Magi’s Grandson Vol 3 Chapter 76

Chapter 76
Chapter 76 noteless

Late again what a f.u.c.king surprise.

In any case summer is has come to an end so I should have more time to translate now. IF I can pry myself away from all the games I couldn’t play before I got my laptop. I believe that is the 9th time I said something similar.

Conform Child, the main editor for Magi, decided to step down due to college. It was a blast working with you man. Best of luck to you moving forward.

I left Yado Inn cuz stuff happened.

THE NOTELESS CHAPTER FOR 75 IS UNDER THIS ONE.

And now the music recommendation: Nothgard – The Sinner’s Sake (Melodic Death Metal)

The struggles of the Earlshyde Army.

The day before invading the demon territory.

The Earlshyde army is camped near the border of the former empire, now the border of the demon territory.

Earlshyde, which is larger in size than the neighbouring countries, was able to send out tens of thousands of troops without receiving aid from Els and Ys.

For the Earlshyde army, a certain measure was taken that wasn’t taken in other armies.

This was the mobilization of the students from the Advanced Magic Academy and the Knights academy.

The World Union concluded that while there was no problem with the war potential, the students have undergone exceptional demon suppression training in case of emergencies, and have already  managed to suppress a number of demons from before the summer vacation.

As it would serve as a good opportunity for the students to gain some real experience outside of training, and although it’s only several hundred people, the students are accompanying the army on the march.

However, while they’ve subjugated many monsters already, that was only training. This time it’s a genuine military operation.

Moreover it’s a global operation deployed simultaneously by several countries.

“You’ve gone silent Kris. Don’t tell me you’re getting nervous with demons as your opponent?”(Miranda)

“Miranda… No since we’ve hunted demons before in training it’s not so bad, but this is a global military operation… I’m nervous because I’m partic.i.p.ating in it.”(Kris)

The students seemed nervous, even the top student of the knight academy, Kris.

Until now, there was never a case where Knight Academy students were sent off to the battlefield.

And now they were launched into a worldwide strategy.

No matter how many times you subjugated a demon, it’s natural to feel nervous.

“You seem to be awfully calm though?”(Kris)

“Weeell… Maybe it’s because I heard of Maria’s hards.h.i.+ps. I cannot seem to think of my situation as extreme.”(Miranda)

Because of such circ.u.mstances, as opposed to Kris who is nervous to partic.i.p.ate in the operation rather than the demon subjugations, Miranda who was a Knight’s Academy first year, could not be seen being so carefree.

When Kris asked about that, an unfamiliar name was mentioned.

“Maria?”(Kris)

“Don’t you remember? When you guys were training, Walford’s girlfriend… I guess she’s his fiance now? He did have a crush on her. Other than her, there was another girl.”(Miranda)

Reminded of Sicily, a girl he had a crush on that was already taken by s.h.i.+n, Kris became slightly dejected.

“After that joint drill, we got along strangely well and began to meet each other quite often.”(Miranda)

“Is that so?”(Kris)

“Though Sicily was her childhood friend, she was busy preparing for her wedding to Walford, so whenever we had spare time, we would go together.”(Miranda)

“W- Wedding…”(Kris)

How enviable it is to have Sicily as a wife…! He grinded his teeth with a fitting expression.

“Sigh… are you still dragging that along? Give up already. Wasn’t the engagement officially endorsed by his majesty? Besides Walford is said to be the Messenger of G.o.d, not just to Earlshyde, but to the entire world you know? Even if you bend over backwards you can’t win.”(Miranda)

“……”(Kris)

Miranda spoke in a manner that left no room for arguments only causing Kris to become more and more depressed.

Someone called out to the two.

“Leave it at that Miranda. Or else Kris might just break down.”(Chris)

“Huhu, you’ve become quite reliable Miranda. I’m glad.”(Sieg)

“Mister S-Siegfried! Christina!”(Miranda)

Siegfried and Christina wouldn’t usually go to the battlefield as part of the Knight’s Order or the Imperial Magic Division, but rather they work as bodyguards to the royal family, rarely stepping out of the Royal Palace. But the results they produced while looking after the students led them to be brought along.

“In any case, you became friends with Maria?”(Sieg)

“Y-Yes!”(Miranda)

“You don’t have to be so stiff. And? What were you two talking about?”(Sieg)

Siegfried is very popular with girls.

He’s a magician but his popularity is not solely amongst magicians. There are also fans among the knights, and Miranda is one of them.

It would be unreasonable for her to not be nervous while talking to someone she looks up to.

“Err, Uhm… Sicily… now that she’s engaged to Mr.Walford and they’re openly flirting around every day… Rather than irritation she’s growing more dismal…”(Miranda)

“Err…”(Sieg)

“Will we ever meet the special someone? Or…”(Miranda)

“…..”(Sieg)

“…How should we find a good man? Or…”(Miranda)

“Enough! Enough already Miranda!”(Sieg)

Siegfried who slumped down just from hearing that and cut her off deciding to end the conversation.

“Miranda…”(Chris)

“Yes?”(Miranda)

“…Let’s do our best together.”(Chris)

“Ms.Christina… Yes…”(Miranda)

The two women encouraged each other to do their best to find a good man.

Meanwhile, Christina noticed a certain thing.

“Oh? That sword…”(Chris)

“Oh, yes. It’s a swap sword purchased from the Walford Company.”(Miranda) (TN: I forgot how I named it before but swap sword sounds better so I’m using that now)

“Yes. Since it’s something you’re provided with after entering the military I wonder how you got it. Did you purchase it yourself?”(Chris)

“Yes. It was recommended by Maria. This as well.”(Miranda)

Saying that she looked down at her feet.

“Mhm. You bought jet boots as well.”(Chris)

“Maria also bought them so I bought them as well. I was able to gather the money by taking a part-time job as a monster hunter.”(Miranda)

“Is that so? That’s wonderful Miranda. You don’t despair at the difference in ability between you and s.h.i.+n, and you have the determination to shrink that distance. I wish the others would follow your example.”(Chris)

While Sicily went to s.h.i.+n’s house to prepare for the wedding, Maria who was left behind was deepening her friends.h.i.+p with Miranda.

Before meeting a good man she seemed to have made a good girl friend.

“Well… Compared to Maria’s responsibility I’m totally free.”(Miranda)

Her friend is the pivot of the strategy as a part of the Ultimate Magicians.

With that in mind, considering the senior knights position as the leaders, her own position is relatively miserable.

Cowardliness won over nervousness.

“…Do you want to be strong?”(Chris)

“Yes. At the very least I want to be able to proudly say I’m friends with Maria.”(Miranda)

Within Miranda’s eyes lay a strong will of wanting to be strong in order to help her friend out.

“Well said. Miranda let me tell you something.”(Chris)

“Y-Yes!”(Miranda)

“You’re coming to the front lines with me. I will train you personally.”(Chris)

“Huh?”(Miranda)

“Understood?”(Chris)

“Y-Yes! Thank you very much! I will do my best!”(Miranda)

“Haha, someday, I hope you’ll be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Maria”(Chris)

“Yes!”(Miranda)

Thus, from the students, only Miranda was allowed to directly enter the battlefield.

After Christina explained it to her superior, she took Miranda to eat with her.

Siegfried and the other students just stood there watching in surprise.

“The two of you, what are you doing surrounding yourself with women…… Rather, what happened to leaders.h.i.+p?”(Sieg)

Siegfried sighs as he thinks of the distancing Spring of their youth, given their abrasiveness, and decides to take on the role of leaders.h.i.+p upon himself.

And the next day.

Finally, the demonic territory recapture strategy starts.

“Listen up! Unlike the other countries, we cannot receive the support of Walford’s Ultimate Magicians! Therefore, if a disaster cla.s.s or even a devil appears by some misfortune, we must deal with it ourselves!”(Dominic)

Dominic, who was present at the departure ceremony at Darm, had s.h.i.+n send him to Earlshyde using Gate.

But understandably, the soldiers looked uneasy when they heard Dominic say they would have to kill a disaster cla.s.s by themselves.

“But don’t be afraid! Especially the magic division! You followed the principles of the Magi and gained more power than ever! I guarantee it.  You are strong!”(Rupert)

The magic division raises a shout to Rupert’s encouraging speech.

At first glance, there were many people that looked anxious but their determination could be seen in their eyes.

“Knights as soldiers as well! Your new equipment you shed blood for… No, that which has literally been stained by blood in order to use. I will also tell you this. You are strong!”(Dominic)

Knights and soldiers who have a fierce rivalry with the magic division also gave a courageous shout to Dominic’s speech.

While being conscious of each other the morale rose to its peak.

“So let’s go. Forward!”(Dominic)

[OOOOOOOOOO!!]

And so, the Earlshyde army advanced into the demon territory.

Once again, no demons appeared immediately, but after a while…

“They’re coming!”

“Everyone! Combat stations! Rupert, make the call.”(Dominic)

“Sure thing! Magic Division! Prepare attack magic!”(Rupert)

Earlshyde Magic Division started gathering magic power on Rupert’s signal.

It was a completely different sight from other countries.

No one chanted.

“FIRE!”(Rupert)

At the same time, the Magic Division fired their magic without a chant.

The magic that was released differed from conventional magic in a way that it was carefully manipulated so that it doesn’t offset each other as much as possible, and in a completely different dimension.

“Amazing…”

Students of the Advanced Magic Academy watched the great magic fired chantless with amazement in their eyes.

“Hey. Like what you see? Isn’t the magic of s.h.i.+n and his peers on a completely different level?”(Siegfried)

To Siegfrieds words, the students of the Advanced Magic Academy kept quiet.

Two thirds of the students partic.i.p.ating are s.h.i.+n’s seniors and the remaining third are from the same grade.

They are the pivot of the strategy in charge of getting rid of disaster cla.s.ses and devils.

While their battlefield experience is being under guidance.

Regretfully, the abilities of the juniors were too distant so they had harboured complicated feelings of ‘he’s the grandson of a hero so it can’t be helped’.

Siegfried who read their expressions as giving up, asked them.

“Have you read the article published by the Inst.i.tute of Magic and Science?”(Sieg)(TN: I’m sorry I really don’t remember the actual name. I really need to create a glossary after this.)

To Siegfrieds words, the students look down.

Increasing the amount of magic power you control will increase the power of magic and you will be able to use chantless magic.

It was an officially published article but of course they haven’t read it.

“Why didn’t you read it? Are you only counting what you learn from your teachers as training? s.h.i.+n never missed a day of training from a young age. And he never stopped self improvement. The result was the origin of a magician outside of reason. He wasn’t born with special power. Everything was the result of hard work.”(Sieg)

To be fair, s.h.i.+n was born with “knowledge” which were the memories of his past life, but as Siegfried said, he wasn’t born with any special “power”.

When they heard that, life came back to the eyes of the students.

It’s frustrating. But if you can do it if you work hard then they too could.

Such determination dwelled in their eyes.

“If you understand, go help them.”(Sieg)

[Yes!]

Advanced Magic Academy students stepped onto the battlefield.

“By the way, you lot from the Knight Academy.”(Sieg)

Continuing on, Siegfried turned to the Knight Academy students…

“…I don’t understand much about knights.”(Sieg)

Since Christina isn’t here, she can’t pa.s.s on to them a knight knowledge.

Siegfried continues to the student who seems to have jolted.

“I don’t understand it but you’re the same. You only follow the instructions of your teacher.”(Sieg)

Expectedly, all the Knight Academy students looked down.

“I can’t give specific instructions because Chris isn’t here but…”(Sieg)

Siegfried looks over to everyone as he says that.

“Remember the reason why Chris picked Miranda.”(Sieg)

The students start raising their heads.

“Miranda wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with Maria so she bought a sword by herself, bought jet boots, actually partic.i.p.ated in demon hunts on her own accord. Why can’t you all do that?”(Sieg)

Think for yourself instead of following the teacher.

