Chapter 29: The Mad Princess and The one who fell into the Forest Himekishi ga Classmate Isekai Cheat de Dorei ka Harem (1/2)
Just at the time when I was trying to complete my Enslavement Magic on to the Dark Elf Priestess Diane, something occurred… Amelia was blown into the Shrine and she had been covered in wounds as she tumbled towards us.
「Be-be careful, Master……! That girl, is really dangerous……!」
The diminutive shadow of a floating girl enters and she concentrates her gaze towards us. It was a sudden intrusion by a girl who wore some kind of strange black Japanese clothes. Under her purplish colored straight long hair, she had a mischievous set of eyes as she looked straight at me.
「Eh, ah re re? heyy………Why is the smell of Palmyra’s magic coming from big broo〜?」
Having bat like wings on her back and the mark of the devils on her forehead…….Without a doubt, this fellow is from the demonic tribe. Moreover, she calls Palmyra name casually, without any honorific titles, this means that she is either in the same rank or of a higher rank than Palmyra…..!
「Are you……Iblis’s associate?」
「Ohh, you know about Iblis Anee-sama? Or more like, the one asking questions here is me, okayy?」
She called her, Anee-sama? In other words, are you telling me that this girl is Iblis’s little sister? Don’t joke around with me, meeting an opponent of such a level when my main war potential: Kirika and the others are not even with me, this is beyond my expectations. At first glance she appeared to be a harmless girl, I gulped down my saliva, and without taking my eyes of her, I continued my conversation with her.
「So you were searching for the demon known as Palmyra, and arrived in this location…..?」
「Ah, so you do know about her? That’s right, I was tracking her by smell. And then instead of meeting with her, I ran into big bro, do you know why this is happening〜?」
She inclined her delicate neck as if she was confused at the situation, her appearances looked even younger than Palmyra. Are you telling me that this girl……Hasn’t yet discovered the fact that the Divine Corpse is in this Shrine?
Although it was true that you should not judge a devil’s capabilities by their appearance, looking at her right now, she didn’t seem to be the type of girl to think very deeply about her situation. If she truly came here by chance, merely with the objective to find Palmyra, then the worst situation can still be avoided.
「…….If you are talking about Palmyra’s location, I know where it is. Should I tell you?」
「Eh? Is this true!?」
Just like that she answered me with a voice full of innocence and naivety, her face bloomed into a smile, however that smile was somehow really scary to me. Alright……I’ve decided to find a way to get this girl away from this location. It looks like she is taking independent action, moreover, even though I don’t know what she wants with Palmyra, these circumstances were convenient for me.
「Yeah, therefore, we should get out of this place for now…」
I was frantically thinking up new plans within my brain, and the situation was going quite smoothly, at that moment….
Gashi, the robe I wore was gripped by a thin hand.
「Thank’s so much older bro! My name is Flamia, please take care of me! Then….Let’s quickly get out of this dirty hole, okay?」
「O, Oi? What are you…….?!」
The girl who introduced herself as Flamia, had her hand which was free pointed towards the ceiling. Bagunnn!! A strange sound reverberated.
「Wha……!?」
The ceiling part of the underground village where it was connected to the ground above, had at least several meters of sturdy bedrocks piled on top of one another………and in that instant, a huge hole was pierced through.It was like there was something we couldn’t see took a big chunk out of the rocky ceiling.
「Wha- what on earth just happened!?」
「Un un, I’ve just made it easier for us to go through〜」
Sierra and Amelia were standing petrified, and the blind Diane was in panic, as I started to rise towards the surface, floating into the large hole as I got carried away. Other than me who had some sort of a relationship with Palmyra, it seems that she held no interest in the other girls.
「Ah, My Lord………!」
「Kuu, let go of Ma-master!」
Sierra reflexively pulled out her bow as she aimed it towards Flamia, and Amelia who stood up bravely even though she was injured, I immediately gave them a hand gesture telling them to stop. “Don’t start a fight”.
(This is bad. just like Amelia told me, this girl, is really dangerous….!)
She was different to Palmyra who you could at least talk rationally with. This girl wielded her incomprehensible destructive power based on a whim as if she had no hesitation whatsoever.
「Well, shall we head off, older bro? I’m going to have you guide me all the way to wherever Palmyra is, okay?」
「Did you just say, Fl-Flamia!? For what reason is that girl coming to the human world nojya!?」
At the lake in the Forest of the Elves, a little bit away from the Dark Elf underground village… After hearing the explosive sound coming from the underground village, there was a shadow emerging from within……Palmyra was able to recognize the true colors of that person as she raised a voice of astonishment, she became flustered as she hurriedly hid behind a big tree.
「Ha-hang on! Isn’t she a demon? Why is he getting carried away by her!?」
A small girl was flapping her bat like wings as she rose towards the sky and at this time she was carrying a lone figure in a robe………….and without a doubt that person was, Odamori Tooru.
