Heroine-Saving System: Reborn In A Third-Rate Manga As The Protagonist-Chapter 122 - 123: The Aozora Clan [II]

Though for some reason, Miyuki's older sister really sounded like Hakai honestly but he guessed that was how all these Great clan heirs sounded… They wanted to keep their bloodlines strong so they wouldn't fall out of Great clan grace somehow.

"You're the only human that can use two types of magic." She said. "Not only can you use Fire magic of the same blue flames like the Kagutsuchi clan, but you can also use Frame Magic as well."

'I forgot about that.' Koya thought, the reason he hadn't been disturbed yet for some reason was because that he was in ALI.

The Limousine kept moving.

"I think you should be with someone who can add to your power, Someone like me." She placed a hand on her shoulder. "As you can see, I'm 26 years old and have a Blue crest already and I'll probably become a Silver crest before I get to 35."

In terms of growth in this world, this woman was growing really quickly… It took a hefty amount of time to go from Black liner to Blue or Red as the body naturally had to do it, and from there to advance was even much more of a problem so being 35 and a Silver was even early too.

"So if you're getting married to someone… It should be me." She jabbed her hand at her chest confidently and Miyuki's face paled while she clinged harder, her sister had everything going for her and her on the other hand would lo–

The grip on his sleeve had gone from nervous to white-knuckled. Miyuki wasn't looking at anyone, she was staring at the floor of the Limousine like she was trying to disappear through it.

"Sorry, I'm not interested." Koya said dismissively. "Your sister is getting a new Fiancee and instead of checking him out for the sake of your sister like all others, you're instead trying to market yourself to the same man saying that you're a much better fit."

He felt a bit disgusted… but that was the way it was.

Yuka gritted her teeth and let out a small sigh.

"I apologize." She said with a bow of her head making Kaede surprised. "We'll be reaching the Aozora Clan Building soon, please hold on."

Kaede was very surprised that the first daughter of the Aozora clan actually bowed her head down to somebody.

She never thought that she would see the day honestly and it made her chest bubble a bit but it seemed like Koya really loved Miyuki.

'Koya-sama loves her so why does he want to do it with me…' She thought while looking at her feet on the ground. 'Does he like me too… N-no, don't think like that… He has so many beautiful girls surrounding him, how could he like a lowly maid like me?'

But the way he looked at her that afternoon and told her he was going to satisfy her, it messed with her head and made her chest feel warm as a small blush worked it's way onto her cheeks but she didn't glance at Koya but rather at the maid on the far end with the cat on her lap.

'Does that mean Ara-chan isn't satisfying him enough and he needs to release all that pent-up stress?' She thought, it wouldn't only be her cheating on Master Itsuki and her Mistress as well but also betraying her friend. 'But it isn't betraying her… In fact, I would be helping her. Koya-kun might have a high sex drive so I'll just be reducing the stress on her.'

She looked down at the ground of the Limousine while Koya pulled out his phone, he currently had a text from Victoria.

[Victoria: Hubby, when are you coming home? We were meant to go to the Outer Zone this weekend, right? The girls are excited.]

[Koya: Give me a few hours, I'll round up over here and then we go.]

[Victoria: Wait… hold on]

[Victoria❤️ sent two Images]

Koya looked at the screen, it was two different color of panties… there was the tight pair he gave her and a red one with hearts on it as well.

[Victoria: What panties should I wear today since we're heading out?]

Koya didn't reply for a few seconds but he texted.

[Koya: Wear the red ones, there'll be a lot more room for you to move around in those. Also how's Mable?]

[Victoria: Alright Hubby, I'll wear them with extra love 😘😘😘😘😘 and Mable's fine, she said she wants to join us to stick close to her Papa.]

[Koya: If she wants to, let her come along. Now I have to go… I'll see you later]

He dropped the phone back in his pocket as the Limousine had come to a complete stop outside a giant gate and Yuka sighed in her seat.

"We have arrived, the gates will be open momentarily." As she said that, the gates in the place creaked open and the Limousine passed through.

The windows at the back of the Limousine where they sat rolled down to give an amazing view. "This is the Aozora clan compound, Keropolis Branch."

The Limousine came to a full-stop and everyone exited it, standing outside in the place… It was a wide compound with beautiful scenery… there was a garden where a few blue-haired people were taking care of it by trimming flowers and grass with their blades made of water, there was also a moat that surrounded the large mansion in the center and on the side was a training field where there were a group of blue haired young men and women practicing movement.

The whole place smelled like rain.

Yuka got out, realizing that she was shorter than Koya and bit her lip, she liked that.

"This is just one of the buildings that the Aozora clan owns within Keropolis and the Clan Head has decided to see you here." She brought her hand forward. "We usually train lower clan members to serve in the Outer Zones and only a few ones with good potential are able to confidently attend the Academy."