They believe that if they just do as the instructor says, they’ll become stronger.

“That’s common for students. Both the Magic Division and the Knight Order actively acquire new technologies and techniques to become stronger.”(Sieg)

After saying that, Sieg turned back to the battlefield-

There was a sight where the knights wearing heavy armor used jet boots and were flying around up, down, left and right. A spectacle unimaginable until now.

“Haha. Now this is a spectacle. Is it fine? You guys. If you stay like this, won’t you be left behind by the Order and Miranda?”(Sieg)

The Knight Academy students that heard those words had faces as if they’ve decided on something.

“We trained to slay demons after all! What good will it do if we’re being a hindrance! We’re also going!”

[OOOOOOOO!!]

When a third grader, a leader like figure, raised his voice, the rest of the students charged after him onto the battlefield.

“Hah, good grief. I guess I should follow them soon.”(Sieg)

After scolding the students into stepping onto the battlefield, Siegfried went to join them when…

“A disaster cla.s.s appeared!”

Although he was prepared, he received a report he didn’t want to hear.

“Tch! What timing!”(Sieg)

He stopped going after the students and headed towards the disaster cla.s.s.

Now then, what do we have here…

“…What is that? A… Rhino?”(Sieg)

There were several animals that were thought to be unable to transform into demons.

Humans also belonged to that category as well as rhinos, one of which is right in front of their eyes, elephants and also sea creatures such as whales etc.

Humans can control magic power on their own accord but some animals have displayed similar characteristics.

The reason being they’re huge.

Therefore it was thought that large animals couldn’t become demons…

“Oi, oi… Just what is this!?”(Sieg)

What it was was a rhinoceros demon with a ma.s.sive body, comparable to a two story building.

“Hey! What is that!? I’ve never heard of a rhinoceros turning into a demon!!”

“This is bad! Get away from it!”

“Ah! Don’t run away right in front of it!”

Perhaps frustrated by the restless soldiers rus.h.i.+ng to get away in front of it, the rhino charged with its huge body.

“Get out of his way! Jump aside!”(Sieg)

Siegfried cried out and the soldiers who were in the rhinos path powered up their jet boots and jumped out of the way.

Just what would’ve happened if they didn’t have jet boots.

Still…

“Aah! Tch! This guy!”(Sieg)

Several people who were in the vicinity of the rhinoceros when he began the charge were delayed and got caught in his charge.

It’s weight must be proportionate to it’s ma.s.sive body and survival was out of the question.

Those who were far away, also got out of the way, leaving the other demons unattended.

Again, all of them retreated using jet boots.

The soldiers scattered in all directions like baby spiders but the demons remained where they were. There…

“Uaa! The demons are overrunning us…”

The rhinoceros charged again, trampling the neglected demons.

“This is… Something terrible showed up.”(Chris)

“Chris. Miranda, are you alright as well?”(Sieg)

“Y-yes!”(Miranda)

The voices belonged to Chris and Miranda who appeared next to Siegfried.

Both of them seemed to have escaped.

“What should we do about it?”(Chris)

“Even if you ask me. Well, I do have one idea.”(Sieg)

“What did you come up with?”(Chris)

“Well, just look.”(Sieg)

Siegfried looked back to the battlefield without answering Christina’s question.

And looked for a moment when the rhinoceros finally stopped his charge to unleash his magic.

Siegfried’s all out magic was more powerful than the first shot of the magic division but…

“Tch! What hard skin. No damage at all… Tch!”(Sieg)

The rhino demon rushes again towards Sieg that released the magic.

He activated the jet boots and jumped out of the rhino’s path.

“Oh, they’re being overrun.”(Sieg)

When Siegfried looked back before releasing the magic shot, it was not to check if any soldiers were in the line of fire.

It was to confirm whether there were demons or not.

Because of his big body, once the rhino starts rus.h.i.+ng he can’t change direction or stop easily.

Because he trampled over other demons without a care, Siegfried decided to use that to mop up the remaining demons.

The strategy seems to have worked out excellently.

“Were they reduced drastically?”(Sieg)

“Siegfried is amazing! The demons have diminished considerably!”(Miranda)

“Sieg, you…”(Chris)

“What is it?”(Chris)

“…Aren’t you starting to think like s.h.i.+n?”(Chris)

“Hey! Seriously?!”(Sieg)

While Miranda was simply admiring the Siegfried who had returned, Christina quitely pointed out that it was a strategy s.h.i.+n would think of.

When he heard it, Siegfried couldn’t hide his shock.

In any case, Siegfried’s strategy seems to be effective.

The soldiers who were watching incited the rhino in the same way to trample the demons.

Other soldiers rounded up the demons as much as possible to where the rhino would rush through.

The other demons seem to be manageable now.

“The problem is the big fella himself…”(Sieg)

“Sieg’s full power magic was easily brushed off.”(Chris)

“d.a.m.n! Well, it’s an animal that has thick skin from the start! By turning into a demon, it got a tremendous defensive boost!”(Sieg)

“But… What should we do then?”(Miranda)

Miranda, who was listening to Sieg’s and Chris’ discussion asked how to break through.

“Well, the skin may be thick, but the joints aren’t.”(Chris)

“Then… Is it our turn…”(Miranda)

“Attack the joints with a sword. That’s the only choice we have left…”(Chris)

“Y- you people…”(Miranda)

It’s protected by hard skin, but if it’s joints were hard it couldn’t charge.

Both the legs and the neck will probably be soft.

Then there’s no way to take it down but to strike its neck with a sword.

“Well then, I’ll stop it. Go for its neck in the opening.”(Sieg)

“Stop it… Can you do it?”(Chris)

“Yeah. I’m gonna do what s.h.i.+n did.”(Sieg)

“A method s.h.i.+n used… Then it should be all right.”(Chris)

“Huh? So easily?”(Miranda)

Siegfried came up with a way of stopping it by watching s.h.i.+n hunt and Chris decided there was no problem with that.

Even though Miranda saw s.h.i.+n’s power, she was surprised the approval was given so quickly.

“Idiot! Come here!”(Sieg)

Siegfried released magic again and guided the rhino to a certain distance.

When he saw the rhino begin to charge once more he launched another magic.

A large earth wall appeared in front of the rhino.

“Ther- There’s no way a wall will stop it!”(Miranda)

Miranda raises a sorrowful voice to the fact the stopping method is an earth wall.

“I see. So it’s like that.”(Chris)

“Huh? What do you mean?”(Miranda)

“You’ll understand when you see it. More importantly… Everyone! The rhinoceros will stop soon! Prepare for attack!”(Chris)

A command come from Christina, who believes the rhino will be stopped by that.

She didn’t doubt the words of Christina she admired as a female knight, but she couldn’t believe it.

And then.

“b.u.mOOOOOO!!”

Rhino’s charge destroys the earth wall with ease.

“Aghhh!”

It was useless after all. Miranda thought so but her eyes opened wide because of what happened after that.

In the first place, what was the earth wall made of?

An earth wall isn’t just created out of nothing..

“A… Hole…”(Miranda)

He collected soil on from the ground to make the wall. Of course, there was no soil remaining from where he gathered it from, leaving a large hole in the ground.

A pitfall concealed behind the earth wall.

The rhino lost his footing and grandly fell into the pit.

“Alright! Now! Go!”(Sieg)

“I’m going! Follow me!”(Chris)

“OOOOOOOO!!”

Siegfried issued a command to Christina, as a cloud of dust swirled up from when the rhino fell into the pit, who then gave a command to the knights in response.

It’s breathtaking.

Knights activate their jet boots and attack the fallen rhino one after another.

Miranda’s figure could also be seen among those knights.

“TAKE THIS!”(Miranda)

She strikes with the full power of her body but, being slightly thinner than the others, it can’t penetrate the skin as easily.

“Ugh! It’s hard!”(Miranda)

“Move, young lady! Ooooraaaa!”

While Miranda was having difficulties piercing the skin, the knights next to her raised their swords but…

“s.h.i.+t! It’s really hard!”

“If this keeps up it’ll get out soon! Quick!”(Chris)

The fallen rhino was raging while surrounded by a large number of knights.

As Christina said, it’s likely to get out however, they can barely hit it with it raging like that.

Their foothold shook. Could they really not do anything? Miranda thought of an idea.

“Everyone get away!”(Miranda)

“Hah? What…”

The knights who reacted to Miranda’s shout saw…

The figure of Miranda who activated jet boots, soared into the sky and plummeted with her sword pointing downwards.

“UOOOOOO! You’re sure reckless!”

“GOOOO”(Miranda)

Miranda thought that she couldn’t transmit enough power through her hands so she stood on the swords hilt and fell onto the rhinos neck from above.

Miranda thought that she couldn’t transmit enough power through her hands so she stood on the swords hilt and fell onto the rhinos neck from above.

And the sword dug into the rhinos neck which only had small scratches until that point.

“OO! You did it! Young lady!”

“But I haven’t reached it yet… Tch! The sword!”(Miranda)

It digged in yes, but the sword wouldn’t come out.

She tried desperately to pull it out but then remembered something.

“Oh, I can just remove it”(Miranda)

While the swords blade was stuck in the rhino’s neck she removed it which was a feature of the swap sword.

Then, seeing the stuck sword blade, she hit it again..

Miranda put her foot onto the stuck sword blade…

“Miranda, what are…”(Chris)

“Hiyaaa!”(Miranda)

She activated jet boots at full power.

Then the sword cut deeper with the momentum of the jet boots.

“b.u.mOOOOOOOO!!”

The rhinoceros was suffering because of the sword stuck deep in his neck.

However you can’t cause a fatal injury with a sword smaller than the body.

Nevertheless, an opening was visible.

“It’s effective! We’ll follow suit!”

The knights that saw that, took flight and struck with swords as they descended.

“Woah! Careful! You grazed me!”

“Sorry! The fine tuning is a bit…”

There was an accident where a knight descended closely where another knight fell but the swords are getting sucked into the neck of the demon that was once overwhelmingly strong.

While the knights pierced with swords and left the blades, Miranda, who stabbed first, descend from the sky once again.

“GOOO!”

Burying the sword in the neck, remove the handle and let it dig in using jet boots.

There was already a number of swords stuck in the rhinoceros demon and he had trouble breathing until he gave one final convulsion and turned silent.

“Oh…?”

“How is it?”

A voice could be heard from the knights above, informing those below them.

“The disaster cla.s.s is down! Subjugation complete!”

A knight inspected the demon and confirmed it was slain.

[OOOOOOOO!!]

The excited soldiers raised a loud victory shout to the subjugation of the disaster cla.s.s.

“Halt your celebration! There are still remaining demons!”(Dominic)

[OOOOOOOO!!]

Dominic rebuked the soldiers who were in high spirits, but the morale boosted troops rushed to sweep away the remaining demons.

“You don’t have to go. You can rest a little.”(Dominic)

“C-Commander Dominic!? B-But…”(Miranda)

Dominic stopped the wobbling Miranda that went after the remaining demons.

Miranda is surprised the top person in the Earlshyde army started talking to her.

But everyone else went to suppress the demons and only she was told to stay and rest, so she headed off despite her staggering self.

“Please rest well. Aren’t you still a student?  And you subjugated the disaster cla.s.s, shouldn’t you take it easy?”(Dominic)

It was the second time she had seen a disaster cla.s.s.

However, unlike the joint training where s.h.i.+n overwhelmed them by himself, she had to partic.i.p.ate in the subjugation this time.

The mental fatigue is stronger than the physical one.

“In any case, well done. Wonderful.”(Dominic)

“O-oh, thank you!”(Miranda)

Miranda is excited to receive encouragement from Dominic.

