Chivalry of a Failed Knight Volume 11

– My body is… numb…

Not just the palace guards had collapsed into the floor.

The maids who were operating the monitors that projected the situation of the
battlefield in the room were affected as well.

Even Astraea, the freedom of her body was stolen by the numbness of her
whole body and collapsed from her knees into the floor.

– Ugh… is this, the fragrance… of flowers…? But――

– Ufufu. I was wondering if Queen-sama had noticed it. Yes, these aren’t
ordinary white lilies.

To Astraea, who showed a sense of discomfort with the fragrance of flowers,

– The magic flower『Sleeping Beauty』was created by doing cross-fertilization
with my 『Seed』Device《Astarotte》implanted in my womb. The pollen
contains an aerosol of paralytic poison, including saxitoxin, which steals the
freedom of a human body to breathe in. It’s an amazing child, isn’t it?

When it came to its terrible effect, Ain was so proud of it because even an
African elephant was unable to move with just one of those flowers.

Since she had dispersed that product with a bouquet, there was no way
humans could move.

Yes, as it should be,

– However――

– 《Ifriiiiiit――――》!!

At that moment, Ain dodged the hit of the axe swung down and clad in bright

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red flames by jumping to the back in a big way.

– So you didn’t fall to your knees, should I say as expected of the father
of《Crimson Princess》?

Ain gave her praise to Sirius who smashed and made the marble floor she
was standing on until a second ago cave in.

Sirius, on the other hand, returned shouting in anger with a furious facial
expression.

– You! You’re a partner of that son of a bitch who started this screwed war!
What’s your plan by coming straight to our territory, you bitch!!!!??

What that hell are you going to do with Vermillion and Kledelland?

What’s the purpose of your actions?

Ain, in response to Sirius’ question,

– What’s I’m after, you ask?

She bent her head slightly to one side and sunk into silence as if she pondered
for a brief moment.

And then, once her hesitation ended, she returned an answer.

– Let’s see… if anything――I was bored.

– W-what did you say…?

– You see, I love flowers. The cute tulips that bloom in spring. The large
sunflowers that bloom in summer. The small and beautiful cosmos that color
autumn. The countless cineraria that blossom in full glory and decorate
winter. They are all so lovely that feelings of happiness grow in me just by
looking at them. And among them, the beauty of the blooming roses that suck
human blood is exceptional.

– ――!

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– The beauty, which can be called even the crystallization of human life,
always captivated me. I want to love it. As I want, as much as I want.
《Rebellion》should have allowed that. However, 《Rebellion》fighting for an
ideal world with no regard to its appearance is a story from the past. Now, it’s
been completely swallowed by vested interests, the sinister and triumphant
guys of the political and business world were degraded to tools for making
money and professional killers like us have rarely been asked to rely on a
murder. My parent’s house is my parent’s house, the words of my clients are
absolute; I pretty much got tired of such thickheaded guys. It was right there.
When I received an invitation of this festival from《Marionette King》. “Why
don’t we make this world way more enjoyable?” he said. And so, I took part
in it. I have no reason to say no. Because――wouldn’t be incredibly fantastic
to fill the entire land of Vermillion and Kledelland with a rose flower carpet
grown with your lives!?

-《Gold Eclipse》――――!!!!

The thing that Sirius returned to Ain, who spoke in a tone of voice tinged
even with ecstasy, was a Noble Arts that released slashes of flames.

– Oh no, that is dangerous. The King of this country sure is ill-mannered, I
never thought he would slash at people as they tell a story all of a sudden.

– Enough! I understood very well! That you and your worthless story got me
completely aaaangry! You’ll be so smashed that you won’t be able to say that
messed up joke ever again!

He was disgusted by what Ain was going to try to do with the people of this
country.

The anger of Sirius had exceeded the boiling point long ago.

He approached Ain as he trampled on the marble floor.

To behead her, to crush her underfoot so that she would never talk about it
again.

But Ain,

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– Haaa. Good grief, there’s no use in having a conversation with a barbarian
who looks like that and who doesn’t understand the beauty of flowers.

She threw off the black long glove that covered her right hand to her upper
arm――as she bared her disgust.

Then, Ain cut open the flesh of her exposed right arm and thorny ivies with
pointed thorns started to grow from inside her body――

-《Rose Whip》

And became countless whips that attacked the distant Sirius.

– Guaaaaaaaaaa!!!

The attacks done by the whips had a long range, their trajectory warped when
they were brought back, they were hard to read and difficult to avoid.

Even so, they didn’t look like ordinary whips.

Ain’s《Rose Whip》was unbelievably fast, as if the thorny shrubs that became
whips had their own will, they weren’t things one could avoid completely.

