my armed maid

Chapter 73 70: Even geniuses are not good at things
"No, that's not the case, I -"

Seeing the girl in front of him hurriedly explaining to himself, Nolen felt slightly relieved and secretly laughed at his own paranoia.

He spent two months with Yuna. Although this time was not long, it was enough for him to roughly understand a person's personality.

She is usually dull-witted and doesn't hide her thoughts very much. She has the purity and straightforwardness consistent with a 16-year-old girl, but she is particularly powerful when fighting. It seems that she puts all her skill points into force.

She never lied to herself, nor did she look like she would break her promise.

Since she is still prepared to fulfill this agreement, she must have guessed wrong.

What's more, even though it was agreed at the beginning, in fact, he did not treat her as a real slave.

Firstly, he is not in the habit of handling slaves, and secondly, Yuna's experience makes people feel distressed, and her strength makes people lovable.

He had not yet gone so far as to take advantage of such a miserable girl.

And in the next month, Yuna drove Valkyrie and used the alchemy weapons he made across the battlefield, achieving various excellent results. Such wonderful performance made him admire her with admiration.

Yuna might be envious of his alchemical talents, or something.

And her heroic figure during the battle was deeply reflected in his mind. Isn't this what he wanted?

He has always longed for the world of extraordinary beings, but unfortunately he is not extraordinary. Limited by his talent and strength, he cannot perfectly control the Valkyrie equipment and alchemy weapons he made.

Yuna did all this very well, and her active performance on the battlefield was also his greatest inspiration.

This proved that the alchemy weapons he had made were good enough and that the air combat route he originally envisioned was completely feasible.

It wasn't that Yuna was helped by him unilaterally, he also got a lot of inspiration from her.

In a sense, they are in a relationship of mutual cooperation and mutual achievement.

Rather than saying that she is his accessory, she is his comrade and partner.

He thinks this relationship is very good now, and he hopes Yuna can understand what he means——

Although she is his "slave", he will never treat her as a "slave".

This is the biggest concession and guarantee he can make at the moment.

"I-I just feel..."

Yuna seemed to have a lot to say, but in the end she just smiled at him, "...it was really great to meet you back then.

"...Master, from now on, please give me your advice."

Looking at her smile, Nolen felt something deeply touched in his heart, and immediately shook his head and said: "It's still the same as before, just call me by my name.

"Me too, I was lucky to meet you in the first place..."

After saying this, he turned around and left the room quickly, a little embarrassed.

He was a little afraid to face Yuna's smile. He couldn't have a clear conscience towards her.

Because, if he really wanted her to untie this knot, he should have taken off the collar from her neck with his own hands just now.

If the collar, which symbolizes slavery and being enslaved, is not taken off, there will still be an invisible gap in the relationship between them.

However, he can't.

He can't do it now.

Why did he specifically put a collar on Yuna at that time? He was just afraid that Yuna would betray him one day.

Two days before he met Yuna, he had just been betrayed by Rusty.

That was his adoptive father and teacher who had been with him for ten years, the closest people to him in this life, but he was planning to kill himself with poison that night.

Yes, in fact, the conflict between the two was almost irreconcilable at that time. As the person involved, he also knew this clearly. But when the day came when master and apprentice broke up, he still inevitably felt deeply disappointed.

Intimacy is like a double-edged sword. You can get good things from it, but you can also suffer from it.

He knew that his personality was not the type to have both sides, and he did not want to experience the pain of being betrayed by someone close to him again.

So he wants evidence, evidence that others will not betray him.

That collar was the evidence he found for himself.

It locked both Yuna's neck and her own heart.

Even though they had been together for a long time, he had a vague feeling that Yuna might be different.

She probably won't betray him, and he might be able to gain a relationship that won't go bad.

But in the end he escaped.

When he returned to his room, Nolen unbuttoned his coat and threw it away before lying on the bed.

"Genius, genius, is this the answer you gave?"

He turned over, stretched out his hand towards the ceiling, and murmured to himself, "You know the right option, but you still can't take that step. Are you a genius or a fool?
"But...there are things that geniuses are not good at. Just...forgive me for this little mistake..."

After touching the soft bed, the fatigue accumulated in daily life quickly rushed into his heart. He stopped thinking about these troubles and quickly fell asleep.

In the dream, he was the emperor of the Norn Empire. He stretched out his hand on the magnificent hall, and two rows of soldiers holding magic guns and wearing alloy armor stepped out neatly.

He stood up and looked into the distance. A huge humanoid mecha descended from a high altitude and landed outside the hall with a roar.

"Very good, very good." He stood up excitedly, "Help me get up, I want to go over and drive the Gundam!"

He walked forward quickly, and with just a thought, the humanoid mecha half-knelt down towards him, and the cockpit on its chest opened.

But he saw a masked blonde girl jumping out of the cockpit, stopping in front of him and saying coldly:
"Master, this is my car. Since you have a noble status, it is best not to go to the battlefield in person."

"No!" he shouted, "I just want to go to the battlefield in person, and I want to fight with those strong men to the end!"

"It seems that I have to stop your willfulness." The masked girl stopped in front of him, "If you want to go to the battlefield, please defeat me first!"

"You think you can stop me..."

He looked closely at the masked girl and said in a voiceless voice, "I'm super, White Raven!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he woke up from his sleep. It was already the next morning.

He sat in front of the bed and pondered for a long time, unable to figure out the purpose of Yuna appearing in his dream. Then he hammered the bed angrily and said angrily:

"Really... don't stop me from flying the Gundam!"

One night passed, and the streets outside were still as lively as ever. Nolen got up, washed up, and had breakfast. After a while, a carriage from the City Lord's Palace came to pick him up.

At this time, Yuna was practicing her sword in the yard as usual. Nolen briefly asked her about the appearance of the white raven at the celebration. She nodded and responded as usual.

Seeing that her condition was no different from usual, Nolen was relieved.

Unlike Evelin, although Yuna can't hide her thoughts, she is more reserved and her emotional expression is not intense and obvious.

At this time, her calm and expressionless expression was her normal state. Perhaps her slightly sensational attitude last night was just due to her excessive excitement after getting her revenge.

After saying goodbye, he got on the carriage of the city lord's palace. The ceremony in the city to celebrate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was about to begin.

Of course, this is not the point. In fact, he doesn't like places that are too busy. What he is really looking forward to is the highlight after the celebration.

According to what Ryan said yesterday, after the celebration, the City Lord's Mansion will hold an investiture ceremony for him.

After working hard for so long, the time for promotion and title is finally here!
(End of this chapter)