Unerolia looked at the both of us, "Damn it! I canāt believe I made this blunder! The copy is absolutely perfect! How would we be able to tell who is the real one and who is the fake one?!"
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Youāve got to be pulling my leg right now, Uneroliaā¦ Youāre just teasing me arenāt you?
Come onā¦ Just from our clothes you could already see that the other one is himā¦ Heās still wearing his normal clothes while Iām wearing my dress! This should be a no-brainer, right?
Waitā¦ Donāt tell me he has some kind of artefact that also changes peopleās perception of him after he changes his body?
No, that canāt be itā¦ I was able to recognise that he wasnāt Uberolia when he first transformed into her right? Or does it not work on me because Iām an Off-Worlder?
I looked in the direction of Mary and Katsuki, wondering if Unerolia was truly trolling or that he really had something that actually stopped them from recognising him for who he was.
I caught Katsukiās eyes and she shook her head slowly at me. At least that was what I was able to tell from her silhouette.
Ahā¦ Ok. Thatās all I need to know then. Sheās definitely trolling.
But why does she want to do something like--
"I know the way to tell the difference! Both of you attack me! Iāll be able to tell who is who after fighting both of you at the same time! Letās go!"
Ahā¦ I forgot sheās a battle junkieā¦ Sheās totally doing this so that she can have a fight with two people at onceā¦
Seriously Justinia, why arenāt you here to deal with this cousin of yours? I think you need to come and give her a good slap on her ass or something because she really seems to need something else to get her offā¦
The other idiot looked at me, clearly unsure of what he should do since he already knew he couldnāt beat either me or the Marchioness with his sword skills as proven by our sparring matches earlier.
Unerolia seemed to have seen that hesitation from the Off-Worlder because she immediately pulled out another wooden sword from god knows where and lunged towards him.
"Match has started! Letās go!" She yelled, giving the Off-Worlder enough time to react by lifting his sword to parry the blow away.
"Ohhh! The real Aster could parry that strike of mine too! Looks like thereās a chance you could be the real one!" She chuckled.
I could tell that she was simply buttering him up just to give him a false sense of hope that he could actually pull through with this lie of his.
Perhaps he thought that if he were to just do well enough, he might somehow shift the suspicion on to me and then get the others to kill or detain me while he runs away during the scuffle.
I didnāt really have time to think about anything else anymore since Unerolia then lunged at me as well, prompting me to execute the same move as what the Off-Worlder did in order to parry her.
"Oh! So you managed to parry that too? That was so awesome! So that means I donāt need to hold back anymore, right?! Letās do this, then!!"
No, noā¦ You still need to hold back, Uneroliaā¦ You need to remember that--
"[Sacred Slash]!!!"
What did I just say?!!
I leapt out of the way as she unleashed the skill in my direction, the wave barely missing me by mere inches as it sailed past me.
Without hesitation, she turned to face the other Off-Worlder and raised her sword above her head once more.
"[Sacred Slash]!!" She roared, slashing her blade down once again.
Naturally, with the fact that he never saw that move before, the only way he knew how to avoid it was to jump to the side like I had.
But for some reason, while I had managed to land on my feet without problems, he tripped on his foot and rolled on the ground pathetically, though at least he managed to avoid the attack I suppose.
Why did he end up like that though?
As though answering my mental question, I spotted him scowling at his own chest, one of his hands moving up to heft them like he was testing their weight before turning back to face the Marchioness.
No wayā¦ No bloody wayā¦ Did he really trip over himself because my boobs were too big or something? Well, screw you too!
Unerolia pretended not to notice that sight and turned back to me to give me a come hither gesture, "Come on! The real Aster should have attacked by now! Show me what you got!"
I donāt think I actually would but Iām sure she wanted to goad the other guy into attacking as well instead of just staying there and waiting to be attacked.
I decided to play along and jumped towards her, my sword held tightly against my side.
She lowered herself into her usual stance with her sword lifted up and held at her side, "Come on! Show me a serious fight!!"
I think thatās her way of telling me not to hold backā¦
Fine then, if thatās what you wantā¦
I increased my speed by kicking the ground, covering the last few steps and making myself appear in front of the Marchioness with my blade raised.
Swinging it downwards, the edge of my wooden sword clashed against the flat of Uneroliaās sword.
I didnāt even see her hand move, itās almost like the sword just teleported in between us to block my blow.
"[Full Burst Swing]!!" She yelled.
Errā¦ What the--
Her wooden sword glowed and I suddenly felt myself flung back with the world spinning around me.
It took me a moment to realise she had flung me up into the sky and I was currently spinning through the air.
I flipped myself around and let my wings burst out from my back, using them to control my flight path.
With me in the air, I was able to get a good view of Unerolia leaping towards the other Off-Worlder with her sword held horizontally by her side.
The idiot was clearly panicking as he took a few steps back to try and avoid her but obviously he wasnāt going to escape her like that.
As I had expected, the Marchioness easily caught up with that idiot and her sword glowed once more as she activated her Valour skill.
"[Full Burst Swing]!!"
Her sword became an arc of light as she swung it towards the idiot, who only just managed to raise his own sword in time to defend himself.
The moment Uneroliaās sword hit his wooden blade, a loud bang could be heard right as the idiot was sent flying back from the blow.
Unlike me who got sent up into the air, he was sent flying directly towards the arena wall, hitting his back on it with a loud crash.
The Marchioness then looked up and grinned at me, clearly showing that the difference in treatment was clearly on purpose, right before she gestured for me to come at her again.
I tucked my wings and dove towards her, my sword held in a thrusting motion as if I was preparing to lunge it at her.
She lifted her sword parallel to her body, preparing to defend against my strike.
As I neared her, I saw her arm twitch which prompted me to flare my wings to stall my descent, buffeting her with a gale of wind.
Then while she was distracted by my sudden shift in position, I swung my hips towards her which allowed my tail to lash out from underneath my skirt to strike against her side.
She totally did not see that coming to that so my attack managed to connect to send her skidding to the side.
She recovered quickly and swung her sword down at me, only to stop suddenly to turn back and parry an attempted sneak attack from the idiot.
"Ahahaha! Thatās it! Thatās it!! This is what I want!!" She laughed, not even phased that she was being tag teamed right now. "Come at me with all youāve got!"
She lifted her foot and kicked the idiot in the abdomen, sending him skidding a few steps back.
The Marchioness then spun back around to parry my overhead slash which she then shifted to deliver a horizontal slash at my side.
I spun myself out of the way, creating distance between us but Unerolia was having none of that as she lunged at me with her sword pointed at my chest.
I had to flap my wings to boost me further away from her, narrowly avoiding her sword which also brought me to stand side by side with the other Off-Worlder.
Unerolia laughed again, "Thatās it! Come at me seriously! Letās do this!!"
Her sword suddenly burst into flames and I donāt think she remembers that we were supposed to be torturing that Off-Worlder anymoreā¦
He turned to look at me, "Is this really happening right now?"
"You caused this you idiot," I shot back at my doppelganger. "So shut up and fight."
Guess I really need to take this seriously thenā¦