Sirius was scourged by the whips with sharp thorns on his whole body and
fell down hastily as he scattered fresh blood.

– Papa!

Sirius raised his body by putting his strength into both arms and tried to stand
up immediately due to Astraea’s shout, but his body sunk again on the
ground.

He couldn’t put his strength into his arms and legs.

Because Ain, with the lashes moments ago, accurately cut the tendons of

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Sirius’s limbs into shreds with the sharp thorns.
And then, to Sirius who couldn’t move,
– Since you’re the father of two daughters, I want you to understand the
feelings of a woman who loves flowers.
Ain gave him a candid advice――and showed a smirking and sadistic smile
on her face.
– However, it’s not like I hate such vulgar appearance of yours, you know? In
this world of beauty, there’s something called harmony. The flower pot of
unsightly shapes brings the beauty of roses into prominence.
– …!
Together with a smile, Ain suddenly put back the palm of her left hand above
her.
Then, a bud that tore off the clothes and the flesh of her palm came out.
That bud bloomed at an astounding growth rate as if time accelerated.
A deep crimson rose bloomed.
Then, the rose fell, leaving a seed behind.
Ain took that seed and,
– Well then, first is King Sirius, I’ll be sure to love your flower.
A terrifying magical flower that transformed humans into living flowerpots
and tied them with flowers that sipped their blood and lives――

– Bloom beautifully. 《Bloody Mary》.

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She snapped that seed and this seed flew to Sirius.

The seed forced itself into the flesh that was torn off by the lashes of Sirius,
and grew explosively by sucking blood.

A thorny ivy grew inside him, stealing the freedom of his movement as it cut
and tore the nerves from inside, he had transformed into a living flowerpot in
a flash.

And made his life bloom.

This was how it should have been.

– ――!

– Eh?

But the seed bounced back in the opposite direction as if it had hit an
invisible wall.

At the same time ――one of the fallen maids and who was next to Astraea
stood up and approached Ain at a marvelous speed that was clearly different
from ordinary people, just like an arrow.

– A hidden soldier!? This impudent behavior is…!

As expected of a hidden soldier that wouldn’t come out until the King was
treated severely like this so that she wouldn’t notice them.

Ain showed astonishment, but her legs didn’t shake with the agitation and
performed a precise counter-attack.

The same thing she did to Sirius earlier.

Lashes by《Rose Whip》.

Ain aimed at her legs. She had the intention to cut them off.

However, and similarly to what happened to the seed seconds ago, the whips

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bounced back before it reached the body of the maid.

But,

(――I’m wrong, she’s not a hidden soldier. This ability is!)

Ain had realized with the maid who stepped into the range of her weapon and
who brandished her peculiar Device, that the impact that returned from《Rose
Whip》,

Which connected to the arm of the maid,

Was different from the seed that was sent flying.

――I know this woman.

She let the slashing attack go past as it raised a shrieking sound and managed
to shake free from it by jumping to the back at the very limit.

And,

– … Ara ara, I’m so surprised to meeting you again in Vermillion, you
know?

She addressed the maid who cut her thorny shrubs with a chainsaw with a
close tone of voice.

– I’m wondering why you look like that, about what are you doing mixed in
among maids, Vier. … No, your actual name is Tatara Yui, isn’t it?

On the other hand――the black-haired girl disguised herself as a maid of
Vermillion, a『professional killer』who participated in the last《Seven Stars
Sword Art Festival》as a representative of Akatsuki Academy, didn’t hide her
annoyingness and talked back to Ain with a tone of voice as if spitting out.

– What am I doing? That’s my line. ――You damn aneki.

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*TN: Aneki means either elder sister or older female friend.

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Tatara, who was finally set free from a very uninteresting mission and who
returned from Japan to her parent’s home where she was born and raised…
was lost for words.
Her parents, her older sister, everyone was slaughtered in the house.
They weren’t killed normally.
They were dead with roses sprouting from the holes in their bodies.
Moreover, when she examined their decayed bodies carefully, the direct
cause of death was bleeding due to everyone biting off their tongues and
cerebral contusion due to striking their heads against a pillar over and over.
In other words: it was suicide.

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Yes, they were put to good use.

They were still in a state where thorny shrubs that sprouted inside them tore
apart the flesh, pushed out the entrails, penetrated the eyeballs and the
eardrums and flowers protruded from every hole and opening without break.

But they abandoned themselves, and now everyone lived a cruel life in so
much pain.

Tatara read and understood that from the crime scene.
――And the persons who would do such a distasteful『murder』weren’t two
in this world.*

*TN: It means that only 1 person in the world did this.

