The Soul Substitute Trash of the Duke Family
Chapter 31

The trip this time was very quiet and gloomy. No one started the conversation, either from the client or the academy. Everyone seems busy with their own thoughts.

The meeting of the two brothers from Castallio reinforces their assumption, if their relationship is so bad. Moreover, Leona looked at their client coldly and hurriedly left from there. They did not even have the slightest chance of being stale.

Emillio just stared at Leona who was sitting on the back of the black panther wistfully. The girl did not even want to approach her and chose to sit on the black panther.

While Leona who was sitting on Kei's back with a relaxed expression was observing around with alarm. He felt some suspicious movement not far from there. Then he gave the code to his comrades and soldiers.

"There are some people who are after us. Stay alert." Leona.

"You sure, Miss? Don't you have no mana?" Asked a soldier in a mocking tone.

Leona chose silence and ignored it. While the others stared at Leona in disbelief. He knows if he has no mana. But make no mistake, he has abundant chakra and is a sensory type. He was even able to be aware of one's existence despite having no mana at all.

"You sure, Leona?" Ask Carl to make sure. He could also feel some people now approaching them.

"They are within a three hundred meter radius. They numbered ten people. And they're bandits." Leona is serious.

"Stop talking nonsense, Leona! You don't have magic, you shame!" Snap Emillio. Leona nodded and chose silence.

Kei growled furiously, but Leona rubbed the black panther's back to calm him down.

"Relax, Kei. I'm it's okay. It's common."

"Kheuungg~" Kei replied in a sad tone. He immediately slowed down his path and chose to be far behind the horse carriage.

While Leona's four colleagues just stared at the girl in disbelief, her family's treatment turned out to be very cruel to the girl who was in fact her own biological sister.

"I didn't expect you to know where they were." Said Carl who stopped his horse.

"Not really, Teacher. We'd better continue on." Tukas Leona smiled broadly.

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The horse carriage stopped suddenly upon entering a forest. There were several black hooded people standing in the way of the train. The soldiers immediately stood by holding the hilt of their swords.

"Protect clients!" Carl Exclamation. Soon they form a formation around the carriage, except for Leona who instead jumps up the tree with Kei.

"Give up your lives!" Excited the bandit leader while pointing his gun followed by some of their men.

Leona chose to watch their fights while leaning spoiled on the body of the black panther. This scene was like a novel or a soul-transferring manhwa that he had always read, where bandits were always blocking novel characters and well, he was lazy to fight. Too cliche. It is better for him to lie down while eating the berries that he had picked earlier.

The sound of the clanking of swords as well as the explosion of magic sounded earthy into a melodious chant in Leona's ears. He noticed the fight between the bandits against his three friends.

The fight looked balanced, but a moment later he saw Eura pushed and overwhelmed.

Leona immediately threw a kunai containing explosive paper right in front of the bandits who were about to slash at Eura. The red-blossomed youth was startled when he saw a beautiful kunai stuck right in front of his crotch and immediately left there in a hurry when he saw the explosive paper let out a fire.

While the bandit stared at the kunai containing the flaming explosive paper it was puzzled. He decided to approach the kunai, however...

'TWOARR!!'

An explosion killed the bandits. While Eura bounced a few meters due to the shock wave from the explosion. Eura looked up and looked at Leona who was eating fruit while leaning on the black panther casually. Instantly an annoyed twitch filled the young man's face.

"Leona! You're gonna kill me, huh?!" Shouted Eura emotions then immediately stood up from her nyungsep event.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, hehe." Leona's voice with a sinless smile made Eura cackle indistinctly.

"Basic slackers! Get down you!" Maki Eura is upset.

"Ck. Yeah, yeah." yeah." Leona and the girl immediately came down from the tree. He found the soldier and his companions exhausted and slightly overwhelmed against some bandits.

"Revelation!!" Shouted Leona while chanting the hand seals. Instantly they all stared at the girl who was now taking a deep breath and a giant fireball shot towards them.

'Fire element: The pace of the fireball!' Inner Leona.

They immediately dodged the fireball in a hurry. While the bandits fired water magic at the fireball, it did not work. Some bandits died roasted.

Created a thick smoke that made them all let their guard down. Suddenly the sound of slashing followed by the scream and the sound of a body falling. After the smoke cleared, they saw Leona casually killing those bandits viciously.

'Jleb's'

Leona killed the bandit once slashed with a flat expression. The girl's eyes looked cold. Then he tore off one of the bandit's corpses and saw a centipede tattoo on his back.

Leona approached some unconscious bandits. He tore off the bandit's clothes and saw a centipede tattoo on his chest. Instantly the girl's facial expression darkened.

"Wait, Leona. We can extract important information from them." Reproof Carl.

'Jleb's'

Leona didn't speak to Carl. He looked at them with a cold expression.

"If the interrogation makes them open their mouths, they should reveal who the mastermind behind the murder of Duchess Castallio was and why they stole my core." Tukas Leona in a cold tone.

Without saying anything, the girl immediately left from there.

Leona's words make them mute, especially the soldiers who taunt Leona and Emillio. A moment of guilt came to his heart.

Carl who saw the atmosphere was trying to melt the atmosphere, "Well, gentlemen~ let's continue the journey before the sun tilts west."

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Leona sat leaning back staring at the beautiful sprinkling of stars like jewels dotting the night sky. A squirrel sits comfortably eating grain on the girl's shoulder and a black panther sitting next to her.

Leona did not join her friends. Somehow he felt insecure considering that he had neither mana nor aura like the others.

While the three youths who became his teammates were busy with their respective thoughts. They do not know if the Castallio family treats Leona so badly. The three of them decided to approach the aloof Leona not far from them.

Leona realized the three comrades were approaching her, she only glanced at them a glance before returning blankly to the dark forest scene.

"What's wrong?" Leona asked without looking at them. Without warning the three young men sat down next to Leona.

"Why don't you join us?" Ask Iven.

"Don't want to. I just want to be alone." Follow him in a flat tone.

"You're our teammate. You should be with us." Persuade Eura.

"I'm not like you guys who have mana or aura, so trash like me doesn't deserve to be with you."

"The teammate doesn't have to have any mana or aura, Leona. If you don't have it, you can study medicine to treat us when we're hurt." Wei Tao sage.

"So we saw you spitting fireballs, but I couldn't feel the mana energy inside." Iven tried to shift the subject.

"I just took out the chakra and turned it into the element I wanted."

"The chakra?" The three of them were curious.

"Hn. Body energy. I got it after training to go beyond my limits." Bright Leona short.

They nodded their heads understanding.

"But that's great. Even stronger than my magic." Tukas Iven's.

While Emillio looked at Leona who was now cool talking with a sad look. The first time he saw Leona so casually killing bandits was like a war veteran.

Emillio was still staring at Leona who was now starting to approach the campfire with her three colleagues and a black panther.

Even she saw Leona casually laying her body on the ground without any pedestal except for a bag that became her pillow, as if the girl had gotten used to living a difficult life.

Carl who watched his protege while smiling happily. They look familiar and encourage each other. But his forehead creased deeply when he saw Leona casually lying on the ground without using any pedestal, in addition to using the bag as his pillow. The girl looked like she was used to living in the wild.

He had no idea how the life of the girl who became his protege was other than the rumors circulating out there. It seemed like the girl had the pent-up potential to become a great person someday.