“Yes, exactly that!”
The power to infer others’ strength and movements.
It was an extremely powerful ability, but if she possessed it, today’s challenge would be nonsense. Because even if she brought all of the Axe of Seven Sins, the opponent whose victory or defeat couldn’t be guaranteed was precisely the ‘Sword Duke’.
It was an excessively unreasonable tactic to dismiss as strategic ignorance or a momentary madness. It was natural to harbor reasonable doubts about this.
“Then the conclusion is two things. First, she’s truly hiding power capable of facing me head-on…….”
“Or a simple deception.”
At my instinctive murmur, the middle-aged man burst into hearty laughter.
“We must consider both possibilities for now. However, there’s one part I want to ask you about.”
My eyes blankly turned toward the Sword Duke. Then, the Sword Duke, with an even more serious expression, asked me as follows.
“Can you fight?”
Thud, a sensation as if my breath was blocked for a moment.
It was the aura the Sword Duke deliberately raised. If it were in the past, I would have…