Chapter 35 (1/2)

“……Although I’ve heard about it before, this is outrageous”

“……She held back quite a lot usually huh”

Before Mylene and my eyes is the aftermath of the slas.h.i.+ng attack. It tore the First Princess who’s feared as the Flame Princess into pieces without any issue, reduced the Royal Castle’s wall to rubbles with just the after-effect.

In addition to that, the soldiers who were there were all turned into small pieces as well. Only the Flame Princess still has a comprehensible appearance but, even so, her hands are cut and downwards from her waist has been cut off.

And then Liscia who returns triumphantly to our side. That face with the helmet removed has this boastful air somewhere and it irritates me slightly.

“How was it, Master! I’m also quite impressive, aren’t I!”

“The characteristic of a Paladin was non-existent though”

“……Uu, I wish you wouldn’t say that. Even I, thought about wanting to use the Paladin’s Occupation Arts multiple times. Until I got my hands on this Seven Swords, I couldn’t use it at all”

Liscia who went ‘I can’t use it for some reason~’, and with a slightly sorrowful expression, looks up into the sky like she’s thinking about it nostalgically……she can make such frail yet beautiful expression huh. My heart throbbed unconsciously.

“Creator, the soldiers over here are done”

When I am looking at such Liscia, Nero speaks to me. I look around after hearing Nero’s words and, the soldiers who gathered have all been defeated indeed. The numerous smashed up bodies and bodies in small pieces are inevitable huh. It can probably be the materials for the Opus Killers.

“Then, how about her, Hardt-sama?”

I turn my face upon hearing Mylene’s words to, the Flame Princess……huh.

“That girl, she’s still alive, right?”

Even so, the only difference is that she’s going to die immediately if she’s left like this though. Nevertheless, if she’s alive then the healing method is different.

“Mylene, can you heal her?”

“Yes! I have been practising on the dead spirits recently so it is fine!”

Mylene who says that and starts to run off. She joyfully holds in her hands a portion of the Flame Princess’ body that was cut off, affixes it to the body and activates magic. She goes ‘For Hardt-sama’s sake!’, and works hard on various things for me. Let’s do something for her next time.

While Mylene is healing her, I have the Opus Killers gather up the other corpses, Nero and Liscia are dealing with the soldiers who, although sporadically, come attacking.

“Alright! Hardt-sama, she has been healed!”

As I started to think about whether I should help out Nero and the others, I hear Mylene’s energetic voice. I look at the direction of the voice and, there is the figure of Mylene who is running towards me happily. At the spot where she was until just now, although still not awake, the figure of the Flame Princess who’s completed healed is there.

“Oo, you did a good job, Mylene”

I caress Mylene’s head and, Mylene smiles happily as she pushes onto my palm even more. How cute, jeez!

“Creator, it’s about time for us to head inside. It has also become a pain to deal with those guys”

When I was showering the lovely Mylene with affection, Nero interrupted us. This fellow, he did it intentionally huh. However, what Nero said is also right. Rather, we are a little too relaxed. We don’t know what might happen so we have to focus.

I make Liscia shoulder the Flame Princess and we enter the Royal Castle from the wall that Liscia chopped up. Inside, a pathway that’s so wide that there’s room even if 10 person line side by side together goes on. Besides, there are lots of turns. Somehow, it feels like I’ll lose my way. Moreover

“We are being invited in”