“Falling from the sky… Quick thinking to come up with that.”(Dominic)

“Oh, that, Maria…”(Miranda)

“Maria?”(Dominic)

“Commander. She’s a friend from the Ultimate Magicians, Maria von Messina.”(Miranda)

“What!? Was that so!”(Dominic)

Miranda tensed up to Dominic’s sudden outburst at the mention of a familiar name Christina worked hard.

“That… After purchasing jet boots, I worked with Maria hunting demons part time as exercise. Because my own allowance wasn’t enough I borrowed some money from Maria…”(Miranda)

As a student, she’s doesn’t have a salary so her only income is an allowance from her parents.

However she doesn’t receive enough to buy magical tools such as jet boots and swords.

So during summer break, she hunted a large number of demons working part time and even borrowed some money from Maria who is rather well off in order to pay for the new equipment.

“But that’s dangerous. Students working part time to hunt demons.”(Dominic)

“Because Maria was there. That girl… Recently, she said she was bored of hunting all the disaster cla.s.ses…”(Miranda)

“…she hunted enough, to grow tired of hunting disaster cla.s.ses…”(Dominic)

Dominic’s worries are justified, but she’s accompanied by someone powerful enough to take down a disaster cla.s.s by herself.  His worries were for naught.

“At that time Maria did something she called a [jump stab]. Apparently she saw Walford do it… It only suddenly occurred to me to use the jet boots to deliver a finis.h.i.+ng blow.”(Miranda)

“Walford thought of that at first… Did he? I’m convinced by that alone.”(Dominic)

“Don’t worry Commander. Me too.”(Christina)

“I get it too. My pitfall was also originally his idea. Just what is going on in that head of his?”(Sieg)

Miranda remembered that Maria was only imitating what s.h.i.+n did.

As Siegfried said as he came up to Miranda, he imitated the pitfall from when he went hunting with s.h.i.+n.

How many layers are there to s.h.i.+n?

Miranda once again realised the greatness of s.h.i.+n.

“Anyways, that strategy was effective. You did really well. Leave the rest to the knights and take a break.”(Dominic)

“T-thank you very much.”(Miranda)

Saying that, Dominic went back to take command.

The moment the top military commander left, all the tension left Miranda and her legs gave out.

“Whoa, are you alright?”

Siegfried caught Miranda and stopped her fall.

“Ye-Yes.h.!.+ I’ll be fhine!”(Miranda)

“You’re stumbling… I’ll take you to headquarters.”(Siegfried)

“H-Hue!?”(Miranda)

Sieg suddenly held Miranda so she magnificently panicked and bit her tongue.

From that, he judged that she couldn’t speak clearly from fatigue and picked her up.

A princess carry on a battlefield.

“Mr. Siegfried! um, um!”(Miranda)

“I must thank a hard worker.”(Siegfried)

“Kyaaa!”(Miranda)

She’s struggling with embarra.s.sment of being princess carried in front of everyone, but Siegfried wouldn’t let her down.

“Sieg, are you trying to skip on work?”(Chris)

“Shut up! Same goes for you, dumping all the student on me!  Why don’t you do some work for once!”(Sieg)

“Mu… It can’t be helped.”(Chris)

“Why, Christina!”(Miranda)

Miranda, who thought Christina would stop Siegfried, let out a voice of despair.

“Are you ok Miranda? You’re more exhausted than you think. You subjugated the disaster cla.s.s and are feeling uplifted so you want to join the battlefield, but please rest for today. Sieg, I’ll leave it to you.”(Chris)

“I understood even if you didn’t say that.”(Sieg)

“Huh? It-It’s not like that!”

She was misunderstood that she wants to go to the battlefield so Christina kindly cautioned her.

Moreover, the way Christina said it makes it sound like Sieg would bring her away as is.

Eventually, she was carried over to the headquarters.

Because she was princess carried by the person she admired she had no reason not to be happy but she wished he considered the place.

On the way, she was praised by various people who told her she did well, but she wished if only they wouldn’t approach her today..

“Well then Miranda, are you resting properly?”(Sieg)

“Fuh, Fuaa…”(Miranda)

By the time they reached the emergency hospital in the headquarters, her head was completely boiling and she couldn’t answer Sieg.

However, as time pa.s.sed, she gradually calmed down and a certain question came to her mind.

When she was repaying her debt to Maria, she went demon hunting regularly afterwards but a disaster cla.s.s had never appeared.

As soon as they entered the demon territory, an animal that was previously thought to be unable to turn into a demon appeared as a disaster cla.s.s.

Was it a coincidence?

Since she was told to rest beforehand, she was unable move her body.

Even while moving her body, the sudden anxiety welling up still couldn’t be dispelled, the sense of unease which attacked Miranda only grew.

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The Demon Territory recapture strategy has started

After meeting the first pack of demons, no more demons appeared and we were able to reach the vicinity of the former empire’s border as planned.

We’ll be camping here today.

Although when a group this big stops it attracts demons but it seems that they won’t come near because of the magic tools installed on the perimeters of the camp

By the way, although it’s called a magic tool to repel demons, it’s actually a magic tool that interrupts magic power.

It’s string shaped, and it surrounds the camp so the demons aren’t able to sense the magic power enclosed in the circle.

While it doesn’t leak magic power outside it’s still completely visible, so even with the magic power blocked off demons still appear here and there.

Although it’s installed, that doesn’t mean it’s invoked and mages will have to take turns during the night keeping it active. Because it’s “mostly” and not “completely” there is still purpose to the night watch.

Come to think of it, this is my first time camping.

Just as I was getting a little excited I got called out.

“Excuse me. We’ve prepared the camp for the Messenger, Saint and Valkyrie.”(Guide Soldier)

Maria has been addressed as “Valkyrie” since the previous battle.

Maria wasn’t used to having a t.i.tle, so everytime they used it she got embarra.s.sed.

Well, she’ll get used to it. Maria followed the soldier and arrived at the tent while agonizing alone.

A tent for two and a tent for one have been stretched out for us to sleep.

“Well then, this is the Messenger’s and the Saint’s tent, and this is the Valkyrie’s tent.”(Guide Soldier)

“What?”(Maria)

“Two?”(s.h.i.+n)

Wait a minute! Women and men can stay in the same tent during wartime!?

Certainly Sicily is my fiance, so under those circ.u.mstances it should be possible to stay in the same tent!

“Then, that… Because there are many single soldiers… If possible could you activate a sound isolation magic tool or barrier…”(Guide Soldier)

“We’d never do something like that in these circ.u.mstances! I mean stay in a tent together!”(s.h.i.+n)

“Huh? Is that so?”(Guide Soldier)

“That’s right!”(s.h.i.+n)

What are you thinking!?

“You said it earlier. You said that there are many single soldiers here. Under such circ.u.mstances, even though we’re fiancees, staying in the same tent would get us a lot of antipathy, right?”(s.h.i.+n)

“That’s true.”(Guide Soldier)

He confirmed it!

“Then their frustration might become excessive. Because of that I will stay in this tent for one person and Sicily and Maria will take the tent for two people. Will that be fine?”(s.h.i.+n)

“I’m ok with it.”(Sicily)

“Even though I’m ok with it, you are too? Are you really?”(Maria)

“If I stayed in the same tent as s.h.i.+n I wouldn’t have the courage to come out in the morning while everyone is watching…”(Sicily)

Absolutely, to be seen with prying eyes. I wouldn’t have the courage either.

“Certainly. Yes… That would be good. When I think about hearing voices all night…”(Guide Soldier)

“I said we would do no such thing!”(s.h.i.+n)

“Uuuu…”(Sicily)

“Uuuu…”(Sicily)

Sicily hid behind me.

“Well then, my concern is gone, so let’s have dinner. I’ll prepare dinner in that tent. Since it’s a marching meal don’t expect too much.

“We entrusted all the camping preparations to you. We can’t complain.”(s.h.i.+n)

We’re also exempt from the night watch, so if you complain about that you’d be reprimanded.

…That’s different from what we have agreed on! I can complain about that can’t I!?

“Then when the meal is over, there will be a bath prepared in that tent. That one is for men and the other one for women. Well, since the male and female soldiers are standing by the entrance there won’t be a mistake.”(Guide Soldier)

What? Is that an accident flag?

Well after actually having finished eating and heading out to the bath, there were two soldiers standing there keeping watch so I probably won’t enter the women’s bath by mistake.

There is also people frequently going in and out of the entrance and exit

At any rate, camping with a bath.

According to what I’ve heard, the magic tool used to heat up the bath water was developed and popularized by grandma, and bathing seems to have spread widely due to the emergence of this magic tool.

Incredible, grandma.

I give my newfound respects to grandma for propagating magic tools beneficial for everyone, I’m proud that she’s my grandmother.

When I entered the bath tent, a big pool was set up.

Now I get it, you inflate this like a plastic pool. Is this made out of some kind of demon leather? You can carry this around and use a magic tool to provide the hot water.

You can take a bath even while camping.

…Although there is this, it’s strange that there are no floating rings.

The magic tool for hot water is shaped like a faucet and there are several installed.

It seems that in order to take a bath you have to let magic power flow through the sink for a few minutes before it adds hot water.

It seems to be converting the moisture in the air into water and will endlessly circulate it through the tent.

I wash my hair and body with soap that naturally dissolves and before I entered the bathtub, I brought magical power to the magic tool for hot water and hot water flowed into the tub as I entered.

“Wow…”(s.h.i.+n)

I thought the same after arriving at Sicily’s parent’s territory. Fatigue will acc.u.mulate after travelling a long distance via carriage.

I think that a bath has an important role in keeping the advancing speed and recovering a soldiers stamina.

“Thank you for your hard work messenger. How’s the water?”

“Quit it… Calling me Messenger is kinda… The water is the perfect temperature though.”(s.h.i.+n)

“Hehe. That reminds me, it was your grandmother that developed this magic tool. It was a stupid question.”

The soldier that’s been guiding us a little while ago is now taking a bath with me.

Apparently he seems intent on calling me messenger.

It’s really troublesome.

“Even so, Valkyrie’s magic before was amazing. Can all the members of Ultimate Magicians use such magic?”

“That’s right. Well, Maria was excellent to begin with… Being the third seat behind me and His Highness Augusto. Now, I wonder if everyone else can do that too?”(s.h.i.+n)

“T-To that extent…”

“Some of them are good at healing magic like Sicily, others are good at close combat, and some of them give pride to their body reinforcement magic, too.”(s.h.i.+n)

In precision magic practice, Sicily’s attack magic has also improved considerably.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that everyone can use the same attack magic.

Then those who were listening in began to speak between each other.

“Everyone is at that level…”

“Huh? The saint can also use attack magic like that?”

“Even though they can use so much magic, to be in close proximity to someone like that…”

“…This strategy, why does it need us?”

Oops, everyone began to question the significance of their existence.

I should follow up.

“Of course your power is necessary. How many months would it take if we alone carried out this strategy… No, I don’t know how long it would take. You can’t let the people worry for such a long period of time now can you? Everyone’s power is absolutely necessary for a quick resolution.”(s.h.i.+n)

Will something like this do?

The reaction of everyone around me…

“Really… To not agitate the people… Is it?”

“That’s right! We are here to help the people!”

“This is bad… It’s going to overflow.!”

“Let’s do it… Let’s do it! Everybody!”

“Oooooooooohhhhhhhh!”

Oh! I was surprised!

Don’t suddenly shout like that!

“What! What happened!”

Look! The watchmen soldier heard it and came flying in with numbers!

“It’s nothing. It was just a declaration of determination.”

“W-what… If that’s the case that’s good.”

Although it went up more than expected, isn’t it good that the morale is raised?

I got out of the bath when my body warmed up enough.

After that, it seems that war cries rose from the men’s bath in regular intervals.

Sicily and Maria split up from s.h.i.+n and entered the women’s bath.

