Her opponent is lured into training hall on the ground floor. Kurotsuchi has the ability to pass through physical obstruction. Earlier on she purposely let Lyla sees her entering the training hall. When Lyla entered, Kurotsuchi simply exited through the wall.
She believes Lyla might be figuring her whereabouts, so she waited just outside. She then received words from Hanabi via telepathy Bella and Mirai had reached safe destination.
She then slowly walks into the door he previously entered.
In the middle of the training ground stand a womanly figure, wearing only the minimum protective gear. A sword as long as Mirai’s height stuck to the ground beside him.
This whore, she calls her in her heart…!!
Last night, she stealthily followed Lyla to the castle. Within the darkness, Kurotsuchi walked on the wall to her destination.
She saw Lyla killed a maid in the main hall.
Then, she peeked how Lyla had sex with the lord of the castle.
As a fellow woman, Kurotsuchi knew that Lyla enjoyed being ravished by that man and reached climaxes.
That woman is toying with Hiro and even fully enjoyed such treacherous act.
She can't forgive that woman.
Now, that whore stands before her.
Her instinct tells her that Kurotsuchi will be slaughtered by Lyla in a straight 1 on 1 fight.
The woman’s presence is so overwhelming that Kurotsuchi knows right away that even combined effort of Clementine and Sekrit won't defeat this woman. Kurotsuchi should be safe thanks to her invisibility, but the killing intent emitting from the woman is too much for her. It is as if she is walking underwater.
Lyla is clearly on a whole different level than all the humans she had fought since leaving her village. To make things worse, she is ready for Kurotsuchi.
The woman doesn’t notice Kurotsuchi standing in front of her. Yet she desperately searches for the shadows to hide herself. From there, she creeps closer and closer until she is just outside Lyla's attacking.
"So you finally came for me."
Lyla knows she is here.
The whore is no pushover. As one would expect from the Abram’s strongest fighter… Wait, she is the strongest, right? What if she isn’t? This girl looks like she can take down a few dozen men on her own. Kurotsuchi makes noises in her heart.
"Where are you? Show yourself! Ah, right. Your method is attacking people without showing yourself."
Slowly, Lyla stands up. She glares at her surroundings. Her kind and gentle eyes turns fierce in an instant, completely wary of everything.
"I know what you’re after." the knight continues.
What? For real?
Kurotsuchi feels a chill go down her spine.
"You want to assassinate Master Lubreo, don't you?"
Kurotsuchi almost drop to the ground.
What? No! Silly whore. You got it all wrong! She creams in her heart.
Lyla didn’t stop from eyeing his surroundings. While he noticed Hikaru’s arrival with his Instinct, he didn’t know exactly where he was.
"Rejoice. I am Lyla Halpernia, a knight, my body and soul is a sword and tool for Master Lubreo Lambert."
That's what irritates Kurotsuchi the most. Hiro's woman like Lyla waving her ass for another man.
But that doesn't change the fact Lyla is a monster.
If people like her are all over the place, this world’s wars must be some kind of a great monster battle.
"Would you be so kind as to show yourself?"
Lyla’s tone changes. She is more composed.
"From what I’ve seen, you’re a woman like me. So young and yet so strong. You have a promising future. I want to recruit you to the knight under Master Luby."
Is this whore serious? I sullied the reputation of Lambert and save a traitor. She thinks.
Kurotsuchi thinks about what Lyla’s plan is.
First, Lyla is serious about recruiting her.
Second, make Kurotsuchi drops her guard and cut her down once she sees an opening.
Third…Waiting for reinforcements?
Or, maybe this simpleton really want to recruit her but knowing how things work here, Kurotsuchi would be first raped by that womanizer lord.
Hmm.
Her reinforcement is actually already here. Someone is hiding beside the entrance.
Lyla keeps on talking nonsense on inside the hall. Kurotsuchi makes it next to the person hiding in no time. A woman. She has no weapon. In fact, she is just sitting there with her palms covering her mouth. It is Suzy Huber.
"Suzy, what are you doing in the castle?"
"Why do you know me?"
"I am Kurotsuchi. I am fighting with that bitch."
"Wh...what.. Kurotsuchi. Why .."
"I ask you why are you in that Lambert place."
"Once every month I must be here to have sex with Master Lubreo. So, today is that day of the month."
"Damn it. You too. Listen to me. If you sleep with that womanizer, I kill you myself."
"No answer… Then can you at least tell me what you’re after? If you don’t, "I’ll have to cut you down." Lyla says.
Kurotsuchi gives stern warning to Suzy before re-entering the hall.
Lyla doesn’t use the more direct term “kill”, which sent a chill down to Kurotsuchi’s bones. She hasbnever experienced a matter of life and death quite like this against a woman. She had to make herself believe that the opponent doesn’t know her exact location or she wouldn’t even be able to move at all. Kurotsuchi ignores Suzy for now. Her target this time is the another whore.
Is there a point in attacking the whore?
That question had been clawing at the corner of her mind ever since she stepped foot in the training hall. The answer is clear. Not much.
Lyla stupidly thought she wanted to kill Lubreo. Hiro's goal of preventing the death of Bella was already fulfilled. It was not over, however as long Bella is still in Abram.
Is there any benefit in attacking the whore then?
The answer is clear. He could turn that speculation into reality. Put it another way, that is all the benefit there is. Nothing more.
Compare that to the risk of attacking the whore who is in a whole different league than the other knights, it just isn’t worth it.
Still…
Kurotsuchi’s bad habit – her curiosity – is aching. He could find out how effective her Stealth tactic really is. There hasn’t been anyone who she could use a hundred percent of her abilities on. Not until now.
He could go all out with this whore. She wouldn’t die that easily.
It’s strange.
Then, the sexual scenes between Lyla and the lord play on her mind. How Lyla jumping on that womanizer's body and her boobs jiggling, waving. The face of her climaxed in ecstasy, moaning.
How could she did that mean behind Hiro's back, and then pretending to be sweet innocent girl.
Kurotsuchi trembles in anger.
"How dare that whore betray her master."
"I will never forgive her."
