As I give my orders, Haruka finally recovers from Queenâs overwhelming mana,
âWhat do you mean by thatâ
She raises her hand meekly.
âA direct translation is [Self Sacrifice] but in chess terms it means to [to give up a piece in order to gain an advantageous position]â2
Maya-chan, who is sitting next to Haruka, explains.
It seems Maya-chan doesnât play chess anymore but when she was a child I heard she often played with her grandfather.
âSince the Lithomanmari Trade Association is quite far from here, the enemy must be planning to make me use teleportation magicâ
The exit for teleportation magic appears first, making it easier for enemies to detect. Not to mention that until the caster is fully transported, they are unable to use magic.
If you try and force it you could end up stuck inside a sub dimension, and at worst you may end up drifting though time as a [Lost Child of Time].
âPurposely drawing me here was probably also part of their plan to make me use teleportation magicâ
The Lithomanmari Trade Associationâs building is constructed near to the government owned port.
If I break the sound barrier with flying magic then it shouldnât be much longer than teleportation, but even with defensive magic I probably wonât be able to take Haruka and Maya-chan along.
Iâve never seen someone overcome the speed of sound with just their physical body except for master after all.
âSo weâll teleport Queen in first as bait to draw their attacks, then teleport in to turn the tablesâ
âBut wonât that put Queen-san in dangerâ
Maya-chan asks,
âIâll be impressed if they can scratch meâ
âBesides if even a fragment of her remains, sheâll immediately regenerateâ
Our words cause Haruka to tremble more,
âHmmm, I canât quite agree with this butâŠ.. whatever, so what should we doâ
Maya-chan has a sour look.
âWhile Queen is drawing their attacks, Iâll open the exit at a different location, Iâll go through first, followed by Haruka then Maya-chanâ
I then explain to the two how I want them to perform first aid on the wounded like last time whenâŠ..
âHey Darling, why wonât you use healing magicâ
Queen smiles while clinging to me.
âIâm not good with itâ
âAre you still bothered about thatâ
âI wonât bend on my principlesâ
âI donât have any regrets, I love you after allâ
I make a strained smile,
âDid something happenâ
A concerned Maya-chan looks up to my face.
âLong ago when I wasnât able to regulate very well, I turned an old lady with a bad hip back into a beautiful woman, reviving a legendary witch who was said to have diedâŠ..â
âYeah I more or less understand now. Aunty, Haruka, and I will deal with the injured so donât worryâ
Maya-chan laughs.
ĂăĂăĂăĂăĂ
I deploy two teleportation spells at once,
âYouâre as skillful as usual, Darling. I canât think of someone who can do something like this apart from that idiot, Kateâ
Wearing my robe, Queen steps into one of them,
âThen Iâll go warm the place up first and wait for youăŒâ
With a wink , she jumps through.
Using a midair display of the view sent to my smartphone from the auto-tracking pawn following her, I wait for the right time.
Like here, the surrounding buildings look like they would on a normal day, but two objects fly towards Queen.
âAre those missiles?â
âFurthermore thereâs curses set upon themâ
Maya-chan and Haruka speak up.
It seems the technology to integrate modern weaponry and magic finally exists.
Queen dodges them and they break apart in midair causing insect like things to fly out.
âWasp shikigami!â
Haruka moves closer to the screen in concern but, with a light breath, Queen burns them all up.
However the black smoke obscures her vision, causing a second and third set of missiles to hit.
It seems the first missiles had some chaff(jamming) that prevented magic detection.
âIâve got lots to learn about magic combat with modern weaponsâ
Looking at the burning Queen, I slowly make my way to the other teleport spell,
âHey, arenât you worried about Queen!â
Maya-chan yells.
âOf course Iâm worried. Sheâs got a short temper you know, if we donât hurry the whole city will vanishâ
Just as I was about to erase the midair display, the flames die down revealing an uninjured QueenâŠ..
The proud queenâs smiling face displayed close up.