The criminal was immediately distinguished.

So――Tatara followed her footprints, and since she anticipated the thoughts
of the enemy very well, she waited dressed up as a maid.

For when《Dirty Rose》appeared in front of her.

– When you do a job, you kill everyone except your target, and you kill as
you please when you don’t have a job, you’ve been doing a lot of
unpardonable actions since long ago… but you’ve been in high spirits quite
recently, haven’t you!?

Tatara showed anger as she thrust her chainsaw Device《Jizuri Mukade》that
raised a buzz at Ain.*

*TN: Jizuri Mukade roughly means “Ground-scraping centipede”.

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Ain, who faced Tatara, shrugged her shoulders while never losing the
composure on her face.

– Ufufu, I see. That means you’ve been after me, correct? While I did erase
my footprints, it’s no wonder that I couldn’t trick a fellow student’s trade.
And the meaning about you, chasing me is… is it about avenging the boring
lot at your parent’s home that I made bloom, hmm? They call it filial piety,
yes?

– Huh? What are you talking about?

– Ara? That’s not it? Even though I got utterly fed up with them that the only
thing I could do was to kill them gruesomely? It’s not like you got angry at
this that you came to take revenge?

– I don’t care about them. I hoped for them to die anytime soon.

– … You’re surprisingly cold, you know?

– We are professional killers. This isn’t a profession in which you can choose
a decent way to die. Neither my parents nor my other older sister died in a
way that all human beings die, that’s our retributive justice. A suitable end as
they say.

That was Tatara’s truthful true opinion.

We kill people for money.

We arbitrarily trade other people’s lives for money.

Supposing she was betrayed and massacred by her own child, they didn’t
deserve sympathy.

In fact, Tatara’s heart had not even a particle of compassion for her dead
parents and other sisters.

Still, about why she ran after Ain was――

– … However, while I don’t care the lot at the house, what was your plan,

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putting your hands even on the clients? One normally wouldn’t do
something as crazy as that…! And the professional killer is one with one of
the best job reputations in the world. You… you sullied the reputation of
our《Abgrund》. The mud can only be rinsed with your blood. To put it
simply, that’s how it is. I came to take clear responsibility for that as a pro!*

*TN: “Abgrund” is the furigana reading for “Black House” and it means
abyss in German.

She herself, as an assassin of《Abgrund》, would dispose of《Dirty Rose》.

With that, the reputation of《Abgrund》would be regained.

Ain stared in wonder before this unexpected reason of Tatara’s action.

– Ara ara. I killed all the members of《Abgrund》except for you, but I never
imagined you are fighting to regain the reputation of that house. The crybaby
Vier has become someone incredibly splendid, you know? Onee-chan is
pleased. But――

“Yes, but”, Ain showed a faint smile and,

– Can you accomplish it, I wonder? Will this《Dirty Rose》be cut by you?

The instant she told her as if mocking her, thin shadows raised faintly from
Ain’s whole body.

They were thorny shrubs.

Thorny shrubs with pointed thorns wet with blood that extended all together

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from the interior of the skirt and from her back.

And then, she pointed them at Tatara with determination to kill.

Like a snake that raised its head.
This was《Dirty Rose》’s battle stance.

Tatara, who knew that,

– You say so, but you haven’t changed anything, huh. Like you look down on
pretty much everything when it comes to your satisfaction. … But that’s a big
misunderstanding.

– What do you mean?

– That we don’t exist for your satisfaction! Neither me nor them…!

She said so and looked at the monitor left turned on all this time with a
sidelong glance.

Ain was also lured by the movement of her eyes.

In this very moment, another big change on the battlefield was happening
again.

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The sky fell on the collapsed Ikki Kurogane.
No, the sky was simply mistaken for the sole of a giant hooded man.
The giant-sized man with over 300 meters in length was about to trample on
Ikki with the same anger when his eye was wounded by him.
Before this, Ikki,
(This, is bad!)
If I don’t do something, I’ll die.
Thought so, but without even being capable of escape,
He forced himself too much with a body that used up his magic powers.
Somehow, he raised half of his body, but as the bones of his whole body were
broken, he couldn’t move his arms and legs very well.
The foot of the man was way too big to crawl and escape from it.
He simply couldn’t get away.
What should I――

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Ikki didn’t even have the time to think about it now.
The huge man mercilessly squashed Ikki’s world――

– I made it.

