From Two-Bit Baddie to Total Heartthrob: This Villainess Will Cross-Dress to Impress! Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 9] by Masamune Okazaki

Author:Masamune Okazaki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Humans Only Have Two Arms, You Know

It was the end of autumn, and winter was approaching. My hands were freezing now whenever I went out on patrol, so I’d started wearing gloves—black gloves, to be precise. They matched my knight’s uniform. As soon as I put them on, I knew they’d be a total chick magnet. I could almost physically sense their potential.

As I returned to training grounds to get changed after one of my patrols, I felt a presence nearby. I swiftly moved behind the presence and thrust my knife just inches away from their neck.

“Hello there,” I said.

I heard a barely audible gasp.

The man in front of me was wearing a deep-red uniform. I couldn’t get a good look at his face, but based on his build, it seemed safe to guess that this was the guard who always came to tell me of the crown prince’s summons.

I laughed. “I finally got you! Guess all the patrolling I’ve been doing is starting to pay off.”

The guard had always had a way of sneaking up behind me. At first, I hadn’t even been able to detect his presence. Even when I had started to pick it up faintly, he’d call out to me before I could even turn around and face him.

The implications of this were clear (and unpleasant): if I ever had to face a foe like him, I would lose. I’d resolved myself to be swift and strong enough to face even an assassin, but at this rate, the game’s main character would be dead before I even had a chance to make my move. My run-ins with this guard had motivated me to pay special attention to my surroundings on patrol, sharpening my senses so I could be alert to any presence.

I realized that, whenever something seemed off, it was always the best course of action to determine why as quickly as possible. Taking the initiative conferred a heavy advantage. If you were facing an opponent of a similar skill level, you were all but guaranteed to win as long as you struck first.

Thanks to all my practice honing my perception, I now had a much wider range in which I could pick up on anomalies. Think of it this way—you can sense when someone taps you on the shoulder, right? Well, it was a lot like that, except that my perception expanded beyond the confines of my body. It was almost like my physical form merged with the air around me.

I could sense whenever someone was staring at me, and their movements and mannerisms gave me enough information to make a reasonably good guess about whether they were friend or foe. I could also tell if something was off about them.

Anyway, that’s how I was able to sense the presence of the crown prince’s guard and to surprise him from behind. It felt like proof that I’d improved, and I was pleased to finally see the fruits of my labor.

Even with my knife pressed to his throat, the guard’s expression didn’t change.

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