Chapter 70

(Harolds pov)

It was about two hours after the ridiculous incident caused by Itsuki and Francis.

Those two, accompanied by Harold, were currently on the outskirts of the town of Kablan, in a white western-style house surrounded by nature, built on the shore of a lake. The building and its garden were well managed and it could be seen that they were both being maintained at fixed intervals.

It was an unoccupied house owned by the Berlioz family.

Its on sale, but it seems like there havent been any buyers.

(Itsuki)

Well, that makes sense

, thought Harold.

Although it was built a little far away from town, it was still extremely well located thanks to the lake and mountains behind it. The bright white of the two stories buildings walls that was reflected on the blue of the water looked, in a word, beautiful. There was also a boat anchorage at the edge of the lake, as well as some sort of cottage on the terrain.

How much would it cost to purchase this?

There was no mistaking that this was not a property that the aristocrats of the area could afford.

Its not bad for a holiday house, even though its a little too small.

I know right? The price is pretty good too, but still, Im not sure about this location.

The two, who belonged to the upper echelons of society, were having such a conversation without a care for Harolds feelings.

The two stories house seemed like it had as many rooms as a small hotel, so Harold couldnt understand how it could possibly feel too small, even for a holiday house. After all, this house was at the very least bigger than the Strokes mansion.

The two bourgeois didnt even seem to realize they were spitting out poison.

As for why the three were visiting such a place, naturally, they hadnt come to check out the property.

Though they had gotten enthusiastic about having a duel before, they had no place to do it. There was no way they could start such a big disturbance within the Berlioz mansion, so as a last resort, the three slipped out of the mansion together, claimingFrancis is looking for a holiday house so were going to do some sightseeing and guide him through the town.

What they needed was a spacious place, far away from the public eye, where they could fight without restraints. And this place fit those conditions.

If you want to buy a property, do it when Im not here.

Right. Itsuki, where should we fight?

Lets go around to the back.

And so, Itsuki brought Francis and Harold along to a horse riding place which was enclosed by wooden fences. Horse riding was certainly an aristocratic hobby, and even the Stokes mansion had a stable, but there, people still had to actually go outside of the mansions premises to gallop.

Right now, the horse riding place was completely empty. But that was only natural because, no matter how well managed the place was, it was missing the most important part of horse riding; the horses.

If its here, well sure be able to fight to our hearts contents.

Still, it would be troublesome if this turns into a rampage.

No need for such worries. I wont draw out my sword.

As Harolds said those words, Itsuki and Francis were petrified on the spot. But that was a normal reaction upon being told by someone that he wouldnt draw out his sword in a formal duel.

After a momentary pause, Francis became full of anger and questioned Harold.

What does that mean?

Do i have to spell it out for you? There is no need for a sword against the likes of you, bastard.

Harold was aware of how outrageously condescending this statement was.

However, currently, there was no way for Harold to be defeated by Francis.

From the various inspections he had done over the past few years, Harold had found that, based onBrave Heartss system, he currently was above level 70. In the game, there were three fights against Harold, and it was only in the third fight that the original Harold had reached level 70.

Harold had no status display he could see or the like to check out his level, but he managed to calculate his own level by having hundreds of fights with a specific monster and figuring out the power of each of his blows through counting backwards from said monsters HP.

But this was quite difficult to do. And assuming that the level-up system in this world was the same as the one in the game, if Harold fought many times, his level would naturally go up. Even though giving himself a margin of error of one or two was fine, if he were to get a massive level-up before getting to make a rough estimate of his level, then he wouldnt be able to know his own level accurately.

So, he had a technique he could use to probe his own level by another standard.

InBrave Hearts, just like in the main characters case, the main characters rivals, such as Harold and Vincent, could lift the usage restrictions on some techniques depending on their level.

When he came to this world, at first, Harold tried out the techniques that the original Harold could handle, but the results were terrible, there were many moves he couldnt use. And it wasnt that he had a hard time with them or was close to being able to use them, he m