–!
“It all ends here, huh”, the moment he prepared to die.
A voice reached him from behind the nape, a gust of wind passed through
next to Ikki and jumped in front of him right away.
– Ah――
Ikki knew this imposing figure dressed in black armor.
Yes, 《Black Knight》Iris Ascaride came running just in time.
And,
– ――HaaaAaAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
She slammed the battleaxe she held in her hand against the falling foot of the
man.
And put all her might into it.
It meant she was trying to force back the man’s foot.
――That was reckless.
Ascaride was incredibly small against a man that almost poked the sky.
Like an ant trying to lift an elephant’s leg.

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There was no way she could do it.
If it was Stella, then she might probably do it, but《Black Knight》hadn’t the
strength like the one of a dragon.

Her physical strength that could be hypothesized from her physique when
unarmored was very strong for a woman, but it didn’t seem to be enough to
force the falling sky back.

It was impossible.

Yes, even Ikki thought so.

But,
『Gu, uu!?』

(This, is…!)
The impossible-to-stop giant sole came to a stop when it collided with 《Black
Knight》Ascaride‘s raised-up battleaxe.

Competition was born between ant and elephant.

――How?

Ikki immediately understood the answer.
《Black Knight》, who caught the giant’s foot.

A large amount of fresh blood gushed out from the gaps of her obsidian
armor due to the crushing pressure.

Her skin, her flesh and her bones were destroyed without being able to
withstand the weight of the giant.
But still, 《Black Knight》’s knees didn’t fall to the ground.

Her back didn’t bend even a little.

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The weight of the giant only crushed the ground at Ascaride’s feet.

The regenerative power of《Orichalcos》, the one that saved Ikki, was
continuously regenerating her body at a rate that surpassed the destruction
done by the pressure. Therefore, 《Black Knight》would never break. Or yield.

And finally――

– HAAAaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Ascaride literally pushed back the falling sky by sheer strength.
The battleaxe was completely swung, the slash cut the sole of the shoe and
foot of the giant very deeply, causing a rain of fresh blood.
『It, it huuuurths!』
The giant, who fell down and screamed due to the immense pain.
Brought a great destruction to the city, but it was worth since Ikki lured him
to an unpopulated place, nobody was injured.
Including Ikki’s life.
– Are you okay?
– … Yes, thanks to you.
Ikki returned a nod to Ascaride who asked for his safety.
And,
– I feel like I understood the reason why you’re called resilient.
He praised her power that he caught sight of.
Ikki thought.

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“Evidently, this is an ability that represents the《Desperado》who are outside
the ring of fate”.
A strength that didn’t snap even before a destruction of that magnitude.
IPS regenerative tanks and the like were no match against such regenerative
power.
Perhaps it would be impossible to kill Ascaride with simple external wounds.
――How strong.
This was the strength of the people called《Desperado》.
『It hurths, IT HUUURTHS! ME, ANGRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!』
But there was no time to being impressed.
Because the giant stood up again with an angry look and with tears and drool
on his face.
– Ascaride-san! He’s coming again!
However, Ascaride, before such warning of Ikki,
– It’s alright.
Returned a few words without shaking in the slightest and,
――Thrust the battleaxe in her hand into the ground, she ended up letting it
go.
What is she thinking about?
Ascaride even exposed her face by throwing her helmet off,
Looked up at the giant with her blue left eye and her right red eye,
– Behave yourself!

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She said those two words in a tone of voice as if reprimanding a small child.
『――!』
At that moment, something unbelievable happened.
The angry look of the scolded giant suddenly transformed into a pallid one,

『I, I’m, I’m zo zorryy〜〜〜〜uaaaaa!!』

He burst into tears and turned aside adroitly and ended up running away
while slamming the ground with his heavy feet.

As one would expect, Ikki was dumbfounded without understanding the
meaning of this.

– He, ran, away…? W-why…?

Ascaride answered the question of Ikki.

– His name is《B・B》. In reality it’s《BIG BABY》. His body is tremendously
powerful, but the truth is that he’s a five-year-old child picked up
by《Rebellion》.

– F-five years old!?

– Yes. That’s why it’s better to make him understand by speaking to him
rather than hitting him.

If the counter was done poorly, he would go into a frenzy and attack.

Ascaride, who said so, put her mask on again and put her hands on the
battleaxe.

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At that moment.
– Eh?
Something even more amazing than the giant escaping happened in the
battlefield.

The sky of Vermillion. The black clouds that hung low over gloomily
vanished.

– W-what the!? The sky suddenly――〜〜〜〜〜〜!?

Then, a gust of wind and dust struck their bodies.
A strong wind that even blew the rubble and cars away easily.
In the sandstorm where one couldn’t breathe, and where one could end up
being rolled up to the sky if one relaxed one’s attention,
– … It’s okay.
Ascaride stood without swaying in the gust of wind and gave him a voice of
reassurance.
– It seems like the greatest helper has come.

