Lord Summoner's Freedom Philosophy: Grimoire of Love

"Beautiful..." Lichia uttered as she saw the fire flowers slowly falling into the air. Her eyes sparkled in a daze, making her forget about Jean and his battle.

*Tch!*

Jean clicked his tongue when he glanced at Lichia's dazzling smile and her red cheeks. What irritates him the most is Lyan's hand that is holding her waist, and the fact that she doesn't seem to be bothered by his touch. The scene of Lichia in Lyan's hands made Jean lose his focus on the battle.

"I got you now!" The knight didn't let the opportunity go and rushed towards Jean.

Jean clicked his tongue and slashed with the knight's sword in his left hand, but the knight easily bashed it away, breaking Jean's stance. The knight then grasp the opening and kicked him right in his groin, making him drop the knight's sword.

"Ugh!!!" Jean groaned in pain, but when he glance to the side, the view of Lichia leaning her head on Lyan entered his view, triggering his fury.

"Bastard..." (Jean)

At that moment, Jean's reasoning disappeared. He activated his magic saber, and blazing fire covered the sword. Raising the sword above, Jean took the stance to deliver a big blow.

"You... You're going to use that skill here!? Are you out of your mind!?" The knight shouted, bewildered.

"Shut up!" Jean stared not into the knight, but towards Lyan that is standing in the distance behind the knight.

"Dragon's-" (Jean)

Before Jean could finish his move, a figure stopped him.

*Clank!*

A single blow landed directly on the part of the handle Jean isn't holding, forcing him to let go of his magic saber.

"Y-You are..." (Jean)

"Captain!" The knight salutes toward the figure.

"Captain of the royal knights, The strongest knight, Julius Tergimand..." Jean uttered the name of the figure.

"Blazing Talon. What do you think you are doing, attempting to use such a dangerous move in the middle of a city? Are that brain of yours is as mediocre as your mercenary name?" Julius's cold voice resounded.

"Tch! Shut up. It was supposed to be just a decoy. I have no intentions of activating it at all," (Jean)

"Oh. So the activation of the engraved magic from the sword is something that you could non-activate in the middle of the process, I see? Then I would like you to show me how it works next time, Blazing Talon," (Julius)

In face of Julius's sound sarcasm, Jean clicked his tongue and went away with a scoff in shame.

"C-Captain. I was just-"

"You too, Rodrigo. Making a ruckus in the middle of a neighboring city and almost harming the citizens of our important ally city, you're disgracing the royal family's name. Consider yourself warned," (Julius)

"Yes, captain. Forgive me for my mistakes," Rodrigo obediently apologized with a deep bow.

"It's fine. Just make sure not to get ahead of yourselves. We must not let any unwanted factor disarray his highness's plans..." As Julius replied to Rodrigo, his mind wanders around the spectators. He's searching for the cloaked man that blocked Jean's flame slash and turn it into beautiful fire flowers.

Julius spotted Lichia searching for the cloaked guy that was behind her just a while ago, but the cloaked guy is nowhere to be found.

(He's gone, huh. Did he notice my attention?) (Julius)

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"*Phew!* Finally managed to slip away. Let's quickly take a look at the girls, I don't have that much of time left," Lyan rushed towards the House of Roses as he jump from roof to roof. He's using his illusion magic to travel stealthily and unnoticed.

After several minutes, Lyan finally arrived at the House of Roses. Since he's already well-known by all of the staff inside the house, they immediately welcomed him and told him to enter from the back door of the building that is only allowed for staff to use.

""Lyan!!"" The three of them jumped on him when they saw him.

Coincidentally, the three of them are on their break in the living at the top floor of the house. So when Lyan arrived at the floor, the three of them greets him with a beaming smile as if they are blooming flowers. If the customers saw the scene right now, they would go crazy with jealousy because of the sight of the most popular girls acting like maidens in love with a single man.

