Chapter 51 (1/2)

Ojou-sama’s Depression

“Eiii—”

Smash.

“Yaaah—”

Smash.

“Toooh—”

Irina swung her greatsword, smas.h.i.+ng down the thieves.

“H-hiii! The h.e.l.l is this woman!?”

It was a horror. With her greatsword, even though she expected them to be killed, the greatsword gave them a crus.h.i.+ng defeat. Extremely absurd.

Even though the bandits started off with fifty people, they quickly dropped to half that number. Fireb.a.l.l.s rained down onto those that that tried to run.

“You can’t run.”

It was Serge’s magic. In the end, none of the thieves that had aimed at them on the road were left alive.

“Your way of using that sword is awkward.”

s.h.i.+zuna spoke in an amazed voice. The person in question was puzzled.

You weren’t supposed to just swing the blade with muscle. Such a rare orichalc.u.m greatsword was being swung like a blunt weapon.

It probably couldn’t have been helped. To start with, Dragons didn’t use bladed tools.

“Ria, teach this kid.”

In front of them was Ria, scattering the dead thieves’ bodies with beautiful slices.

However, something felt out of place.

Carlos noticed it.

The number of bodies killed by Ria was too few.

“Ojou, what’s wrong…?”

Towards his voice, Ria turned around. She had an unusual expression on her face.

“It looks like there’s no mistaking it…”

Resignation, uneasiness.

“I seem to have gotten weak.”

Her words weren’t convincing.

“In other words, your senses couldn’t keep up with the sudden growth of your body.”

Carlos immediately understood. It was common during boys’ growth periods.

“Yeah, I thought something was off when I was training, but…”

It was like wearing bulky gloves when she gripped the katana.

Even if she cut someone, it felt like she was using a bamboo sword.

“That, and this chest, after all…”

The law of inertia existed in this world as well.

By the great laws of physics, the ma.s.ses of fat on Ria’s chest were obstructing her.

“Hey Serge, isn’t there a magic that reduces chest size in that grimoire…?”

“I haven’t looked for it, but I don’t think so…”

Serge had no intention to look for it.

Ria’s depression continued.

Arriving in Labyrinth City, they visited Klaus’ mansion and were told the current state of Casalia.

An important minister in the imperial court was a.s.sa.s.sinated and a high ranking n.o.ble was under suspicion.

In brief, the royal court was in a mess.

“Cordova is probably the culprit.”

Ria declared. Though she didn’t have much of a basis, that’s what she believed. The reason was that everything Cordova did was bad.

“No, it would take extreme preparations to a.s.sa.s.sinate a minister…”

Carlos, who was well informed on matters of defense in the royal court, objected.

“Ah~, how about the demon tribe?”

He nodded at Serge’s opinion, but refused that as well.

“Would the demon tribe invade Casalia’s royal court to a.s.sa.s.sinate a minister?”

Ria believed that would be harder than having a human do it.

Lulu, who knew about Anise’s magic defense, also agreed.

“Well, they could have induced the a.s.sa.s.sination.”

“While I don’t know the current state of the royal court’s authority, I think an effective a.s.sa.s.sination would be impossible.”

At any rate, they didn’t have enough information.

“I could figure it out with Lie Detection though.”

Serge could already use that magic. However, that was no good.

Clarifying the truth through magic was impossible.

“What if the person who used the magic lies? What if they used a magic that countered Lie Detection?”

When Rufus was there, Lie Detection would be used in trials as a last resort.

However, that was because Rufus was an existence of authority by himself.

Even if Ria trusted him, who would believe what an eleven year old kid said?

“Although magic is nearly omnipotent, humans aren’t.”