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(The clouds vanished…!?)

The change in the sky that happened all of a sudden was also confirmed by
Stella who was on the west main road far from the central main road.

And its cause too.

(Meteo…rites!?)

What blew the clouds away was a huge rock that burned blue due to air
resistance.

The diameter of the huge meteorite with its back on the dusk sky was
unsurprisingly over 20 meters.

The natural calamity that carried an overwhelming destructive power headed
straight to Stella――
No, it rushed towards《Haboob》Naseem standing in front of Stella.

Could such a coincidence occur?

Stella hardened as she looked up at the sky, greatly surprised,

Naseem as well,

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– Tsk!
He was unable to deal the killing blow on the ground of Vermillion with the
sandstorm-clad fist that he had swung down.
It was incomparable to a shelling of a tank.
If a Blazer were to receive such a thing, it wouldn’t stand a chance against it.
But, avoidance was impossible already.
The meteorite had already reached its terminal speed. Escaping wasn’t
possible.
Therefore, Naseem looked up at the meteorite falling on him,
And the instant it approached before his eyes,

-《Dead End Blow》――――!!!!

He struck the meteorite with the strength that he expected to swing
downward on the ground of Vermillion.
A straight with the maximum of his strength.
――What a wasteful struggling.
That was what happened when he struck the falling meteorite.
His fist was smashed in an instant, his whole body was inevitably crushed.
He couldn’t shake it.
The can’t-be-shaken power relationship.

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But――the impact of destruction caused by the fall of the meteorite wasn’t
limited to crushing Naseem.

– Kyaaaaaaa!!!!

Immediately after, a bomb blast mixed with sand swept over her as if
slamming against her.
The body of Stella, which was right next to the falling point, was easily
blown away by the impact.
There was no way she could fight against it.
She couldn’t even open her eyes.
Stella closed her eyes and waited intently for the torrent of power to pass,
And after she finally confirmed that the shock wave that struck her body
subsided, she opened her eyes.
And, she saw it.
A space of about 100 meters in diameter with the falling point as its center.
Anything and everything that was there like buildings, cars and the asphalt of
the roads was entirely blown away, the scene amounted to an empty lot with
nothing but sand.
– ……! What on earth, just….
A thick cloud of dust ascended to the sky from the center of explosion.
Stella, who gazed at it, was stunned.
Was this a godsend?

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Was this natural disaster by chance an allied to the predicament of
Vermillion?

– Does that chance even exist…?

– No, it’s not what you think.

–!

A voice of negation was heard right behind Stella.

The surprised Stella turned around immediately,

– Howdy, Stella-chan, you look pretty bad, huh. Kurobou won’t be charmed
at all, you know?

And saw a little girl dressed in a bewitching kimono who laughed impishly.

――No, she wasn’t a little girl.

Stella knew the real identity of this petite woman.

– Ne-Nene-sensei!?

Yes. The one who stood behind Stella was a contract teacher who worked for
Hagun Academy in Japan where Stella was studying abroad and also a world-
leading powerful person who finished third at the KOK A-Rank League last
year organized by《International Mage-Knights League》. Stella had
apprenticed herself directly to《Princess Yaksha》Saikyou Nene for a while.
And the moment she recognized her figure, Stella understood the series of
natural disasters that had happened now.

The ability of《Princess Yaksha》was gravity manipulation. She used this
ability she was endowed with as a display of power by pulling space debris
from outer space and throwing it violently against her opponents.

Its name was《Hadou Tensei》

A Noble Arts that received a《Designated as a Prohibited Skill》and its use

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prohibited by League except in case of emergency.

Then that meteorite was pulled by that ability.

However,

– W-why is Nene-sensei in Vermillion!?

– Well, isn’t Vermillion a member nation of League? If so, then me being
here is rather obvious, no? I’m a《Mage-Knight》before a teacher and an
athlete.

The frame itself called League was “We swear to help each other out”.

In that case, it was natural that《Mage-Knights》under the command of League
performed an emergency intervention on the predicament of Vermillion.

– It’s not just me. The《Prime Minister》of League has already summoned an
army from neighboring countries and《Mage-Knights》who can only move in
situations like this. More than one million reinforcements will be coming
soon.

– One million…! That’s too much!

– Well, since it’s not in my nature to wait, I ended up coming earlier by
riding the meteorite, you see.

Nene, who answered Stella’s doubt, turned a wry smile to Stella as if feeling
pity for her.

