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Great Sage 26 – A Cool Man’s Tastes
June 8, 2022Zathael
Opening the fire exit for the third floor, the dense mana pricks my skin.
I cut off all mana towards my eyes and suppress the mana within the rest of my body to the minimum.
While I’m waiting for the time to storm in.
“Do you want to go for a drink after this?”
I give him a smile but Yuikuu’s face warps.
“I do not drink alcohol”
He looks like the type who would like to drink though
..
“Do you really not drink?”
“Yeah, I don’t talk about it that much though”
Seeing Yuikuu’s troubled face, I hold back my laughter.
“I prefer sweet things instead”
He mutters.
“Ok, then let’s get something sweet. I prefer it to alcohol too”
That’s right, sweet things are the taste of a cool man.
I give him a nod,
“It seems your spiritual energy has settled a bit, then I’ll deal with the room at the front while you head to the end of the hallway”
I nod at Yuikuu’s words and begin to run down the hallway, from behind me I can hear the sound of him enthusiastically breaking down the door.
Will he really be able to plead for his life after that I wonder while I unconsciously dodge a slash that flies towards me.
“I guess I can’t say much, this is a problem that precedes acting skills”
I manage to receive the second slash,
“Yeah, you got me.”
I scream in a loud voice and collapse in the centre of the hallway prompting the person in the back to approach slowly.
I’m not too far from the room Yuikuu charged into either, so it’s a passable location.
“I got hit. Help me.”
Hearing Yuikuu’s monotone lines is concerning.
“What are you scheming”
I hear a voice from the end of the hallway. They must be using magic to distort their voice, I can’t tell if it’s a man or woman.
I can see a faint silhouette but a combination of light and magic distorts it and I can’t confirm their appearance.
“I surrender. Please let me live. I won’t use magic anymore. I’ll do anything you say.”
My wonderful performance causes the silhouette to take a step back.
Did I say something unsavoury?
Just three steps, no, two steps closer and I’d be able to confirm but
..
I hear a voice behind me,
“Hyahyahya what an unsightly appearance for the Kashizu monk known as the Flaming Death Fist. It seems that person from the other world has also fallen”
“Damn. The wound he received before coming here hasn’t healed. Yeah.”
“I’m in a good mood, I’ll tell you something you can take into the afterlife. I’ll let you cross over in anguish”
The old man gets roped in by Yuikuu’s terrible acting and begins to speak.
I kinda regret that we didn’t switch roles.
“That idiot”
The silhouette turns around and rushes to the end of the hall.
“Nyoi extend”
“Gah!”
I activate Nyoi and hear a man’s groan as I feel the hit connect.
I stand up and rush after him when I see a woman in robes collapsed in the corner of the hall.
Noticing the killing intent, I extend Nyoi towards the distortion in space behind her but it feels like hitting air.
I bring my ear close to the shut distortion,
“Damn!”
“You idiot, didn’t I tell you to kill the decoy”
“But
. is he really not in a state to use magic? Even the the Sword God was unable to avoid my sword slashes”
I can hear the voices of the men arguing.
I could forcibly follow them but I’m concerned about the woman.
Besides with all the evidence I have now, I can deal with them later.
The distortion is beginning to vanish but, it’s the same as the monsters and demon army that disappear into fog. I read the spell as it begins to vanish.
“Are you alright, Moulin!”
I hurry towards the woman.
“Huh, that’s Saitou’s voice? Haha, it seems I’m in heaven now”
She speaks, her eyes unfocused.
“Don’t worry, you haven’t died yet and it’ll take more than that to kill me”
I lift Moulin up and notice her mana is on the edge of running out.
Not to mention her beautiful blue eyes are a cloudy black.
“What happened”
I restore the mana in my body and forcibly activate search magic.
Doing so gives me chills and an intense headache,
“Those men tricked us
.. they took power from the eyes of girls like me and Ange, that door
..”
“It’s alright, you don’t have to talk”
Pushing through the constant error messages from search magic and focusing myself, I get a grasp of Moulin’s condition.
Both physical pain and mental despair has been accumulating within her body, her magic circuits have been purposely disturbed, amplifying it further and focusing into her eyes. I can’t see from above her robes but there are wounds from being beat up over a long period.
I hear something click within my heart
..
“Hold on, I’ll use restoration magic on you now”
“Weren’t you unable to use it”
“Aah, I’m just a bit bad with it”
“Just the thought is enough, after progressing this far, even the legendary saint’s restoration magic isn’t enough to heal it. After all the magic circuits within my body are destroyed”
For someone who can use magic, magic circuits are the same as a heart.
They might still be operational but fixing them could distort the natural way of things.
However, the words [You should adhere to your own will] from my master comes to mind.
I resolve myself and apply restoration magic to Moulin.
At the same time as Moulin’s body and eyes heal, I hear what sounds like something in my body tearing apart.
Moulin’s magic circuits are fully healed,
“I- I can’t believe it
..”
Large tears fall from her clear blue eyes.
I give her a a hug,
“I was an idiot”
Moulin hugs me back.
The wounds on her body have all recovered but
.. thinking back to the sensation before, it feels like her chest has grown a bit bigger.
Her thighs poking out from her miniskirt also seem to glow more than before
..
Well, it’s within the acceptable error range.
“If you go downstairs, my allies from this world are waiting. Don’t worry, they’re all good people”
I walk Moulin to the fire exit,
“There’s enemies I still need to defeat so wait for me a bit okay”
I give her a smile,
“Saito, sorry, I’m so sorry
.. I was an idiot”
She apologises over and over while crying but I turn my back to her
..
In order to not worry Moulin, I clench my teeth to distract myself from the chill and headache as I walk towards the room Yuikuu entered.
Translator’s Notes:
Going to take a break for the next two weeks to focus on my exams. Sorry about that.