“Well, it’s not a full fledged bath.”(Maria)

“That’s true. I didn’t expect I’d get to take a bath in the camp.”(Sicily)

The women of Ultimate Magicians were thinking of going home by Gate but they seem to be satisfied when they saw a full bath.

“That reminds me, the territory of the saint is Earlshyde’s Viscount house Von Claude’s. It has a famous hot spring.”

“Huh? Oh, that’s right.”(Sicily)

“Compared to your parent’s territory, we’re sorry for this plain bath.”

“Not at all! It’s plenty usable! I never thought I would be taking a bath while camping.”(Sicily)

That is an honest impression.

If there was no bath, they would take the time to go back home with Gate to take a bath, even if Sicily was reluctant to leave s.h.i.+n’s side.

It’s because she’s worried about her smell.

However, there’s no doubt that there’s a bath right here.

Such imaginary fears were immediately dispersed.

“It’s thanks to the Guru’s magical tool that we can take a bath like this. There’s no one that experienced in the current army, but it seems it wasn’t possible to take a bath during a march in the past.”

“It’s a magic tool for hot water supply. When that magic tool came out it caused my grandfather to start shaking in fear. He thought it might replace the hot spring.”(Sicily)

“That is… That’s a big deal…”

“However on the contrary it seems that the value of the hot springs has risen as the wot water supply bath magic tool started spreading into general use. The hot springs are a bit different from ordinary baths.”(Sicily)

The hot springs are heated underground by geothermal heat. The hot springs that spring up from underground veins contain various elements and bring various effects.

As the bathing spread, people noticed the charm of hot springs and their value went up.

“If you think that way, grandmother raised it’s value.”(Sicily)

“Grandmother? …Oh that’s right, the saint is engaged to the messenger who is the Guru’s grandchild.”

“Yes.”(Sicily)

Probably because they’ve been engaged for a while now, Sicily confirmed it without getting fl.u.s.tered.

“By the way, I read ‘A new Hero’s story’. Is it true what’s written in there?  The messenger helped the saint and that’s where their love started.”

“Meeting… T-That’s right…”(Sicily)

As expected, she doesn’t seem to have gotten used to all of it. When asked about how their love began, she became embarra.s.sed again.

And since love talks began, the female soldiers that were hanging around started gathering.

“Ms. Saint. When did the messenger started fancying you?”

“W-When… He started liking me before I realized…”(Sicily)

Sicily’s answer caused an uproar amongst the female soldiers.

“Pssh…! What kind of person is the messenger?”

“Err… He’s strong, cool, he loves his family and friends… He’s gentle…”(Sicily)

The female soldiers got excited again.

“Does the Valkyrie have the same impression of him?”

“Valkyrie you say… Well I guess that’s not quite wrong.”(Maria)

“So the valkyrie also wants to be with the messenger…”

“That’s definitely not true.”(Maria)

Maria cut their speculations down with an immediate answer leaving everyone with a surprised expression.

“Certainly if it was only that, I think there are even people in the same team that like s.h.i.+n but…”(Maria)

There is a catch? The female soldiers held their breath as they waited for Maria to continue.

“At any rate, he’s naive and unattentive… What s.h.i.+n often thinks of as normal, deviates from our common sense. He’s a walking disaster and if I was going out with him I wouldn’t last.”(Maria)

“Mmm. Even if you say something like that…”

“Since you love with s.h.i.+n so much, you may tolerate it but as for me…”(Maria)

Female soldiers couldn’t hide the disappointment in how different the real s.h.i.+n is compared to the rumored s.h.i.+n.

“B-but I thought that the valkyries magic is really far removed our common sense as well…”

“If you’re surprised by my magic you must not have seen s.h.i.+n’s magic have you? That… I wonder how many times it’s greater? Sicily, how far does s.h.i.+n go when he’s serious?”(Maria)

“ Hmm? I never saw him get serious… Even when he performed a magical experiment in the wilderness, he said he suppressed it considerably…”(Sicily)

“Ah… He leveled so much land while holding back?”(Maria)

“If he’s serious… Could he destroy an entire town?”

Female soldiers began to exaggerate her words.

And even Sicily also said that so clearly.

(I love him no matter what!)(Sicily)

She tsukkomi-d in her head.

And as for Maria.

(Not just a town… A country)(Maria)

Because it would be disastrous to say out loud, Maria also tsukkomi-d in her head. (TN: While I swear off using all j.a.panese phrases as much as I possibly can, sometimes it’s just unavoidable cuz a word doesn’t have a translation.)

I leave the bath tent and return to my own.

Because I still felt hot, I went to enjoy the cool air outside and Sicily also returned

“Welcome back. How was the bath?”(s.h.i.+n)

“It felt good. I never thought I’d be able to to take a bath while camping.”(Sicily)

“Yeah. If it’s like this, further marches will be a piece of cake.”(s.h.i.+n)

Magic tools for hot water supply and avoiding demons.

While I was outside of my tent to cool off, I did have another purpose.

“My tent is a small one for one person, can I go to your tent over there?”(s.h.i.+n)

“Yes.”(Sicily)

She answers affirmatively and I enter the tent Sicily and Maria are supposed to stay in.

It’s just large enough for two people to sleep in.

“Well then, let’s start this magic tool and…”(s.h.i.+n)

I started a magic tool for “Soundproofing”.

I activate the magic tool that prevents “sound vibrations” only to the extent of enclosing this tent. That means the magic tool won’t let sound leak beyond that range.

By the way it’s not always invoked.

Because the people in the surroundings can’t know what I’m about to do.

And I took out a certain thing.

Chirin, chirin.

I took out a bell.

The bell that sounded belonged to the “wireless communication device”.

[Muh? Who is it? s.h.i.+n?]

“Oh. Are you tired right now?”(s.h.i.+n)

[Wait a sec… Okay, it’s fine now.](August)

[This side is all good!](Alice)

[I was able to set it up fine here as well.](Tony)

[I was able to set it up fine here as well.](Tony)

When I sounded the bell on the communication device set to an open channel, August, Alice and Tony answered.

Perhaps, everyone is here.

“We fought a pack of monsters before reaching the border. How about everyone else?”(s.h.i.+n)

[For us there was no demon raid before we got here. Perhaps the advanced corps handled it.](August)

[As for us, I only got to go out a little! They were all medium sized with very few large ones appearing so I didn’t get to go out much!](Alice)

[Ours also had very few. Since the soldiers subdued them I didn’t even have to come out.](Tony)

Although we planned to draw a wired communication line to each camp, because the lines had to be buried, they couldn’t keep up with the speed of the march.

So I was holding a briefing session to hear the latest news from each camp.

By the way, the wireless communication device is still secret so I can’t report to headquarters what I hear here.

Around this time, a messenger soldier should be running on a horse to the wired communication device, exchanging information and coming back.

At any rate Gus’ place is completely calm. Alice and Tony said that they had to go out even if a little.

They came out for us in numbers.

Why is that? What’s the difference?

“There was quite a few of them that came out. Why is there such a difference?”(s.h.i.+n)

[…Isn’t that because s.h.i.+n is there?](August)

“Hey! Stop it with your joke theory!”(s.h.i.+n)

[It’s not such a flawed theory, s.h.i.+n’s fundamental magic power is many times greater than any of ours no? Maybe they’re attracted to it?”](August)

When I said that me attracting trouble was a joke theory they confessed something that sent chills down my spine.

There is something that’s called fundamental magic power.

There is no organ that stores magic energy in a human body but because we live in a world full of magical power the human body itself is magical. To an extent that it influences a humans daily activities.

The magical body that courses through a human at all times is called fundamental magic power.

So even if someone from this world can’t use magic they can still do so much as start a magic tool.

And if one can use magic, then as the amount of magical power one can control increases so does the amount of fundamental magic power.

And the demon is attracted to magical power.

When we were training I purposely gathered magic power and drawn in demons.

Since I practice magic control a little everyday the fundamental magic amount goes up accordingly.

You don’t mean…

“Until now, the monsters that were coming out…”(s.h.i.+n)

[Firstly, it’s almost certainly s.h.i.+n’s fault.](August)

“…Are you serious?”(s.h.i.+n)

[Unfortunately, I am very serious.](August)

[s.h.i.+n is here so we can all rest easy! But your march will be full of demon subjugation!](Alice)

[That’s true. I guess this will be normal. It feels peaceful but…]

“This is serious… A lot of demons appeared and Maria got called “Valkyrie”.”(s.h.i.+n)

“Hey! You didn’t need to report that did you!?”(Maria)

[Ehh? Shouldn’t you be happy about that?](Alice)

“Why would I be happy about that!?”(Maria)

[At any rate, now both of you have t.i.tle to go with s.h.i.+n’s. I’m so envious.](Alice)

“It’s not as good as you think… It’s embarra.s.sing…”(Maria)

Eventually, on that day it was only a report of monster appearances that later became a chat.

After I finished reporting, I went to my tent after saying goodnight to the two of them.

The tent that the commander is staying in occasionally holds conferences so it’s built quite largely.

In that tent Ralph everyone that was opposed to the Messenger of G.o.d and the Saint gathered with a solemn expression.

“Ralph… Can we even beat that? Besides it seems that it wasn’t even s.h.i.+n Walford that released that magic.”

“That power was from a team member. How much magic could the representative release…”(Ralph)

As expected, after witnessing Maria’s magic they’re beginning to question if it’s even possible for them to win?

When it comes down to it, although grossly reluctant, would he be forced to accept their t.i.tles as well?

Yes, he was beginning to give up.

Most of the opponents that were trying to get Messenger s.h.i.+ns declaration withdrawn have begun to give up, but Ralph couldn’t.

He is serious.

He is too serious, and unlike everybody else, isn’t capable of flexible thought.

He who is a Messenger of G.o.d must be a man who sincerely wors.h.i.+ps G.o.d.

He even thinks that he must be a priest.

It’s impossible for him to accept s.h.i.+n because of that.

“However, there is still a chance… If we subjugate a devil before them…”(Ralph)

Ralph started muttering to himself and the gathered people began giving him looks of pity.

And the next day.

We finally step into the demon territory.

As a side note, because I didn’t share a tent with Sicily the night before, the male soldiers started looking at me with respect.

To be patient with such a lovely fiance accompanying me, I was acclaimed as having an iron will.

…I didn’t think I’d be getting respect like that… It’s enough just not earning the male soldiers antipathy.

Now then, finally time to step into the demon territory… As soon as we stepped in, ma.s.sive quant.i.ties of demons should appeared… Or at least they were supposed to.

Of course.

If we’re being honest, there is no reason why a bunch demons would be defending the border, but there is a barrier at the borders of the demon territory and the demons can’t cross it.

I try to cast enemy search magic but there are no signs of demons so far.

It’s been 30 minutes since we started advancing through the demon territory.

“Oops. They’re here.”(s.h.i.+n)

Finally there was a reaction for demons.

The reactions became quite numerous and they’re heading straight here.

Perhaps it’s… I wonder if they’ve perceived my magical power…

The demons are gathering from here, there and everywhere, soon becoming a ma.s.sive pack that’s gradually increasing in number.

“After all, their numbers are many. It’s not an exaggeration to say the demon territory is overflowing with demons.

There might be no end to this pack.

Rather, how much would gather after this…

“Everyone, battle stations! The opponents are demons! Unnecessary strategies aren’t necessary! Cut them down and slay them.”

[OOOOOOOOOO!]

Like that, the demon territory recapture strategy started in earnest.

“Magic division! Attack magic, shoot!”

The commanders of Dahm, Els and Ys allied forces issued an order and the magic divisions started chanting attack magic and it was released at once.

Their power is minimal but when a lot of spells are released at once they become powerful by default.

And when the magic division finished casting their magic, the knights and soldiers thrusted into the pack of demons.