– Be that as it may. Stella-chan is also a calamity. Like you ended being
involved with a troublesome lot during your long-awaited summer vacation.
… The god of poverty of a certain someone changed target or so it seems,
isn’t it?

– … Don’t make me smile. But, thank you. Because of that, I was saved.

– Hmm? What are you talking about? I haven’t saved you yet, you know?
That thing isn’t going to kick the bucket with something of this degree.

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– ――Eh?

Stella, who reacted with “are you telling me that” to the words told to her,
looked at the falling point where a cloud of dust rose up.

At the center of it, which was now unconcealed as the cloud of dust was
slowly being swept away by the wind,

The undamaged《Haboob》stood there.

– You’re kidding, right…? I mean, wasn’t he defeated by that ability, by the
meteorite!?

Stella couldn’t hide her shock.

She had confidence in her strength, but she simply couldn’t think he could
crush《Princess Yaksha》’s 《Hadou Tensei》right from the front.

Nene, who was next to Stella,

– Well, it’s not like I defeated him with my ability. … It’s just that I didn’t
think that I could bring him down, but how is that he hasn’t even a single
scratch? This truly hurts my pride! As one would expect of someone called
the world’s strongest warmonger, huh.

She said “It looks like this thing has become a tough business trip” and
spilled a fed-up sigh to the figure of the unharmed enemy.

– The only redeeming thing you have is that you’re quite a beauty. That
unshaven face is nice, that something that doesn’t seem to be composure and
yet is advanced in age is good, and I like that wild thing you have. … What
do you say? Why don’t you drop that child as your opponent and try to enjoy
yourself with me?

Nene walked up to Naseem as she talked to him in a frivolous tone of voice.

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Naseem returned with a surprised voice.

– You’re《Princess Yaksha》Nene, huh? You’re a moron who doesn’t know
about moderation, just like I’ve heard from the rumors. If I weren’t able to
defend against that, all the losers in this whole area would be dead, you
know?

– You’re not a guy who would drop dead quietly with such a cheap surprise
explosion, are you? It’s not my cup of tea to talk about impossible
possibilities. Let’s use our time more meaningfully.

– Kuku. You’re a crazed woman, almost too good especially as a《Mage-
Knight》. I don’t hate that.

Naseem also walked towards Nene as he dropped a smile at Nene’s reply.

And then, once they reached a position in which they grabbed each other’s
collar,

But Naseem grabbed the collar of Nene’s kimono,

――And stripped her to her shoulders with all his strength.

He looked down at the small swellings unsuitable for the age of the exposed
Nene and,
– Sorry, but having sex with brats isn’t my hobby.
Scorned her like that.
Stella, who was next to her, was lost for words with his very rude behavior.
But Nene, the person in question who received that humiliation,
– Well, I’m not saying something like take me with you, you know?

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Instead of trying to fix her opened kimono, she showed a smile on her face as
if baring her fangs and,

– There’s nothing I love the most than seeing bastards who put on airs like
you screaming『Hii hii』under my crotch.

She gently caressed the right arm of Naseem who grabbed her kimono in a
sensual manner as if stroking his downy hair.

Naseem felt fright with that and tried to pull back immediately.

But,

– …!

He couldn’t.

When he realized, the small left hand of Nene was digging his arm.

He wasn’t able to shake free from that.

He couldn’t become sand.

Why, how?

He didn’t have time to think about it.

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*Thud*,

The right foot of Nene mowed down Naseem’s side.

At that moment, Naseem’s body was kicked by Nene and was blown off
horizontally with a momentum like a cannonball and passed through the
undamaged buildings even after being struck by the sandstorm more than 50
meters ahead. He disappeared from the limits of their field of vision as the
buildings collapsed one after another.

Stella was dumbfounded before this scene.

This wasn’t――an ordinary kick of power.

The physical strength of Nene who manipulated gravity betrayed greatly her
petite impression.

Stella herself actually knew about it by experiencing it personally, so that
didn’t surprise her.

What surprised her was,

– H-how?

“How did you hit the enemy that kills slashes by becoming sand?”

Nene, to this question of Stella,

– Since he runs away by becoming sand, if he’s hardened then the story is
different, you know?

Nene said and showed her left hand clad in a gravitational field where light
was curved and turned into darkness.

Stella noticed this and said “I see” at the same time.