All of them were outside and Yuka was steadily leading them to the direction of the mansion while passing nearby the field where the people were training.

"Hyah!" All of them exclaimed at the same time while stabbing their hand forward.

"The combat style they're currently practicing is known as our Turbulent Water style which everyone in our clan uses, it would be an excellent integration into your already amazing combat style." Yuka said and she didn't receive any reply, she turned around only to fume.

"Come on, why are your cheeks like this?" Koya asked while pinching Miyuki's cheek, completely ignoring her.

Miyuki was completely red and she was looking down at his hand.

"I… uh… I… Koya-kun, stop teasing me." She whined and Koya laughed before turning back to Yuka.

"Right, you were saying something?"

"No need." She turned forward and looked back again. "Would you like to see the combat that they practice close-up?"

Yuka was simply trying to show the greatness of their clan and the fact that Miyuki couldn't do any of this so why was she the one being chosen?

"Sure." Koya said as to not be rude and besides he was trying to compare them to the Dragon Flowing Style as well.

They diverted and instead of heading for the moat, they were heading toward the Training field and Koya noticed Miyuki trembling even more the closer they got there.

'It can't be that bad.' He thought as they arrived at the field.

"Hup!" All of them collectively brought their legs forward in a kick and water soared out of their legs collectively.

The instructor wore a vest with scars on his face as well, these scars could be healed if they went for healers but it seemed like all the Blue crest awakened in the Aozora clan liked scars.

"More power!"

Nobody moved and every eye was on the field.

They reset their stance and kicked again with water bursting out of their legs, each of them were Three to Four liners and Koya could see the difference between being a commoner and being of clan descent, if you were from a clan, you at least knew your element to start training it early as these were probably the Commoners of the clan.

"Ah Lady Yuka, you've arrived." The instructor said and all of them bowed at the people standing. "And Lady Miyuki too, welcome back to the Clan Building. It's been a while since I've seen you."

The instructor looked at Koya and he had a big grin on his face, it nearly made him grin and in a burst of water underneath his feet, he closed the distance between himself and Koya.

"Amagi Koya, It's a pleasure to finally meet you. I've heard of you everywhere and seen some of your feats, you could really put some of us Blue crest awakened to shame." He immediately started glazing while shaking Koya's hand. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

That made Koya quite uncomfortable and he nodded along but the man didn't get the hint and portrayed to the students, especially the girls that smiled at him.

"A lot of these students of mine want to be like you." He said and Koya visibly paled.

"Be like me…?" He blinked, why would they want to be like him?

"Yes, a strong capable young man such as you and you're even engaged to our Lady which means we will all become family." He said and let go of Koya's hand. "Anyway, I assume you all will head to visit the Clan Head, please give them my warm rega–"

"Bullshit!" Someone from the crowd shouted out and Koya immediately knew it was going to be one of those useless moments novels had to pad more filler into a chapter, because there was no way someone was dumb enough to talk down to an important person while other important people were in the background.

They all turned to a blue haired young man that was in the crowd and he was a four-liner like Koya, people pushed away from him and everyone could see him alone now.

He was wearing a torn Aozora clan GI while gritting his teeth.

"You're just like all of us, we're just the same rank and you're facing monsters that could kill Blue crest users and surviving?! Sounds like a whole lot of bullshit to me, I'm sure you orchestrated the whole Familiar Isle incident just to fake it for more views and then again, you couldn't find any better woman and you went ahead to get engaged to this useless disgrace for an heiress of the Aozora Clan?"

Surprisingly nobody told him to stop and Koya watched as well as she clung to his arm.

The instructor had gone very still and Yuka's expression hadn't moved, nobody in the crowd said a word as well. Whatever this was, it had been building for a long time and everyone here already knew it.

'Wait this could be an actual moment of character development for Miyuki.' He thought, the guy was actually saying that he was faking being chased down by Yvelion for more views… that was actually very crazy to say since he almost died.

"She can't do the Turbulent water style, she can't walk on water, she can't do anything that even an Aozora heir is supposed to do! The only thing she would be able to do right is entertain you on bed but even then I doubt it and look around, nobody is arguing with me… you see I'm right." He brought out his hand, pointing it at Koya. "If you have a problem with it, why don't you come and prove it, huh?! I challenge you to a duel to the death!"

Yuka massaged her forehead.

"I apologize Koya-kun, I'll have him dealt wi–"

"Miyuki, why don't you go ahead and fight?" Koya suggested making all of them including Kaede look at him in surprise.

'I don't really think Koya-sama likes Lady Miyuki anymore.' She thought, the last thing Miyuki knew how to do was fight… she was like a fragile flower, no matter how hard she tried, she wouldn't be able to fight.