"Are you fine? Are you hurt?" (Belle)

"Now that I touched it again, your arms are as hard as a rock..." (Alina)

"Not even a single scratch could be seen, huh... As expected of my man!" (Xena)

The three of them force open Lyan's cloak and checked on his body, searching if there are any wounds on him. After finding out that there is not even a single scratch on his body, the three of them let out a sigh of relief and get amazed as well. But rather than amazed, they felt more proud because of the fact that their man didn't get any wounds from going to the subjugation together with the other Mythril-ranked mercenaries.

"Calm down, girls. I'm perfectly fine," (Lyan)

After finishing hugging with each other for a while, Lyan told them what happened from the beginning to the end, but he skipped several details since he don't have much time left.

"I see... So you're going back to the guild again, huh..." (Belle)

"Well, tomorrow is the big day, after all. You must have a good rest for your body rather than having an 'intense workout' with us. We can do it to our heart content after everything calms down," (Xena)

"Yeah... I can wait for my turn next time..." (Alina)

The three of them are reluctant to part with Lyan again, but since tomorrow is the start of the great battle with the goblins, it will be better for Lyan to have a full rest in order to fight in his top condition tomorrow.

(I'm a lucky guy to have these considerate women for me alone) (Lyan)

"By the way, Lyan!! Xena! Tell him!" Belle suddenly raised her voice.

"Ah! You're right! Lyan!! I could now use wind magic!!" said Xena with her face full of excitement.

"Wind magic?" (Lyan)

"Yes! Xena suddenly becomes capable of using wind magic, and Belle suddenly got a great increase in her mana and magic!! The both of them got their sudden boost in strength after sleeping with you, you know!? I want it too!!" Alina grabbed Lyan's shoulders and shakes him.

Hearing Alina's words, Lyan noticed something.

(Wait. Don't tell me, the monsters that have [Mother] are capable of giving their [Mother] their abilities as well? But considering what they said, it's very highly that that's the case!) (Lyan)

"Yeah. You see, when we practiced yesterday, Galia suddenly sent me a thought, telling me to use a wind magic. I tried to make some wind by controlling my mana, and I suddenly feel a different kind and amount of mana that I didn't possess before! It's amazing!!" (Xena)

"My mana pool also got increased for more than two folds, you know? Is that part of your ability as well?" Asked Belle in a whisper.

"Hm. I don't really know the details, but I guess so. I want to see your abilities as well, maybe we could try hunting monsters in the forest after everything ends together?" (Lyan)

"You will!? Let's go! We could also accept a quest together! Let's do it! Let's do it!" (Alina)

"By the way, Lyan. I think it's about time for you to go. It won't be good if you're late for the council of war, right?" Xena reminded him.

(She's right. It's been a while since the last bell) (Lyan)

"I guess it's time to go. If you want, you can visit me at my inn, okay?" (Lyan)

"I see. Then I guess we'll bring our equipment there so we could depart to the walls immediately in the morning," (Alina)

"The walls?" (Lyan)

"Ah. The house is closed for tomorrow, you see. The mercenaries will focus on hunting the goblins, while the merchants will coop themselves up inside their buildings with their guards, so we won't be having customers tomorrow. So most of the girls that could fight will be joining the defense corp of the city. We're strong, so there's no need to worry!" Alina sticks out her thumb cheerfully.

"We'll also have the Madam, gramps, Ravia, and Raine, so it will be fine," (Xena)

"I see. remember to keep Galia and Pilia with you, they'll help keep the three of you safe as well. I'll be going, okay?" (Lyan)

"""Yes, Good luck!"""

Getting wished a good luck by three beautiful girls, Lyan felt that he'll get good things today.

Lyan went straight towards the mercenary guild, unlike before, he rushed in feet by traveling on the roads rather than jumping from roof to roof.

(It's getting livelier every second, huh...) (Lyan)

Lyan entered the crowded mercenary guild, and saw a figure looking at him with her arms crossed.

"You finally arrived, Lyan,"

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Name: Lyan Arkanium Evocatore

Occupation: Gold-ranked Mercenary

Money: 49,722,400 Elnes

Weapon: None

Equipment: Black leather cloak, One-handed Sword

Grimoire's Companions: 8 High Spirits, Shadow Hobgoblin, Papilio Slime, Galewing Butterfly, Rock Golem, Deadlight