turned out that Hilfi had already seen through Luo Qixi's intentions. Perhaps Luo Qixi would immediately go to the front line of the battlefield and join the army led by the king after leaving the capital.

But Hilfi was well aware of the Asura royal family's discrimination against demons. Luo Qixi could have been fearless and even risked being captured by the royal army as a spy, but Hilfi wouldn't allow Luo Qixi to do something so risky.

Suddenly, Alice had a flash of inspiration. She seemed to know what to do, so she walked up to Luo Qixi, raised her fist, and punched the light blue head.

Luo Qixi fainted, and all the documents she needed to leave the city were taken away and hidden by Xilufei.

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"That's strange, I shouldn't have been so immature..."

Luo Qixi had some trouble sleeping tonight. She was wearing the silk pajamas that Rudius had given her and tossed and turned in bed.

Perhaps it was because Rudius patted his head, or perhaps for some other reason.

"She could have easily stolen the things and left, but she stayed until Rudy came back, and he even forced her to stay... Now, not only did she agree to attend Rudy's wedding, but Rudy also gave her a pub, so she can't leave now..."

She gazed at the gradually brightening sky outside the window, feeling the comfortable and soft bed beneath her. She was already over fifty years old, still a child in the Migludian tribe, but she had been in contact with humans for a long time, traveling for over thirty years and witnessing the lives of too many ordinary people. This peaceful life was so comfortable that it was hard to give it up without realizing it.

Every day, watching the guests come and go, praising how delicious the food was, and chatting and joking with the manager and waiters, it felt just like the tavern in Milis more than a decade ago. Everyone was a good person, and every day was filled with all sorts of ordinary yet interesting stories.

"However, being the owner of this tavern doesn't seem so bad..."

Luo Qixi rolled out of bed, used water magic to fill the basin, and immersed her head in the cold water until she could no longer breathe and was about to drown. She then pulled her head out. Although she hadn't slept all night, she was very awake.

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In a clean and tidy bedroom in the former Yerosnek family mansion.

Izuru lay on her side on the bed, hugging a quilt, wearing a black sheer slip dress, her snow-white breasts partially exposed, her legs tightly wrapped around the quilt which was curled up in a ball.

Her clean, fair face was buried in the quilt, completely unaware that it was already quite bright outside the window. The morning sunlight streamed into the room through the yellow curtains, and the servants in the house began to bustle about, sweeping the courtyard, cleaning the house, preparing breakfast, and so on.

"Um...."

After an unknown amount of time, Izuru groggily moved her face away from the blankets. Bright light instantly entered her field of vision. She opened her eyes with difficulty. The morning breeze had blown a corner of the curtain open, and sunlight shone through that corner, shining directly on her face.

"Ah... ah..."

She loosened the quilt, stretched her body, yawned, then got out of bed and stepped barefoot onto the shiny tile floor.

"Dong dong."

The sound of her turning over and getting out of bed was heard by the maid waiting at the door. After knocking twice, she pushed a whole row of clothes racks into the room.

"Miss Izoruti, it's time to change your clothes."

The maid who entered the room was a little girl who looked to be around ten years old. She appeared to be the same age as Norren, but a little shorter. She had slightly reddish brown hair and walked up to Izoruti with a smile, revealing a small tiger tooth. Her two big, watery eyes blinked, making her very cute.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Izoruti. My name is Aisha Grerat, and I am the maid sent by Lord Rudeus to take care of you."

"You? A maid?"