She had watched Miyuki for years, watched her flinch at loud noises, cry when Itsuki's voice got sharp.

Miyuki was the gentlest person Kaede had ever served under and right now Koya was pointing her at someone who had just declared a death match.

She had massive mana reserves but she didn't even know how to use them which was one of the reasons she went to the Academy but even then, she was still unable to fight.

"Me? Fight?" Miyuki even looked surprised as her lips trembled.

"Of course, I would but you know I'm still recovering from being attacked by Yvelion back in the Isle so why don't you accept the challenge in my place? He not only insulted me but you as well after all." Koya encouraged her. "Won't you prove him wrong for me?"

That was all she needed to hear, she stopped trembling and looked at his eyes.

"For you?" She asked and he nodded then she looked at Bubbles in her hand before slowly nodding. "I'll do it… I'll try."

The young man laughed out loud.

"It's a Death match so I won't stop till one of us dies." He said. "Alright then, Master… Since she has accepted her doom, why don't we fill the field?"

…

Koya sighed with Riffi on his shoulder as he sat on a chair provided.

The chair was one of those wooden ones that clan training fields always seemed to have nearby and someone had brought it out fast… he wasn't sure if that was hospitality or if the Aozora clan was experienced enough at internal drama that they kept chairs on standby.

"Master, will she be okay?" Riffi whispered in his ear and he nodded.

Riffi's tail flicked once on his shoulder. She wasn't worried.

"She'll be very fine actually." Koya said, they were at a big ring in the backyard and it was completely full of water, apparently Aozora on Aozora battles took place on a field that was full of water making both Aozoras have to walk on water to battle.

On his lap was the Tidecub looking at the battle with its ears forward and its cute head tracking Miyuki's movement across the ring, even Bubbles could feel that something was about to happen.

Koya turned to Yuka who was sitting a bit too close to him.

"So who is that guy?" Koya asked.

"His name is Ryota Aozora." Yuka said with her eyes on the field. "Amongst all of the lower clan members in this batch, he has the highest potential by a significant margin… He was already set to enter ALI in Class 3 after Mid-Terms. The clan had high expectations for him."

She paused. "He also hates Miyuki and has for years. He thinks her existence as heir is an insult to everyone in the clan who actually worked for their place."

"I see." Koya said, he was most probably going to kill the guy but whatever.

He looked at the field.

Ryota was already walking to his side of the ring, cracking his neck, doing the whole pre-fight ritual thing that villains did before being killed off by the plot.

'Absolute idiot.'

The two approached the field from both sides and Ryota jumped into the water, floating atop it while looking at Miyuki who was a bit scared.

He landed clean with no ripple and his weight was distributed perfectly across the surface tension.

"Come on, you've been in ALI for a while. If you still don't know how to walk on water then you're much more of a disgrace than I thought." He said it loud enough for everyone at the ring's edge to hear.

Miyuki took a deep breath.

'Koya-kun believes in me…' She thought as her heart raced, she didn't want to disappoint… there was that feeling, that feeling when she redirected the attack that the Familiar who had attacked Bubbles threw at her was here too.

It was the same thing…

She remembered it now… It felt like she was connected to the water.

The ring around her wasn't just water she was standing on, It was something she could feel the edges of, like the whole field was an extension of her hand.

She wasn't afraid of it anymore.

'I need…' She thought taking a step into the water and it balanced her comfortably without her needing to use mana. 'To win.'

Her foot didn't sink and the water just held her without using mana. She put her second foot down and stood there on the surface and the field went dead silent.

Miyuki didn't know how she was doing it but she knew she was standing on water.

The field went quiet and every person at the edge of that ring had just watched Aozora Miyuki step onto the surface of the water like she'd been doing it her whole life.

Ryota's jaw tightened.

"Ah, seems like you're not as useless as I thought." He ran across the water generating ripples as he ran with increasing speed and threw his leg forward, generating a force of water much stronger than the ones they had been throwing earlier. "But this is the end!"

His foot hit the surface on the last step and the water underneath flattened outward in a disc as the force channeled upward into the kick.

The Turbulent Water style at its sharpest with all force into a single point.

It wasn't a simple kick at all.

The water compressed at his heel before it released, turning into a concentrated column dense enough that it punched a visible hole through the air as it shot toward her. At that range it would cave her ribs in.

The water came in her direction and if it hit her, it would surely cause a lot of damage however her eyes began glowing and in an instant, she slapped the water away sending it into the air.

The column didn't scatter however, It inverted instead. All of it went straight up in a single clean arc and hung in the air for a moment before raining back down around both of them in a wide circle, pattering against the surface of the ring.

"Wha…"