If he was hardened then damage would pass through as she could do the same

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with her own heat.
Yes, Naseem shouldn’t be able to dodge her attack if the heat she has is
enough to end up『Vitrifying』him the moment he was touched with that heat.
Stella, who attained that awareness and hope, put an even stronger heat
into《Laevateinn》.
But Nene warned Stella in a quiet voice.
– Don’t fight anymore. This guy is way beyond Stella-chan’s powers.
– Wha.
Her objection was soundless.
Because a roaring sound that shook the earth heavily and deeply with a
*goon* resounded and a huge sand pillar erupted in the direction Naseem
flew as if opposing him.
A cloud of dust rose up high in the sky.
What on ea――, as soon as she thought so, another change was generated.
A collapse.
Centered on the point where the sand pillar had rose up, the visible buildings
of the city bent one after another and collapsed.
――No, it was different.
Stella immediately noticed.
The buildings weren’t collapsing.

The ground itself where the city was built was sinking.

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The level ground sunk. The townscape of the west ward, the Kledelland
soldiers who were there and everything was gulped down by the ground as if
swallowed up by an antlion pit.

– W-what did he do!?

– … This is『Haboob』. It means『Sandstorm』in Arabic. It’s not just a strong
wind. The God of Death of the Mother Nature that『desertifies』 all the land
he has passed by.

Nene muttered as she stared at the collapsed city with a gaze filled with a
strong feeling of tension,

――And swung her feet lightly and threw off the tengu geta she was
wearing.

*TN: Tengu-geta are Japanese wooden footwear. Tengu-geta have only a
single centered “tooth”.

Stella, who saw the tengu geta fell down, was lost for words.

The long and single tooth of the tengu geta.

More than half of them became something less than sand and dust, they
had lost their shape.

*TN: “Them” because it was a pair of tengu geta.

– … This guy brought equal destruction to both the side he sided with and the
side he’s hostile against as a mercenary. He steals money, lives, just about
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the living creatures have died out and this land of death will extend and
extend. Do you get it? In other words, he’s called『Haboob』to indicate that
deed.『The man with the ability of the sand』isn’t a cute thing at all. Sand is a
secondary product of his ability. The essence of Naseem Al-Salem is…
『Calamity』shaped as a person――and『Dryness』 that will bring death to this
planet.

– ――!

With those words, Stella discerned what had happened before her eyes.

Naseem destroyed the crust itself of the west ward of Caldia with the ability
of『Dryness』.

Like when it crushed《Hadou Tensei》.

It stole to exhaustion all the water in an instant with his ability.

The crust, which had all its water sucked up, became dry sand, the ground
lost its viscosity and crumbled fragilely.

The result: a large-scale land subsidence was produced.

In other words――Naseem Al-Salem killed it.

A part of this world.

With his own fist.

Stella was dumbfounded by the scale of the ability of the enemy that could
kill even the solid earth.

It was natural. If a knight had such an ability, and started to act violently and
seriously in the place where both the Kledelland and Vermillion armies were
gathered… one couldn’t even imagine how many thousands of lives would be
sacrificed!

Unless she absolutely avoid it.

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However, the war situation was persistently merciless against Stella’s
concerns,

– Kukuku… hahahahahaa! I like this! How many have passed since I
received such an eye-opening blow!?

Naseem wiped the blood that overflowed from a corner of his mouth with one
of his thumbs and made the eyes behind the sunglasses become bloodshot,

– I took a liking to you, 《Princess Yaksha》…! I’ll have sex with you as I
please…! I’ll drain your blood until the last drop with my『Dryness』 !!.

Immediately after, Naseem started running straight towards Nene.

He kept the ability that destroyed even the solid ground in both fists.

The distance was shortened at a speed that wasn’t comparable to when he
was fighting Stella.

Stella held the sword as she urged herself with a feeling of impatience that
she had to defeat this enemy as soon as possible,

– Don’t move.

– ――!?

The few words of Nene, that possessed dignity and felt like they reprimanded
her, stole the movement of her whole body.

It wasn’t coercion.

That constraint sewed on Stella’s body with a physical pressure as if her
shoulders were pinned by an invisible hand.

Was it a Noble Arts? However, there were no signs that Nene had used a
technique.

W-what on earth is going on? Stella was bewildered.

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And then, Nene manifested her iron-ribbed fan Device《Red Ageha》ignoring
Stella.
She held it in her hands and stepped into Naseem’s territory who came from
the front again.
– Wai-
Wait, that was Stella’s request, but it wasn’t granted.
As the《Desperado》made their names well known in the world.
A collision of knights with the power to change even the terrain.
If such a battle were to happen in a place where many lives were gathered, a
tragedy would be unavoidable.
However, Nene wouldn’t go easy on Naseem who will go all out as
a《Desperado》.
And so, the whole might of two《Desperado》would crash.
Just before that.
「「――――!?」」
*Tsun*, ――a cloud-of-dust wall rose up between them with a sharp wind-
cutting sound.
As if to block the path of the two people who were about to hit each other.
That was rolled up by a huge slash that fell from the sky.
All the ones who were there looked up at the sky, wandering what was that,

– It’ll be pretty bad if you get excited, so can you stop fighting for a moment?

