The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious Volume 6

he can Mimic the spell and movement before it’s even cast!
Chaos Machina seems to be just as astounded as I am by Seiya’s

Mimicking skills. “Wh-what is the meaning of this?! It’s like she’s looking
into a mirror! Lucifer…!”

“Calm yourself, Chaos Machina. It may be an unusual skill, but it does
not have the power to damage me. He is merely crudely imitating my skills
enough to defend against them.”

Overhearing their conversation, Seiya mutters:
“I am wasting too much MP Mimicking your skills, so I suppose I’ll just
fight normally now.”
“A-are you okay, Seiya?! I remember that Mimic takes a lot of MP,
but…!”
“I only have enough MP left to use Hellfire a few thousand times now.”
“That’s plenty, dammit! You’ve barely lost any MP!!”
Nevertheless, Seiya himself seems concerned as he gets back into a
fighting stance with his sword and faces Lucifer.
“And that’s why I plan on ending this quickly if it’s all the same to you.”
“You finally plan on attacking? Unfortunately for you, without your
Mimicry, you’re nothing.”
Lucifer already saw through Seiya’s Fake Out ability and knows his real
stats. That’s probably why she seems so confident. But in the very next
moment, Seiya’s hair and eyes begin to glow a darkish red. After
transforming into a berserker, he instantly closes the distance and swings his
sword. Although Lucifer blocks it with her long claws, she cannot hide her
surprise.
“Your stats have more than doubled…!”
Flustered, she flaps her wings and tries to escape into the sky, but Seiya
uses Flight and promptly pursues her. Perhaps feeling she would have an
advantage in an aerial battle, he immediately slashes his sword vertically in a
downward motion. Lucifer crosses her arms to block, but it knocks her back
down to the surface and forces her to drop to her knees.
“What is this power…? This speed…?”
After blocking yet another attack, Lucifer’s arm begins to smolder,
because before anyone had realized it, Seiya imbued his sword with fire
magic. He’s using a magic sword as a berserker—something that should have
been impossible.

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After experiencing Seiya’s power firsthand, Lucifer Crowe casts aside her
composed, majestic facade and makes her bloodlust clear.

“You… You are a threat that must be dealt with!”
Her mouth suddenly opens wide, slit from ear to ear, exposing countless
razor-sharp teeth inside. Her eyes turn pitch-black, and her hair stands on
end.
“Sh-she’s finally showing her true nature! Seiya, be careful!”
The mask of a beautiful woman is now nothing more than the face of a
hideous demon. However, Seiya doesn’t even feign surprise as he speaks in
his usual tone:
“Lucifer Crowe, this is your last, ultimate, final chance. Do as I say.”
“How many chances are you going to give her?! What kind of demon
would help you after all that?!”
Of course, Lucifer has no plans to obey Seiya, and she immediately
charges right for him with murder in her eyes.
“I am going to swallow you whole!”
“So that’s your answer… Too bad.”
Seiya really does sound disappointed, and I start to worry as I watch.
“Seiya! Don’t let your guard down!”
He might go easy on her if he really is regretting the fact that it came to
this! But being careless like that could cost him his life! However, in the
end…my worries are all for nothing. Seiya suddenly shoots Lucifer a
piercing gaze.
“If you aren’t going to join me, then I’ll use my full power to destroy
you.”
He unsheathes the second sword at his waist, which he purchased in the
underworld, then engages the enemy with the force of a surging wave. She
screeches like a harpy while swinging her razor-sharp claws at Seiya, but he
blocks them with dual swords and pushes her away. The sounds of claws
violently clashing against blades reverberate. As Seiya dodges her strike by a
thin margin, his swords faintly graze her body.
Despite not using her Magic Bow, she’s keeping up with berserker Seiya
in close combat! No, if anything, she’s…!
Though Seiya is pressing the attack, he isn’t getting a single clean hit on
her. Lucifer, on the other hand, is going only for his vitals, and each of her
strikes is precise. She tries to sink her claws into Seiya’s heart, but he bends

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to the side, barely managing to evade.
“Seiya…!”
His swordsmanship is nowhere as smooth as it usually is! He’s leaving

only small cuts on her!
Sensing that Seiya is losing the battle, my body begins to violently

tremble, and Cerceus is shaking even more. Uncontrollably so.
“Brrr! It’s cold!”
“…?”
That’s when it hits me. My breath is white! I-is the temperature actually

dropping?! Wait! Is that…?!
When I look back over, both of Lucifer’s arms have already frozen over

from blocking Seiya’s attack. She contorts her face in anguish as her limp
arms dangle at her sides. Seiya then points the tips of his swords at her as a
frigid air rises from the blades.

“Frigid restraints: Fenrir Beat.”
The demons are buzzing. Even Eraser grunts:
“A-an ice magic sword?! But I thought his magic affinity was fire!”
I don’t blame Eraser for being startled. Not only can Seiya Mimic even
demonic skills, but he can also use a magic sword that’s opposite his natural
type, which transcends magic theory itself. The moves of the underworld are
outside the realm of understanding for both demons and us deities. During
their exchange earlier, I felt as if Lucifer had the upper hand, but I was
wrong.
Seiya wasn’t getting a clean hit on Lucifer because he was losing control
of his body when using his opposite magic type outside of the underworld.
His precision and hit rate decreased, but his magic power increased
exponentially. Lucifer’s body is covered in fine cuts from Fenrir Beat. Ice
begins to appear over each wound until her body is frozen in ice.
“Ah…gu…!”
Lucifer tries to say something, but even her head is immediately
swallowed in ice.
“She might have been able to shoot magic arrows out of her eyes and
mouth, so I decided to freeze every last part of her just in case.”
Seiya casually mentions this as he slowly approaches the crystallized
demon.
“Ice magic excels in binding force, but it’s a poor choice for delivering the

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final blow. Something with more destructive power like fire magic should do
the trick.”

