Chapter 55 – Saint’s Assumption (1/2)
CHAPTER 55 – SAINT’S ASSUMPTION
Outside.
I slashed the enemy monsters with dual-wield Demon Sword, Eleanor and Hikari.
In front of me, there’s a lot of monsters named「Troll」.
They’re multiple times larger than humans, and with one fundoshi in their green body, they have in their hand a very big club.
It has enough strength to cave in the ground that was hit by the club (I dodged).
As it name says, it’s really a troll-ish monster, but when I looked at personally, it’s pressure isn’t normal.
A normal human would probably run away before fighting.
While protecting Melissa, I defeated them.
「Should we only go like this? Melissa!」
「Un! Their nest is ahead, and it seems like the girls are being caught there」
「I got it!」
「Kakeru! Troll in both sides」
「Mu!」
Melissa’s desperate voice.
After slashing down the one in front of me, literally, I saw a troll group charging from the sides.
「A new kind of pincer attack huh!」
「Is it okay, Kakeru. Their numbers are not decreasing」
「There’s no problem」
I answered promptly.
Each one of them is strong, on top of that, their numbers are around a hundred, but it’s nothing much.
The red dragon was far more stronger.
「Kyaa!」
I heard Melissa’s scream.
One of the trolls grabbed Melissa’s arm. It was trying to take her in my opening.
I cut down that troll’s arm with Eleanor, and stabbed its head with Hikari.
「Are you okay」
「Yes, I am fine」
「It tried to take you huh」
「Un. There was no problem if they hit me with their clubs though……」
Melissa was seriously troubled.
Her special characteristic is “tough to death”, that’s why there’s no problem with being hit by the troll but she can’t do anything if she was taken away.
Well, as long as she’s by my side, I won’t let that happen though.
Taking Melissa with me, I cleaned up the trolls, and saved the ones that were caught.
They were villagers living in a nearby poor village that can’t give decent rewards.
It was a very Melissa-like, saving people like a charity work.
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We sent the ones that were caught to their village, received the words of gratitude, and after that, I returned to the mansion taking Melissa with me using warp.
「Today was hard also huh」
I got strong, but it was hard.
It’s body sense, but each one of the trolls was about half of Nana, and about ten times of common soldiers.
Taking a lot of those as an opponent, even I was exhausted.
「Thank you, Kakeru」
「No problem. Rather than that, you, aren’t you taking harder and harder jobs? This time, if I wasn’t there, what were you planning to do?
「……」
Melissa wouldn’t answer.
However you think of it, I couldn’t think that Melissa and her subordinates that she had with her when we first met would be able to do something about the trolls this time.
It would be great if they were able to defeat one.
「Well, whatever」
This time, I was there. I also told Melissa to say something to me if anything happens, and she seems to be protecting that right now, so there’s no problem.
「Uhm……Kakeru?」
「What」
「Will you help me again?」
「It’s fine, but rather than that, you should remember how to rest. Each case is very hard, and the frequency is too much too」
「Un. But, I still need to do much more」
Melissa was stubborn.
And, she seemed sad.
She said “I still need to do much more” with a sad face. I wondered why.
「You, do you have something you’re worried about?」
「Eh? Why?」
「Why or whatever, I’ll get it if you’d have that kind of face」
「Face……」
Melissa touched her own face.
She wasn’t conscious of it huh.
「If you have something you’re worried about, tell me. I’ll resolve everything」
「Resolve?」
「Yeah」
「……」
Melissa got a sadder face.
She even started to cover her face with her hands, and started to cry.
「Wai! W-What happened」
I panicked.
*PuruPuru*, Melissa shook her head, and wouldn’t answer while crying.
What happened? I mean, what should I do?
When I was panicking like that, Hikari returned to her human-form, and took Melissa’s hand.
「Onee-chan, don’t cry」