Chapter 70 (2/2)

“.”

If this is the case, I must not have been passed out for very long.

Thanks to that, I’m able to understand the situation a little more.

My recovery magic seems to have regenerated my head onto my body. Was it just prioritizing recovering the smallest portion of my body? Well, either way, I hope I’m healed completely. My head may have been separated from my torso for a while, but it seems my body didn’t suffer any other damage.

It’s still strange though. My head was trying to use the recovery magic while my body was lying on the ground lifeless. It must be that my recovery magic targetted my body and once my brain stem had recovered enough, my consciousness must’ve migrated back to my body.

“.”

As for that last point, I still have a few doubts. However, I do have experience with something like this before.

When I was beneath the atelier, I was able to speak with the spirit of Edita Sensei even though her body wasn’t conscious. This seems to indicate that the soul appears to have the power to exist outside of the body for an undetermined amount of time. Of course, I remember this moment like it was yesterday. The site of Edita Sensei’s nude loli body will never leave my mind. That may be the best experience I’ve had since coming to this world.

My mind somehow floated through the air and reattached itself to my body. No matter how strange it may seem, I have to accept it because it just happened. If I study this strange phenomenon, with Edita Sensei’s assistance, I may be able to learn more about it. And, if I use it properly, I may be able to survive situations like this where I would’ve otherwise died.

“is my body okay?”

I moved my limbs and confirmed that there were no abnormalities.

I’m still in the same location I was when I passed out. The now crater filled meadow.

It seems that nobody has noticed my revival.

But it doesn’t seem like many other people are still alive.

When the fireballs had started to rain down on the battlefield, many of the soldiers fled. Both the enemy and my allies tried to escape the focal point of my attack. Judging by the fallen soldiers in the meadow, I’d say the majority managed to escape.

This is primarily due to the speed of those fireballs. I drastically reduced their speed. I wasn’t concerned with the lives of the enemy soldiers, but I did want to reduce the number of friendly casualties. This gave most of them enough time to escape, but also served as a scare tactic to make the enemy army lose any desire to fight. The praise I have for my beloved fireballs has no end.

Due to this slow speed, there are still several fireballs crashing down into the meadow.

“Tanaka-san, please come back! Tanaka-san!”

The only person that remained was Allen.

That ikemen was still in the same position as before, cradling my head against his chest.

It seems that his lower body has completely recovered. While wearing nothing at all to cover his crotch, he continued clutching my lifeless head against his chest while desperately crying out my name. This is somewhat embarrassing to watch. At the same time, I’m feeling some strange but pleasant feelings.

Still, it’s rather uncomfortable seeing that ikemen’s penis occasionally press against my chin.

Behind him, several more fireballs came crashing down to the earth. With each massive explosion that erupted from them, violent tremors shook the ground beneath my feet.

It’s a chaotic sight.

It’s a painful scene to look at when that ikemen’s body is exposed right in front of it.

“Tanaka-san! Please, Tanaka-san!”

The long-haired man and Drill-chan were nowhere in sight. Just after the first few fireballs came crashing down to earth, I was able to see the long-haired man escaping with Drill-chan in his arms despite the fact that she appeared to be dead. It appeared that he had used some type of teleportation magic to escape.

That guy is clever. He’s the opposite of Christina who had too much pride and wouldn’t allow herself to flee from a fight.

I even made a mistake while using my ultimate attack. Damn it.

No, I should focus on the ikemen rather than regretting the mistakes of the past.

“Allen, is your body okay?”

I approached him from behind.

“Eh?”

“How are you?”

I waved one hand and greeted him with a smile.

At the same time, Allen’s scream echoed with a force not quite like anything else Ive experienced in my life.

“U-Uoooooaaaaaaaaaaa!?”

I was taken aback by his ferocious roar.

I was surprised by how much he was surprised. And he’s still holding my head up against his crotch. His shoulders were violently trembling. He looked at me with astonishment filling his teary eyes.

“Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta-Tanaka-san!?”

“I’m Tanaka.”

H-H-H-Ho-Ho-How is this possible!?”

“How are you feeling? I hope everything has healed properly.”

From what I can see, his body is completely healed. The only thing he’s lost is his clothing.

Ah, after all, I am bigger. Much bigger.

For the first time since I met him, I feel like I’ve gained a sense of superiority over him.

“I-I’m fine, but more importantly, T-T-Tanaka-san, are you okay?”

“Thanks to some miracle, I appear to be.”

I struck a confident pose in an attempt to show him I’m fine.

With him still holding my head, he’s looking at me like he’s just seen a ghost. I guess he thought I was dead. Well, I guess that only makes sense. I would be screaming as well if our roles were reversed.

But we can’t afford to stay here much longer.

Even if this particular battle has ended, the enemy army could return at any moment.

Unless I want to lose my head again, we should leave immediately.

“But, w-what about thishead.”

“Due to some rather fortunate circumstances, I was able to regenerate onto my body. As for that head, I’m honestly not sure whether I died there and was reborn or if my mind was just transported from my head to my healed body.”

“I-I see.”

“I’m a little embarrassed seeing my head like that.”

I never thought there’d be a day where I told someone my dying request.

And then come back to life shortly after.

“Umm, but then..”

“What is it?”

“I really don’t understand how this is possible.”

“I still have many questions myself, but for now I think we should leave this area immediately.”

I didn’t want him digging any further.

I was able to stop him from asking anything else and suggest a future course of action.

“O-O-Of course.”

He stood up off the ground. He was still hugging my head against his chest. It seems that he’s forgotten that he’s even holding it.

Looking down at my lifeless expression, my dead face was somehow even more ugly.

“Allen, you should just toss that aside.”

“Eh? Oh, no, this is fine.”

“I’m really not comfortable seeing my decapitated head staring at me.”

“Are you sure though?”

“That head is not me. There should be no problem just throwing it away.”

“I understand.”

He seemed unsure of what to do, but he knelt down and gently set my head down on the ground.

Just like placing an offering at the foot of a grave.

Even though I would’ve been fine with him throwing it aside, he discarded my head in a very polite way.

“Are you sure about this?”

The ikemen wanted to confirm with me one final time.

Honestly, to me, it’s just like asking the dentist to discard my wisdom teeth. Thinking back to the Sengoku period, If I were the leader of this army, I’d want my body to be hidden in some way. But right now, my head is nothing more than the head of any random soldier that died in this battle.

He really doesn’t need to be concerned about my lifeless potato head.

“I really don’t mind. Let’s get going.”

“I understand.”

He stood back up and returned to my side.

We turned our backs on the fireballs that continued to rain down and began walking in the direction of Tricklis.

Currently, not only the enemy army but our army as well is scattered. It would be impossible to rebuild our army in this place, so we must return to Tricklis.

Then, I will be given more instructions and be sent out once more.

“.”

I wonder how many of Allen’s army managed to escape. And if Klein is among them.

It would be regrettable if he wasn’t able to escape.

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