As expected of a countries army. People who hunt demons up to medium size aren’t uncommon.

A large demon can be dealt with by multiple people and hunted down without a problem.

“It’s amazing. We may not even get a turn?”(s.h.i.+n)

“Saying that is a flag…”(Maria)

“Ah. They came out.”(s.h.i.+n)

“…”(Maria)

“Well, it’s not my fault right!?”(s.h.i.+n)

As soon as I said it.

A ma.s.sive ominous magical power on a different level from the large and medium sized demons.

“Disaster cla.s.s approaches! Everyone, retreat immediately! Don’t get in the way of the messenger!”

[OOOOOOOO!!]

A supersized wolf appeared.

Normally a wolf is cla.s.sified as medium size but as it turns into a demon the amount of magical power he takes in gradually increases and he becomes larger and larger as in the process.

As a result they may become a disaster grade.

Since it takes years for wolves to reach disaster grad as opposed to lions and tigers that become a disaster grade at the time of demonization, disaster cla.s.s wolves are quite the cunning lot.

Someone troublesome showed up…

“Sicily, Maria. It’s your first time facing a disaster cla.s.s wolf isn’t it?”(s.h.i.+n)

“Yes…”(Sicily)

“I haven’t even seen one yet…”(Maria)

“Anyways, that fellow is agile. Therefore stopping him saves us a lot of trouble.”(s.h.i.+n)

“Wow, I understand!”(Sicily)

“…As usual, you’ve done it before?”(Maria)

Well that’s why.

I can beat it but it’s messy.

So, I’ll have those two help me out.

I explain the plan to them, take out the vibration sword and thrust it from the front.

“What!? Messenger, that’s unreasonable!”

A surprised voice comes from a soldier looking at the situation, however it’s not unreasonable!

The wolf will try to escape from my frontal attack by sidestepping…

[Graaaah!? Gaaaaa!]

Sicily’s and Maria’s magic sprang up from both sides of the wolf with perfect timing, cutting off his escape and making him sidestep right into Sicily’s Ice Spear.

I don’t miss this chance and start up the Jet Boots to close in on the wolf.

Gakin!

The wolf bit the lower section of the vibrating sword I was wielding.

This must be a accident right!?

Because the sword can’t cut normally except for the vibrating part, it stopped.

“Aa! s.h.i.+n!”(Sicily)

Sicily gave a panicked voice, but the wolf is biting the vibrating sword so he can’t move either.

We fall into a stalemate for a moment… Sorry mr. wolf.

Not only a sword but I can also use magic.

I slightly open his mouth with the currently bitten vibrating sword and shoot a flame spear magic in the slight gap between his teeth that opened.

[GRAAAAA!]

The superhot flame that entered the wolf from his mouth spread inside the wolf and he died in the blink of an eye.

…What’s that?

If it’s a disaster cla.s.s wolf, I felt a magic signature and I immediately let go of the sword and took some distance…

“s.h.i.+n, you… You do amazing things…”(Sicily)

“Hm? Oh, because we were in a standstill I decided to hit it with magic…”(s.h.i.+n)

“Inserting magic directly through the mouth…”(Maria)

Well at any rate, disaster cla.s.s subjugation complete.

“I-Incredible! He killed a disaster cla.s.s wold in the blink of an eye!”

“Don’t lag behind the messenger! Show him your power!”

[OOOOOOOOOOOO!!]

The morale of the soldiers skyrocketed after the death of the disaster cla.s.s.

If that’s the case then the devil subjugation will advance smoothly.

Though, I feel kinda dizzy…

Is everyone else okay?