Seiya deeply inhales in front of Lucifer, who can no longer move or even
talk.

“Mode: Double Eternal Sword EX Phoenix Drive.”
As Seiya freely swings his fiery swords through the ice, a geometric
pattern in the shape of a crimson magic circle appears before it. With his
berserker-enhanced speed, he creates a dozen magic circles around Lucifer in
the blink of an eye. After the patterns almost instantly vanish, they are
followed by a blast wave coupled with a radiant light, instantly thawing
Lucifer’s frozen body as it turns into fine pieces of charred flesh, which
scatter about.
H-he defeated Lucifer Crowe…? And he did it without even breaking a
sweat?!
Cerceus immediately throws himself at the feet of the Hero while rubbing
his hands together.
“W-wow, Seiya! That was amazing! Clearly, you never even needed
Lucifer’s help in the first place!”
“Lucifer’s Magic Bow was perfectly suited for assassinations. Even if the
Dragon Lord killed her, she still could have done some damage. I would have
an easier time defeating a weakened Dragon Lord.”
No wonder he was so persistent in trying to get Lucifer to join us. He was
trying to increase his odds against the Dragon Lord. This is the kind of
caution I’ve come to expect from Seiya, now that I think about it.
As I feel content in my understanding, Seiya says with a straight face:
“Fortune decides the outcome of battle. One may still lose even if they are
far stronger than their opponent due to various factors such as the
environment or one’s condition, even. There is one thing that remains true no
matter what, however.”
“Um… What’s that?”
“You never lose if you don’t fight.”
“Obviously!”
“At any rate, I failed in getting Lucifer to join our side. I’ll have to start
thinking about new ways to convince the demons to join us.”
“H-how about we not cooperate with any demons?”
While I can’t help but roll my eyes, I am finally at ease, as is Cerceus.

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However, the demons around us begin murmuring excitedly.
“Surround them!”
Numerous demons surround us at Eraser’s command. Cerceus gets scared,

but the demons just stand there. It’s only natural for them to be afraid after
what happened to Lucifer. Seiya turns his distant gaze in Eraser’s direction.

“You can’t always predict the outcome of a battle, but the possibility of
you defeating me is nearly nonexistent.”

Chaos Machina uncharacteristically shows panic and yells:
“W-we could still defeat you if every demon in town attacks you all at
once! Besides, I still have a trick up my sleeve. I can—”
“Slicing your stomach open and pushing out your true bovine self isn’t
going to change anything.”
“Eeeeeek! How did you know about that?!”
Seiya quickly surveys each and every demon with his swords still
unsheathed.
“Back off or die.”
“…!”
Both Eraser and Chaos Machina step back, intimidated by Seiya’s spirit.
Rosalie and Nina are still collapsed on the ground nearby. Even as Seiya
keeps a watchful eye on the demons, Rosalie gawks in disbelief.
“The legendary monster Lucifer Crowe was utterly helpless against
him…! Why…? How did he defeat her?! How did an ordinary human defeat
her without relying on demonic power!”
I then say to Rosalie:
“That’s because he isn’t any ordinary human. He’s a one-in-a-billion man
of talent who works hard and prepares for any and every outcome.”
I hear Rosalie audibly gulp.
“So this is the power of the Hero chosen by the gods! He’s the Salvific
Hero!”
“Um… Not exactly.”
After running the demons off, Seiya deploys a few dozen Automatic
Phoenixes. He then takes his swords and begins to collect Lucifer’s charred
remains. And just as always, he starts using Hellfire on each and every one of
them.
“Wh-what is he doooing?!”
“Wh-what is wrong with that human?!”

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Even the cunning Chaos Machina and seasoned warrior Eraser stop in
their tracks, taken aback by Seiya’s bizarre behavior. While watching the fire
performance, I smile at Rosalie as she remains stunned on the ground.

“That’s just business as usual for the Cautious Hero.”

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AFTERWORD

Tuchihi here. First, I would like to thank everyone who picked up this book.
Currently, the Cautious Hero anime is being broadcast on TV, and the second
volume of the manga has just come out. I’m sure there are more than a few
people here who have just learned about this series through the anime or
manga. By the way, the anime version of this series is called Cautious Hero,
but the title of the light novels is The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly
Cautious. I know. It’s long. Anyone who wishes to know what happens after
the anime or manga, please feel free to give the light novels a read.

Anyway, let’s talk about what happened in this volume. The warped
Gaeabrande arc has finally begun. Rista’s life has been turned upside down,
and Seiya’s morbid cautiousness proves to be even worse than usual. I really
hope you enjoy the tale of Seiya and Rista (and one more character) as they
journey to a new parallel-universe-style world.

Once again, Saori Toyota drew the wonderful illustrations in this book. I
would like to thank everyone who was involved in the publishing of this book
as well. While I’m here, I’d also like to thank WHITE FOX for their work on
the anime and Koyuki for illustrating the comics. Until we meet again.

Light Tuchihi

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