「I don’t know! More importantly you need to hide you presence Princess Knight!」
「You know about her don’t you Palmyra? I’m talking about that demon」
Palmyra who was being asked in detail about the demon widened her eyes even further. A fourth rank devil, that haughty Palmyra, cast her eye’s downward as she began to tremble………it was unmistakably in fear!
「Palmyra, you…….!」
「Her title is the “Mad Princess” Flamia…..!that little girl is part of the Eight Great family, she works for Iblis as her younger sister, that fellows war potential is feared even amongst the people of her own faction………!」
Seeing the figure of Flamia from a distance, her small body did not seem that threatening, however, Palmyra’s fear was obviously not something normal. “Perhaps she had a frightening experience with this girl known as Flamia”, is what Kirika thought to herself.
「Listen up….! Why do you think that I prepared a considerable plan that spanned over a very long period, to regain my position as one of the Noble Eight from Iblis? And that I could not help but to exclude fighting them directly from my list of plans?!」
Kirika was being repressed by the menacing look of the demonic girl who drew close to her as she spoke.
「Long ago that girl Flamia, fought against my elite forces and it was none other than her, who practically annihilated them all and drove us into a corner…..!」
「Eh……!? A-annihilated……?!」
「Yes, she massacred them…..! In terms pure fighting strength, especially in terms of extermination power, it may be that she is even more powerful than her elder sister, Iblis…….!」
「She, is she really that scary of an opponent? That child!?」
Palmyra bit her lips in frustration as she trembled at the memory of her past humiliation.
「She will only listen to her elder sister, and even amongst the battle field, she will attack everyone in sight, including her own allies without any hesitation. Amongst the Iblis faction, she is known as a mad dog…….An existence that could not be managed…..And now, why is she here……..?!」
「B-but! If he is that close to her, can’t he just apply Enslavement Magic?」
Kirika suddenly thought of such a possibility but Palmyra slowly shook her head.
「Princess Knight……Looking at the situation, does it look like he is the one in control of her right now?」
With a heavy face, Palmyra pointed this fact out. In the air, the figure of their “Master” was struggling as if he was some sort of transportation goods on a helicopter.
「I can’t see that…Happening…」
Below one’s eyes was the scenery of an endless sea of trees. The raging wind, noisily clattered against his robe.
(Shit…….What the hell, this timing is the worst!)
Whilst being forced to experience this rollercoaster ride, I silently cursed in my mind. At this current juncture, even though I wanted to apply Enslavement Magic on Flamia, “I was unable to apply it”. That reason was none other than the fact that I had already exceeded the amount of “slave quota” I could have in my possession.
(I left my mark of subjugation on that dark elf in the entrance of the temple, but to think that this decision would come to torment me now is….!)
That’s right, initially I had two empty slots remaining, however I used one of the slots when I took control of the dark elf in order to break out of the prison cell, and the other slot was used when I began my incomplete application of my Enslavement Magic on to Diane. Meaning that right now I have no slots left.
Before releasing one of the girls from my subjugation magic, I cannot bind anymore slaves.
And right at this moment, every single slave in my possession were now at a place far away from me…….Just like when I cast my subjugation magic on them, in order to cancel the effects I will need to be nearby and it will take some time in order to release them.
「Nn〜 this breeze feels really good〜. Why does elder sister prevent me from coming to the human world although there is so many fun things around here?」
Not only that I was stuck with this demonic girl who could do something really dangerous at a moment’s notice, furthermore I was stuck in the air, with nowhere to escape to. This is becoming a really bad situation…
「Now thenn〜 Isn’t it about time that you tell me where she is, older bro. At this point in time, you won’t suddenly say that……you don’t know where Palmyra is, right?」
Her lovely mouth looked really innocent, and her cute fangs poking out made her seem completely harmless. However this girl had some sort of mysterious power that you couldn’t see, and this power could obliterate the thick bedrocks in an instant, she is a demon with a power to easily deal with Amelia without breaking a sweat……the most troublesome thing is that I don’t even know the true colors of her abilities.
Shit…..Think! Think clearly!
How the hell do I get out of this situation…..!?
「Ha-hang on! If it continues like this…..Won’t he be kidnapped?!」
To the scene of Flamia whose figure was slowly flying out of their sight, Kirika raised a flustered voice.
「…..It’s useless, don’t even think of trying Princess Knight」
However, Palmyra folded her feeble arms in front of her thin chest and turns her face away.
「If we had our full war potential……No, without it we have absolutely no chance of defeating Flamia. And although I don’t understand the cause, if by some reason the Slavemancer is unable to apply his Subjugation Magic on her, then our only hope for an instant reversal is gone」
Just like when a child is knocked down on her feet, Palmyra had a self-ridiculing smile on her face. That expression was nothing like her usual expression of pride and arrogance……it was the kind of expression that indicated she already lost her will to fight the moment she laid eyes on Flamia.
「You…..Are you planning on running away, Palmyra?」
「Hmph! Even if I were to regain my complete original powers, she is an enemy that I can’t defeat, you know?! The me now who has my magic sealed off, shouldn’t even think about fighting against her」
「That may be so, but…..But at this rate, what’s going to happen to him?!」