Chapter 76 noteless Late again what a f.u.c.king surprise. In any case summer is has come to an end so I should have more time to translate now. IF I can pry myself away from all the games I couldn t play before I got my laptop. I believe that is the 9th time I said something similar. Conform Child, the main editor for Magi, decided to step down due to college. It was a blast working with you man. Best of luck to you moving forward. I left Yado Inn cuz stuff happened. THE NOTELESS CHAPTER FOR 75 IS UNDER THIS ONE. And now the music recommendation Nothgard The Sinner s Sake Melodic Death Metal The struggles of the Earlshyde Army. The day before invading the demon territory. The Earlshyde army is camped near the border of the former empire, now the border of the demon territory. Earlshyde, which is larger in size than the neighbouring countries, was able to send out tens of thousands of troops without receiving aid from Els and Ys. For the Earlshyde army, a certain measure was taken that wasn t taken in other armies. This was the mobilization of the students from the Advanced Magic Academy and the Knights academy. The World Union concluded that while there was no problem with the war potential, the students have undergone exceptional demon suppression training in case of emergencies, and have already managed to suppress a number of demons from before the summer vacation. As it would serve as a good opportunity for the students to gain some real experience outside of training, and although it s only several hundred people, the students are accompanying the army on the march. However, while they ve subjugated many monsters already, that was only training. This time it s a genuine military operation. Moreover it s a global operation deployed simultaneously by several countries. You ve gone silent Kris. Don t tell me you re getting nervous with demons as your opponent Miranda Miranda No since we ve hunted demons before in training it s not so bad, but this is a global military operation I m nervous because I m partic.i.p.ating in it. Kris The students seemed nervous, even the top student of the knight academy, Kris. Until now, there was never a case where Knight Academy students were sent off to the battlefield. And now they were launched into a worldwide strategy. No matter how many times you subjugated a demon, it s natural to feel nervous. You seem to be awfully calm though Kris Weeell Maybe it s because I heard of Maria s hards.h.i.+ps. I cannot seem to think of my situation as extreme. Miranda Because of such circ.u.mstances, as opposed to Kris who is nervous to partic.i.p.ate in the operation rather than the demon subjugations, Miranda who was a Knight s Academy first year, could not be seen being so carefree. When Kris asked about that, an unfamiliar name was mentioned. Maria Kris Don t you remember When you guys were training, Walford s girlfriend I guess she s his fiance now He did have a crush on her. Other than her, there was another girl. Miranda Reminded of Sicily, a girl he had a crush on that was already taken by s.h.i.+n, Kris became slightly dejected. After that joint drill, we got along strangely well and began to meet each other quite often. Miranda Is that so Kris Though Sicily was her childhood friend, she was busy preparing for her wedding to Walford, so whenever we had spare time, we would go together. Miranda W Wedding Kris How enviable it is to have Sicily as a wife He grinded his teeth with a fitting expression. Sigh are you still dragging that along Give up already. Wasn t the engagement officially endorsed by his majesty Besides Walford is said to be the Messenger of G.o.d, not just to Earlshyde, but to the entire world you know Even if you bend over backwards you can t win. Miranda Kris Miranda spoke in a manner that left no room for arguments only causing Kris to become more and more depressed. Someone called out to the two. Leave it at that Miranda. Or else Kris might just break down. Chris Huhu, you ve become quite reliable Miranda. I m glad. Sieg Mister S Siegfried Christina Miranda Siegfried and Christina wouldn t usually go to the battlefield as part of the Knight s Order or the Imperial Magic Division, but rather they work as bodyguards to the royal family, rarely stepping out of the Royal Palace. But the results they produced while looking after the students led them to be brought along. In any case, you became friends with Maria Sieg Y Yes Miranda You don t have to be so stiff. And What were you two talking about Sieg Siegfried is very popular with girls. He s a magician but his popularity is not solely amongst magicians. There are also fans among the knights, and Miranda is one of them. It would be unreasonable for her to not be nervous while talking to someone she looks up to. Err, Uhm Sicily now that she s engaged to Mr.Walford and they re openly flirting around every day Rather than irritation she s growing more dismal Miranda Err Sieg Will we ever meet the special someone Or Miranda .. Sieg How should we find a good man Or Miranda Enough Enough already Miranda Sieg Siegfried who slumped down just from hearing that and cut her off deciding to end the conversation. Miranda Chris Yes Miranda Let s do our best together. Chris Ms.Christina Yes Miranda The two women encouraged each other to do their best to find a good man. Meanwhile, Christina noticed a certain thing. Oh That sword Chris Oh, yes. It s a swap sword purchased from the Walford Company. Miranda TN I forgot how I named it before but swap sword sounds better so I m using that now Yes. Since it s something you re provided with after entering the military I wonder how you got it. Did you purchase it yourself Chris Yes. It was recommended by Maria. This as well. Miranda Saying that she looked down at her feet. Mhm. You bought jet boots as well. Chris Maria also bought them so I bought them as well. I was able to gather the money by taking a part time job as a monster hunter. Miranda Is that so That s wonderful Miranda. You don t despair at the difference in ability between you and s.h.i.+n, and you have the determination to shrink that distance. I wish the others would follow your example. Chris While Sicily went to s.h.i.+n s house to prepare for the wedding, Maria who was left behind was deepening her friends.h.i.+p with Miranda. Before meeting a good man she seemed to have made a good girl friend. Well Compared to Maria s responsibility I m totally free. Miranda Her friend is the pivot of the strategy as a part of the Ultimate Magicians. With that in mind, considering the senior knights position as the leaders, her own position is relatively miserable. Cowardliness won over nervousness. Do you want to be strong Chris Yes. At the very least I want to be able to proudly say I m friends with Maria. Miranda Within Miranda s eyes lay a strong will of wanting to be strong in order to help her friend out. Well said. Miranda let me tell you something. Chris Y Yes Miranda You re coming to the front lines with me. I will train you personally. Chris Huh Miranda Understood Chris Y Yes Thank you very much I will do my best Miranda Haha, someday, I hope you ll be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Maria Chris Yes Miranda Thus, from the students, only Miranda was allowed to directly enter the battlefield. After Christina explained it to her superior, she took Miranda to eat with her. Siegfried and the other students just stood there watching in surprise. The two of you, what are you doing surrounding yourself with women Rather, what happened to leaders.h.i.+p Sieg Siegfried sighs as he thinks of the distancing Spring of their youth, given their abrasiveness, and decides to take on the role of leaders.h.i.+p upon himself. And the next day. Finally, the demonic territory recapture strategy starts. Listen up Unlike the other countries, we cannot receive the support of Walford s Ultimate Magicians Therefore, if a disaster cla.s.s or even a devil appears by some misfortune, we must deal with it ourselves Dominic Dominic, who was present at the departure ceremony at Darm, had s.h.i.+n send him to Earlshyde using Gate. But understandably, the soldiers looked uneasy when they heard Dominic say they would have to kill a disaster cla.s.s by themselves. But don t be afraid Especially the magic division You followed the principles of the Magi and gained more power than ever I guarantee it. You are strong Rupert The magic division raises a shout to Rupert s encouraging speech. At first glance, there were many people that looked anxious but their determination could be seen in their eyes. Knights as soldiers as well Your new equipment you shed blood for No, that which has literally been stained by blood in order to use. I will also tell you this. You are strong Dominic Knights and soldiers who have a fierce rivalry with the magic division also gave a courageous shout to Dominic s speech. While being conscious of each other the morale rose to its peak. So let s go. Forward Dominic OOOOOOOOOO And so, the Earlshyde army advanced into the demon territory. Once again, no demons appeared immediately, but after a while They re coming Everyone Combat stations Rupert, make the call. Dominic Sure thing Magic Division Prepare attack magic Rupert Earlshyde Magic Division started gathering magic power on Rupert s signal. It was a completely different sight from other countries. No one chanted. FIRE Rupert At the same time, the Magic Division fired their magic without a chant. The magic that was released differed from conventional magic in a way that it was carefully manipulated so that it doesn t offset each other as much as possible, and in a completely different dimension. A Amazing Students of the Advanced Magic Academy watched the great magic fired chantless with amazement in their eyes. Hey. Like what you see Isn t the magic of s.h.i.+n and his peers on a completely different level Siegfried To Siegfrieds words, the students of the Advanced Magic Academy kept quiet. Two thirds of the students partic.i.p.ating are s.h.i.+n s seniors and the remaining third are from the same grade. They are the pivot of the strategy in charge of getting rid of disaster cla.s.ses and devils. While their battlefield experience is being under guidance. Regretfully, the abilities of the juniors were too distant so they had harboured complicated feelings of he s the grandson of a hero so it can t be helped . Siegfried who read their expressions as giving up, asked them. Have you read the article published by the Inst.i.tute of Magic and Science Sieg TN I m sorry I really don t remember the actual name. I really need to create a glossary after this. To Siegfrieds words, the students look down. Increasing the amount of magic power you control will increase the power of magic and you will be able to use chantless magic. It was an officially published article but of course they haven t read it. Why didn t you read it Are you only counting what you learn from your teachers as training s.h.i.+n never missed a day of training from a young age. And he never stopped self improvement. The result was the origin of a magician outside of reason. He wasn t born with special power. Everything was the result of hard work. Sieg To be fair, s.h.i.+n was born with knowledge which were the memories of his past life, but as Siegfried said, he wasn t born with any special power . When they heard that, life came back to the eyes of the students. It s frustrating. But if you can do it if you work hard then they too could. Such determination dwelled in their eyes. If you understand, go help them. Sieg Yes Advanced Magic Academy students stepped onto the battlefield. By the way, you lot from the Knight Academy. Sieg Continuing on, Siegfried turned to the Knight Academy students I don t understand much about knights. Sieg Since Christina isn t here, she can t pa.s.s on to them a knight knowledge. Siegfried continues to the student who seems to have jolted. I don t understand it but you re the same. You only follow the instructions of your teacher. Sieg Expectedly, all the Knight Academy students looked down. I can t give specific instructions because Chris isn t here but Sieg Siegfried looks over to everyone as he says that. Remember the reason why Chris picked Miranda. Sieg The students start raising their heads. Miranda wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with Maria so she bought a sword by herself, bought jet boots, actually partic.i.p.ated in demon hunts on her own accord. Why can t you all do that Sieg Think for yourself instead of following the teacher. They believe that if they just do as the instructor says, they ll become stronger. That s common for students. Both the Magic Division and the Knight Order actively acquire new technologies and techniques to become stronger. Sieg After saying that, Sieg turned back to the battlefield There was a sight where the knights wearing heavy armor used jet boots and were flying around up, down, left and right. A spectacle unimaginable until now. Haha. Now this is a spectacle. Is it fine You guys. If you stay like this, won t you be left behind by the Order and Miranda Sieg The Knight Academy students that heard those words had faces as if they ve decided on something. We trained to slay demons after all What good will it do if we re being a hindrance We re also going OOOOOOOO When a third grader, a leader like figure, raised his voice, the rest of the students charged after him onto the battlefield. Hah, good grief. I guess I should follow them soon. Sieg After scolding the students into stepping onto the battlefield, Siegfried went to join them when A disaster cla.s.s appeared Although he was prepared, he received a report he didn t want to hear. Tch What timing Sieg He stopped going after the students and headed towards the disaster cla.s.s. Now then, what do we have here What is that A Rhino Sieg There were several animals that were thought to be unable to transform into demons. Humans also belonged to that category as well as rhinos, one of which is right in front of their eyes, elephants and also sea creatures such as whales etc. Humans can control magic power on their own accord but some animals have displayed similar characteristics. The reason being they re huge. Therefore it was thought that large animals couldn t become demons Oi, oi Just what is this Sieg What it was was a rhinoceros demon with a ma.s.sive body, comparable to a two story building. Hey What is that I ve never heard of a rhinoceros turning into a demon This is bad Get away from it Ah Don t run away right in front of it Perhaps frustrated by the restless soldiers rus.h.i.+ng to get away in front of it, the rhino charged with its huge body. Get out of his way Jump aside Sieg Siegfried cried out and the soldiers who were in the rhinos path powered up their jet boots and jumped out of the way. Just what would ve happened if they didn t have jet boots. Still Aah Tch This guy Sieg Several people who were in the vicinity of the rhinoceros when he began the charge were delayed and got caught in his charge. It s weight must be proportionate to it s ma.s.sive body and survival was out of the question. Those who were far away, also got out of the way, leaving the other demons unattended. Again, all of them retreated using jet boots. The soldiers scattered in all directions like baby spiders but the demons remained where they were. There Uaa The demons are overrunning us The rhinoceros charged again, trampling the neglected demons. This is Something terrible showed up. Chris Chris. Miranda, are you alright as well Sieg Y yes Miranda The voices belonged to Chris and Miranda who appeared next to Siegfried. Both of them seemed to have escaped. What should we do about it Chris Even if you ask me. Well, I do have one idea. Sieg What did you come up with Chris Well, just look. Sieg Siegfried looked back to the battlefield without answering Christina s question. And looked for a moment when the rhinoceros finally stopped his charge to unleash his magic. Siegfried s all out magic was more powerful than the first shot of the magic division but Tch What hard skin. No damage at all Tch Sieg The rhino demon rushes again towards Sieg that released the magic. He activated the jet boots and jumped out of the rhino s path. Oh, they re being overrun. Sieg When Siegfried looked back before releasing the magic shot, it was not to check if any soldiers were in the line of fire. It was to confirm whether there were demons or not. Because of his big body, once the rhino starts rus.h.i.+ng he can t change direction or stop easily. Because he trampled over other demons without a care, Siegfried decided to use that to mop up the remaining demons. The strategy seems to have worked out excellently. Were they reduced drastically Sieg Siegfried is amazing The demons have diminished considerably Miranda Sieg, you Chris What is it Chris Aren t you starting to think like s.h.i.+n Chris Hey Seriously Sieg While Miranda was simply admiring the Siegfried who had returned, Christina quitely pointed out that it was a strategy s.h.i.