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High in the sky dyed in brilliant red.

They saw a warhorse shining in golden color and a young blond man
straddling it and a small figure covered with a black hood next to him.

It was impossible to mistake them.

The golden warhorse was Johan Kristoff von Collbrand’s Device《Chariot》
and the boy in a hood standing in the empty air was none other
than――《Marionette King》Or=Gaule.

Her sworn enemy suddenly appeared in the battlefield. And to the figure of
the culprit of this strife,

– W-why?

However, Stella’s pair of eyes that looked up weren’t pointing at Or=Gaule
or Johan.

She only looked up at one point.

A peach blonde woman was sat behind Johan, riding the warhorse――

– L-Luna-nee!?

It was the figure of Lunaize Vermillion, her older sister who should be in the
hospital of the Imperial City.

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The figure of Lunaize who appeared mounting the golden warhorse could be
confirmed from the monitor on the Imperial Palace of Flareberg,

– L-Lunaaa!? W-why is Luna there!?

– No way, she was kidnapped…!?

Her parents couldn’t hide their shock.

Ain, who just tried to attack Tatara, complained to《Marionette King》through
a『Thread』used for communication who raised a voice of control to stop their
movement.

– What is it now? Just when I’m about to have fun.

『I’m sorry. There’s something important to say regarding the future of
this『War』 』

Or=Gaule returned an apology to the complaint of Ain from the other side of
the monitor.

And, in that video,

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『Give Luna-nee baaaaaaaaaack!!!!』

A straight line.

A deep crimson light that extended towards the sky was displayed.
――《Crimson Princess》Stella Vermillion embodied a dragon’s wings of
flame on her back.

Stella swoop down on Or=Gaule like an arrow with her newly-acquired
flying ability.

Or=Gaule panicked before this,

– Uwawa, wait, wait!

– There’s no use in arguing about it!
Stella brandished《Laevateinn》without caring about his natural thoughts or
his voice of control.

But,

– Calm down. Stella.

– ……!?

The charge of Stella stopped with that voice.

The owner of the voice was no other than.

Lunaize Vermillion.

Stella was surprised by the tone of voice of her own sister that had her
characteristic dignity as always.

– Luna-nee? Are you all right?

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She certainly thought her consciousness was being manipulated or
influenced.

However, as seen by the eyes of Stella, the existence of threads could only be
confirmed on Johan.

Lunaize said to Stella who was bewildered saying “What’s going on here?”.

– It’s fine, don’t worry. I wasn’t kidnapped or something like that. …
Because I voluntarily went to the place of the current King of Kledelland.

– Eh?

– That’s right, Stella-chan. Giving her back is disreputable. You can’t go
putting the fault on people for anything and everything, you know?

– H-hold on a second! W-what do you mean with voluntarily!?

Stella asked Lunaize without listening to Or=Gaule’s interruption.

– It’s as I said. After I woke up in the hospital, I went back to Kledelland
immediately afterwards… I discussed this with the King of Kledelland and
solved the misunderstandings and disagreements that existed between us and
Kledelland.

– Huh…? L-Luna-nee, what did you say, just now?

The confusion of Stella got much worse due to the words that came back
from Lunaize.

Lunaize headed to Kledelland after she woke up?

If she used a car or a helicopter in that period of time, it was possible.

But why?

For what?

In the first place, what were those misunderstandings and disagreements?

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Stella thought desperately and tried to understand the words of Lunaize.

She feared this was probably the same for Sirius and Astraea.

But those efforts of them were,

– Stella. Did you know that Chichi-ue entrusted me with all the decisions
regarding this war between Kledelland and Vermillion?

– W-what relation does that have with…

The very next moment, she was smashed in very small pieces.

– I declare with that authority. Vermillion, as a member nation of the
League, has officially accepted the declaration of war of the new government
of Kledelland. According to the rules of League, the battle will not be done
by our armed forces, but instead, both sides will carry out a battle of
representatives done by 5《Mage-Knights》selected from their current
national military strength to settle the war. These are legitimate war rights
exercised in accordance with the rules, and as such, neither governments
allow any emergency intervention by the《International Mage-Knights
League》――within the territories of Vermillion and Kledelland.

– W-what did you saaay――――!?

… Because that was an impossible statement, there was no way she could
understand that not only she recognized the literally new puppet government
made by Or=Gaule but also she personally abandoned all the reinforcements
of over a million troops.

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