Chapter 44.2 - Hundreds-Armed Giant (2/2)

「OH NO, RIETTO!」

I pushed Rietto aside. The arm that should have caught Rietto took me instead.

「KYA!」

「Regena!」

Omiros couldn’t do anything but call my name.

The arm kept raising, bringing me closer to the Hundred-armed Giant’s mouth.

「MASTER!」

I closed my eyes and desperately called for my dear master.

Thereupon, my body was suddenly liberated.

When I opened my eyes, I saw the figure of my most beloved person. The most gentle person clad in jet-black armor.

I was carried by my dear master in a princess carry on top of his dragon.

When I looked around, I saw the figure of the Hundred-armed Giant far away from us.

「Are you alright, Regena?」

My dear master asked for my wellbeing. Though I couldn’t see his face due to his helmet, I knew that he must have been worried about me.

「Yes, I’m alright, master. There’s nothing for me to fear anymore…」

Yes, there was nothing to fear anymore. I felt so as I embraced my dear master.

◆Dark Knight Kuroki

Somehow, I barely made it in time.

It was what I felt as I looked at Regena in my embrace. I prepared various countermeasures to make sure that Regena was safe and sound, but the current situation exceeded my worst expectations.

Really, everything I did ended up for nothing. Though I’m glad that she was somehow safe and sound, just a little misstep, and Regena would have ended in that thing’s stomach.

Sorry for making you go through such a scary experience.

Regena was clinging tightly to me. It might have been an extremely scary experience for her to embrace me so tightly. [ED: YOU DENSE MOTHERF^$#%!!!]

The giant was knocked back by Glorious’s ram and was now pushed a few metres away from Algore.

The knocked back giant stood up and headed toward Algore for the second time.

「GUOOO!」

Glorious fired scorching hot breaths accompanied by terrifying roars. The dragon’s breath headed towards the giant and blew several of its arms to pieces.

Seeing that I thought “Hell yeah, it’s an easy victory.” But I revised my evaluation after seeing the blown arms regenerating from its root.

I won’t lose against this kind of opponent, but it seems it would be an extremely troublesome one. Though that giant stopped moving as it might be using its regeneration ability, as soon as it was done with the regeneration of its arms, it started moving again.

I jumped from Glorious while carrying Regena and then descended toward the location of Omiros and the others.

Well, what should I do now? First, I returned Regena to Omiros and the others.

「All is well, Regena.」

After saying so, I separated myself from Regena. Regena left my side with a slightly regretful expression on her face.

「You are…」

Omiros looked at me.

「Was that shield useful to you, young prince?」

Saying so, I unfasten my helmet.

Fufufu, surprised are you now?

I mean, you would never expect a mere minstrel to be the Dark Knight.

「You’re that minstrel? I see, so everything is within your expectations, huh…」

As I expected, Omiros was surprised by finding out my identity. And what do you mean by “Within my expectations?”

「MINSTREL OLD MAN! Amazing! YOU REALLY RIDE ON THE BACK OF A DRAGON!」

The little girl on Omiros’s side started shouting with a delighted face. If I’m not wrong, her name should be Rietto? Please stop calling me old man…

「What in the world happened here, Omiros?」

Someone ascended the stairs. I remember the face of the person who just climbed the stairs.

His name is MacGaius.

「AH, YOU ARE THAT MINSTREL, RIGHT? MOREOVER, WHAT’S WITH THAT ARMOR?」

「MacGaius … He is the Dark Knight.」

「… Eh!? W-What!」

He let out the loudest exclamation of today.

「So noisy. What are you shouting for?」

Another person climbed the stairs. It was Reiji’s little sister, Kyouka.

「Oh my, Kuroki-san. What are you doing here? Are you done talking with Shirone?」

She calmly asked those questions. It didn’t seem like she was hostile towards me. That made me feel relieved since I thought she was hostile towards me for almost causing Reiji to die.

「EVERYONE! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!」

And now, Shirone flew along with Kaya to our spot. It seems she picked her up along the way.

What a line-up we got here.

「Oh my, are you okay, Kaya?」

Kyouka asked as she looked at Kaya.

「I’m okay, milady. Just a little bit sleepy, but I can move just fine.」

Kaya glared at me. It seems she developed some sort of resentment against me.

「GUOOO!」

The giant let out a loud roar. It seems it could finally move again.

「Hey, what in the world is that?」

Shirone asked as she pointed at the giant.