+n would think of. When he heard it, Siegfried couldn t hide his shock. In any case, Siegfried s strategy seems to be effective. The soldiers who were watching incited the rhino in the same way to trample the demons. Other soldiers rounded up the demons as much as possible to where the rhino would rush through. The other demons seem to be manageable now. The problem is the big fella himself Sieg Sieg s full power magic was easily brushed off. Chris d.a.m.n Well, it s an animal that has thick skin from the start By turning into a demon, it got a tremendous defensive boost Sieg But What should we do then Miranda Miranda, who was listening to Sieg s and Chris discussion asked how to break through. Well, the skin may be thick, but the joints aren t. Chris Then Is it our turn Miranda Attack the joints with a sword. That s the only choice we have left Chris Y you people Miranda It s protected by hard skin, but if it s joints were hard it couldn t charge. Both the legs and the neck will probably be soft. Then there s no way to take it down but to strike its neck with a sword. Well then, I ll stop it. Go for its neck in the opening. Sieg Stop it Can you do it Chris Yeah. I m gonna do what s.h.i.+n did. Sieg A method s.h.i.+n used Then it should be all right. Chris Huh So easily Miranda Siegfried came up with a way of stopping it by watching s.h.i.+n hunt and Chris decided there was no problem with that. Even though Miranda saw s.h.i.+n s power, she was surprised the approval was given so quickly. Idiot Come here Sieg Siegfried released magic again and guided the rhino to a certain distance. When he saw the rhino begin to charge once more he launched another magic. A large earth wall appeared in front of the rhino. Ther There s no way a wall will stop it Miranda Miranda raises a sorrowful voice to the fact the stopping method is an earth wall. I see. So it s like that. Chris Huh What do you mean Miranda You ll understand when you see it. More importantly Everyone The rhinoceros will stop soon Prepare for attack Chris A command come from Christina, who believes the rhino will be stopped by that. She didn t doubt the words of Christina she admired as a female knight, but she couldn t believe it. And then. b.u.mOOOOOO Rhino s charge destroys the earth wall with ease. Aghhh It was useless after all. Miranda thought so but her eyes opened wide because of what happened after that. In the first place, what was the earth wall made of An earth wall isn t just created out of nothing.. A Hole Miranda He collected soil on from the ground to make the wall. Of course, there was no soil remaining from where he gathered it from, leaving a large hole in the ground. A pitfall concealed behind the earth wall. The rhino lost his footing and grandly fell into the pit. Alright Now Go Sieg I m going Follow me Chris OOOOOOOO Siegfried issued a command to Christina, as a cloud of dust swirled up from when the rhino fell into the pit, who then gave a command to the knights in response. It s breathtaking. Knights activate their jet boots and attack the fallen rhino one after another. Miranda s figure could also be seen among those knights. TAKE THIS Miranda She strikes with the full power of her body but, being slightly thinner than the others, it can t penetrate the skin as easily. Ugh It s hard Miranda Move, young lady Ooooraaaa While Miranda was having difficulties piercing the skin, the knights next to her raised their swords but s.h.i.+t It s really hard If this keeps up it ll get out soon Quick Chris The fallen rhino was raging while surrounded by a large number of knights. As Christina said, it s likely to get out however, they can barely hit it with it raging like that. Their foothold shook. Could they really not do anything Miranda thought of an idea. Everyone get away Miranda Hah What The knights who reacted to Miranda s shout saw The figure of Miranda who activated jet boots, soared into the sky and plummeted with her sword pointing downwards. UOOOOOO You re sure reckless GOOOO Miranda Miranda thought that she couldn t transmit enough power through her hands so she stood on the swords hilt and fell onto the rhinos neck from above. And the sword dug into the rhinos neck which only had small scratches until that point. OO You did it Young lady But I haven t reached it yet Tch The sword Miranda It digged in yes, but the sword wouldn t come out. She tried desperately to pull it out but then remembered something. Oh, I can just remove it Miranda While the swords blade was stuck in the rhino s neck she removed it which was a feature of the swap sword. Then, seeing the stuck sword blade, she hit it again.. Miranda put her foot onto the stuck sword blade Miranda, what are Chris Hiyaaa Miranda She activated jet boots at full power. Then the sword cut deeper with the momentum of the jet boots. b.u.mOOOOOOOO The rhinoceros was suffering because of the sword stuck deep in his neck. However you can t cause a fatal injury with a sword smaller than the body. Nevertheless, an opening was visible. It s effective We ll follow suit The knights that saw that, took flight and struck with swords as they descended. Woah Careful You grazed me Sorry The fine tuning is a bit There was an accident where a knight descended closely where another knight fell but the swords are getting sucked into the neck of the demon that was once overwhelmingly strong. While the knights pierced with swords and left the blades, Miranda, who stabbed first, descend from the sky once again. GOOO Burying the sword in the neck, remove the handle and let it dig in using jet boots. There was already a number of swords stuck in the rhinoceros demon and he had trouble breathing until he gave one final convulsion and turned silent. Oh How is it A voice could be heard from the knights above, informing those below them. The disaster cla.s.s is down Subjugation complete A knight inspected the demon and confirmed it was slain. OOOOOOOO The excited soldiers raised a loud victory shout to the subjugation of the disaster cla.s.s. Halt your celebration There are still remaining demons Dominic OOOOOOOO Dominic rebuked the soldiers who were in high spirits, but the morale boosted troops rushed to sweep away the remaining demons. You don t have to go. You can rest a little. Dominic C Commander Dominic B But Miranda Dominic stopped the wobbling Miranda that went after the remaining demons. Miranda is surprised the top person in the Earlshyde army started talking to her. But everyone else went to suppress the demons and only she was told to stay and rest, so she headed off despite her staggering self. Please rest well. Aren t you still a student And you subjugated the disaster cla.s.s, shouldn t you take it easy Dominic It was the second time she had seen a disaster cla.s.s. However, unlike the joint training where s.h.i.+n overwhelmed them by himself, she had to partic.i.p.ate in the subjugation this time. The mental fatigue is stronger than the physical one. In any case, well done. Wonderful. Dominic O oh, thank you Miranda Miranda is excited to receive encouragement from Dominic. Falling from the sky Quick thinking to come up with that. Dominic Oh, that, Maria Miranda Maria Dominic Commander. She s a friend from the Ultimate Magicians, Maria von Messina. Miranda What Was that so Dominic Miranda tensed up to Dominic s sudden outburst at the mention of a familiar name Christina worked hard. That After purchasing jet boots, I worked with Maria hunting demons part time as exercise. Because my own allowance wasn t enough I borrowed some money from Maria Miranda As a student, she s doesn t have a salary so her only income is an allowance from her parents. However she doesn t receive enough to buy magical tools such as jet boots and swords. So during summer break, she hunted a large number of demons working part time and even borrowed some money from Maria who is rather well off in order to pay for the new equipment. But that s dangerous. Students working part time to hunt demons. Dominic Because Maria was there. That girl Recently, she said she was bored of hunting all the disaster cla.s.ses Miranda she hunted enough, to grow tired of hunting disaster cla.s.ses Dominic Dominic s worries are justified, but she s accompanied by someone powerful enough to take down a disaster cla.s.s by herself. His worries were for naught. At that time Maria did something she called a jump stab . Apparently she saw Walford do it It only suddenly occurred to me to use the jet boots to deliver a finis.h.i.+ng blow. Miranda Walford thought of that at first Did he I m convinced by that alone. Dominic Don t worry Commander. Me too. Christina I get it too. My pitfall was also originally his idea. Just what is going on in that head of his Sieg Miranda remembered that Maria was only imitating what s.h.i.+n did. As Siegfried said as he came up to Miranda, he imitated the pitfall from when he went hunting with s.h.i.+n. How many layers are there to s.h.i.+n Miranda once again realised the greatness of s.h.i.+n. Anyways, that strategy was effective. You did really well. Leave the rest to the knights and take a break. Dominic T thank you very much. Miranda Saying that, Dominic went back to take command. The moment the top military commander left, all the tension left Miranda and her legs gave out. Whoa, are you alright Siegfried caught Miranda and stopped her fall. Ye Yesh I ll be fhine Miranda You re stumbling I ll take you to headquarters. Siegfried H Hue Miranda Sieg suddenly held Miranda so she magnificently panicked and bit her tongue. From that, he judged that she couldn t speak clearly from fatigue and picked her up. A princess carry on a battlefield. Mr. Siegfried um, um Miranda I must thank a hard worker. Siegfried Kyaaa Miranda She s struggling with embarra.s.sment of being princess carried in front of everyone, but Siegfried wouldn t let her down. Sieg, are you trying to skip on work Chris Shut up Same goes for you, dumping all the student on me Why don t you do some work for once Sieg Mu It can t be helped. Chris Why, Christina Miranda Miranda, who thought Christina would stop Siegfried, let out a voice of despair. Are you ok Miranda You re more exhausted than you think. You subjugated the disaster cla.s.s and are feeling uplifted so you want to join the battlefield, but please rest for today. Sieg, I ll leave it to you. Chris I understood even if you didn t say that. Sieg Huh It It s not like that She was misunderstood that she wants to go to the battlefield so Christina kindly cautioned her. Moreover, the way Christina said it makes it sound like Sieg would bring her away as is. Eventually, she was carried over to the headquarters. Because she was princess carried by the person she admired she had no reason not to be happy but she wished he considered the place. On the way, she was praised by various people who told her she did well, but she wished if only they wouldn t approach her today.. Well then Miranda, are you resting properly Sieg Fuh, Fuaa Miranda By the time they reached the emergency hospital in the headquarters, her head was completely boiling and she couldn t answer Sieg. However, as time pa.s.sed, she gradually calmed down and a certain question came to her mind. When she was repaying her debt to Maria, she went demon hunting regularly afterwards but a disaster cla.s.s had never appeared. As soon as they entered the demon territory, an animal that was previously thought to be unable to turn into a demon appeared as a disaster cla.s.s. Was it a coincidence Since she was told to rest beforehand, she was unable move her body. Even while moving her body, the sudden anxiety welling up still couldn t be dispelled, the sense of unease which attacked Miranda only grew. Previous Chapter Next Chapter The Demon Territory recapture strategy has started After meeting the first pack of demons, no more demons appeared and we were able to reach the vicinity of the former empire s border as planned. We ll be camping here today. Although when a group this big stops it attracts demons but it seems that they won t come near because of the magic tools installed on the perimeters of the camp By the way, although it s called a magic tool to repel demons, it s actually a magic tool that interrupts magic power. It s string shaped, and it surrounds the camp so the demons aren t able to sense the magic power enclosed in the circle. While it doesn t leak magic power outside it s still completely visible, so even with the magic power blocked off demons still appear here and there. Although it s installed, that doesn t mean it s invoked and mages will have to take turns during the night keeping it active. Because it s mostly and not completely there is still purpose to the night watch. Come to think of it, this is my first time camping. Just as I was getting a little excited I got called out. Excuse me. We ve prepared the camp for the Messenger, Saint and Valkyrie. Guide Soldier Maria has been addressed as Valkyrie since the previous battle. Maria wasn t used to having a t.i.tle, so everytime they used it she got embarra.s.sed. Well, she ll get used to it. Maria followed the soldier and arrived at the tent while agonizing alone. A tent for two and a tent for one have been stretched out for us to sleep. Well then, this is the Messenger s and the Saint s tent, and this is the Valkyrie s tent. Guide Soldier What Maria Two s.h.i.+n Wait a minute Women and men can stay in the same tent during wartime Certainly Sicily is my fiance, so under those circ.u.mstances it should be possible to stay in the same tent Then, that Because there are many single soldiers If possible could you activate a sound isolation magic tool or barrier Guide Soldier We d never do something like that in these circ.u.mstances I mean stay in a tent together s.h.i.+n Huh Is that so Guide Soldier That s right s.h.i.+n What are you thinking You said it earlier. You said that there are many single soldiers here. Under such circ.u.mstances, even though we re fiancees, staying in the same tent would get us a lot of antipathy, right s.h.i.+n That s true. Guide Soldier He confirmed it Then their frustration might become excessive. Because of that I will stay in this tent for one person and Sicily and Maria will take the tent for two people. Will that be fine s.h.i.+n I m ok with it. Sicily Even though I m ok with it, you are too Are you really Maria If I stayed in the same tent as s.h.i.+n I wouldn t have the courage to come out in the morning while everyone is watching Sicily Absolutely, to be seen with prying eyes. I wouldn t have the courage either. Certainly. Yes That would be good. When I think about hearing voices all night Guide Soldier I said we would do no such thing s.h.i.+n Uuuu Sicily Sicily hid behind me. Well then, my concern is gone, so let s have dinner. I ll prepare dinner in that tent. Since it s a marching meal don t expect too much. We entrusted all the camping preparations to you. We can t complain. s.h.i.+n We re also exempt from the night watch, so if you complain about that you d be reprimanded. That s different from what we have agreed on I can complain about that can t I Then when the meal is over, there will be a bath prepared in that tent. That one is for men and the other one for women. Well, since the male and female soldiers are standing by the entrance there won t be a mistake. Guide Soldier What Is that an accident flag Well after actually having finished eating and heading out to the bath, there were two soldiers standing there keeping watch so I probably won t enter the women s bath by mistake. There is also people frequently going in and out of the entrance and exit At any rate, camping with a bath. According to what I ve heard, the magic tool used to heat up the bath water was developed and popularized by grandma, and bathing seems to have spread widely due to the emergence of this magic tool. Incredible, grandma. I give my newfound respects to grandma for propagating magic tools beneficial for everyone, I m proud that she s my grandmother. When I entered the bath tent, a big pool was set up. Now I get it, you inflate this like a plastic pool. Is this made out of some kind of demon leather You can carry this around and use a magic tool to provide the hot water. You can take a bath even while camping. Although there is this, it s strange that there are no floating rings. The magic tool for hot water is shaped like a faucet and there are several installed. It seems that in order to take a bath you have to let magic power flow through the sink for a few minutes before it adds hot water. It seems to be converting the moisture in the air into water and will endlessly circulate it through the tent. I wash my hair and body with soap that naturally dissolves and before I entered the bathtub, I brought magical power to the magic tool for hot water and hot water flowed into the tub as I entered. Wow s.h.i.+n I thought the same after arriving at Sicily s parent s territory. Fatigue will acc.u.mulate after travelling a long distance via carriage. I think that a bath has an important role in keeping the advancing speed and recovering a soldiers stamina. Thank you for your hard work messenger. How s the water Quit it Calling me Messenger is kinda The water is the perfect temperature though. s.h.i.+n Hehe. That reminds me, it was your grandmother that developed this magic tool. It was a stupid question. The soldier that s been guiding us a little while ago is now taking a bath with me. Apparently he seems intent on calling me messenger. It s really troublesome. Even so, Valkyrie s magic before was amazing. Can all the members of Ultimate Magicians use such magic That s right. Well, Maria was excellent to begin with Being the third seat behind me and His Highness Augusto. Now, I wonder if everyone else can do that too s.h.i.