Chapter 4.7 (1/2)

Chapter 4. And so their story begins. (7)

“Who’s eloping with who here?”

“You and I, of course.”

“…I don’t love you though?”

“The love I possess for you is enough for two people, so it’s fine!”

…Words like these kept flying back and forth between us. What the h.e.l.l’s up with that logic of “enough love for two people” anyway?

-This girl’s pretty scary. Seems like the type to stab you after seeing you with a different girl.

[Stop. That actually seems way too likely.]

When the girl approached me with widened eyes, I moved back and lifted the metal bat in defense.

“If you keep coming this way… I’ll hit you.”

“Urk!”

Cia jumped back several meters right when the silver club entered her vision.

“Why is that accused object here…”

“…Rudh was already beat by this thing.”

“…Is he dead?”

“I decided to have mercy as his former teacher, and decided to just beat him up.”

“…You should’ve taken mercy by ending him cleanly.”

The girl said this even as her eyes focused onto the bat.

“Just leave that useless thing, and come with me!”

-U, useless?! You called me, the greatest weapon in the world known as Arcadia, useless?! Me, who’s extremely cute and beautiful? Me, who can use all kinds of magic, transform to all kinds of different forms, and become a human as well? Me, who can absorb and use magic by myself? Me, who’s a, a..!

[Pervert.]

-Right! Pervert!…Wait, no! What are you making me say?! Is this betrayal? Are you betraying me? Why?! …I, it actually feels good?!

[……]

For a moment right there, I actually thought about throwing this thing away, but the materials that went into making it were too precious… And the cost of it is enough to buy an entire fief…

“I refuse.”

Cia’s face hardened a little when I said this.

-Master… I’m touched!

It’s not because of you… I just feel that going with Cia would make my life really annoying.

“Then… I’ll have to take extreme measures.”

Snap!

With a snap of her finger, multiple s.h.i.+ny objects appeared from behind her. Rather than magic, this is…

“Arrows?”

“Arrows and other weapons, to be more specific. We won’t hit you directly, of course. Just a scratch should be enough to paralyze you completely.”

-…I was right! As I thought, I was right! I knew it! This girl is scary!

I already knew that she was quite scary… But seeing her in action is really frightening.

“You… can’t use magic, because you were cursed by G.o.d.”

“I don’t really recall a moment when I actually got cursed?”

I’m serious. Even though I look like this, I was able to remember everything from my birth. If I really did get cursed, that means that I would have been cursed when I was a fetus… wouldn’t that be too much?

“Well, who cares. Anyway, teacher, you are a swordsman. A one that learned the sword, and only the sword. As long as you have the chance, you can kill any knight before they even use their life sword. But even you have a weakness. And that would be… long distance attacks.”

“…Correct.”

Cia’s right. In the case of melee combat, I can just kill my opponents before they use their energy. Energy is like the life energy of this world, and it takes a bit of time before actually using it. Of course, it would be different for those who are at the extremities of power, but it’s generally difficult to meet people like that in the first place.

But what if attacks were coming from a distance? Is there a way to block that? I can block some arrows with my weapon, but even that has a limit. And if it can paralyze me with just a scratch, there really is no way to block it. At least, I can’t.

“…Can I just surrender?”

“Surrender and run, is it?”

Cia grinned, and lifted her hand. At the same time, sounds of crossbows being loaded could be heard.

“Just sleep a bit. You’ll be in our new home when you wake up.”

[I don’t have a house though?]

-Ha, can’t even afford a house at that age?

[…Do you even know how expensive you are?]

-Kya! You spent all your money just for my body… I, I’m touched…

…Something just felt super wrong there, but let’s just ignore that…

“…Are you actually thinking of trying to deflect all these arrows?”

Cia asked me this when I lifted the metal bat. What, you think I’m crazy? How the h.e.l.l would I do that?

“…I guess you can try.”

Snap!

The arrows began to fly when her fingers snapped. It looks like these arrows are mostly coming for my limbs…