+n T To that extent Some of them are good at healing magic like Sicily, others are good at close combat, and some of them give pride to their body reinforcement magic, too. s.h.i.+n In precision magic practice, Sicily s attack magic has also improved considerably. It wouldn t be an exaggeration to say that everyone can use the same attack magic. Then those who were listening in began to speak between each other. Everyone is at that level Huh The saint can also use attack magic like that Even though they can use so much magic, to be in close proximity to someone like that This strategy, why does it need us Oops, everyone began to question the significance of their existence. I should follow up. Of course your power is necessary. How many months would it take if we alone carried out this strategy No, I don t know how long it would take. You can t let the people worry for such a long period of time now can you Everyone s power is absolutely necessary for a quick resolution. s.h.i.+n Will something like this do The reaction of everyone around me Really To not agitate the people Is it That s right We are here to help the people This is bad It s going to overflow. Let s do it Let s do it Everybody Oooooooooohhhhhhhh Oh I was surprised Don t suddenly shout like that What What happened Look The watchmen soldier heard it and came flying in with numbers It s nothing. It was just a declaration of determination. W what If that s the case that s good. Although it went up more than expected, isn t it good that the morale is raised I got out of the bath when my body warmed up enough. After that, it seems that war cries rose from the men s bath in regular intervals. Sicily and Maria split up from s.h.i.+n and entered the women s bath. Well, it s not a full fledged bath. Maria That s true. I didn t expect I d get to take a bath in the camp. Sicily The women of Ultimate Magicians were thinking of going home by Gate but they seem to be satisfied when they saw a full bath. That reminds me, the territory of the saint is Earlshyde s Viscount house Von Claude s. It has a famous hot spring. Huh Oh, that s right. Sicily Compared to your parent s territory, we re sorry for this plain bath. Not at all It s plenty usable I never thought I would be taking a bath while camping. Sicily That is an honest impression. If there was no bath, they would take the time to go back home with Gate to take a bath, even if Sicily was reluctant to leave s.h.i.+n s side. It s because she s worried about her smell. However, there s no doubt that there s a bath right here. Such imaginary fears were immediately dispersed. It s thanks to the Guru s magical tool that we can take a bath like this. There s no one that experienced in the current army, but it seems it wasn t possible to take a bath during a march in the past. It s a magic tool for hot water supply. When that magic tool came out it caused my grandfather to start shaking in fear. He thought it might replace the hot spring. Sicily That is That s a big deal However on the contrary it seems that the value of the hot springs has risen as the wot water supply bath magic tool started spreading into general use. The hot springs are a bit different from ordinary baths. Sicily The hot springs are heated underground by geothermal heat. The hot springs that spring up from underground veins contain various elements and bring various effects. As the bathing spread, people noticed the charm of hot springs and their value went up. If you think that way, grandmother raised it s value. Sicily Grandmother Oh that s right, the saint is engaged to the messenger who is the Guru s grandchild. Yes. Sicily Probably because they ve been engaged for a while now, Sicily confirmed it without getting fl.u.s.tered. By the way, I read A new Hero s story . Is it true what s written in there The messenger helped the saint and that s where their love started. Meeting T That s right Sicily As expected, she doesn t seem to have gotten used to all of it. When asked about how their love began, she became embarra.s.sed again. And since love talks began, the female soldiers that were hanging around started gathering. Ms. Saint. When did the messenger started fancying you W When He started liking me before I realized Sicily Sicily s answer caused an uproar amongst the female soldiers. Pssh What kind of person is the messenger Err He s strong, cool, he loves his family and friends He s gentle Sicily The female soldiers got excited again. Does the Valkyrie have the same impression of him Valkyrie you say Well I guess that s not quite wrong. Maria So the valkyrie also wants to be with the messenger That s definitely not true. Maria Maria cut their speculations down with an immediate answer leaving everyone with a surprised expression. Certainly if it was only that, I think there are even people in the same team that like s.h.i.+n but Maria There is a catch The female soldiers held their breath as they waited for Maria to continue. At any rate, he s naive and unattentive What s.h.i.+n often thinks of as normal, deviates from our common sense. He s a walking disaster and if I was going out with him I wouldn t last. Maria Mmm. Even if you say something like that Since you love with s.h.i.+n so much, you may tolerate it but as for me Maria Female soldiers couldn t hide the disappointment in how different the real s.h.i.+n is compared to the rumored s.h.i.+n. B but I thought that the valkyries magic is really far removed our common sense as well If you re surprised by my magic you must not have seen s.h.i.+n s magic have you That I wonder how many times it s greater Sicily, how far does s.h.i.+n go when he s serious Maria Hmm I never saw him get serious Even when he performed a magical experiment in the wilderness, he said he suppressed it considerably Sicily Ah He leveled so much land while holding back Maria If he s serious Could he destroy an entire town Female soldiers began to exaggerate her words. And even Sicily also said that so clearly. I love him no matter what Sicily She tsukkomi d in her head. And as for Maria. Not just a town A country Maria Because it would be disastrous to say out loud, Maria also tsukkomi d in her head. TN While I swear off using all j.a.panese phrases as much as I possibly can, sometimes it s just unavoidable cuz a word doesn t have a translation. I leave the bath tent and return to my own. Because I still felt hot, I went to enjoy the cool air outside and Sicily also returned Welcome back. How was the bath s.h.i.+n It felt good. I never thought I d be able to to take a bath while camping. Sicily Yeah. If it s like this, further marches will be a piece of cake. s.h.i.+n Magic tools for hot water supply and avoiding demons. While I was outside of my tent to cool off, I did have another purpose. My tent is a small one for one person, can I go to your tent over there s.h.i.+n Yes. Sicily She answers affirmatively and I enter the tent Sicily and Maria are supposed to stay in. It s just large enough for two people to sleep in. Well then, let s start this magic tool and s.h.i.+n I started a magic tool for Soundproofing . I activate the magic tool that prevents sound vibrations only to the extent of enclosing this tent. That means the magic tool won t let sound leak beyond that range. By the way it s not always invoked. Because the people in the surroundings can t know what I m about to do. And I took out a certain thing. Chirin, chirin. I took out a bell. The bell that sounded belonged to the wireless communication device . Muh Who is it s.h.i.+n Oh. Are you tired right now s.h.i.+n Wait a sec Okay, it s fine now. August This side is all good Alice I was able to set it up fine here as well. Tony When I sounded the bell on the communication device set to an open channel, August, Alice and Tony answered. Perhaps, everyone is here. We fought a pack of monsters before reaching the border. How about everyone else s.h.i.+n For us there was no demon raid before we got here. Perhaps the advanced corps handled it. August As for us, I only got to go out a little They were all medium sized with very few large ones appearing so I didn t get to go out much Alice Ours also had very few. Since the soldiers subdued them I didn t even have to come out. Tony Although we planned to draw a wired communication line to each camp, because the lines had to be buried, they couldn t keep up with the speed of the march. So I was holding a briefing session to hear the latest news from each camp. By the way, the wireless communication device is still secret so I can t report to headquarters what I hear here. Around this time, a messenger soldier should be running on a horse to the wired communication device, exchanging information and coming back. At any rate Gus place is completely calm. Alice and Tony said that they had to go out even if a little. They came out for us in numbers. Why is that What s the difference There was quite a few of them that came out. Why is there such a difference s.h.i.+n Isn t that because s.h.i.+n is there August Hey Stop it with your joke theory s.h.i.+n It s not such a flawed theory, s.h.i.+n s fundamental magic power is many times greater than any of ours no Maybe they re attracted to it August When I said that me attracting trouble was a joke theory they confessed something that sent chills down my spine. There is something that s called fundamental magic power. There is no organ that stores magic energy in a human body but because we live in a world full of magical power the human body itself is magical. To an extent that it influences a humans daily activities. The magical body that courses through a human at all times is called fundamental magic power. So even if someone from this world can t use magic they can still do so much as start a magic tool. And if one can use magic, then as the amount of magical power one can control increases so does the amount of fundamental magic power. And the demon is attracted to magical power. When we were training I purposely gathered magic power and drawn in demons. Since I practice magic control a little everyday the fundamental magic amount goes up accordingly. You don t mean Until now, the monsters that were coming out s.h.i.+n Firstly, it s almost certainly s.h.i.+n s fault. August Are you serious s.h.i.+n Unfortunately, I am very serious. August s.h.i.+n is here so we can all rest easy But your march will be full of demon subjugation Alice That s true. I guess this will be normal. It feels peaceful but This is serious A lot of demons appeared and Maria got called Valkyrie . s.h.i.+n Hey You didn t need to report that did you Maria Ehh Shouldn t you be happy about that Alice Why would I be happy about that Maria At any rate, now both of you have t.i.tle to go with s.h.i.+n s. I m so envious. Alice It s not as good as you think It s embarra.s.sing Maria Eventually, on that day it was only a report of monster appearances that later became a chat. After I finished reporting, I went to my tent after saying goodnight to the two of them. The tent that the commander is staying in occasionally holds conferences so it s built quite largely. In that tent Ralph everyone that was opposed to the Messenger of G.o.d and the Saint gathered with a solemn expression. Ralph Can we even beat that Besides it seems that it wasn t even s.h.i.+n Walford that released that magic. That power was from a team member. How much magic could the representative release Ralph As expected, after witnessing Maria s magic they re beginning to question if it s even possible for them to win When it comes down to it, although grossly reluctant, would he be forced to accept their t.i.tles as well Yes, he was beginning to give up. Most of the opponents that were trying to get Messenger s.h.i.+ns declaration withdrawn have begun to give up, but Ralph couldn t. He is serious. He is too serious, and unlike everybody else, isn t capable of flexible thought. He who is a Messenger of G.o.d must be a man who sincerely wors.h.i.+ps G.o.d. He even thinks that he must be a priest. It s impossible for him to accept s.h.i.+n because of that. However, there is still a chance If we subjugate a devil before them Ralph Ralph started muttering to himself and the gathered people began giving him looks of pity. And the next day. We finally step into the demon territory. As a side note, because I didn t share a tent with Sicily the night before, the male soldiers started looking at me with respect. To be patient with such a lovely fiance accompanying me, I was acclaimed as having an iron will. I didn t think I d be getting respect like that It s enough just not earning the male soldiers antipathy. Now then, finally time to step into the demon territory As soon as we stepped in, ma.s.sive quant.i.ties of demons should appeared Or at least they were supposed to. Of course. If we re being honest, there is no reason why a bunch demons would be defending the border, but there is a barrier at the borders of the demon territory and the demons can t cross it. I try to cast enemy search magic but there are no signs of demons so far. It s been 30 minutes since we started advancing through the demon territory. Oops. They re here. s.h.i.+n Finally there was a reaction for demons. The reactions became quite numerous and they re heading straight here. Perhaps it s I wonder if they ve perceived my magical power The demons are gathering from here, there and everywhere, soon becoming a ma.s.sive pack that s gradually increasing in number. After all, their numbers are many. It s not an exaggeration to say the demon territory is overflowing with demons. There might be no end to this pack. Rather, how much would gather after this Everyone, battle stations The opponents are demons Unnecessary strategies aren t necessary Cut them down and slay them. OOOOOOOOOO Like that, the demon territory recapture strategy started in earnest. Magic division Attack magic, shoot The commanders of Dahm, Els and Ys allied forces issued an order and the magic divisions started chanting attack magic and it was released at once. Their power is minimal but when a lot of spells are released at once they become powerful by default. And when the magic division finished casting their magic, the knights and soldiers thrusted into the pack of demons. As expected of a countries army. People who hunt demons up to medium size aren t uncommon. A large demon can be dealt with by multiple people and hunted down without a problem. It s amazing. We may not even get a turn s.h.i.+n Saying that is a flag Maria Ah. They came out. s.h.i.+n Maria Well, it s not my fault right s.h.i.+n As soon as I said it. A ma.s.sive ominous magical power on a different level from the large and medium sized demons. Disaster cla.s.s approaches Everyone, retreat immediately Don t get in the way of the messenger OOOOOOOO A supersized wolf appeared. Normally a wolf is cla.s.sified as medium size but as it turns into a demon the amount of magical power he takes in gradually increases and he becomes larger and larger as in the process. As a result they may become a disaster grade. Since it takes years for wolves to reach disaster grad as opposed to lions and tigers that become a disaster grade at the time of demonization, disaster cla.s.s wolves are quite the cunning lot. Someone troublesome showed up Sicily, Maria. It s your first time facing a disaster cla.s.s wolf isn t it s.h.i.+n Yes Sicily I haven t even seen one yet Maria Anyways, that fellow is agile. Therefore stopping him saves us a lot of trouble. s.h.i.+n Wow, I understand Sicily As usual, you ve done it before Maria Well that s why. I can beat it but it s messy. So, I ll have those two help me out. I explain the plan to them, take out the vibration sword and thrust it from the front. What Messenger, that s unreasonable A surprised voice comes from a soldier looking at the situation, however it s not unreasonable The wolf will try to escape from my frontal attack by sidestepping Graaaah Gaaaaa Sicily s and Maria s magic sprang up from both sides of the wolf with perfect timing, cutting off his escape and making him sidestep right into Sicily s Ice Spear. I don t miss this chance and start up the Jet Boots to close in on the wolf. Gakin The wolf bit the lower section of the vibrating sword I was wielding. This must be a accident right Because the sword can t cut normally except for the vibrating part, it stopped. Aa s.h.i.+n Sicily Sicily gave a panicked voice, but the wolf is biting the vibrating sword so he can t move either. We fall into a stalemate for a moment Sorry mr. wolf. Not only a sword but I can also use magic. I slightly open his mouth with the currently bitten vibrating sword and shoot a flame spear magic in the slight gap between his teeth that opened. GRAAAAA The superhot flame that entered the wolf from his mouth spread inside the wolf and he died in the blink of an eye. What s that If it s a disaster cla.s.s wolf, I felt a magic signature and I immediately let go of the sword and took some distance s.h.i.+n, you You do amazing things Sicily Hm Oh, because we were in a standstill I decided to hit it with magic s.h.i.+n Inserting magic directly through the mouth Maria Well at any rate, disaster cla.s.s subjugation complete. I Incredible He killed a disaster cla.s.s wold in the blink of an eye Don t lag behind the messenger Show him your power OOOOOOOOOOOO The morale of the soldiers skyrocketed after the death of the disaster cla.s.s. If that s the case then the devil subjugation will advance smoothly. Though, I feel kinda dizzy Is everyone else okay